BOB DYLAN – TROUBLE NO MORE: THE BOOTLEG SERIES, VOL. 13 1979-1981 (ROCK/FOLK ROCK): A pre-release review of this box set questioned how good this would be. Don’t believe my esteemed peer. The abbreviated box set, covering just 30 songs from the ’79-80 tour, is fantastic. If you are a true Bob Dylan fan though, you’ll ask Santa for the 102-song version – or better yet get it on compact disc and pick up the included DVDs and picture book. Dylan and his stellar band (which included Fred Tackett on guitar, Jim Keltner on drums and Spooner Oldham on keyboards) play the songs with precise abandon. The versions of “Slow Train” coming and “The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Alter” grew in scope as the tour went on. Dylan wasn’t playing it safe either, as he stuck mostly to his so called born-again material during this period. None of the bootleg series releases are bad; this one, however, is truly inspired.