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This is most clear late in the album, beginning with Will You Be There, a song that sounds a little like Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio and a lot like a spiritual scored for the first cathedral in outer space. Lush, sentimental sounds continue through the next two tunes before things settle back to the hard rhythm of Black or White. It's a virtuoso performance. Michael may wear his heart on his sleeve, but a fair portion of his soul, it seems, is still back in church. Sorry, Bart...
...DYLAN: THE BOOTLEG SERIES, VOLS. 1-3 (Columbia). Since its release almost five months ago, this mind-snapping collection of rare, unreleased or alternate takes of 58 Dylan tunes has racked up sales over 300,000 and has inspired everyone from Paul McCartney to Frank Zappa to scour their vaults. This collection ($45.95 for the 3-CD set) stands apart, though: it is the audio notebooks of rock's greatest songwriter. Songs that Dylan leaves off a record would make history for anyone else. The last three tunes in Vol. 3, including the beautiful Series of Dreams, are the most...
Earlier this year, Dylan fans were treated to The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3, a collection of rare and unreleased tracks; the package climbed to No. 49 on the Billboard pop chart. Last month, Paul McCartney authorized a limited 500,000-copy release of Paul McCartney Unplugged, the Bootleg, which documents an all-acoustic concert...
Unplugged's easygoing atmosphere attracts stars. Elton John, Paul McCartney and Sting are among the names who have strummed or banged out their hits without the help -- or hindrance -- of amplifiers and electric guitars. Performing without high wattage, muses Sting, makes it necessary "to rethink the music in terms of the arrangement, dynamics and presentation. You are forced to excavate the structure of a song from under layers of synthesizers and overdubbed voices...
Performers are also drawn by the opportunity to play for 150 or so fans in a relatively intimate, informal setting. McCartney found the experience "a bit like going back to the old days, playing small clubs, so you get a pretty good idea of how your set is going down." The ex-Beatle's set went down so well that he has released a limited-edition, 500,000-copy recording of the session, which debuted last week at No. 14 on Billboard's chart of Top Pop Albums...