The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack is the fifth installment in the Bob Dylan "Bootleg Series" of rare and/or officially unissued recordings. It was released in 2005 in conjunction with the Martin Scorsese PBS television documentary on Dylan "No Direction Home", and was compiled with Scorsese's input. It features mostly previously unreleased material from Dylan's formative years to his rise as an international figure, spanning 1959 to his legendary 1966 world tour. "The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" fared well commercially, debuting
Bob Dylan of alternative takes and unreleased material suggested to one reviewer that this volume of old outtakes "feels like a new Bob Dylan record, not only for the astonishing freshness of the material, but also for the incredible sound quality and organic feeling of everything here." Bob Dylan released his album "Together Through Life" on April 28, 2009. In a conversation with music journalist Bill Flanagan, published on Dylan's website, Dylan explained that the genesis of the record was when French film director Olivier Dahan asked him to supply a song for his new road movie, "My Own Love Song"; initially