Bob Dylan - The Collection (Columbia)

This isn’t exactly a new release – it appeared on iTunes late last summer – but it’s well wworth flagging up. It’s another of the new breed of ‘digital box sets’, gargantuan multi-track downloads for a single, fixed price. Apple launched this one to tie-in with the release of Dylan’s Modern Times (itself available as an iTunes special edition adding two videos) and it holds a staggering 800 tracks. That’s every song from each of his studio albums, The Bootleg Series releases, 42 additional rarities and a digital booklet featuring of liner notes by Tom Piazza. A snip at £169.99. ****