Popular magazine The Music Box has released the ranking of its readers's favorites for the third quarter of 2005. Topping the list is Bob Dylan'ss No Direction Home: The Bootleg Series,
Volume 7, the companion soundtrack for Martin Scorsese'ss new documentary of the same name. Trailing the compilation is the Grateful Dead'ss Dick'ss Picks, Volume 35 and Ryan Adams's Cold
Roses. These rankings are compiled from sales and traffic statistics through The Music Box'ss web site.
The Music Box was founded in 1994 as a hard copy newsletter, but has flourished since joining the internet community in 1997. The publication covers a wide array of music, including
blues, jazz, country, bluegrass, folk, and the many configurations of rock and roll. Subscribers to The Music Box'ss e-mail list and regular visitors to its web site are treated to the
latest concert and album reviews, the occasional interview, daily music news, and tour updates. In addition, members of its e-mail list are eligible to win a variety of items. This
month's8217;s giveaways include a copy of Bonnie Raitt'ss Souls Alike, memberships to Brad Paisley'ss fan club, and copies of Rodney Crowell'ss new disc The Outsider.
The Music Box can be found online at http://www.musicbox-online.com
Readers's Favorites - 3rd Quarter 2005:
1) Bob Dylan - No Direction Home
2) Grateful Dead - Dick'ss Picks, Volume 35
3) Ryan Adams - Cold Roses
4) The Moody Blues - Seventh Sojourn DTS Edition
5) Cowboy Junkies - Early 21st Century Blues
6) Jerry Garcia - The Jerry Garcia Collection, Vol. 1: Legion of Mary
7) Grateful Dead - Truckin's Up to Buffalo
8) Neil Young - Prairie Wind
9) Jerry Garcia Band - Live at Shoreline
10) Rodney Crowell - The Outsider
11) Jerry Garcia - All Good Things: Jerry Garcia Studio Sessions
12) Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead Movie Soundtrack
13) Jem - It All Starts Here
14) Toots and the Maytals - True Love
15) Dar Williams - My Better Self
16) Jerry Garcia - Ladder to the Stars: Garcia Plays Dylan
17) The Moody Blues - Days of Future Passed DTS Edition
18) Various Artists - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
19) Emmylou Harris - Very Best of Emmylou Harris: Heartaches & Highways
20) Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead Movie
21) The Prom Kings - The Prom Kings
22) Gov'st Mule - The Deepest End
23) Jem - Finally Woken
24) Eric Clapton - Back Home
25) The Eagles - Farewell I Tour: Live from Melbourne