Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series

Very kind, thanks. I think I can actually replicate this reasonably well by slowing down my CD version of the album. My player supports that in increments of 0.1%

According to someone over at Steve Hoffmann, the differences are

Tangled Up in Blue 2.30%
Simple Twist of Fate 2.30%
You're a Big Girl Now 2.28%
Idiot Wind 2.25%
You're Gonna Make... 2.21%
Meet Me in the Morning 2.35%
Lily, Rosemary... 1.74%
If You See Her Say Hello 0.68%
Shelter From the Storm 0.68%
Buckets of Rain 0.61%
Total 1.77% 

I’ve been waiting years for this release and they screwed it up. I wanted high quality versions of the test pressing in the original running order and this does not have it.

haha, yeah, that would've been good. wouldn't be surprised if they put it out as a standalone thing for record store day — they did that for the basement tapes acetate anyway.

is there more stuff from the minneapolis dates that they didn't release on this?

i thought there were full version from both mpls and NY

the master takes from mpls are the only surviving recordings apparently ... which is too bad! was just jamming the mpls "idiot wind" and the drummer is a monster.

ah damn :(

I’ve been waiting years for this release and they screwed it up. I wanted high quality versions of the test pressing in the original running order and this does not have it.

― Andrew "Hit Dice" Clay (PBKR), Tuesday, 30 October 2018 20:12 (fifty-two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha, yeah, that would've been good. wouldn't be surprised if they put it out as a standalone thing for record store day — they did that for the basement tapes acetate anyway.

― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 October 2018 20:23 (forty-one minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

What is this you're referring to? I thought the 6 disc edition had basically everything. Clearly I need to up my Dylan knowledge!

this guy: https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/7844
i don't know if it's really necessary

Sorry, I meant the BOTT test pressing referred to above

the BOTT test pressing is where the NY Sessions bootlegs came from:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rare-test-pressing-of-bob-dylans-blood-on-the-tracks-found-55074/

are all those tracks on the set though? could you just make a playlist

everything's been remixed, so you're not getting the OG BOTT on the new set. #OGBOTT

Ah. Ok. Thanks! That doesn't bother me so much. But let's get the hashtag trending!!!

I'm really torn with this one. I could afford the full set right now. But I don't think I need it. But if I just get the single disc I'll begin to worry I'm missing out. First world problems!

it's kinda lame they went with either the huge set or 1 disc....usually they've done 2CD sets that get most of the essential stuff for $20-25

see listings for this...think it's japanese? don't know if it's a 2CD (what is "Blu-spec"??) or if it's just expensive because it's an import?

https://www.amazon.com/More-Blood-Tracks-Blu-spec-CD2/dp/B07H5VVD8N/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1540933235&sr=8-3&keywords=more+blood+more+tracks+dylan&dpID=517x%252BIB6qxL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

It says "number of discs: 1". Confusing

Agree that a 2disc selection would have been good

it may just be an import i can't find anything credible on it

It has 11 tracks; probably just a Blu-spec (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-spec_CD) version of the domestic 1CD release.

what is blu spec?

See that Wikipedia link... it’s a different CD manufacturing format (which still plays on standard players).

Ah woops... Also goddamn I'm gonna have to some Blu spec CD now

#OGBOTT #BLUSPEC

*tweets furiously*

Tyler I demand an article from you talking about how the American version is far inferior to the #BluSpec

you haven't heard BLOOD til you've heard it on BLU

Tangled Up in Blu-spec CD2

BluSpec For the Tracks

Japan is cool, b/c physical media has remained popular there, so Sony etc. have continued to "improve" CDs into the 2000s (I put "improve" in quotes, b/c I don't know if it's actually an improvement or not... I bet it is, though!)

@aquadrunkard Basically the Only Good Dylan Album is the #BluSpec CD of Street Legal, by tylerw

#SpecLegal

#GottaSpecSomebody

great work itt everybody, appreciate it

are all those tracks on the set though? could you just make a playlist

― Greta Van Fleek (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, October 30, 2018 4:24 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

everything's been remixed, so you're not getting the OG BOTT on the new set. #OGBOTT

― tylerw, Tuesday, October 30, 2018 4:26 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ha, I don’t mean to come across insane. I just wanted an inexpensive way to hear the original album without having to buy the entire set and create a playlist I can’t hear in the car.

Though, Tyler, your article mentioned that Paul Griffin’s organ is now low in the mix, which is a crime.

don't think i say it's low in the mix? it's just differently mixed from the acetate version I've known forever, and maybe to its detriment.

article about the minnesota musicians from my local paper

http://www.startribune.com/minnesotans-finally-get-credit-for-playing-on-bob-dylan-s-1975-classic-blood-on-the-tracks/499161281/

nice -- didn't realize til recently that a lot of the same guys played on Kottke's Dreams and All That Other Stuff and various Cat Stevens recordings.

that is cool! they were usually framed as a sub-par band iirc

this is so weird, like it's hard for me to judge other version of stuff like "tangled up in blue" where so much of the phrasing etc of the released in burned into my brain

really like "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 5)" very nice low key groove

Kinda like it’s written in your soul, huh?

Just bought the one disc version. Couldn't bring myself to spring for the full monty. Look forward to listening later

a lot of the same guys played on... and various Cat Stevens recordings

interesting! Cat Stevens has always seemed weirdly isolated from the rest of the industry to me, like I look at the credits on those records and don't recognize a single name.

The guitar on Simple Twist..

The switch to first-person for the final version of "TUiB" sure was critical; not to mention some of the other lyric changes, and picking up the tempo from this sleepy strum...

(I mean, the first-person comes back in later, but the perspective works a lot better in the final version, IMO)

i dunno, i like the love triangle aspect of the original tangled. it's more tangled!
the chime 'n' jangle of the Minnesota version is great though.

On another note, I've always f-n' loved this verse:

Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk
Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work
Was I a fool or not to try to protect your identity?
You looked a little burned out, my friend, I thought it might be up to me

that whole song is pretty amazing — any other songwriter would kill for it, and he didn't even release it for a decade.

Everything went from bad to worse
Money never changed a thing
Death kept followin', trackin' us down
At least I heard your bluebird sing
Now somebody's got to show their hand
Time is an enemy
I know you're long gone
I guess it must be up to me

also, this new set lets me say things like "i love the little riff dylan plays on take 2 (remake) of 'Up To Me,' which isn't present on other takes"

Say away Tyler!

I'm very happy with the one disc version. It's so much clearer than the bootlegs I've owned