Haven't heard the whole legit version, just this sampler. Lot of track info grayed out on iTunes and Amazon, last time I checked (but iTunes did have the whole digital thang for $59.99; Amazon's only digital is 2-discs-worth, for $19.99 I think [that's Raw, the Robertson picks minus his fixes, plus a few more]; their only Complete is 6 CDs and a book or booklet, for $127.99)
― dow, Monday, 27 October 2014 22:04 (nine years ago) link
rollingstone.com's prob got more info about tracks.
― dow, Monday, 27 October 2014 22:05 (nine years ago) link
You will if you listen to this whole thing, or A Tree With Roots
i have, many times.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 27 October 2014 22:19 (nine years ago) link
i too love "still in town," "young but daily growin," "spanish is the loving tongue," "the french girl," etc.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 27 October 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link
my comment above was just taking issue with that critic's line about "hearing the idea of a song"--i have no idea what that means
Well, like on the sampler's version of "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere," you sort of have to squint at it, or some of it is a squint; D. hasn't quite gotten it in focus yet, seems like.
― dow, Monday, 27 October 2014 22:28 (nine years ago) link
SFJ is such a cunt
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 27 October 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
That first track on the NPR sampler sounds no better than my boot version -- lowering my expectations
― bodacious ignoramus, Monday, 27 October 2014 23:45 (nine years ago) link
30 unbootlegged tracks in the box, right? No idea if they make it worth buying for those who have A Tree With Roots (at the moment,it's a moot point for me, financially).
― dow, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link
there's no way i'm buying this for $150 or whatever. what's in the box? bob dylan nose hair? a t-shirt? redundant vinyl? a hardbound box i will look at once, maybe? fuck a sony.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 00:38 (nine years ago) link
for that much money i want the actual basement tapes in the box, like, the original tapes.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 00:39 (nine years ago) link
You get temporary custody of Garth Hudson.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 00:43 (nine years ago) link
And the screen door he fixed.
― Naive Teen Idol, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 00:44 (nine years ago) link
on a side note, why does greil marcus keep retitling his books?
― I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 00:57 (nine years ago) link
Ordered a copy from Overstock.com - $99.15 with free shipping.
― Jazzbo, Friday, 31 October 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
Xpost "Temporary Custody of Garth Hudson" sounds like a Dylan tune from 1966.
― Jazzbo, Friday, 31 October 2014 15:46 (nine years ago) link
Overstock? Anticipating low sales out-the-gate? Given the NPR sneak-peak, unless the book is super fantastic, gonna buy this one second hand.
― bodacious ignoramus, Friday, 31 October 2014 18:57 (nine years ago) link
gaaaah this is so goooooooood
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 1 November 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
better sound quality than tree w/roots?
are any of the former partial songs there in full form?
$109 on pop market deal today
― There Goes Ryan's Scion (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 November 2014 17:06 (nine years ago) link
yurrrgh, just starting in on disc one, this is the besssst. sound quality seems a little bit improved from tree with roots to me.
― tylerw, Monday, 3 November 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
I would say it's a bit better but not artificially cleaned up. When the original distorts or skips or whatever, they've done nothing to try to remove it. It's still a warts and all release.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 3 November 2014 17:13 (nine years ago) link
some of the super-wide stereo mixes on the bootlegs seem to have been centered a little bit. sounds a-ok to me so far.
― tylerw, Monday, 3 November 2014 17:16 (nine years ago) link
It's amazing. What we've been waiting for all these years.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 3 November 2014 17:22 (nine years ago) link
YOU DICKS!!!!!
i was trying to talk myself out of this :)
― There Goes Ryan's Scion (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 3 November 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
lol. may just stop listening to anything other than this for the next few months... everybody down into the basement!
― tylerw, Monday, 3 November 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
but the Velvets box is nigh, too...
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 3 November 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
I know, right?
― sleeve, Monday, 3 November 2014 17:32 (nine years ago) link
don't buy it, just steal it, sony doesn't need your $125
the sound quality is much better in some cases, fairly better in others
if i'm not mistaken there are a handful of tracks i hadn't heard before
― I dunno. (amateurist), Monday, 3 November 2014 17:36 (nine years ago) link
yeah, something like 30 tracks that have never been bootlegged.
― tylerw, Monday, 3 November 2014 17:39 (nine years ago) link
the little mini-set of blowing in the wind, one too many mornings, satisfied mind and it ain't me babe is making me fantasize about what a Dylan/Band tour in 1967-8 would've been like.
― tylerw, Monday, 3 November 2014 22:17 (nine years ago) link
I can't imagine them taking this style to the stage. If they did it woulda been cool.
The Autoharp songs have never sounded anywhere near this good. I won't skip them anymore.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 3 November 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
yeah pretty impossible to imagine (aside from the isle of wight show maybe) exactly how they could've pulled off something so casual sounding in a live setting, especially given what a lightning rod dylan was in 67-68. doubtful the audience would have just relaxed and listened to the tunes. but i'd be curious to know if that's what they were doing with those reinvented tunes -- practicing for a potential live show?
― tylerw, Monday, 3 November 2014 23:27 (nine years ago) link
Somebody please be sure to describe the 30 prev unbootlegged tracks
― dow, Monday, 3 November 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link
They're cool
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 3 November 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link
don't want to be too hyperbolic, but they're pretty phenomenal! i mean, they're very much unfinished for the most part, but i am pretty giddy about more basement noise.
― tylerw, Monday, 3 November 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
und you vill of course provide more detail
― dow, Monday, 3 November 2014 23:57 (nine years ago) link
Tyler are any of the cut off songs complete?
― There Goes Ryan's Scion (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
bourbon street is much longer...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 00:08 (nine years ago) link
but most of the cut-offs are the same as tree with roots as far as i can tell
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
Any comments on the book ??
― bodacious ignoramus, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 00:21 (nine years ago) link
Hmmm...trying to justify being OK with just the 2 disc version of this...you guys are making it difficult!
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 01:27 (nine years ago) link
i don't have the book yet...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 01:30 (nine years ago) link
it better come with some where's waldo-type puzzles or something to be worth the $$
"where's levon?"
― I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:03 (nine years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/01/bob-dylan-basement-tapes-nonsense-released
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:18 (nine years ago) link
huh, the motorcycle accident is disputed/perhaps mythical? I'd never heard that before
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:22 (nine years ago) link
he was using tarantula venom to stimulate creativity iirc, the conspiracy theory goes that it results in the same spinal damage
― sleeve, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link
lol
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link
Thought it might be based on his buddy, Richard Fariña.
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link
think there was always some skepticism that the crash was an excuse to get off the road/out of the public eye. i imagine some kind of accident happened, but the details of how badly dylan was actually hurt seem foggy.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:28 (nine years ago) link
Never saw the accident disputed anywhere else, only the severity of his injuries.
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:29 (nine years ago) link