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.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
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/
― Greta Van Fleek (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:08 (five years ago) link
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.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:50 (five years ago) link
that is cool! they were usually framed as a sub-par band iirc
― niels, Wednesday, 31 October 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
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
― Greta Van Fleek (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 2 November 2018 16:45 (five years ago) link
Kinda like it’s written in your soul, huh?
― greta van vliet (morrisp), Friday, 2 November 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
Just bought the one disc version. Couldn't bring myself to spring for the full monty. Look forward to listening later
― Duke, Friday, 2 November 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
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.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:23 (five years ago) link
The guitar on Simple Twist..
― Duke, Friday, 2 November 2018 18:50 (five years ago) link
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...
― greta van vliet (morrisp), Friday, 2 November 2018 21:45 (five years ago) link
(I mean, the first-person comes back in later, but the perspective works a lot better in the final version, IMO)
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Friday, 2 November 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
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.
― tylerw, Friday, 2 November 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
On another note, I've always f-n' loved this verse:
Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerkWas to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to workWas 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
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Friday, 2 November 2018 22:15 (five years ago) link
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 worseMoney never changed a thingDeath kept followin', trackin' us downAt least I heard your bluebird singNow somebody's got to show their handTime is an enemyI know you're long goneI guess it must be up to me
― tylerw, Friday, 2 November 2018 22:27 (five years ago) link
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"
― tylerw, Friday, 2 November 2018 22:34 (five years ago) link
Say away Tyler!
I'm very happy with the one disc version. It's so much clearer than the bootlegs I've owned
― Duke, Friday, 2 November 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
"hunted like a crocodile, ravaged in the corn" -- sounds like a typical Friday night, amirite?
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Friday, 2 November 2018 23:26 (five years ago) link
(I didn't dig the first two tracks on this disc very much at all, but some of these later takes are great.)
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Friday, 2 November 2018 23:27 (five years ago) link
Is this take of "Idiot Wind" the same as was on a previous Bootleg Series release? I recognize the way he stumbles over "...wasn't enough to change my heart".
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Friday, 2 November 2018 23:43 (five years ago) link
Yeah I believe that's the take that was on the original 3 lp biograph set
― Greta Van Fleek (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 3 November 2018 04:48 (five years ago) link
I’m not up on this topic (which was discussed above), but here’s what a Billboard article says(?):
It’s easy to forget that some of our ‘60s and ‘70s rock heroes’ records aren’t actually in Western tonality. In those days, it was common practice to speed up studio recordings to give them a little extra zest, and Blood on the Tracks is no exception. According to the liner notes, Dylan specifically asked Ramon to fudge the pitch and tempo for the radio and record market. That’s not the case on More Tracks; for the diehards, this is how this music really sounded as it was played.
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Saturday, 3 November 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
The is the first time I’ve been seriously tempted to buy the big, honkin’ version of one of these sets... somehow I feel like getting lost in all these takes. (And this isn’t even my favorite Dylan album or anything!)
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Saturday, 3 November 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
Hmm, ppl on Amazon are complaining that the booklet has a printing error (4 pgs. missing from the notebook reproduction); and also doesn’t have the “AutoRip” feature, like the previous sets.
― too busy or too stoned (morrisp), Saturday, 3 November 2018 14:43 (five years ago) link
i'm loving the sampler
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 3 November 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
what an absurdly good collection of songs
― Trϵϵship, Saturday, 3 November 2018 15:48 (five years ago) link
Sounds amazing. My bootleg was a vinyl rip, so the clarity here is revelatory
― Duke, Saturday, 3 November 2018 19:28 (five years ago) link
really like "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 5)" very nice low key groovethis was the standout for me on first listen
― niels, Sunday, 4 November 2018 11:42 (five years ago) link
gave the set a listen yesterday. can't say my attention was full-on all the way and I admit to skipping the lily rosemary takes, but man there are some good recordings in there and tylerw is v otm here:
Blood on the Tracks is often thought of as one of the songwriter’s most personal works, but listening to him work out songs like “Idiot Wind,” I’m struck by his single-mindedness and overall intention; this isn’t autobiography, it’s art. He’s trying out different voices, phrasing and lyrics, all in the effort to get the heart of the composition across clearly to the listener. There may be real-life conflict behind the album, but Bob doesn’t just want to bare his soul. He wants to tell stories.
― niels, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 09:39 (five years ago) link
see they've posted a few videos too, I think I had a dvd with the full set this is from, nothing revelatory but nice:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8GB8gnRj1A
― niels, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 18:28 (five years ago) link
He looks rough in that video
― Duke, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
oh this is cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23JF5fTl1_U
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
live version of the album, mostly from 75-76
― Number None, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
idk I kinda love the striped pants + prom shirt look
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 20:42 (five years ago) link
It's not so much the outfit - more the bags under his eyes, sweaty face etc. He looks like he hasn't slept in weeks.
― Duke, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
His munificence may have been engorged with snow, at this point
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 6 November 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
. . .yeah, those Minnesota winters, BOY!
Anyway, finally got the Blood on the Tracks "Bootleg Series" today (just the single disc version; I's po`) and it's as great as my expectations had in mind. What took them so friggin` long?
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 14 November 2018 04:20 (five years ago) link
If you don't want to invest in the entire set, do what I did and download the 10 key tracks scattered throughout the 6-CD set. They're identified in this New Yorker article (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/bob-dylans-masterpiece-is-still-hard-to-find) thusly:
To assemble the original “Blood on the Tracks” from the eighty-seven takes on “More Blood, More Tracks,” select tracks 69 (CD 5, No. 3), 71 (CD 5, No. 5), 34 (CD 3, No. 3), 76 (CD 5, No. 10), 48 (CD 4, No. 2), 16 (CD 2, No. 5), 11 (CD 1, No. 11), 59 (CD 4, No. 13), 46 (CD 3, No. 15), and 58 (CD 4, No. 12).
― Jazzbo, Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:47 (five years ago) link
Download from where?
― verlaine & rambo (morrisp), Thursday, 15 November 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
The internet.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Thursday, 15 November 2018 15:44 (five years ago) link
Is that the original track sequence?
― Duke, Thursday, 15 November 2018 22:20 (five years ago) link
I don't quite get this fetishization around the "original" (NYC) album, but then I've never heard it.
From that New Yorker piece:
Many Dylanists will disagree with me -- the second “Blood” has eloquent defenders
Uh, ya think? Weird understatement. (It's like his most highly rated album.)
― verlaine & rambo (morrisp), Thursday, 15 November 2018 22:26 (five years ago) link
I mean an album's not an album until it's released, right? The way Ross refers to the LP we all know as the "revised" version, in contrast to the (supposedly superior) "original," feels a bit precious.
― verlaine & rambo (morrisp), Thursday, 15 November 2018 22:28 (five years ago) link
I kinda stopped reading around this weird hyperbole:
It is a ten-song study in romantic devastation, as beautiful as it is bleak, worthy of comparison with Schubert’s “Winterreise.”
― niels, Friday, 16 November 2018 08:48 (five years ago) link
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― Duke, Thursday, 25 April 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
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― Duke, Thursday, 25 April 2019 18:04 (four years ago) link
A comprehensive anthology of music from the mythic first leg of Bob Dylan's groundbreaking Rolling Thunder Revue, this 14CD box set includes all five of Dylan’s full sets from that tour that were professionally recorded. The collection also provides the listener with an intimate insider's seat for recently unearthed rehearsals at New York's S.I.R. studios and the Seacrest Mote in Falmouth, MA plus a bonus disc showcasing one-of-a-kind performances from the tour.
CD Box Set Includes:14-disc setOver 100 previously unreleased tracksFive complete shows, newly mixedThree discs of rehearsalsBonus disc of raritiesDISC 1: S.I.R. Rehearsals, New York, NY – October 19, 1975DISC 2: S.I.R. Rehearsals, New York, NY – October 21, 1975DISC 3: Seacrest Motel Rehearsals, Falmouth, MA – October 29, 1975DISC 4-5: Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA – November 19, 1975DISC 6-7: Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA – November 20, 1975DISC 8-9: Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA – November 21, 1975 (afternoon)DISC 10-11: Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA – November 21, 1975 (evening)DISC 12-13: Forum de Montreal, Quebec, Canada – December 4, 1975DISC 14: Rare PerformancesPlease note: release date is June 7, 2019. Pre-orders will start shipping on or around June 5, 2019.
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Disc 1Rake and Ramblin' BoyRomance in DurangoRita MayI Want YouLove Minus Zero/No LimitShe Belongs to MeJoeyIsisHollywood AngelPeople Get ReadyWhat Will You Do When Jesus Comes?Spanish Is the Loving TongueThe Ballad of Ira HayesOne More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with YouThis Land Is Your LandDark as a Dungeon*Disc 2She Belongs to MeA Hard Rain's a-Gonna FallIsisThis Wheel's on Fire/Hurricane/All Along the WatchtowerOne More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)If You See Her, Say HelloOne Too Many MorningsGwenevereLily, Rosemary and the Jack of HeartsPatty's Gone to LaredoIt's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)Disc 3Tears of RageI Shall Be ReleasedEasy and SlowBallad of a Thin ManHurricaneOne More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)Just Like a WomanKnockin' on Heaven's DoorDisc 4When I Paint My MasterpieceIt Ain't Me, BabeThe Lonesome Death of Hattie CarrollIt Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryRomance in DurangoIsisBlowin' in the WindWild Mountain ThymeMama, You Been on My MindDark as a DungeonI Shall Be ReleasedDisc 5Tangled Up in BlueOh, SisterHurricaneOne More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)SaraJust Like a WomanKnockin' on Heaven's DoorThis Land Is Your LandDisc 6When I Paint My MasterpieceIt Ain't Me, BabeThe Lonesome Death of Hattie CarrollIt Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryRomance in DurangoIsisBlowin' in the WindWild Mountain ThymeMama, You Been on My MindDark as a DungeonI Shall Be ReleasedDisc 7Simple Twist of FateOh, SisterHurricaneOne More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)SaraJust Like a WomanKnockin' on Heaven's DoorThis Land Is Your LandDisc 8When I Paint My MasterpieceIt Ain't Me, BabeThe Lonesome Death of Hattie CarrollA Hard Rain's a-Gonna FallRomance in DurangoIsisThe Times They Are a-Changin'I Dreamed I Saw St. AugustineMama, You Been on My MindNever Let Me GoI Shall Be ReleasedDisc 9Mr. Tambourine ManOh, SisterHurricaneOne More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)SaraJust Like a WomanKnockin' on Heaven's DoorThis Land Is Your LandDisc 10When I Paint My MasterpieceIt Ain't Me, BabeThe Lonesome Death of Hattie CarrollIt Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryRomance in DurangoIsisBlowin' in the WindThe Water Is WideMama, You Been on My MindDark as a DungeonI Shall Be ReleasedDisc 11I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)Tangled Up in BlueOh, SisterHurricaneOne More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)SaraJust Like a WomanKnockin' on Heaven's DoorThis Land Is Your LandDisc 12When I Paint My MasterpieceIt Ain't Me, BabeThe Lonesome Death of Hattie CarrollTonight I'll Be Staying Here with YouA Hard Rain's a-Gonna FallRomance in DurangoIsisBlowin' in the WindDark as a DungeonMama, You Been on My MindNever Let Me GoI Dreamed I Saw St. AugustineI Shall Be ReleasedDisc 13It's All Over Now, Baby Blue^Love Minus Zero/No Limit^Tangled Up in BlueOh, SisterHurricaneOne More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)SaraJust Like a WomanKnockin' on Heaven's DoorThis Land Is Your LandDisc 14One Too Many Mornings October 24 – Gerdes Folk City, New York City, New YorkSimple Twist of FateOctober 28 – Mahjong Parlor, Falmouth, MAIsisNovember 2 – Technical University, Lowell, MAWith God on Our Side November 4 – Afternoon – Civic Center, Providence, RIIt's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) November 4 – Evening – Civic Center, Providence, RIRadio advertisement for Niagara Falls shows Niagara Falls, NYThe Ballad of Ira Hayes November 16 – Tuscarora Reservation, NYYour Cheatin' Heart*
― Duke, Thursday, 25 April 2019 18:05 (four years ago) link
Oops, sorry, that didn't format well....
looks cool — especially excited about the rehearsal discs!
― tylerw, Thursday, 25 April 2019 18:10 (four years ago) link
Yeah yeah---but the Super Super Sell Your Firstborn Deluxe better incl. a bonus-laden Renaldo and Clara, or at least a download/streaming code for same.
― dow, Thursday, 25 April 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
hey, i'm grateful for the 18-disc the cutting edge no matter how long it took to slsk
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 25 April 2019 19:40 (four years ago) link