Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series

His munificence may have been engorged with snow, at this point

. . .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?

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).

Download from where?

The internet.

Is that the original track sequence?

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.)

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.

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.”

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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 Performances
Please note: release date is June 7, 2019. Pre-orders will start shipping on or around June 5, 2019.

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Tracklist:

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 Fate
October 28 – Mahjong Parlor, Falmouth, MAIsis
November 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*

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looks cool — especially excited about the rehearsal discs!

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.

hey, i'm grateful for the 18-disc the cutting edge no matter how long it took to slsk

From bobdylan.com newsletter: This must-own box serves as a companion piece to the new film, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, premiering on Netflix on June 12. Every one of Dylan's performances in the movie can be found in the new box set.
Also bringing back the 2003 three-LP version of the 2-CD Rolling Thunder, which I still haven't heard (the single-LP Hard Rain, which came out soon after the network TV concert doc of the same title, though maybe with some different performances, is real good, an improvement over studio originals in several cases, like "Oh Sister," "Shelter From The Storn," "Memphis Blues Again," "Lay Lady Lay" ["let's take a chance, who really cares."]).

someone should make a doc about the Christian period

They did, it accommpanied the Trouble No More set

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awo55I-9D-4

Yup, the Hard Rain version of "Shelter From the Storm" is astonishing--a top 5 Dylan performance for me. That's from the 1976 leg of the tour tho. Looks like he didn't even play that song on the '75 leg.

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hey, i'm grateful for the 18-disc the cutting edge no matter how long it took to slsk

― difficult listening hour, Thursday, April 25, 2019 7:40 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Managed to get a DVDr off ebay.

wife got me the Trouble No More box for Father's Day!

that is great, I am still playing my own distillation of that all the time

Penn Gillette as the lead piece in the book is lol

like why would I care about that doofus' musical opinions

srsly

for those that got the mondo box set -- VG did...assuming tylerw did?

is it worth it?

I haven't ripped the CDs or watched the doc yet, just thumbed through the book

you talking about the Rolling Thunder set or the gospel set ums?

I have it digitally and have so far listened only to the three rehearsal disks, the "rare versions" and the Montreal show

tbh I'm a little disappointed in the rehearsals...they don't touch the Rundown rehearsals from a few years later. It seems like this band's gretest asset was *energy* and to hear these songs arranged for Dylan's shouty voice but without a lot of gusto...eh. I don't know maybe they'll grow on me.

The Montreal show is extraordinary.

xpost the new rolling thunder box

I have the 2cd Trouble No More

counterpoint — i think the rehearsals are awesome! especially the first disc ... pretty amazing that they were only a week or so away from the first show.

I need that jaunty Simple Twist of Fate from the mahjong parlor. Incredible!

yeah that was amazing

it's on disc 14

I know, but I’m kind of all in on vinyl right now.

I'm genuinely considering the RTR box. It's about 45 euros and I think I'd like to dip into the different shows

next up: Johnny Cash Wesley Harding Skyline!

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-bootleg-series-update-nashville-849134/

Unlike recent Bootleg Series packages that compiled every song in the vaults from key albums Blood on the Tracks, The Basement Tapes, Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde, this new set will only contain select tracks from the sessions. “I think we did repeat versions of songs to death on The Cutting Edge,” says the source. “We’re trying to find one really good takes of each song. The giant dumps of everything like we’ve done in recent years really aren’t my preference. I like stuff that is more curated.”

This seems like a good idea. Somehow I doubt there are revelations buried in the rehearsal sessions for "Country Pie."

So, this won't get a deluxe box version? A bit like the Whitmark demos, then..

...or any of the sets prior to, what, Vol. 11(?)

Nice - this one I'm really looking forward to, esp the JWH stuff.

interesting to hear what they dig up there — plenty of the period was on Another Self Portrait. The Cash stuff is not great. John Wesley Harding outtakes are the most interesting ...

agreed

but man I would LOVE to hear Infidels and Empire Burlesque dried out and remixed + outtakes

that (and the time out of mind sessions) seem more exciting, but maybe they can't resist the press that a collab w/ Johnny Cash will generate ... even if that collab kinda sucks. (though maybe there's better stuff than what has already circulated?)

I'm sure and I guess also there's no hurry on the copyright front to get that 80s stuff out

I hope the Dylan camp doesn't think Time Out Of Mind was "already covered" by Tell Tale Signs; that set really needs to be expanded into a box each for Time, "Love and Theft", and Modern Times (the latter I would particularly love to hear).

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Bought the RTR box. I've skimmed the 3 rehearsals discs and they seem unnecessary. Poor quality and ramshackle. Looking forward to the 5 full concerts. So it's 60 euros for 10 discs of five gigs. Not a massive bargain but an ok price.

I need that jaunty Simple Twist of Fate from the mahjong parlor. Incredible!

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this is so amazing, I played this a dozen times today...it's a shame the mix is p much just voice+drums

also the Hattie Caroll on that Montreal show is thrilling