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
some details here:
http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2014/07/29/bob-dylan-motorcycle-accident-1966/
― sleeve, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:32 (nine years ago) link
i mean, in a certain sense i assume everything that i've ever heard about Dylan is about 50% myth
― There Goes Ryan's Scion (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:53 (nine years ago) link
It's actually "Highway 30.5 Revisited."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
There were 4 persons killed and he was at the wheel
― salthigh, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 19:05 (nine years ago) link
wheel was on fire iirc
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
went all the way till the wheels fell off and burned etc
― Jimmywine Dyspeptic, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 19:31 (nine years ago) link
probably 2nd street
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
arguably 4th street
― I dunno. (amateurist), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 19:45 (nine years ago) link
you might be going somewhere after all
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
She has half of what she needs
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
This is no fun, the originals are all better.
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
I liked See You Later Allen Ginsberg when the Zombies did it
― i blow goat farts, aka garts for a living (waterface), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
Think this was the first biography to confirm that motorcycle accident actually occurred, though haven't read it, so don't know details. Also revealed the marriage to gospel singer (they had kids? B'lieve so).And that was just the first edition! http://www.howardsounes.com/assets/images/book_covers/bob_dylan_uk_new.jpg
Tyler, did you score a ticket to see Mr. D.?
― dow, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:50 (nine years ago) link
i didn't :/ -- tough for me to shell out the cash (even though tix were just about $50 at the box office). oh well!
― tylerw, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:00 (nine years ago) link
FWIW, this is selling at Amazon Germany for two-thirds of the price Amazon UK are asking for it: €85 at Amazon Germany (= £66) compared with £102 at Amazon UK. Might be worth UK residents ordering from Germany and paying a little shipping to save a few quid.
― Duke, Thursday, 6 November 2014 18:30 (nine years ago) link
Fopp are selling it for £70 in the UK
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 6 November 2014 19:43 (nine years ago) link
Why is there a picture of Don Was on the cover of that book?
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 6 November 2014 19:50 (nine years ago) link