Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series

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I was the guy gushing about the box set, we talked about it ad nauseum up thread. Sorry, I thought you were riffing on that.

Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 02:51 (eight years ago) link

Re Dylan and Donovan: in kiddie times, I once knew a girl who converted her boyfriend to the following point of view, in the wake of Don't Look Back: Dylan has gotten old and bitter, Donovan is young and sweet, like a groovy older brother, turning you on to the good music he's just discovered. Via "Bert's Blues" and "House of Jansch, " for instance, he became our gateway to British folk-rock: somebody found Bert's Blues, and what't this, Pentangle, and somewhere a cover of Mingus, so let's try jazz, and so on. (Of course Dylan was a gateway too, like with those old-school country songs in Don't Look Back, and of course to Guthrie, Van Ronk, the country blues artists covered on his debut, and "Oh, 'Desolation Row', Beat Generation," and somebody mentioned 19th Century French poets).
But Donovan peaked and disappeared, without getting any where near the range of Dylan (who got sweet as country pie later on, for a while). I still know that girl, she still likes Jackson Browne and Neil Young and Dylan after all; haven't heard her mention Donovan in a long tyme.
But it could be that Dylan sweated about him for a minute, as Elvis supposedly shot his TV when Robert Goulet was on the Sullivan Show (more plausibly and lastingly, kept an eye on Tom Jones). And in Myra Friedman's Buried Alive, Janis Joplin is said (by a mutual acquaintance) to be real worried ("There's one other girl, and if she makes it big, I won't, and if I make it---") about Judy Collins!

dow, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link

Donovan was also better looking and had a much better, palatable voice for pop. I doubt Dylan considered him a songwriting rival, but when you've got promos like this, someone like Donovan could seem like a real threat...

http://www.teclarios.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/nobodysingsdylanlikedylan.jpg

flappy bird, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 18:32 (eight years ago) link

better looking? Donovan looks like a goofball

Οὖτις, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 18:54 (eight years ago) link

you take that back

http://resources.wimpmusic.com/images/f3f8d87e/4190/41c9/9916/7db99a405a50/1280x1280.jpg

Number None, Wednesday, 2 December 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link

i don't think he is, but maybe to a Top 40 audience?

flappy bird, Thursday, 3 December 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link

The Cutting Edge 1965-1966:
The Bootleg Series Volume 12
Collector's Edition
Special Holiday Gift
Now with over 10 hours of unreleased 1965 live performances!

If you own the 18-CD Bob Dylan's The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 – Collector's Edition, the holidays are coming early for you via a special gift from Columbia Records: 208 tracks encompassing more than ten hours of live Bob Dylan performances from his landmark 1965 tours, including 14 complete concerts – both acoustic and electric - and an array of recordings from television shows, hotel rooms, and other live appearances. Only 5,000 copies of the Collector's Edition have been produced, and less than 600 remain available for sale, exclusively through bobdylan.com. Once they're gone...they're gone!
Current owners of the Collector's Edition were alerted via email earlier and provided with details of how to redeem their treasure-trove of live Dylan performances. New buyers of the set will receive the same details in an email confirming their purchases.
This incredible set 18-cd set encompasses every note recorded during Bob's 1965-1966 recording sessions, including every alternate take and alternate lyric. All of the previously unreleased recordings have been mixed from the original studio tracking tapes, eliminating unwanted 1960s-era studio processing and artifice. This edition also includes Dylan's original nine mono 45 RPM singles released during the time period, packaged in newly created picture sleeves featuring global images from the era.
The complete list of gifted live performances is as follows:
February 17, 1965 (Les Crane Show, WABC-TV Studios, New York City, New York)
March 27, 1965 (Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California)
April 30, 1965 (The Oval, City Hall, Sheffield, England)
May 1, 1965 (Odeon, Liverpool, England)
May 2, 1965 (De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England)
May 5, 1965 (Town Hall, Birmingham, England)
May 6, 1965 (City Hall, Newcastle, England)
May 7, 1965 (Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England)
May 8, 1965 (Savoy Hotel, London, England)
May 9, 1965 (Royal Albert Hall, London, England)
May 10, 1965 (Royal Albert Hall, London, England)
June 1, 1965 (BBC Studios, London, England)
July 24, 1965 (Contemporary Songs Workshop, Newport Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island)
July 25, 1965 (Newport Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island)
August 28, 1965 (Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Queens, New York)
September 3, 1965 (Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California)
October 29 or 31, 1965 (Back Bay Theater, Boston, Massachusetts)
October 30, 1965 (Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT)
December 4, 1965 (Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California)

dow, Monday, 7 December 2015 16:49 (eight years ago) link

I've listened to a bootleg of those '65 shows...whole lotta "Mr Tambourine Man" for sure. I listened to every show, don't think I would do that again, but fun enough once I guess.

droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 7 December 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link

holy fuck

a (waterface), Monday, 7 December 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link

unfortunately not too much that hasn't already been bootlegged (and i doubt they could fix up the awful audience recordings too much)... was hoping there might be the pro-recorded dylan and the hawks carnegie hall show. maybe the most interesting thing is the solo acoustic "tombstone blues" from the newport workshop.

tylerw, Monday, 7 December 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link

so are these like FLAC links for download or what?

Mostly agree w/Euler and tylerw, these are old news to any collector, but some of the electric sets in that gig list are pretty smokin'

sleeve, Monday, 7 December 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link

yeah the Hollywood Bowl show is terrific

droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 7 December 2015 16:56 (eight years ago) link

yeah hollywood bowl is great, and berkeley is pretty listenable for an audience tape. the other electric sets are pretty dire in terms of sound quality iirc. (and i have a high tolerance for terrible audience recordings, believe me)

tylerw, Monday, 7 December 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link

But---how do we know that any of these are audience tapes (checking child's college fund)?

dow, Monday, 7 December 2015 17:20 (eight years ago) link

the late 65 shows are all audience tapes -- the british acoustic tour should all be soundboards. here's the tracklisting:

BOB DYLAN –
50th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: 1965

February 17, 1965 (Les Crane Show, WABC-TV Studios, New York City, New York)
1. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – 4:24
2. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – 7:25
Bob Dylan – vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica
Bruce Langhorne – electric guitar

March 27, 1965 (Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, California)
3. To Ramona – 4:22
4. Gates of Eden – 7:13
5. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – 2:11
6. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – 7:34
7. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 4:04
8. Mr. Tambourine Man – 5:27
9. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – 3:27
10. With God On Our Side [incomplete] – 1:22
11. She Belongs To Me – 3:36
12. It Ain’t Me, Babe [incomplete] – 1:10
13. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll [incomplete] – 0:20
14. All I Really Want To Do – 2:22
15. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – 4:41
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica

April 30, 1965 (The Oval, City Hall, Sheffield, England)
16. The Times They Are A-Changin' – 3:25
17. To Ramona – 4:24
18. Gates Of Eden – 6:58
19. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – 2:54
20. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) – 8:02
21. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 4:36
22. Mr. Tambourine Man – 6:06
23. Talkin’ World War III Blues – 4:49
24. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right – 3:56
25. With God On Our Side – 4:49
26. She Belongs To Me – 4:24
27. It Ain't Me, Babe – 3:44
28. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – 5:06
29. All I Really Want To Do – 2:44
30. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue – 5:04
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica

May 1, 1965 (Odeon, Liverpool, England)
31. The Times They Are A-Changin' – 3:03
32. To Ramona – 4:25
33. Gates Of Eden – 7:10
34. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – 2:21
35. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) – 7:54
36. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 3:59
37. Mr. Tambourine Man – 5:47
38. Talkin’ World War III Blues [incomplete] – 4:25
39. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right – 4:07
40. With God On Our Side – 4:46
41. She Belongs To Me – 3:57
42. It Ain't Me, Babe – 3:56
43. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – 5:23
44. All I Really Want To Do – 2:51
45. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue – 5:07
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica

May 2, 1965 (De Montfort Hall, Leicester, England)
46. The Times They Are A-Changin' – 2:55
47. To Ramona – 4:21
48. Gates Of Eden – 6:58
49. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – 2:14
50. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) – 7:40
51. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 3:59
52. Mr. Tambourine Man – 5:44
53. Talkin’ World War III Blues – 4:36
54. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right – 3:52
55. With God On Our Side – 4:52
56. She Belongs To Me – 4:08
57. It Ain't Me, Babe – 3:50
58. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – 5:20
59. All I Really Want To Do – 2:35
60. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue – 4:52
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica

May 5, 1965 (Town Hall, Birmingham, England)
61. The Times They Are A-Changin' – 3:15
62. To Ramona – 4:05
63. Gates Of Eden – 6:52
64. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – 2:19
65. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) – 7:41
66. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 4:21
67. Mr. Tambourine Man – 6:02
68. Talkin’ World War III Blues – 4:40
69. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right – 4:02
70. With God On Our Side – 4:49
71. She Belongs To Me – 4:14
72. It Ain't Me, Babe – 3:41
73. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – 5:33
74. All I Really Want To Do – 2:56
75. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue – 4:41
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica

May 6, 1965 (City Hall, Newcastle, England)
76. The Times They Are A-Changin' – 2:57
77. To Ramona – 4:10
78. Gates Of Eden – 6:51
79. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – 2:11
80. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) – 7:44
81. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 3:57
82. Mr. Tambourine Man – 5:26
83. Talkin’ World War III Blues – 4:21
84. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [partial false start, complete] – 4:39
85. With God On Our Side –5:05
86. She Belongs To Me – 4:23
87. It Ain't Me, Babe – 4:10
88. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – 5:34
89. All I Really Want To Do – 2:51
90. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue – 4:54
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica

May 7, 1965 (Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England)
91. The Times They Are A-Changin’ – 2:59
92. To Ramona – 4:30
93. Gates of Eden – 6:50
94. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – 2:28
95. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – 7:50
96. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 4:14
97. Mr. Tambourine Man – 6:02
98. Talkin’ World War III Blues – 4:27
99. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – 3:32
100. With God On Our Side – 5:04
101. She Belongs To Me – 4:01
102. It Ain’t Me, Babe – 3:56
103. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – 5:32
104. All I Really Want To Do – 2:46
105. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – 5:00
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica

May 8, 1965 (Savoy Hotel, London, England)
106. She Belongs To Me – 2:48
Bob Dylan – vocals & guitar

May 9, 1965 (Royal Albert Hall, London, England)
107. The Times They Are A-Changin’ [incomplete] – 3:10
108. To Ramona – 4:36
109. Gates of Eden – 7:08
110. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – 2:15
111. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – 8:11
112. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 3:53
113. Mr. Tambourine Man – 6:19
114. Talkin’ World War III Blues – 4:36
115. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – 3:36
116. With God On Our Side – 5:03
117. She Belongs To Me – 3:37
118. It Ain’t Me, Babe – 3:53
119. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – 5:19
120. All I Really Want To Do – 2:42
121. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – 5:05
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica

May 10, 1965 (Royal Albert Hall, London, England)
122. The Times They Are A-Changin' – 3:17
123. To Ramona – 4:07
124. Gates Of Eden – 7:11
125. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – 2:13
126. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) [dropouts] – 7:34
127. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 3:37
128. Mr. Tambourine Man – 5:50
129. Talkin’ World War III Blues – 4:32
130. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right – 3:58
131. With God On Our Side – 4:54
132. She Belongs To Me – 4:19
133. It Ain't Me, Babe – 3:47
134. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – 5:32
135. All I Really Want To Do – 2:40
136. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue – 4:57
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica

June 1, 1965 (BBC Studios, London, England)
137. Ballad Of Hollis Brown – 4:52
138. Mr. Tambourine Man – 5:55
139. Gates Of Eden – 6:50
140. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – 2:34
141. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll – 6:03
142. It Ain’t Me, Babe – 3:51
143. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 3:39
144. One Too Many Mornings – 4:00
145. Boots Of Spanish Leather – 6:21
146. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – 8:35
147. She Belongs To Me – 4:25
148. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – 4:58
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica

July 24, 1965 (Contemporary Songs Workshop, Newport Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island)
149. Tombstone Blues – 5:25
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica

July 25, 1965 (Newport Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island)
150. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry – 3:29
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica
Michael Bloomfield – guitar
Barry Goldberg – organ
Al Kooper – bass
Sam Lay – drums

August 28, 1965 (Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Queens, New York)
151. She Belongs To Me – 4:05
152. To Ramona – 4:22
153. Gates of Eden – 6:31
154. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 3:36
155. Desolation Row – 9:31
156. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – 5:01
157. Mr. Tambourine Man – 5:36
158. Tombstone Blues – 5:37
159. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) – 4:38
160. From A Buick 6 – 3:14
161. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – 5:22
162. Maggie’s Farm – 4:42
163. It Ain’t Me, Babe – 4:34
164. Ballad Of A Thin Man – 5:41
165. Like A Rolling Stone – 5:59
Tracks 151-157: Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica
Tracks 158-165: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Robbie Robertson (guitar), Al Kooper (organ), Harvey Brooks (bass) and Levon Helm (drums)

September 3, 1965 (Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California)
166. She Belongs To Me – 3:44
167. To Ramona – 4:00
168. Gates of Eden – 6:13
169. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – 4:48
170. Desolation Row – 9:38
171. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 3:38
172. Mr. Tambourine Man – 5:41
173. Tombstone Blues [incomplete] – 4:37
174. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) – 4:19
175. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – 4:47
176. From A Buick 6 – 2:57
177. Maggie’s Farm – 4:19
178. It Ain’t Me, Babe – 4:13
179. Ballad Of A Thin Man – 5:38
180. Like A Rolling Stone – 5:31
Tracks 166-172: Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica
Tracks 173-180: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Robbie Robertson (guitar), Al Kooper (organ), Harvey Brooks (bass) and Levon Helm (drums)

October 29 or 31, 1965 (Back Bay Theater, Boston, Massachusetts)
181. Tombstone Blues [dropouts] – 4:46
182. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) [incomplete] – 2:02
183. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down [partial, intro clipped] – 3:24
184. Ballad Of A Thin Man [partial, intro clipped, dropouts and tape speed varies] – 5:15
Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Robbie Robertson (guitar), Richard Manuel (piano), Garth Hudson (organ), Rick Danko (bass) and Levon Helm (drums)

October 30, 1965 (Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford, CT)
185. She Belongs To Me – 3:21
186. To Ramona [incomplete] – 0:18
187. Gates of Eden [incomplete] – 0:25
188. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – 4:51
189. Desolation Row [incomplete] – 0:16
190. Love Minus Zero/No Limit [incomplete] – 0:49
191. Mr. Tambourine Man – 6:36
192. Tombstone Blues – 5:21
193. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down – 3:19
194. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues [incomplete] – 0:28
195. Maggie’s Farm – 3:56
196. It Ain’t Me, Babe – 5:27
197. Ballad Of A Thin Man [incomplete] – 0:47
198. Positively 4th Street – 4:29
199. Like A Rolling Stone – 2:52
Tracks 185-191: Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar and harmonica
Tracks 192-199: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Robbie Robertson (guitar), Richard Manuel (piano), Garth Hudson (organ), Rick Danko (bass) and Levon Helm (drums)

December 4, 1965 (Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley, California)
200. Tombstone Blues [incomplete] – 4:54
201. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) – 5:04
202. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down – 3:55
203. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – 5:35
204. Long Distance Operator – 3:45
205. It Ain’t Me, Babe – 5:33
206. Ballad Of A Thin Man – 5:34
207. Positively 4th Street – 4:33
208. Like A Rolling Stone – 5:55
Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Robbie Robertson (guitar), Richard Manuel (piano), Garth Hudson (organ), Rick Danko (bass) and Bobby Gregg (drums)
All songs written by Bob Dylan except “Baby, Let Me Follow You Down” arranged by Bob Dylan

tylerw, Monday, 7 December 2015 17:22 (eight years ago) link

Hey Tyler, did you have any trouble downloading them? Mine only grabbed like a third of the tracks--I wrote to customer support, so frustrating

Iago Galdston, Monday, 7 December 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link

i actually did not buy the 18-disc set ... don't tell the dylanologists.

tylerw, Monday, 7 December 2015 18:30 (eight years ago) link

YSI?

Οὖτις, Monday, 7 December 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link

three weeks pass...

this clip is real nice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE3owtjQmSc

it's like seeing Harrison Ford playing Indiana Jones dressed as Han Solo or... something.

niels, Thursday, 31 December 2015 09:24 (eight years ago) link

youtubing Elston Gunn not a bad idea, had forgotten how crisp those Infidels outtakes sound, could've been a real nice album

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ8iyBn-S5k

niels, Thursday, 31 December 2015 09:26 (eight years ago) link

four weeks pass...

man, the early "visions of johanna"s on the cutting edge. so amazing, all of 'em.

tylerw, Thursday, 28 January 2016 19:41 (eight years ago) link

Isn't it spelled Elston Gunnn?

Poxy's Dilemma (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 28 January 2016 20:47 (eight years ago) link

Those Infidels outtakes are real nice.

o. nate, Monday, 1 February 2016 02:48 (eight years ago) link

this clip is real nice
Indeed.

Blecch Country Rickroll (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 1 February 2016 05:17 (eight years ago) link

I don't understand about Elston Gunn. Is it an alias under which Dylan sounds different?

the pinefox, Monday, 1 February 2016 11:20 (eight years ago) link

http://knowyourmeme.com/forums/meme-research/topics/18627-elston-gunn

Mark G, Monday, 1 February 2016 11:25 (eight years ago) link

I'd be surprised if Dylan's "people" didn't know about this and are asking for videos posted under Elston Gunn to be taken down.

schlep and back trio (anagram), Monday, 1 February 2016 11:36 (eight years ago) link

They might see it as good free market testing for future bootleg series interest

Amira, Queen of Creativity (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 February 2016 13:47 (eight years ago) link

seems like there are certain Dylan things that always get taken down (eat the document, renaldo and clara and the hard rain tv special come to mind) but some stuff that just sticks around for whatever reason. who can guess the motives of the web sheriff.

i was in a record store yesterday and they were playing a vinyl bootleg of some rolling thunder 1976 recordings, which weirdly enough was pressed in 2014! guess the vinyl bootleg industry is still alive. terrible artwork too, with a photo of bob from like 1991 on it. seems like if you're going to go to the trouble of breaking the law you should at least make it look cool.

tylerw, Monday, 1 February 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link

Do 2014 vinyl bootlegs still do the fake-name thing on labels, like boots in the 70s (e.g., a Dylan boot credited to "Bobby Z and his Orchestra" on the label) ?

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 1 February 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link

at least be honest

xp

Οὖτις, Monday, 1 February 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link

I think it's because it's not illegal to print fake sleeves for things, but it is to make the CDs/LPs

Mark G, Monday, 1 February 2016 16:22 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...

The Complete Basement Tapes won a Grammy, Best Historical Recording---lots of *stiff* competition, get it? (lots of dead people, that is; get your mind out of the gutter)(and into the coffin)

dow, Tuesday, 16 February 2016 00:46 (eight years ago) link

that was predictable even by grammy standards

wizzz! (amateurist), Tuesday, 16 February 2016 04:25 (eight years ago) link

I know it's been discussed upthread but for some reason I don't think I really "got it" at the time, but that whole Vol. 12 was probably really only issued because of the EU copyrighting laws? Well, it ended up a very cool compilation.

niels, Saturday, 27 February 2016 20:28 (eight years ago) link

Yes.

Mark G, Thursday, 3 March 2016 09:38 (eight years ago) link

vol. 12 is a blast (in both 6 and 18-disc iterations!). it's a golden age for dylan obsessives.

tylerw, Thursday, 3 March 2016 18:10 (eight years ago) link

rich Dylan obsessives maybe

Οὖτις, Thursday, 3 March 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link

poor Dylan obsessives like me not so much >:(

Οὖτις, Thursday, 3 March 2016 18:13 (eight years ago) link

"That depends. Just how far in do you want to go?"

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-bob-dylans-historic-new-tulsa-archive-its-an-endless-ocean-20160303?page=2

dow, Saturday, 5 March 2016 03:23 (eight years ago) link

whoa

Chaiken has only begun to dip into the hundreds of hours of raw Dylan recording sessions, but he's already come across a completely different version of 1997's Time Out of Mind produced by pianist Jim Dickinson and the complete John Wesley Harding sessions. "It's such a mysterious record," he says. "I heard a couple of alternate takes of 'All Along The Watchtower' that were, to me as a fan, just incredible."

The film footage is equally compelling. It includes 30 hours of outtakes from D.A. Pennebaker's 1965 tour documentary Don't Look Back, another 30 hours of footage shot on Dylan's legendary 1966 electric tour, upwards of 50 hours shot on the 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue along with a Toronto stop of Dylan's gospel tour and footage of Dylan, the Band and Tiny Tim goofing around in Woodstock, New York, around the time that work began on The Basement Tapes. "The collection is going to continue to grow," says Chaiken. "As Bob continues to tour, there's going to be more stuff that's added."
Bob Dylan; Archive
Lyric draft of "Ballad of a Thin Man" Erik Campos

The bulk of the collection chronicles Dylan's musical career, onstage and off, but there are also more personal items like a mid-1960s address book with phone numbers for Nico, Lenny Bruce and Allen Ginsberg, a private letter from George Harrison praising the recently released Nashville Skyline and 1978 postcard from Barbra Streisand thanking Dylan for sending her flowers.

Dylan's complete recording sessions reside in Iron Mountain, a secret, climate-controlled underground facility, and the University of Tulsa and the Kaiser Foundation are no hurry to move them to Oklahoma, but they are being digitized, and curators plan on making them available to visitors via an offline computer at the Gilcrease Museum. Sony retains the right to release the material to the public via future volumes of the Bootleg Series and other archival packages, but the Tulsa facility will retain ownership of the physical tapes.

the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Saturday, 5 March 2016 07:58 (eight years ago) link

that'll be my first trip to Tulsa!

niels, Saturday, 5 March 2016 10:55 (eight years ago) link

...footage of Dylan, the Band and Tiny Tim goofing around in Woodstock, New York, around the time that work began on The Basement Tapes.

^would watch! first time i listened to the you are what you eat soundtrack i remember thinking that organ playing sounds familiar... then the slowly dawning realisation that, yes, that is actually the band backing up tiny tim on his tracks.

the complete John Wesley Harding sessions

& holy shit!

no lime tangier, Saturday, 5 March 2016 12:42 (eight years ago) link

one month passes...

so the "Blowin' In The Wind" on Vol 11 disk 5: this is great! did they do it this way any other times? it's waaaay diff than Before the Flood, looser, more hilarious, 1967, like I actually want to listen to that song again!

droit au butt (Euler), Monday, 11 April 2016 12:28 (eight years ago) link

yeah i love that one -- i actually think he mayyy have played it in a similar arrangement sometime during the neverending tour years!
wonder what exactly they were doing with those old tunes at that point. i know dylan talks about a potential tour with the band in that late 60s rolling stone interview. pretty weird to think of them going out on the road in 68 or 69 with a head full of basement noise. guess the closest we'll come is that isle of wight gig (and those few tunes on the guthrie tribute concert album)

tylerw, Monday, 11 April 2016 13:57 (eight years ago) link

Just posted this on Rolling Reissues, here tis for those who don't go there (you're missing a lot)

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THE WILBURYS ARE COMING…
CONCORD BICYCLE MUSIC PARTNERS WITH THE TRAVELING WILBURYS TO REISSUE CATALOG
The Traveling Wilburys’ Music to Debut
on Streaming Services for First Time Ever

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Concord Bicycle Music is very pleased to announce that it has entered into a worldwide licensing agreement with The Traveling Wilburys to represent the iconic band's entire catalog, including physical and digital reissues.
For the first time ever, the super group’s music will be available on streaming services, beginning June 3, 2016, along with the re-launch of the hugely successful Traveling Wilburys Collection box set as a limited-edition, uniquely numbered 2-CD 1-DVD box set, standard 2-CD 1-DVD package, deluxe 180-gram vinyl box and for the first time as high-resolution downloads. The release includes albums (Vol. 1 and Vol. 3), bonus tracks and a DVD featuring footage of the band from the first chord to the final mix.
When originally released in 2007, The Traveling Wilburys Collection debuted at #1 in the U.K. and six other countries and entered the U.S. charts at #9, making it the highest chart debut of a box set at the time, and has since been certified Gold.
The previously released albums Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1 and Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3 feature music's greatest singer-songwriters — George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan — as the legendary band the Traveling Wilburys.
The Wilburys formed in 1988 after Dylan, Harrison, Petty, Lynne and Orbison assembled at Dylan's Malibu, California studio to record a B-side for the Harrison single "This Is Love." The resulting song, "Handle With Care," was instead released under the Wilburys name, with the artists posing as a band of brothers. George later said, "I liked the song and the way that it turned out with all these people on it so much that I just carried it around in my pocket for ages thinking, 'Well what can I do with this thing?' And the only thing to do I could think of was do another nine. Make an album." The original album release, Traveling Wilburys Vol. 1, achieved great success; after hitting No. 3 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, the certified double Platinum album earned a GRAMMY® for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group.
Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3, the group's second album, was released in 1990 and dedicated to Lefty (Roy Orbison) Wilbury, who passed away in late 1988 before recording could be completed. "She's My Baby" and "Wilbury Twist" became radio hits as the album reached #11 in the U.S. and was certified Platinum.
Scott Pascucci, CEO Concord Bicycle Music and Sig Sigworth, SVP Catalog Concord Bicycle Music said in a joint statement, "The global success of the Traveling Wilburys reissues in 2007 was one of our career highlights. So, we are very proud to bring the Wilburys' catalog to Concord Bicycle Music and work with these incredible songs and musicians a second time."
"…one of the few rock super groups actually deserving to be called either super or a group."
—Rolling Stone, Dec 1, 1988
# # #
The Traveling Wilburys
Website: travelingwilburys.com
Facebook: facebook.com/travelingwilburys
Instagram: instagram.com/officialwilbury
Twitter: twitter.com/officialwilbury
YouTube: youtube.com/user/TravelingWilburys
For more information:
Cary Baker • Conqueroo • c✧✧✧@conque✧✧✧.c✧✧

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dow, Monday, 18 April 2016 17:09 (eight years ago) link

So basically ... a reissue of the reissue?

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 April 2016 17:22 (eight years ago) link

yeah

tylerw, Monday, 18 April 2016 17:26 (eight years ago) link

When originally released in 2007, The Traveling Wilburys Collection debuted at #1 in the U.K. and six other countries

Yeah, but each one of those countries started a band.

Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 18 April 2016 17:28 (eight years ago) link


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