Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series

I may have the chronology wrong, but I think that's around when Bob was trying to shake off any number of stalkers (Weberman and the like). Since putting out a crap record (Self Portrait) on purpose didn't throw people off his trail, he probably decided to clam up entirely.

he was raising kids and chickens and shit

"Cow Pie!" Now that nobody goes to MySpace, tons of albums there: whole series and boxes of Hank, Cash, Miles and Dylan for inst. All of BD's original 60s releases (in their 2010 mono, plus Best of the Mono Recordings). Several in the Bootleg Series, like the Whitmark Demos, Halloween Mask, Vols.1-3: Series of Dreams, Live At Brandeis (not sure if that's formally incl in Bootleg Series, but def 60s)

http://s.discogss.com/image/R-4142927-1356735357-6465.jpeg

Not a part of the bootleg series, but may as well be. Sony/Columbia quietly released 100 copies of this across a few European countries at the end of December, and it was available for download in a few countries (at an exorbitant price) but that's it. The mp3 download version apparently uses the less subtle artwork above, while the physical copies used the 50th Anniv. title. Basically all the alternate/live tracks they wanted to not let slip into the public domain? I'm not sure I understand how copyright law works that they had to do this, but I wish it was more widely available.

http://www.discogs.com/Bob-Dylan-The-50th-Anniversary-Collection-The-Copyright-Extension-Collection-Vol-I/release/4142612

out there on t0rrentz, of course

haha, saw this. so weird. some good stuff on there, nothing that hasn't been around on bootlegs, i don't think?

Isn't there something major happening with copyright law in Europe this year? I seem to recall some hand-wringing about "and now Beatles songs will be public domain!"

Yes, there's an EU directive now in force which extends copyright in sound recordings from 50 to 70 years. So the Beatles are protected. More here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/15/copyright-extension-cliffs-law-beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfME_KyTmc0&feature=youtu.be&t=6m48s

Thanks, that's what I was looking for!

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ugh y didnt my vid post it is the most necessary vid

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guess the floodgates are kinda opening with these euro bootleg collections. available on amzon. four discs for pretty cheap i think.

record store day release -- Bob Dylan Wigwam b/w Thirsty Boots from the forthcoming Bootleg Series Volume 10, features the demo version of Wigwam and the unreleased track from the Self Portrait sessions.
kind of cool, guess it'll be a 69-70 collection or something? Self Portrait outtakes!

oh man self-portrait outakes....do we dare hope for new morning outtakes????

yeahhhh, i assume they'll be clearing the decks of that stuff. probably some of the isle of wight concert too? hopefully there's more cool stuff that's never been bootlegged -- i don' think these two tracks have made it out.

crazy that wigwam was released as a single back in the day
http://www.importsounds.com/images/BOB-DYLAN_WIGWAM_061512.JPG
i mean, i really love that song, but... did anyone think it was going to be a hit?

what is the demo going to be like, i wonder, hmmmm.

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_content_width/hash/9a/01/9a01fa3d715f1211f22450db86eeeb26.jpg

These sessions are great. It's nice to see the Self-Portrait era get a reassessment. Funny to think about how much the rock-crit establishment freaked out whenever Dylan dared release anything recorded more for the sheer love of making music rather thanuttering kind of profound poetic statement. I love the way he Dylanizes songs he chooses to cover. Plus his choice of covers has turned me onto some incredible stuff.

yeah, early morning rain is one of my faves from that era. i'm sure there was a little self-sabotage going on (as dylan claimed a decade or so later), but also, i think this was just a period where he wanted to make low-key country rock records, along the lines of gordon lightfoot, john prine, kris kristofferson, etc.

i'm sure there was a little self-sabotage going on (as dylan claimed a decade or so later)

love chronicles but i trust bob about as far as i can throw him when it comes to his own motivations

so stoaked for this

i wonder if it will have stuff that was part of that weird dark musical or whatever the fuck that new morning grew out of

feel like the biggest argument for self portrait as self sabotage is the live like a rolling stone, where Dylan completely flubs most of the lines. maybe bob just thought it was funny?

if he had only called it "like a rolling pin," then we would have known for sure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbb-T7tIDi8

heyo

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-revisits-self-portrait-on-next-edition-of-bootleg-series-20130716

...the latest volume in his ongoing Bootleg Series: a four-disc set called Another Self Portrait, drawing on never-before-heard material from Dylan's original acoustic recording sessions and outtakes from Self Portrait along with select cuts from 1968's Nashville Skyline and 1970's New Morning. A deluxe edition will feature a complete recording of Dylan and the Band's 1969 set at the Isle of Wight Festival as well as a remastered version of the original Self Portrait. Both editions hit shelves on August 27th.

Sounds awesome.

I've only heard bits and pieces of SP, none of which made me want to delve further. I didn't think it was outright awful, but can't say I'm real excited to hear the stuff that wasn't deemed good enough for it.

(Then again, it could be an Old Ways/A Treasure situation, which I would welcome)

i've twice in the last couple months been in coffee shops playing self-portrait. maybe it's getting rehabilitated.

new morning also big w the cool kids in my experience. me, for example.

So excited for another Bootleg Series release, but what really piqued my interest was this quote:

"Sets for Blood on the Tracks and Blonde on Blonde will eventually come out. When fans hear the Blonde on Blonde set, they'll realize that the real hero of the sessions was pianist Paul Griffin. . . There will also be a Basement Tapes box one day. We're trying to get the best sources on all the Basement Tapes. That'll happen one day, absolutely."

Hope I live long enough to hear those two/three releases.

I think Dylan being relatively hands-off with the bootleg serieses bodes well for future volumes appearing in our lifetimes.

I'm excited by this and any upcoming sets. We'll likely see them all before the second volume of Neil's Archives.

I need me some Homegrown

I hope this is good--not a big Self Portrait fan here

The outtakes from this era are great so I'm pretty stoked.

the blonde on blonde bootlegs sound amazing from that description. it's hard to believe they aren't just floating around the internet somewhere....

i'm stoked about another self portrait too though. i like that one, even though it i agree that it is cynical and bitter and everything that everyone accuses it of being.

I really want the super-duper special edition but fucking hell not for $125.

http://www.bobdylan.com/us/node/31036

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GFdgwMhWcV4

Was Levon drumming at this show or was it Mickey like the early tours?

Wasn't excited until I watched that video--alternate versions sound good.

Think it was Levon

isle of wight is a good set -- pretty laid back for a huge festival gig. lots of cool, unique versions. and yeah it's levon drumming (and singing quite a bit too). there are two tracks from it on the official self portrait -- "minstrel boy" and a hilarious "like a rolling stone" (the latter being the worst song from the set probably). best thing might be dylan's solo "wild mountain thyme".

Alternate take of "Dogs Run Free"!!!

looks so good!
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)
CD 1

1 Went To See The Gypsy (demo)
2 In Search Of Little Sadie (without overdubs, Self Portrait)
3 Pretty Saro (unreleased, Self Portrait)
4 Alberta #3 (alternate version, Self Portrait)
5 Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (unreleased, Self Portrait)
6 Annie's Going To Sing Her Song (unreleased, Self Portrait)
7 Time Passes Slowly #1 (alternate version, New Morning)
8 Only A Hobo (unreleased, Greatest Hits II)
9 Minstrel Boy (unreleased, The Basement Tapes)
10 I Threw It All Away (alternate version, Nashville Skyline)
11 Railroad Bill (unreleased, Self Portrait)
12 Thirsty Boots (unreleased, Self Portrait)
13 This Evening So Soon (unreleased, Self Portrait)
14 These Hands (unreleased, Self Portrait)
15 Little Sadie (without overdubs, Self Portrait)
16 House Carpenter (unreleased, Self Portrait)
17 All The Tired Horses (without overdubs, Self Portrait)

The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)
CD 2

1 If Not For You (alternate version, New Morning)
2 Wallflower (alternate version, 1971)
3 Wigwam (original version without overdubs, Self Portrait)
4 Days Of '49 (original version without overdubs, Self Portrait)
5 Working On A Guru (unreleased, New Morning)
6 Country Pie (alternate version, Nashville Skyline)
7 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Live With The Band, Isle Of Wight 1969)
8 Highway 61 Revisited (Live With The Band, Isle Of Wight 1969)
9 Copper Kettle (without overdubs, Self Portrait)
10 Bring Me A Little Water (unreleased, New Morning)
11 Sign On The Window (with orchestral overdubs, New Morning)
12 Tattle O'Day (unreleased, Self Portrait)
13 If Dogs Run Free (alternate version, New Morning)
14 New Morning (with horn section overdubs, New Morning)
15 Went To See The Gypsy (alternate version, New Morning)
16 Belle Isle (without overdubs, Self Portrait)
17 Time Passes Slowly #2 (alternate version, New Morning)
18 When I Paint My Masterpiece (demo)

Bob Dylan & The Band
Isle of Wight - August 31, 1969

1 She Belongs To Me
2 I Threw It All Away
3 Maggie's Farm
4 Wild Mountain Thyme
5 It Ain't Me, Babe
6 To Ramona/ Mr. Tambourine Man
7 I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
8 Lay Lady Lay
9 Highway 61 Revisited
10 One Too Many Mornings
11 I Pity The Poor Immigrant
12 Like A Rolling Stone
13 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
14 Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
15 Minstrel Boy
16 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

There will also be a Basement Tapes box one day. We're trying to get the best sources on all the Basement Tapes. That'll happen one day, absolutely."

Hope I live long enough to hear those two/three releases.

― scubasteve, Tuesday, July 16, 2013 9:53 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

there's that Tree With Roots 4CD bootleg floating around, tons of amazing stuff.....man...

See You Later, Allen Ginsberg

See you later, Crocogator! Bob Dylan & the Band invented the SyFy movie with that track.

Starring Jack Kerouac as The Lifeguard

We'll likely see them all before the second volume of Neil's Archives.

lol we need a thread that tallies all the ilx comments about how neil is never going to release archives II

fwiw, this'll make the second Bootleg Series that's come out since the first volume of Archives was released.

i'm guessing that bob isn't quite so heavily involved in this shit as neil - think it was maybe marcus who said that dylan felt better abt releasing his old archive stuff now that his newer recs were getting decent reviews, sales etc again, dunno if that's true or not, makes sense to me, tho

man i love al kooper