Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series

Looks like yall nailed it as closely as possible by now.

Rolling Thunder Collection
~Revisited~
Just in time for Fall, the limited edition collection from Barking Irons that envisions iconic looks from Bob’s career as modern everyday wear has been marked down 40% for this holiday season.

Featured in GQ, Rolling Stone, and Billboard, this may be your last chance to own a piece of this one-of-a-kind collection at reduced prices
more info and slick pix:
http://view.fans.legacyrecordings.com/?qs=f5adf0d43cae75f8f7ab5a58e7aa47cd9e5e2377cac7c8daa3f8321a38ccec7abd3cf191563b55e53d85b8cbfce61a3449a5960467960a5c04b4c4654e83980b8bcf46c8deaadef21a0c25809e408f7c

The only one I would buy is sold out.

Is someone gonna make copies of these out of cheaper fabrics, and call them "The Bootleg Collection"?

All of “Trouble No More” on spotify.

Not sure where to drop this, but came across this great (and very unofficial) bootleg, Days of 1978:

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

New album "1970" just announced

By Popular Demand, “Bob Dylan – 1970” to Be Released on February 26, 2021DEC 18, 2020

By Popular Demand, Bob Dylan – 1970 (50th Anniversary Collection) to Be Widely Released by Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings on February 26, 2021

3-Disc Collection of Previously Unavailable Studio Performances includes Complete May 1,1970 Session featuring George Harrison

December 18, 2020-New York, NY-Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, announce the forthcoming release of Bob Dylan – 1970, the first widely available pressing of a three-disc collection of long-sought-after studio recordings, on Friday, February 26.

The recordings on Bob Dylan – 1970 were first released in a limited edition on December 4 as part of the Bob Dylan – 50th Anniversary Collection copyright extension series (which began in 2012). The buzz surrounding the 1970 performances, notably Dylan’s studio sit-down with George Harrison on May 1, created a demand for a broader release of these historic tracks.

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Bob Dylan – 1970 includes previously unreleased outtakes from the sessions that produced Self Portrait and New Morning as well as the complete May 1, 1970 studio recordings with George Harrison, which capture the pair performing together on nine tracks, including Dylan originals (“One Too Many Mornings,” “Gates of Eden,” “Mama, You Been On My Mind”), covers (the Everly Brothers’ “All I Have to Do Is Dream,” Carl Perkins’ “Matchbox”) and more.

Bob Dylan – 1970 comes housed in an 8-panel digipack featuring new cover art and liner notes by Michael Simmons.

Bob Dylan – 1970 (50th Anniversary Collection)

Disc 1

March 3, 1970

I Can’t Help but Wonder Where I’m Bound
Universal Soldier – Take 1
Spanish Is the Loving Tongue – Take 1
Went to See the Gypsy – Take 2
Went to See the Gypsy – Take 3
Woogie Boogie

March 4, 1970
Went to See the Gypsy – Take 4
Thirsty Boots – Take 1

March 5, 1970
Little Moses – Take 1
Alberta – Take 2
Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies – Take 1
Things About Comin’ My Way – Takes 2 & 3
Went to See the Gypsy – Take 6
Untitled 1970 Instrumental #1
Come a Little Bit Closer – Take 2
Alberta – Take 5

Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, piano
David Bromberg – guitar, dobro, bass
Al Kooper – organ, piano
Emanuel Green – violin
Stu Woods – bass
Alvin Rogers – drums
Hilda Harris, Albertine Robinson, Maeretha Stewart – background vocals

May 1, 1970
Sign on the Window – Take 2
Sign on the Window – Takes 3-5
If Not for You – Take 1
Time Passes Slowly – Rehearsal
If Not for You – Take 2
If Not for You – Take 3
Song to Woody – Take 1
Mama, You Been on My Mind – Take 1
Yesterday – Take 1

Disc 2

Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Take 1
Medley: I Met Him on a Sunday (Ronde-Ronde)/Da Doo Ron Ron – Take 1
One Too Many Mornings – Take 1
Ghost Riders in the Sky – Take 1
Cupid – Take 1
All I Have to Do Is Dream – Take 1
Gates of Eden – Take 1
I Threw It All Away – Take 1
I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) – Take 1
Matchbox – Take 1
Your True Love – Take 1
Telephone Wire – Take 1
Fishing Blues – Take 1
Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance – Take 1
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 – Take 1
It Ain’t Me Babe
If Not for You
Sign on the Window – Take 1
Sign on the Window – Take 2
Sign on the Window – Take 3

Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
George Harrison – guitar, vocals (Disc 1, Tracks 20 & 24 and Disc 2, Tracks 2-3, 6-7, 10-11, & 16)
Bob Johnston – piano (Disc 1, Tracks 24-25 and Disc 2, Tracks 1-3)
Charlie Daniels – bass
Russ Kunkel – drums

June 1, 1970
Alligator Man
Alligator Man [rock version]
Alligator Man [country version]
Sarah Jane 1
Sign on the Window
Sarah Jane 2

Disc 3

June 2, 1970
If Not for You – Take 1
If Not for You – Take 2

June 3, 1970
Jamaica Farewell
Can’t Help Falling in Love
Long Black Veil
One More Weekend

June 4, 1970
Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie – Take 1
Three Angels
Tomorrow Is a Long Time – Take 1
Tomorrow Is a Long Time – Take 2
New Morning
Untitled 1970 Instrumental #2

June 5, 1970
Went to See the Gypsy
Sign on the Window – stereo mix
Winterlude
I Forgot to Remember to Forget 1
I Forgot to Remember to Forget 2
Lily of the West – Take 2
Father of Night – rehearsal
Lily of the West

Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
David Bromberg – guitar, dobro, mandolin
Ron Cornelius – guitar
Al Kooper – organ
Charlie Daniels – bass, guitar
Russ Kunkel – drums
Background vocalists unknown

August 12, 1970
If Not for You – Take 1
If Not for You – Take 2
Day of the Locusts – Take 2

Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Buzzy Feiten – guitar
Other musicians unknown

I don't think I need this.

this is the copyright thing that dropped a couple weeks ago ... guess they saw the ebay prices and thought why not make a little money here.

It's good stuff! Nothing insanely revelatory, but an enjoyable listen if you're a New Morning fan.

So not an official Bootleg Series entry, looks closer to a widely-distributed copyright dump. Is this the same as the one that was released on like 100 copies last week?

Ha thanks tyler.

New Morning is def top 5 for me, I'm excited

Yeah, the blurb above says:

The recordings on Bob Dylan – 1970 were first released in a limited edition on December 4 as part of the Bob Dylan – 50th Anniversary Collection copyright extension series (which began in 2012). The buzz surrounding the 1970 performances, notably Dylan’s studio sit-down with George Harrison on May 1, created a demand for a broader release of these historic tracks.

Not a bootleg series release, but I thought this was the most suitable thread for it.

No worries, I appreciate the heads up! I'll definitely check this out, esp since I don't put the energy into chasing down those super limited copyright dump things.

I've been listening to this a ton these past couple weeks, a lot of really good stuff here. I think the Harrison date is unfairly maligned...yeah it's loose but w/o question way better than the Johnny Cash session from the year before.

The third disc especially is great.

I really like the Cash session (also off-the-cuff Cash covers w studio band), but, having Travelin' Through and the complete Another Self Portrait, which I finally scored a nice-price second-hand copy of, think I'll wait and do the same w this, for the sake of the whole Harrison session.
Thinking of making my own comp, with picks from these and maybe a few from The Complete Basement Tapes, like "Still In Town," "Don't Hurt Any More," and "Bourbon Street," along with "Have I Been Away Too Long" and "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" from the notorious Dylan, call the whole thing Plaid Wine, Cow Pie: Dylan Sings Country &.

Honestly, if the ridiculous ebay prices convinced them to give that dump heap an official release, why not release the original NY version of Blood on the Tracks? (Original mixes complete with a few overdubs, not the raw-sounding remixes from the box set.) It only got an RSD release that sold out just as fast, and on top of that, most copies were cheap, literally dirty pressings plagued with non-fill.

Anyway, I kind of like the "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" outtake that's already been bootlegged, it was nice to get an official release from the original master tapes. It's also really enjoyable to hear the multiple takes of "If Not for You" in chronological order, it develops beautifully. The rest of that 1970 copyright set is truly disposable.

*why not re-release (in a much wider release)

yeah there's a bunch of stuff they could put out ... the Isle of Wight 1969 was only released on CD as part of the pricey Another Self Portrait deluxe set. Seems like a double LP of that would be a no-brainer.

lol I did not know that abt the Wight gig, that's an unusually dumb move for this normally pretty with-it series

lol i ended up buying a "CD" off ebay of the NY version of blood on the tracks that was a CD-R with laser printer artwork

that said, it's nice to be able to play it when i want

I have a beat up shitty 70's era Trademark Of Quality LP boot of the Wight gig, can't imagine hearing it any other way

https://img.discogs.com/vX0PXPyyAVaJUhokXM34fLuZ01o=/fit-in/600x450/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-15249154-1588670508-3710.jpeg.jpg

ha yeah, I have an old white label boot of the show too — but it does sound good in soundboard-quality. it's a cool show!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfi7ME_Y5Vs

Yeah, def do not need this. I listen to “Dylan” more, and enjoy it more, than New Morning.

Would 100% shell out for a quality vinyl pressing of that Blood on the Tracks thing though.

Let's see, Amazon has new copies of More Blood, More Tracks readily available (only 19 in stock, but more on the way!) for $106.01 (used start at $91.61). That's CD; the vinyl is $27.67 new, used from $27.58. MP3 is $49.99. Can't be arsed to look any further, but they did have Wight as sep MP3 release, may still. I was going to get that before I found my aforementioned 60-odd %-off Complete Another Self-Portrait with Wight and a lot of nice outtakes and the orig S-P and a book I haven't read yet.

Amazon Germany has More Blood... CD for €10

It's the single CD sampler so €10 sounds about right.

You may be able to find the entire 6 CD set streaming somewhere, and I would recommend listening to it first. The album sessions for Blood on the Tracks may feel very repetitive if you're already familiar with the original "New York" version. They try different keys, but otherwise the songs and the arrangements don't really change that much, so it's more about nailing the best performances and fine-tuning along the way. There's like one or two alternate takes for each song that I like revisiting (on top of a few more outtakes), but that's maybe an hour's worth of listening - six or even five discs (if you ditch the Minneapolis disc) wound up being too much for me. I wound up burning my own single disc compilation since the sampler didn't get my favorite alternates, and even then I've barely listened to it.

so "1970" is just a repackaged copyright thing?
was there no "Bootleg Series" this year in time for the holiday gift-giving season or did I just completely miss it?

No Bootleg Series installment was released this year. The 1970 set is more or less a normal release of the copyright release, but they announced that it would include two additional tracks which they (presumably) accidentally left off of the copyright release, and there's hope or speculation that they may correct other things as well as some tracks were apparently sourced from mp3 bootlegs.

This isn't a bootleg series release but probably should be. The best version of every song on the Neverending Tour:

https://dylanlive.substack.com/p/the-best-version-of-every-song-on?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=copy

Not really the "best," but a guy's fun little project to collect every Dylan original that made a setlist. As described in that thread:

There's a popular Bob Dylan fan forum called Expecting Rain. I'm sure this is not news to many of you; Substack's analytics tell me it's been this newsletter's biggest source of subscribers after Google and social media. For many years, the forum has hosted discussion threads on individual songs in a series dubbed "Track Talks." The first one was in 2009. They're up to 522 songs now.

In those 522 threads, people inevitably mention their favorite live performances. So, I figured, you could just look through each thread, see what Never Ending Tour-era live performance got mentioned the most, and, viola, you've got the "best" live version. All you'd have to do is track down all the recordings. Which I did.

"Wait a second," you're already exclaiming, "this seems like an extremely arbitrary and unscientific way to pick the best Dylan performances." To which I reply: "Yep!"

That's why "best" is in quotes. The whole thing is subjective and idiosyncratic. Odd, even. In some cases, the most-cited performance might have been mentioned by a dozen people. In quieter threads, it only took two or three people saying they liked something to have it be the "winner." No one knew they were voting on my secret project.

All true. I should have put "best" in quotes. Still worth a download though.

That's like the Heady Version website for the Dead.

I swear there was some more conversation about the 1970 copyright dump, is that on another thread? I'm about halfway through and it's more fun that I expected, I think.

Came for the Harrison session but the multiple repurposings of "Alligator Man" sold me on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XXMrOdt2Ow

Outfidels!

This is going to be awesome.

Having trouble w the trailer, but thelineofbestfit.com reports:

Bob Dylan has unveiled a trailer for volume 16 of his Bootleg Series, which is titled Springtime in New York and covers the years 1980-85.

The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York will follow Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969 that was released in 2019, and will focus on the years 1980-1985.

In the space of those five years, Dylan released four albums - Saved, Shot of Love, Infidels and Empire Burlesque - and the upcoming instalment of his Bootleg Series will feature a variety of alternate takes, unreleased songs, rehearsals, linear notes and more. Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York will be available as a five disc deluxe boxset or a double LP or CD on 17 September. (their trailer link is also de trop at the moment, but assume that's the source?)

Sounds awesome!

uh not de trop, but link not working

Springtime in New York to be Released September 17JUL 21, 2021

Latest chapter in acclaimed Bootleg Series unveils 54 previously unreleased recordings, including outtakes from Shot of Love, Infidels and Empire Burlesque, in Deluxe 5CD Package

Bob Dylan – Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series, Vol.16 (1980-1985) 

Also Available in 2CD and 2LP Highlight Editions

Pre-order here

July 21, 2021-New York, NY-Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan – Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 (1980-1985) on Friday, September 17.

The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy’s highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series revisits an often-forgotten, rich vein in Dylan’s vast and complex catalog, shining fresh light on the provocative new musical directions Dylan was taking as a songwriter and a recording artist from 1980 through 1985.  In the early 1980s, while the music industry was grappling with the arrival of new trends and technology, from MTV to compact discs to digital recording, Bob Dylan was writing and recording new songs for a new decade, creating an essential new chapter in his studio catalog.  Bob Dylan – Springtime In New York (1980-1985) celebrates the rich creative period surrounding Dylan’s albums Shot Of Love, Infidels, and Empire Burlesque with previously unreleased outtakes, alternate takes, rehearsal recordings, live performances and more.  

The deluxe 5CD edition of the album presents 57 rare Bob Dylan recordings, 54 of them previously unreleased in any format, from 1980-1985.  The previously released cuts include two Shot Of Love outtakes: “Let It Be Me” (first released as B-side to “Heart of Mine” International 7″ single) and “Don’t Ever Take Yourself Away” (first released on Hawaii Five-O: Original Songs from the Television Series). A third previously released recording, “Death Is Not The End” (an Infidels outtake featuring Full Force) first appeared in an edited version on Down In The Groove and may now be heard for the first time in full on Bob Dylan – Springtime In New York (1980-1985).

Bob Dylan – Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 (1980-1985) is available in a deluxe 5CD boxset (with book, memorabilia, photos and more) as well as 2CD and 2LP 12″ vinyl highlight packages. 

Might be tempted by the 5 disc version.

https://www.bobdylan.com/news/springtime-in-new-york-release/

sparky earrings not included, ala

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUT7N8RYgSI

2. License to Kill (live) – Late Night with David Letterman, March 22, 1984

But no "Jokerman"?? Huge missed opportunity, imo.