Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Hard Times in New York Town
2. He Was a Friend of Mine - (outtake, from "Bob Dylan")
3. Man on the Street - (outtake, from "Bob Dylan")
4. No More Auction Block
5. House Carpenter - (outtake, from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
6. Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues - (outtake, from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
7. Let Me Die in My Footsteps - (outtake, from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
8. Rambling, Gambling Willie - (outtake, from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
9. Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues - (outtake, from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
10. Quit Your Low Down Ways - (outtake, from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
11. Worried Blues - (outtake, from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
12. Kingsport Town - (outtake, from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
13. Walkin' Down the Line - (Demo version)
14. Walls of Redwing - (outtake, from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan")
15. Paths of Victory - (outtake, from "The Times They Are A-Changin'")
16. Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
17. Who Killed Davey Moore?
18. Only a Hobo - (outtake, from "The Times They Are A-Changin'")
19. Moonshiner - (outtake, from "The Times They Are A-Changin'")
20. When the Ship Comes In - (Demo version)
21. Times They Are a-Changin', The - (Demo version)
22. Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie
DISC 2:
1. Seven Curses - (outtake, from "The Times They Are A-Changin'")
2. Eternal Circle - (outtake, from "The Times They Are A-Changin'")
3. Suze (The Cough Song) - (outtake, from "The Times They Are A-Changin'")
4. Mama, You Been on My Mind - (outtake, from "Bringing It All Back Home")
5. Farewell, Angelina - (outtake, from "Bringing It All Back Home")
6. Subterranean Homesick Blues - (alternate take)
7. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Got to Stay All Night) - (outtake, from "Bringing It All Back Home")
8. Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence - (outtake, from "Highway 61 Revisited")
9. Like a Rolling Stone
10. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - (Alternate version)
11. I'll Keep It With Mine
12. She's Your Lover Now - (outtake, from "Blonde On Blonde")
13. I Shall Be Released - (outtake, from "The Basement Tapes")
14. Santa-Fe - (outtake, from "The Basement Tapes")
15. If Not For You - (alternate take)
16. Wallflower
17. Nobody 'Cept You - (outtake, from "Planet Waves")
18. Tangled up in Blue
19. Call Letter Blues - (outtake, from "Blood On The Tracks")
20. Idiot Wind
DISC 3:
1. If You See Her, Say Hello
2. Golden Loom - (outtake, from "Desire")
3. Catfish - (outtake, from "Desire")
4. Seven Days
5. Ye Shall Be Changed - (outtake, from "Slow Train Coming")
6. Every Grain of Sand - (Demo version)
7. You Changed My Life - (outtake, from "Shot Of Love")
8. Need a Woman - (outtake, from "Shot Of Love")
9. Angelina - (outtake, from "Shot Of Love")
10. Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart
11. Tell Me - (outtake, from "Shot Of Love")
12. Lord Protect My Child - (outtake, from "Infidels")
13. Foot of Pride
14. Blind Willie McTell - (outtake, from "Infidels")
15. When the Night Comes Falling From the Sky
16. Series of Dreams - (outtake, from "Oh Mercy")
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Al Kooper, Emmylou Harris, George Harrison, Mick Ronson, Mike Bloomfield, Sugar Blue, T-Bone Burnett, The Band | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
THE BOOTLEG SERIES, VOLUMES 1-3 consists mostly of previously unreleased studio outtakes. It also include demos and alternate versions of released material, and a handful of live tracks.
Personnel includes: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano); Kenny Rakin, Charles Brown, III, Steven Soles, Bobby Neuwirth, Danny Kortchmar, Steve Ripley (guitar); Ben Keith (pedal steel guitar); David Mansfield (mandolin); Scarlet Rivera (violin); Paul Griffen (piano, keyboards); Alan Clark (organ, keyboards); Ben Tench (organ); Barry Beckett, Roy Bittan (keyboards); Joseph Macho, Jr., Harvey Brooks, Russell Bridges, Tony Brown, Rob Stoner, Tim Drummond (bass); Bobby Gregg, Russ Kunkel, Howie Wyeth, Jim Keltner (drums); Gary Burke (congas); Clydie King, Regina Havis, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals); Mark Knopfler, Eric Weissberg, Pick Withers, Jennifer Warnes, Mick Taylor, Robbie Shakespeare, Sly Dunbar, Full Force, Little Steven, Daniel Lanois, Mason Ruffner, Cyril Neville.
Producers include: John Hammond, Tom Wilson, Bob Johnson, Don DeVito, Jerry Wexler.
Compilation producer: Jeff Rosen.
Recorded between 1961 and 1989. Includes a 68-page booklet with song-by-song notes by John Bauldie.
Dylan proved to be not only one of the most bootlegged of 20th Century performers, but also one of the first (GREAT WHITE WONDER was one of the releases that turned bootlegging from a pastime into an industry). Over the years, Dylan's legions of fans rabidly traded recordings of live shows, out-takes, demos and other rare material. THE BOOTLEG SERIES attempts to supply the definitive collection of what had been bootlegged material. Its three discs move along chronologically, spanning the length of Dylan's career and providing candid, previously verboten glimpses into his creative process, and consequently, his musical genius.
The first disc features some intriguing versions of traditional tunes like "He Was a Friend Of Mine" and "House Carpenter," and some obscure cuts from his "protest" period, such as "Paths of Victory" and "Who Killed Davy Moore?" Disc two finds him in his prime, moving from alternative versions of HIGHWAY 61 material to radically recast tunes from the sublime BLOOD ON THE TRACKS. The gems on the third disc are the eerie ballad "Blind Willie McTell," inexplicably cut from the INFIDELS sessions, and the newest song on this collection, "Series of Dreams," a swirling, surreal look back at a lifetime on the edge. THE BOOTLEG SERIES is a must for any serious Dylan fan.
Editorial Reviews
4.5 Stars (out of 5) - ...documents...the paths not taken....listeners can get a distinct feel from this set for the kinds of a decisions that make a song or shape a career....testament to an individual's struggle to bring meaning to experience, to an artist searching for a personal voice that can take the measure of an emotion and a time, to that voice rising to say what it needs to say...
Rolling Stone (04/04/1991)
...the power of Dylan's creations is almost overshadowed by the fierceness of his creativity. The sheer volume of good stuff is staggering...
Musician (04/01/1991)
5 stars out of 5 - ...Dazzling....A perfectly judged, and desperately needed, reminder of Dylan's roots...
Uncut (01/01/2003)
...the power of Dylan's creations is almost overshadowed by the fierceness of his creativity. The sheer volume of good stuff is staggering...
Musician (04/01/1991)
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