Another month, another box set. For the third December in a row, Sony have chosen to release a limited 'Copyright Extension Collection' to extend the European 50-year copyright on Dylan recordings which would have otherwise passed into public domain at the end of the year.

This year's collection consists of the 1964 recordings, which are now available on a very limited run (1,000 copies) as a 9-LP vinyl box set. Badlands in the UK have it for about £100.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Bob-Dylan-50th-Anniversary-Collection-1964-Limited-Offici...

Track listing and notes in italics from Harold Lepidus at Bob Dylan Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/article/tracklist-timings-for-bob-dylan-s-9-lp-50th-anni...

LP 1 - SIDE A

CBC TV Studios - Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 1, 1964

1. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (2:36)
2. Talking World War III Blues (4:53)
3. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (5:27)
(Missing) Girl From The North Country
4. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (6:02)
5. Restless Farewell (5:03)

LP 1 - SIDE B

NBC Studios - Steve Allen Show - Los Angeles, California, 25 February 1964

1. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (6:04)

Eric Von Schmidt's House - 532 Beach Road, Siesta Key, Sarasota, Florida, May 1964. All tracks performed by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt. (Previously not in circulation)
2. Bob and Eric Blues #1 (6:35) (Written by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt)
3. Black Betty (1:22) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt)
4. Come All You Fair And Tender Ladies (4:48) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt)
5. Florida Woman (2:58) (Written Eric Von Schmidt) (previously unknown title)
6. Johnny Cuckoo (3:47) (Traditional, arranged by Eric Von Schmidt)

LP 2- SIDE C

Eric Von Schmidt's House - (Actual address listed on the box), Sarasota, Florida, May 1964

1. Money Honey (3:34) (Written by Jesse Stone)
2. More And More (4:00) (Written by Webb Pierce and Merle Kilgore)
3. Mr. Tambourine Man (6:11)
4. Suzie Q (5:36) (Written by Dale Hawkins, Stan Lewis, and Eleanor Broadwater)
5. Harmonica Duet (2:27) (Written by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt)
6. Glory Glory (3:08) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan and Eric Von Schmidt)

LP 2 - SIDE D

Eric Von Schmidt's House - (Actual address listed on the box), Sarasota, Florida, May 1964

1. Dr. Stangelove Blues (5:45) (Written by Eric Von Schmidt)
2. Stoned On The Mountain (1:35) (Written by Bob Dylan)
3. Stoned On The Mountain (3:28) (Written by Bob Dylan)
(Missing) I Want To Hold Your Hand (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
(Missing) I Got A Hold On You (?)
4. Walkin' Down The Line (3:00) (Written by Bob Dylan)
5. Joshua Gone Barbados (4:03) (Eric Von Schmidt)


BBC Studios, London, England, May 1964

6. With God On Our Side (2:00)
Didsbury Studios, Manchester, England, 14 May 1964

7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (3:15)
(Still uncirculating) Blowin’ In The Wind
(Still uncirculating) Chimes Of Freedom

LP 3 - SIDE E

Royal Festival Hall - London, England - May 17, 1964

(Note: This concert was recorded by Pye Records Ltd., previously uncirculated except *)
1. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (3:35)
2. Girl From The North Country (3:49)
3. Who Killed Davey Moore? (3:17)
4. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (3:28)
5. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (5:55)
6. It Ain't Me, Babe (4:29)

LP 3 - SIDE F

Royal Festival Hall - London, England - May 17, 1964

1. Walls Of Red Wing (4:00)
2. Chimes Of Freedom (7:32)
3. Mr. Tambourine Man (6:37) *
4. Eternal Circle (2:59) *

LP 4 - SIDE G

Royal Festival Hall - London, England - May 17, 1964

1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (7:44) (Followed by intermission)
2. Talkin’ World War III Blues (5:41)
3. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (5:08)
4. Only A Pawn In Their Game (5:47)

LP 4 - SIDE H

Royal Festival Hall - London, England - May 17, 1964

1. With God On Our Side (6:20)
2. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (6:54)
3. Restless Farewell (7:13)
4. (Encore) When The Ship Comes In (3:39)

LP 5 - SIDE I

Columbia Studios - New York, New York - June 9, 1964

(The “Another Side Of Bob Dylan” session, produced by Tom Wilson.)

1. Denise (3:01)
2. It Ain’t Me, Babe TK 1 (2:07)
3. Spanish Harlem Incident TK 3 (3:09)
4. Spanish Harlem Incident TK 3 (1:31)
5. Ballad In Plain D TK 2 (2:02)
6. I Don't Believe You TK 1(4:07)
7. I Don't Believe You TK 3 (3:56)

LP 5 - SIDE J

Columbia Studios - New York, New York - June 9, 1964

1. Chimes Of Freedom TK 1 (3:12)
2. Chimes Of Freedom TK 3 (3:07)
3. Mr. Tambourine Man TK 1 (:46) (with ”Rambling” Jack Elliott, backup vocals.)
4. Black Crow Blues TK 1 (1:20)
5. Black Crow Blues TK 2 (3:48)
6. I Shall Be Free No. 10 TK 1 (:50)
7. I Shall Be Free No. 10 TK 2 (3:17)
8. I Shall Be Free No. 10 TK 3 (5:09)
9. I Shall Be Free No. 10 TK 4 (4:43)

LP 6 - SIDE K

Freebody Park - Newport, Rhode Island - July 24, 1964

Newport Folk Festival afternoon workshop

1. It Ain’t Me, Babe (3:47)
Freebody Park - Newport, Rhode Island - July 24, 1964

Newport Folk Festival evening

2. All I Really Want To Do (3:40)
3. To Ramona (4:25)
Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York, New York, August 8, 1964 (Joan Baez concert)

4. Mama, You Been On My Mind w. Joan Baez (2:35)
5. It Ain't Me, Babe w. Joan Baez (3:51)
6. With God On Our Side w. Joan Baez (5:33)

LP 6 - SIDE L

Town Hall - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - October 10, 1964 (Audience)

1. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (3:33)
2. Girl From The North Country (4:06)
3. Who Killed Davey Moore? (3:40)
4. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (4:12)
5. To Ramona (5:11)
6. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (5:48)

LP 7 - SIDE M

Town Hall - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - October 10, 1964 (Audience)

1. Chimes Of Freedom (7:18)
2. I Don't Believe You (4:18)
3. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (9:54)

LP 7- SIDE N

Town Hall - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - October 10, 1964 (Audience)

1. Mr. Tambourine Man (7:00) (Intermission)
2. Talkin’ World War III Blues (5:39)
3. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (7:44)
4. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (4:20)

LP 8- SIDE O

Town Hall - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - October 10, 1964 (Audience)

5. Only A Pawn In Their Game (4:53)
6. With God On Our Side (6:35)
7. It Ain't Me, Babe (4:25)
8. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (6:19)
9. (Encore) All I Really Want To Do (3:20)

LP 8- SIDE P

Masonic Memorial Auditorium - San Francisco, California - November 27, 1964 (Audience, incomplete)

1. Gates Of Eden (6:04)
2. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (2:54)
3. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (8:26)
4. Talkin’ World War III Blues (5:29)
5. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (4:03)
6. Mama, You Been On My Mind w. Joan Baez (2:17)

LP 9 - SIDE Q

Civic Auditorium - San José, California - November 25, 1964 (Audience, incomplete)

1. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (3:17)
2. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (3:36)
3. To Ramona (4:20)
4. Gates Of Eden (7:34)
5. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (2:26)

LP 9 - SIDE R

Civic Auditorium - San José, California - November 25, 1964 (Audience, incomplete)

1. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (7:30)
2. Mr. Tambourine Man (6:02)
3. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (6:15) (Intermission)
4. Talkin’ World War III Blues (4:43)
5. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (4:21)
All songs written by Bob Dylan, unless otherwise noted.




Most of this has circulated on bootlegs and the San Jose and Philly shows in (quite mediocre, and in the case of the Philly show, barely listenable) audience recordings. The real finds are the previously uncirculated session at Eric von Schmidt's home and especially the Royal Festival hall gig. A couple of songs were in circulation, but the full show has never been widely circulated or bootlegged


Now if this series extends into 1965 and 1966, it could get really serious...
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For the very first time, I have, since I added a number of tracks from The Bootleg Series, vol. 11, more Dylan tracks on my Ipod than Stones tracks. I guess, reading the news above, the number of Dylan tracks will increase in the months/ years to come. It's a pitty that this probably won't be the case with the number of Stones tracks.

The 80's was a bad decade in general for rock n roll, clothes, hair, production and album covers.

I can only assume from all of the above that it was a bad decade for cocaine as well.

I'd largely agree with that top 12(with the running order changed to have Blood - Blonde - Highway 61 - BIABH as the top four)with Nashville Skyline and Another Side replaced by Street Legal and Oh Mercy.

The bottom five are spot on, but "Shot of Love" should be considerably higher.

I've still never been able to listen to "Christmas in the Heart" the whole way through.

http://firstwefeast.com/eat/norm-macdonald-tweets-the-story-of-when-bob-dylan-in...

I'm enjoying what Ive heard of the new record more than I thought I would. The croak Bob has had for the last few years seems to have magically disappeared

The vocal changes are best summed up by two posts over on expectingrain.com

"Some doctor in LA must have 30 pounds of rusty throat polyps in his backyard", and another with a nice reference to Bob's recent side project :

"maybe he'll sculpt a gate with all the scrap metal that was removed from his throat"

Well, listened to "Shadows in the Night" a couple of times, but I already know. This will never grow on me. It takes me back to those dull late fifties, early sixties, yes I'm that old. Those awfull dull years, where nothing happened for young kids were the very reason why rock 'n' roll grew so big, and all that dullness comes back to me with this album. Besides that, Sinatra had so much beautiful songs. Why didn't Bob do "When I was seventeen" for example. Such a beautiful song, that he could have done miracles with imo. No, this one I pass.

Teiz wrote on Feb 1^st, 2015 at 5:21am:

Haha Teiz, LOL. Now you must try to explain to the boys and girls here what 'spruitjeslucht' means. But that being said, I do think he should have picked other songs. There are plenty. But hey, that's just my opinion.

Wondering...anyone going to the next of Zimmy's leg?
http://www.bobdylan.com/us/upcoming-dates

Anyone seen him lately?
Worth it?

http://www.startribune.com/what-will-bob-dylan-s-last-song-on-letterman-show-be/...

It was announced Friday that Minnesota's own Bob Dylan will perform Tuesday, May 19, on the next-to-last episode of "The Late Show With David Letterman." It's his first appearance on the show since 1993. He did the "Late Night" program twice, including a prime-time special where he did "Like a Rolling Stone."

So what will he perform during this historical appearance? Dylan has been sticking by a fairly steady set this past year, barely digging into his classics, but he may mix it up for the occasion. We asked staff members their predictions:

Rohan Preston, theatre critic: ""Mr. Tambourine Man" (I like the' play one more for me' line)

Chris Riemenschneider, music critic: He's been ending his shows of late with 'Stay With Me' which is actually perfect for the occassion. (Excellent choice, although perhaps a bit of a let down)

Tim Campbell, A&E editor: agress it will be a Sinatra tune.

Jon Bream, music critic: Thinks 'Forever Young' is too obvious and sentimental. He's betting on "Blowin' in the Wind' because it works on so many levels.

Neal Justin, TV critic: Color me sentimental.I'm going with Forever Young.

You can find out for yourself what he chooses on Tuesday with special guest Bill Murray.

On a long shot, Tangled up...as I have read it is one of Dave favorite of any artist.

Also a staple on the current tour leg

On a sentimental note it could be Workingman's Blues #2...also a staple

Wow. That was an amazing performance of a perfect song.  For those who missed it, it was an achingly beautiful rendition of "The Night They Called It A Day".

Damn.

Bob Dylan at SNCC field office, Greenwood, Mississippi 1963


http://allbrightandglittering.tumblr.com/post/122253833472/intrepidish-bob-dylan...