Wow, Bob, wow. The Live in Toronto and London recordings on the next four discs are amazing and add to the greatness of this era. Both … However, Dylan's now-legendary confrontation with a heckler calling out "Judas" from the audience, clearly heard on the recording, was well documented as having occurred at Manchester's Free Trade Hall on May 17, 1966. He has written and published lyrics, artwork and memoirs in 11 books and three of his songs have been made into children's books. The Bootleg Series, which launched in 1991 with a three-disc box set that included tons of previously unreleased songs from throughout Dylan's long career, fills in some of those pieces. This bootleg is near-perfect and shows another side of Bob Dylan (ha ha ha...) that we haven't seen before and we won't see for a while by the time this album had come out. 7 No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (A Martin Scorsese Picture), Vol. It's one of those like "Cutting Edge", it's a fun bootleg album - we have some outtakes, some alternate takes and a lot of stuff to listen to. I am really lucky we have this actually, given the fact it was recorded at a time when Bob Dylan was rediscovering himself and finding his new sound between the key albums Blonde on Blonde and John Wesley Harding—it makes every Bobcat feel slightly privileged to be privy to these songs. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, Vol. : Columbia CL-1986 (mono)/Columbia CS-8786 (stereo), Label/Catalog No. Greatest Hits Volume 3 1994. : Columbia 88725 45760 2, Label/Catalog No. Jimmy still buys copies of it whenever he sees it, as he likes it so much."[10]. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, The Bootleg Series Vol. It was released on the 6th of November 2015 and is a brilliant addition to the bootleg collection. It was released on the 3rd of November 2017 and continues to be a well received bootleg, with many magazines having covered the release as it was coming (I have many of these magazines, including the "True Faith" album on which a gospel song by Bob Dylan, previously unreleased is included. The songs are brilliant and even though they are from "Self Portrait" mostly, I still love them. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. (The version on MTV Unplugged in 1995 also did the same thing to me). Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert is a two-disc live album by Bob Dylan, released in 1998. Both brilliant songs though, in their own right. I love how it opens with the performance of "The Times They Are a-Changin'" and closes with "All I Really Wanna Do"—it's a brilliantly formed album and Dylan sounds amazing. My favourite song by any singer ever is "Mississippi" from the album "Love and Theft" (2001) and it is quite possibly one of the greatest songs to have alternate versions that sound so damn good and filled with jazz. The album is ranked number 989 in All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd. "Tonight, I'll Be Staying Here With You" from the Rolling Thunder Revue is the version I normally listen to instead of the Nashville Skyline version. : Columbia C2L-41 (mono)/Columbia C2S-841 (stereo), Label/Sub-Catalog Nos. 14: More Blood, More Tracks, The Bootleg Series Vol. But then again, I really do love that song, so I'm going to love the other version of it, aren't I? I think "Trouble No More" is a fine bootleg and is really cool to listen to, it has many great songs. The Bootleg Series, Vol 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966 1998. (I like "Empire Burlesque", you guys are just mean). The same month, critic Jon Landau reviewed another edition of the concert: Needless to say, the album is both musically great and an amazing path back into the temperament of the sixties. Dylan then says "I don't believe you", then after a pause, "You're a liar." Why? The Bootleg Series Vol. I love the little commentary he does at the start, he's not even trying to disguise the intentions of the song. There are also other takes of lots of the songs from Blonde on Blonde which sound really damn good, such as: "Just Like a Woman," "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat," "Absolutely Sweet Marie," "Pledging My Time" and even "Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again." "—which is probably my favourite on the whole bootleg. It has songs that are brand new and recorded and songs that are alternates and demos, this album is really a lot of fun to listen to. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964, The Bootleg Series Vol. Don't forget to check out part three. The history of The Bootleg Series started in 1991 with the release of the first 3 volumes. You can all tell why I like this album so much and why it's higher than say, Cutting Edge. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981, Bob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings, The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991, The Bootleg Series Vol. Well, let's begin with the first songs—we'll only be covering the Deluxe Edition with the additional discs, because you and me don't wanna be here all day. There's so much anticipation and with that instrument, you know which song it's going to be. I feel like there may be stronger bootlegs and you may not agree with me on this list, but bear in mind that we may have different opinions when we come to Bob Dylan. Again, as with "Self Portrait" itself, my favourite songs on the album are the non-overdubbed versions of "Belle Isle" and "Copper Kettle"—don't laugh. We made an effort to learn all the words, mate - and that's a bloody long song too. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989–2006, Vol. The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration 1993. concert, it is a specialty to listen to but why it appears on No Direction Home, as opposed to its own Manchester Trade Hall album is cheating. It will shock me because I have always been told I have a weird taste in Bob Dylan's music. It gives us a taste of Bob Dylan's folk rock as he gets a little older and changes it to suit the time, it also gives us a taste of Bob Dylan's jazz stage as he adds some brilliant brass instruments into his collection. I hope you can respect my reasoning for the placement of this album. 0 ~ Rare And Unreleased 1959-2010 (3xCD) Captain Acid Remaster: Studio: The British Judas Concerts 1966 (3xCD + DVD + 5xLP) Virgin Vinyl: Soundboard: The Complete Rehearsals ~ Volume 2 (2xCD) Red Devil : Soundboard: The Complete Rehearsals ~ Volume 1 (3xCD) 1987-06-05: Red Devil: Soundboard: The … It was released in October 2010 and continues to be a respected bootleg amongst each Bobcat and Dylanologist alike. I think this is showing us more of the sessions for "Blood on the Tracks" which is very exciting really and I was over the moon to finally have some more stuff on this grand album to listen to. The version of "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" is brilliant on this album, I like it a lot - even the Vol. It's just brilliantly written and composed, it sounds awe-inspiring. (I am beginning to think I like songs to do with one particular state really... Philadelphia, knew it). I know you're going to hate me for putting it so low on the list but seriously, this is another case of the fact that other things I like just pushed it way down. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete, Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band, Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine), This Wheel's on Fire: Levon Helm and the Story of The Band, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Bootleg_Series_Vol._4:_Bob_Dylan_Live_1966,_The_%22Royal_Albert_Hall%22_Concert&oldid=980494099, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 September 2020, at 20:48. 4: Bob Dylan - Live 1966 (The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert) Vol. "Huck's Tune" and "Series of Dreams" also make a great appearance and are wonderful additions to an incredibly good album. The inside leaflet reveals useful information about the conditions of how the concert was recorded and transferred to disc and it confirms that the version of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue", previously released on the Box set Biograph, duly comes from this concert.[3]. A hip-hop duo based in Sacramento, CA, Jive Hive is made up of Collin Jacka, aka Jaxa, and Chase Taormina, aka Chase Tea. The powerful message behind these concerts have been referenced over and over again for ages and now, there is a documentary coming out, directed by Martin Scorsese. The Bootleg Series, Vol. But there's also some great alternate versions of songs like "You Ain't Going Nowhere," "Don't Ya Tell Henry" and "Ain't No More Cane" plus many, many more. I love "Hard Times in New York" and the version on this album is brilliant—it's a brilliant song and I like the Woody Guthrie-esque sound of it. I love this version because it sounds more raw and more like Bob Dylan—I feel like he really wanted the song to be this way. 15 out now! View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2010 CD release of The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 [Rare & Unreleased] 1961-1991 on Discogs. These are notable EP releases, mostly containing exclusive non-album tracks. Concert) recordings as well, this is still a great bootleg. We aren't finished yet since we have only made it halfway through his career - we still have so many bootlegs to go (I believe). As is the same with "Let Me Die in My Footsteps," which has been stripped down to the bone and is awesome on this album. "Another Self Portrait" has all the vocal intonation of the "Nashville Skyline" era and it just sounds amazing. (I refer to the fact that I like the album "Self Portrait", you guys are just mean). Now that we've seen that, I'm going to not be the first person to say that we absolutely love it. It was recorded at the Manchester Free Trade Hall during Dylan's world tour in 1966, though early bootlegs attributed the recording to the Royal Albert Hall so it became known as the Royal Albert Hall Concert. Featuring Tony Garnier, George Receli, Donnie Herron, Produced by Jonathan Pavesi and Cinematography by Dimitri Karakatsanis, Label/Catalog No. this bootleg was recorded on the Halloween of 1964, the day Bob Dylan played at the Philharmonic Hall (the clue's in the name, didn't think I had to write that one down for you). The live songs on the Standard Version with two discs only has some incredible performances on there and I don't care who doesn't like the gospel era—they are brilliant. You'll understand once we get on, there are bootlegs that are slightly stronger than this one. All songs written by Bob Dylan except "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" by Eric von Schmidt and arranged by Dylan. 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964", this captivating bootleg gives us a taste of early Bob Dylan. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall" (that's a long title!) 1-3 version is good. [1] For a list of these accolades, see List of Bob Dylan awards. Bob Dylan (Featuring Johnny Cash) – Travelin’ Thru, 1967 – 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. The early bootleg LPs attributed the recording to one of Dylan's tour-closing concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall that was also recorded, as was a show in Liverpool (May 14), supervised by Dylan producer Bob Johnston. 5 Live 1975 (The Rolling Thunder Revue), Vol. One, You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, Johnny Cash! But, my favourite alternate take of a Blonde on Blonde song on here has to be the famed pop song, "I Want You." Top 100 singles and albums peaks from January 1990 until December 2010: This page was last edited on 11 October 2020, at 13:26. Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981", this is one of the more enigmatic bootlegs of the collection, being as it is from a controversial time for Bob Dylan - the gospel era. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" is amazing performed live and I wanted to show my appreciation for the Rolling Thunder version - the intro is amazing to listen to with that guitar. [9], "For (Led Zeppelin guitarist) Jimmy Page," remarked photographer (and Page's friend) Ross Halfin, "this (the bootleg) is still the ultimate album.