More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol.14: Deluxe Edition

Bob Dylan

US $129.99
Release Date 02 November 2018
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Product code: 19075858962
Format: CD Box Set
Label: Columbia / Legacy

The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy’s highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series makes available the pivotal studio recordings made by Bob Dylan during six extraordinary sessions in 1974—four in New York (September 16, 17, 18, 19) and two in Minneapolis (December 27, 30)—that resulted in the artist’s 1975 masterpiece, Blood on the Tracks. One of the top-selling albums of Dylan’s career, Blood on the Tracks redefined the boundaries and structures of modern pop songwriting (a genre Dylan had virtually invented a decade prior), reached #1 on the Billboard 200, achieved RIAA 2x Platinum status and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2015.

Blood on the Tracks was originally recorded during four days in New York City in September, 1974. Soon thereafter, the album was mastered and review copies began to circulate. A few months later, Dylan felt the album needed a different approach and rerecorded five of the tracks at Minneapolis Sound 80 Studios beginning in late December of that year. While a few of the outtakes from the original New York sessions have been highly prized by bootleggers and collectors, most of these recordings have never been available in any format.

The 6CD full-length deluxe version of Bob Dylan – More Blood, More Tracks – The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 includes the complete New York sessions in chronological order including outtakes, false starts and studio banter. The album’s producers have worked from best sources available, in most cases utilizing the original multi-track session tapes.

The only recordings remaining from the Minneapolis Sound 80 sessions are the multi-track masters of the five performances included on the finished Blood on the Tracks album. Each of these has been remixed and remastered for the deluxe edition of More Blood, More Tracks.

In his liner notes for More Blood, More Tracks, Jeff Slate observes that, “Dylan cut each of these amazing performances – some of the best he ever committed to tape – one after the other, live in the studio, without headphones, and without the types of overdubs that most performers rely on to make their records sound finished. Instead, on these tracks, we find Dylan – just a singer with a guitar and a harmonica and a batch of great songs – delivering performances that thrill you when they’re supposed to and break your heart when they need to…. The performances are also in the purest state we’ve ever experienced them. During the production of Blood on the Tracks, Dylan asked [producer Phil] Ramone to speed up many of the masters by 2-3%, a common practice in the 1960s and ’70s, especially for records sent to AM radio. It was thought that doing so would give the songs a little extra bounce to better engage listeners. Most of the songs from the New York sessions that previously circulated, officially and unofficially, are the sped-up versions that Dylan requested. On More Blood, More Tracks, for the first time, we’re hearing the songs exactly as Dylan recorded them.”

Tracklist
CD1
1	If You See Her, Say Hello (Take 1) –solo
2	If You See Her, Say Hello (Take 2) –solo –previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare and Unreleased, 1961-1991
3	You’re a Big Girl Now(Take 1) –solo
4	You’re a Big Girl Now(Take 2) –solo
5	Simple Twist of Fate(Take 1) –solo
6	Simple Twist of Fate(Take 2) –solo
7	You’re a Big Girl Now(Take 3) –solo
8	Up to Me(Rehearsal) –solo
9	Up to Me(Take 1) –solo
10	Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts(Take 1) –solo
11	Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts(Take 2) –solo –included on Blood On The Tracks test pressing

Tracklist
CD2
1	Simple Twist of Fate(Take 1A) –with band
2	Simple Twist of Fate(Take 2A) –with band
3	Simple Twist of Fate(Take 3A) –with band
4	Call Letter Blues (Take 1) –with band
5	Meet Me in the Morning(Take 1) –with band –edited version included on Blood On The Trackstest pressing and previously released on Blood On The Tracks
6	Call Letter Blues(Take 2) –with band –previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare and Unreleased, 1961-1991
7	Idiot Wind(Take 1) –with bass
8	Idiot Wind(Take 1, Remake) –with bass
9	Idiot Wind(Take 3 with insert) –with bass
10	Idiot Wind(Take 5) –with bass
11	Idiot Wind(Take 6) –with bass
12	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Rehearsal and Take 1) –with band
13	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 2) –with band
14	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 3) –with band
15	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 4) –with bass
16	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 5) –with band
17	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 6) –with band
18	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 6, Remake) –with band
19	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 7) –with band
20	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 8) –with band

Tracklist
CD3
1	Tangled Up in Blue(Take 1) –with bass
2	You’re a Big Girl Now(Take 1, Remake) –with bass and organ
3	You’re a Big Girl Now(Take 2, Remake) –with bass, organ, and steel guitar –included on Blood On The Trackstest pressing and previously released on Biograph
4	Tangled Up in Blue(Rehearsal) –with bass and organ
5	Tangled Up in Blue(Take 2, Remake) –with bass and organ
6	Spanish Is the Loving Tongue(Take 1) –with bass and piano
7	Call Letter Blues (Rehearsal) –with bass and piano
8	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 1, Remake) –with bass and piano
9	Shelter from the Storm(Take 1) –with bass and piano –previously released on the Jerry McGuireoriginal soundtrack
10	Buckets of Rain(Take 1) –with bass
11	Tangled Up in Blue(Take 3, Remake) –with bass
12	Buckets of Rain(Take 2) –with bass
13	Shelter from the Storm(Take 2) –with bass
14	Shelter from the Storm(Take 3) –with bass
15	Shelter from the Storm (Take 4) –with bass –previously released on Blood On The Tracks
16	Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harmonica

Tracklist
CD4
1	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 1, Remake 2) –with bass
2	You’re GonnaMake Me Lonesome When You Go(Take 2, Remake 2) –with bass –previously released on Blood On The Tracks
3	Buckets of Rain(Take 1, Remake) –solo
4	Buckets of Rain(Take 2, Remake) –solo
5	Buckets of Rain(Take 3, Remake) –solo
6	Buckets of Rain (Take 4, Remake) –solo
7	Up to Me(Take 1, Remake) –with bass
8	Up to Me(Take 2, Remake) –with bass
9	Buckets of Rain(Take 1, Remake 2) –with bass
10	Buckets of Rain(Take 2, Remake 2) –with bass
11	Buckets of Rain(Take 3, Remake 2) –with bass
12	Buckets of Rain(Take 4, Remake 2) –with bass –previously released on Blood On The Tracks
13	If You See Her, Say Hello(Take 1, Remake) –with bass –previously included on Blood On The Trackstest pressing
14	Up to Me(Take 1, Remake 2) –with bass
15	Up to Me(Take 2, Remake 2) –with bass
16	Up to Me(Take 3, Remake 2) –with bass
17	Buckets of Rain(Rehearsal) –with bass
18	Meet Me in the Morning(Take 1, Remake) –with bass –previously released on the “Duquesne Whistle” 7” single
19	Meet Me in the Morning(Take 2, Remake) –with bass
20	Buckets of Rain(Take 5, Remake 2) –with bass

Tracklist
CD5
1	Tangled Up in Blue(Rehearsal and Take 1, Remake 2) –with bass
2	Tangled Up in Blue(Take 2, Remake 2) –with bass
3	Tangled Up in Blue(Take 3, Remake 2) –with bass –included on Blood On The Trackstest pressing and previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare and Unreleased, 1961-1991
4	Simple Twist of Fate(Take 2, Remake) –with bass
5	Simple Twist of Fate(Take 3, Remake) –with bass –previously released on Blood On The Tracks
6	Up to Me(Rehearsal and Take 1, Remake 3) –with bass
7	Up to Me(Take 2, Remake 3) –with bass –previously released on Biograph
8	Idiot Wind(Rehearsal and Takes 1-3, Remake) –with bass
9	Idiot Wind(Take 4, Remake) –with bass
10	Idiot Wind(Take 4, Remake) –with organ overdub –included on Blood On The Trackstest pressing and previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare and Unreleased, 1961-1991
11	You’re a Big Girl Now(Take 1, Remake 2) –with bass
12	Meet Me in the Morning(Take 1, Remake 2) –with bass
13	Meet Me in the Morning(Takes 2-3, Remake 2) –with bass

Tracklist
CD6
1	You’re a Big Girl Now(Takes 3-6, Remake 2) –with bass
2	Tangled Up in Blue (Rehearsal and Takes 1-2, Remake 3) –with bass
3	Tangled Up in Blue(Take 3, Remake 3) –with bass
4	Idiot Wind –with band –previously released on Blood On The Tracks
5	You’re a Big Girl Now –with band –previously released on Blood On The Tracks
6	Tangled Up in Blue –with band –previously released on Blood On The Tracks
7	Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts –with band –previously released on Blood On The Tracks
8	If You See Her, Say Hello –with band –previously released on Blood On The Tracks