The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol.12

Great album and price

Just brilliant. I know it's expensive but the whole thing is sublime - the music, photos and ephemera of the period. There's o much variety. I even love the whole disc of Like A Rolling Stone; Visions Of Johanna (Take 14) has got a wonderful groovy shuffle to it. You will find your own favourites among these treasures. If only all of Bob's albums had snippets of him and Bob Johnson behind the glass.

I have read the other reviews here and agree that you wouldn't change what's on the three albums in question for anything here. I paid £100 for this collection. Is it worth it? Can you stand a whole CD's worth of "Like a Rolling Stone" failed attempts, alternate takes and the like? You probably aren't going to play these CDs exceptionally often. As has already pointed out, what is fascinating is the process by which these classic Bob Dylan albums emerged. Taking the example of "Rolling Stone" it is so much part of history and inside our heads that it's hard to imagine that Bob didn't even have a tune or a time signature in his head when he entered the studio to begin recording it . It all gradually emerges over the sessions and with the crucial input from producer and fabulous musicians. In some of the other alternate takes it fascinating that the lyrics are not yet nailed on even quite far into the process but all the changes he makes he improve the songs. You can see why in years gone by that Bob resisted the idea of bootlegging such material because of the unfinished and unpolished nature of many (or most) of these recordings. However, they are truly fascinating and give a wonderful insight how hard a creative genius has to work to be a creative genius. The answer to the question "is it worth it? " is emphatically "yes" for me at least.

£46, sealed box, perfecto!

Excellent box set. After 2 attempts at getting this at last I've finally got a sealed mint copy. Buy this you won't be dissapointed.

I am really pleased with item, great quality and even better value.

They’re selling souvenirs to veterans, They’re gilding the golden goose, The fortune telling lady Forecasts copyright abuse. Here comes the watchful doorman With a spindled leopard skin, One hand is tied to the mad-eyed prophet, The other to where he’s been. And the Z-gang’s in a turmoil, They’re lost somewhere they know, As they watch themselves proceeding down Exploitation Row. On the box of minus zero The lonesome Dutchman pleads, And the Englishman’s Johanna cries Will I never be released? But the organ-grinder’s sympathy Is for himself so sick Of all this repetition And all these juggler’s tricks. While nine newborn antiquities Are holding up the show, They’re blowing up the tickets To Exploitation Row. To the cybernetic sweatshop The mouthpiece gives consent To trade in the Madonna For nineteen failed attempts. Were you expecting six white horses? The jealous monkey quips, Can you not read the bottom line Across his upper lip? But from railroad eyes in hotel rooms You can watch the river flow, If you bite just three more bullets Here on Exploitation Row. The ghost of electricity Howls quietly in her cups: If they use the word iconic One more time I may throw up. You know he once belonged to me, Beneath the diamond sky, I set the sparks inside his head But he drained my batteries dry. And when there’s nothing left to lose There’s always something more to go, When they own all the electrons Down on Exploitation Row. Yeah I know exactly how it feels, Sighs Quinn the Eskimo, They put me on the cover But they dropped me from the show. Back in the vault for forty years, I watched pretenders sold, Then lost my old companion When she finally got paroled. You’ve really got a lot of nerve To taunt your backers so, Is this filed as long-term policy On Exploitation Row? In the Oriental castles The handover’s at dawn, The auctioneer’s self-portrait A perfect image of a pawn. Leave the business to the businessmen, He smiles but does not sneer, Then the fiddler steps back to the road, Exploded conscience clear. And the old maid taking questions Is twenty two or so, She’s never heard of Baby Blue, Much less Exploitation Row. Yes I saw your invoice yesterday, And the sentiment it spoke: If you don’t like it just don’t buy it - Was that some kind of joke? All these versions that you mention, How many here are lame? Must I rearrange my senses And give them all another name? Right now I just don’t have the strength To miss the final show; I’m Mr Jones and here’s my toll To Exploitation Row.

Previously when released bought 2 disc version replaced before Christmas with 6 disc version. Time period in 1960s when first listened first LPs Nashville Skyline + Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.

Bob Dylan ganó el Nobel y de inmediato conseguir esta colección se volvió más difícil. Básicamente consiste en casi todo lo que grabó Bob entre 1965 y 1966. Hay una pequeñas joyas inéditas aquí o por fin limpiadas, como ese demo al piano de Desolation Row. Desquita cada centavo.

Se que esta edición es muy cara. Son seis CD mas libro que recoge todo el proceso de creación de los discos esenciales de Dylan del periodo 1965-66 . Se que quizás para muchos es excesivo pero para los seguidores de Dylan esencial, es como ver el modo de creación de un genio. Para algunos oír todo un CD de la grabación de Like a Rollin Stone, puede ser una pesadez, para mi una gozada. Es cierto que existe otra versión de un doble CD con lo mejor de estas versiones pero no se trata de eso, es vivir la experiencia de como Dylan va moldeando cada uno de los temas. Para mi es una maravilla, para otros una pesadez sin sentido, cada uno sabrá lo que busca'. Ademas tiene un magnifico libro de fotos de esa época, por cierto la mas fotogénica de Dylan, todo un icono de la imagen en esa época. Caja muy cuidada y hasta el momento el mejor de la serie Bootleg. EXCEPCIONAL PS. Cuidado con la foto que acompaña este comentario porque se trata de la versión corta. Este es la caja con 12 CD y no "The best of the Cutting Edge 1965.1967" Aunque por el precio se lo pueden imaginar

Another brilliant archival collection from the Bootleg Series. If you've heard that Bob is three takes and he's done, think again. Listen to the entire CD devoted to Like A Rolling Stone and you'll hear the song go through a transformation to get to the version we know and love. The rest of the set has smaller versions of the song development process, as well as about 45 minutes worth of songs that didn't make it onto an album. Worth it if you can spare the cash.

最初はベストもの買いましたが、お金に余裕ができたのでこの6枚組を購入しました。 ポール・ウィリアムズの「瞬間の轍 １」を読みながら聴くといっそう面白くなり、ディランがひとりでピアノを弾きながら歌うdisc 5、 7曲目「She's Your Lover Now」やライク・ア・ローリング・ストーンだけのディスク３など第一次絶頂期のディランがたっぷり堪能できる傑作です。

Dear Music Appreciators, Bob’s back. Can you dig it, man? There’s a lot to dig into on this release, whichever version you decide to go with. The sound is great and has a sort of up close and personal and in the studio feel to it (as it should!). It’s interesting to hear these classic songs as they evolve and change. Most versions included on this 6 disc set seem to be different enough or good enough that they are worth listening to. What a great opportunity to step back in time and hear these seminal songs of the 60’s as they were and as they could have been vs. how they were released. The Cutting Edges gives some insight to Dylan’s process during the peak of his powers and only serves to increase the perception that his was a one-time only comet streak of musical inspiration that arguably burned brightest during the nearly two year period represented in these recordings. The hard bound book accompanying this deluxe issue is called Bob Dylan Mixing Up The Medicine 1965-1966 and it is almost entirely photographs with not much in the way of text. It’s fun to see all these pictures, especially the pictures of lyrics sheets with handwritten changes and newspaper articles from the time period that are clear enough to read the text of the articles. I also like the section titled “Articles from Around the Globe” that includes magazine and album covers and assorted Dylan related oddities of the time from other countries. The actual lines notes are packaged with the discs and seem reasonably extensive (54 pages including pictures). The discs are packaged to look like mini LP’s in a gate fold sort of style - there are three sections that fold out with 2 discs in each section. One of the product photos on Amazon is made to look like there are 5 separate pieces to this deluxe edition plus the discs, but there are only three - the photo book and the liner notes with the fold out discs - and both of those slide into the main slipcase. In the Amazon photo they are showing the photo book and the liner notes/discs twice - one where you see the front of them, and once where they are laying open to show an example of the contents. For what it’s worth, I’ve created a little track-by-track/side-by-side guide to help you know the difference between what’s on the 2 disc version vs. what’s on the 6 disc version of this release. But first, some summary notes on the subject: - The 2 disc version contains 36 of the 111 tracks on the 6 disc version. - It appears the 2 disc version contains 2 tracks (disc 1 track 14 and disc 2 track 3) that are slightly shorter than their counterparts on the 6 disc version. There may be others with very minor differences of a few seconds as well. - The 2 disc version contains just 2 versions of “Like a Rolling Stone” whereas the 6 disc version devotes the entirety of disc four's 20 tracks to the song and I’ve read this is the full sessions for this particular song, but not sure if that is accurate. The 2 disc version contains the following number of tracks off each disc of the 6 disc version: - 10 out of the 23 tracks on disc 1 - 8 out of the 19 tracks on disc 2 - 2 out of the 20 tracks on disc 3 - 7 out of the 19 tracks on disc 4 - 4 out of the 15 tracks on disc 5 - 5 out of the 15 tracks on disc 6 How many songs (regardless of take or version) that appear on the 6 disc set do not appear on the 2 disc set? Answer = 12 Those songs are: - It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue - It’s All Right Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) - From a Buick 6 - Ballad of a Thin Man - Jet Pilot - I Wanna Be Your Lover - Unknown Instrumental - 4th Time Around - Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine) - Temporary Like Achilles - Obviously 5 Believers - Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands So, other than that the 6 disc version is comprised of additional versions of these songs as well as additional versions of the same songs that appear on the 2 disc set. Disc 1 Track 1 on The Best of the Cutting Edge = Disc 1 Track 2 Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Take 2 Acoustic) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 2 on The Best of the Cutting Edge = Disc 1 Track 5 I’ll Keep it With Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 3 on The Best of the Cutting Edge = Disc 1 Track 7 and 8 Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (Takes 1 and 2 Solo Acoustic) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 4 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 1 Track 9 She Belongs to Me (Take 1 Solo Acoustic) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 5 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 1 Track 13 Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1 remake electric) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 6 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 1 Track 15 Outlaw Blues (Take 2 remake electric) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 7 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 1 Track 17 On the Road Again (Take 4 electric) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 8 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 1 Track 20 Farewell, Angelina (Take 1, Solo Acoustic) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 9 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 1 Track 22 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 2, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 10 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 1 Track 23 You Don't Have to Do That (Take 1, Solo Acoustic) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 11 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 2 Track 1 California (Take 1, Solo Acoustic) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 12 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 2 Track 4 Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3 with Band, Incomplete) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 13 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 2 Track 6 It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 14 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = a shorter version of Disc 3 Track 5 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5, Rehearsal) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 15 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 3 Track 12 Like a Rolling Stone (Take 11, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 16 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 2 Track 9 Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence (Take 2) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 17 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 4 Track 12 Medicine Sunday (Take 1) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 18 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 2 Track 16 Desolation Row (Take 2, Piano Demo) on the Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 1 Track 19 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 2 Track 15 Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 1 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 2 Track 10 Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 2 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 2 Track 14 Positively 4th Street (Take 5, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 3 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = a shorter version of Disc 4 Track 1 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 1, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 4 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 4 Track 7 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 3, Rehearsal) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 5 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 4 Track 3 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 3, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 6 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 4 Track 10 Queen Jane Approximately (Take 5, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 7 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 4 Track 19 Visions of Johanna (Take 5, Rehearsal) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 8 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 5 Track 5 She's Your Lover Now (Take 6, Rehearsal) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 9 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 5 Track 11 Lunatic Princess (Take 1) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 10 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 5 Track 14 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 8, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 11 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 5 Track 10 One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 12 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 6 Track 4 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Take 13, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 13 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 6 Track 6 Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 14 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 6 Track 8 Just Like a Woman (Take 4, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 15 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 6 Track 10 Pledging My Time (Take 1, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 16 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 6 Track 14 I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Disc 2 Track 17 on The Best of The Cutting Edge = Disc 4 Track 5 Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7, False Start) on The Cutting Edge (6 disc) Sincerely, Constant Listener