I’m certainly late to the game for all serious Bob Dylan fans with this notice of the upcoming new volume in the Bootleg Series. But better late than never is as the saying goes. These Bootleg Series have been like gold to strong fans. In this edition, Volume 12, Legacy digs in deep for the period of 1965-1966. With that, there are several configurations of this set, referred to as The Cutting Edge.

Legacy Recordings will offer a 6CD Deluxe Edition for the deep fans. Those discs will contain well over a hundred tracks including multiple takes of “Like A Rolling Stone”, and an interesting rehearsal track of “Rainy Day Women #12 & #35”. There will also be a heavily truncated 2CD Best of Edition (see track-list below), and a collected 5LP vinyl set.

The Cutting Edge – 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Volume 12 is on the calendar for November 8.

The Cutting Edge – 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Volume 12 – Bob Dylan (Deluxe Edition)
TrackList:

CD1:

01. Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1, Breakdown)
02. Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 2, Acoustic)
03. Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
04. Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
05. I’ll Keep It with Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo)
06. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (Take 1)
07. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (Take 1, Fragment)
08. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (Take 2, Complete)
09. She Belongs to Me (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
10. She Belongs to Me (Take 2 Remake, Complete)
11. She Belongs to Me (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
12. Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1)
13. Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
14. Outlaw Blues (Take 1, Complete)
15. Outlaw Blues (Take 2, Alternate Take)
16. On the Road Again (Take 1, Complete)
17. On the Road Again (Take 4, Alternate Take)
18. On the Road Again (Take 1 Remake, Complete)
19. On the Road Again (Take 7 Remake, Complete)
20. Farewell, Angelina (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
21. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 1, Complete)
22. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 2, Alternate Take)
23. You Don’t Have to Do That (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)

CD2:

01. California (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
02. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) (Take 1, False Start)
03. Mr. Tambourine Man (Takes 1-2, False Starts)
04. Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3 with Band, Incomplete)
05. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 1, Complete (6/15/65))
06. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take)
07. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3, Incomplete)
08. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 3 Remake, Complete)
09. Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence (Take 2)
10. Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
11. Tombstone Blues (Take 9)
12. Positively 4th Street (Takes 1-3, False Starts)
13. Positively 4th Street (Take 4, Complete)
14. Positively 4th Street (Take 5, Alternate Take)
15. Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)
16. Desolation Row (Take 2, Piano Demo)
17. Desolation Row (Take 5 Remake, Complete)
18. From a Buick 6 (Take 1, False Start)
19. From a Buick 6 (Take 4)

CD3:

01. Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 1-3, Rehearsal)
02. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4, Rehearsal)
03. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5, Rehearsal)
04. Like a Rolling Stone (Rehearsal Remake)
05. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 1 Remake, Rehearsal)
06. Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 2-3 Remake, False Starts)
07. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 4 Remake)
08. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5 Remake, Rehearsal)
09. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 6 Remake, False Start)
10. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 8 Remake, Breakdown)
11. Like a Rolling Stone (Takes 9-10 Remake, False Starts)
12. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 11, Alternate Take)
13. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 12 Remake, False Start)
14. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 13 Remake, Breakdown)
15. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 14 Remake, False Start)
16. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 15 Remake, Breakdown)
17. Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Guitar)
18. Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Vocals, Guitar)
19. Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Piano, Bass)
20. Like a Rolling Stone (Master Take, Drums, Organ)

CD4:

01. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 1, Alternate Take)
02. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 17)
03. Highway 61 Revisited (Take 3, Alternate Take)
04. Highway 61 Revisited (Take 5, Complete)
05. Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7, False Start)
06. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Take 1, Breakdown)
07. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Take 3, Rehearsal)
08. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Take 13, Complete)
09. Queen Jane Approximately (Take 2, Complete)
10. Queen Jane Approximately (Take 5, Alternate Take)
11. Ballad of a Thin Man (Take 2, Breakdown)
12. Medicine Sunday (Take 1)
13. Jet Pilot (Take 1)
14. I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 1, Fragment)
15. I Wanna Be Your Lover (Take 6, Complete)
16. Instrumental (Take 2, Complete)
17. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Take 6, Complete)
18. Visions of Johanna (Take 1, Rehearsal)
19. Visions of Johanna (Take 5, Rehearsal)

CD5:

01. Visions of Johanna (Take 7, Complete)
02. Visions of Johanna (Take 8)
03. Visions of Johanna (Take 14, Complete)
04. She’s Your Lover Now (Take 1, Breakdown)
05. She’s Your Lover Now (Take 6, Rehearsal)
06. She’s Your Lover Now (Take 15)
07. She’s Your Lover Now (Take 16, Complete)
08. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 2, Rehearsal)
09. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 4, Rehearsal)
10. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19, Alternate Take)
11. Lunatic Princess (Take 1)
12. Fourth Time Around (Take 11, Complete)
13. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 3, Complete)
14. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 8, Alternate Take)
15. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Take 1, Rehearsal and Finished Track)

CD6:

01. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Take 1, Rehearsal)
02. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Rehearsal)
03. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Take 5)
04. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Take 13, Alternate Take)
05. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Take 14, Complete)
06. Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1, Alternate Take)
07. Just Like a Woman (Take 1, Complete)
08. Just Like a Woman (Take 4, Alternate Take)
09. Just Like a Woman (Take 8, Complete)
10. Pledging My Time (Take 1, Alternate Take)
11. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) (Take 1, Complete)
12. Temporary Like Achilles (Take 3, Complete)
13. Obviously Five Believers (Take 3, Complete)
14. I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take)
15. Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (Take 1, Complete)

 

The Cutting Edge – 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Volume 12 – Bob Dylan (Best Of 2CD)
TrackList:

CD1:

01. Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Take 2, Acoustic)
02. I’ll Keep It with Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo)
03. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream (Take 1 & 2, Solo Acoustic)
04. She Belongs to Me (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
05. Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
06. Outlaw Blues (Take 2, Alternate Take)
07. On the Road Again (Take 4, Alternate Take)
08. Farewell, Angelina (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
09. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 2, Alternate Take)
10. You Don’t Have to Do That (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
11. California (Take 1, Solo Acoustic)
12. Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3 with Band, Incomplete)
13. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take)
14. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 5, Rehearsal (Edited))
15. Like a Rolling Stone (Take 11, Alternate Take)
16. Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence (Take 2)
17. Medicine Sunday (Take 1)
18. Desolation Row (Take 2, Piano Demo)
19. Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Take)

CD2:

01. Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take)
02. Positively 4th Street (Take 5, Alternate Take)
03. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (Take 1, Alternate Take (Edited))
04. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Take 3, Rehearsal)
05. Highway 61 Revisited (Take 3, Alternate Take)
06. Queen Jane Approximately (Take 5, Alternate Take)
07. Visions of Johanna (Take 5, Rehearsal)
08. She’s Your Lover Now (Take 6, Rehearsal)
09. Lunatic Princess (Take 1)
10. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 8, Alternate Take)
11. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19, Alternate Take)
12. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Take 13, Alternate Take)
13. Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1, Alternate Take)
14. Just Like a Woman (Take 4, Alternate Take)
15. Pledging My Time (Take 1, Alternate Take)
16. I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take)
17. Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7, False Start)

By MARowe