8/31/2013

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969–1971)

The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) is an album of unreleased recordings, demo recordings, and alternative takes from Bob Dylan's 1970 albums Self Portrait and New Morning, released on August 27, 2013. It is the latest addition in the series of official "bootleg" recordings issued by Columbia Records.

The cover is new artwork by Bob Dylan. The liner notes have been written by Greil Marcus, who wrote the original Self Portrait review for Rolling Stone that infamously asked, "What is this shit?." Also included is an extensive essay from journalist Michael Simmons. The set also contains rare photographs of that era from John Cohen and Al Clayton.







NPR has posted a 46 minute "First Listen" preview of this album.
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Background

The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) "reveals fresh aspects of Dylan's vocal genius as he reimagines traditional and contemporary folk music as well as songs of his own. Across these unvarnished performances, Dylan is the country singer from Nashville Skyline ("Country Pie" and "I Threw It All Away"), an interpreter of traditional folk ("Little Sadie," "Pretty Saro") who's right at home singing the songs of his contemporaries (Tom Paxton's "Annie's Gonna Sing Her Song" and Eric Andersen's "Thirsty Boots") before returning to writing and singing his own new music ("Went to See the Gypsy," "Sign on the Window")".[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Dylan except as indicated; traditional songs arranged by Dylan.

Disc 1

"Went to See the Gypsy" (demo version) - 3:00
"Little Sadie" (without overdubs, Self Portrait) (Traditional) - 2:02
"Pretty Saro" (unreleased, Self Portrait) - 2:16
"Alberta #3" (alternate version, Self Portrait) (Traditional) - 2:37
"Spanish is the Loving Tongue" (unreleased, New Morning) (Charles Badger Clark) - 3:51
"Annie's Going to Sing Her Song" (unreleased, Self Portrait) (Tom Paxton) - 2:22
"Time Passes Slowly #1" (alternate version, New Morning) - 2:18
"Only a Hobo" (unreleased, Greatest Hits II) - 3:25
"Minstrel Boy" (unreleased, The Basement Tapes) - 1:39
"I Threw It All Away" (alternate version, Nashville Skyline) - 2:25
"Railroad Bill" (unreleased, Self Portrait) (Traditional) - 2:44
"Thirsty Boots" (unreleased, Self Portrait) (Eric Andersen) - 4:06
"This Evening So Soon" (unreleased, Self Portrait) - 4:49
"These Hands" (unreleased, Self Portrait) - 3:43
"In Search of Little Sadie" (without overdubs, Self Portrait) (Traditional) - 2:26
"House Carpenter" (unreleased, Self Portrait) (Traditional) - 5:59
"All the Tired Horses" (without overdubs, Self Portrait) - 1:15
Total length: 50:57

Disc 2

"If Not for You" (alternate version, New Morning) - 2:29
"Wallflower" (alternate version, 1971) - 2:18
"Wigwam" (original version without overdubs, Self Portrait) - 3:10
"Days of '49" (original version without overdubs, Self Portrait) (Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Frank Warner) - 5:13
"Working on a Guru" (unreleased, New Morning) - 3:43
"Country Pie" (alternate version, Nashville Skyline) - 1:27
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (Live at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 31, 1969) - 3:31
"Highway 61 Revisited" (Live at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 31, 1969) - 3:39
"Copper Kettle" (without overdubs, Self Portrait) (Alfred Frank Beddoe) - 3:35
"Bring Me a Little Water" (unreleased, New Morning) - 3:58
"Sign on the Window" (with orchestral overdubs, New Morning) - 3:51
"Tattle O'Day" (unreleased, Self Portrait) (Eric Andersen) - 3:49
"If Dogs Run Free" (alternate version, New Morning) - 4:10
"New Morning" (with horn section overdubs, New Morning) - 4:04
"Went to See the Gypsy" (alternate version, New Morning) - 3:33
"Belle Isle" (without overdubs, Self Portrait) (Traditional) - 2:35
"Time Passes Slowly #2" (alternate version #2, New Morning) - 3:02
"When I Paint My Masterpiece" (demo version) - 3:53
Total length: 62:00

Disc 3: Isle of Wight Festival 1969 (2013 remaster)

"Intro" - 0:40
"She Belongs to Me" - 3:01
"I Threw It All Away" - 3:07
"Maggie's Farm" - 4:00
"Wild Mountain Thyme" (Traditional) - 2:51
"It Ain't Me Babe" - 3:09
"To Ramona" - 2:25
"Mr. Tambourine Man" - 3:08
"I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine" - 3:32
"Lay Lady Lay" - 3:54
"Highway 61 Revisited" - 3:47
"One Too Many Mornings" - 2:38
"I Pity the Poor Immigrant" - 3:47
"Like a Rolling Stone" - 5:25
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" - 3:30
"Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" - 2:49
"Minstrel Boy" - 3:48
"Rainy Day Women#12 & 35" - 3:17
Total length: 60:41

Disc 4: Self Portrait (2013 remaster)

"All the Tired Horses" – 3:12
"Alberta #1" (Traditional) - 2:57
"I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" (Cecil A. Null) – 2:23
"Days of 49" (Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Frank Warner)– 5:27
"Early Mornin' Rain" (Gordon Lightfoot) – 3:34
"In Search of Little Sadie" (Traditional) – 2:28
"Let It Be Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis, Pierre Delanoë) – 3:00
"Little Sadie" (Traditional) – 2:00
"Woogie Boogie" – 2:06
"Belle Isle" (Traditional) – 2:30
"Living the Blues" – 2:42
"Like a Rolling Stone" (Live at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 31, 1969) – 5:18
"Copper Kettle" (Alfred Frank Beddoe) – 3:34
"Gotta Travel On" (Paul Clayton, Larry Ehrlich, David Lazar, Tom Six) – 3:08
"Blue Moon" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 2:29
"The Boxer" (Paul Simon) – 2:48
"The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)" (Live at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 31, 1969) – 2:48
"Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go)" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 3:03
"Take a Message to Mary" (Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:46
"It Hurts Me Too" (Traditional) – 3:15
"Minstrel Boy" (Live at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 31, 1969) – 3:33
"She Belongs to Me" (Live at the Isle of Wight Festival, August 31, 1969) – 2:44
"Wigwam" – 3:09
"Alberta #2" (Traditional) – 3:12
Total length: 73:15

Promotion

The first songs released from The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) were an unreleased demo of "Wigwam" backed with a previously unreleased recording of "Thirsty Boots" on 7" vinyl for Record Store Day 2013.[10] On August 8, 2013, a video for the song "Pretty Saro," a traditional English ballad, was released. The video featured photos taken from the Farm Security Administration archive at the Library of Congress.[11] A week later, the song was released as a download single.

Editions

The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) is available in a standard two disc configuration as well as in a four-disc deluxe boxed set which includes, for the first time, the complete historic performance by Bob Dylan and The Band from the Isle of Wight Festival on Sunday, August 31, 1969. Housed in a slipcase, the deluxe edition includes a newly remastered version of the 1970 Self Portrait album, in its entirety with original sequencing, in addition to two hardcover books featuring revisionist liner notes penned by Greil Marcus (author of the notorious "What is this shit?" 1970 Self Portrait review in Rolling Stone). A vinyl version of The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969–1971) includes the album's 35 tracks on three LPs plus a 12" × 12" booklet.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bootleg_Series_Vol._10_%E2%80%93_Another_Self_Portrait_(1969%E2%80%931971)