Bob Dylan ‘Bootleg Series Vol. 12’ Pulls From Mid-Sixties

By Scott Bernstein Sep 24, 2015 • 8:50 am PDT

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The next volume of Bob Dylan‘s archival series is coming soon. Bob Dylan – The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 is due on November 6 via Legacy Recordings and Columbia Records.

There will be three different versions of the release, which focuses on the years Dylan transformed from a folkie to a rocker by going electric. The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 will be available as a two-disc collection of “highlights,” a six-disc deluxe edition and an 18-disc collector’s edition. The tracks come from the period Bob recorded Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.

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The 18-disc collector’s edition is said to “include every note recorded during the 1965-1966 sessions, every alternate take and alternate lyric.” 5,000 copies of the limited-edition release will be available. EW.com notes, “The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 will come with a book including rare photographs, memorabilia, and essays written for the project by author Bill Flanagan and historian Sean Wilentz.”

The 6-disc deluxe edition contains many outtakes from the ’65 & ’66 sessions which haven’t previously been released. There’s even a disc featuring 20 different versions of “Like A Rolling Stone.” Dylan’s new collection gives a great look at a master at work.

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

Disc 1

  1. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – Take 2 (1/13/1965) acoustic
  2. I’ll Keep It with Mine – Take 1 (1/13/1965) piano demo
  3. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream – Take 2 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic
  4. She Belongs to Me – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic
  5. Subterranean Homesick Blues – Take 1 (1/14/1965) alternate take
  6. Outlaw Blues – Take 2 (1/13/1965) alternate take
  7. On the Road Again – Take 4 (1/14/1965) alternate take
  8. Farewell, Angelina – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic
  9. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – Take 2 (1/15/1965) alternate take
  10. You Don’t Have to Do That – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic
  11. California – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic
  12. Mr. Tambourine Man – Take 3 (1/15/1965) with band, incomplete
  13. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Take 8 (6/15/1965) alternate take
  14. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 5 (6/15/1965) rehearsal
  15. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 11 (6/16/1965) alternate take
  16. Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence – Take 2 (6/15/1965) unreleased take
  17. Medicine Sunday – Take 1 (10/5/1965) early version of Temporary Like Achilles
  18. Desolation Row – Take 2 (8/4/1965) piano demo
  19. Desolation Row – Take 1 (8/4/1965) alternate take

Disc 2

  1. Tombstone Blues – Take 1 (7/29/1965) alternate take
  2. Positively 4th Street – Take 5 (7/29/1965) alternate take
  3. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window – Take 1 (7/30/1965) alternate take
  4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Take 3 (8/2/1965) rehearsal
  5. Highway 61 Revisited – Take 3 (8/2/1965) alternate take
  6. Queen Jane Approximately – Take 5 (8/2/1965) alternate take
  7. Visions of Johanna – Take 5 (11/30/1965) rehearsal
  8. She’s Your Lover Now – Take 6 (1/21/1966) rehearsal
  9. Lunatic Princess – Take 1 (1/27/1966)
  10. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat – Take 8 (2/14/1966) alternate take
  11. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) – Take 19 (1/25/1966) alternate take
  12. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Take 13 (2/17/1966) alternate take
  13. Absolutely Sweet Marie – Take 1 (3/7/1966) alternate take
  14. Just Like a Woman – Take 4 (3/8/1966) alternate take
  15. Pledging My Time – Take 1 (3/8/1966) alternate take
  16. I Want You – Take 4 (3/10/1966) alternate take
  17. Highway 61 Revisited – Take 7 (8/2/1965) false start

All tracks previously unreleased except Disc 1, track 2, Biograph; Disc 1, track 8, The Bootleg Series, Volume 1-3.

The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 (6 CD Deluxe Edition)

Disc 1:

  1. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – Take 1 (1/13/1965) acoustic, incomplete
  2. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – Take 2 (1/13/1965) acoustic
  3. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – Take 3 remake (1/13/1965) acoustic
  4. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – Take 1 remake (1/14/1965) electric
  5. I’ll Keep It with Mine – Take 1 (1/13/1965) piano demo, previously released on Biograph, 1985
  6. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic, previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7, 2005
  7. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream – Take 1 (1/13/1965) acoustic, incomplete
  8. Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream – Take 2 (1/13/1965) acoustic
  9. She Belongs to Me – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic
  10. She Belongs to Me – Take 2 Remake (1/13/1965) acoustic
  11. She Belongs to Me – Take 1 Remake (1/14/1965) electric
  12. Subterranean Homesick Blues – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic, previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1-3, 1991
  13. Subterranean Homesick Blues – Take 1 remake (1/14/1965) electric
  14. Outlaw Blues – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic
  15. Outlaw Blues – Take 2 Remake (1/13/1965) electric
  16. On the Road Again – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic
  17. On the Road Again – Take 4 (1/14/1965) electric
  18. On the Road Again – Take 1 remake (1/15/1965) electric
  19. On the Road Again – Take 7 remake (1/15/1965) electric
  20. Farewell, Angelina – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic, previously released The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1-3, 1991
  21. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic
  22. If You Gotta Go, Go Now – Take 2 (1/15/1965) electric
  23. You Don’t Have to Do That – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic, incomplete

Disc 2:

  1. California – Take 1 (1/13/1965) solo acoustic
  2. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Take 1 (1/15/1965) acoustic, demo
  3. Mr. Tambourine Man – Takes 1 – 2 (1/15/1965) incomplete, with band
  4. Mr. Tambourine Man – Take 3 (1/15/1965) incomplete, with band
  5. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Take 1 (6/15/1965)
  6. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Take 8 (6/15/1965)
  7. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Take 3 (7/29/1965)
  8. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – Take 3 remake (7/29/65)
  9. Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence – Take 2 (6/15/1965)
  10. Tombstone Blues – Take 1 (7/29/1965)
  11. Tombstone Blues – Take 9 (7/29/1965) previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7, 2005
  12. Positively 4th Street – Takes 1-3 (7/29/1965)
  13. Positively 4th Street – Take 4 (7/29/1965)
  14. Positively 4th Street – Take 5 (7/29/1965)
  15. Desolation Row – Take 1 (8/4/1965)
  16. Desolation Row – Take 2 (8/4/1965) piano demo
  17. Desolation Row – Take 5 remake (8/2/1965)
  18. From a Buick 6 – Take 1 (7/30/1965)
  19. From a Buick 6 – Take 4 (7/30/1965) released in error on first pressing of Highway 61 Revisited, 1965

Disc 3:

  1. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 1-3 (6/15/1965)
  2. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 4 (6/15/1965)
  3. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 5 (6/15/1965)
  4. Like a Rolling Stone – Rehearsal (6/16/1965)
  5. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 1 (6/16/1965)
  6. Like a Rolling Stone – Takes 2-3 (6/16/1965)
  7. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 4 (6/16/1965) released on Highway 61 Revisited, 1965
  8. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 5 (6/16/1965)
  9. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 6 (6/16/1965)
  10. Like a Rolling Stone -Take 8 (6/16/1965)
  11. Like a Rolling Stone – Takes 9-10 (6/16/1965)
  12. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 11 (6/16/1965)
  13. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 12 (6/16/1965)
  14. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 13 (6/16/1965)
  15. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 14 (6/16/1965)
  16. Like a Rolling Stone – Take 15 (6/16/1965)
  17. Like a Rolling Stone – Master take – lead guitar isolated track
  18. Like a Rolling Stone – Master take – vocal and guitar isolated track
  19. Like a Rolling Stone – Mast take – drums and organ isolated track
  20. Like a Rolling Stone – Master take – piano and bass isolated track

Disc 4:

  1. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window – Take 1 (7/30/1965)
  2. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window – Take 17 (7/30/1965 released in error on the first pressing of Positively 4th Street single
  3. Highway 61 Revisited – Take 3 (8/2/1965)
  4. Highway 61 Revisited – Take 5 (8/2/1965)
  5. Highway 61 Revisited – Take 7 (8/2/1965)
  6. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Take 1 (8/2/1965)
  7. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Take 3 (8/2/1965)
  8. Just Like Tom Thumb’s blues – Take 13 (8/2/1965)
  9. Queen Jane Approximately – Take 2 (8/2/1965)
  10. Queen Jane Approximately – Take 5 (8/2/1965)
  11. Ballad of a Thin Man – Take 2 (8/2/1965) incomplete
  12. Medicine Sunday – Take 1 (10/5/1965)
  13. Jet Pilot – Take 1 (10/5/1965) Previously released on Biograph, 1985
  14. I Wanna Be Your Lover – Take 1 (10/5/1965)
  15. I Wanna Be Your Lover – Take 6 (10/5/1965)
  16. Unknown Instrumental – Take 2 (10/5/1965)
  17. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window – Takes 5-6 (11/30/1965)
  18. Visions of Johanna – Take 1 (11/30/1965)
  19. Visions of Johanna – Take 5 (11/30/1965)

Disc 5:

  1. Visions of Johanna – Take 7 (11/30/1965)
  2. Visions of Johanna – Take 8 (11/30/1965) previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7, 2005
  3. Visions of Johanna – Take 14 (11/30/1965)
  4. She’s Your Lover Now – Take 1 (1/21/1966)
  5. She’s Your Lover Now – Take 6 (1/21/1966)
  6. She’s Your Lover Now – Take 15 (1/21/1966) previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1-3, 1991
  7. She’s Your Lover Now – Take 16 (1/21/1966) solo piano
  8. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) – Take 2 (1/25/1966)
  9. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) – Take 4 (1/25/1966)
  10. One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) – Take 19 (1/25/1966)
  11. Lunatic Princess – Take 1 (1/27/1966)
  12. Fourth Time Around – Take 11 (2/14/1966)
  13. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat – Take 3 (2/14/1966)
  14. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat – Take 8 (2/14/1966)

Disc 6:

  1. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Take 1 (2/17/1966)
  2. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Rehearsal (2/17/1966)
  3. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Take 5 (2/17/1966) previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7, 2005
  4. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Take 13 (2/17/1966)
  5. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Take 14 (2/17/1966)
  6. Absolutely Sweet Marie – Take 1 (3/7/1966)
  7. Just Like a Woman – Take 1 (3/8/1966)
  8. Just Like a Woman – Take 4 (3/8/1966)
  9. Just Like a Woman – Take 8 (3/8/1966)
  10. Pledging My Time – Take 1 (3/8/1966)
  11. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) – Take 1 (3/9/1966)
  12. Temporary Like Achilles – Take 3 (3/9/1966)
  13. Obviously 5 Believers – Take 3 (3/10/1966)
  14. I Want You – Take 4 (3/10/1966)
  15. Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands – Take 1 – (2/16/1966)
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