By Stephen Pate – Bob Dylan is announcing the release of all bootlegs from his classic Blood on The Tracks album. On November 2, 2018, Dylan fans will be able to get More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14.
Blood on The Tracks is without a doubt the best album Dylan recorded in the 1970’s. There is a great backstory to how Dylan recorded the album with Eric Weisberg in NYC and changed his mind just before the release. He re-recorded the best tracks on holiday break in Minneapolis. Kevin Odegard and Andy Gill document the Minneapolis sessions. See The Magical Moment Bob Dylan Recorded Tangled Up In Blue
Amazon is taking pre-orders and will guarantee lowest price.
You can also order the Mastered for iTunes More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 (Deluxe Edition) – Bob Dylan without box set media and booklet for about 1/3rd the cost.
The CD More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 – Bob Dylan is also available for pre-order from iTunes.
Here’s the Apple Music link if you’re a subscriber.
What’s in More Blood More Tracks
While there are no new recordings from the Minneapolis sessions, the earler New York City sessions are as complete as possible. They have also been slowed down to the actual speed of recording. More on that in a minute.
Bob Dylan More Blood More Tracks Bootleg 14 Box Set contents
Dylan collectors and completists will want the Deluxe 6 CD Set with:
• Every surviving take from Blood On The Tracks, including the complete New York sessions.
• Alternate versions of “Tangled Up In Blue”, “Simple Twist Of Fate” and “Shelter From The Storm”
• Over 70 previously unreleased recordings
• Bonus hardcover book features original handwritten lyrics, photographs and more.
“The latest chapter in the highly acclaimed Bootleg Series makes available the pivotal studio recordings made by Bob Dylan during six extraordinary sessions in 1974 that resulted in the artist’s 1975 masterpiece, Blood On The Tracks.
The 6CD full-length deluxe version 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 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.
The deluxe box set is a strictly limited edition. The set includes a hardcover photo book featuring liner notes by rock historian Jeff Slate and a complete reproduction of one of Dylan’s legendary handwritten 57 page notebooks, where you can follow the lyrical development of the songs that would eventually comprise Blood On The Tracks.”
Sony promise this is a limited edition, just like the limited edition of Bob Dylan The Lyrics Since 1962. Since that promise was broken, take this one at your own discretion.
Press Release
Obviously I haven’t heard it or read the booklet so here’s all we know today.
Bob Dylan – More Blood, More Tracks – The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 to Be Released by Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings on Friday, November 2.
Eagerly Anticipated New Chapter in Acclaimed Dylan Bootleg Series Unveils Previously Unreleased Studio Performances from 1974’s Mythic Blood on the Tracks Sessions
- Single Disc / 2LP Edition Showcases Revelatory Alternate NYC Versions of All 10 Songs from the Original Album + Unreleased Take of “Up to Me”
- 6CD Limited Edition Deluxe Set Presents the Complete New York City Recording Sessions + the Five Existing Minneapolis/Sound 80 Recordings in Chronological Order
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 single disc / 2LP configuration of More Blood, More Tracks assembles 10 of the most emotionally resonant alternate takes of each of the 10 songs appearing the original Blood on the Tracks plus a previously unreleased version of “Up to Me.”
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.”
Two previous volumes in Columbia/Legacy’s Bob Dylan Bootleg Series have taken home the Best Historical Album Grammy Award for its respective eligibility year: Bob Dylan – The Cutting Edge 1965-1966, The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 in 2017 and Bob Dylan – The Basement Tapes Complete, The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 in 2016.
The deluxe box set is a limited edition. After it sells out, no additional copies will be made. This set includes a hardcover photo book featuring liner notes by rock historian Jeff Slate and a complete reproduction of one of Dylan’s legendary handwritten 57 page notebooks, where you can follow the lyrical development of the songs that would eventually comprise Blood on the Tracks.
BOB DYLAN – MORE BLOOD, MORE TRACKS THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 14 1 CD / 2LP
- Tangled Up in Blue (9/19/74, Take 3, Remake 3)
- Simple Twist of Fate (9/16/74, Take 1)
- Shelter From The Storm (9/17/74, Take 2)
- You’re a Big Girl Now (9/16/74, Take 2)
- Buckets of Rain (9/18/74, Take 2, Remake)
- If You See Her, Say Hello (9/16/74, Take 1)
- Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (9/16/74, Take 2)
- Meet Me in the Morning (9/19/74, Take 1, Remake)
- Idiot Wind (9/19/74, Take 4, Remake)
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (9/17/74, Take 1, Remake)
- Up to Me (9/19/74, Take 2, Remake)
All Tracks Recorded A & R Studios New York 9/16 – 9/19/1974 \
Tracks Recorded 9/16 & 18 Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Tracks Recorded 9/17 & 19 Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, harmonica
Tony Brown – bass
BOB DYLAN – – MORE BLOOD, MORE TRACKS THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 14 6 CD Deluxe Edition
DISC 1 – A & R Studios New York September 16, 1974
- If You See Her, Say Hello (Take 1) – solo
- If You See Her, Say Hello (Take 2) – solo – previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare and Unreleased, 1961-1991
- You’re a Big Girl Now (Take 1) – solo
- You’re a Big Girl Now (Take 2) – solo
- Simple Twist of Fate (Take 1) – solo
- Simple Twist of Fate (Take 2) – solo
- You’re a Big Girl Now (Take 3) – solo
- Up to Me (Rehearsal) – solo
- Up to Me (Take 1) – solo
- Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (Take 1) – solo
- Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (Take 2) – solo – included on Blood on the Tracks test pressing
DISC 2 – A & R Studios New York September 16, 1974
- Simple Twist of Fate (Take 1A) – with band
- Simple Twist of Fate (Take 2A) – with band
- Simple Twist of Fate (Take 3A) – with band
- Call Letter Blues (Take 1) – with band
- Meet Me in the Morning (Take 1) – with band – edited version included on Blood on the Tracks test pressing and previously released on Blood on the Tracks
- Call Letter Blues (Take 2) – with band – previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare and Unreleased, 1961-1991
- Idiot Wind (Take 1) – with bass
- Idiot Wind (Take 1, Remake) – with bass
- Idiot Wind (Take 3 with insert) – with bass
- Idiot Wind (Take 5) – with bass
- Idiot Wind (Take 6) – with bass
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Rehearsal and Take 1) – with bandYou’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 2) – with band
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 3) – with band
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 4) – with bass
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 5) – with band
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 6) – with band
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 6, Remake) – with band
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 7) – with band
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 8) – with band
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harmonica
Eric Weissberg, Charles Brown III, Barry Kornfeld: guitars
Thomas McFaul: keyboards
Tony Brown: bass
Richard Crooks: drums
Buddy Cage: steel guitar (5-6)
DISC 3 – A & R Studios New York September 16, 1974
- Tangled Up in Blue (Take 1) – with bass
A & R Studios New York September 17, 1974
- You’re a Big Girl Now (Take 1, Remake) – with bass and organ
- You’re a Big Girl Now (Take 2, Remake) – with bass, organ, and steel guitar –included on Blood on the Tracks test pressing and previously released on Biograph
- Tangled Up in Blue (Rehearsal) – with bass and organ
- Tangled Up in Blue (Take 2, Remake) – with bass and organ
- Spanish is the Loving Tongue (Take 1) – with bass and piano
- Call Letter Blues (Rehearsal) – with bass and piano
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 1, Remake) – with bass and piano
- Shelter From The Storm (Take 1) – with bass and piano – previously released on the Jerry McGuire original soundtrack
- Buckets of Rain (Take 1) – with bass
- Tangled Up in Blue (Take 3, Remake) – with bass
- Buckets of Rain (Take 2) – with bass
- Shelter From The Storm (Take 2) – with bass
- Shelter From The Storm (Take 3) – with bass
- Shelter From The Storm (Take 4) – with bass – previously released on Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harmonica
Tony Brown: bass
Paul Griffin: keyboards (2-9)
Buddy Cage: steel guitar (3)
DISC 4 – A & R Studios New York September 17, 1974
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 1, Remake 2) – with bass
- You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 2, Remake 2) – with bass – previously released on Blood on the Tracks
A & R Studios New York September 18, 1974
- Buckets of Rain (Take 1, Remake) – solo
- Buckets of Rain (Take 2, Remake) – solo
- Buckets of Rain (Take 3, Remake) – solo
- Buckets of Rain (Take 4, Remake) – solo
A & R Studios New York September 19, 1974
- Up to Me (Take 1, Remake) – with bass
- Up to Me (Take 2, Remake) – with bass
- Buckets of Rain (Take 1, Remake 2) – with bass
- Buckets of Rain (Take 2, Remake 2) – with bass
- Buckets of Rain (Take 3, Remake 2) – with bass
- Buckets of Rain (Take 4, Remake 2) – with bass – previously released on Blood on the Tracks
- If You See Her, Say Hello (Take 1, Remake) – with bass – previously included on Blood on the Tracks test pressing
- Up to Me (Take 1, Remake 2) – with bass
- Up to Me (Take 2, Remake 2) – with bass
- Up to Me (Take 3, Remake 2) – with bass
- Buckets of Rain (Rehearsal) – with bass
- Meet Me in the Morning (Take 1, Remake) – with bass – previously released on the “Duquesne Whistle” 7” single
- Meet Me in the Morning (Take 2, Remake) – with bass
- Buckets of Rain (Take 5, Remake 2) – with bass
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harmonica
Tony Brown: bass (1-2, 7-20)
DISC 5 – A & R Studios New York September 19, 1974
- Tangled Up in Blue (Rehearsal and Take 1, Remake 2) – with bass
- Tangled Up in Blue (Take 2, Remake 2) – with bass
- Tangled Up in Blue (Take 3, Remake 2) – with bass – included on Blood on the Tracks test pressing and previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare and Unreleased, 1961-1991
- Simple Twist of Fate (Take 2, Remake) – with bass
- Simple Twist of Fate (Take 3, Remake) – with bass – previously released on Blood on the Tracks
- Up to Me (Rehearsal and Take 1, Remake 3) – with bass
- Up to Me (Take 2, Remake 3) – with bass – previously released on Biograph
- Idiot Wind (Rehearsal and Takes 1-3, Remake) – with bass
- Idiot Wind (Take 4, Remake) – with bass
- Idiot Wind (Take 4, Remake) – with organ overdub – included on Blood on the Tracks test pressing and previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3: Rare and Unreleased, 1961-1991
- You’re a Big Girl Now (Take 1, Remake 2) – with bass
- Meet Me in the Morning (Take 1, Remake 2) – with bass
- Meet Me in the Morning (Takes 2-3, Remake 2) – with bass
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harmonica
Tony Brown: bass
DISC 6 – A & R Studios New York September 19, 1974
- You’re a Big Girl Now (Takes 3-6, Remake 2) – with bass
- Tangled Up in Blue (Rehearsal and Takes 1-2, Remake 3) – with bass
- Tangled Up in Blue (Take 3, Remake 3) – with bass
Sound 80 Studio Minneapolis, MN December 27, 1974
- Idiot Wind – with band – previously released on Blood on the Tracks
You’re a Big Girl Now – with band – previously released on Blood on the Tracks
Sound 80 Studio – Minneapolis, MN December 30, 1974
- Tangled Up in Blue – with band – previously released on Blood on the Tracks
- Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts – with band – previously released on Blood on the Tracks
- If You See Her, Say Hello – with band – previously released on Blood on the Tracks
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harmonica, organ (4-5), mandolin (8)
Tony Brown: bass (1-3)
Chris Weber: guitar (4-6, 8)
Kevin Odegard: guitar (6)
Peter Ostroushko: mandolin (8)
Gregg Inhofer: keyboards (4-8)
Billy Peterson: bass (4, 6-7)
Bill Berg: drums (4-8)
New York sessions originally engineered by Phil Ramone
Minneapolis sessions originally engineered by Paul Martinso
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