THE GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES
Scorpio 94-14-01/02/03 [T-393]
Tracklist: Black Cross, I Was Young When I Left Home (Minnesota
Hotel Tape, 12/22/61); Ballad For A Friend (Leeds demo, 1/62); Hero
Blues, Whatcha Gonna Do? Freewheelin' outtakes, 12/6/62);
Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Witmark demo, 12/62); Milk Cow Blues
(Freewheelin' outtake, 4/24/62); Rocks And Gravel
((Freewheelin' test pressing, 11/13/62); You've Been Hiding
Too Long (Town Hall, 4/12/63); Farewell, Baby Let Me Follow You
Down (Witmark demos, 12/63-1/64), That's All Right Mama/Sally Free
And Easy, Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag (Times
sessions, 10/23-24/63); You Don't Have To Do That (BIABH outtake,
1/13/65); Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Highway 61
outtake/error single, 7/30/65); Desolation Row (Highway 61
outtake, 7/30/65); (Seems Like A) Freeze Out] (Hawks session,
11/30/65); She's Your Lover Now (Hawks session, 1/21/66); The
Painting By Van Gogh (Denver Hotel Tape, 3/13/66); What Kind of
Friend Is This? (Glasgow Hotel Tape, 5/19/66); One Too Many
Mornings (Sheffield, 5/16/66); Sign On The Cross, All American Boy,
Nothing Was Delivered (Basement Tapes 1967); I Threw It All Away,
Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance, Working On A Guru (George
Harrison session, 5/1/70); Down In The Flood (New York City,
1/1/72); Goodbye Holly, Rock Me Mama (Pat Garrett sessions,
2/73); Nobody 'Cept You (Planet Waves outtake, 11/2/73);
Idiot Wind, (BOTT test pressing, 9/16/74); Hurricane
(Desire outtake, 7/30/75); Stop Now (Street Legal
sessions, 5/1/78); Am I Your Stepchild (Augusta, ME, 9/15/78);
Trouble In Mind (Slow Train Coming alternate take, 5/79);
Yonder Comes Sin (Shot Of Love sessions, 10/80); Caribbean
Wind (Shot Of Love sessions, 3/31/81); Don't Ever Take
Yourself Away (Shot Of Love sessions, 4/23/81); Thief On The
Cross (New Orleans, LA, 11/10/81); Sweetheart Like You, Someone's
Got a Hold of My Heart, Tell Me, Jokerman, Blind Willie McTell
(Infidels outtakes, 4/83-5/83); New Danville Girl (Empire
Burlesque sessions, 12/84); Important Words (Down In The
Groove outtake, 4-5/87); Dignity (Oh Mercy outtake,
3/89); Like A Ship (Traveling Wilburys 3 outtake, 4/90);
Series Of Dreams (Oh Mercy outtake, 3/89)
rmd: Packaged in a glossy folding cardboard sleeve with
photographs from the first half of Bob's career, as well as a
booklet that gives details of the tracks and a piece by Clinton
Heylin about the official Bootleg Series 1-3. Many of the
tracks are already circulating. The package is very well produced
and presented. It is much less convenient to handle than Great
Dane's You Don't Know
Me, but contains a much more representative sample of
Dylan's career. (Clive Barrett)
NOTE: The 1999 Scorpio reissue of the set includes a
slightly revamped booklet.
