THE WITMARK YEARS
Capricorn 2021/2022 [T-438]
Witmark Demos (New York, NY); December 1962 - January 1964
Tracklist: Blowin' In The Wind, Long Ago Far Away, Tomorrow Is A
Long Time, Ballad Of Hollis Brown, Death Of Emmett Till, Hard
Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Let Me Die In My Footsteps, Quit Your Lowdown
Ways, Baby I'm In The Mood For You, Long Time Gone, Don't Think
Twice, Oxford Town, Masters Of War, Walkin' Down The Line, Talking
John Birch Paranoid Blues, All Over You, Bound To Lose Bound To
Win, I'd Hate To Be You On That Dreadful Day, I Shall Be Free, Bob
Dylan's Dream, Bob Dylan's Blues, Boots Of Spanish Leather, Girl
From The North Country, Seven Curses, Hero Blues, Gypsy Lou,
Whatcha Gonna Do?, Ain't Gonna Grieve, Only A Hobo, John Brown,
When The Ship Comes In, Times They Are A-Changin', Paths Of
Victory, Farewell, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Guess I'm Doing
Fine, Mr Tambourine Man, Mama You Been On My Mind, I'll Keep It
With Mine, Eternal Circle, Percy's Song
EDLIS: Classic mono studio recordings in acceptable quality
given the dates of recording. The sound here is at times marginally
brighter and clearer than the sound on the other Witmark CDs.
DEEP: I concur that The Witmark Years is the
best of the three packages. The sound is a bit brighter on this
one, not to mention a better package. The front cover of the CD
belongs in the bootleg cover Hall of Fame. Essential stuff, this
is.
ISIS: The Witmark Years while generally slightly
inferior on recording quality at least gets the track listing
right. For the most part, though, it fell below par, and on some
tracks was blatantly inferior.
rmd: The Witmark Years has the advantage of
arranging the material chronologically. Opinions on sound quality
tends to vary, even from track to track.
