Mitchell seemed to feel that the originals were better than the awesome released version.

Thanks! The download links appear to be dead.

They have been widely bootlegged. Maybe I can dig up a link in the morning. The reason the 1991 box included "alternate alternate" versions is apparently because the Dylan camp wanted to include material in that box not previously bootlegged.

But the smart money says that the next Bootleg Series release is going to cover Dylan's 1974-76 period. Martin Scorcese is making a documentary about the Rolling Thunder Revue, and it's the most important era in his career not yet covered in the series.

Thx!

Isn't it about time for an announcement of the next Bootleg Series box set?

There's not really a definitive source for this information, but plenty of tweets indicate that the next volume will be called "More Blood, More Tracks" and deal with the 1974-1975 era. How extensively it covers that era remains to be seen, but everybody seems to agree on that title.

In the meantime, there's a "new" Dylan title in another four days: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DKY35GS/?tag=imwan-20

Two other recent Dylan performances include a live version of "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" from 2004 on "United We Swing: Best Of The Jazz At Lincoln Center Galas" by the Wynton Marsalis Septet. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079F9D935/?tag=imwan-20

Recently recorded, but available only on vinyl and as a download is Bob's cover of "He's Funny That Way" on "Universal Love - Wedding Songs Reimagined", a compilation EP of "regendered" wedding songs. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BTNCD9H/?tag=imwan-20

The Blood On The Tracks box has been rumored for at least 2 or 3 years. Hopefully it'll the one this year.

Oh, and the other rumored title (not yet officially announced) is a reissue of the 1962 Gaslight recordings from the original master tapes (apparently the 2005 "Starbucks" version used a bootleg source.)

According to the internet, there were a total of 17 Gaslight songs--ten were included on the Starbucks disc, plus "No More Auction Block" was on the very first "Bootleg Series" set. The other six songs were on the 1962 Copyright Extension set. No indication yet whether the master tape has any additional songs, or whether the the forthcoming release will mirror the Starbucks disc.

I will be so in for this.

+1 Very enthusiastically!!

For those who have heard the BOTT boots (I haven't) Is there going to be a significant amount of creative difference between these versions & the finals? Are at least some of these potentially superior to what was released?

BOTT is probably my favorite Dylan album. While I have most of his catalog through Desire; I'm probably not interested in a batch of slightly inferior early versions.

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I have posted 4 versions available on YouTube. You're a Big Girl Now from the NY Sessions is on Biograph.

Wow, these are great!

Thanks!

Thx again! If this is representative of the quality of the entire box & the price is reasonable (2 cd's rather than 10 & no vinyl??) I'm in.

Could this be the artwork?

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/mov ... ix-777169/

Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese ‘Rolling Thunder Revue’ Doc Hits Netflix
Film will reportedly feature rare interview with Dylan
By Joe Blistein

Martin Scorsese’s long-rumored documentary about Bob Dylan’s legendary “Rolling Thunder Revue” tour is headed to Netflix, Variety reports.

An exact release date has yet to be announced, and a source told Variety that such an announcement was still “months away.” However, Netflix did confirm a few details about the film, including its title, Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese, and that the famously interview-averse Dylan did speak on camera for the project.

Netflix also shared a short statement about the film: “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year. Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, Rolling Thunder is a one of a kind experience, from master filmmaker Martin Scorsese.”

Along with the Dylan interview, Rolling Thunder Revue is expected to feature interviews with other performers on the tour. The majority of the interviews were reportedly conducted by Dylan’s longtime manager, Jeff Rosen, who also did the interviews for Scorsese’s 2005 Dylan film, No Direction Home.

Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue tour took place between 1975 and 1976, and found the musician playing a series of theater shows with little advanced notice. Among the participants were Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, while one-off special guests included Ringo Starr, Patti Smith and Joni Mitchell.

Along with the long-awaited Rolling Thunder Revue documentary, the Dylan camp has reportedly also been prepping a new box set featuring music from that era. In a 2017, a source close to the Dylan team told Rolling Stone, “It’s a great period and there’s so much music that was so well-recorded. I think that’ll be a great companion piece to the film. We have incredible, incredible stuff.”

I have a DVD of a show done in Japan by the same band in 1975. Absolutely brilliant stuff