The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991

The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991
Box set by Bob Dylan
Released	March 26, 1991
Recorded	November 1961 – March 1989
Genre	Folk rock, folk blues
Length	229:37
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jeff Rosen
Bob Dylan chronology
Under the Red Sky (1990) The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 (1991) Good as I Been to You (1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Stereophile	(Favorable) [4]

The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 is a compilation box set by Bob Dylan, issued on Columbia Records, catalogue C3K 86572. It is the first installment in the Dylan bootleg series, comprising material spanning the first three decades of his career, from 1961 to 1989. It has been certified with a gold record by the RIAA as of August 1997, and peaked at #49 on the Billboard 200 and #32 in the UK.^[5]

Contents 1 Content 2 Track listing 2.1 Volume one 2.2 Volume two 2.3 Volume three 3 Collective personnel 3.1 Production personnel 4 See also 5 External links 6 Reference

Content

Of the 58 total tracks, 46 are session outtakes from the recording sessions for studio albums. The remaining dozen tracks are with one exception live recordings and demo records, three of latter being later duplicated on Volume 9 of the series.

Released in 1991 to satisfy enormous demand for Dylan's much-bootlegged unissued material, it contains rarities and unreleased works from the sessions for 1962's eponymous debut Bob Dylan to 1989's Oh Mercy. Unlike subsequent editions, which to date have all been double-disc packages, each volume in this set is a single compact disc, and the three volumes are not available separately.

Track listing

All songs by Bob Dylan, except where noted; all arrangements by Bob Dylan.

Volume one

1. "Hard Times in New York Town" (December 22, 1961); "Minnesota Hotel Tape," a home tape recorded by Tony Glover
2. "He Was a Friend of Mine" (November 20, 1961); Bob Dylan outtake; (trad.)
3. "Man on the Street" (November 22, 1961); Bob Dylan outtake
4. "No More Auction Block" (October 1962); Live at the Gaslight cafe, Greenwich Village; (trad.)
5. "House Carpenter" (November 22, 1961) Bob Dylan outtake; (trad.)
6. "Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues" (April 25, 1962) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake
7. "Let Me Die In My Footsteps" (April 25, 1962) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake
8. "Rambling, Gambling Willie" (April 24, 1962) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake
9. "Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues" (April 25, 1962) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake
10. "Quit Your Low Down Ways" (July 9, 1962) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake
11. "Worried Blues" (July 9, 1962) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake; (trad.)
12. "Kingsport Town" (November 14, 1962) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake; (trad.)
13. "Walkin' Down the Line" (1963) Publishing demo for the Witmark Music Publishing Company
14. "Walls of Red Wing" (April 24, 1963) The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan outtake
15. "Paths of Victory" (August 12, 1963) The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake
16. "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues" (October 26, 1963) Live at Carnegie Hall
17. "Who Killed Davey Moore?" (October 26, 1963) Live at Carnegie Hall
18. "Only a Hobo" (August 12, 1963) The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake, also considered for Greatest Hits Vol. II
19. "Moonshiner" (August 12, 1963) The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake; (trad.)
20. "When the Ship Comes In" (1963) Demo for the Witmark Music Publishing Company
21. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" (1963) Demo for the Witmark Music Publishing Company
22. "Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie" (April 12, 1963) Poem recited live in concert at New York City's Town Hall

Volume two

1. "Seven Curses" (August 6, 1963) The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake
2. "Eternal Circle" (October 24, 1963) The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake
3. "Suze (The Cough Song)" (October 24, 1963) The Times They Are A-Changin' outtake
4. "Mama, You Been on My Mind" (June 9, 1964) Another Side of Bob Dylan outtake
5. "Farewell, Angelina" (January 13, 1965) Bringing It All Back Home outtake
6. "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (January 13, 1965) Bringing It All Back Home alternate take (take 1; acoustic version)
7. "If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Got to Stay All Night)" (January 15, 1965) Bringing It All Back Home outtake
8. "Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence" (June 15, 1965) Highway 61 Revisited outtake
9. "Like a Rolling Stone" (June 15, 1965) Rehearsal in studio, original short version in 3/4 waltz time
10. "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" (June 15, 1965) Highway 61 Revisited alternate take
11. "I'll Keep It with Mine" (January 27, 1966) Rehearsal in studio
12. "She's Your Lover Now" (January 21, 1966) Blonde on Blonde outtake
13. "I Shall Be Released" (Fall 1967) Basement Tape recording
14. "Santa-Fe" (Fall 1967) Basement Tape recording
15. "If Not for You" (May 1, 1970) New Morning alternate take
16. "Wallflower" (November 4, 1971) previously unreleased recording
17. "Nobody 'Cept You" (November 2, 1973) Planet Waves outtake
18. "Tangled Up in Blue" (September 16, 1974) Blood on the Tracks alternate take
19. "Call Letter Blues" (September 16, 1974) Blood on the Tracks outtake
20. "Idiot Wind" (September 19, 1974) Blood on the Tracks alternate take

Volume three

1. "If You See Her, Say Hello" (September 16, 1974) Blood on the Tracks alternate take
2. "Golden Loom" (July 30, 1975) Desire outtake
3. "Catfish" (July 28, 1975) Desire outtake (Dylan/Levy)
4. "Seven Days" (April 21, 1976) Live performance, Tampa, Florida
5. "Ye Shall Be Changed" (May 2, 1979) Slow Train Coming outtake
6. "Every Grain of Sand" (September 23, 1980) Publishing demo for Special Rider Music
7. "You Changed My Life" (April 23, 1981) Shot of Love outtake
8. "Need a Woman" (May 4, 1981) Shot of Love outtake
9. "Angelina" (May 4, 1981) Shot of Love outtake
10. "Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart" (April 25, 1983) Early version of the song "Tight Connection to My Heart" from Empire Burlesque
11. "Tell Me" (April 21, 1983) Infidels outtake
12. "Lord Protect My Child" (May 3, 1983) Infidels outtake
13. "Foot of Pride" (April 25, 1983) Infidels outtake
14. "Blind Willie McTell" (May 5, 1983) Infidels outtake
15. "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" (February 19, 1985) Empire Burlesque alternate take
16. "Series of Dreams" (March 23, 1989) Oh Mercy outtake. This track was remixed in January 1991.

Collective personnel

Bob Dylan — vocals, guitars, harmonica, piano Roy Bittan — keyboards Mike Bloomfield — electric guitar Russell Bridges — bass Harvey Brooks — bass Charlie Brown — guitar Tony Brown — bass Gary Burke — conga drum T Bone Burnett — guitar Kenny Buttrey — drums Buddy Cage — pedal steel guitar Alan Clark — keyboards Roddy Colonna — drums Richard Crooks — drums Charlie Daniels — bass Rick Danko — bass, vocals Carolyn Dennis — vocals Rick DiFonzi — guitar Tim Drummond — bass Sly Dunbar — drums Erik Frandsen — guitar Glenn Fukunaga — bass Full Force — backing vocals Al Gorgoni — guitar Bobby Gregg — drums Paul Griffin — keyboards Emmylou Harris — vocals George Harrison — guitar Regina Havis — vocals Levon Helm — drums, vocals Garth Hudson — organ Ben Keith — pedal steel guitar Jim Keltner — drums

Clydie King — vocals Mark Knopfler — guitar Sandy Konikoff — drums Al Kooper — organ Barry Kornfeld — guitar Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar — guitar Russ Kunkel — drums Daniel Lanois — guitar, bass, percussion Little Steven — guitar Joseph Macho, Jr. — bass David Mansfield — mandolin Richard Manuel — piano, vocals Tom McFaul — keyboards Bob Neuwirth — guitar Cyril Neville — talking drum Kenny Rankin guitar Steve Ripley — guitar Scarlet Rivera — violin Robbie Robertson — guitar Mick Ronson — guitar Mason Ruffner — guitar Robbie Shakespeare — bass Steven Soles — guitar Rob Stoner – Bass Sugar Blue — harmonica Fred Tackett — guitar Mick Taylor — guitar Benmont Tench — organ Jennifer Warnes — vocals Eric Weissberg — guitar Pick Withers — drums Peter Wood — keyboards Howie Wyeth — drums

Production personnel

• Jeff Rosen — production and compilation
• Steven Berkowitz — production coordination, marketing
• Mark Wilder, Bob Irwin, Vic Anesini — digital remastering
• Mark Wilder, Tim Geelan, Jim Ball, Josh Abbey — mixing
• John Bauldie — liner notes
• Christopher Austopchuk, Nicky Lindeman — art direction
• Don Hunstein, Morgan Renard — photography

See also

• The Genuine Bootleg Series
• The Genuine Bootleg Series Take 2
• The Third One Now

External links

• Information about The Bootleg Series

Reference

Bob Dylan Studio albums Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan The Times They Are a-Changin' Another Side of Bob Dylan Bringing It All Back Home Highway 61 Revisited Blonde on Blonde John Wesley Harding Nashville Skyline Self Portrait New Morning Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Dylan Planet Waves Blood on the Tracks The Basement Tapes Desire Street-Legal Slow Train Coming Saved Shot of Love Infidels Empire Burlesque Knocked Out Loaded Down in the Groove Oh Mercy Under the Red Sky Good as I Been to You World Gone Wrong Time Out of Mind Love and Theft Modern Times Together Through Life Christmas in the Heart Live albums Before the Flood Hard Rain Bob Dylan at Budokan Real Live Dylan & the Dead The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration MTV Unplugged Live 1961–2000: Thirty-Nine Years of Great Concert Performances Live at the Gaslight 1962 Live at Carnegie Hall 1963 In Concert – Brandeis University 1963 Compilations Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II Masterpieces Biograph Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 The Essential Bob Dylan Bob Dylan: The Collection The Best of Bob Dylan Blues Dylan The Original Mono Recordings Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ – The Collection The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006 Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 Tours Concert tours England Tour 1965 World Tour 1966 Tour with The Band (1974) Rolling Thunder Revue (1975) World Tour 1978 1984 European Tour True Confessions Tour Temples in Flames Tour Never Ending Tour 1988 Tour 1989 Tour 1990 Tour 1991 Tour 1992 Tour 1993 Tour 1994 Tour 1995 Tour 1996 Tour 1997 Tour 1998 Tour 1999 Tour 2000 Tour 2001 Tour 2002 Tour 2003 Tour 2004 Tour 2005 Tour 2006 Tour 2007 Tour 2008 Tour 2009 Tour 2010 Tour 2011 Tour Films Madhouse on Castle Street Dont Look Back Eat the Document Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Renaldo and Clara Hearts of Fire Masked and Anonymous No Direction Home I'm Not There 65 Revisited The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963–1965 Writings Tarantula Writings and Drawings Lyrics: 1962–1985 Drawn Blank Chronicles: Volume One Lyrics: 1962–2001 The Definitive Bob Dylan Songbook Books about Dylan The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia Bob Dylan, Performing Artist Invisible Republic The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan Related articles Albums American folk music revival Awards Bob Dylan bootleg recordings List of Basement Tapes songs The Bootleg Series Discography List of artists who have covered Bob Dylan songs Related topics Songs recorded by Bob Dylan Songs written by Bob Dylan Chimes of Freedom: Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International Great White Wonder The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams The Masked Marauders Theme Time Radio Hour The Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Traveling Wilburys Book:Bob Dylan Category:Bob Dylan Portal:Bob Dylan WikiProject:Bob Dylan