No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series Vol. 7)

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Book-ended with an embryonic recording made by a high school friend and a live, boisterous take of "Like a Rolling Stone" less than seven years later, the fifth release in the Bob Dylan Bootleg series (and the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's Dylan documentary of the same name) proffers just how far the folk idol turned rock star had come between his last year in a Minnesota high school and 1966's contentious UK tour. The double CD is sequenced chronologically and features 26 rare and unreleased recordings (most between 1961 and 1966), including 1959's muddied "When I Got Troubles,' reportedly the first song Dylan ever put to tape, and Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," performed live soon after Dylan's arrival in New York. While the usual suspects are present--"Don't Think Twice It's Alright," "Masters of War," "Mr. Tambourine Man"--this collection unravels the unexpected, including an outtake from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ("Sally Gal"), captivating alternate takes of "She Belongs To Me," "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and "Visions of Johanna" (with full band) and the ripping electric version of "Maggie's Farm" that throttled the 1965 Newport Folk Festival and carried Dylan over the genre-influencing threshold into generation-altering icon status. --Scott Holter

Recommended Bob Dylan

The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [BOX SET]

The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert

Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5)

Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall

No Direction Home [DVD]

Don't Look Back [DVD]

Tracks:

When I Got Troubles
Rambler, Gambler
This Land Is Your Land
Song To Woody
Dink's Song
I Was Young When I Left Home
Sally Gal
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Man Of Constant Sorrow
Blowin' In The Wind
Masters Of War
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
When The Ship Comes In
Mr. Tambourine Man
Chimes Of Freedom
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Tracks:

She Belongs To Me
Maggie's Farm
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Tombstone Blues
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Desolation Row
Highway 61 Revisited
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Visions Of Johanna
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Like A Rolling Stone

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Book-ended with an embryonic recording made by a high school friend and a live, boisterous take of "Like a Rolling Stone" less than seven years later, the fifth release in the Bob Dylan Bootleg series (and the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's Dylan documentary of the same name) proffers just how far the folk idol turned rock star had come between his last year in a Minnesota high school and 1966's contentious UK tour. The double CD is sequenced chronologically and features 26 rare and unreleased recordings (most between 1961 and 1966), including 1959's muddied "When I Got Troubles,' reportedly the first song Dylan ever put to tape, and Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," performed live soon after Dylan's arrival in New York. While the usual suspects are present--"Don't Think Twice It's Alright," "Masters of War," "Mr. Tambourine Man"--this collection unravels the unexpected, including an outtake from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ("Sally Gal"), captivating alternate takes of "She Belongs To Me," "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and "Visions of Johanna" (with full band) and the ripping electric version of "Maggie's Farm" that throttled the 1965 Newport Folk Festival and carried Dylan over the genre-influencing threshold into generation-altering icon status. --Scott Holter

Recommended Bob Dylan

The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [BOX SET]

The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert

Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5)

Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall

No Direction Home [DVD]

Don't Look Back [DVD]

Customer Reviews:

"Bobby D Finds his roots".......2006-11-10

This was an absolutely TREMENDOUS CD.
Especially recommended on Side 2 are "She Belongs to Me" ("She's an artist, She Don't look Back") and a Devestating Version of "Desolation Row".
On Side 1 are "When my Ship comes in" (In the Video Baez tells how Dylan is upset that they won't let him in a Hotel because of his "Scruffy appearance", then as Baez tells it "So he wrote 'When My Ship comes In' He can't get a Hotel Room, so he writes when my Ship comes In"!!!)
Also on Side 1 is a "Catch Lightning in a Bottle" version of "Chimes of Freedom.
AND if you like this CD, check out Baez's performance on YOUTUBE of "Diamonds and Rust"; Then go to the 1992 Dylan Tribute where the Clancy Brothers (and for this performance only Tommy Makem) do "When My Ship Comes In". You can't go wrong on any of these.

A revelation!.......2006-10-11

Just spent a day listening to the second disc while painting my house. I played it loud over and over while I worked. I have to say it's brilliant. While there is a lot of good stuff on this disc, the standout tune for me is "Visions of Johanna." The Band is absolutely in full form, and Dylan sounds like he's about to levitate. Couldn't have been a better day ... completely reinvigorated my interest in the man's music.

POESIA PERPETUA QUE NACE UNA Y MIL VECES..................2006-10-04

OTRA VEZ EL ENORME CATALOGO DE DYLAN NOS SORPRENDE GRATAMENTE...PARECE NORMAL SEGUIR EXHUMANDO POESIA, REDESCUBRIENDO BELLEZA EN TEMAS QUE HEMOS ESCUCHADO MILLONES DE VECES Y SEGUIREMOS ESCUCHANDO...VERSIONES EN VIVO, TOMAS ALTERNATIVAS, GRABACIONES CASERAS, EN FIN, UNA CATARATA DE CANCIONES QUE SENCILLAMENTE SON EL ESPEJO DE UNA GENERACION....FALTAN TODAS LAS QUE NO ESTAN Y NO ALCANZAN LAS PRESENTES!!!UNO NO PUEDE ESTAR CONFORME CON SEMEJANTE DESPLIEGUE DE TALENTO...ESCUCHAS DESDE blowin' in the wind HASTA ESE BLUES A CONTRAMANO QUE ES stuck inside of movile... OTRA MARAVILLA ENCERRADA EN UNA CAJITA DE CARTON..PARA FANATICOS DE DYLAN..NO!..PARA CUALQUIER PERSONA QUE AME LA MUSICA....

This is not the soundtrack.........2006-10-04

I clicked on Mr. Tamborine Man, quite expecting to hear the whimsical, amazing version on the DVD from the Newport festival, where he sings alone surrounded by folkies, occassionally interrupted by some annoying guy lamenting the protest songs, and I get a rough duet with who? I click on Visions of Johanna, do i get the surreal version on the DVD, with Bob refusing to crash in the Hills of Tennessee, just wanting to go home (and crash on his motorcycle) with delicate refrains and moving poetic intonations and drifting harmonica.. no, just a studio electric version. Guess I'm supposed to get all the live bootlegs, ok. I am gratefull to , 'Don't Look back', having intoduced me to Dylan. Where is it?

Two Fine, Distinct CD's.......2006-09-14

If you have many of Dylan's albums of the sixties, this is an excellent addition. Disc one is solo acoustic and chronicles a songwriter coming into his own. Disc two is full of live and alternate takes that shed new light on the original versions of the songs. Sometimes alternate takes are meant to be kept off of albums, these versions are quite rewarding, and definitely worth repeated listens. The liner notes include other pictures taken from the album cover photo sessions. Here are some other fine albums you may like if you like Dylan:
1) Kings Avenue by Joe Kile
2) Stranger's Almanac by Whiskeytown
3) Banjos And Sunshine by Sixty Acres
4) Ain't No Grave: A Tribute To Traditional And Public Domain Songs by Various Artists

The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack

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ASIN: B000A7KLF2
Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

When I Got Troubles
Rambler, Gambler [Demo Version]
This Land Is Your Land [Live]
Song to Woody
Dink's Song [Demo Version]
I Was Young When I Left Home [Demo Version]
Sally Gal [Alternate Take]
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [Demo Version]
Man of Constant Sorrow
Blowin' in the Wind [Live]
Masters of War [Live]
Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall [Live]
When the Ship Comes In [Live]
Mr. Tambourine Man [Alternate Take]
Chimes of Freedom [Live]
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [Alternate Take]

Tracks:

She Belongs to Me [Alternate Take]
Maggie's Farm [Live]
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry [Alternate Take]
Tombstone Blues [Alternate Take]
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [Alternate Take]
Desolation Row [Alternate Take]
Highway 61 Revisited [Alternate Take]
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [Alternate Take]
Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again [Alternate Take]
Visions of Johanna [Alternate Take]
Ballad of a Thin Man [Live]
Like a Rolling Stone [Live]

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Bob Dylan - No Direction Home

ASIN: B0009V92Q8
Release Date: 2005-09-14

Tracks:

When I Got Troubles
Rambler, Gambler [Demo Version]
This Land Is Your Land [Live]
Song to Woody
Dink's Song [Demo Version]
I Was Young When I Left Home [Demo Version]
Sally Gal [Alternate Take]
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [Demo Version]
Man of Constant Sorrow
Blowin' in the Wind [Live]
Masters of War [Live]
Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall [Live]
When the Ship Comes In [Live]
Mr. Tambourine Man [Alternate Take]
Chimes of Freedom [Live]
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [Alternate Take]

Tracks:

She Belongs to Me [Alternate Take]
Maggie's Farm [Live]
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry [Alternate Take]
Tombstone Blues [Alternate Take]
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [Alternate Take]
Desolation Row [Alternate Take]
Highway 61 Revisited [Alternate Take]
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [Alternate Take]
Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again [Alternate Take]
Visions of Johanna [Alternate Take]
Ballad of a Thin Man [Live]
Like a Rolling Stone [Live]

Album Details

Japanese Edition of Previously Unreleased Songs/Live Recordings from the 60s, Released in Conjunction with Martin Scorsese's Two-part Documentary "no Direction Home".

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The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [BOX SET]	The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert	Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5)
Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall	No Direction Home [DVD]	Don't Look Back [DVD]

The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : Rare And Unreleased, 1961-1991 [BOX SET]	The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert	Bob Dylan Live 1975 (The Bootleg Series Volume 5)
Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall	No Direction Home [DVD]	Don't Look Back [DVD]