The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: 1965–1966, The Cutting Edge (deluxe edition)

~ Release by Bob Dylan (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Tracklist

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1California (take 1, 1/13/1965, complete)
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
mixer:
Steve Addabbo
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-01-13)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-01-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
California (on 1965-01-13)
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (from 1964-12 until 1965-01)
composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1965-01)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1972 until 2000) and Special Rider Music (from 2000 to present)
3:06
2It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) (take 1, 1/15/1965, false start)
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-01-15)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-01-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
partial recording of:
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) (on 1965-01-15)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1964)
publisher:
Blossom Music Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
1:11
3Mr. Tambourine Man (takes 1–2, 1/15/1965, false starts)
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
acoustic guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-01-15)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-01-15)
guitar:
Bruce Langhorne (on 1965-01-15)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-01-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
partial recording of:
Mr. Tambourine Man (on 1965-01-15)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1964-02 until 1964-04)
publisher:
Blossom Music Ltd., M. Witmark & Sons, Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1964 until 1992) and Special Rider Music (from 1992 to present)
adaptations:
Setä pelimanni
1:52
4Mr. Tambourine Man (take 3, 1/15/1965, breakdown)
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
mixer:
Steve Addabbo
acoustic guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-01-15)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-01-15)
guitar:
Bruce Langhorne (on 1965-01-15)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-01-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
partial recording of:
Mr. Tambourine Man (on 1965-01-15)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1964-02 until 1964-04)
publisher:
Blossom Music Ltd., M. Witmark & Sons, Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1964 until 1992) and Special Rider Music (from 1992 to present)
adaptations:
Setä pelimanni
3:24
5It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1, 6/15/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Joseph Macho, Jr. (on 1965-06-15)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-06-15)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-06-15) and Al Gorgoni (guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer) (on 1965-06-15)
harmonica and piano:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-06-15)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-06-15)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-06-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (on 1965-06-15)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
version of:
Phantom Engineer
version of:
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
2:41
6It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 8, 6/15/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
mixer:
Steve Addabbo
bass guitar [bass]:
Joseph Macho, Jr. (on 1965-06-15)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-06-15)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-06-15), Bob Dylan (on 1965-06-15) and Al Gorgoni (guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer) (on 1965-06-15)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-06-15)
organ:
Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician) (on 1965-06-15)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-06-15)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-06-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (on 1965-06-15)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
version of:
Phantom Engineer
version of:
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
3:30
7It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 3, 7/29/1965, incomplete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Joseph Macho, Jr. (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
partial recording of:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
version of:
Phantom Engineer
version of:
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
3:13
8It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 3, 7/29/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Russ Savakus (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
version of:
Phantom Engineer
version of:
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
3:42
9Sitting on a Barbed‐Wire Fence (take 2, 6/15/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
mixer:
Steve Addabbo
bass guitar [bass]:
Joseph Macho, Jr. (on 1965-06-15)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-06-15)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-06-15), Bob Dylan (on 1965-06-15) and Al Gorgoni (guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer) (on 1965-06-15)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-06-15)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-06-15)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-06-15)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-06-15)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Sitting on a Barbed-Wire Fence (on 1965-06-15)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1965)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
4:00
10Tombstone Blues (take 1, 7/29/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
mixer:
Steve Addabbo
bass guitar [bass]:
Joseph Macho, Jr. (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Tombstone Blues (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (in 1993)
7:30
11Tombstone Blues (take 9, 7/29/1965, released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7, 2005)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Joseph Macho, Jr. (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-07-29), Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29) and Al Gorgoni (guitarist, composer, arranger, and producer) (on 1965-07-29)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Tombstone Blues (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (in 1993)
3:37
12Positively 4th Street (takes 1–3, 7/29/1965, false starts)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Russ Savakus (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
partial recording of:
Positively 4th Street (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
0:57
13Positively 4th Street (take 4, 7/29/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Russ Savakus (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Positively 4th Street (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
4:24
14Positively 4th Street (take 5, 7/29/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
mixer:
Steve Addabbo
bass guitar [bass]:
Russ Savakus (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Positively 4th Street (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
4:25
15Desolation Row (take 1, 8/04/1965, complete with insert)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
mixer:
Steve Addabbo
bass guitar [bass]:
Russ Savakus (on 1965-08-04)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-08-04)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-08-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Desolation Row (on 1965-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
11:18
16Desolation Row (take 2, 8/04/1965, rehearsal)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
mixer:
Steve Addabbo
bass guitar [bass]:
Russ Savakus (on 1965-08-04)
harmonica and piano:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-08-04)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-08-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Desolation Row (on 1965-08-04)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
2:01
17Desolation Row (take 5 remake, 8/02/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Harvey Brooks (US electric bassist) (on 1965-08-02)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-08-02)
electric piano:
Al Kooper (on 1965-08-02)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-08-02) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-08-02)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-08-02)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-08-02)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Desolation Row (on 1965-08-02)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
10:52
18From a Buick 6 (take 1, 7/30/1965, false start)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Harvey Brooks (US electric bassist) (on 1965-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-30)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-07-30) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-30)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-30)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
partial recording of:
From a Buick 6 (on 1965-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
0:23
19From a Buick 6 (take 4, 7/30/1965, accidentally released on the first pressing of Highway 61 Revisited, 1965)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Harvey Brooks (US electric bassist) (on 1965-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-30)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (guitarist, songwriter) (on 1965-07-30) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-30)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-30)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-30)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
From a Buick 6 (on 1965-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
3:11
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Credits

Release

manufactured in:Europe
art direction and design:Geoff Gans
photography:Eugene Smith (photographer)
Tony Frank (photography)
Fred McDarrah (photographer)
Don Hunstein (photographer)
Daniel Kramer (photographer)
Bjorn Larrson
Jean-Marie Périer (photographer)
Jan Persson (photography)
Jerry Schatzberg (photographer and film director)
Rowland Scherman
Dale Smith (design)
Val Wilmer (photographer, writer)
additional liner notes:Ben Rollins
liner notes:Bill Flanagan (author, TV executive)
Sean Wilentz
producer:Steve Berkowitz (A&R executive at Sony, also credited as reissue producer)
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
mastering:Mark Wilder (US recording/mastering engineer)
compiler:Jeff Rosen (producer at Columbia / CBS & Bob Dylan’s general manager)
additional design:Bryan Lasley (art director)
Maria Villar (art director, graphic designer)
rights society:BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries)
GEMA (German rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!)
distributed by:Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP)
copyrighted (©) by:Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
glass mastered by:Sony DADC (company; use on releases if exact pressing location is not known)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/7768931 [info]

Release group

part of:The Bootleg Series (Bob Dylan) (number: 12) (order: 12)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/911191 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002886446 [info]
Wikidata:Q21012567 [info]