The Bootleg Series, Volumes 1-3: 1961-1991: Rare and Unreleased (with Series of Dreams (edit) version)

~ Release by Bob Dylan (see all versions of this release, 13 available)

Annotation

The version of the last track of disc 3, Series of Dreams, is different from all other releases.

Annotation last modified on 2012-06-16 14:32 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Hard Times in New York Town (live)
recorded in:
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (on 1961-12-22)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1961-12-22)
recording of:
Hard Times in New York Town (on 1961-12-22)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Bob Dylan (in 1961)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and Sony/ATV Music Publishing France
version of:
Down on Penny’s Farm
2:19
2He Was a Friend of Mine
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1961-11-20)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-11-20)
cover recording of:
He Was a Friend of Mine (on 1961-11-20)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan
arrangement of:
He Was a Friend of Mine
recording of:
He Was a Friend of Mine
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan
arrangement of:
He Was a Friend of Mine
44:03
3Man on the Street
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1961-11-22)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1961-11-22)
recording of:
Man on the Street (on 1961-11-22)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1961)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
1:56
4No More Auction Block (live)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-10)
recorded at:
Gaslight Cafe in New York, New York, United States (in 1962-10)
live cover recording of:
No More Auction Block (in 1962-10)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
23:04
5House Carpenter
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1961-11-22)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-03-19)
recording of:
House Carpenter (Bob Dylan arrangement) (on 1961-11-22)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
arrangement of:
The Daemon Lover (aka The House Carpenter)
4:09
6Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1962-04-25)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-04-25)
recording of:
Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues (on 1962-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1961)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) (from 1962 until 1964) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (from 1964 to present)
43:45
7Let Me Die in My Footsteps
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1962-04-25)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-04-25)
recording of:
Let Me Die in My Footsteps (on 1962-04-25)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-04)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
version of:
I Will Not Go Down Under the Ground
33:33
8Rambling, Gambling Willie
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1962-04-24)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-04-24)
recording of:
Rambling, Gambling Willie (on 1962-04-24)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-01)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
34:13
9Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1962-04-25)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-04-25)
recording of:
Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues (on 1962-04-25)
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1961)
additional writer:
Bob Dylan (in 1961)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
30:52
10Quit Your Low Down Ways
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1962-07-09)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-07-09)
recording of:
Quit Your Low Down Ways (on 1962-07-09)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
version of:
Milk Cow Blues (Kokomo Arnold's version)
version of:
You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
42:40
11Worried Blues
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1962-07-09)
recording of:
Worried Blues (on 1962-07-09)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
writer:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
32:39
12Kingsport Town
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1962-11-14)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1962-11-14)
recording of:
Kingsport Town (on 1962-11-14)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
33:29
13Walkin' Down the Line
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
recorded at:
Witmark Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 1963)
recording of:
Walkin’ Down the Line (in 1963)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
22:52
14Walls of Red Wing
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1963-04-24)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1963-04-24)
recording of:
Walls of Red Wing (on 1963-04-24)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
45:05
15Paths of Victory
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
harmonica and piano:
Bob Dylan (on 1963-08-12)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1963-08-12)
recording of:
Paths of Victory (on 1963-08-12)
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (from 1962 until 1963-08)
composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
33:17
16Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues (live)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1963-10-26)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1963-10-26)
live recording of:
Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues (on 1963-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Special Rider Music (from 1970 to present)
4:25
17Who Killed Davey Moore? (live)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1963-10-26)
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1963-10-26)
live recording of:
Who Killed Davey Moore? (on 1963-10-26)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1963-03 until 1963-04)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
3:09
18Only a Hobo
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1963-08-12)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1963-08-12)
recording of:
Only a Hobo (on 1963-08-12)
additional lyricist:
Aunt Molly Jackson (in 1932) and Bob Dylan (in 1963-02)
lyricist:
John Wallace Crawford
additional composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-02)
composer:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
version of:
Poor Miner's Farewell
version of:
Railroading on the Great Divide
43:30
19Moonshiner
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1963-08-12)
recorded at:
CBS Studios (New York City, encompassing studios at 7th Ave, and 52nd & 30th St) in New York, New York, United States (on 1963-08-12)
recording of:
Moonshiner (Bob Dylan version) (on 1963-08-12)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
recording of:
Moonshiner (Bob Dylan version) (in 1963)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
4.55:07
20When the Ship Comes In
piano:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
recorded at:
Witmark Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
When the Ship Comes In (in 1963)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-08)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
2:55
21The Times They Are A-Changin'
piano:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
recorded at:
Witmark Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 1963)
recording of:
The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (in 1963)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
3:01
22Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie (live)
spoken vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1963-04-12)
recorded at:
The Town Hall in Theater District, New York, New York, United States (on 1963-04-12)
live recording of:
Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie (on 1963-04-12)
writer:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music (from 1973 to present)
7:08
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Credits

Release

art direction:Christopher Austopchuk
Nicky Lindeman
photography:Don Hunstein (photographer)
Morgan Renard
liner notes:John Bauldie
miscellaneous support:Steve Berkowitz (A&R executive at Sony, also credited as reissue producer)
producer:Jeff Rosen (producer at Columbia / CBS & Bob Dylan’s general manager)
mastering:Mark Wilder (US recording/mastering engineer)
compiler:Jeff Rosen (producer at Columbia / CBS & Bob Dylan’s general manager)
vocals:Bob Dylan
distributed by:Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
copyrighted (©) by:Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1991)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2168422 [info]
ASIN:UK: B000026G0S [info]

Release group

artist & repertoire support:Rick Chertoff
Don DeVito
Mike Gallelli
part of:The Bootleg Series (Bob Dylan) (number: 1-3) (order: 1)
My Life in Music: Cat Power (SPIN magazine, 2004-05) (number: H) (order: 8)
David Keenan: The Best Albums Ever (number: 101) (order: 101)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/220516 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000595183 [info]
Wikidata:Q1574733 [info]