BOB DYLAN
''ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT (1969-1971): THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 10, DISC ONE''
AUGUST 27 2013
172:26
1 /Went to See the Gypsy
Bob Dylan/3:00
2 /Little Sadie [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:02
3 /Pretty Saro
Traditional/2:16
4 /Alberta #3 [Alternate Version]
Traditional/2:37
5 /Spanish Is the Loving Tongue
Traditional/3:51
6 /Annie's Going to Sing Her Song
Tom Paxton/2:23
7 /Time Passes Slowly #1 [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:18
8 /Only a Hobo
Bob Dylan/3:25
9 /Minstrel Boy
Bob Dylan/1:41
10 /I Threw It All Away [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:25
11 /Railroad Bill
Traditional/2:47
12 /Thirsty Boots
Eric Anderson/4:07
13 /This Evening So Soon
Traditional/4:49
14 /These Hands
Eddie Noack/3:43
15 /In Search of Little Sadie [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:28
16 /House Carpenter
Traditional/6:00
17 /All the Tired Horses [Without Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/1:15
DISC TWO
1 /If Not for You [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:29
2 /Wallflower [Alternate Version, 1971]
Bob Dylan/2:18
3 /Wigwam [Without Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/3:10
4 /Days of '49 [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/5:13
5 /Working on a Guru
Bob Dylan/3:43
6 /Country Pie [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/1:27
7 /I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Bob Dylan/3:31
8 /Highway 61 Revisited [Live with The Band, Isle of Wight, 1969]
Bob Dylan/3:39
9 /Copper Kettle [Without Overdubs]
Albert F. Beddoe/3:35
10 /Bring Me a Little Water
Traditional/4:00
11 /Sign on the Window [With Orchestral Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/3:51
12 /Tattle O'Day
Traditional/3:49
13 /If Dogs Run Free [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/4:10
14 /New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/4:04
15 /Went to See the Gypsy [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/3:33
16 /Belle Isle [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:35
17 /Time Passes Slowly #2 [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/3:03
18 /When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bob Dylan/3:53
DISC THREE (COMPLETE 1969 ISLE OF WIGHT CONCERT WITH THE BAND)
1 /Intro/0:40
2 /She Belongs to Me/3:01
3 /I Threw It All Away/3:07
4 /Maggie's Farm/4:00
5 /Wild Mountain Time/2:51
6 /It Ain't Me, Babe/3:09
7 /To Ramona/2:25
8 /Mr. Tambourine Man/3:08
9 /I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine/3:32
10 /Lay Lady Lay/3:54
11 /Highway 61 Revisited/3:47
12 /One Too Many Mornings/2:38
13 /I Pity the Poor Immigrant/3:47
14 /Like a Rolling Stone/5:25
15 /I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/3:30
16 /(Quinn the Eskimo) The Mighty Quinn/2:51
17 /Minstrel Boy/3:47
18 /Rainy Day Women #12 & 35/3:16
REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
Another Self Portrait, the tenth volume in Bob Dylan's official bootleg series, assembles a slew of unreleased tracks, un-and over-dubbed alternate takes, and demos, mostly from 1970's Self Portrait and New Morning sessions -- they were recorded simultaneously and released within months of one another -- and other material. Dylan restlessly dug into the fakebook of folk, blues, and country tunes that nourished him from the beginning. The few original songs are minor ones. Twenty-six of these 35 selections were recorded between March and June. Dylan is in fine voice and he tries on many: some raspy, others crystal clear, all of them bold. The interconnected nature of these albums is revealed with the opening demo for "Went to See the Gypsy" (used on NM). It's just Dylan and guitarist David Bromberg. (Another take recorded three months later features just Dylan on electric piano.) There are two undubbed takes of "Little Sadie" at different tempos; two of "Time Passes Slowly" -- the first a basic folk-rock read, the latter an aggressive one with Al Kooper's B-3 swelling to a crescendo from the jump. Dylan and Bromberg, with Kooper on piano, deliver a haunted, undubbed "Days of 49." Many of the unreleased tunes are gems. "Little Saro" -- with Dylan in his cleanest Nashville Skyline croon displaying a real range -- and the vocal and piano read of "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" are deeply moving love songs. "House Carpenter" is a high lonesome blues. The skeletal "Alberta #3" puts the versions from SP to shame. Eric Anderson's "Thirsty Boots" has Bromberg's spidery guitar weaving a separate lyric through Dylan's vocal. A demo of "When I Paint My Masterpiece" from 1971, contains slightly different (better) lyrics. The stripped-down "Copper Kettle" stands out when contrasted with its released version. Dylan was impatiently experimenting with arrangements on both records, particularly the latter, and some don't work. "If Not for You" features a violin instead of George Harrison's guitar. The unreleased "Working on a Guru" is almost a throwaway, but Harrison's blues-rock guitar playing smokes. The alternate "New Morning," with a brassy, Stax-style horn arrangement, is great, but the full orchestral overdub on "Sign on a Window" -- complete with harp -- fails, as does the spoken word with female gospel backing chorus on "If Dogs Run Free." Arguably, of the NM material, Dylan made the right choices for the finished album, which doesn't make what's here less interesting. The remainder of these tracks includes "Minstrel Boy," an unreleased Basement Tapes number, and two tunes from the Isle of Wight with the Band, some alternates of Nashville Skyline, and others from 1971. Another Self Portrait asks many questions, but there is one that hounds because it's unanswerable, especially in regard to its namesake: why did Dylan record all this material, in this way, and then release something entirely different? It doesn't matter. For fans, this is more than a curiosity, it's an indispensable addition to the catalog.
The Deluxe Edition contains extra disc: the complete 1969 Isle of Wight concert with the Band -- in better audio than any unofficial bootleg version -- a remastered version of Self Portrait.
''ANOTHER SELF PORTRAIT (1969-1971): THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 10, DISC ONE''
AUGUST 27 2013
172:26
1 /Went to See the Gypsy
Bob Dylan/3:00
2 /Little Sadie [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:02
3 /Pretty Saro
Traditional/2:16
4 /Alberta #3 [Alternate Version]
Traditional/2:37
5 /Spanish Is the Loving Tongue
Traditional/3:51
6 /Annie's Going to Sing Her Song
Tom Paxton/2:23
7 /Time Passes Slowly #1 [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:18
8 /Only a Hobo
Bob Dylan/3:25
9 /Minstrel Boy
Bob Dylan/1:41
10 /I Threw It All Away [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:25
11 /Railroad Bill
Traditional/2:47
12 /Thirsty Boots
Eric Anderson/4:07
13 /This Evening So Soon
Traditional/4:49
14 /These Hands
Eddie Noack/3:43
15 /In Search of Little Sadie [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:28
16 /House Carpenter
Traditional/6:00
17 /All the Tired Horses [Without Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/1:15
DISC TWO
1 /If Not for You [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/2:29
2 /Wallflower [Alternate Version, 1971]
Bob Dylan/2:18
3 /Wigwam [Without Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/3:10
4 /Days of '49 [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/5:13
5 /Working on a Guru
Bob Dylan/3:43
6 /Country Pie [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/1:27
7 /I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Bob Dylan/3:31
8 /Highway 61 Revisited [Live with The Band, Isle of Wight, 1969]
Bob Dylan/3:39
9 /Copper Kettle [Without Overdubs]
Albert F. Beddoe/3:35
10 /Bring Me a Little Water
Traditional/4:00
11 /Sign on the Window [With Orchestral Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/3:51
12 /Tattle O'Day
Traditional/3:49
13 /If Dogs Run Free [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/4:10
14 /New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]
Bob Dylan/4:04
15 /Went to See the Gypsy [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/3:33
16 /Belle Isle [Without Overdubs]
Traditional/2:35
17 /Time Passes Slowly #2 [Alternate Version]
Bob Dylan/3:03
18 /When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bob Dylan/3:53
DISC THREE (COMPLETE 1969 ISLE OF WIGHT CONCERT WITH THE BAND)
1 /Intro/0:40
2 /She Belongs to Me/3:01
3 /I Threw It All Away/3:07
4 /Maggie's Farm/4:00
5 /Wild Mountain Time/2:51
6 /It Ain't Me, Babe/3:09
7 /To Ramona/2:25
8 /Mr. Tambourine Man/3:08
9 /I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine/3:32
10 /Lay Lady Lay/3:54
11 /Highway 61 Revisited/3:47
12 /One Too Many Mornings/2:38
13 /I Pity the Poor Immigrant/3:47
14 /Like a Rolling Stone/5:25
15 /I'll Be Your Baby Tonight/3:30
16 /(Quinn the Eskimo) The Mighty Quinn/2:51
17 /Minstrel Boy/3:47
18 /Rainy Day Women #12 & 35/3:16
REVIEW
by Thom Jurek
Another Self Portrait, the tenth volume in Bob Dylan's official bootleg series, assembles a slew of unreleased tracks, un-and over-dubbed alternate takes, and demos, mostly from 1970's Self Portrait and New Morning sessions -- they were recorded simultaneously and released within months of one another -- and other material. Dylan restlessly dug into the fakebook of folk, blues, and country tunes that nourished him from the beginning. The few original songs are minor ones. Twenty-six of these 35 selections were recorded between March and June. Dylan is in fine voice and he tries on many: some raspy, others crystal clear, all of them bold. The interconnected nature of these albums is revealed with the opening demo for "Went to See the Gypsy" (used on NM). It's just Dylan and guitarist David Bromberg. (Another take recorded three months later features just Dylan on electric piano.) There are two undubbed takes of "Little Sadie" at different tempos; two of "Time Passes Slowly" -- the first a basic folk-rock read, the latter an aggressive one with Al Kooper's B-3 swelling to a crescendo from the jump. Dylan and Bromberg, with Kooper on piano, deliver a haunted, undubbed "Days of 49." Many of the unreleased tunes are gems. "Little Saro" -- with Dylan in his cleanest Nashville Skyline croon displaying a real range -- and the vocal and piano read of "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" are deeply moving love songs. "House Carpenter" is a high lonesome blues. The skeletal "Alberta #3" puts the versions from SP to shame. Eric Anderson's "Thirsty Boots" has Bromberg's spidery guitar weaving a separate lyric through Dylan's vocal. A demo of "When I Paint My Masterpiece" from 1971, contains slightly different (better) lyrics. The stripped-down "Copper Kettle" stands out when contrasted with its released version. Dylan was impatiently experimenting with arrangements on both records, particularly the latter, and some don't work. "If Not for You" features a violin instead of George Harrison's guitar. The unreleased "Working on a Guru" is almost a throwaway, but Harrison's blues-rock guitar playing smokes. The alternate "New Morning," with a brassy, Stax-style horn arrangement, is great, but the full orchestral overdub on "Sign on a Window" -- complete with harp -- fails, as does the spoken word with female gospel backing chorus on "If Dogs Run Free." Arguably, of the NM material, Dylan made the right choices for the finished album, which doesn't make what's here less interesting. The remainder of these tracks includes "Minstrel Boy," an unreleased Basement Tapes number, and two tunes from the Isle of Wight with the Band, some alternates of Nashville Skyline, and others from 1971. Another Self Portrait asks many questions, but there is one that hounds because it's unanswerable, especially in regard to its namesake: why did Dylan record all this material, in this way, and then release something entirely different? It doesn't matter. For fans, this is more than a curiosity, it's an indispensable addition to the catalog.
The Deluxe Edition contains extra disc: the complete 1969 Isle of Wight concert with the Band -- in better audio than any unofficial bootleg version -- a remastered version of Self Portrait.
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