THE GAMBLIN' JOKERMAN IN TEXAS
unidentified label 2CDR
(1) Austin Music Hall (Austin, TX); October 26, 1996
(2)
Tracklist: (1)
(2)
GASLIGHT TAPES
Laser 76025 [T-104]
Gaslight Cafe (New York, NY); October 1962
Tracklist: Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Black Cross, No More Auction
Block, Rocks and Gravel, Don't Think Twice, Barbara Allen,
Moonshine Blues, Motherless Children, Handsome Molly, John Brown,
Ballad Of Hollis Brown, Kindhearted Woman Blues, See That My Grave
Is Kept Clean, Ain't No More Cane, Cocaine Blues, Cuckoo Is A
Pretty Bird, West Texas (cut)
NOTE: The first unauthorized Dylan CD to surface. It has
been regularly rereleased under other labels with packaging
variations. The sound quality is reportedly inferior to the better
circulating tapes.
rmd: Mostly traditional blues and folk material. Sound
quality is not very good. A good look into his early stage
presence. Several songs feature simple but very good guitar
arrangements. Vocals are clear and phrasing is interesting. I've
never been a huge fan of his earlier work but I like this disc more
the older I get.
THE GENUINE BASEMENT TAPES [2000]
no label 1D
Basement Tapes (West Saugerties, NY); April-October 1967
Tracklist: Four Strong Winds, The French Girl, Joshua Gone
Barbados, I Forgot To Remember To Forget, You Win Again, Still In
Town, Waltzing With Sin, Big River, Folsom Prison Blues, Bells Of
Rhymney, Nine Hundred Miles, No Shoes On My Feet. Spanish Is The
Loving Tongue, On A Rainy Afternoon, I Can't Come In With A Broken
Heart, Under Control, 0l' Roison The Beau, I'm Guilty Of Loving
You, Johnny Todd, Cool Water, Banks Of The Royal Canal, Po'
Lazarus
NOTE: Not recommended: misleading packaging. Despite its title, this disc is merely a copy of disc 5 of the long-circulating comprehensive release.
THE GENUINE BASEMENT TAPES VOL 1
Scorpio BD 200-2 [T-186]
Basement Tapes (West Saugerties, NY); April-October 1967
Tracklist: All You Have To Do Is Dream, I Can't Make It Alone, Down
On Me, Bonnie Ship The Diamond, One Man's Loss, Baby Ain't That
Fine, Rock Salt And Nails, A Fool Such As I, Stones That You Throw,
Hills Of Mexico, It's Alright, Song For Canada, Try Me Little Girl,
One For The Road, I Don't Hurt Anymore, People Get Ready, Lock Your
Door, Don't You Try Me Now, All You Have To Do Is Dream, Young But
Daily Growing
BIAB: Volume one consists entirely of songs discovered
about ten years after the release of the "official" Basement
Tapes album. Some of these songs feature Dylan on 12-string
guitar and others feature him on piano. All are very impassioned
performances.
AMG: Mainly traditional material, some of it superb.
THE GENUINE BASEMENT TAPES VOL 2
Scorpio BD 200-2 [T-187]
Basement Tapes (West Saugerties, NY); April-October 1967
Tracklist: Odds And Ends, Nothing Was Delivered, Odds And Ends, Get
Your Rocks Off, Clothes Line Saga, Apple Suckling Tree, Apple
Suckling Tree, Going To Acapulco, Gonna Get You Now, Tears Of Rage,
Tears Of Rage, Tears Of Rage, Quinn The Eskimo, Quinn The Eskimo,
Open The Door Homer, Open The Door Homer, Open The Door Homer,
Nothing Was Delivered, Nothing Was Delivered, I'm Not There (1956)
Don't Ya Tell Henry, Too Much Of Nothing
BIAB: Volume two consists mostly of those songs available in
1967 and subsequently released on the official Basement
Tapes album, but many of these versions have never been heard
before by the general public, even though they have been known of
for years. This is the core of the Basement Tapes. The nice thing
about this disc is that is tends to present the multiple takes more
or less in order, so that for the first time we actually have both
versions of "Quinn the Eskimo" and all three takes of "Open the
Door Homer" on one disc. Also, the multiple versions present
further evidence that these songs were probably intended to be
released as part of an album at one time or another.
AMG: Although half the material is included on official
releases, the other half makes this disc essential.
THE GENUINE BASEMENT TAPES VOL 3
Scorpio BD-SC-1900 [T-222]
Basement Tapes (West Saugerties, NY); April-October 1967
Tracklist: Million Dollar Bash, Yea Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread,
Million Dollar Bash, Yea Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread, Please Mrs
Henry, Crash On The Levee, Crash On The Levee, Lo and Behold, Lo
And Behold, Ferdinand The Impostor, Tiny Montgomery, This Wheel's
On Fire, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, I Shall Be Released, Too Much Of
Nothing, Even A Tomato, Santa Fe, Silent Weekend, Too Much Of
Nothing, Sign On The Cross
NOTE: Volume 3 now circulates in stereo as well as the mono
version described in comments on the first circulating CD. "After The Crash vol 1,"
which is in stereo, is preferred by some to the mono, but not the
stereo, version of this CD.
BIAB: Volume three features more of the "original" songs,
but with a few extra newly discovered songs thrown in for good
measure. Despite the wealth of wonderful material, this disc is the
one I like the least, primarily because of the poor sound. Whether
by design or accident, the entire disc is in mono and features a
lot of hiss at times. I know that there are stereo versions of some
of these songs available, and so the decision to master them in
mono makes for some pretty poor mixing results. Garth Hudson can't
be heard as he should and some of the harmonies are buried. Still
this disc is essential because of the material presented.
AMG: Despite the relatively low fidelity, the quality of the
music shines through.
THE GENUINE BASEMENT TAPES VOL 4
Scorpio BD-SC-80-07 [T-223]
Basement Tapes (West Saugerties, NY); April-October 1967
Tracklist: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, Bourbon Street, All American
Boy, Wildwood Flower, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean, She'll Be
Comin' Round The Mountain, Flight Of the Bumblebee, Confidential To
Me, I'm A Fool For You, Next Time On The Highway, The Big Flood,
Every Time I Come To Town, See You Later Allen Ginsberg, The
Spanish Song, I'm Your Teenage Prayer, I'm In The Mood, Belshazaar,
Bring It On Home, The King Of France
BIAB: Starting with volume four, the rest of the unreleased
basement tapes began to go public. What we have here are some of
the most entertaining songs in the whole collection. They're also
the poorest sounding with lots of distortion and occasional drop
outs from time to time. Still, there is some very good material
here. In fact, I would have to say that volumes 4 and 5 are my
favorites of the series. Bob and the Band are having a lot of fun
here. The fun is contagious.
AMG: The loosest set of tracks, including some fairly goofy
material.
THE GENUINE BASEMENT TAPES VOL 5
Scorpio BD-SC-80-06 [T-224]
Basement Tapes (West Saugerties, NY); April-October 1967
Tracklist: Four Strong Winds, The French Girl, Joshua Gone
Barbados, I Forgot To Remember To Forget, You Win Again, Still In
Town, Waltzing With Sin, Big River, Folsom Prison Blues, Bells Of
Rhymney, Nine Hundred Miles, No Shoes On My Feet. Spanish Is The
Loving Tongue, On A Rainy Afternoon, I Can't Come In With A Broken
Heart, Under Control, 0l' Roison The Beau, I'm Guilty Of Loving
You, Johnny Todd, Cool Water, Banks Of The Royal Canal, Po'
Lazarus
BIAB: This is my favorite of the five volumes, mainly
because everyone seems to be having so much fun. Like volume 4,
this one contains some of the more obscure outtakes from the
basement tapes sessions.
AMG: Mostly traditional songs, leaning heavily on Dylan's
folk and country influences.
THE GENUINE BASEMENT TAPES I-II
Images IM 03/04 [T-308]
Basement Tapes (Saugerties, NY); summer-fall 1967
NOTE: Cloned from previous release.
THE GENUINE BASEMENT TAPES 1-5
Wild Wolf 6701-6705 5D
Basement Tapes (Saugerties, NY); summer-fall 1967
DEEP: A reissue of the original Scorpio release presenting
the legendary Basement Tapes sessions in the best quality around.
Over 100 tracks spread nicely over 5 disks, including unreleased
gems and many wild, alternate versions as well as numerous covers.
Each disk is stellar and the set as a whole is required listening.
Disk 3 is now in stereo. Quality is very good to excellent
throughout, though certainly not official quality.
BIAB: The music is all available here on five CDs called
"The Genuine Basement Tapes," and genuine they are. No
overdubs and no cleaning up - just the way they were recorded. Some
tracks cut off just as they get going, others begin in the middle
of verses, and others are merely tryouts that never got beyond the
initial runthrough stage. Some of it is in very clear mono, and
some is distorted and full of hiss, but mostly the sound is superb.
Many people have complained about the stereo sound, with Dylan's
voice on one channel and most of the instruments on the other (much
like the early Parlophone Beatles albums), but I actually like this
sound myself. I get to hear Dylan's voice in isolation and Garth
Hudson's organ is much more prominent. Also, some of the harmonies
that weren't apparent on the official album and early bootlegs can
now be heard for the first time.
THE GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES
Scorpio 94-14-01/02/03 [T-393]
Tracklist: Black Cross, I Was Young When I Left Home (Minnesota
Hotel Tape, 12/22/61); Ballad For A Friend (Leeds Demo, 1/62); Hero
Blues, Whatcha Gonna Do? Freewheelin' outtakes, 12/6/62);
Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Witmark demo, 12/62); Milk Cow Blues
(Freewheelin' outtake, 4/24/62); Rocks And Gravel
((Freewheelin' test pressing, 11/13/62); You've Been Hiding
Too Long (Town Hall, 4/12/63); Farewell, Baby Let Me Follow You
Down (Witmark demos, 12/63-1/64), That's All Right Mama/Sally Free
And Easy, Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag (Another Side
sessions, 6/9/64); You Don't Have To Do That (BIABH outtake,
1/13/65); Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Highway 61
outtake/error single, 7/30/65); Desolation Row (Highway 61
outtake, 7/30/65); (Seems Like A) Freeze Out] (Hawks session,
11/30/65); She's Your Lover Now (Hawks session, 1/21/66); The
Painting By Van Gogh (Denver Hotel Tape, 3/13/66); What Kind of
Friend Is This? (Glasgow Hotel Tape, 5/19/66); One Too Many
Mornings (Sheffield, 5/16/66); Sign On The Cross, All American Boy,
Nothing Was Delivered (Basement Tapes 1967); I Threw It All Away,
Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance, Working On A Guru (George
Harrison session, 5/1/70); Down In The Flood (New York City,
1/1/72); Goodbye Holly, Rock Me Mama (Pat Garrett sessions,
2/73); Nobody 'Cept You (Planet Waves outtake, 11/2/73);
Idiot Wind, (BOTT test pressing, 9/16/74); Hurricane
(Desire outtake, 7/30/75); Stop Now (Street Legal
sessions, 5/1/78); Am I Your Stepchild (Augusta, ME, 9/15/78);
Trouble In Mind (Slow Train Coming alternate take, 5/79);
Yonder Comes Sin (Shot Of Love sessions, 10/80); Caribbean
Wind (Shot Of Love sessions, 3/31/81); Don't Ever Take
Yourself Away (Shot Of Love sessions, 4/23/81); Thief On The
Cross (New Orleans, LA, 11/10/81); Sweetheart Like You, Someone's
Got a Hold of My Heart, Tell Me, Jokerman, Blind Willie McTell
(Infidels outtakes, 4/83-5/83); New Danville Girl (Empire
Burlesque sessions, 12/84); Important Words (Down In The
Groove outttake, 4-5/87); Dignity (Oh Mercy outtake,
3/89); Like A Ship (Traveling Wilburys 3 outtake, 4/90);
Series Of Dreams (Oh Mercy outtake, 3/89)
rmd: Packaged in a glossy folding cardboard sleeve with
photographs from the first half of Bob's career, as well as a
booklet that gives details of the tracks and a piece by Clinton
Heylin about the official Bootleg Series 1-3. Many of the
tracks are already circulating. The package is very well produced
and presented. It is much less convenient to handle than Great
Dane's "You Don't Know
Me," but contains a much more representative sample of
Dylan's career. (Clive Barrett)
NOTE: The 1999 Scorpio reissue of the set includes a
slightly revamped booklet.
THE GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES TAKE 2
Scorpio GZ H21975/H2202/H21930 [T-074]
Tracklist: The Two Sisters (Karen Wallace Tape, May 1960); Young
But Daily Growing (Carnegie Chapter Hall, 11/4/61); Corrina,
Corrina (Freewheelin' outtake, 4/24/62); That's Alright Mama
(Freewheelin' outtake, November 1962); Hero Blues
(Freewheelin' outtake, 12/6/62); Long Time Gone (Witmark
demo, March 1963); Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Carnegie Hall,
10/26/63); Guess I'm Doing Fine (Witmark demo, January 1964); Mr.
Tambourine Man (Another Side outtake w/ Jack Elliott,
6/9/64); Mr. Tambourine Man (Newport Folk Festival, 7/26/64);
It's All Over Now Baby Blue (BIABH outtake, 1/15/65);
Lunatic Princess Revisited (Highway 61 outtake, 6/16/65);
I Don't Want To Be Your Partner (Hawks session, 10/20/65); Freeze
Out (Hawks session, 11/30/65); Does She Need Me 1 & 2 (Glagow
Hotel Tape, 5/19/66); Like A Rolling Stone (Royal Albert Hall,
5/26/66); I'm Not There, Silent Weekend, Young But Daily Growing,
Banks Of The Royal Canal (Basement Tapes 1967); Wild Mountain Thyme
(Isle Of Wight, 8/31/69); Tomorrow Is A Long Time (New
Morning outtake, 6/2/70); Spanish is the Loving Tongue (New
Morning outtake, 6/2/70); George Jackson (single, 11/4/71);
Goodbye Holly (Pat Garrett sessions, 1/20/73); House Of The
Rising Sun (Planet Waves sessions, 11/2/73); Nobody 'Cept
You (Planet Waves sessions, 11/2/73); Tangled Up In Blue
(BOTT test pressing, 9/16/74); Abandoned Love (Other End,
7/3/75); People Get Ready (Renaldo And Clara EP, October
1975); The Water Is Wide (Eric Clapton sessions, 3/30/76);
Repossession Blues (Rundown Studio rehearsals, 2/1/78); If You See
Her Say Hello (Rundown Studio rehearsals, 1/30/78); Stop Now
(Street Legal outtake, 5/2/78); Coming From The Heart
(Street Legal outtake, 5/2/78); Ain't Gonna Go to Hell
(Toronto, 4/20/80); Cover Down Break Through (Toronto, 4/19/80);
Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar (San Francisco, 11/15/80); Magic
(Shot Of Love worktape, April 1981); Heart Of Mine (Shot
Of Love outtake, April 1981); Nadine (Lone Star Cafe, 5/29/88);
We Three (Plugz rehearsals, March 1984); Almost Done (Beverly
Theater rehearsals, 5/23/84); Almost Done (Verona rehearsal,
5/27/84); Freedom For The Stallion (Empire Burlesque
sessions, November 1984); Something's Burning Baby (Empire
Burlesque outtake, November 1984); To Fall In Love With You
(Hearts Of Fire sessions, 8/27-28/86); Got Love If You Want
It (Down In The Groove outtake, April 1987); Don't Keep Me
Waiting Too Long (Grateful Dead rehearsals, April 1987); Everything
Is Broken, Born In Time (Oh Mercy outtakes, March 1989);
Most Of The Time (video, 3/2/90); Series of Dreams (Wolf Trap,
9/8/93).
DEEP: Approx 40% unreleased and, of the other 60%, most (if
not all) is in superior quality to what is currently available on
CD. Disks are over 70 minutes each and the packaging rivals any
Dylan CD to date. All in all, a much better collection than GBS
Volume 1. I thought that collection more or less sucked. This one
is different and well worth owning.
CDG: No one will be disappointed with this. It comes with a
booklet of 40 pages, including many photos.
rmd: The package configuration is identical to the original
set. If anything, the photos are even better this time around. The
tracks here seem equally good or superior in sound quality to other
CD releases. The totally new material on GBS2 (disc 1) stands well
enough on its own and is all knock-your-socks-off quality. (Bob
Stacy)
NOTE: The 1999 Scorpio reissue of the set includes a
slightly revamped booklet.
GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 3 (THE THIRD ONE NOW)
Scorpio GZ J81310/J70918/J70826 [T-636]
Tracklist: Hard Times in New York (Mackenzie Tapes, 11/23/61);
Death Of Emmett Till (Mackenzie Tapes, January 1962); Sally Gal,
The Girl I Left Behind (Oscar Brand show, 10/29/61); I Rode Out One
Morning, House Of the Rising Sun (Mackenzie Tapes, 4/12/63); See
That My Grave Is Kept Clean, Ballad Of Donald White (Mackenzie
Tapes, September 1962); Farewell (Witmark demo, March 1963);
Percy's Song (Carnegie Hall, 10/26/63); I Shall Be Free #10, I
Shall Be Free #10 (Another Side sessions, 6/9/64); If You
Gotta Go Go Now (Philharmonic Hall, 10/31/64); It's Alright Ma (Les
Crane Show, 2/17/65); Tombstone Blues (Highway 61 outtake
w/Chambers Bros); From A Buick 6 (Hollywood Bowl, 9/3/65); Visions
of Johanna (Sheffield, 5/16/66); Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat
(Liverpool, 5/14/66); Mr. Tambourine Man (Sheffield, 5/16/66); This
Wheel's On Fire, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere, I Shall Be Released, Too
Much Of Nothing You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Basement Tapes 1967);
Folsom Prison Blues, Ring Of Fire (Self Portrait outtakes,
5/3/69), Went To See The Gypsy, If Not For You, Sign on the Window
(New Morning outtakes, spring 1970); Knockin' On Heaven's
Door, Sweet Amarillo (Pat Garrett sessions, February 1973);
Nobody 'Cept You (Montreal, 1/11/74); Lily, Rosemary, And The Jack
Of Hearts, If You See Her Say Hello (BOTT test pressing,
9/12/74); Simple Twist Of Fate, Oh Sister (Hammond Tribute,
9/10/75); Rita Mae (Desire outtake, 7/14/75); Never Let Me
Go (Renaldo And Clara EP, 12/4/75); Sign Language (Eric
Clapton outtake, March 1976); Ballad Of A Thin Man, Blowin' In The
Wind, Blowin' In The Wind (Rundown rehearsals, Jan/Feb 78); Shot Of
Love, Watered Down Love (Shot Of Love outtakes); Tangled Up
In Blue (Rome, 6/19/84); Couple More Years (Hearts Of Fire,
August 1986); The French Girl (Grateful Dead Rehearsals, April 87);
Series Of Dreams (Oh Mercy outtake, March 1989); Ring Them
Bells (Great Music Experience 5/20/94); Handy Dandy (UTRS
outtake, 1/6/90); TV Talking Song (UTRS outtake, March
1990); Anyway You Want Me (Sony Studios, NYC, 9/10/94); My
Blue-Eyed Jane (Ardent Studios, Memphis, May 1994); Blind Willie
McTell (WolfTrap, 8/24/97); Hard Times (Big Six-O, 4/28/93);
Restless Farewell (Sinatra Tribute, 11/19/95)
DEEP: A startling collection of unreleased tunes and perhaps
the most enjoyable and surprising of the 3 released so far. Once
again, the packaging is more than deluxe: four panel gatefold
glossy slipcase with picture sleeves for each disk, rare glossy Bob
pics on each panel and a 40 page booklet replete with two dozen
more rare, vintage photos. GBS3 is a desert island collection. The
tracks flow together so perfectly and capture each of the many
phases of Dylan's ever changing art perhaps as well as anything
ever has.
GENUINE BOOTLEG SERIES I - II
no label 7CDR [T-649/650/651/652/653/654/655]
A repackaging of the glass-mastered 3-disc Genuine Bootleg Series
1 and 2 into a 7-CDR set, with no division between series 1 and
series 2. Each CD is also packaged independently. Since the
individual discs have been assigned T-numbers, glass-mastered
versions apparently exist; however, it is not clear why a glass-
mastered version would be repackaged to conform to the slightly
shorter length of the standard CDR.
GENUINE HARD TO FIND VOL 2
Itchco 0061 1CD [73:57]
(1) Jerry Maguire soundtrack album
(2) Other End (New York, NY); July 3, 1975
(3) "World Of John Hammond" TV special (Chicago, IL);
September 10, 1975
(4) Four Songs From Renaldo And Clara
(5) Last Waltz (San Francisco, CA); November 25, 1976
(6) Saturday Night Live (New York, NY): October 20, 1979
(7)
Grammy Awards (Los Angeles, CA); February 22, 1980
(8) "Late Night With David Letterman" (New York, NY);
March 22, 1984
(9) Frank Sinatra Tribute (Los Angeles, CA); November 19, 1995
(10) unidentified
Tracklist: (1) Shelter From The Storm
(2) Abandoned Love
(3) Hurricane, Oh Sister, Simple Twist Of Fate
(4) People Get Ready, It Ain't Me Babe
(5) Hazel
(6) I Believe In You, When You Gonna Wake Up
(7) Gotta Serve Somebody
(8) Don't Start Me Talkin', License To Kill
(9) Restless Farewell
(10) Zimmermix '97 (sonic collage, not Dylan)
EDLIS: While the sound quality is excellent, the packaging
looks homemade (even though the discs are glass-mastered).
NOTE: The Renaldo And Clara, SNL, and Letterman
tracks are incomplete versions of performances that circulate
commonly in complete form.
(2) She Belongs To Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions Of Johanna, It's
All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Just Like A Woman; Tell Me
Momma, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
(13) She Belongs To Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions Of Johanna,
LeopardSkin PillBox Hat, One Too Many Mornings, Ballad Of A Thin
Man, Like A Rolling Stone
DEEP: [A Phoenix In April] What hits you initially is the startling and crystalline quality of the recording of Dylan's voice, not to mention the full tones of the guitar and harp. The singular nature of the acoustic performances is awe-inspiring. The electric set is, as a whole, my favorite of all the Dylan/Hawks performances. . For those of us who dig the sound of his voice, it does not get much better than this. A monumental show and a blistering performance for the ages 
[A Nightly Ritual] The Liverpool electric set is stunning stuff, dominated by Dylan's
bold vocals and Robbie Robertson's razor-edge guitar fills. The lovely Glasgow tape is in pristine sound. Sheffield is an absolutely gorgeous recording, so full and richly toned it will leave you stunned. Dylan's performance goes from ridiculously phenomenal to sublime; he nails every tune and his harp playing is brilliant. A brilliant performance in astounding sound quality. 
anon: The Sydney tracks are far superior to any versions previously circulating, with more punch and dynamics, brighter and fuller sound. Melbourne is remastered from the long-unavailable Wanted Man release, the finest source, in fabulous quality. Dublin, while not quite so fine as the other acoustic sets, is still better than any previous release. The Edinburgh tracks are flat out the most frenetic, manic, and high-powered performances of these songs. Liverpool features both incredible sound and performances, with off-the-wall great lead guitar from Robbie Robertson. Sheffield is a haunting, otherworldly performance, in the finest sound quality of all the acoustic sets. The Manchester acoustic set certainly feels different from both the official release and "Guitars Kissing," but the variation is slight. The London tracks, sourced from the Gelston acetates, are the smoothest, cleanest, and quietest versions of these performances to date. And the interview segments are way cool and entertaining.
