In which case you're just as overwhelmed as the rest of us! You might consider playing the set on an MP3 player set to random. It'll prevent you from thinking analytically - at least it does for me - and let you simply enjoy each piece of music there in the moment. (That's easy enough for me to say, as I've listened to the elephant all the way through more than once. But I still think it's a great way to enjoy the set.)
Good point, that's the other issue: randomize or not? I think at first I want to hear it straight through, in order. Then revisit as I will. I need to stop posting about it and just do it already. Thanks y'all! Actually looking forward to all the Destination Rows n stuff.
I feel a storm coming & its gonna be a good one. From ISIS - today Those of you who have pre-ordered the new Route Publishing version of Clinton Heylin’s “Judas!: From Forest Hills To The Free Trade Hall: A Historical View Of The Big Boo” will be pleased to know that we now have a confirmed publication date of October 21, 2016. At 320 pages, this is one book that no Dylan fan will want to miss. A great companion to the upcoming Sony 1966 big box live release.
I decided that in anticipation of this years upcoming BS I'd go through last years straight through. I have listened to everything on it a couple times already but never a dedicated chronological listen. I'm on the BIABH sessions now. Anyone else doing anything in preparation of it? I remember how great it was to go through the early Dylan catalog before last years release. So much fun. I'm really thankful that we have an artist like Dylan who has made so much great music and has allowed us to hear his creative process time and time again. Bring on Live '66.
I'm going through the whole thing at work this week. About a quarter of the way through the BoB sessions.
Slightly off-topic, but isn't this the time of the year when a new volume of The Bootleg Series is announced. Has anyone heard anything?
I'm sorry. I really should get my eyes checked. Or I lost track of which Roman numeral is which.... Carry on.....
Well if you get to listen to tons of Dylan at work that sounds like job worth hanging on to, any vacancies.
It's a pretty crappy job otherwise. It just so happens, though, that I'm involved in some pretty computer-intensive work right now that keeps me at the desk most of the day. Great if I want to play some music. I'm probably not giving the music the attention that it deserves this way, but it's certainly better than trying to subject my wife and three kids to this at the house.
The Cutting Edge material is probably my favorite archival release ever by anyone. There is literally enough great music on this set to explore, discover and savor for a lifetime. I took my time with it, listening to each disc in order over a span of about six months. I could probably do the same thing for the rest of my life and it would still seem like a new experience every time.
I'm going through disc 2/18 today. The tension between Bob and Tom Wilson is uncomfortable. I'm becoming more and more thankful that BIABH was ever finished. I may have just fired him in the middle of the session and started over. This has been discussed earlier in the thread at length but the producer really didn't do much good for Bob here. I don't like hearing the banter between these two. Makes me feel quite uncomfortable. Anyone else think about their relationship/chemistry when going through the BIABH sessions?
On the whole I find them to be equally rude to, and dismissive of, each other. It certainly was not a nurturing environment for an artist, especially one as idiosyncratic as Dylan. On the other hand, if I were Wilson, I likely would have told Bob what to do with his snappy comebacks, yelling, and impromptu song titles.
In my heyday of all things Bob I would have been held up in my room with the lights off each night savoring each thought process of Dylan's as best I could. My quest back then in understanding Dylan was to become a better songwriter. Nothing would have felt pressuring or anxious. Or as a chore. It would have been as if I had the keys to the chocolate factory and my name was Charlie.
Yeah I can see that side too. Definitely not the easiest of artists to work with I'm sure. And he wasn't the cultural icon he was to become at that point and Tom may have thought, "Why is this punk kid messing with my mind and telling me how to do my job?" Or maybe he secretly was a hardcore folk junkie who couldn't himself handle that Dylan was going electric. Remember, he produced his past three albums. Just now looking at his discography and I can say that he had a good post-Dylan career.
There definitely was tension, but Dylan had tons of respect for Tom Wilson. I know for sure because I'm friend's with Tom's daughter Darien Wilson and she told me that Dylan was crying at his funeral service back in 1978. Tension can be good.
I was recording a Beatles BC-13 box that I picked up last week, which I am liking a lot when the dog started barking because the mailman was here with my new Collectors edition from Amazon! Crazy USPS Sunday delivery. It is 2765 of 5000. The opening flap is on the bottom? May be I should send it back.... I have no idea if I will be notified of the digital down load. Hope I will Time will tell
Okay, I'm a little late to the download party & I know this has been discussed but... can someone tell me the total file size for the hi-rez Cutting Edge download? I need to plan ahead before I activate the download manager. Little help here? Thanks.
