*Bob Dylan* Freewheelin's outtakes CD (SONY copyright issues)

Not bootleg would be a pirate if the material is duplicated. Although what Sony did was not in spirit of the law but then again laws don't apply to them do they....

 

That doesn't look like a Sony product, nor does the title make it sound like one. It seems someone is testing the legality of the Sony's "copyright extension." It appears to be a single disc, so my guess is they have simply used previously circulating material rather than the Sony set as their source.

 

1 CD

 

Apparently the label Bda stands for Bob Dylan Archive, it's on sale with a different cover here:

http://www.sainsburysentertainment....eelin-Outtakes/product.html?product=E11181800

 

That one steals the tracks AND the old bootleg cover!

 

Are you referring to the old Vigotone bootleg CD?

 

Yes.

 

Of course, it'd require a bootlegger of unmitigated audacity to sue for copyright infringement (though if I recall, just such a suit was filed back when Frank Zappa released his "Beat The Boots" series that officially issued existing bootlegs, down to the cover-art).

 

Oh, I'm not expecting a legal issue with Vigotone! I just think if you're going to be a gray-market, quasi-legal label, you should at least come up with your own artwork!

 

The BDA disc appears to be out in Japan at the moment. HMV has it in stock.

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Bob-Dylan_000000000003159/item_Freewheelin-Outtakes_5298998

 

How much in American dollars?

 

About $18

 

It's been mentioned a few times earlier on this thread, from post #158 onwards. It's a grey-label release.

 

Interesting....the CD was due out tomorrow and the link to it has disappeared from all the below sites where it was available:

http://www.spincds.com/coming-soon/the-freewheelin-outtakes-cd

http://www.bobdylanisis.com/contents/en-uk/d2.html#p391

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Freewheelin-Outtakes-Bob-Dylan/dp/B00AQ1APJE

However on one forum a few people who had ordered it off Amazon said they had received an email that the disc had been shipped.

So is it now a grey area 'rarity?'

Presumably it was a copy of the Vigotone boot with the songs in a different order but since I held back from ordering it I will now never know unless someone who does receive it reports back...

 

I just gave the BDA version a spin. About half of the songs are in really nice sound quality. Some of them close to perfect; others, even though they sound good, have some slight tape speed issues. The other half are from acetates or high gen sources and don't sound as good, although none of them sound really bad. On a bootleg scale of 1 to 10 for sound quality I'd give it about an 8 to 9, but measured against official releases I'd give it more like a 6 to 7. It has very high quality graphics, an eight page booklet with lots of recording session details, and a slipcase. I don't have the Vigotone release so I can't compare them.

 

About $17.90 more than it's worth...given the out of copyright nature of the release.

 

Thanks a lot for posting these! Really appreciate it.

 

Did anyone get this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Freewheelin-Outtakes-Bob-Dylan/dp/B00AQ1APJE/ref=pd_ybh_1

 

Okay, so I just heard this. There is a lot of hiss, but, with a few exceptions, it is quite listenable and enjoyable.


1. Going to New Orleans; 2. Sally Gal; 3. Corrina, Corrina; 4. The Death of Emmett Till; 5. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle; 6. Rocks and Gravel; 7. Sally Gal; 8. Baby Please Don't Go; 9. Milk Cow's Calf Blues; 10. Wichita (Going to Louisiana); 11. Milk Cow's Calf Blues; 12. Wichita (Going to Louisiana); 13. Baby, I'm In the Mood for You; 14. That's All Right Mama; 15. Mixed-Up Confusion; 16. Mixed-Up Confusion; 17. That's All Right Mama; 18. Ballad of Hollis Brown; 19. Watcha Gonna Do; 20. Hero Blues; 21. Watcha Gonna Do; 22. I Shall Be Free; 23. I Shall Be Free; 24. Hero Blues; 25. Hero Blues.

 

I just found a sealed copy of this today at a swap meet. Looks completely legit. Nice booklet with track info inside! I looked at the back of each cd and it said the matrix number 60722-1, 60722-2, 60722-3 & 60722-4 so it seems to be the real deal. Silver cds with Bob Dylan 50 Anniversary Collection on each disc and an 8 page booklet in it with track info. Anyone have one of these puppies?

 

If you found a legitimate copy of this set -- in the U.S.! -- at a SWAP MEET, no less -- you're a lucky guy!

 

He didn't. There was a silver disc bootleg knock-off released a little while after the legitimate set (though with superior packaging and silver discs, it's arguably the preferable product). I can't imagine the set he found isn't the bootleg. All the known actual Sony sets are CD-Rs.

 

Kinda what I figured -- but still, a silver pressed CD set of this (assuming it was from a legitimate, lossless copy) is a nice thing to have.