Bob Dylan Bootleg Vol. 9 / Mono Box / Best of Mono News

Isis mentions that full details should be available mid August for an October 2010 release...

http://www.bobdylanisis.com/Dylan%20Digest.htm

 

Mono Dylan?

Who hoo!!

 

Yes!

 

I thought the Mono Box was a great idea for the Beatles. It's a great idea for Dylan too. Now if only we could get mono boxes for the Rolling Stones, the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, Lovin Spoonful and the Mamas and the Papas.

 

I'm in for both. These are the kinds of things which make 4th Quarter music buying the stuff that we look back upon in our memories.

 

+1

 

Can someone paste the text of article for us? I'm getting:

"www.bobdylanisis.com could not be found. Please check the name and try again."

Thanks,
Craig.

 

Here's another link:

http://www.examiner.com/x-21829-Bob-Dylan-Examiner~y2010m7d27-Isis-updated-information-on-new-Bob-Dylan-Bootleg-Series-mono-box-set

 

As much as I'm sure I'll buy Bootleg 9, and I'm sure there are tracks on there that I'll be glad to have, I'm still burnt out on the 1960s releases. Bootleg 8 was such a breath of fresh air for the Bootleg Series, I was really hoping for a live Born Again release, more studio stuff from late-1970s/early-1980s, or even the long-rumored original Blood On The Tracks acetate. I was hoping for a "Complete Basement Tapes" someday, but the remastered standard release in 2009 probably put that on hold indefinitely.

As for the mono CDs, I've been pretty happy with the Sundazed LPs -- I wonder if these new remasterings will be worth buying them again. I can't argue with their release, though -- I'm glad they are making them available.

 

I'm always excited about new Dylan releases, but I think Sony could have found more exciting stuff than the Witmark and Leeds demos to use on a new "Bootleg Series" release. They have already released tons of stuff from the 1961-66 period and many of the demos (they have circulated among fans for decades) are just not that great. They were just intended to get the songs down on tape for copyright purposes and were never meant for public consumption, so the performances are often less inspired than his studio and live recordings from the same period.

With that said, there are also some very good reasons to release this stuff. Several interesting Dylan songs that have never been released appear on the Witmark and Leeds tapes. There's the humoristic "All Over You", the topical "Long Ago, Far Away" (recorded by Odetta on her excellent "Odetta Sings Dylan" album) and the sad "Ballad For A Friend", as well as a few other songs little known outside a small circle of hardcore Dylan fans. There are also several demo versions that are quite different from the more well known, officially released versions. Listen for example to the Witmark version of "Tomorrow Is A Long Time". The words and the melody are the same, but the performance is so different from the official version (that was recorded live at Town Hall in 1963) that it's like a different song.

I'm looking forward to BS9 and it will sure be a release worth having, but I would have preferred something from the "gospel years", a more comprehensive "Basement Tapes" set, expanded BOTT, Carnegie Hall 1963 etcetera. I realize that you can't always get what you want.

 

I wonder when the boot series will get around to the Never Ending Tour, or whether that's too daunting a prospect by now. Just covering the guest stars and unreleased songs would take a boxed set of its own.

 

These both seem an attractive option.

I'd imagine the mono box will be a bit cheaper than that other mono box as well.

 

Happy about the mono box, but I was hoping for a Gospel era bootleg.

 

For those (like me) that couldn't open OP's link:

 

Uh oh - here we go again. I can just hear the stereo apologists now - "Hey, just cause Dylan participated in and personally approved all the mono mixes - while the stereos were done three weeks later in five minutes by the studio janitor in the middle of the night after sweeping out the control room, doesn't make the stereos any less valid or legitimate..."

While I'm pretty happy with my needledrops from the original mono vinyl presses, this is still great news, especially if they do a good job on the remastering. A couple of cuts from "Highway 61" in particular - thinking specifically of "Queen Jane" and "Tom Thumb" - could definitely use some sprucing up soundwise.

And I'll take as many good sounding original 60's demos of Dylan's stuff as Columbia wants to throw at us...

 

Always glad to get mono mixes - to listen for differences in old favorite albums, and to play in the car (all passengers hear all the music, not just the channel they are closest to).

Does anyone know if there has been discussion of stereo vs. mono from those who recorded Dylan? Is there a point in time when emphasis switched from the mono master to the stereo master as with the Beatles?

Anybody see a reason to draw the line on the mono box before Nashville Skyline?

I've enjoyed my Witmark Demos bootleg. It will be nice to have a "best sources" version from Sony this fall.

 

Sure - no more original mono mixes after "John Wesley Harding"...

 

And The Who!

Evan

 

Asked and answered. Thanks.

 

Any word yet on whether the mono set is going to be limited edition? Still reeling financially from pre-ordering that Station to Station box set

 

Really? Perhaps you've forgotten the "consumer friendly" pricing on the (maddeningly essential!) 3CD edition of TELL TALE SIGNS?

I suspect Sony was as impressed as anyone at the success of The Beatles set and intends to follow the exact same model, including the premium pricing (though, with fewer discs, perhaps it will be somewhat cheaper).

I wonder which version of the BOB mono they will use for the CD? There is a dizzying array of mix variations to wade through.

 

I was actually thinking of the Miles Complete Collection box when I wrote that. I take your point.

 

I'll buy Volume 9, but I was also expecting something from another decade.

I dont think I'll spend on the mono box. This is not in the holy grail territory, as the Beatles mono box was.

 

"Bob Dylan" in mono was reissued on CD in 2005... They already forgot?
So this means we'll have a new remastering of this title apparently...