Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol.16: Springtime In New York (1980–1985) (Content & Sound Quality)

I purchased the 2LP vinyl first. It’s a small percentage of material.
I wanted more.
I noticed not all the songs were available on Tidal streaming that are offered on the CD set.
I picked up the CD set and love it.
I’m guessing the LP’s are digital sourced, but Yes - the vinyl playback has a more “vinyl” sound quality to it
I still prefer the CD set. More tunes. Less up and down flipping.

 

What a great idea. I might have to do this.

 

Seriously, do it. You won't regret it (or you might, actually, because you'll never want to listen to the original released sequences ever again, lmao )

 

If it's not too much trouble, do you have a playlist I can work off of?

 

So I don't derail the thread I'll send you a pm. Let me get it typed up. If anyone else is curious, just pm me as well.

 

Would love to see that as well!

 

Just sent him the pm. I'll send it to you too.

Really friggin' annoying - lost ALL of my Dylan a few months back in a drive crash before I had backed it up (so stupid of me....) and lost that. Lost all my notes and everything from when I assembled this. All I had to go off of was the tracklist still sitting in Foobar. In other words, it's messy, but assemble-able. You'll see.....

 

Ok guys I found an "assembled" copy of it all, track info and all. Major, MAJOR credit goes out to @hodgo

I forgot he basically assembled most of this, I just filled in some gaps (for instance, I added "Magic" to one disc, etc) and made some art.

Here is the tracklist from the text file:

Sources Used are as follows........
Sringtime In New York The Bootleg Series, Vol. 16 1980-1985 *
Trouble No More, The Bootleg Series, Vol. 13 1979-1981 **
Biograph ***
Live 1961-2000 ****
Rare & Unreleased, The Bootleg Series Vols 1 - 3 *****
International 7" Single B-side-1983 ******

Springtime in New York; The Bootleg Series, Vol. 16 - 1980-1985 (Reimagined & Expanded)

Disc 1: (The Rundown Studio Rehearsals 1980)
1. Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) (Rehearsal)*
2. To Ramona (Rehearsal)*
3. Making a Liar Out of Me [Rehearsal, 26th September 1980]**
4. Every Grain Of Sand (Publishing demo, 23rd September 1980)***
5. Yonder Comes Sin [Rehearsal, 1st October 1980]**
6. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (Rehearsal)*
7. Mary of the Wild Moor (Rehearsal)*
8. A Couple More Years (Rehearsal)*
9. Caribbean Wind [Rehearsal With Pedal Steel, 23rd September 1980]**
10. Rise Again [Rehearsal, 16th October 1980]**
11. This Night Won't Last Forever (Rehearsal)*
12. We Just Disagree (Rehearsal)*
12. Let's Keep It Between Us (Rehearsal)*
14. Sweet Caroline (Rehearsal)*
15. Every Grain of Sand [Rehearsal, 26th September 1980]**
16. Fever (Rehearsal)*
17. Abraham, Martin and John (Rehearsal)*

Disc 2: (Shot Of Love Outtakes & Alternates)
1. Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar (International 7" Single B-side-1983) ***
2. Caribbean Wind (Shot of Love, Outtake 30th April 1981) ***
3. Shot of Love [Outtake, 25th March 1981]**
4. Mystery Train (Shot of Love Outtake)*
5. Don't Ever Take Yourself Away (Shot of Love Outtake)*
6. Dead Man, Dead Man [Outtake, 24th April 1981]**
7. You Changed My Life [Clover Studios, 23rd April 1981]**
8. Need A Woman [Clover Studios, 4th May 1981]**
9. Angelina [Clover Studios, 4th May 1981]**
10. Watered-Down Love [Outtake, 15th May 1981]**
11. Yes Sir, No Sir (Shot of Love Outtake)*

Disc 3: (Shot Of Love Outtakes & Alternates)
1. Angelina (Shot of Love Outtake)*
2. Price of Love (Shot of Love Outtake)*
3. I Wish It Would Rain (Shot of Love Outtake)*
4. Let It Be Me (International 7" Single B-Side)*
5. Cold, Cold Heart (Shot of Love Outtake)*
6. You Changed My Life [Take 4, 23rd April 1981]**
7. Fur Slippers (Shot of Love Outtake)*
8. Need a Woman (Rehearsal)*
9. Borrowed Time (Shot of Love Outtake)*
10. Is It Worth It? (Shot of Love Outtake)
11. Lenny Bruce (Shot of Love Alternate Mix)*
12. The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar [Take 2, 1st May 1981]**

Disc 4: (Live 1980 & 1981)
1. Shot of Love [Live 25th July 1981]**
2. Let's Begin [Live 27th June 1981, Earls Court London]**
3. Lenny Bruce [Live 27th June 1981, Earls Court London]**
4. Cover Down, Pray Through [Live, 1st May 1980]**
5. Heart Of Mine (Live) [10 Nov 1981, New Orleans]***
6. Dead Man, Dead Man (Live) [10 Nov 81, New Orleans]****
7. Watered-Down Love [Live June 12, 1981]**
8. In the Summertime [Live Oct. 21, 1981]**
9. Jesus Is the One (Live 17th July 1981)**
10. City of Gold (Live 22nd November 1980)**
11. The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar [Live Nov. 13, 1980]**
12. Caribbean Wind [Live Nov. 12, 1980]**
13. Thief on the Cross (Live 10th November 1981)**
14. Every Grain of Sand [Live Nov. 21, 1981]**

Disc 5: (Infidels Outtake & Alternates)
1. Clean Cut Kid*
2. Too Late (Band Version) (Infidels Outtake)*
3. Angels Flying Too Close To The Ground (International 7" Single B-side-1983)******
4. Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight (Version 2) (Infidels Alternate Take)*
5. Neighborhood Bully (Infidels Alternate Take)*
6. Someone's Got a Hold of My Heart (Infidels Outtake)*
7. Blind Willie McTell (Take 5 - Infidels Outtake)*
8. Jokerman (Infidels Alternate Take)*
9. This Was My Love (Infidels Outtake)*
10. Union Sundown (Infidels Outtake)*
11. Lord Protect My Child [Power Station, New York, 3rd March 1983]*****
12. Tell Me [Power Station, New York, 21st April 1983]*****
13. Foot of Pride (Infidels Outtake)*
14. Blind Willie McTell [Power Station, New York, 5th May 1983]*****

Disc 6: (Infidels Outtake & Alternates)
1. Someone's Got A Hold of My Heart [Power Station, New York, 25th April 1983]*****
2. Too Late (Acoustic Version) (Infidels Outtake)*
3. Blind Willie McTell (Take 1, 11th April 1983) (Infidels Outtake)*
4. Sweetheart Like You (Infidels Alternate Take)*
5. Baby What You Want Me To Do (Infidels Outtake)*
6. Julius and Ethel (Infidels Outtake)*
7. Green, Green Grass of Home (Infidels Outtake)*
8. Don't Fall Apart on Me Tonight (Version 1) (Infidels Alternate Take)*
9. Tell Me (Infidels Outtake)*
10. Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground (Infidels Outtake)*
11. Lord Protect My Child (Infidels Outtake)*
12. I and I (Infidels Alternate Take)*
13. Foot Of Pride [Power Station, New York, 25th April 1983]*****
14. Death is Not the End (Full Version) (Infidels Outtake)*

Disc 7: (Empire Burlesque Outtakes)
1. Enough Is Enough [Live]*
2. License To Kill [Live]*
3. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky (Empire Burlesque (Slow Version) Alternate Take)*
4. I'll Remember You (Empire Burlesque Alternate Take)*
5. Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anyone Seen My Love) (Empire Burlesque Alternate Mix)*
6. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky (Empire Burlesque (Fast Version) Alternate Take)*
7. Seeing The Real You At Last (Empire Burlesque Alternate Take)*
8. Emotionally Yours (Empire Burlesque Alternate Take)*
9. Clean Cut Kid (Empire Burlesque Alternate Take)*
10. Straight A's In Love (Empire Burlesque Alternate Take)*
11. New Danville Girl (Empire Burlesque Outtake)*
12. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky [Power Station, New York, 19th February 1985]*****
13. Dark Eyes (Empire Burlesque Alternate Take)*

Total Run Time - 7:23:45

 

Please post it right here when you are ready. That is not a derail at all, it's what this forum is all about - sharing the different ways to listen to music that you enjoy.

 

See the post directly above yours!
All credit to @hodgo for original assembly. I later on added in 9 or 10 tracks from bootleg sources in addition to what he lists.

 

Including Bob Dylan

Arthur Baker Presents… Dance Masters: Arthur Baker – SuperDeluxeEdition

 

FROM Wikipedia: Empire Burlesque - Wikipedia

One of the most famous outtakes from the EB sessions is "New Danville Girl".
A satirical epic co-written with playwright Sam Shepard, it was originally an attempt at answering Lou Reed's song "Doin' the Things That We Want To" from his 1984 album New Sensations.
(Reed was inspired to write "Doin' the Things That We Want To" after seeing one of Shepard's plays.)

 

This a link to an 80+ page pdf all about Dylan's 1965 shows.

It can be downloaded and saved with the mp3 release of all of the 1965 shows

Bob Dylan's 1965 Appearances.pdf

 

Amazing press clippings included with this pdf. Thank you very much.

 

I met Shepard and asked about his involvement in that song. He said it was little more than the title change, and it was all Bob's song actually.

 

Thank you so much for this. Quite impressive!!!

 

I have listened a lot to this set, but I’ve never owned it. Until today, when I received a Deluxe CD set, bought at a big discount. It’s great, I don’t know what people are complaining about.

 

With Dylan, most complaints are that he (or his team) did not do exactly as the complainer had wished.

 

I think people were complaining about all the filler, the swathes of wasted space on the five discs, the often sterile mixing, the omission of known, quality material, the pricing...

 

No real issues with this particular set for me. But I don't have much confidence in Dylan's team...I wish that Dylan's team would take the same approach that McCartney did with the Beatles box sets from ten years ago.

 

Disc 1 is a waste of space that could have been used for more Infidels session material for a start.Nearly all of the cover versions are near embarrassing both in concept and execution.
Besides that there was a lot of empty space on the discs they could have filled with great stuff if they weren’t being so subservient to the intrinsic limitations of vinyl.Thankfully they rectified this with Fragments.

 

That's true, but they're still short!