Bob Dylan Blood On The Tapes Review and Tracks

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Review:
I have mixed feelings about this title. While the quality is incredible, it stems from the fact that half of the tracks are official releases. Therefore, this is partly apirate CD. With no indication of this fact on the back, the unwary buyer might feel slighted to find he has purchased several tracks that he already owns. bobsboots.com strongly opposes pirate recordings, but the idea here is to give the listener the feel of the original recordings, and how they would have sounded in context. The official tracks were not recorded from a test pressing, but directly from the CD release of Bootleg Vol. 3(Except You’re A Big Girl Now fromBiograph). Call Letter was recorded during these sessions, but it was an outtake that never appeared on a test press. The four unreleased tracks are from the original test pressing of the A&R studios recordings. They are slightly lower sound quality than the official tracks, though not so much as to keep them from being an enjoyable listen. The most vinyl noise is to be heard on Idiot Wind. The others are fairly quiet. The package is a well done take-off of CBS and the released version of the LP. All of that being said, the reason behind the title is to compile the original BOTT NY recordings and outtakes in one place for a unique listening experience of what could have been theBOTT LP. The unreleased tracks have traded for quite some time, and have been released on other titles. It would not be too difficult to create this listening experience on your own, using the official titles. It is worth the time and effort, however you decide to own the compilation.