Bob Dylan Announces The Bootleg Series Vol 10 'Another Self Portrait'
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Written by Jon Stickler
Columbia Records will release Bob Dylan's 'The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 'Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)' on August 26, bringing fresh perspective to one of the artist's most controversial periods and revealing it to be one of his most wonderfully creative and prolific. Containing 35 rarities and previously unreleased recordings, 'Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)' is the latest edition of Dylan's acclaimed Bootleg Series and is available in both a standard two-disc set and in a four-disc deluxe box set.
The unreleased recordings, demos and alternate takes on 'Another Self Portrait' - drawn mainly from the 1970 studio recording sessions that resulted in the official 1970 albums 'Self Portrait' and 'New Morning' shed new light on an essential and pivotal period in the artist's ongoing musical evolution.
The original 'Self Portrait', released in June 1970, was Dylan's 10th studio album and his first to receive real abuse from the music press ("What is this shit?" was literally the opening sentence of Greil Marcus's review in Rolling Stone, while Robert Christgau gave the album a "C+" rating in the Village Voice). Nevertheless, 'Self Portrait' hit Number 4 on the US Billboard 200 and Number 1 on the UK album charts.
In the 'Self Portrait' sessions, Dylan played a selection of songs accompanied by a small ensemble of musicians, primarily David Bromberg (guitar) and Al Kooper (keyboards, guitar), with producer Bob Johnston later adding overdubs to the basic tracks in Nashville. 'Another Self Portrait' presents these original session masters for the first time without overdubs.
While the original 'Self Portrait' was a deliberate act of iconoclasm that shattered Dylan's image as "generational spokesperson" while stretching the boundaries of pop music and his own, the album's successor, 'New Morning', marked Dylan's return to songwriting. 'Another Self Portrait' gives fans a chance to reappraise the pivotal recordings that marked Dylan's artistic transformation as the 1960s ended and the 1970s began.
Featured on 'Another Self Portrait' are a previously unavailable version of Only A Hobo and the demo version of When I Paint My Masterpiece, a track that finds Dylan, who'd been signed as a recording artist not quite a decade earlier, looking to the future, promising that "Someday, everything's gonna be smooth like a rhapsody, when I paint my masterpiece."
'The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)' will be available in a standard two-disc configuration as well as in a four-disc deluxe boxed set which will include, for the first time ever, the complete historic performance by Bob Dylan and The Band from the Isle of Wight Festival on August 31, 1969. Housed in a slipcase, the deluxe edition will include the newly remastered version of the 1970 'Self Portrait' album, in its entirety with original sequencing, in addition to two hardcover books featuring revisionist liner notes penned by Greil Marcus.
A vinyl version of 'The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)' will include the album's 35 tracks on three LPs plus a 12"x12" booklet.
Hardcore fans got an early taste of 'The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)' when a limited edition 7" single of Wigwam (demo) with Thirsty Boots (a previously unreleased recording) was released for Record Store Day on April 20.
'The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)':
CD 1
1 Went To See The Gypsy (demo)
2 In Search Of Little Sadie (without overdubs, Self Portrait) 3 Pretty Saro (unreleased, Self Portrait) 4 Alberta #3 (alternate version, Self Portrait) 5 Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (unreleased, Self Portrait) 6 Annie's Going To Sing Her Song (unreleased, Self Portrait) 7 Time Passes Slowly #1 (alternate version, New Morning) 8 Only A Hobo (unreleased, Greatest Hits II) 9 Minstrel Boy (unreleased, The Basement Tapes) 10 I Threw It All Away (alternate version, Nashville Skyline) 11 Railroad Bill (unreleased, Self Portrait) 12 Thirsty Boots (unreleased, Self Portrait) 13 This Evening So Soon (unreleased, Self Portrait) 14 These Hands (unreleased, Self Portrait) 15 Little Sadie (without overdubs, Self Portrait) 16 House Carpenter (unreleased, Self Portrait) 17 All The Tired Horses (without overdubs, Self Portrait)
CD 2 1 If Not For You (alternate version, New Morning) 2 Wallflower (alternate version, 1971) 3 Wigwam (original version without overdubs, Self Portrait) 4 Days Of '49 (original version without overdubs, Self Portrait) 5 Working On A Guru (unreleased, New Morning) 6 Country Pie (alternate version, Nashville Skyline) 7 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Live With The Band, Isle Of Wight 1969) 8 Highway 61 Revisited (Live With The Band, Isle Of Wight 1969) 9 Copper Kettle (without overdubs, Self Portrait) 10 Bring Me A Little Water (unreleased, New Morning) 11 Sign On The Window (with orchestral overdubs, New Morning) 12 Tattle O'Day (unreleased, Self Portrait) 13 If Dogs Run Free (alternate version, New Morning) 14 New Morning (with horn section overdubs, New Morning) 15 Went To See The Gypsy (alternate version, New Morning) 16 Belle Isle (without overdubs, Self Portrait) 17 Time Passes Slowly #2 (alternate version, New Morning) 18 When I Paint My Masterpiece (demo)
Bob Dylan & The Band, Isle of Wight - August 31, 1969: 1 She Belongs To Me 2 I Threw It All Away 3 Maggie's Farm 4 Wild Mountain Thyme 5 It Ain't Me, Babe 6 To Ramona/ Mr. Tambourine Man 7 I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine 8 Lay Lady Lay 9 Highway 61 Revisited 10 One Too Many Mornings 11 I Pity The Poor Immigrant 12 Like A Rolling Stone 13 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 14 Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) 15 Minstrel Boy 16 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Dylan will return to London's Royal Albert Hall on November 26, 27 and 28, having first played the famous venue back in 1965 following the release of 'Bringing It All Back Home'. The London shows will follow appearances at Glasgow's Clyde Auditorium and Blackpool Opera House.
Mon November 18th 2013 - GLASGOW Clyde Auditorium
Tue November 19th 2013 - GLASGOW Clyde Auditorium
Wed November 20th 2013 - GLASGOW Clyde Auditorium
Fri November 22nd 2013 - BLACKPOOL Opera House
Sat November 23rd 2013 - BLACKPOOL Opera House
Sun November 24th 2013 - BLACKPOOL Opera House
Tue November 26th 2013 - LONDON London Royal Albert Hall
Wed November 27th 2013 - LONDON Royal Albert Hall
Thu November 28th 2013 - LONDON Royal Albert Hall
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The unreleased recordings, demos and alternate takes on 'Another Self Portrait' - drawn mainly from the 1970 studio recording sessions that resulted in the official 1970 albums 'Self Portrait' and 'New Morning' shed new light on an essential and pivotal period in the artist's ongoing musical evolution.
