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No Direction Home: The Soundtrack: Bootleg Series, Vol. 7

Bob Dylan

Initial release : 2005

Columbia

Double CD release of archive music recorded between 1959 and 1966. The majority of tracks are previously unreleased. Released in conjunction with the Martin Scorcese file No Direction Home.

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Tracks

Disc 1;

  • When I Got Troubles (Dylan)
  • Rambler, Gambler (Traditional)
  • This Land Is Your Land (Guthrie)
  • Song to Woody (Dylan)
  • Dink's Song (Traditional)
  • I Was Young When I Left Home (Dylan)
  • Sally Gal (Dylan)
  • Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Dylan)
  • Man of Constant Sorrow (Traditional)
  • Blowin' in the Wind (Dylan)
  • Masters of War (Dylan)
  • A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Dylan)
  • When the Ship Comes In (Dylan)
  • Mr. Tambourine Man (Dylan)
  • Chimes of Freedom (Dylan)
  • It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Dylan)
Disc 2;
  • She Belongs to Me (Dylan)
  • Maggie's Farm (Dylan)
  • It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Dylan)
  • Tombstone Blues (Dylan)
  • Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Dylan)
  • Desolation Row (Dylan)
  • Highway 61 Revisited (Dylan)
  • Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Dylan)
  • Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Dylan)
  • Visions of Johanna (Dylan)
  • Ballad of a Thin Man (Dylan)
  • Like a Rolling Stone (Dylan)
Musicians

  • Bob Dylan - guitar, harmonica, vocals
  • Ramblin' Jack Elliott (on Mr Tambourine Man)
  • Bruce Langhorne - guitar (on She Belongs To Me)
  • William E Lee - bass (on She Belongs To Me, Leopard Skin Pill-box Hat)
  • Michael Bloomfield - guitar (on Maggie's Farm, It Takes A Train To Cry, Tombstone Blues, Tom Thumb's Blues, Highway 61 Revisited, Leopard Skin Pill-box Hat)
  • Al Kooper - organ (on Maggie's Farm, It Takes A Train To Cry, Tombstone Blues, Tom Thumb's Blues, Desolation Row, Highway 61 Revisited, Leopard Skin Pill-box Hat, Stuck Inside of Mobile, Visions Of Johanna)
  • Barry Goldberg - organ (on Maggie's Farm)
  • Jermoe Arnold - bass (on Maggie's Farm)
  • Sam Lay - drums (on Maggie's Farm)
  • Al Gorgoni - guitar (on It Takes A Train To Cry, Tom Thumb's Blues, Highway 61 Revisited)
  • Frank Owens - piano (on It Takes A Train To Cry)
  • Bobby Gregg - drums (on It Takes A Train To Cry, Tombstone Blues, Tom Thumb's Blues, Highway 61 Revisited, Leopard Skin Pill-box Hat)
  • Joseph Macho Jr - bass (on It Takes A Train To Cry, Tombstone Blues)
  • Paul Griffin - piano (on Tombstone Blues, Tom Thumb's Blues, Highway 61 Revisited, Leopard Skin Pill-box Hat)
  • Harvey Brooks - bass (on Tom Thumb's Blues, Desolation Row, Highway 61 Revisited)
  • Charlie McCoy - guitar (on Stuck Inside of Mobile)
  • Wayne Moss - guitar (on Stuck Inside of Mobile)
  • Joe South - guitar (on Stuck Inside of Mobile)
  • Hargus Robbins - paino (on Stuck Inside of Mobile)
  • Henry Strzelecki - bass (on Stuck Inside of Mobile)
  • Kenneth Buttrey - drums (on Stuck Inside of Mobile)
  • Robbie Robertson - guitar (on Visions Of Johanna, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone)
  • Garth Hudson - organ (on Visions Of Johanna, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone)
  • Rick Danko - bass (on Visions Of Johanna, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone)
  • Richard Manuel - piano (on Visions Of Johanna, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone)
  • Levon Helm - drums (on Visions Of Johanna)
  • Mickey Jones - drums (on Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone)
Credits

  • Producer - Steven Berkowitz, Jeff Rosen, Bruce Dickinson
  • Mixing - Chris Shaw, Mark Wilder, Mike Brauer
  • Mastering - Mark Wilder
  • Art direction, design - Geoff Gans
  • Photography - Joe Alper, John Cohen, Barry Feinstein, David Gahr, Jerry Schatzberg, Daniel Kramer, John Launois, Sony Archives
  • Booklet notes - Andrew Loog Oldham, Eddie Gorodetsky, Al Kooper
Notes

The tracks on this release are from the following sources;

  • When I Got Troubles - 1959 tape
  • Rambler, Gambler - home recording, Autumn 1960
  • This Land Is Your Land - live, Carnegie Hall, November 4, 1961
  • Song to Woody - November 1961, released on Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan, 1962
  • Dink's Song - home recording, Minneapolis, December 1961
  • I Was Young When I Left Home - home recording, Minneapolis, December 1961
  • Sally Gal - alternate take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan sessions, April 1962
  • Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - demo recording March 1963
  • Man of Constant Sorrow - TV show Folk Songs and More Folk Songs, March 1963
  • Blowin' in the Wind - live at Town Hall, NYC, April 1963
  • Masters of War - live at Town Hall, NYC, April 1963
  • A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall - live, Carnegie Hall, NYC, October 1963
  • When the Ship Comes In - live, Carnegie Hall, NYC, October 1963
  • Mr. Tambourine Man - alternate studio take, June 1964
  • Chimes of Freedom - live at Newport Folk Festival, July 1964
  • It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - alternate studio take, January 1965
  • She Belongs to Me - alternate studio take, January 1965
  • Maggie's Farm - live at Newport Folk Festival, July 1965
  • It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - alternate studio take, June 1965
  • Tombstone Blues - alternate studio take, July 1965
  • Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - alternate studio take, August 1965
  • Desolation Row - alternate studio take, July 1965
  • Highway 61 Revisited - alternate studio take, August 1965
  • Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - alternate studio take, January 1966
  • Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again - alternate studio take, February 1966
  • Visions of Johanna - alternate studio take, November 1965
  • Ballad of a Thin Man - live, Edinburgh, May 1966
  • Like a Rolling Stone - live, Manchester, May 1966 (released on Live 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert: Bootleg Series, Vol. 4)

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