The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home (2005)

This picture (from amazon.com) was taken by Barry Feinstein at the Aust Ferry across the River Severn from England towards Wales in May 1966. In the background is the Severn Bridge that eventually replaced the ferry. Two pictures I took of the ferry in 1964 are shown out of interest below.

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Final front cover - the words "A MARTIN SCORCESE PICTURE" have been added	US release (2CD set), Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937, 30 Sep 2005. Thanks to Ian Woodward for noticing that the final cover has been changed in a couple of ways from that used in original promo pictures. The most obvious one is that the words "A MARTIN SCORCESE PICTURE" have been added in blue under the album title. Less obvious is that the car number plate has been changed from "540 CYN" in the original photo to "1235 RD" (a reference to Rainy Day Women #12 & 35)! The full original photograph (of which this is a crop) can be found in the book "Early Dylan" by Barry Feinstein, Daniel Kramer and Jim Marshall (Little, Brown & Co, 1999).
	Slides taken by me using 127 transparency film of the Aust Ferry and the Severn Bridge (then without the roadway) in Aug 1964. The colours on the left-hand picture are somewhat faded, which shows I would have been better using black and white film! Thanks to Hamish Johnson for reminding me that although the Aust Ferry and the subsequent Severn Bridge can be said to "link England to Wales", both ends are actually in Gloucestershire!
Insert included with 2006 Dylan album US reissues, front scan by Jack from Canada	Thanks to "HwyCDRrev" and Ian Woodward for news that the track list for The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home is now finalised as: Disc one: "When I Got Troubles" (1959), "Rambler, Gambler" (1960), "This Land Is Your Land" (live at New York's Carnegie Chapter Hall, 1961) "Song to Woody" (Bob Dylan, 1961, already released) "Dink's Song" (1961) "I Was Young When I Left Home" (1961) "Sally Gal" ("The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" outtake, 1962) "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" (demo, 1963) "Man of Constant Sorrow" (from TV Show "Folksongs and More Folksongs", 1963) "Blowin' in the Wind" (live at New York Town Hall, 1963) "Masters of War" (live at New York's Town Hall, 1963) "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (live at New York's Carnegie Hall, 1963) "When the Ship Comes In" (live at New York's Carnegie Hall, 1963) "Mr. Tambourine Man" ("Bringing It All Back Home" early version with Rambling Jack Elliott, 1964) "Chimes of Freedom" (live at Newport, R.I. Folk Festival, 1964) "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" ("Bringing It All Back Home" alternate take, 1965) Disc two: "She Belongs To Me" (“Bringing It All Back Home" alternate take, 1965) "Maggie's Farm" (live at Newport, R.I. Folk Festival, 1965) "It Takes a Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry" ("Highway 61 Revisited" alternate take, 1965), "Tombstone Blues" ("Highway 61 Revisited" alternate take, 1965) "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" ("Highway 61 Revisited" alternate take, 1965) "Desolation Row" ("Highway 61 Revisited" alternate take, 1965) "Highway 61 Revisited" ("Highway 61 Revisited" alternate take, 1965) "Leopard Skin Pill-Box Hat" ("Blonde on Blonde" alternate take, 1966) "Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again" ("Blonde on Blonde" alternate take, 1966), "Visions of Johanna" ("Blonde on Blonde" alternate take, 1965) "Ballad of a Thin Man" (live at Edinburgh's ABC Theatre, 1966) "Like A Rolling Stone" (live at Manchester, England's Free Trade Hall, 1966, already released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966)
Insert included with 2006 Dylan album US reissues, reverse scan by Jack from Canada

Thanks to Fred Muller for pointing iut that Richard Manuel is not credited in the booklet for playing piano on Like A Rolling Stone - he is credited in the booklet with The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966.

Exciting news is that the documentary film and DVD contain previously unsuspected live footage of the Manchester Free Trade Hall show, including the "Judas!" shout!

BDC71 Dink's Song (traditional) - from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, from bobdylan.com in Sep 2001, see Online Performances). An excerpt of this song was included in the Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM, 1995

R-0289 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, different from the regular Freewheelin' version, 1963

R-0373 When The Ship Comes In - live, Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963, from the unreleased 1964 Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, see 1964

R-0300 Maggie's Farm - recorded live with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band at the Newport Folk Festival, 25 Jul 1965, from Murray Lerner's film Festival, 1967 (see VHS & DVD 1960s), also available on a 1991 Italian CD Bob Dylan 1 accompanying an issue of Il Dizionario del Rock (The Dictionary of Rock) - a series of magazines in the early 1990s, see Questionable Releases

I Was Young When I Left Home (traditional) from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, was first officially released on a bonus disc with the limited edition of "Love And Theft", Sep 2001, see 2001 and 2002. It is released here with a spoken intro, so the version without the intro remains a rarity as R-0514.

The take of Sally Gal is new - I previously had this listed as R-0580, unreleased Freewheelin' out-take from a 1962 Columbia acetate that surfaced in May 1982. Bob Stacy informs me that this version is in fact new, and does not match the two circulating Freewheelin' out-take versions! This newly released performance is take 1, whereas the two previously circulating performances were take 3 (R-0580) and take 4 (still officially unreleased).

The take of Phantom Engineer is also new - I previously had this listed as R-0394, an early version of this song, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 15 June 1965, surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates, see 1980. I had R-0394 listed as an alternate take to the one released on The Bootleg Series Vols.1-3, but Bob Stacy now tells me that they are the same. A definite alternate take is now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home! and R-0394 has been removed from the Rarities list.

Tombstone Blues is also new, with a background vocal on the choruses which may be the Chambers Brothers (a gospel/soul group with several 1960s hits). A take with the Chambers Brothers on background vocals does circulate, but they're more prominent than here. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues is also new, as is Highway 61 Revisited. Of the Blonde On Blonde out-takes, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat and Stuck Inside Of Mobile are new. Visions Of Johanna is also a new take, previously unknown to collectors, not the same as the circulating "fast" version, although it does contain the line "he examines the nightingale's code".

The studio out-take versions of It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; She Belongs To Me and Desolation Row (the "boiled guts of birds" version), already circulate, but of course appear here in much better quality. It's All Over Now Baby, Blue is dated wrongly as 16 Jan 1965, and almost certainly comes from 13 Jan 1965. The date of 16 Jan 1965 may have been when selected takes were extracted to a compilation reel for consideration for the album.

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for the information that the whole album is available for download from iTunes.

No Direction Home - Bob Dylan" - 2DVD set (2005): I Can't Leave Her Behind (R-0654); Blowin' In The Wind (live, R-0714); Girl Of The North Country (live, R-0715); Man Of Constant Sorrow (live, R-0716); Mr. Tambourine Man (live, R-0717); Love Minus Zero/No Limit (live, R-0718); Like A Rolling Stone (live, R-0719); One Too Many Mornings (live, R-0720), see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3

"Exclusive Out-takes From 'The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack'"- Three Track Download Only Single (2005): Baby, Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams) - out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 25 Apr 1962 (R-0725); Mr. Tambourine Man (live, R-0726); Outlaw Blues - alternate take from Bringing It All Back Home, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 13 Jan 1965 (R-0727), see 2005

"No Direction Home: Bootleg Volume 7 - Exclusive Radio Sampler" - US radio station CD, Columbia/Legacy (2005): Masters Of War - live, New York Town Hall, 12 Apr 1963 (R-0728, 5:21), extended version of track from The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home (4:43); Highway 61 Revisited banter, Columbia Studios, New York, Aug 1965 (R-0729); Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (R-0730, 5:08), edited version of track from The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home (5:44); Highway 61 Revisited intro, Columbia Studios, New York, Aug 1965 (R-0731), see 2005

"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack" - 4LP boxed set, Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA), Jun 2006:

"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack" - promo 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA), 12 Jul 2005; Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe), Aug 2005:

"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA)/Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe), 30 Aug 2005:

"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack" - promo 2CD set, Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan), 30 Aug 2005:

"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack" - commercial 2CD set, Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan), 14 Sep 2005:

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Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - picture from Classic Records web-site	Thanks to Tim Dunn and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information about this boxed set with the records pressed in 200gm heavyweight vinyl. The front of the box has a wider crop of the original photograph than the CD set and the text "Deluxe LP Edition" below the title. The four records are housed in two gatefold sleeves, one of which is an alternate take of the cover photo of Bringing It All Back Home and the other of which is an alternate take of the cover photo of Blonde On Blonde. The booklet uses many wider crops of the photos from the CD booklet rather than just enlargements. There is also a release Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-RW in regular weight vinyl. Thanks to Robert Kornovich for further information and photos.
Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - rear of box, photo by Robert Kornovich	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - outside of gatefold sleeve 1 unfolded, photo by Robert Kornovich	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - Side 1 photo by Robert Kornovich	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - Side 2 photo by Robert Kornovich
Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - outside of gatefold sleeve 2 unfolded, photo by Robert Kornovich	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - inside of gatefold sleeve 1 unfolded, photo by Robert Kornovich	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - Side 3 photo by Robert Kornovich	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - Side 4 photo by Robert Kornovich
	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - inside of gatefold sleeve 2 unfolded, photo by Robert Kornovich	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - Side 5 photo by Robert Kornovich	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - Side 6 photo by Robert Kornovich
Picture from Classic Records web-site	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - inside back cover of booklet, photo by Robert Kornovich	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - Side 7 photo by Robert Kornovich	Classic Records/Columbia CK-93937-200gm (USA) - Side 8 photo by Robert Kornovich

Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - insert for disc 1 of promo copy, picture from eBay	The US promo set in clear plastic sleeves with paper inserts was manufactured by Sony Music Studios, New York, for recording engineer Steve Berkowitz on 12 Jul 2005. Thanks to Peter Good for finding this on eBay, and to Hervé from France for the scans. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding the UK promo on eBay. This time the disks (CDs) have white paper sleeves. There also appears to be a UK promo set without a catalogue number on CD-R - more information required.
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - insert for disc 2 of promo copy, scan by Hervé from France	Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - CD1 of promo copy, scan by Hervé from France	Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - CD2 of promo copy, scan by Hervé from France	Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - sleeve and CD1 of UK promo set, picture found on eBay by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - sealed slipcase with sticker (my copy)	The 2CD set comes in a slipcase with a 60-page bound booklet with previously unpublished photographs and essays by Andrew Loog Oldham (former manager of the Rolling Stones) and Al Kooper, plus performance notes by Eddie Gorodetsky. The European release is made in Austria and has a much thinner 60-page booklet. Consequently the slipcase is also much thinner, without the top and bottom cut-outs of the US slipcase - it also does not have an information sticker. Other packaging differences are shown below - the Austrian CDs have writing all round their circumferences and don't have the US FBI Anti-Piracy Warning. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for the information that this release features CD-TEXT.						Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - front sticker advertising PBS broadcast
Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - slipcase front without sticker (my copy)	Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - slipcase back	Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - booklet front				Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - rear of booklet	Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - detail from rear of booklet
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - CD1	Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - outside of front insert			Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - outside of rear insert			Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - detail from rear insert
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - CD2	Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - inside of front insert			Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - inside of rear insert			Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - detail from front insert
Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - rear of slipcase	Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - rear of booklet		Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - detail from rear of booklet		Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - outside of rear insert		Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - detail from rear insert
Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - CD1	Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - outside of front insert	Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - detail from front insert					Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - flyer for "No Directions Home" 2DVD release (this picture has the original "540 CYN" car number plate!)
Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - CD2	Comparison of slipcase widths: above - Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - above; below - Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA). This is because the US booklet is so much thicker!						Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - reverse of flyer advertising previous Bootleg Series* releases*
Columbia/Legacy 3OC 93937 (USA) - front picture from www.slcd.com	The UK slipcase also contains a flyer advertising the 5 Oct 2005 release in the UK of the "No Direction Home" 2DVD set, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3. Purchases of this album in Holland and reportedly at HMV in the UK have included a new release of the promo CD Chronicles Volume One 6 Song Sampler, see 2004 Thanks to Tim Dunn for information about the US version in a 6"x12" long box, Columbia/Legacy 3OC 93937.						Columbia/Legacy 3OC 93937 (USA) - rear picture from www.slcd.com

Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - front of slipcase in shrink-wrap with obi and two stickers, scan by Sheiji Murata	This release has two booklets, the English language 56-page booklet, and a Japanese language 76-page booklet. It comes in a slimline 2CD jewel case in a card slipcase with an obi and two stickers. Thanks to Sheiji Murata for information and scans.
Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - unfolded obi, scan by Sheiji Murata	Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - rear of slipcase in shrink-wrap with obi, scan by Sheiji Murata	Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - front of slipcase, scan by Sheiji Murata	Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Sheiji Murata	Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - detail of rear insert, scan by Sheiji Murata
Sony Music MHCP-794 (Japan) - CD1 scan by Sheiji Murata	Sony Music MHCP-794 (Japan) - outside of front insert, scan by Sheiji Murata		Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - outside of 56-page English booklet, scan by Sheiji Murata
Sony Music MHCP-795 (Japan) - CD2 scan by Sheiji Murata	Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - inside page from Japanese booklet with tracklisting, scan by Sheiji Murata		Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - outside of 76-page Japanese booklet, scan by Sheiji Murata

*The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964* (2003)	*The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home* (2005)	*The Best Of Bob Dylan* (2005)
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