The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964
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Revised 16 September, 2024.
Release date: 19 Oct 2010 (USA),
18 Oct 2010 (Europe), 15 Oct 2010 (Australia/New Zealand), 27 Oct 2010
(Japan). Thanks to Ian Woodward for the photo of this promotional "hockey puck" made of rubber or similar material. It splits open to reveal a USB connector. On the memory stick are The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 and The Original Mono Recordings (see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 2010s) in MP3 format, but not the Brandeis concert (see 2010). Thanks to Masato Kato for information it also contains MP3 versions of Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin', Another Side Of Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde On Blonde and John Wesley Harding! |
Photo from Ian Woodward |
The following Witmark demos have been officially released on regular albums:
The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 [Rare And Unreleased]
1961-1991 (1991): The Times They Are A-Changin';
When The Ship Comes In; Walkin' Down The Line (but see below)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack
(2005): Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Thanks to Martin Andrzejewski for some observations on Walking Down The Line on Bootleg Series Vol. 9, confirmed by Ian Woodward: "On The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 Walking Down The Line is asterisked and indicated as previously released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, which is true but not quite.
First of all, the The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 track misses the first 35 or so seconds (compared with the 3 LP vinyl bootleg I found on my shelf). These 30 seconds contain a guitar doodling, Bob asking "right now?" and a lengthy harp intro. Then, on the boot, Bob starts singing: "Well I'm walking down the line", whereas on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 the first line beginning with "Lord I'm walking down the line", a phrase which is obviously picked and inserted here from a later verse.
The reason seems to be that the beginning of the original song has some background noises. Just like some blasts of wind hit the microphone through an open window or whatever it really is. This noise can be heard into the second harp solo, just before Bob starts to sing: "Got a heavy headed gal". It seem like they copied a later "Walking Down The Line" verse including part or whole of the following harp solo to solve the noise problem.
Right now, on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9, the song starts at its original beginning but is nevertheless tampered with because the background noise stops after Bob sang "Well I'm Walking Down The Line - I'm Walking Down The Line". To me it sounds as if the song has now its original beginning, but then it is melted as early as possible with the The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 version, to get rid of the background noise. That means, that we probably have a copy and paste part between second 40 and second 56."
One performance has been released on a limited edition of a regular album:
R-0776 Blowin' In The Wind - Witmark demo version recorded Witmark offices, New York, Jul 1962, from the 2CD+DVD Special Edition of Together Through Life, 2009
These performances have appeared on official recording company acetates:
R-0029 Long Ago, Far
Away - Witmark demo, Nov 1962, released on
Warner Bros Nine Songs Publishers Sampler
LP, 1967
R-0030 Long Time Gone
- Witmark demo, Mar 1963, released on
Warner Bros Nine Songs Publishers Sampler
LP, 1967
R-0031 Ain't Gonna
Grieve - Witmark
demo, Aug 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publishers Sampler
LP, 1967
R-0032 John Brown - Witmark demo, Aug 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publishers Sampler
LP, 1967
R-0033 I Shall Be Free - Witmark demo, Apr 1963, released on Warner
Bros Nine Songs Publishers Sampler
LP, 1967
R-0034 Only A Hobo - Witmark demo, Aug 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publishers Sampler
LP, 1967
R-0035 The Death Of
Emmett Till - Witmark demo, Dec 1962,
released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publishers Sampler
LP, 1967
R-0036 (I'd Hate To Be
You On That) Dreadful Day -
Witmark demo, Mar 1963,
released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publishers Sampler
LP, 1967
R-0037 I'll Keep It With Mine - Witmark demo, Jun 1964, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publishers Sampler
LP, 1967
R-0286 Baby, I'm In The Mood For You - Witmark demo, Dec 1962,
from Columbia US promo mono 12" LP, 1963
R-0287 Quit Your Lowdown Ways - Witmark demo, Dec 1962, from
Columbia US promo mono 12" LP, 1963
R-0288 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Witmark demo, Dec 1962, from
Columbia US promo mono 12" LP, 1963
R-0289 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Witmark demo, Mar
1963, from Columbia US promo mono 12" LP, 1963
R-0290 Oxford Town - Witmark demo, Mar 1963, from Columbia US promo mono 12" LP, 1963
R-0291 Tomorrow Is A
Long Time - Witmark demo, Dec 1962, from Columbia US promo mono 12" LP, 1963
R-0292 Masters Of War -Witmark
demo, Mar 1963, from Columbia US promo mono 12" LP, 1963
R-0293 Farewell -
Witmark demo, Mar 1963, from Columbia US promo mono 12" LP, 1963
R-0465 Paths Of Victory - acetate of Witmark demo recorded Dec 1963, offered
for auction in Dec 1992
R-0539 Walkin' Down The Line - Witmark demo, Nov 1962, from
Columbia US promo mono 12" LP, 1963, mono version of track released in 1991 on The Bootleg Series Vols.
1-3
R-0691 All Over You - Witmark demo, Mar 1963,
on MPH acetates which surfaced in 2004
R-0692 Talkin'
John Birch Society Blues - Witmark demo, Mar 1963,
on MPH acetates which surfaced in 2004
R-0693 Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag
- out-take from
The Times They Are A-Changin', Aug or Oct 1963,
on MPH acetates which surfaced in 2004 (this remains officially unreleased)
R-0776 Blowin' In The Wind - Witmark demo, Jul 1962, from Liberty 10" acetate, 2007
The following acetates were not known to me before this set was released, so therefore the performances do not have R-numbers: Let Me Die In My Footsteps, Dec 1962; Bob Dylan's Blues, Apr 1963; The Times They Are A-Changin', Dec 1963; Guess I'm Doin' Fine, Jan 1964.
Thanks to Michel Pomarede, François Guillez and Dag Braathen for information and scans.
Vinyl Releases
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The
Witmark Demos 1962-1964" - limited edition 180gm mono vinyl 4LP
release, Columbia/Legacy 88697 78250 1
(USA), 26 Oct 2010:
This was
available for pre-sale with an exclusive T-shirt and limited edition 18" x 24"
Bob Dylan poster at
SonyMusicDigital.com/bobdylan.
CD Releases
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" - 2CD-R promo release, Columbia/Legacy (no catalogue number) (USA), Sep 2010:
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" - 2CD release, Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA), 18 Oct 2010:
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - front of slipcase with sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel |
This 2CD set comes in a
slipcase with a 60-page book with text written by Colin Escott. It was
available for pre-sale with an exclusive T-shirt and limited edition 18" x 24"
Bob Dylan poster at
SonyMusicDigital.com/bobdylan. Moise Potié's copy had a bonus mono CD of Bob Dylan In Concert Brandeis University 1963 in a card sleeve sealed inside the shrink-wrap on the rear of the slipcase, see 2010. |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - front sticker scan by Gerd Rundel |
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Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - rear of slipcase of sealed copy with bonus Brandeis University disc, scan by Moise Potié |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - rear of slipcase scan by Moise Potié |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - rear insert scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - inside of front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - reverse of rear insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - front of book, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - rear of book, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - CD1 scan by Moise Potié |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (USA) - CD2 scan by Moise Potié |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2
(USA) - detail of rear of slipcase, scan by Gerd Rundel
Thanks to Moise Potié and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" - 2CD release, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697 76179 2 (Canada), 18 Oct 2010:
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697 76179 2
(Canada) - detail of rear of slipcase, scan by Gerd Rundel
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" - 2CD-R promo release, Sony Music (no catalogue number) (Germany), 15 Oct 2010:
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" - 2CD release, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697761792 (USA/Europe), 19 Oct 2010:
My European copy has "Made in the EU" on both the rear slipcase and the discs, and also came with the limited edition live album Bob Dylan In Concert: Brandeis University 1963, see 2010.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" - 2CD release, Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia), 15 Oct 2010:
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia) - front of slipcase with sticker, scan by Stuart Moore |
I've received scans of two copies of this release, one bought in Australia from Stuart Moore, and one bought in New Zealand from Bill Hester, and they both look as if they could actually be the US release. There is no indication of country of origin on the packaging or the discs, unlike the bonus mono CD Bob Dylan In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 (see 2010), which is identified as being from Australia on both the card sleeve and the disc. As they don't have the Sony Music logo, again unlike the Australian Brandeis disc, I therefore suspect these copies were actually sourced from the USA. Bill Hester also tells me the set is being sold in New Zealand without the slipcase and the booklet! This set has catalogue number Columbia/Legacy 88697 80600 2. |
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Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia) - sticker from front of slipcase, scan by Stuart Moore |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia) - rear of slipcase, scan by Stuart Moore |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia) - detail of rear of slipcase, scan by Bill Hester |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Stuart Moore |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia) - reverse of rear insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
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Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia) - detail of inside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia) - front of advertising insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia) - rear of advertising insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia) - CD1 scan by Stuart Moore |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2 (Australia) - CD2 scan by Stuart Moore |
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2
(Australia) - closed end of sealed slipcase, scan by Bill Hester
Columbia/Legacy 88697 76179 2
(Australia) - opening end of sealed slipcase, scan by Bill Hester
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" - 2CD promo and commercial releases, Sony Music SICP 2960-61 (Japan), 27 Oct 2010:
Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for information and scans of the commercial release. The Japanese release comes in a slipcase with a wraparound obi and a front silver foil sticker advertising the CD Bob Dylan In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 (see 2010). In the package is a voucher to send off for the Brandeis CD as in The Original Mono Recordings (Sony Music SICP 2951-59, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 2010s). There are two booklets, one in English and one in Japanese. Otherwise the packaging and disc design are similar to the European release. Thanks to Arie de Reus for information that the Japanese Brandeis concert CD will be shipped in Feb 2011 to Japanese addresses only (no international shipping). Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for information it actually arrived on 5 Mar 2011!
Sony
Music SICP 2960-61
(Japan) - spine scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson
Sony
Music SICP 2960-61
(Japan) - top scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson
Sony
Music SICP 2960-61
(Japan) - side view with CD jewel case and booklets, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" - 2CD release, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697 80600 2 (Europe), Nov 2010:
This "budget" release made in Austria has only the two audio CDs in a slimline 2CD jewel case. There is no slipcase. It is dated 2010 and the CDs and inserts have the "Sony Music" logo.
Thanks to Arie de Reus for information and scans.
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