The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: 1965–1966, The Cutting Edge (collector’s edition)

~ Release by Bob Dylan (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▶ CD 2
▶ CD 3
▶ CD 4
▼ CD 5
#TitleRatingLength
1It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1, 7/29/1965, breakdown)
recording of:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
version of:
Phantom Engineer
version of:
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
1:51
2It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 2, 7/29/1965, false start)
partial recording of:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
version of:
Phantom Engineer
version of:
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
0:24
3It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 3, 7/29/1965, incomplete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Joseph Macho, Jr. (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
partial recording of:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
version of:
Phantom Engineer
version of:
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
3:13
4Tombstone Blues (take 1, 7/29/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
mixer:
Steve Addabbo
bass guitar [bass]:
Joseph Macho, Jr. (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Tombstone Blues (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (in 1993)
7:30
5Tombstone Blues (takes 2–3, 7/29/1965, false starts)
partial recording of:
Tombstone Blues (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (in 1993)
1:16
6Tombstone Blues (take 4, 7/29/1965, complete)
recording of:
Tombstone Blues (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (in 1993)
6:59
7Tombstone Blues (takes 5–7, 7/29/1965, false starts, rehearsal)
partial recording of:
Tombstone Blues (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (in 1993)
1:54
8Tombstone Blues (take 9, 7/29/1965, released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7, 2005)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Joseph Macho, Jr. (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (on 1965-07-29), Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29) and Al Gorgoni (on 1965-07-29)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Paul Griffin (American pianist, session musician) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Tombstone Blues (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (in 1993)
3:37
9Tombstone Blues (take 10, 7/29/1965, false start)
partial recording of:
Tombstone Blues (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (in 1993)
0:25
10Tombstone Blues (take 11, 7/29/1965, breakdown)
recording of:
Tombstone Blues (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (in 1993)
3:15
11Tombstone Blues (take 12, 7/29/1965, released on Highway 61 Revisited, 1965)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1965-07-29)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer) (from 1965-07-29 until 1965-08-04)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (on 1965-07-29)
recording of:
Tombstone Blues (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (in 1993)
36:13
12It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1, 7/29/1965, complete)
recording of:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
version of:
Phantom Engineer
version of:
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
3:51
13It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 2, 7/29/1965, false start)
partial recording of:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
version of:
Phantom Engineer
version of:
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
0:24
14It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 3, 7/29/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Russ Savakus (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
version of:
Phantom Engineer
version of:
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
3:42
15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 4, 7/29/1965, released on Highway 61 Revisited, 1965)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
later releases:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry by Bob Dylan
recording of:
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
version of:
Phantom Engineer
version of:
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
3.54:14
16Positively 4th Street (takes 1–3, 7/29/1965, false starts)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Russ Savakus (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
partial recording of:
Positively 4th Street (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
0:57
17Positively 4th Street (take 4, 7/29/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
bass guitar [bass]:
Russ Savakus (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Positively 4th Street (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
4:24
18Positively 4th Street (take 5, 7/29/1965, complete)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
mixer:
Steve Addabbo
bass guitar [bass]:
Russ Savakus (on 1965-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Gregg (on 1965-07-29)
guitar:
Mike Bloomfield (on 1965-07-29) and Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
organ:
Al Kooper (on 1965-07-29)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist) (on 1965-07-29)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1965-07-29)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 2015)
recording of:
Positively 4th Street (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
4:25
19Positively 4th Street (take 6, 7/29/1965, breakdown)
recording of:
Positively 4th Street (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
0:53
20Positively 4th Street (take 7, 7/29/1965, breakdown)
recording of:
Positively 4th Street (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
1:13
21Positively 4th Street (take 8, 7/29/1965, breakdown)
recording of:
Positively 4th Street (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
2:56
22Positively 4th Street (take 10, 7/29/1965, breakdown)
recording of:
Positively 4th Street (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
1:02
23Positively 4th Street (take 12, 7/29/1965, released as a single, 1965)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1965-07)
producer:
Bob Johnston (US record producer and early rockebilly singer)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1965 (recordings) (number: 8) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 203)
recording of:
Positively 4th Street (on 1965-07-29)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1965-06 until 1965-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993) and Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
4.54:23
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Credits

Release group

part of:The Bootleg Series (Bob Dylan) (number: 12) (order: 12)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/911191 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0002886446 [info]
Wikidata:Q21012567 [info]