The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966

Year: 2015
4/5
36 of 36 songs rated
186 ratings in total

The Deluxe Edition of this release includes the complete 1965/66 recording sessions for the masterpiece album trilogy of "Bringing lt All Back Home", "Highway 61 Revisited" and "Blonde On Blonde".
At the 2017 Grammys it won the award for "Best Historical Album".

The Standard Edition (tracklist below) offers a "Best of"-selection from those 6 CDs.

The cover artwork uses an alternate shot from the photography series used for "Blonde On Blonde".

Track	Song	Ratings
1	Love Minus Zero / No Limit [Take 2, Acoustic] (Bob Dylan)	4.9/5 9 votes
2	I'll Keep It with Mine [Take 1, Piano Demo] (Bob Dylan)	4.1/5 8 votes
3	Bob Dylan's 115th Dream [Take 1 & 2, Solo Acoustic] (Bob Dylan)	4.1/5 7 votes
4	She Belongs to Me [Take 1, Solo Acoustic] (Bob Dylan)	4.3/5 7 votes
5	Subterranean Homesick Blues [Take 1, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4.9/5 8 votes
6	Outlaw Blues [Take 2, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4/5 5 votes
7	On the Road Again [Take 4, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	3.8/5 5 votes
8	Farewell, Angelina [Take 1, Solo Acoustic] (Bob Dylan)	4.6/5 9 votes
9	If You Gotta Go, Go Now [Take 2, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4.5/5 4 votes
10	You Don't Have to Do That [Take 1, Solo Acoustic] (Bob Dylan)	3.8/5 4 votes
11	California [Take 1, Solo Acoustic] (Bob Dylan)	4/5 5 votes
12	Mr. Tambourine Man [Take 3 with Band, Incomplete] (Bob Dylan)	4.3/5 4 votes
13	It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry [Take 8, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4.9/5 7 votes
14	Like a Rolling Stone [Take 5, Rehearsal (Short Version)] (Bob Dylan)	3.8/5 5 votes
15	Like a Rolling Stone [Take 11, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4.4/5 5 votes
16	Sitting On a Barbed Wire Fence [Take 2] (Bob Dylan)	3.8/5 4 votes
17	Medicine Sunday [Take 1] (Bob Dylan)	3.5/5 4 votes
18	Desolation Row [Take 2, Piano Demo] (Bob Dylan)	4.5/5 4 votes
19	Desolation Row [Take 1, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4.8/5 4 votes
20	Tombstone Blues [Take 1, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4.4/5 5 votes
21	Positively 4th Street [Take 5, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	3.8/5 4 votes
22	Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window [Take 1, Alternate Take (Short Version)] (Bob Dylan)	4.3/5 4 votes
23	Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [Take 3, Rehearsal] (Bob Dylan)	3.8/5 4 votes
24	Highway 61 Revisited [Take 3, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4/5 4 votes
25	Queen Jane Approximately [Take 5, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4.3/5 4 votes
26	Visions of Johanna [Take 5, Rehearsal] (Bob Dylan)	4/5 5 votes
27	She's Your Lover Now [Take 6, Rehearsal] (Bob Dylan)	4/5 4 votes
28	Lunatic Princess [Take 1] (Bob Dylan)	3.1/5 9 votes
29	Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [Take 8, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	3.8/5 4 votes
30	One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) [Take 19, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	3.5/5 4 votes
31	Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again [Take 13, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4.4/5 5 votes
32	Absolutely Sweet Marie [Take 1, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4/5 4 votes
33	Just Like a Woman [Take 4, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4/5 5 votes
34	Pledging My Time [Take 1, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4/5 5 votes
35	I Want You [Take 4, Alternate Take] (Bob Dylan)	4/5 4 votes
36	Highway 61 Revisited [Take 7, False Start] (Bob Dylan)	4.3/5 4 votes

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The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966

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