The Band: Crossing The Great Devide 1961-1991 - The Genuine Bootleg Sereis, Take 4

Crazy Joe rates the overall quality A (on a scale from F to A), meaning astounding, and the recording quality 8 (on a scale from 0 to 9), meaning astounding.

>From: mretramp@aol.com (MrETramp)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Genuine Bootleg Sereis (sic), Take 4
>Date: 5 Dec 1997 21:50:20 GMT

>While at my friendly local independent record dealer to pick up my copy of the
>new promo EP, the store guy (I assume he's the owner) showed me a new boot that
>had just arrived:  The Genuine Bootleg Sereis (sic), Take 4.  Packaged
>similarly to the first and second editions of the Genuine Bootleg Series, this
>three CD set focusses entirely on unreleased material by the Band.  A good
>portion of the tracks do feature Dylan, including Highway 61 from Isle of
>Wight, some Planet Waves outtakes, etc.

>David Bachman



>From: phyatt1962@aol.com (PHyatt1962)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: The Genuine Bootleg Series  Take 4
>Date: 8 Dec 1997 20:54:28 GMT

>I was able to gather some information on this title.
>
>Apparently, it is a 3 CD set of The Band, basically from 1961-1976 (with a few
>cuts after that period), with only a small amount of Dylan content that is
>available elsewhere (The Last Waltz/ Manchester 1966).  
>
>I was also told of a manufacturing defect in one of the discs.



>From: rberg51@aol.com (RBERG51)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Crossing The Great Divide (Scorpio, 1997)...
>Date: 12 Dec 1997 19:00:07 GMT

>Across the Great Divide has some dylan content.  About one third.  some of it
>you already have, and some is in rough quality.
>
>Neil



>From: Bob Stacy 
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Crossing The Great Divide
>Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 00:26:30 -0500

>We've just had a chance to listen to the Dylan tracks on Crossing The
>Great Divide 1961-1991 (The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 4).
>
>Note: This is a The Band/The Hawks disc (a 3 CD), *not* a Bob Dylan
>disc.  Plenty of good reasons to go looking for this collection -
>especially when you yearn for those cool Canadian cold fronts
>(w/distinctive Arkansas flavor).  Sadly, there's not enough Dylan
>presence to go after it solely for its Bob content.
>
>As usual for the Gen Boot Series, this one continues the same tradition
>of high production values with multiple gatefold glossy-color sleeves.
>It also sports inner disc sleeves (each w/color pics + tracklist) and a
>36-page booklet containing full text of the July '91 Goldmine article
>along with more photos and the track listings.
>
>I won't talk about all the tracks (58 in all), but here's the ones on
>which Dylan is identified:
>
>1. "Number One" (the Band Session usual from fall 1965) - It's been
>circulating for about a 100 years.
>
>2. "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" (Manchester 5/17/66) - The guys on
>GK&TCF did it much better ;-)
>
>3. "I AmYour Teenage Prayer" (Big Pink 1967) - Same track as on the
>Genuine Basements, but this one has a different (clearer?) sound
>fidelity.
>
>4. "Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies" (Big Pink 1967) - This
>circulates on some tapes, but perhaps because it is partial and might
>have been considered pretty terrible, it didn't make it onto the Genuine
>Basements.  Dylan shows up in a folkish Tiny Tim falsetto with
>questionable musical backing.  After a couple of minutes, he ends his
>misery calling for a G-chord.  Crazy, but the more I hear it, the more I
>like it because it's authentic to the basement sensibility.  No chance
>yet to make a lyric comparison with the version he did at the McKenzie's
>six years earlier.
>
>5. "Instrumental II" (Big Pink 1967) - Well I guess.  One and a half
>minutes of piano-organ-guitar-drums.  Hard to tell if Bob is even on
>here.  Haven't had a chance to compare this one to the instrumental
>tracks that appear on the Down In The Basement CD.
>
>6. "Yazoo Street Scandal" (Big Pink 1967) - Mistake?  Pretty sure this
>is same as the released version.  Krogs and most others say Dylan is
>probably not on this track.  Is there information to the contrary?
>
>7. "Highway 61 Revisited" (Isle of Wight, 8/31/69) - An
>audience-recorded track and not as good as that generally circulating.
>
>8. "Crosswind Jamboree" (instrumental)  - To my knowledge, I take this
>as newly circulating from the Planet Waves sessions.  In his Recording
>Sessions articles, Krogsgaard placed it as Nov 2, 1973.  Seems like it
>might have been more of a warm up than anything else.  Dylan does a
>brief count-in and they are off for 3 mins of something that sounds like
>"Turkey" or "Tom Turkey" from earlier in the year.  BTW - the track
>preceding this one is a catchy "Instrumental Jam" (apparently no
>Dylan).  It's also from the "PW" sessions and features great keyboard
>work by Garth Hudson.
>
>9. "The Weight" - (Lone Star Cafe 5/29/88) - Long circulating and
>available on other CD sources.
>
>10. "Nadine" - (also from 5/29/88) - Oddly, this is not attributed as a
>Dylan track in the listing, but most definitely it *is*.  It's also
>available on Genuine Bootleg Series-Take 2.
>
>That's it - that's all the Bob stuff - except for lots of nice versions
>of his songs by a group of people who have a real feel for the music and
>know *exactly* what they're doing.  The same goes for all the other
>stuff they play on here.  From bar band to the big time.  These guys
>have been around the block and have crossed way over the big divide.



>From: Bob Stacy 
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Crossing The Great Divide
>Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 22:22:38 -0500

>Bob Stacy wrote:
>
>> .... Dylan tracks on Crossing The Great Divide 1961-1991
>
>> (The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 4).
>
>> 6. "Yazoo Street Scandal" (Big Pink 1967) - Mistake?  Pretty sure this
>>
>> is same as the released version.  Krogs and most others say Dylan is
>> probably not on this track.  Is there information to the contrary?
>
>Reviewer's error on a misread of the slightly confused tracklistings.
>This one is *not* identified as Dylan accompanying.
>
>See full list of tracks below.
>
>I believe the 1/31/74 tracks to be the evening show but haven't made
>positive ID.

>----------------------------------------
>
>DISC 1
>The Hawks (with Levon Helm on vocals - September 18, 1961)
>1. What A Party
>2. Farther Up The Road
>3. She's Nineteen
>
>Levon And The Hawks (Texas - 1964)
>4. You Don't Know Me
>
>The Canadian Squires (45 - 1964)
>5. Leave Me Alone
>
>Levon & The Hawks (45, Atco 1965)
>6. He Don't Love You
>7. The Stones I Throw
>
>Bob Dylan And The Hawks
>(studio out-take, Sunset Studios, Los Angeles, November 30, 1965)
>8. Number One
>
>Bob Dylan And The Hawks (Manchester, May 17,1966)
>9. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
>
>The Hawks (Big Pink, 1967) *w/ Bob Dylan
>10. I'm Your Teenage Prayer *
>11. Ruben Remus (instrumental)
>12. Yazoo Street Scandal I
>13. You Say You Love Me I
>14. You Say You Love Me II
>15. Orange Juice Blues (instrumental)
>16. Instrumental
>17. Come All Ye Fair & Tender Ladies *
>18. Beautiful Thing I
>19. Beautiful Thing II
>20. Orange Juice Blues
>21. Instrumental II *
>22. Ferdinand The Imposter
>23. If I Lose
>24. Bacon Fat (inc.)
>
>DISC 2
>25. Katie's Been Gone
>26. Ruben Remus
>27. Yazoo Street Scandal
>
>'The Band' outtake (Bearsville Studios, 1969)
>28. Get Up Jake
>29. Baby, Don't You Do It
>
>(Woodstock, August 19, 1969)
>30. Don't Ya Tell Henry
>31. Tears Of Rage
>
>Bob Dylan & The Band (Isle Of Wight, August 31, 1969)
>32. Highway 61 Revisited
>
>(Hollywood Bowl October 7, 1970)
>33. The Night They Drove ol' Dixie Down
>34. Across The Great Divide
>
>(Rock Of Ages outtakes, December 31, 1971)
>35. Up On Cripple Creek
>36. The Rumor
>37. Time To Kill
>38. Strawberry Wine
>39. Rockin' Chair
>40. This Wheel's On Fire
>41. Smoke Signal
>42. I Shall Be Released
>
>DISC 3
>43. Caledonia Mission
>44. Loving You (Is Sweeter Than Ever)
>
>(Roosevelt Stadium, NJ. January 1973)
>45. Share Your Love
>
>Bob Dylan & The Band (Planet Waves outtakes, November 1973)
>46. Instrumental Jam
>47. Crosswind Jamboree
>
>(Madison Square Garden, January 31, 1974)
>48. King Harvest
>49. Rag Mama Rag
>50. This Wheel's On Fire
>
>(Last Waltz, Winterland, November 25, 1976)
>51. It Makes No Difference
>52. Baby, Don't You Do It
>
>(Osaka August 29, 1983)
>53. Long Black Veil
>
>Levon Helm & Bob Dylan (Lone Star Cafe, May 29, 1988)
>54. The Weight
>55. Nadine
>
>(1991 'Jericho' demos)
>56. Blind Willie McTell
>57. Atlantic City
>58. Soul Deep



>From: Bob Stacy 
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Genuine Basement Tapes Query
>Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 22:03:26 -0400
>Message-ID: <353D4FED.22B8B12D@usit.net>

>On Crossing The Great Divide, the track "You Say You Love Me #1" is the
>same as the unlisted track 20 on Genuine Basement Tapes CD 1. "You Say
>You Love Me #2" is a slightly shorter, but different take available
>(only?) on Crossing The Great Divide.
>
>The track called "If I Lose" on Crossing The Great Divide is the same as
>the unlisted track #20 (w/"If I Lose" hookline) that's on Genuine
>Basement Tapes CD 4.
>
>All of the above are Band tracks (no detectable Dylan).

>From: rcj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Craig Jamieson)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Genuine Basement Tapes Query
>Date: 30 Apr 1998 11:40:42 GMT
>Message-ID: <6i9nvq$gh1$1@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
>
>: On Crossing The Great Divide, the track "You Say You Love Me #1" is the
>: same as the unlisted track 20 on Genuine Basement Tapes CD 1. "You Say
>: You Love Me #2" is a slightly shorter, but different take available
>: (only?) on Crossing The Great Divide.
>
>The only CD of which I know. 
>
>Readers will recall the second shorter version on their vinyl copies of 
>The Basement Tapes Volume One / Blind Boy Grunt & The Hawks (Surprise
>Recordings, BD1967A, [1986]).



>From: lettiere@ix.netcom.com (Gowron)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Gen Boot 4
>Date: Sun, 03 May 1998 07:14:13 GMT
>Message-ID: <354c18fb.45833285@nntp.ix.netcom.com>

>>Does anyone know anything a bout Genuine Bootleg Series 4 -a 3 CD set with
>>the band perhaps on Scorpio?

>This should help:
> 
>
>Tracks
>Disc 1 - What a Party
>The Hawks with Levon Helm on vocals, September 18, 1961: 
>What A Party 
>Farther Up The Road 
>She's Nineteen 
>Levon & The Hawks, Texas, 1964: 
>
>You Don't Know Me 
>The Canadian Squires, 45 single, 1964: 
>
>Leave Me Alone 
>Levon & The Hawks, 45 single, Atco, 1965: 
>
>He Don't Love You 
>The Stones I Throw 
>Bob Dylan and the Hawks, studio out-take, Sunset Studios, Los Angeles, November 30, 1965: 
>
>Number One
>
>Bob Dylan and the Hawks, Manchester, May 17,1966: 
>
>Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 
>The Hawks, Big Pink, 1967 (*: w/ Bob Dylan): 
>
>I'm Your Teenage Prayer * 
>Ruben Remus (instrumental) 
>Yazoo Street Scandal I 
>You Say You Love Me I 
>You Say You Love Me II 
>Orange Juice Blues (instrumental) 
>Instrumental 
>Come All Ye Fair & Tender Ladies * 
>Beautiful Thing I 
>Beautiful Thing II 
>Orange Juice Blues 
>Instrumental II * 
>Ferdinand The Imposter 
>If I Lose 
>Bacon Fat (inc.) 
>Disc 2 - The Crackers, "Time To Kill"
>Katie's Been Gone 
>Ruben Remus 
>Yazoo Street Scandal II 
>The Band outtakes, Bearsville Studios, 1969:
>(Levon's book says the The Band outtakes were at The Hit Factory, and also seems to imply that maybe
>one of the cuts was actually recorded in California, see pp. 194-195.) 
>
>Get Up Jake 
>Baby, Don't You Do It 
>Woodstock, August 19, 1969:
>(Woodstock was 17th of August 1969, not 19th as the bootleg says. Also of note is that the source
>tape changes to a different one at 00:01:41 in middle of "Don't Ya Tell Henry.") 
>
>Don't Ya Tell Henry 
>Tears Of Rage 
>Bob Dylan & The Band, Isle Of Wight, August 31, 1969: 
>
>Highway 61 Revisited 
>Hollywood Bowl October 7, 1970:
>(Hollywood bowl is 10th July, not 7th October. This is a mistake from an old Italian bootleg that
>got the US month/day switched with their day/month syntax.) 
>
>The Night They Drove ol' Dixie Down 
>Across The Great Divide 
>Rock of Ages outtakes, December 31, 1971: 
>
>Up On Cripple Creek 
>The Rumor 
>Time To Kill 
>Strawberry Wine 
>Rockin' Chair 
>This Wheel's On Fire 
>Smoke Signal 
>I Shall Be Released 
>Disc 3 - The Band, "Share Your Love"
>Caledonia Mission 
>Loving You (Is Sweeter Than Ever) 
>Roosevelt Stadium, NJ, August 1973:
>(The Roosevelt stadium cut is probably from 31 July, the 1 August show tape does not have that song,
>that is about the only difference between those two shows.) 
>
>Share Your Love 
>Bob Dylan & The Band, Planet Waves outtakes, November 1973: 
>
>Instrumental Jam 
>Crosswind Jamboree 
>Madison Square Garden, January 31, 1974: 
>
>King Harvest 
>Rag Mama Rag 
>This Wheel's On Fire 
>The Last Waltz, Winterland, November 25, 1976: 
>
>It Makes No Difference 
>Baby, Don't You Do It 
>Osaka August 29, 1983: 
>
>Long Black Veil 
>Levon Helm & Bob Dylan, Lone Star Cafe, May 29, 1988: 
>
>The Weight 
>Nadine 
>1991 Jericho demos: 
>
>Blind Willie McTell 
>Atlantic City 
>Soul Deep 
>The Band - Crossing the Great Divide - 1997 - Scorpio ?