Bob Dylan: Blood On The Tracks: New York Sessions

Crazy Joe reates this CD 5 on a 0 - 5 scale.



>Subject: Where Beauty Goes Unrecognized #15
>From: E.W.Schoneveld@caiw.nl (Eric Schoneveld)
>Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 19:36:24 GMT

>New York Sessions
>No. 556
>Scorpio
>Blood on the tracks Acetate Sept. 74
>Tangled up in blue : Simple twist of fate : You're a big girl now : Idiot
>Wind : You're gonna make me lonesome : Meet me in the morning : Lilly
>Rosemary and the jack of hearts : If you see her say hello : Shelter from
>the storm : Buckets of Rain
>
>A new acetate of the 'original'  blood on the tracks album appeared and
>this is a direct copy ! This copy is much cleaner and has no skips,
>essential Dylan stuff !!!

>Rating 5/5



>From: rberg51@aol.com (RBERG51)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Dylan boot: NEW YORK SESSIONS
>Date: 18 Mar 1998 22:36:35 GMT
>Message-ID: <1998031822363500.RAA17980@ladder03.news.aol.com>

>Does anyone know about a Dylan boot on the A&R label called NEW YORK SESSIONS. 
>This is a cd, not cdr.  It's the Blood acetate again, but this time it follows
>the tracking order on the lp
>tangled up in blue, simple twist of fate, you're a big girl now, idiot wind,
>you're gonna make me lonesome when you go, meet me in the morning, lilly,
>rosemary and the jack of hearts, if you see her say hello, shelfter from the
>storm, buckets of rain.
>tracks attributed to A&R Studios, 9/12,16,23/74
>
>it is from an acetate
>
>Neil



>From: yerrp@aol.com (Yerrp)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Lots of Dylan info in ICE #133
>Date: 25 Mar 1998 03:22:49 GMT
>Message-ID: <1998032503224900.WAA19916@ladder03.news.aol.com>

>Just recieved my latest issue of ICE in today's mail and there certainly was a
>considerable amount of Dylan information:

>* seems that Wild Wolf is releasing Blood on the Tracks: New York Sessions
>which offers up the "ultra scare test pressing" of that great LP.  Then the
>blurb states: "there's even rumors of an impending, definitive two-CD version
>of the set, which would add the five Minneapolis recordings at the proper
>speed".  

>tony

>From: yerrp@aol.com (Yerrp)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Lots of Dylan info in ICE #133
>Date: 25 Mar 1998 11:39:31 GMT
>Message-ID: <1998032511393101.GAA05503@ladder03.news.aol.com>

>>Would this include tracks in addition to those available on Blood on the
>>Tapes?  I
>>thought that Blood on the Tapes included all the known circulating
>>outtakes/alternates from BotT.
>
>The article (actually nothing more than a lengthy paragraph) didn't specify. 
>I, too, was under the impression that all known takes had been compiled onto
>the recent Blood on the Tapes.  Perhaps one of the discs is the entire album as
>it would have been had the acetate been released first.  
>
>tony



>From: nak300@aol.com (NAK 300)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: BOTT New York Sessions CD
>Message-ID: <1998041916372800.MAA22924@ladder01.news.aol.com>
>Date: 19 Apr 1998 16:37:28 GMT

>For those who are interesed....a brand new CD of the BOTT sessions is now out,
>and is in absolute primo quality. A second disk was to be included in this
>package
>that was from the half-speed masters of the Minnesota sessions outtakes, but I
>am told that it suffered from digital noise and it was scraped. However the new
>single disk IMO is even better than the official release. This was taken
>directly from the original master acetate, it does have a few clicks & pops on
>it, but the recording quality and the dynamics of it far surpass any flaws.
>Fantastic artwork with the original Pete Hamill essay and a great photo of
>Dylan from the Bottom Line in NYC taken on 9-16-74 are included. Also included
>are the dates that the tracks were recorded and the disk itself was made to
>look like it came right from Columbia A&R Studios in NYC. This is 53:56 of
>essential Bob Dylan listening !!



>From: wdevil@aa.net (TMQ)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: BOTT New York Sessions CD
>Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 17:50:58 -0800
>Message-ID: 

>The old BOTT boot was a far cry from the original acetate ...
>It's the same material, just miles beyond the BOTT boot in sonic quality.



>From: murcura@aol.com (Murcura)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Blood on the tapes (two versions)
>Message-ID: <1998052206192500.CAA00105@ladder01.news.aol.com>
>Date: 22 May 1998 06:19:25 GMT

>When I first got "Blood On The Tapes" I thought it was a good
>CD -- a catch-all of all the *released* outtakes with a few
>booted NYC versions tossed in. Sound quality of the booted 
>tracks (as opposed to the pirated tracks) was "best ever" but 
>not great.
>
>I recently picked up the "New York Sessions: Blood On The Tracks"
>(not "Tapes", BTW) CD, and -- hoo boy -- is it good! Correction:
.great, stupendous, wonderful, magical, etc. Rather than being a 
>compilation of outtakes, "NY Sessions" is the original acetate
>of the original "BOTT" LP, and only upon listening to THIS CD
>can one appreciate the original BOTT. 
>
>Oh, I'd tried compiling an "original" BOTT using the Biograph 
>and Bootleg Series cuts, but I was always underwhelmed by 
>the resulting "album", and I wondered why people lamented 
>the alleged bowdlerization of this classic. Now that I've heard 
>the acetate, I know why people wax poetic about the NYC BOTT. 
>
>The Biograph and Bootleg Series cuts are *all* different from 
>original acetate and, IMHO, inferior. I hate to sound all Heylin-
>esque, but Sony/Rosen/Bob really botched it when selecting
>which NYC takes would be released. "Idiot Wind" is the most 
>glaring example, with the "official outtake" using a different 
>take and omitting the otherworldly organ of the acetate version.
>"You're a Big Girl Now" from Biograph uses the same take as the
>acetate, but the mix is off, and also muffles/removes some
>vital organ noodlings which shine through on the acetate. The
>acatate "If You See Her" is vastly superior to the Bootleg Series
>take, as is the acetate "Tangled Up In Blue", IMO.
>
>A quick note on the sound: If you haven't already inferred it,
>the sound is spectacular -- warm, crisp, clear, and possessing
>a unity of "feel" which the Biograph/Boot Series mixes do not.
>A small example: The acetate "Idiot Wind" ends with a nice
>harmonica solo. "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome" begins with
>harmonica. The sound and feel of the harmonica on these songs 
>(and others) is so similar that you feel like Dylan played the
>entire album in one sitting, and someone just taped it. 
>
>*This* is the magic of the NYC BOTT, I think. Because the acetate 
>CD uses the original 1974 mix, it flows and hangs together in a
>way which a compilation of the "official" outtakes (using,
>presumably, a mish-mash of 1974, 1985, and 1991 mixes and
>re-mixes) cannot. One more thing on sound: this CD is incredibly
>clean and clear, but it doesn't suffer from heavy-handed noise
>reduction. You'll hear a few clicks and pops, but this only enhances
>the mood.
>
>Hearing the acetate (compulsively, for several weeks now), 
>I can fully appreciate the "original" vision of this album. I won't
>go so far as to say that I prefer the NYC version, though. I like
>the Minnesota "Tangled" better than the NYC, although both are
>great. "Lily Rosemary" *has* to be a rollicking travelogue, and
>it drags in the NYC version, IMO. "Idiot Wind" is almost two
>different songs, both worthy of official release. And unlike the
>other Minnesota remakes, which seem to indicate a hardening
>of sentiments, "If You See Her" seems softer, sadder in its
>midwest incarnation, and I prefer this version. "You're a Big
>Girl," however, is clearly superior in its original form. All in 
>all, if you love BOTT, you owe it to yourself to seek out this
>copy of the NYC acetate.
>
>Now here's *my* question: ICE Magazine mentioned the "New 
>York Sessions" CD and said there was a limited-edition 2-CD
>version with the so-called "speed corrected" versions of the
>Minnesota tracks -- allegedly in better fidelity than the official
>CD! Has anyone seen/bought the 2-CD version of this boot?

>Sean Murdock



>From: "T.J. Young" 
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: New York Sessions: impressions
>Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1998 17:36:50 -0700
>Message-ID: <6spmhh$i9$1@supernews.com>

>I finally managed to procure a copy of the much discussed _New  York
>Sessions_ disc.  I'm one happy camper. Despite an audio glitch as "Idiot
>Wind" begins (I wonder if this was a production glitch unique to mine, or a
>mastering error?)  the sound quality is superb-- easily the best transfer
>I've heard from the NY acetate.  Although the pops and crackles are present,
>they are minimal, and the only time they prove distracting is between
>"You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" and "Meet Me in the Morning"
>when there is a brief moment of total silence when the record was flipped.
>Otherwise the transfer is gorgeous, with the bass and background instruments
>clearly defined.  What's more, hearing the songs in their original sequence
>provides a radically different listening experience than the scattershot
>manner these tracks have leaked onto bootleg over the years.  _Blood on the
>Tracks_, as originally recorded, is simply a magnificent record.... subdued,
>introspective, heartfelt.  Simply splendid.



> From: murcura@aol.com (Murcura)
> Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
> Subject: Re: Blood on the Tracks (demos, outtakes etc...)
> Date: 11 Nov 1998 05:36:44 GMT

> Forget about Blood on the Tapes and search the earth for "The New
> York Sessions" -- the original LP from a clean (or cleaned-up) acetate,
> with near-perfect sound. It gives a whole new perspective to the album.
> Key tracks which have made it onto official releases ("Idiot Wind", 
> "You're a Big Girl Now") are NOT the same as the acetate, and are IMHO
> inferior to the acetate takes/mixes. I never liked the NY versions as I
> heard them on Bootleg Series and Biograph, but hearing the entire album,
> I love them. Try to find it.
 
> Sean Murdock