More Blood, More Tracks

Kinda good isn't it.

ewemon posted:

Kinda good isn't it.

Yeah, kinda...

I have a Vinyl copy on the way from Zoom (thanks Richard). I believe mine is just a single LP of the Blood on the Tracks songs. I hadn’t realised there were 88 tracks available. Is that a box set?

Package it however you want. Bottom line is there will be blood.

I opted for the double vinyl (pretty reasonable price for a new release). Half way through and I have to say is it is rather good. If you like the original then this is well worth getting.

Now deciding if I need the expensive 6cd set! 

Gary

On holiday right now but just had confirmation that the 6 cd set is awaiting my return. I think I saw somewhere that this is limited to 6,500 sets in the UK.

You got to hand it to Bob & Co they really do a great job on the bootleg series.

Waiting for my 6-CD deluxe set  from the rain forest.  Delivery Monday. Really looking forward to this. Outtakes from the greatest album by the greatest performer of popular music in history......... IMHO.

Those who have received it, what's it like ???

I was kind of interested in the 6-CD set, but in the end it was just a bit too much (and too expensive) so in the end I plumped for the 2-LP edition. Which is utterly fantastic. Fortunate a mate who is a Dylan nut bought the big box, so at least I'll get the chance to listen to it once.

The 6-CD version is available for download on Qobuz - £42:49p for Sublime subscribers.

The vinyl 2lp set is the best £20 I have spent this year - enjoy folks and please report back on the 6cd set.

Gary

Wugged Woy posted:

Waiting for my 6-CD deluxe set  from the rain forest.  Delivery Monday. Really looking forward to this. Outtakes from the greatest album by the greatest performer of popular music in history......... IMHO.

Those who have received it, what's it like ???

I think we’ve been here before but isn’t the greatest album Planet Waves although have to admit Blood on the Tracks is a very close second. 

kevin J Carden posted:

I have a Vinyl copy on the way from Zoom (thanks Richard). I believe mine is just a single LP of the Blood on the Tracks songs. I hadn’t realised there were 88 tracks available. Is that a box set?

As others have noted, it’s available as a 6 CD box, or as a 96/24 download, which is what I bought. Qobuz is also offering a 16 bit download at €62.49 vs €74.49 for the 96/24. I bought from Hdtracks USA for $67.99, after using a 15% discount code.

Don’t like to follow my own post, but having gone through all 87 tracks (88 included the pdf), and done some comparisons, this set has significantly improved on the 24 bit version of the original album which was already released. Smoke and mirrors indeed.....

Tomorrow, I’ll go back to the (ripped !) CD version to compare.......

AndyP19 posted:

Wugged Woy posted:

Waiting for my 6-CD deluxe set  from the rain forest.  Delivery Monday. Really looking forward to this. Outtakes from the greatest album by the greatest performer of popular music in history......... IMHO.

Those who have received it, what's it like ???

I think we’ve been here before but isn’t the greatest album Planet Waves although have to admit Blood on the Tracks is a very close second. 

Hah ! I have shared your love of Planet Waves before, indeed Great as it is, I just think BOTT just pips it !

What an amazing run of albums he had in the 70's though : Planet Waves, BOTT, Desire, Street Legal and Slow Train Coming (not to mention the live albums). Just fabulous.

I've just finished playing the 6 CD set and what a joy. It's great to hear how the songs evolved - Tangled Up In Blue changing from the third person to the first and "working all the while in an airplance plant loading cargo into a truck" to "working all the while on a fishing boat right outside of Delacroix". 

Whilst, the New York sessions would have made a superb album, at the end of the day I think the re-recording of the tracks in Minnesota and the final track selection for the album was the right decision. Just amazing how he wrote the songs in the summer of 1974, recorded the album at the end of the year and released it January 1975.

Just opened up the Bobbie Gentry set but I've been side-tracked by the first two albums by Lani Hall and the Beatles white album deluxe (not interested in the super deluxe) set and wondering what will be on Volume 15 of the Bob Dylan Bootleg Series.

Although I’ve most of the big bootleg boxes (Basement Tapes) etc. objectively this is a surprisingly weak collection and shows just how right Bob got the final release. I opted for the smaller cd version having heard the big box and there are 3 stunningly different and worthwhile tracks whilst the remainder are interesting but all a little meh. 

As they say, Mike, you pays your money and you takes your choice......