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Guess what else is being released on August 27th?

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Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 "Another Self Portrait" by Bob Dylan.

It will include a few songs from New Morning and Nashville Skyline, but the bulk of the material comes from the demos of Self Portrait. There is a deluxe edition, which will include the full Isle of Wight Festival concert (which the live cuts on Self Portrait originated from) and a remastered Self Portrait. Greil Marcus, ironically/ingeniously, will also being writing liner notes for the set. An excerpt of those notes say that the demos "are arresting," before all the sweetening happened.

Rolling Stone has all the info, with history on the album:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bob-dylan-revisits-self-portrait-on-next-edition-of-bootleg-series-20130716

And here's a promo for the album (thanks for finding this, heysaboda):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFdgwMhWcV4&feature=youtu.be

And, if you are so inclined, you can pre-order CD version here from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Another-Self-Portrait-1969-1971-Bootleg/dp/B00DY951RQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1373992407&sr=1-1&keywords=another+self+portrait

And here you can pre-order the vinyl:
http://www.amazon.com/Another-Self-Portrait-1969-1971-Bootleg/dp/B00DY951TO/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I feel the urge to buy this, but not the luxury edition...

http://www.amazon.com/Another-Self-Portrait-1969-1971-Bootleg/dp/B00DY951TO/ref=lh_ni_t?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Vinyl like ours should have.

Is it just me or does Dylan's new painting for the album look like Brian Wilson kinda?

I have noticed this also!

From what I understand, The Isle of Wight show is pretty rough, but still, it'll be a neat thing to have. Also, if the demo for Wigwam is the same one on the RSD single, then I will really be looking forward to this. Can't stand the original version with those terrible horn overdubs.

I have an old circa early seventies Isle of Wright boot. Sound is really good and I personally like the show but I very much like his late sixties style and voice. Self Portrait and Dylan had some bad stuff but some really good things too.

The Isle of Wight recording is one of the few vinyl boots I have. It's a nice show - no comparison to the 1966 concerts, not that kind of intensity, but Bob with The Band is always a good combination. Some of the best tracks from the show were not included on the original Self Portrait. Very much looking forward to this release.

Good way to describe the show.

Nothing beats Bob Dylan and the band! :hat

Really looking forward to this - the New Morning stuff is some of my favourite Dylan. An alternate When Dogs Run Free?!

New Morning is fantastic.

One of the songs to be included is "Pretty Saro." It was an outtake from Self Portrait, has never been bootlegged, and is now finally seeing the light of day on Another Self Portrait.
Here's the song with some other information:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/bob-dylans-lost-1970-gem-pretty-saro-premiere-20130807

15 tracks from this are streaming on the Grauniad website - a shame as it doesn't have a lot of the tracks I wanted to hear, but it sounds pretty good!

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/aug/19/bob-dylan-bootleg-series-ten-self-portrait-stream

Sames for american fans can be found on the NPR website.

After much anxious waiting, the deluxe Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 finally arrived at my house.

Great music and fantastic packaging. I couldn't ask for more.

I can't use the word "awesome" for this set because that word is so overused, but I will say "awe inspiring".

Each of these songs/performances is a little jewel.

Honestly, this is too good to be real.

I am a huge Dylan fan, but this set has knocked my socks off.

To anyone on the fence, if you like "acoustic Bob" or "happy Bob from 1969-70" then GET this RIGHT AWAY!

Once again, Bob left ALL THE GOOD STUFF off his official album!  Why Bob why LOL!

"Pretty Saro" my fave so far.

How much other stuff is Bob STILL holding back LOL?

The deluxe set should be arriving tomorrow. All the bootleg series have been great so far. Really looking forward to this one.

The new (to us) version of Spanish Is The Loving Tongue!

oh my goodness!!!

boda -- you get the deluxe set?

Is this worth buying if you don't have New Morning? I have JWL and NS tho...

Buy New Morning.


Then buy this. TBF, the majority of tracks are from the Self Portrait sessions.

I wouldn't say the majority of it is from the Self Portrait sessions. Only 17 of the 35 are.
There's ten New Morning tracks, two Nashville Skyline tracks, one track from The Basement Tapes sessions,  a demo of "When I Paint My Masterpiece," and an unreleased Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 track "Only a Hobo." The rest are live various live Isle of Wight songs, I suppose for those who didn't spring for the deluxe version.

Deluxe version has the complete, live "Isle of Wight" show and a 2013 remaster of Self Portrait.

Why would they put a Basement Tape session here? That was in 1967...

I do believe it was just recently discovered.
I'm fine with the choice. I'd rather have it than not.

Spotify has a highlights disc up for listening. This is one I just may have to 'dig down deep' and spring for the deluxe version.

Another Self Portrait...i cannot understate how impressed i am with this. A poster further upthread described it as too good to be real, and that's exactly it. How have these tracks remained unreleased for so long?

So fresh, so alive. I didn't get on with Self Portrait, but I love New Morning, which is strange seeing as they were recorded almost simultaneously, and listening to this set there is less of a difference between them. The road diverged and the songs on each jeff went their separate ways.

Bob is singing on This Evening So Soon!? Actually singing, not his false Nashville croon, but stretching out his voice and hitting high (for Bob) notes.

So, even if you have Self Portrait, and New Morning, get this. It sounds quite different.

It is odd that Minstrel Boy was included, should really have been saved for that Bootleg Series 14: Complete Basement Tapes that i'm begging for. I think it came from Garth Hudson's personal stash, so maybe it's a way to help him out financially.

This evening so soon is phenomenal. So much good stuff on there that i've not yet managed to absorb it all.

I wish the full slate of songs was available on Spotify. I have only a 15-song sample and I have been too immersed with MiC to check out the samples. These comments are encouraging me  to do so.

What a great album! Not a clunker in the bunch. I have to say, the overdubbed New Morning songs sound fantastic. Some of those songs don't even sound the same (that's a good thing BTW). On the other end of the overdub spectrum, some of those naked Self Portrait tunes are lovely, especially Wigwam and All The Tired Horses. The alternate If Not For You is beautiful, as is Spanish is The Loving Tongue and the demo for When I Paint My Masterpiece. Oh and the Isle of Wight stuff is awesome. Once again, this is a great album.

I love this set so much. Really wonderful performances. Gives a bit of credence to Dylan's admission that he just released a tonne of the crappest stuff with ridiculous overdubs on it to piss off his audience, though. The basic tracks just rule, why send them off to Nashville to get string overdubs?

I will stand by Copper Kettle's overdubs though, if only because I kinda love Bob giving a ridic impassioned performance of how to properly build a fire over soaring strings. And All The Tired Horses, because it's All The Tired Horses. Dylan's 'Our Prayer'.

The Isle Of Wight gig is wonderful too - I'd never heard it before in full, some really great stuff from Bob, like John Wesley Harding tracks. The version of It Ain't Me, Babe features possibly his best vocals ever laid down on tape, Bob Dylan could sing, goddammit.

Damn this set is great! I cannot get over how good some of these versions are, and how much this feels like a genuine album. I don't mind Self Portrait at all and play it from time to time but this has totally trumped it. It seems more intitmate and more sincere somehow.

That live version of Highway 61 absolutely smashes it. Man, Levon Helm was talented as f**k

The stripped down Wigwam may be my fave thing on there.

Other highlights:

Went To See the Gypsy #1
House Carpenter
Pretty Saro
Railroad Bill
Thirsty Boots
Working On A Guru

Just placed an order with my girlfriend for the vinyl version for my birthday. What Records have it discounted for anybody interested.

My fave tracks so far is Spanish Is the Loving Tongue.  GEEZ who knew this set would be so effing BRILLIANT?

and, so JOYFUL?

I didn't like the original self portrait but I am thoroughly enjoying the new release.  Better sound quality, alternate versions.   Thats what I love about the Dylan bootleg series........his alternate takes are often, to these ears, better than the originals. 

I agree-it's great.  And if you read about Bob-it isn't a surprise.  He has frequently made some poor choices over what takes to use or what to put out.....The artist of course has the right to decide when the art is finished and how it should sound, but I am glad we can form our own opinion thanks to these kind of releases by Dylan (and the Beach Boys too!!)

Just loving this more and more each time I put it on. I never got the talk about "Dylan can't sing" - no, not today, he wrecked his voice through years of overuse, and constant smoking, but back in the day, he was one of the most expressive singers out there. That's what I enjoy about hearing him interpret other people's songs. The focus with his own songs, for most people anyway, was always the words, the words, the words.... in spite of him having some of the best musicians in the biz - Michael Bloomfield, Al Kooper, The Band, etc. But listen to him singing these old folk and country songs on Another Self Portrait, he just takes these songs and makes them his own.

Some of my favorite Dylan songs are some of his simplest: songs like Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You and Life Is Hard just hit the spot for me.

Yeah, we tend to think of him as writing lyrically complex stuff, but some of his best songs are very basic. Every bar band in the world can play Knockin' on Heaven's Door, and it's only got two verses and a chorus. I never get tired of the Nashville Skyline stuff, especially Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You. Rick Nelson did a version of it that's very similar to Bob's, but with the addition of three part harmony from the Stone Canyon Band.