flag usa The BOOTLEG SERIES booklets

   The BOOTLEG SERIES, now on a yearly basis publication, brings to light rare and unreleased material, spanning the whole career of Bob Dylan. The CDs and LPs boxes all include booklets on glossy paper or hardcover books, presenting rare photos and informative text.

   They are all gathered below:

bootleg series volume 1-3 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 1-3 - [RARE & UNRELEASED] 1961-1991:

bootleg series volume 1-3 Bob Dylan booklet back     Sony Music Entertainment 1991, 28 pages, softcover. The back of the booklet shows on Bob Dylan's passport a fantasy birth date: 1941 May 11th instead of 24th.
    See Bob Dylan's certificate of birth with the real date here.


bootleg series volume 4 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 4 - BOB DYLAN LIVE 1966 - THE "ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT":

bootleg series volume 4 Bob Dylan booklet Sony Music Entertainment 1999, 38 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 2-LP box set


bootleg series volume 5 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 5 - BOB DYLAN LIVE 1975 THE ROLLING THUNDER REVIEW:

bootleg series volume 5 Bob Dylan booklet SPECIAL EDITION, Sony Music Entertainment 2002, 62 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 3-LP box set


bootleg series volume 6 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 6 - BOB DYLAN LIVE 1964 - CONCERT AT PHILHARMONIC HALL:

bootleg series volume 6 Bob Dylan booklet Classic Records 2004, 54 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 3-LP box set


bootleg series volume 7 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 7 - NO DIRECTION HOME: THE SOUNDTRACK:

bootleg series volume 7 Bob Dylan booklet NO DIRECTION HOME, 2005 Spitfire Holdings INC., Classic Records 2004, 58 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 4-LP box set


bootleg series volume 8 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 8 - TELL TALE SIGNS:

tell tale signs bootleg series volume 8 Bob Dylan book TELL TALE SIGNS - RARE AND UNRELEASED 1989-2006, 58 pages, hardcover book with the 3 CDs and liner notes by Larry 'Ratso' Sloman.






the collected single sleeves in bootleg series volume 8 Bob Dylan book THE COLLECTED SINGLE SLEEVES, compiled by Geoff Gans from the collection of David Eckstrom of Forever Young Records. Sony Music 2008, 168 pages, hardcover book included in the 3-CD box set. There is a hole in the front cover, showing the title as if it was the label of a 7". Thank you to Sergio Mariano Romay for pointing that several names of countries noted inside are wrong.
bootleg series volume 8 lps Bob Dylan book TELL TALE SIGNS, Sony Music 2008, 52 pages, softcover book included in the 4-LP box set


bootleg series volume 9 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 9 - THE WITMARK DEMOS: 1962-1964:

bootleg series volume 9 Bob Dylan booklet Sony Music Entertainment 2010, 56 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 4-LP box set


bootleg series volume 10 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 10 - ANOTHER SELF-PORTRAIT 1969-1971:

time passes slowly bootleg series vol 10 Bob Dylan book TIME PASSES SLOWLY - PHOTOGRAPHS AND MORE... Columbia Records 2013, included into the 4-CD box set, hardcover, 146 pages another self portrait cd bootleg series vol 10 Bob Dylan book ANOTHER SELF-PORTRAIT 1969-1971. The 4 CDs are presented in an hardcover 33-page book "featuring revisionist liner notes penned by Greil Marcus"
bootleg series volume 10 Bob Dylan booklet Columbia Records 2013, 56 unnumbered pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 4-LP box set


bootleg series volume 11 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 11 - BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND - THE BASEMENT TAPES

lo and behold Bob Dylan booklet lp box THE BASEMENT TAPES, Columbia Records 2014, 56 pages, sotcover, included in Bob Dylan And The Band - The Basement Tapes Raw 3-LP box set



lo and behold Bob Dylan book LO & BEHOLD - PHOTOGRAPHS & MORE - DYLAN'S BASEMENT TAPE SHOULD BE RELEASED, Columbia Records 2014, 121 pages, hardcover, included in Bob Dylan And The Band - The Basement Tapes Complete, DeLuxe edition 6-CD box set


bootleg series volume 12 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL.12 - BOB DYLAN 1965-1966 - THE CUTTING EDGE:

mixing up the medicine bootleg series volume 12 Bob Dylan book MIXING UP THE MEDICINE 1965-1966, Sony Music 2016 166 pages, hardcover, included in The Cutting Edge, DeLuxe Edition 16-CD box set


bootleg series volume 12 Bob Dylan 1965-1966 book BOB DYLAN'S 1965-1966, THE CUTTING EDGE COLLECTOR'S EDITION, Sony Music 2016, 72 pages, hardcover, included in The Cutting Edge, DeLuxe Edition (16-CD box set). Detailed listing of the recordings on the 16 CDs
the cutting edge bootleg series volume 12 Bob Dylan book Sony Music 2016, 56 pages, softcover, 12" size, included in the 3-LP box set The Best of The Cutting Edge


bootleg series volume 13 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 13 - TROUBLE NO MORE 1979-1981

pressing on bootleg series Bob Dylan book BOB DYLAN PRESSING ON - PHOTOGRAPHS & MORE 1979-1981, Sony Music 2017. Hardcover, 122 pages, included in the deLuxe CD box set


pressing on bootleg series Bob Dylan book TROUBLE NO MORE 1979-1981, Sony Music 2017. The CDs are presented in a hardcover, 52 pages book, included in the deLuxe CD box set. featuring an essay by Amanda Petrosich and a track-by-track analysis
bootleg series volume 13 Bob Dylan booklet Columbia Records 2017, 58 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 4-LP box set


bootleg series volume 14 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 14 - MORE BLOOD MORE TRACKS:
These items are included into the 6-CD box set. The vinyl version was just a double LP.

more blood more tracks Bob Dylan book MORE BLOOD MORE TRACKS, Sony Music Entertainment 2018, hardcover 60 pages beside the 6 CDs: introduction of the recording sessions and track-by-track presentation




more blood more tracks stories in the press Bob Dylan book STORIES IN THE PRESS - PHOTOGRAPHS, WRITING AND MEMORABILIA, Sony Music Entertainment 2018, hardcover, 122 pages: memorabilia, photographs, magazines and 7" covers; includes replica of the original 57-page notebook containing the handwritten working lyrics for Blood On The Tracks.

...But as Sony "is not perfect (...) due to a printing error, four pages [that's six actually] were left out of the handwritten lyric notebook included in the Deluxe Edition of More Blood, More Tracks" (bobdylan.com). You can see them below:

      more blood more tracks missing pages 8 and 9 Bob Dylan book more blood more tracks missing pages 10 and 11 Bob Dylan book pages 8, 9, 10, 11
      more blood more tracks missing pages 52 and 53 Bob Dylan book pages 52 and 53.

 


bootleg series volume 15 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 15 - TRAVELIN' THRU 1967-1969:

travelin thru lp Bob Dylan book Sony Music Entertainment 2019, softcover, LP size, 20 pages. This is the very nice booklet included in the 3 LP version


bootleg series volume 16 Bob Dylan box SPRINGTIME IN NEW YORK: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 16 1980-1985

springtime in new york Bob Dylan book Sony Music Entertainment 2021, included in the 5-CD version, hardcover, 104 pages.

springtime in new york Bob Dylan cds book Sony Music Entertainment 2021. The 5 CDs are presented in an hardcover 14-page book giving details on every track.
springtime in new york Bob Dylan lps booklet Sony Music Entertainment 2021. Booklet included in the 2-LP version, softcover, LP size, 26 pages

springtime in new york Bob Dylan 4 lps third man Sony Music Entertainment/Third Man Records 2021. Booklet included in the special 4-LP set, softcover, LP size, 16 pages

bootleg series volume 17 Bob Dylan box THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17: FRAGMENTS - TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS 1997-1997

The text and illustrations are the same in the 3 versions.

Fragments 1996-1997 CDs Bob Dylan bookSony Music Entertainment 2023, included in the 5-CD version, hardcover, 100 pages. Fragments 1996-1997 4-LPs Bob Dylan bookSony Music Entertainment 2023, included in the 4-LP version, softcover, 40 pages.
Fragments 1996-1997 10-LPs Bob Dylan bookSony Music Entertainment 2023, included in the 10-LP version (limited edition), softcover, 60 pages.

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