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:

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 1-3 - [RARE & UNRELEASED] 1961-1991:

The liner notes are by John Bauldie.

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.

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 4 - BOB DYLAN LIVE 1966
- THE "ROYAL ALBERT HALL CONCERT":

The liner notes are by Tony Glover.

Sony Music Entertainment 1999, 38 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 2-LP box set

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 5 - BOB DYLAN LIVE 1975 THE ROLLING THUNDER REVIEW:

The liner notes are by Larry Sloman.

SPECIAL EDITION, Sony Music Entertainment 2002, 62 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 3-LP box set

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 6 - BOB DYLAN LIVE 1964
- CONCERT AT PHILHARMONIC HALL:

The liner notes are by Sean Wilentz.

Classic Records 2004, 54 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 3-LP box set

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 7 - NO DIRECTION HOME: THE SOUNDTRACK:

The liner notes are by the historian Colin Escott.

NO DIRECTION HOME, 2005 Spitfire Holdings INC., Classic Records 2004, 58 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 4-LP box set

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 8 - TELL TALE SIGNS:

The liner notes are by Larry Sloman.

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, 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.
TELL TALE SIGNS, Sony Music 2008, 52 pages, softcover book included in the 4-LP box set

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 9 - THE WITMARK DEMOS: 1962-1964:

The liner notes are by the historian Colin Escott.

Sony Music Entertainment 2010, 56 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 4-LP box set

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 10 - ANOTHER SELF-PORTRAIT 1969-1971:

The liner notes are by Greil Marcus.

TIME PASSES SLOWLY - PHOTOGRAPHS AND MORE... Columbia Records 2013, included into the 4-CD box set, hardcover, 146 pages	ANOTHER SELF-PORTRAIT 1969-1971. The 4 CDs are presented in an hardcover 33-page book "featuring revisionist liner notes penned by Greil Marcus"
Columbia Records 2013, 56 unnumbered pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 4-LP box set

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 11 - BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND - THE BASEMENT TAPES

The liner notes are by Sid Griffin.

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 & 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

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL.12 - BOB DYLAN 1965-1966 - THE CUTTING EDGE:

The liner notes are by Bill Flanagan and Sean Wilentz..

MIXING UP THE MEDICINE 1965-1966, Sony Music 2016 166 pages, hardcover, included in The Cutting Edge, DeLuxe Edition 16-CD box set	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
Sony Music 2016, 56 pages, softcover, 12" size, included in the 3-LP box set The Best of The Cutting Edge

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 13 - TROUBLE NO MORE 1979-1981

The liner notes are by Amanda Petrusich, Bob Bowman and Pell Jilette..

BOB DYLAN PRESSING ON - PHOTOGRAPHS & MORE 1979-1981, Sony Music 2017. Hardcover, 122 pages, included in the deLuxe CD box set	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
Columbia Records 2017, 58 pages, LP size, softcover, included into the 4-LP box set

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.

The liner notes are by Ben Rollins.

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

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:

          
pages 8, 9, 10, 11


pages 52 and 53.

 

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 15 - TRAVELIN' THRU 1967-1969:

The liner notes are by Colin Escott and Rosanne Cash..

Sony Music Entertainment 2019, softcover, LP size, 20 pages. This is the very nice booklet included in the 3 LP version only.

SPRINGTIME IN NEW YORK: THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 16 1980-1985

The liner notes are by Damien Love.

Sony Music Entertainment 2021, included in the 5-CD version, hardcover, 104 pages.	Sony Music Entertainment 2021. The 5 CDs are presented in an hardcover 14-page book giving details on every track.
Sony Music Entertainment 2021. Booklet included in the 2-LP version, softcover, LP size, 26 pages	Sony Music Entertainment/Third Man Records 2021. Booklet included in the special 4-LP set, softcover, LP size, 16 pages

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 17: FRAGMENTS - TIME OUT OF MIND SESSIONS 1997-1997

The liner notes, by Steven Hyden, and the illustrations are the same in the 3 versions.

Sony Music Entertainment 2023, included in the 5-CD version, hardcover, 100 pages.	Sony Music Entertainment 2023, included in the 4-LP version, softcover, 40 pages.
Sony Music Entertainment 2023, included in the 10-LP version (limited edition), softcover, 60 pages.

THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 18: THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW 1956-1963

The liner notes are by Sean Wilentz.

Sony Music Entertainment 2025. There are two versions: 20 x 21 cm, hardcover, 126 pages, included in the 8-CD DeLuxe box set, and LP-size softcover, 22 pages, shortened version of the hardcover, included into the 4LP box. [1125]

Sony Music Entertainment 2025, DeLuxe boxset: the 8 CDs are presented in an hardcover 12-page book giving details on every track.