It's been bandied about for a little bit now, but it looks like it's true: there's an Amazon listing for Bob Dylan's The Original Mono Recordings. It's an eight-disc set of the first eight Dylan LPs - his 1962 self-titled debut to 1967's John Wesley Harding in their original mono mixes (or more specifically, according to this Rolling Stone article: "reportedly mastered using 'first issue copies of the mono LPs' in order to recreate the sound of the original LPs") - with a new 60-page book of liner notes by Greil Marcus and discographical information.
It's not the only catalogue project planned from Dylan's camp: The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 is also set to drop in October, alongside the mono box. A purported track list from the RS article - as well as reminders of the track lists for each record in the box - can be found after the jump. (Thanks to Pause & Play for the dates.)
Bob Dylan, The Original Mono Recordings (Columbia/Legacy, 2010)
Disc 1: Bob Dylan (Columbia CL 1779, 1962)
- She's No Good
- Talkin' New York
- In My Time of Dyin'
- Man of Constant Sorrow
- Fixin' to Die Blues
- Pretty Peggy-O
- Highway 51 Blues
- Gospel Plow
- Baby Let Me Follow You Down
- House of the Risin' Sun
- Freight Train Blues
- Song to Woody
- See That My Grave is Kept Clean
Disc 2: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Columbia CL 1986, 1963)
- Blowin' in the Wind
- Girl from the North Country
- Masters of War
- Down the Highway
- Bob Dylan's Blues
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
- Bob Dylan's Dream
- Oxford Town
- Talkin' World War III Blues
- Corrina, Corrina
- Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
- I Shall Be Free
Disc 3: The Times They Are A-Changin' (Columbia CL 2105, 1964)
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- Ballad of Hollis Brown
- With God on Our Side
- One Too Many Mornings
- North Country Blues
- Only a Pawn in Their Game
- Boots of Spanish Leather
- When the Ship Comes In
- The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
- Restless Farewell
Disc 4: Another Side of Bob Dylan (Columbia CL 2193, 1964)
- All I Really Want to Do
- Black Crow Blues
- Spanish Harlem Incident
- Chimes of Freedom
- I Shall Be Free No. 10
- To Ramona
- Motorpsycho Nitemare
- My Back Pages
- I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
- Ballad in Plain D
- It Ain't Me Babe
Disc 5: Bringing It All Back Home (Columbia CL 2328, 1965)
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- She Belongs to Me
- Maggie's Farm
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit
- Outlaw Blues
- On the Road Again
- Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Gates of Eden
- It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Disc 6: Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia CL 2389, 1965)
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Tombstone Blues
- It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
- From a Buick 6
- Ballad of a Thin Man
- Queen Jane Approximately
- Highway 61 Revisited
- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
- Desolation Row
Disc 7: Blonde on Blonde (Columbia C2L 41, 1966)
- Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
- Pledging My Time
- Visions of Johanna
- One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)
- I Want You
- Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
- Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
- Just Like a Woman
- Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
- Temporary Like Achilles
- Absolutely Sweet Marie
- 4th Time Around
- Obviously 5 Believers
- Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
Disc 8: John Wesley Harding (Columbia CL 2804, 1967)
- John Wesley Harding
- As I Went Out One Morning
- I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
- All Along the Watchtower
- The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
- Drifter's Escape
- Dear Landlord
- I Am a Lonesome Hobo
- I Pity the Poor Immigrant
- The Wicked Messenger
- Down Along the Cove
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 (Columbia, 2010)
- Hard Times in New York Town
- Poor Boy Blues
- Ballad for a Friend
- Rambling, Gambling Willie
- Man on the Street
- Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
- Standing on the Highway
- A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
- Tomorrow is a Long Time
- The Death of Emmett Till
- Let Me Die in My Footsteps
- Ballad of Hollis Brown
- Quit Your Low Down Ways
- Baby, I'm in the Mood for You
- Bound to Lose, Bound to Win
- All Over You
- I'd Hate to Be You on That Dreadful Day
- Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues
- Long Time Gone
- Masters of War
- Farewell
- Oxford Town
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
- Walkin' Down the Line
- I Shall Be Free
- Bob Dylan's Blues
- Bob Dylan's Dream
- Boots of Spanish Leather
- Girl From the North Country
- Seven Curses
- Hero Blues
- Whatcha Gonna Do
- Gypsy Lou
- Ain't Gonna Grieve
- John Brown
- Only a Hobo
- When the Ship Comes In
- The Times They Are A-Changin'
- Paths of Victory
- Guess I'm Doing Fine
- Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Eric von Schmidt)
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Mama, You Been on My Mind
- I'll Keep It with Mine
Tracks 1-7 Leeds Music Demos, New York City, February 1962
Tracks 8-14 Witmark & Sons Demos, New York City, December 1962
Tracks 15-18 Witmark Studio outtakes, New York City, Winter 1963
Tracks 19-24 Witmark Studio outtakes, New York City, March 1963
Tracks 25-28 Witmark Studio outtakes, New York City, April 1963
Tracks 29-31 Witmark Studio outtakes, New York City, May 1963
Tracks 32-37 Witmark Studio outtakes, New York City, August 1963
Track 38 Witmark Studio outtake, New York City, October 1963
Track 39 Witmark Studio outtake, New York City, December 1963
Tracks 40-41 Witmark Studio outtakes, New York City, January 1964
Tracks 42-44 unidentified studio outtakes, New York City, mid-late June 1964
Phil Cohen says
So, if Rolling Stone magazine is correct(I doubt it), Sony is going to master the Bob Dylan mono CD's from vinyl. If so, count me out. I've already got perfectly computer de-clicked bootleg CD-R editions of all of those mono albums, plus "Greatest Hits".
Mike Duquette says
Yeah, that sounds crazy that they'd master them from vinyl, but I wanted to include that citation just so everyone would know that such an idea's out there.
Frankly, I'm much more interested in getting the mono mixes of the Hendrix material out there instead.
Brian says
According to poster Sean Murdock on the Steve Hoffman website (who seems to be "in the know"), the vinyl albums are just being USED as a reference... they're not remastering them from vinyl.
http://stevehoffman.tv/forums/showpost.php?p=5671121&postcount=108
Phil Cohen says
As for "The Bootleg Series Vol.9", the 7 Leeds Music demos which open the set will be new to my collection. I guess that will be reason for a completists like me to buy the set. However, the unofficial 2-CD "Witmark Demos" set(on the "Capricorn" label) has four songs not found in "The Bootleg Series Vol.9", and they are "Blowin' in The Wind", Long Ago,Far Away"."Eternal Circle" & "Percy's Song".
Joe Marchese says
D'oh! I'm eagerly awaiting Vol. 9, but why do record labels always give potential purchasers a reason to hold onto (or seek out) bootlegs? Thanks for the heads-up, Phil.
whulmef says
Are the mono vinyls going to be any different than the mono ones already reissued?? and if so, how much better. Time out of Mind and Love and Theft are the vinyls that need to be reissued, they are very very pricey!!