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Re: Got my TREE WITH ROOTS


Is this worth buying? I have the original set. I understand that some tracks are left off - which ones and why? Personally, I find that there is so much stuff that the running order is almost insignificant. (And may have been pretty random overall, although "chunks" from a particular session may have some meaning in sequence.) I dip in and out, often programming a sequence of tracks anyway.

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Finally got my copy of A TREE WITH ROOTS. I'll post with more detailed impressions after I've had a chance to digest it, but here are a couple initial thoughts:




*Full title on CD case: A TREE WITH ROOTS-- THE GENUINE BASEMENT TAPES REMASTERS




The discs are "Doberman Genuine discs"-- glass pressed silver discs from Doberman! First I've seen it, as I recall! Also clears up who the hell WILD BEAR are!




The interior booklets (two!) are sparcer than I'd expected, with very nice all the same. One of the is simply a full track listing, complete with tape source information. The other booklet goes into detail about all the tape sources employed on the set and their full original contents. Gives a good sense of the amount of work that went into this. Also features some nice (though not particularly rare for the most part) topical photographs and a reprint of Jann Weiner's original Rolling Stone article about "Bob Dylan's Basment Tape". Did he coin the term?




I've only listened to the first few tracks so far, but already the sound upgrade is noticable, if not overwhelming. Although, I appreciate the intellectual honest in presenting the running order in this manner (it's clear they've done their best to sequence the set chronologically), for repeated listenings, I'm pretty fond of the approach used on THE BEST OF THE BASEMENT TAPES.




Back later with more on the sound upgrade!




teej


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