Bob Dylan - The Dylan's Root [1961 Gleason tape + Carnegie Chapter Hall Concert]

East Orange NJ (Gleason Tape) Febrero - Marzo 1961

San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (Trad)
Gypsy Davey (Trad-Guthrie arr)
Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
Trail Of The Buffalo (Trad-Guthrie arr)
Jesse James (Trad)
Car Car (Woody Guthrie)
Southern Cannonball (Jimmie Rodgers)
Bring Me Back My Blue-Eyed Boy (Trad)
Remember Me (Scott Wiseman)


Carnegie Chapter Hall, NY 4 noviembre 1961

Pretty Peggy-O (Trad arr Dylan)
In The Pines (Leadbelly)
Gospel Plow (Trad)
1913 Massacre (Woody Guthrie)
Backwater Blues (Bessie Smith)
Young But Daily Growin' (Trad)
Fixin' To Die (White)

East Orange was recorded in the East Orange, New Jersey home of Bob & Sid Gleason, and is often referred to as the Gleason tape. It was recorded on amateur 1950's equipment, and the quality is far from what one could expect of modern recording processes ... however, it is still quite good, and far better than the vinyl that had been released for years. Chapter Hall was Dylan's first venture out of the coffee houses and onto a real concert stage. 53 tickets were sold at $2 each for the 200 seat hall. Historians differ on the actual head count, but it was most likely around 75 or so. Again, even though this is a line recording, the limitations of the mobile recording equipment available at the time is quite evident.

A wonderful 'must-have' CD for anyone interested in the beginnings of a legend. It contains the complete circulating tapes of two historic 1961 recordings. (...) Highly recommended.

(reseña de bobsboots.com)