SEALED - BOB DYLAN NO DIRECTION HOME TEST PRESSING 4 LP 200 GRAM VINYL BOOTLEG 7

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Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (A Martin Scorsese Picture) - Bootleg Series 7
4 LP Test Pressing

Test pressings are highly collectible and are from the first stamper. Approximately less than 20 exist. Test pressings reflect the closest you can get to the lacquers and hence have a special collectible value and store of value.

Still Factory Sealed!!
Test Pressing - Plain White Cover
CLASSIC RECORDS 200 GRAM QUIEX SV-P
SUPER VINYL PROFILE

Condition:
Vinyl: Mint (unplayed)
Cover: Mint (factory sealed)
see key below:

Label: Columbia, Classic Records
Catalog#: C2K 93937
Format: 4 × Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Box Set
Country: U.S.

Album description:
The seventh volume of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series doubles as the soundtrack to No Direction Home, Martin Scorseses's feature-length documentary covering Dylan's career from its beginnings to 1966 (it was aired in two parts on PBS in September 2005 and released in expanded form on DVD that same month). Unlike the previous three installments of The Bootleg Series, which focused exclusively on live concerts, No Direction Home is assembled from a variety of sources, including home recordings, publishing demos, alternate studio takes, and live recordings, with the first disc devoted to early acoustic recordings and the second to electric music. In fact, No Direction Home proceeds chronologically, filling in gaps between the proper albums or, more often, providing a parallel history of the most productive era of Dylan's career. All of this material -- with the exception of Song to Woody, taken from his debut, and a cataclysmic version of Like a Rolling Stone taken from the Royal Albert Hall show that was released as Bob Dylan Live '66 -- is previously unreleased, and much of it has not been widely bootlegged (and the cuts that have been bootlegged, such as Dink's Song, have never been heard in such crystal-clear fidelity). Where the inaugural edition of The Bootleg Series had many previously unreleased Dylan originals, there is only one here, the tentative opener, When I Got Troubles, a sweet, simple 1959 song that finds Dylanin his formative stage. In place of unheard songs are a slew of alternate versions of familiar tunes. On the first two LP's, these are largely live versions of such warhorses as Blowin' in the Wind, Masters of War, and A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall, recorded when the songs were still fresh. These live performances have an immediacy and intimacy that not only illustrate what a powerful folksinger Dylan was, but also suggest how the songs might have sounded when they were new tunes. Toward the end of the second LP, alternate versions that are significantly different from the final versions begin to surface with an early take on Mr. Tambourine Man recorded at the Another Side of Bob Dylan sessions with Ramblin' Jack Elliott on second guitar and backing vocals. The third and fourth LP's contain several alternates that are similarly notably different, highlighted by a lively, careening It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry with a different final verse, a Desolation Row with electric guitar, Highway 61 Revisited without the siren whistle, a slower, heavier, blusier take on Leopard-Skin Pill Box Hat, a relaxed version of Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again that lacks the carnivalesque swirl of sound from the Blonde on Blonde version, and a lean, insistent Visions of Johanna. Everything here is uniformly excellent and worth hearing well more than once. That alone, of course, would make this yet another worthwhile addition to any serious Dylan collection, but what makes No Direction Home noteworthy as an album is that it is the first Dylan record to offer an aural biography of Dylan. This does a superb job of tracing the development of Dylan as a musician, taking him from a young folkie singing standards, through the rush of his early standards, and to the visionary music he made once he went electric. Put in this context, the electric music on the third and fourth LP's sounds as bracing and brilliant and surprising as it did in the '60s, while the acoustic folk on LP's one and two sounds vibrant, pure, and alive. After all these years, that's a hard accomplishment to pull off, and to the credit of everybody involved in this terrific release, they've been able to make even the most familiar Dylan tunes feel new again. As usual, this deluxe edition comes from the original mix down masters and was transferred by Bernie Grundman to lacquer on on Classic's all tube analog cutting system.

Track listing:
A1         When I Got Troubles (1959)        
A2         Rambler, Gambler (Home Recording)        
A3         This Land Is Your Land (Liver Version)        
A4         Song To Woody        
A5         Dink's Home (Home Recording)        
B1         I Was Young When I Left Home (Home Recording)        
B2         Sally Gal (Alternate Take)        
B3         Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (Demo)        
B4         Man Of Constant Sorrow        
C1         Blowin' In The Wind (Live Version)        
C2         Masters Of War (Live Version        
C3         A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Live Version)        
C4         When The Ship Comes In (Live Version)        
D1         Mr. Tambourine Man (Alternate Take)        
D2         Chimes Of Freedom (Live Version)        
D3         It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Alternate Take)        
E1         She Belongs To Me (Alternate Take)        
E2         Maggie's Farm (Live Version)        
E3         It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Alternate Take)        
E4         Tombstone Blues (Alternate Take)        
F1         Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Alternate Take)        
F2         Desolation Row (Alternate Take)        
F3         Highway 61 Revisited (Alternate Take)        
G1         Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Alternate Take)        
G2         Stuck Inside Of Mobile WIth The Memphis Blues Again (Alternate Take        
G3         Visions Of Johanna (Alternate Take)        
H1         Ballad Of A Thin Man (Live Version)        
H2         Like A Rolling Stone (Live Version)


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• Condition Code / Grading Scale:

Mint:

New, Sealed, Never Opened, Never Played, Undamaged

NM = Near Mint:

Record looks and sounds new. No scratches, surface noise, ticks or pops. If there would be any surface noise, it would be very soft. If there would be a tick or pop, it would only be one or two soft ones.

NM- = Near Mint Minus:

Record looks and sounds very acceptable. This is a record that can be enjoyed. It may have some slight visible marks and may have surface noise and a few ticks and pops, but this will still be minimal.

 VG = Very Good:

Record looks and sounds used. This record has lots of surface noise and has visible scratches. For listening or collecting it is only good as "filler".

 + = Plus: (such as VG+)

Indicates the degree of closeness to the next higher grade.