More Blood, More Tracks: An Update on Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series

“More Blood, More Tracks.” It sounds like the title of a grindhouse movie that might feature hunting. However, it is the name of perhaps the most hotly anticipated box set so far in Bob Dylan’s The Bootleg Series. That series began in 1991 and has now reached the 14th volume, which will be a six-disc collection of versions of the songs from Blood On the Tracks (1975).

Expecting Rain has been buzzing about the upcoming Bootleg all summer, but the set has been confirmed, with a release date of Nov. 2, in a press release from Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings. ISIS Magazine had let us know early on that “the bulk of the book notes are written by Jeff Slate.” And No Depression contributor Harold Lepidus, @DylanExaminer over at Twitter, posted an initial track listing which was confirmed by the press release:

Disc 1

If You See Her, Say Hello
If You See Her, Say Hello
You’re a Big Girl Now
You’re a Big Girl Now
Simple Twist of Fate
Simple Twist of Fate
You’re a Big Girl Now
Up to Me
Up to Me
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts (two versions)

Disc 2

Simple Twist of Fate
Simple Twist of Fate
Simple Twist of Fate
Call Letter Blues
Meet Me in the Morning
Call Letter Blues
Idiot Wind
Idiot Wind
Idiot Wind
Idiot Wind
Idiot Wind
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (nine versions)

Disc 3

Tangled Up in Blue
You’re a Big Girl Now (2 versions)
Tangled Up in Blue
Tangled Up in Blue
Spanish Is the Loving Tongue
Call Letter Blues
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Shelter from the Storm
Buckets of Rain
Tangled Up in Blue
Buckets of Rain
Shelter from the Storm (three versions)

Disc 4

You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Buckets of Rain (4 versions)
Up to Me
Up to Me
Buckets of Rain (4 versions)
If You See Her, Say Hello
Up to Me
Up to Me
Up to Me
Buckets of Rain
Meet Me in the Morning
Meet Me in the Morning
Buckets of Rain

Disc 5

Tangled Up in Blue
Tangled Up in Blue
Tangled Up in Blue
Simple Twist of Fate
Simple Twist of Fate
Up to Me
Up to Me
Idiot Wind
Idiot Wind
Idiot Wind
You’re a Big Girl Now
Meet Me in the Morning
Meet Me in the Morning

Disc 6

You’re a Big Girl Now
Tangled Up in Blue
Tangled Up in Blue
Idiot Wind
You’re a Big Girl Now
Tangled up in Blue
Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts
If You See Her, Say Hello

This is one to be anticipating with an elevated pulse and a touch of sweaty brow, friends.  The first track released from the album should let you know what is coming at you.  Via BobDylanVEVO, here’s “If You See Her, Say Hello (Take 1).”