Hi Zimmy gang,

i have always loved this version of Basement Tapes, but at the same time it was plagued with problems. Here is what i have done. First i have done the phase correction and it was instantly more clear, focused. Now you can hear the strings of acoustic guitar, and bass guitar is not that muddy as it was.
Than i did lots of small edits, getting rid of so many clicks, pops and noises between the songs. Sometimes the silence after the track was too long, so i have deleted it.
Another big problem for me were the levels, some tracks were too loud and others too quiet. Sometimes one channel woud be so much louder than the other. I have fixed all of that, as much as possible.
I have also fixed SBE.
And that would be all, i did no EQ, no compression, no limiting.



Since i was working on the "tree" version, as distributed and the order of some tracks did not match the order on the artwork i have adopted it to be as on the artwork.
I have put Belchhezaar ( take 1) at the end of disc 2 and Crash On The Levee ( take 2 ) at the end of disc 3.

Remaster (of remaster) by Captain Acid    November 2013



Bob Dylan - A Tree With Roots - The Genuine Basement Tapes Remasters



Tracks: 
Disc one 
1) Lock your door * 
2) Baby, won't you be my baby * 
3) Try Me Little Girl * 
4) Young but daily growin' ** 
5) Bonnie ship The Diamond * 
6) The hills of Mexico * 
7) Down on me * 
8) I can't make it alone * 
9) Don't you try me now * 
10) One for the road  
11) I'm alright * 
12) One single river * 
13) People get ready * 
14) I don't hurt anymore * 
15) Be careful of the stones you throw * 
16) One man's loss * 
17) Baby ain't that fine ** 
18) Rock salt and nails * 
19) A fool such as I * 
20) Silhouette * 
21) Bring it on home * 
22) King of France * 
23) Nine hundred miles * 
24) Goin' down the road * 
25) Spanish is the loving tongue ** 
26) Po' Lazarus.  


Disc two 
1) On a rainy afternoon * 
2) I Can't Come In With A Broken Heart * 
3) Come all ye fair and tender ladies *** 
4) Under control * 
5) Ol' Roison the beau ** 
6) I'm guilty of loving you ** 
7) Johnny Todd ** 
8) Cool water ** 
9) Banks of the Royal Canal ** 
10) Belchezaar (take 2) 
11) I forgot to remember to forget her  
12) You win again,  
13) Still in town still around  
14) Waltzin' with sin  
15) Big river (take 1) ** 
16) Big river (take 2) ** 
17) Folsom Prison blues ** 
18) Bells of Rhymney * 
19) I'm a fool for you - false start & take 
20) Next time on the highway 
21) Tupelo  
22) You gotta quit kicking my dog around  
23) See you later Allen Ginsburg 
24) Tiny Montgomery (c) 
25) The Spanish song (take 1)
26) The Spanish song (take 2) 
27) I'm your teenage prayer 
28) Belchazaar (take 1) 


Disc three 
1) Four strong winds  
2) The French girl (take 1) (c) 
3) The French girl (take 2) (c) 
4) Joshua gone Barbados  
5) I'm in the mood for love  
6) All American boy (c) 
7) Sign on the cross ** 
8) Santa Fe * (c) 
9) Silent weekend * (c) 
10) Don't ya tell Henry * (c) 
11) Bourbon Street * (c) 
12) Million dollar bash  (take 1) (c) 
13) Yea heavy and a bottle of bread  (take 1) (c) 
14) Million dollar bash  (take 2)** 
15) Yea heavy and a bottle of bread  (take 2)** 
16) I'm not there ** (c) 
17) Please Mrs Henry ** (c) 
18) Crash on the levee  (take 1)** (c) 
19) Lo and behold (take 1) ** (c) 
20) Lo and behold (take 2) ** 
21) You ain't going nowhere  (take 1) * (c) 
22) Too much of nothing (take 1) ** (c) 
23) This wheels on fire ** (c) 
24) You ain't going nowhere  (take 2) * 
25) I shall be released ** (c)
26) Crash on the levee  (take 2)** 


Disc four 
1) Too much of nothing (take 2) ** 
2) Tears of rage (take 1) (c) 
3) Tears of rage (take 2) 
4) Tears of rage (take 3) 
5) Quinn the Eskimo (take 1) (c) 
6) Quinn the Eskimo - take 2  
7) Open the door Homer  (take 1) (c) 
8) Open the door Homer  (take 2) 
9) Open the door Homer  (take 3) 
10) Nothing was delivered (take 1) (c) 
11) Nothing was delivered (take 2) 
12) Goin' to Acapulco (c) 
13) Gonna get you now  
14) Wildwood flower  
15) See that my grave is kept clean  
16) Comin' round the mountain  
17) Instrumental Jam 
18) Flight of the bumble bee  
19) Confidential to me  
20) Odds and ends (take 1) (c) 
21) Nothing was delivered (take 3) 
22) Odds and ends (take 2) 
23) Get your rocks off ** (c) 
24) Clothesline saga ** (c) 
25) Apple suckling tree  (take 1) (c) 
26) Apple suckling tree  (take 2) 
27) All you have to is dream  (take 1) * 
28) All you have to do is dream  (take 2)  *

original notes:

See www.bobsboots.com for more details

Legend: 
Tracks marked with (c) have been copyrighted to bob dylan by dwarf music.  
* Remastered from a superior version of the source tape utilized on the 5cd set  
** Remastered from an alternate source tape to that on the 5cd set  
*** Not included on the 5cd set  
All other recordings have been remastered from a brand new state of the art analog to digital transfer of the original cassette sources utilized on the GBT 5cd set. Songs have been rebalanced and EQ'd where appropriate. 
-RM


THIS VERSION WAS PREMIERED ON ELECTRIC LADYLAND IN NOVEMBER 2013