Third Man Records Vault 4 LP Edition: Bob Dylan Bootleg Series 80-85

[@ThoseBackPages]

i love this channel! So warm, so relaxing, your tone is fantastic Michael! if you were to do a whole episode in German, i would not understand it, but i would watch!

[@Michael45RPM]

Thanks :-)

[@Ampersand00]

You have a great DJ voice! Thanks for another excellent video, always informative and entertaining.

[@bikemike1118]

After all those records …I like that your still so enthusiastic about music and this medium, Michael 👌🏼

[@jeffreywoodke]

Yay welcome to the club. I’ve been a Vault member since very early on and have almost all of them. Super fun! Of course I’m a huge Jack fan. Most of them revolve around his projects but not always. Sometimes they venture off in other directions which is nice. I was pretty shocked when I saw the announcement of Electric Recording Company and The White Stripes. Definitely didn’t see that one coming. It’s the 20 yr anniversary of White Blood Cells and yes Third Man did open a store in London about a month ago so it’s probably a combo of those 2 things that resulted in ERC.

[@Mockers]

I love your channel, and by the way, my wife loves it too! I showed her your video about the latest VU releases (one of her favorite bands) and she was as hooked on your wonderful commentaries as I am!

[@Michael45RPM]

Thanks Mockers great to hear! :-)

[@musicfan8253]

As a Dylan fan, I will answer your question. Yes, it’s a “must have”. As the Beatles are to Mazzy, so is Dylan to Elaine. 😉

[@jazzcat2075]

Can't wait for 300$ 18 LP Box Set of "Down in the Groove" and "Knocked Out Loaded".

[@Michael45RPM]

:-)

[@russdawson7256]

I have never been disappointed by one of your recommendations keep them coming please.

[@stevecarlsonvinylcommunity9147]

Third Man was the first subscription service I ever joined and have never been disappointed. Third Man is fanatical on quality. It’s has a very rabid fan base. Nice review, I have not opened mine yet or even shown it.

[@Michael45RPM]

Open It Steve :-)

[@danmartinez5502]

I love your videos and you take on quality of recording on vinyl. Big question though. Why does every album Steely Dan releases sounds like an audiophile recording? I have been listening to them on vinyl since the 70's . Better mixing? Better engineering ?Better musicians? Or is it that they will do 200 takes of a song before committing it to tape (Aja). No matter the reason for me only Alan Parson's comes somewhat close consistently. Your thoughts? And what will we do when Donald Fagen stops recording?I guess that's really 2 questions

[@Michael45RPM]

Simple: they are perfectionist and totally crazy :-) Maybe we see something huge with Steely Dan in the upcoming months ....

[@happyhippythevinylguy]

Great video man!! That is a gorgeous-looking box set

[@patrickscheffer5187]

Hallo Michael, ich bin gerade über dieses Video von Dir gestolpert, sehr interessant. Ich spiele seit geraumer Zeit mit dem Gedanken eine Vault Subscription abzuschließen. Wie sieht es mit den Kosten für den Zoll aus? Kommt das Paket aus den USA oder aus UK? Ich habe bei Third Man bereits bestellt, da kamen die Pakete aus UK. Liebe Grüße aus Dorsten, Patrick

[@ffyddgobaithcariad9923]

Dylan and Michael, what’s not to like?!

[@harrysmusicroom]

I loved the 2LP set, great songs and sound quality. This 4LP set I thought the songs were a little weaker but as a completist it's a must. The first album's spindle hole was way too small and I could not place the record on the turntable without reaming out the hole first and it's still a tight fit.

[@Michael45RPM]

I hate those tight Holes .....

[@ummiflummi3253]

Jetzt wo ich das grade sehe: wie sind denn jetzt so deine Erfahrungen? Gibts da mal vielleicht ein Video?

[@michelraffin7006]

Hello Michael. Did you received the eagles one step?on one of your videos you said you ordered the both

[@Michael45RPM]

Video comes Today

[@Ampersand00]

Question: have you also subscribed to Blue Note Review? I recently signed up for vol 2 which will contains two fantastic pieces of (Kevin Gray mastered?) vinyl. Quite expensive @$200, hopefully the package will live up to the billing.

[@Michael45RPM]

can you please give a link to it Agalleyne?

[@vinylrichie007]

Very good to hear their is no overlap. That is great.

[@fts81]

ahhhh, getting third man! Happy for you! I started at #13.... they are awesome. Never let you down. And you also get Tidal for 5 dollars

[@brianmceachern7906]

If you can get the Jack White at the Masonic Temple Vault, I think it’s #47, that was a great one. #50 looks pretty good too. Welcome to the TMR Vault club :)

[@Michael45RPM]

Thx Brian :-) i will look out for them

[@paulspanbauer4125]

My favorite Third Man vault release is their version of Trout Mask Replica. At first thought that seems an absurd selection for an audiophile release - but they did an astounding job on it. I canceled my subscription however due to Jack White related preponderance of releases - I’m a fan but not quite a completist level fan. I’ll try to get this (the Dylan) on the secondary market.

[@Michael45RPM]

This edition is on its way to me Paul :-)

[@hocktooey]

So, I just picked up the cd box set of this, so I am coming at this a bit differently, admittedly. The cd box is nicely put together with two hard-bound books: one for the cds and one on the essays and overview of the discs' contents. But the thing is, what matters to me, much less than how many pops or clicks are on the records, is the collection of songs. This period is with at least two 50-min cds from the Infidels sessions. That band is Fantastic. That's the reason I bought this. And I would have purchased it sooner if I had been paying attention. What a band! Mark Knopfler is a great fit for these tunes. I really began to hear Knopfler's genius because of Infidels back in the 80s, and I think this collection of tunes from those sessions are an essential part of the Knopfler catalog. Okay, but then there's Dylan's cover of Sweet Caroline from the rehearsals disc! The music on these discs just adds so much to my regard for and pleasure in Dylan's music. (And this is the only Dylan Bootleg box I own.)

[@littleredridinghood5622]

I love "a series of dreams" ...

[@djjoeykmusic]

Great video Michael! I enjoy your videos You Tha man

[@Michael45RPM]

Thx Joey

[@bradleykay]

I am and was a subscriber while I lived in Germany. It was hit and miss with customs. Several times they opened the box and looked at discogs and based the price of their theft on high secondary market prices. My German was good enough to change their minds a few times and far from good enough a handful of others. Good luck!

[@Markymarkvinylnut]

Thanks Michael, any new records this week? I'll check out 3rd man although I'm not a Bob fan....not a fan of ERC seeing that less than 1% of audiophiles can actually afford them! Crazy

[@markh.9822]

Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus came out this week

[@vinylrichie007]

180 gram is a gimmick. It doesn’t affect the sound.

[@Michael45RPM]

I like Gimmicks Richie

[@ejtonefan]

deeper bass grooves

[@vinylrichie007]

@@ejtonefan The grooves in a record do not go that deep. It is a sales gimmick.

[@mikecoffee100]

Third Man Records that's Jack white's label right ??

[@Michael45RPM]

Exactly Mike

[@jamesellis8456]

We are probably a similar age Michael - I started listening to Dylan in the mid 80s starting with his genius 60s trilogy. I then started to expand my listening and went through the rest of the 60s and 70s records. When I reached the 80s I hated pretty much all of them until Oh Mercy. Nothing has changed since - I bought the dbl LP version and it didn’t move me at all. So not for me but good video and very informative.

[@Michael45RPM]

Hello James hope you are doing good

[@jamesellis8456]

@@Michael45RPM Yep very good Michael thanks - still buying too many records and working too hard so not enough time to listen as I would like.

[@markusberzborn6346]

I actually liked the "Christian" period of Dylan very much and "Infidels" was a great album, too, but also did not think much of the records that followed until "Oh Mercy". However, with the two purely acoustic albums in 1992 and 1993 he was back to form in my opinion and has not made any really weak albums since then.

[@jamesellis8456]

@@markusberzborn6346 Hi Markus I agree with you about the two 90s acoustic records which I enjoy more than anything he released in the 80s.

[@markusberzborn6346]

Yes, although they consisted exclusively of traditionals or songs written by others.

[@princeofjanox]

Helo. THX.

[@jamesbrunnette4895]

A wonderful record I would recommend is “Broadway Solo Guitar” by Laurindo Almeida. Hard to find. Original pressing from early ‘60’s. Just a guitar and the talent of this wonderful Brazilian artist. Recorded with U-47 Neumann’s and Ampex 351 recorder.

[@Michael45RPM]

Thx James will look into it

[@markusberzborn6346]

Yes, and the three direct cuts by Almeida are also very nice. Or his cooperations with Charlie Byrd on Concord Jazz. As a matter of fact, the are a lot of very good Laurindo Almeida LPs.

[@seamuscolgan7654]

Looks great 👍 Did you know that they are finally starting to reissue those classic Ash Ra Temple records? The first one will be "Schwingungen"!! To quote Julian Cope: "Beware of Schwingungen!" That should be the large sticker on the front of all copies of this record.....

[@markusberzborn6346]

I heard Manuel Göttsching and "Ash Ra Tempel Experience" perform parts of Schwingungen live in Hamburg three years ago, it was incredibly good.

[@seamuscolgan7654]

@@markusberzborn6346 I was at Julian Cope's CORNUCOPIA festival when he performed together with Klaus Schulze. By the way, I contacted Manuel about one year ago and he promised that they were definitely working on reissuing those classic Ash Ra Temple albums on vinyl. Strange that he started with the second one instead of the self-titled debut 🤔

[@markusberzborn6346]

@@seamuscolgan7654 Oh great, this must have been quite an experience, I missed that. But I have the LP of this concert of course. Unfortunately Klaus Schulze has retired from the stage for health reasons, but at least I saw him perform in 1983, 1985, 2001 (KlangArt, available on CD) and 2008 with Lisa Gerrard (Loreley, also available on CD and as DVD video) and it was always very special and each time quite different, as his concerts mostly consisted of improvisations anyway.

[@seamuscolgan7654]

@@markusberzborn6346 U were very lucky to have seen him so often!

[@markusberzborn6346]

​@@seamuscolgan7654 Yes indeed. Would have liked to see him in the seventies with the large modular analog equipment on stage, but I was too young then. Another interesting detail: After the great Loreley experience I wanted to hear Klaus Schulze and Lisa Gerrard again in 2009 in Essen. So I went there with two friends who were Schulze fans but had never attended one of his concerts before. We were happily anticipating what was about to come when suddenly a man came on stage and announced that Klaus Schulze was sick and not able to play but Lisa Gerrard would be willing to perform alone. And the concert promoters were so fair that those who were not interested in a Gerrard solo performance could leave and get their money back. So some people left the venue but I stayed because I just did not want to drive home again without hearing any music. And I did not regret it, my respect for Lisa Gerrard as a musician and singer has even increased since then. What she did was spontaneously improvising to some pre-programmed rather minimalistic Schulze chords and sequences or sometimes even singing without any accompaniment.

[@Pumpkinking64]

New Danville Girl is beautiful....

[@Meowlico]

discocks 🤣 had me crackin up!

[@Michael45RPM]

Why?

[@Meowlico]

@@Michael45RPM I think I misheard your accent. I thought you said "over at dis-cocks the flippers are celebrating"

[@TheAgeOfAnalog]

I got mine several weeks ago, but I've yet to listen to it. I should probably change that.

[@Michael45RPM]

You should :-)

[@TheAgeOfAnalog]

@@Michael45RPM I guess I should feel extra guilty, considering the Dylan archive is just a few miles away from here.

[@TheAgeOfAnalog]

@Shades of Vinyl I own Oil Capital Vinyl at 26th and Memorial

[@seamuscolgan7654]

Did you get Kid A Mnesia?

[@Michael45RPM]

Its on the way :-)

[@seamuscolgan7654]

@@Michael45RPM my red vinyl edition arrived today from JPC. I am on Side 4 from 6 and it's great 👌 The records only got a dry clean so far, so I am pretty confident that the occasional static will disappear.

[@normanz.2087]

Grüß Dich, Michael! Interesting as always, with your so fine personal touch. But why you never say anything about Speakers Corners records? In my opinion they are usually very good, and they are German. All the very best! Carry on your nice job!

[@Michael45RPM]

I did at least 20 times Norman.. as soon as the next edition comes out i will do a video about it

[@normanz.2087]

@@Michael45RPM Hey! That's my fault then. I have missed somehow.

[@louiscyphre2555]

That I am asking myself. When I see how many Kevin Gray Speakers Corner Pallas Press are out there? around 100? less or more...? these releases are outstanding.

[@gennadius2638]

Me too

[@drbryant23]

To be honest, I don't like what they've done here. In order to get the Bootleg Series 16 on vinyl, you need to buy (i) 2LP black vinyl version, (iii) 4LP colored vinyl Third Mar version, and (iii) a Third Man 7" single. Nothing matches, so it looks a little sloppy, and of course, it ends up being very expensive.

[@peterw6490]

I know these are bootleg recordings but unfortunately the vinyl for this set was mastered poorly. Compare the cd tracks to the vinyl set versions and you will see. I cancelled my third man subscription as a result. They dropped the ball on this one. The consensus is the 2lp set mastering-wise is superior to this release.

[@davidritter2662]

I agree. The mastering is much better on the 2lp set. My Third Man set had pops on all of the records.

[@raphaelroth1456]

Its a great collection of songs! I was only a bit disappointed that they didn’t put on jokerman in the same david letterman version of which they included license to kill. Such a great almost punk version of that song.

[@brendanoreilly2014]

Easily Dylan's worst "period". Saw him live at Madison Square Garden. Atrocious show. And I'm. a big fan!

[@ketchupsos5817]

Love your videos but Bob is so overrated it's not funny. Don't like him at all. thanks

[@Michael45RPM]

Cant likem all :-)

[@ketchupsos5817]

@@Michael45RPM Love

[@TheHSIHP]

You almost sound mad that people like Dylan

[@ketchupsos5817]

@@TheHSIHP ha not at all.

[@TheHSIHP]

@@ketchupsos5817 ok, seems weird to post about how you don't like Dylan when you don't have to say anything and just move along. Almost like you are offended that people like Dylan

[@sararibeiro4034]

Great vídeo Michael. Thanks :-)