Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 (Collector's Edition) [2015] (18 x CDs) | Butterboy

Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 (Collector's Edition) [2015] (18 x CDs)

BOB DYLAN

Released on November 6, 2015, The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 is the twelfth volume in 

Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series, and the Collector’s Edition is easily its most ambitious. 
With 18 CDs and over 19 hours of music, it’s not just a box set, it’s a deep dive into one 

of the most explosive creative periods in Dylan’s career. 

Only 5,000 copies were made, and each one offers a front-row seat to the sessions that 

birthed 

Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, and Blonde on Blonde, the trilogy that

transformed him from folk poet to rock visionary.

What makes this edition so compelling is how it strips away the myth and lets you 

hear the process. 

You get every surviving take, from the first tentative strums to the final master cuts. 

There are alternate versions, false starts, studio chatter, and lyrical detours that show 

how songs like “Like a Rolling Stone,” “Desolation Row,” 

and “Visions of Johanna” came to life, not fully formed, but shaped in real time by instinct, 

experimentation, and sheer nerve.
There’s even a bonus disc of hotel room recordings with Joan Baez 

and Robbie Robertson, capturing Dylan in a more intimate, off-the-cuff setting. 

Listening to this set is like eavesdropping on genius. 

You hear Dylan pivot from acoustic troubadour to electric prophet, 

backed by musicians like Mike Bloomfield, 
Al Kooper, and members of The Hawks (soon to be The Band). 

The sessions are messy, inspired, and often chaotic, but that’s the magic.

 It’s the sound of boundaries being broken and a new kind of music being born.

For anyone serious about Dylan, whether you’re a scholar, a collector, 

or just someone who wants to understand how great songs come to be, 

this box is essential. It’s not just a retrospective; it’s a time machine into 

the heart of Dylan’s creative storm. (Butterboy)

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