# The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966

Recensioni professionali :
| Recensione | Giudizio |
| AllMusic | |
| American Songwriter | |
| Billboard | |
| Drowned in Sound | 10/10 |
| Paste | 10/10 |
| Pitchfork | 8.7/10 |
| PopMatters | |
| The Daily Telegraph | |
The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 è il titolo del dodicesimo album discografico di Bob Dylan appartenente alla serie Bootleg Series, pubblicato nel novembre del 2015 dalla Columbia Records.

## Descrizione

È stato messo in distribuzione nel novembre 2015, ed è costituito da registrazioni del periodo 1965-1966, il cosiddetto periodo "elettrico" di Dylan. Comprende versioni alternative di canzoni registrate in studio rimaste inedite, nastri demo, e outtakes degli album Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited e Blonde on Blonde. Tre differenti versioni del box set sono state pubblicate in simultanea: una edizione condensata "Best of" in due CD; un cofanetto da 6 CD; ed una versione Deluxe in edizione limitata da 18 CD.

## Tracce (Versione 2 CD "Best of")

* Eccetto dove indicato diversamente tutte le canzoni sono di Bob Dylan.

### Disco 1

* Love Minus Zero/No Limit (Take 2, Acoustic) – 3:11
* I'll Keep It with Mine (Take 1, Piano Demo †) – 4:11
* Bob Dylan's 115th Dream (Takes 1 and 2, Solo Acoustic) – 6:17
* She Belongs to Me (Take 1, Solo Acoustic) – 2:57
* Subterranean Homesick Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take) – 2:38
* Outlaw Blues (Take 2, Alternate Take) – 3:29
* On the Road Again (Take 4, Alternate Take) – 2:31
* Farewell, Angelina (Take 1, Solo Acoustic †) – 5:28
* If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Take 2, Alternate Take) – 2:50
* You Don't Have to Do That (Take 1, Solo Acoustic) – 0:50
* California (Take 1, Solo Acoustic) – 3:05
* Mr. Tambourine Man (Take 3 with The Band) – 3:23
* It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (Take 8, Alternate Take) – 3:28
* Like a Rolling Stone (Short Version – Take 5, Rehearsal) – 1:44
* Like a Rolling Stone (Take 11, Alternate Take) – 5:56
* Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence (Take 2) – 3:58
* Medicine Sunday (Take 1) – 1:01
* Desolation Row (Take 2, Piano Demo) – 2:00
* Desolation Row (Take 1, Alternate Version) – 11:15

### Disco 2

* Tombstone Blues (Take 1, Alternate Take) – 7:30
* Positively 4th Street (Take 5, Alternate Take) – 4:24
* Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Short Version – Take 1, Alternate Take) – 4:05
* Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Take 3, Rehearsal) – 5:39
* Highway 61 Revisited (Take 3, Alternate Take) – 3:30
* Queen Jane Approximately (Take 5, Alternate Take) – 6:02
* Visions of Johanna (Take 5, Rehearsal) – 7:40
* She's Your Lover Now (Take 6, Rehearsal) – 4:58
* Lunatic Princess (Take 1) – 1:20
* Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Take 8, Alternate Take) – 3:26
* One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) (Take 19, Alternate Take) – 5:10
* Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Take 13, Alternate Take) – 4:03
* Absolutely Sweet Marie (Take 1, Alternate Take) – 5:01
* Just Like a Woman (Take 4, Alternate Take) – 5:19
* Pledging My Time (Take 1, Alternate Take) – 3:22
* I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take) – 2:51
* Highway 61 Revisited (Take 7, False Start) – 0:32
* Nota: (†) Precedentemente pubblicata in altre uscite ufficiali

## Formazione

* Bob Dylan — voce, chitarra, pianoforte, armonica a bocca
* Mike Bloomfield, Al Gorgoni, John Hammond Jr., Jerry Kennedy, Bruce Langhorne, Charlie McCoy, Wayne Moss, Kenny Rankin, Robbie Robertson — chitarre
* Joe South — chitarra, basso
* Paul Griffin— pianoforte, pianoforte elettrico, organo
* Al Kooper — organo, pianoforte elettrico, celesta
* Frank Owens — pianoforte, pianoforte elettrico
* Richard Manuel, Hargus "Pig" Robbins — pianoforte
* Garth Hudson — organo
* John Sebastian — basso, armonica a bocca
* John Boone, Harvey Brooks, Rick Danko, Joseph Macho Jr., Russ Savakus, Henry Strzelecki — basso
* Kenny Buttrey, Bobby Gregg, Levon Helm, Sandy Konikoff, Sam Lay — batteria
* Angeline Butler — cori in If You Gotta Go, Go Now (take 2)