Released by the infant TMQ label ("Trademark of Quality"), created by two Los Angeles-based men, one a military deserter, Ken and Dub, it was compiled from multiple sources. Sides one and three of Great White Wonder were entirely given over to songs from an informal ninety-minute tape that Dylan recorded in the apartment of Bonnie Beecher in Minneapolis in December 1961. Side two was a miscellany of studio outtakes. However, it was seven basement-tape cuts that filled up the end of side two and all of side four that aroused the greatest interest.
The west coast radio stations were first to pick up on Great White Wonder. Five radio stations ? KCBS [sic ? should be KCSB-FM] in Santa Barbara, KNAC in Long Beach, KRLA in Pasadena and KMET-FM and KPPC-FM in Los Angeles ? immediately began playing the album. KRLA was the first. Unconcerned with legal niceties, these LA radio stations were quite willing to fuel demand for both Great White Wonder and the spate of bootlegs that soon followed its metal-stamped heels."
Originally, the cover was a simple white sleeve, until the nickname "Great White Wonder" began to take effect. Later 1970s pressings included a poorly hand-stamped title, or a picture of Dylan playing at the Isle of Wight festival. Others gave the false artist name "Dupre and his Miracle Sound", along with false track titles.
This version predominately comes from the bigozine archive and has the following notes from the compiler of this excellent mp3 version - I have re-created this 24-track double album, taking 20 tracks from tape-derived CD sources, one track from an MP3 download, and three others from my original vinyl edition. The album was dominated by material from the 1961 ?Minnesota Hotel? or ?Minnesota Apartment? tapes and material from the 1967 ?Basement Tapes? with a small amount of mid-1960s CBS vault material.
I have also added one bonus track to the end of Disc One. In reconstructing this album, I have not used any mixes from the official 1975 ?Basement Tapes? album, because those mixes featured 1970s overdubs by Robbie Robertson. I have paid close attention to using the correct takes and mixes, by comparing to my original vinyl pressing, instead of believing information offered on the Internet (some of which is incorrect). - Philip Cohen (A longtime music fan, Philip Cohen was a contributor to the now-defunct ICE Magazine and compiled the boxsets for The Yardbirds, The Small Faces, Humble Pie and Nice). With thanks to Chris for sourcing this for Beehive Candy.
Source: Soundboard.
Sound Quality: Very good quality mp3@224kbps.
Genre: Rock, folk rock, folk, blues.
Set: Full set.
Set List:
Disc 1:
Track 101. Candy Man (from the CD ?Songs For Bonnie?) (4.9MB)
Track 102. Ramblin? Round (from the CD ?Songs For Bonnie?) (5.3MB)
Track 103. Black Cross (aka ?Hezikiah Jones?; taken from the 3-CD set ?The Genuine Bootleg Series?) (6.6MB)
This source is superior to the one on ?Songs For Bonnie?.
Track 104. Ain?t Got No Home (from the CD ?Songs For Bonnie?) (3.3MB)
Track 105. The Death of Emmitt Till (Taken from an MP3 download) (9.1MB)
I did not have a CD source for this specific take and, unfortunately, I could not use my original vinyl set as a source, due to two large paper fragments embedded in the vinyl of my ?Side 1 and 2? record, which would have caused prolonged, loud repetitive noise when playing this song. While this performance was from a 1962 radio broadcast, it is not from ?Folksinger?s Choice?, despite a somewhat similar spoken introduction.
Track 106. Poor Lazarus (from the CD ?Songs For Bonnie?) (6.9MB)
Track 107. New Orleans Rag (breakdown take; from the CD ?Strip Tease?) (1.7MB)
Track 108. If You Gotta Go, Go Now (from the CD ?Thin Wild Mercury Music?) (4.1MB)
Note that this has the short intro without harmonica. Columbia?s later official mix on ?The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3? has a longer intro with harmonica. I have used the correct, bootleg mix, as on the GWW vinyl set).
109. Only A Hobo (Omitted; from Columbia 3-CD set ?The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3)
110. Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence (Omitted; from Columbia 3-CD set ?The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3)
Track 111. The Mighty Quinn (taken from ?The Genuine Basement Tapes Vol. 2?) (3.1MB)
This has the extended introduction that is not on the official release. This mix is very unbalanced, with almost everything on the left channel, excepting a few Garth Hudson organ notes.
Track 112. This Wheel?s on Fire (from the CD ?The Genuine Basement Tapes Vol. 3?) (5.9MB)
This track illustrates why I didn?t use any of the mixes from the official ?Basement Tapes? set. The official release of ?This Wheel?s on Fire? has a very prominent overdubbed acoustic lead guitar added in the 1970s.
Bonus Track:
Track 113. New Orleans Rag (complete version) (5.1MB)
The compilers of ?Great White Wonder? only had access to a breakdown take of this song and, for authenticity, I had to use that take as ?track 7?, but as a bonus, I added a completed master take, taken from the 3-CD set ?The Genuine Bootleg Series?.
Disc 2:
Track 201. Baby Please Don?t Go (from the CD ?Songs For Bonnie?) (6.7MB)
Track 202. Interview By Pete Seeger (dubbed from my original ?Great White Wonder? vinyl set) (2.5MB)
Track 203. Dink?s Song (from the CD ?Songs For Bonnie?) (7.7MB)
Track 204. See That My Grave is Kept Clean( from the CD ?Songs For Bonnie?) (5.7MB)
Track 205. East Orange, New Jersey (dubbed from my original ?Great White Wonder? vinyl set) (2.4MB)
Track 206. Man of Constant Sorrow (from the CD ?Songs For Bonnie?) (5.7MB)
207. I Shall Be Released (Omitted; from the Columbia 3-CD set ?The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3)
Track 208. Open The Door Homer (Take 1; from the CD ?The Genuine Basement Tapes Vol. 2) (4.4MB)
Yes, this is the correct title, even though the character in the song is named ?Richard?.
Track 209. Too Much of Nothing (Take 2; from the 3-CD set ?The Genuine Bootleg series Vol. 3?) (4.6MB)
Track 210. Nothing Was Delivered (Take 2; from the CD ?The Genuine Basement Tapes Vol. 2?) (6.9MB)
Track 211. Tears of Rage (Take 1; from the CD ?The Genuine Basement Tapes Vol. 2) (6.3MB)
Track 212. Living The Blues (dubbed from my original ?Great White Wonder? vinyl set) (4.6MB)
Website: Official Bob Dylan HERE.
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Source: http://www.beehivecandy.com/2011/04/bootleg-originals-part-nine-bob-dylan.html
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