![]() However, original test pressings are very rare indeed. The New York recordings have been heavily bootlegged through the years, and tracks have also been released on the official Dylan releases, Biograph and The Bootleg Series Vols 1-3. The definitive version of the album, utilising the Minneapolis recordings, was released in January 1974. However, the singer’s brother convinced him that the album was too melancholy in its original state.ĭuly following fraternal advice, Dylan entered a studio on Minneapolis and re-recorded five of the tracks in December. However, what buyers arrived home with was not the record which Dylan had originally planned.ĭylan recorded the first version of Blood on the Tracks in autumn 1974 in New York, and test pressings were made in November. The love-torn record made the number one spot in the US and reached number four in the UK charts. Released in 1975, Blood on the Tracks is regarded by many fans as his best record ever. Only five known copies of the record are said to exist so it is bound to be much sought after by collectors. One of rock's rarest records - a test pressing of Bob Dylan's Blood on The Tracks - has gone on sale in Los Angeles and is expected to fetch upwards of $12,000.
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