"Blood on the Tracks" -- both versions

In December 1974, Bob Dylan had just finished recording "Blood on the Tracks," in New York, and the record was to be released on Christmas Day. Just before the release date, though, back home in Minnesota, he played the cuts for his little brother who advised him that the dark, stripped down songs would "never sell." Dylan, who was going through bad times personally and suffering a lack of confidence in the studio he never experienced earlier in his career, listened to David Zimmerman. They quickly put together a band of Minneapolis musicians and re-recorded five of the album's tracks in the twin city. CBS Records, not surprisingly, was not amused by having to push back the album's much-publicized release date.

I recently heard the original recordings of "Tangled Up In Blue" and "Idiot Wind" on Dylan's "Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3," and I was floored with how differently they sound from what was ultimately released. It's as if they are different songs.

"Uncut," a UK publication, now has a page on their website in which you can listen to both versions of the five recut songs, along with two other tunes recorded in Minneapolis, but not released on the album.