Behind the Lens

MUSIC
©Photo by Don Hunstein
While a seemingly impossible
task, The Cutting Edge
1965-1966 allows listeners to
see songs made for the three
albums from a fresh perspective
and dares to suggest, albeit indirectly,
that despite the amount
of press and praise lavished
on them over the course of the
past 50 years, they’re in certain
ways underappreciated—or,
at the least, taken for granted.
Available in three configurations
(a two-CD set whose contents
are replicated on the vinyl edition;
a Deluxe Edition six-CD
offering with 110 tracks; and a
massive 18CD Collector’s Edition
that includes every note of
every 1965-1966 session), The
Cutting Edge 1965-1966 deserves
to be enjoyed (and, for
Dylan zealots, examined) in the
median format. The abbreviated
volume barely scratches
the surface; the huge, 379-track
edition is too much for most,
and that’s before the $600 cost
comes into play.
Indeed, the disc devoted
entirely to the complete 16-
take session for “Like a Rolling
Stone” and which includes the
rehearsals, false starts, remakes,
breakdowns, and the
master takes of the instrumental
and vocal mixes, alone justifies
the worth and existence of
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966.
Meticulously transferred and
mixed from the original studio
tracking tapes, the material here
does everything but give you
a chair behind the consoles in
New York and, later, Nashville.
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