Notes

---

DYLAN'S ROOT(S)
GLEASON TAPE (FEB-MARCH 1961)
CHAPTER HALL, NEW YORK CITY (NOV 4, 1961)

From bobsboots.com: http://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/cd-d41.html

"Dylan's Root(s)
source: East Orange & Chapter Hall

East Orange, NJ (Gleason Tape) Feb-March 1961
Carnegie Chapter Hall, NY November 4, 1961


Tracks:
East Orange:
San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (Trad)
Gypsy Davey (Trad-Guthrie arr)
Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
Trail Of The Buffalo (Trad-Guthrie arr)
Jesse James (Trad)
Car Car (Woody Guthrie)
Southern Cannonball (Jimmie Rodgers)
Bring Me Back My Blue-Eyed Boy (Trad)
Remember Me (Scott Wiseman)

Chapter Hall:
Pretty Peggy-O (Trad arr Dylan)
In The Pines (Leadbelly)
Gospel Plow (Trad)
1913 Massacre (Woody Guthrie)
Backwater Blues (Bessie Smith)
Young But Daily Growin' (Trad)
Fixin' To Die (White)

Review:
A wonderful 'must-have' CD for anyone interested in the beginnings of a legend.
It contains the complete circulating tapes of two historic 1961 recordings....
Highly recommended.

The Venues:
East Orange was recorded in the East Orange, New Jersey home of Bob & Sid Gleason,
and is often referred to as the Gleason tape. It was recorded on amateur 1950's
equipment, and the quality is far from what one could expect of modern recording processes
... however, it is still quite good, and far better than the vinyl that had been released
for years. Chapter Hall was Dylan's first venture out of the coffee houses and onto a real
concert stage. 53 tickets were sold at $2 each for the 200 seat hall. Historians differ
on the actual head count, but it was most likely around 75 or so. Again, even though this
is a line recording, the limitations of the mobile recording equipment available at the
time is quite evident."