12月8日、ディランが600曲余りの全楽曲をユニバーサル・ミュージック・グループに売却するという報道があった。何が起きたのかすぐには分からなかったが、少しずつ情報が流れ出している。契約金は3億ドル(約315億円)。ディランの長年の所属レーベルであるコロンビア・レコードの親会社ソニーは、この売却に関して何も知らなかった。その背景には、ソニーの上層部とディランとの間に強い信頼関係がなかったようだ。
だとすれば、1965年1月から66年2月までのセッションをまとめた怒涛の6枚組アルバムThe Cutting Edgeの発売(2015年11月)に、ディランは納得していなかった可能性がある。全111曲、7時間3分20秒。まるで百科事典の装丁。重量を測ってみたら1,155グラムだった。ディランは「重すぎる・・・」とつぶやいた。そんな気がする。今のところ、コロンビアが運営するディランの公式サイトは閉じられていないし、本件に関してノーコメントである。
Disc 1
1. Love Minus Zero / No Limit [take 1]
2. Love Minus Zero / No Limit [take 2]
3. Love Minus Zero / No Limit [take 3]
4. Love Minus Zero / No Limit [take 1]
5. I'll Keep It With Mine [take 1]
6. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [take 1]
7. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream [take 1]
8. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream [take 2]
9. She Belongs To Me [take 1]
10. She Belongs To Me [take 2]
11. She Belongs To Me [take 1]
12. Subterranean Homesick Blues [take 1]
13. Subterranean Homesick Blues [take 1]
14. Outlaw Blues [take 1]
15. Outlaw Blues [take 2]
16. On The Road Again [take 1]
17. On The Road Again [take 4]
18. On The Road Again [take 1]
19. On The Road Again [take 7]
20. Farewell, Angelina [take 1]
21. If You Gotta Go, Go Now [take 1]
22. If You Gotta Go, Go Now [take 2]
23. You Don't Have To Do That [take 1]
Disc 2
1. California [take 1]
2. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) [take 1]
3. Mr. Tambourine Man [takes 1-2]
4. Mr. Tambourine Man [take 3]
5. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [take 1]
6. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [take 8]
7. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [take 3]
8. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [take 3]
9. Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence [take 2]
10. Tombstone Blues [take 1]
11. Tombstone Blues [take 9]
12. Positively 4th Street [takes 1-3]
13. Positively 4th Street [take 4]
14. Positively 4th Street [take 5]
15. Desolation Row [take 1]
16. Desolation Row [take 2]
17. Desolation Row [take 5]
18. From A Buick 6 [take 1]
19. From A Buick 6 [take 4]
Disc 3
1. Like A Rolling Stone [takes 1-3]
2. Like A Rolling Stone [take 4]
3. Like A Rolling Stone [take 5]
4. Like A Rolling Stone [rehearsal]
5. Like A Rolling Stone [take 1]
6. Like A Rolling Stone [takes 2-3]
7. Like A Rolling Stone [take 4]
8. Like A Rolling Stone [take 5]
9. Like A Rolling Stone [take 6]
10. Like A Rolling Stone [take 8]
11. Like A Rolling Stone [takes 9-10]
12. Like A Rolling Stone [take 11]
13. Like A Rolling Stone [take 12]
14. Like A Rolling Stone [take 13]
15. Like A Rolling Stone [take 14]
16. Like A Rolling Stone [take 15]
17. Like A Rolling Stone [master take, guitar]
18. Like A Rolling Stone [master take, vocals, guitar]
19. Like A Rolling Stone [master take, piano, bass]
20. Like A Rolling Stone [master take, drums, organ]
Disc 4
1. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? [take 1]
2. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? [take 17]
3. Highway 61 Revisited [take 3]
4. Highway 61 Revisited [take 5]
5. Highway 61 Revisited [take 7]
6. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [take 1]
7. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [take 3]
8. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [take 13]
9. Queen Jane Approximately [take 2]
10. Queen Jane Approximately [take 5]
11. Ballad Of A Thin Man [take 2]
12. Medicine Sunday [take 1]
13. Jet Pilot [take 1]
14. I Wanna Be Your Lover [take 1]
15. I Wanna Be Your Lover [take 6]
16. Instrumental [take 2]
17. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? [take 6]
18. Visions Of Johanna [take 1]
19. Visions Of Johanna [take 5]
Disc 5
1. Visions Of Johanna [take 7]
2. Visions Of Johanna [take 8]
3. Visions Of Johanna [take 14]
4. She's Your Lover Now [take 1]
5. She's Your Lover Now [take 6]
6. She's Your Lover Now [take 15]
7. She's Your Lover Now [take 16]
8. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) [take 2]
9. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) [take 4]
10. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) [take 19]
11. Lunatic Princess [take 1]
12. Fourth Time Around [take 11]
13. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [take 3]
14. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [take 8]
15. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 [take 1]
Disc 6
1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [take 1]
2. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [rehearsal]
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [take 5]
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [take 13]
5. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [take 14]
6. Absolutely Sweet Marie [take 1]
7. Just Like A Woman [take 1]
8. Just Like A Woman [take 4]
9. Just Like A Woman [take 8]
10. Pledging My Time [take 1]
11. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) [take 1]
12. Temporary Like Achilles [take 3]
13. Obviously Five Believers [take 3]
14. I Want You [take 4]
15. Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands [take 1]
Total 111 tunes / 7H 3m 20s
Bob Dylan - vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Mike Bloomfield, Al Gorgoni, John Hammond, Jr., Jerry Kennedy, Bruce Langhorne, Charlie McCoy, Wayne Moss, Kenny Rankin, Robbie Robertson- guitars
Joe South - guitar, bass
Paul Griffin - piano, electric piano, organ
Al Kooper - organ, electric piano, celeste
Frank Owens - piano, electric piano
Richard Manuel, Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
Garth Hudson - organ
John Sebastian - bass, harmonica
John Boone, Harvey Brooks, Rick Danko, Joseph Macho, Jr., Russ Savakus, Henry Strzelecki - bass
Kenny Buttrey, Bobby Gregg, Levon Helm, Sandy Konikoff, Sam Lay - drums
Angeline Butler - backing vocals on "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" take two
Recorded in January 13, 1965 - February 16, 1966.