The Infidels Sessions

[Pottel]

Strange, I had expected "on every street" in your post jackal...

[twm]

I've now compiled Part 2 of the contnuing saga of INFIDELS and passed it along to jbaent.

Along the way, I've had to do a bit of editing, as some individual "Items" included thoughts that were sparked by something I'd written about INFIDELS but not actually to do with that album. I believe I have included those elements that might just be of interest to AMIT readers (and possibly some things that are of less interest).

I should also say that, in 1983, we were beginning to hear about a 5-LP set of archive Dylan material that was being compiled. This became BIOGRAPH, released in 1985, but, at the time, we didn't know its title or when it would appear. For a good deal of 1983, we didn't know that the album with Mark would be called INFIDELS, either. Consequently, I used "NEW ALBUM" as a heading for items dealing with both. Sometimes, I headed one as "NEW ALBUM - ONE" and the other "NEW ALBUM - TWO". You'll find an example in Part 2 of "INFIDELS EVOLVES".

[Jules]

I tried to insert the images as last time but they were too big and resized the forum, so I

[Fat Bob]

Polaroids: There were four of these, taken in Power Station Studios, and they were intended for the original artwork of the album. I don't know how common they are but one shows Mark and Bob looking at  one of the polaroids and I seem to recall that they have been used on bootleg CDs of the INFIDELS out-takes and alternate takes. Was it called OUTFIDELS?

One version was indeed called "Outfidels Intakes", the other "Rough Cuts". I'm not sufficiently tech savvy to be able to attach the images directly but these 2 links will give you the two that I have seen- not great quality admittedly, but may be of interest.

http://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/r-27f.jpg
http://www.bobsboots.com/CDs/r-27b.jpg

[Jules]

I managed to remember how I did with the TWM files last time...

Here you have them, enjoy, and thanks to TWM!!!

Click on them to make them bigger and readable 

[Pottel]

Hey fat bob, not seen you around before. Welcome!

[twm]

I don't collect bootlegs but I have a (very) few. "ROUGH CUTS" is one that I have. In fact, MK signed the reverse of one of those inserts for me, though he probably didn't realise it at the time.

[twm]

Sorry for the delay, folks, but "INDIDELS EVOLVES #3" has now been done. I will send it to jbaent shortly.

Incidentallly, I couldn't read either method of displaying "INFIDELS EVOVLES #2", though I could read "INFIDELS EVOLVES #1". This may be something that only affects me (an e-mail took so long to reach me today that the sender telphoned to ask why I hadn't responded) but, if anyone else is having trouble, please let jbaent know.

[Fletch]

Twm, do you have any inside info (Bob or otherwise) on the MK/Emmylou sessions and tour?

Seeing as both these artists kicked their early days around with the Bob, I wonder if they did much reminiscing?

[twm]

I'm afraid not. We did catch the MK/ELH concert in Manchester and I enjoyed that.