The 50th Anniversary Collection explained

50th Anniversary Collection
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Bob Dylan
Cover:	BobDylan50th.jpg
Alt:	A plain brown cover with the words "BOB DYLAN / THE COPYRIGHT EXTENSION / COLLECTION VOL. 1" written in black handwriting
Recorded:	January 29 – December 6, 1962, New York City, New York, United States
Genre:	Folk rock
Length:	4:35:21
Label:	Sony
Producer:	John H. Hammond and Tom Wilson
Prev Title:	Tempest
Prev Year:	2012
Next Title:	The Bootleg Series Vol. 10
Next Year:	2013

The 50th Anniversary Collection: The Copyright Extension Collection, Volume 1 is the first collection by Bob Dylan that Sony Music released to prevent the recordings from legally entering the public domain in Europe. The album features studio and live recordings from 1962 that have not previously been commercially released. Sony reportedly released only 100 copies each of the four-CD-R "1962" set. The set was released only in Europe.^[1]

Track listing

• Tracks 1–10 recorded 24 April 1962 at 1st The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan session
• Tracks 11–21 recorded 25 April 1962 at 2nd The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan session
• Tracks 22–26 recorded 9 July 1962 at 3rd The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan session

• Tracks 1–2 recorded 9 July 1962 at 3rd The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan session
• Tracks 3–9 recorded 26 October 1962 at 4th The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan session
• Tracks 10–16 recorded 1 November 1962 at 5th The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan session
• Tracks 17–19 recorded 14 November 1962 at 6th The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan session
• tracks 20–25 recorded 6 December 1962 at 7th The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan session

• Tracks 1–2 from the Mackenzie Home Tapes, recorded 29 January 1962
• Tracks 3–6 from the Mackenzie Home Tapes, recorded Fall 1962
• Tracks 7–11 recorded 16 April 1962 at Gerde's Folk City
• Tracks 12–23 recorded 2 July 1962 at Finjan Club, Montreal

• Tracks 1–5 recorded 22 September 1962 at the Carnegie Hall Hootenanny
• Tracks 6–12 recorded 15 October 1962 at the Gaslight Cafe

See also

• The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963, 2013 compilation of recordings by The Beatles also released to prevent recordings from entering the public domain
• Ashcan copy, comic book industry term for a work published solely for copyright purposes

External links

• Why There Are Only 100 Copies Of The New Bob Dylan Record
• Sony Issues The 'Bob Dylan Copyright Collection Volume' Solely To Extend Copyright On Dylan's Work
• Bob Dylan releases just 100 copies of 'The 50th Anniversary Collected'
• Bob Dylan 50th Anniversary Collection gets limited European release
• Sony Issues Dylan CDs to Extend Copyright
• 2012
• 2013

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mystery of Rolling Stones Tracks Posted Briefly on YouTube . Hern . Alex . . January 3, 2020 . January 15, 2020.