Bob Dylan – Bonnie Beecher's Apartment, December 22 1961

This bootleg was recorded December 22, 1961 at Bonnie Beecher's Apartment in Dinkytown, Minnesota.Dinkytown is a small "student-centric" shopping and entertainment area just off the campus of the University of Minnesota.

Bonnie Beecher's Apartment was called 'The Minnesota Hotel' because it was a revolving door for the 'musicians types'.


"…the most famous of Dylan’s many “home” tapes, the so-called “Minneapolis Hotel Tape.” Recorded by Tony Glover at Bonnie Beecher’s apartment in Minneapolis, whimsically dubbed The Beecher Hotel by Dylan (hence the title of the tape), large portions of this tape appeared on the first Dylan bootleg album, the legendary Great White Wonder."
~Clinton Heylin (Bob Dylan: A Life in Stolen Moments Day by Day 1941-1995)

"The December tape has been in wide circulation for many years. It was actually the first bootleg ever produced. It was released on a 2 LP set in 1969, and went by the title ‘Great White Wonder’ It has been available under various titles a countless number of times in the decades that followed. The quality has generally been very good, and the performance tells the story of a fresh faced boy just out of high school, who had the energy and natural ‘world-traveled weariness’ quality that would forever change the world. It is absolutely required material for even the smallest collection."
~bobsboots.com


Tracklist:


A1 Candy Man
A2 Baby Please Don't Go
A3 Hard Times In New York Town
A4 Stealin'
A5 Poor Lazarus
A6 I Ain't Got No Home
B1 It's Hard To Be Blind
B2 Dink's SOng
B3 Man Of Constant Sorrow
B4 Naomi Wise
B5 Wade In The Water
B6 I Was Young When I Left Home
C1 In The Evening
C2 Let Me Follow You Down
C3 Sally Gal
C4 Gospel Plow
C5 Long John
C6 Cocaine
C7 VD Blues
C8 VD Waltz
D1 VD City
D2 VD Gunners Blues
D3 See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
D4 Ramblin' Round
D5 Black Cross

Bob Dylan – Bonnie Beecher's Apartment, December 22 1961

(320 kbps, cover art included)