Bob Dylan has confirmed the full tracklisting for The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969-1971).

The album will be released on multiple formats on August 26 in the UK via Columbia Records.

It includes 35 rarities alongside unreleased recordings and will be available in two disc standard and four disc deluxe editions and a vinyl edition.

According to a press release issued today by Dylan’s record company, “Columbia Records will release Bob Dylan’s The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) on August 27, bringing fresh perspective to one of the artist’s most controversial periods and revealing it to be one of his most wonderfully creative and prolific. Containing 35 rarities and previously unreleased recordings, Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) is the latest edition of Dylan’s acclaimed Bootleg Series and is available in both a standard two-disc set and in a four-disc deluxe box set.

“The unreleased recordings, demos and alternate takes on Another Self Portrait – drawn mainly from the 1970 studio recording sessions that resulted in the official 1970 albums Self Portrait and New Morning albums – shed new light on an essential and pivotal period in the artist’s ongoing musical evolution.

“The original Self Portrait, released in June 1970, was Dylan’s tenth studio album and his first to receive real pans from the music press (‘What is this shit?’ was literally the opening sentence of Greil Marcus‘s review in Rolling Stone while Robert Christgau gave the album a “C PLUS” rating in the Village Voice). Nevertheless, Self Portrait hit Number 4 on the US Billboard 200 and Number 1 on the UK album charts.

“In the Self Portrait sessions, Dylan played a selection of songs accompanied by a small ensemble of musicians, primarily David Bromberg (guitar) and Al Kooper (keyboards, guitar), with producer Bob Johnston later adding overdubs to the basic tracks in Nashville. Another Self Portrait presents these original session masters for the first time without overdubs.

“Another Self Portrait reveals fresh aspects of Dylan’s vocal genius as he reimagines traditional and contemporary folk music as well as songs of his own. Across these unvarnished performances, Dylan is the country singer from Nashville Skyline (“Country Pie” and “I Threw It All Away”), an interpreter of traditional folk (“Little Sadie,” “Pretty Saro”) who’s right at home singing the songs of his contemporaries (Tom Paxton’s “Annie’s Gonna Sing Her Song” and Eric Andersen’s “Thirsty Boots”) before returning to writing and singing his own new music (“Went To See The Gypsy,” “Sign On The Window”).

“While the original Self Portrait was a deliberate act of iconoclasm that shattered Dylan’s image as ‘generational spokesperson’ while stretching the boundaries of pop music and his own, the album’s successor, New Morning, marked Dylan’s return to songwriting. Another Self Portrait gives fans a chance to reappraise the pivotal recordings that marked Dylan’s artistic transformation as the 1960s ended and the 1970s began.

“Featured on Another Self Portrait are a previously unavailable version of “Only A Hobo” and the demo version of “When I Paint My Masterpiece,” a track that finds Dylan, who’d been signed as a recording artist not quite a decade earlier, looking to the future, promising that “Someday, everything’s gonna be smooth like a rhapsody, when I paint my masterpiece.”

“Bob Dylan has created a new painting as the cover art for The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969-1971).

“The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) will be available in a standard two-disc configuration as well as in a four-disc deluxe boxed set which will include, for the first time ever, the complete historic performance by Bob Dylan and The Band from the Isle of Wight Festival on August 31, 1969. Housed in a slipcase, the deluxe edition will include the newly remastered version of the 1970 Self Portrait album, in its entirety with original sequencing, in addition to two hardcover books featuring revisionist liner notes penned by Greil Marcus (author of the notorious “What is this shit?” 1970 Self Portrait review in Rolling Stone).

“A vinyl version of The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) will include the album’s 35 tracks on three LPs plus a 12″ x 12″ booklet.”

The tracklisting for The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)

CD 1

1 Went To See The Gypsy (demo)

17 All The Tired Horses (without overdubs, Self Portrait)

The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)

CD 2

1 If Not For You (alternate version, New Morning)

18 When I Paint My Masterpiece (demo)

Bob Dylan & The Band

Isle of Wight – August 31, 1969

1 She Belongs To Me

16 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35

Details of how to pre-order the album are available from Bob Dylan’s website.

On April 20, Dylan released a 7″ single for Record Store Day, “Wigwam” b/w “Thirsty Boots”, which dated from the spring 1970 sessions for the Self Portrait album.

Bob Dylan will also tour the UK later this year. You can find the dates here.

Earlier today, a trailer for Another Self Portrait (1969 – 1971) was released on Youtube.

Thom Yorke has defended his position on Spotify, after he and producer Nigel Godrich took to Twitter to express their views that the streaming service was “bad for new music” before announcing that they would be pulling their material from it.

The debut album from their Atoms For Peace project has been removed from the site, as has Thom Yorke’s solo album The Eraser. Godrich explained his position yesterday in a series of tweets criticising the low royalty rates paid to artists – who he said received “f*ck all” from the service.

Producer Stephen Street criticised Yorke’s position, claiming that Radiohead played a role in devaluing digital music when they allowed fans to pay what they wanted for their 2007 album In Rainbows. “Bit rich coming from Thom Yorke that Spotify doesn’t work for new artists,” he wrote on Twitter. “It’s exactly what I said when Radiohead made their album available for free/ pay what you want a few years back.” Street added: “Suits superstars with 10 years of EMI investment behind them. It didn’t help new upcoming artists at all. Gave the wrong message that music had no value. It’s bitten you on the arse Thom!”

Thom Yorke later responded to criticism on Twitter: “Make no mistake new artists you discover on ‪#Spotify will no get paid. Meanwhile shareholders will shortly being rolling in it. Simples,” he wrote. “‘Your small meaningless rebellion is only hurting your fans … a drop in the bucket really’ No we’re standing up for our fellow musicians.” He added: “For me In Rainbows was a statement of trust. People still value new music…That’s all we’d like from Spotify. Don’t make us the target.”

Meanwhile, Radiohead’s co-manager Brian Message has also commented on the debate, saying that Spotify will ultimately offer artists ‘equitable remuneration”. He told the he told the BBC: “Streaming services are a new way for artists and fans to engage. As a manager of Thom I obviously sit up and take note when he says, ‘Listen guys we need to look at how this works’. It’s a healthy debate that’s going on right now…He’s rightly asking the question of, ‘What’s in this for new music and new artists?’ I think we’re all debating this. [But] as the model gets bigger I think we’ll find a place where artists and managers and all creators can all receive what they regard as equitable remuneration.”

Spotify yesterday told NME that its long-term goal is to make sure artists are properly remunerated for putting their music on the service. Radiohead albums such as The Bends, OK, Computer and Kid A are still available to stream on Spotify.

A website has been launched for 20,000 Days On Earth, the fictional film charting 24 hours in the life of Nick Cave.

The film, directed by multi-media artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, features cameos from Ray Winstone and Kylie Minogue, is due for release in Spring 2014.

The website contains teaser footage from the film.

A Facebook page has also been launched.

David Bowie has unveiled the video for “Valentine’s Day” – watch it below.

The track is the fourth single from Bowie’s album The Next Day. It was directed by Indrani and Markus Klinko, who previously collaborated with Bowie on the artwork for the 2002 Heathen album. The track will also be released as a limited edition picture disc on August 19, with the track ‘Plan’ as a b-side.

The video follows Bowie’s previous promo for “The Next Day”, which starred the singer as a priest and Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard as part of a cast of religious characters. It was criticised by the Catholic church and was briefly banned from YouTube before being reinstated.

Bowie’s 24th studio album The Next Day was released on March 8, 2013.

Bob Dylan has released a trailer for the Bootleg Series Volume 10.

The trailer for Another Self Portrait (1969 – 1971) includes interviews with Al Kooper and David Bromberg, who both played on the sessions, as well as clips for songs including “Went To See The Gypsy”, “Pretty Saro”, “Tell Old Bill”, “Time Passes Slowly” and “When I Paint My Masterpiece”.

More information about Another Self Portrait (1969 – 1971) is expected later today.

Arcade Fire will release their fourth studio album on October 29.

The band announced the release date on Twitter earlier today (July 12) in a pretty unusual fashion – in reply to a fan who had tweeted “you’re my favourite” at them.

The band Tweeted in response: “Thanks. Our new album will be out October 29th”.

It had previously been reported that the album, the band’s follow-up to 2010’s The Suburbs, would be released on September 9.

Last month (June), James Murphy, who is helping to produce the as-yet-untitled album, gave an update on its progress. “The album is going great. I’m too in the middle of it to know which way it will go in the end. But it’s going to be a fantastic record,” he told the Daily Star.

Murphy also clarified his contribution to the album, saying: “They are so good they could produce themselves, so my role in the band depends on the song. Sometimes I’m going around making suggestions and playing instruments, other times I’m just helping the arrangements. We feel like part of each other’s bands because we toured a lot together over the years.”

In an interview with MusicWeek late last year, the band’s manager Scott Rodger confirmed that Arcade Fire were going into the studio with Murphy to work on their fourth album. He said at the time: “They’re in with James Murphy on three or so songs, plus Markus Dravs who is a long-time collaborator. They write too many songs – that’s a good problem to have. There’s around 35 songs with Arcade Fire, two albums’-worth for sure.”

Arctic Monkeys have revealed the artwork to their new album AM.

The artwork, which you can see above, was posted on Twitter by the band this morning (July 14) along with a message which reads: “Here’s the artwork for ‘AM’, released on 9th Sept 2013.” The minimal design is in keeping with the animated video and artwork for the album’s lead single ‘Do I Wanna Know?’.

Last month Arctic Monkeys confirmed details of their fifth studio album AM, which includes the songs ‘R U Mine?’ and ‘Do I Wanna Know?’. Guests on the album include Josh Homme and former member of The Coral, Bill Ryder-Jones.

Last month (June 28), Arctic Monkeys headlined Glastonbury festival. The headline slot was the second time the band have topped the bill at Worthy Farm having first played in 2007 with the band playing new songs as well as fan favourites in a triumphant set.

Arctic Monkeys will play nine dates on the tour including a homecoming gig at Sheffield’s Motorpoint Arena. Starting in Newcastle at the Metro Radio Arena on October 22, the tour will then visit Manchester, London, Liverpool, Cardiff, Birmingham and Glasgow before ending with the Sheffield gig on November 2. The Strypes will support on all dates. The second London date will take place on October 26.

Arctic Monkeys will play:

Newcastle Metro Radio Arena (October 22)

Manchester Arena (23)

London Earls Court (25, 26)

Liverpool Echo Arena (28)

Cardiff Motorpoint Arena (29)

Birmingham LG Arena (31)

Glasgow Hydro Arena (November 1)

Sheffield Motorpoint Arena (2)

The Rolling Stones brought to a close their 50 & Counting tour on Saturday (June 13), with a second show at London’s Hyde Park.

The band had kicked off their 50 & Counting tour on October 25 last year with a club show in the 600 capacity La Trabendo in Paris and another at the 1,800 capacity venue le Théâtre Mogador on October 29.

They played two shows at London’s 02 Arena on November 25 and 29, followed by three shows in New York in December.

In between the London and New York dates, the band released a feature-length documentary, Crossfire Hurricane, on October 18 and a new greatest hits comp, GRRR! on November 13.

On April 28, they began a 19-date North American tour with a surprise show at Los Angeles’ Echoplex.

During the American leg of the 50 & Counting tour, the band were joined on stage by guest artists including Tom Waits, Arcade Fire’s Win Butler and Dave Grohl.

The Stones played Glastonbury on June 29 as well as two Hyde Park shows on July 6 and 13.

On July 22, the band released their Hyde Park Live album, recorded at the July 6 and 13 shows, on iTunes.

You can read our review of the 02 Arena, November 29 show here.

You can read our review of the GRRR! compilation here.

You can read our review of Crossfire Hurricane here.

You can read our review of the Glastobury show here.

You can read our review of the Hyde Park, July 6 show here.

You can read our review of the Hyde Park, July 13 show here.

Morrissey has apologised for pulling a number of tour dates in Peru and Chile after being struck down with food poisoning.

In a post on the True To You fansite, the singer wrote: “I can’t give words to the sorrow I feel at the loss of perfect Peru. Oh, black cloud. After such a victorious and uplifting welcome of Lima love, the contaminated jinx had its way via a simple restaurant meal of penne pasta and tomato. Three hours later, both I, and security Liam have collapsed with a deadly and delirious bedridden disease. Five days of round-the-clock medical supervision just barely controls the corrosively toxic food poisoning. I know my luck too well. Sorrow replaces joy, and in every dream home a heartache. It could only be me.

“I have returned to Los Angeles and to the expert supervision of my doctor Jeremy Fine, who assures me that I shall be fine (although not in the gossamer, powdery sense) for our upcoming shows in Argentina and Brazil. I have absolutely no idea where my beloved Chile has gone. In the heat of cancellations and postponements, the humiliation and mortification I feel on a personal level is too mammoth to be measured. If my spirits climb down any lower I could never again find the dignity to stand upright. We all live at the mercy of biological chance, and although I am not one to take refuge in clichés, I repeat my very servile apologies to any and all who back-packed their way to Peru. Alas, the dark shadow made the same journey.

“Each year of life brings us nearer to our decline, but I will continue to seek a listener until I’m dead in a ditch.

“with all the soul of the world

“MORRISSEY”

Over the past year Morrissey has postponed and cancelled a host of tour dates because of his mother’s and his own ill health. He recently revealed that he nearly died earlier this year due to medical problems.

Atoms For Peace have removed their music from Spotify.

Producer Nigel Godrich claims the streaming service is “bad for new music”, complaints that were backed up by Thom Yorke.

Godrich posted a number of messages on Twitter concerning the removal of Atoms For Peace’s album Amok from Spotify, explaining that he believes the system is run by the “same old industry bods trying to get a stranglehold”.

“The reason is that new artists get paid fuck all with this model. It’s an equation that just doesn’t work,” Godrich wrote. “The music industry is being taken over by the back door and if we don’t try and make it fair for new music producers and artists then the art will suffer. Make no mistake. These are all the same old industry bods trying to get a stranglehold on the delivery system. Plus people are scared to speak up or not take part as they are told they will lose invaluable exposure if they don’t play ball. Meanwhile millions of streams gets them a few thousand dollars. Not like radio at all.”

Thom Yorke retweeted a selection of the tweets with Godrich going on to add that he thinks Spotify can be a good thing for bands with established back catalogues but simply does not benefit new artists. “Some records can be made in a laptop,” he tweeted, “but some need musician and skilled technicians. These things cost money. Pink Floyd’s catalogue has already generated billions of dollars for someone (not necessarily the band) so now putting it on a streaming site makes total sense. But if people had been listening to Spotify instead of buying records in 1973 I doubt very much if ‘Dark Side…’ would have been made. It would just be too expensive.”

Yorke also Tweeted: “Make no mistake new artists you discover on Spotify will no get paid. meanwhile shareholders will shortly being rolling in it. simples.”

As well as the removal of Amok, Godrich has also removed his band Ultraista’s debut album from Spotify while Thom Yorke’s solo album The Eraser has also been taken down from the streaming service.

Beastie Boy Mike D has released his first new music since the death of bandmate Adam Yauch.

The producer and rapper has uploaded a 10-minute-long mix to his Soundcloud page under the name Humberto V New Reactionaries. The mix was inspired by hardcore bands such as Black Flag and Bad Brains as well as trap, the aggressive strand of hip-hop made popular by the likes of Gucci Mane and Wacka Flocka Flame.

New Reactionaries is a name Mike D has used to make music under before, while Humberto is a Japanese fashion designer for Kenzo, the label the mix was made for. Scroll down to listen to it now.

Speaking to Kenzo, Mike D said he “wanted to honour what he (Humberto) was inspired by: American hardcore like Black Flag, Bad Brains, Circle Jerks but then I wanted to update it, or maybe couldn’t help but to update it.”

Continuing, he explained that he has “been listening to a fair amount of trap records and I think that found its way into things on this for sure”. Jamie xx and MIA have both recorded mixes for Kenzo in the past, the latter’s ‘Matangi Mix’ arriving earlier in 2013.

A new book of rare and unseen images of The Smiths and Morrissey by former NME photographer Lawrence Watson is to be released in August.

The release of the book, The Smiths, on August 12 will coincide with the 25th anniversary of Watson’s final shoot with Morrissey. The majority of the images in the book are previously unseen and context is provided by captions written by Watson himself.

Watson photographed the Manchester band throughout their career at various locations in Manchester including the Albert Finney store on Oldham Road and the Piccadilly Hotel – both for NME cover shots – and the Salford Lads Club.

Speaking about his work and the book, Watson said: “Resurrecting these photographs of Morrissey and The Smiths has reignited some wonderful memories of working with one of the greatest bands in the world. As their music will live on forever, so too will these photos which captured the group in their rawest form and convey what made them so special. For fans who, like me, were lucky enough to have been there – I share these with you”.

The Smiths by Lewis Watson will be available in paperback from August 12 and is priced at £20.

Pearl Jamhave announced details of a brand new studio album, Lightning Bolt, to be released in October.

The album will be the US band’s tenth in total and their first since 2009’s Backspacer. The first track to be taken from the album, “Mind Your Manners“, can be heard above, now.

Speaking earlier this year, guitarist Mike McCready said the content of the album, which will again be produced by Brendan O’Brien, was inspired by Pink Floyd and punk rock, adding that the record is “experimental”.

He said: “I would say as a cliché answer it’s kind of a logical extension of what Backspacer was. But I think there’s a little bit more experimental stuff going on. There’s a Pink Floyd vibe to some of it, there’s a punk rock edge to other stuff.”

Speaking at the time, McCready said that seven songs are “relatively completed” and there are an additional 15 “ready to go”. “We’re excited to get it done, because we’ve kind of been waiting for about two years to do it,” he explained.

Pearl Jam recently announced a North American tour.

Scroll down to see a trailer for ‘Lightning Bolt’, which will be released on October 15.

Otis Redding’s widow, Zelma, tells Uncut about her late husband in the new issue (dated August 2013 and out now).

Zelma recalls that Redding “always knew he was going to be a great singer”, and predicts what she believes Otis would be doing now if he had lived.

“We can’t say where Otis Redding would be today if he’d lived,” she says, “but he’d probably be huge, a mega-giant of a record company or a production company or a studio. He said he wasn’t going to get old on the road.”

The soul singer died in a plane crash in December 1967, just days after recording “(Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay”, the sessions for which his wife and young children had attended.

Otis Redding’s The Complete Stax/Volt Singles Collection is also reviewed in the new issue of Uncut, out now.

Photo: Atlantic