― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Friday, 7 October 2005 13:15 (eighteen years ago) link
The fall reissues have an extra disc, but as they mostly have Peel sessions, they are pointless if you have that "Ah, the Fall Peel Sessions box set, you guys" set.
― mark grout (mark grout), Friday, 7 October 2005 13:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Friday, 7 October 2005 13:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― tylerw, Friday, 7 October 2005 13:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Friday, 7 October 2005 14:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― tylerw, Friday, 7 October 2005 14:14 (eighteen years ago) link
Latest discoveries:
'Tangled Up In Blue' - a centrepiece of the set to me when I first heard it - is it in E, and the LP version in G?
'Call Letter Blues' is doing more for me than before: some poignancy in the words.
I have never loved 'Idiot Wind' but am now impressed by the relative tenderness of this (NYC?) version as vs the LP.
The bootleg 'If You See Her' is a lot better than the LP's, surely.
Is 'Golden Loom' the first time Bob and Emmylou H sang together? Assuming it's her.
It's funny how that is country, then 'Catfish' is blues. I have always thought 'Catfish' kind of unimportant, but actually I like the depth of its sound, the reverb around those slides and harmonicas.
Is the barking dog the reason that this 'Every Grain of Sand' was not used? I like this song a lot considering that it's religious.
The whole set is an amazing way to take a rapid-fire time-tour through Dylan's career, hearing the flavour of one year (those Desirous violins) for a track or two before the next sound comes along.
― the bobfox, Friday, 7 October 2005 14:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Unlike PJM, I like Live 1964 a lot.
This glockenspiel rumour remains mysterious to me.
But christ, so many great things: 'Barbed Wire Fence', 'Train To Cry', '... Go Now' on bootleg 2. Peerless!
― the bobfox, Friday, 7 October 2005 14:37 (eighteen years ago) link
fun and sad at once ! (especially considering the quality of this song you can imagine all the gems lost forever...). jeez, you'd think someone would have had the idea to record EVERY SINGLE NOISE dylan was making at the time...it's around the same time that he and the beatles recorded a track that made paul understanding the mysteries of the universe...but then forgot all about the next day !
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Friday, 7 October 2005 14:43 (eighteen years ago) link
The sad version of Idiot Wind is fantastic, I think. Ditto If You See Her.
I have not yet paid attention to 1964. Not properly. But I will. One of my problems with these records is that you have to pay attention, rather than just use them as a background to nosepicking or whatever.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 10 October 2005 07:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― don, Monday, 10 October 2005 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― kornrulez6969 (TCBeing), Monday, 10 October 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link
I finished my consecutive listen to Bootlegs 1-3 the other day. It is worth doing, I think. An odd thing is that I have listened to CD3 a lot in the past but certain tracks seemed almost previously unheard to me: 'Tell Me', for instance. I note that the sleevenote on this track is misleading.
PJM is right about the acoustic, quiet 'Idiot Wind', so much better than the LP version; yes, right too about 'If You See Her. Say Hello'. But PJM, I thought you already liked heads-down, no-nonsense boogie rock!!
I'm glad Don likes 'Golden Loom' with ELH. Big surprise for me from the notes: it's not ELH singing on 'Every Grain of Sand', but Jennifer Warnes! I almost think this must be another mistake.
Has anyone explained the barking dog yet?
'When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky' is disappointing. 'Blind Willie McTell' is more about the US South than I had realized. 'Series of Dreams' is still good.
I think I need to listen to 'Eternal Circle' again.
― the bobfox, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 12:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 13:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― the bobfox, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 13:55 (eighteen years ago) link
Today I almost went and re-bought some 'proper' albums. But I think I probably have enough with the Bootlegs and Biograph. Enough to be going on with.
I wonder if I kept that Mo-Jo comp or if I threw it away like a pranny.
PS: This is the only thread I like now. I may 'subscribe' to it.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Paper Scissors (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 18:22 (eighteen years ago) link
Miller, I am glad that you like the thread.
― the bobfox, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― William Paper Scissors (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 19:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― shookout (shookout), Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― don, Tuesday, 11 October 2005 23:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 12 October 2005 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Last night I went to The Fopp to re-buy Blonde on Blonde, but the queue was too long and they kept messing about and I was missing the football.
However, perhaps I would be better off getting Volume 7 instead. Thing is, it's £15, whereas the previous volume was £13.99 (I still have the receipt). That's £1.01 more expensive. Perhaps if I think about it long enough, the urge will pass.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 13 October 2005 06:41 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, I note that Germany has entered a Grand Coalition.
― the bobfox, Thursday, 13 October 2005 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link
More troubling is a member of the Animals going uncriticized for opening a bottle with a hotel piano. Does Dylan let pass from a star what he would justly rebuke in an ordinary person? It happened behind Dylan's back. Maybe he was unaware of it.
The LC album is called I'm Your Man.
The Grand Coalition seems to have been shunted off the front pages since last this thread was updated.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Monday, 24 October 2005 12:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 24 October 2005 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link
The story I heard is that this take was a home demo. You can also faintly hear a door close after one of the barks.
― General Doinel (Charles McCain), Monday, 24 October 2005 20:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 06:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 11:10 (eighteen years ago) link
or so the Germans would have you believe... I think careful editing amps up this impression. I do agree that NDH exposes the kind of crap Dylan had to put up with at the time. Or as a recent Stereogum post put it, "Suck On Your Glasses, Judas!" I usually don't laugh out loud at things I find on the Internet, but that did me in.
― Edward III (edward iii), Tuesday, 25 October 2005 19:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― gewsgf, Tuesday, 25 October 2005 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link
How about 'I Was Young When I Left Home'? Does vol 7 repeat the version issued with Love & Theft; either way, does anyone save me rate the latter? Its very guitar playing seems poignant.
― the bobfox, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 12:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― AleXTC (AleXTC), Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― tylerw, Wednesday, 26 October 2005 14:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 27 October 2005 07:35 (eighteen years ago) link
It seems that vol 7, unlike other volumes, repeats existing and possibly familiar material.
― the pinefox, Thursday, 27 October 2005 11:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Lou Reed NYC Man - a best of, 2 CDs for a fiver, from Fopp. So it was a part-exchange.
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― the pinefox, Thursday, 27 October 2005 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link
Sung with such beauty, control, and weight, I can't get over it. Devastates me every time.
No. It's my single favourite Dylan performance.
― I.M. (I.M.), Friday, 28 October 2005 00:23 (eighteen years ago) link
I like the alternate take of "Stuck Inside of Mobile" the best.
― John Hunter, Friday, 28 October 2005 00:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link
I am glad to hear about Vol 7. I'll have to get it!
― the bobfox, Wednesday, 23 November 2005 14:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 14:55 (eighteen years ago) link
it was sitting in the back of my memory untill cat power did it so damnedwell...these days i cant decide which i like better...
i've meant to dig up some old versions of it. a co-worker knows it from houseparty sessions when she was a kid..but hasn't pointed to any recorded versions..allmusic herei come
― bb (bbrz), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link
has anyone bought/heard the starbucks tapes?
― bb (bbrz), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― morris pavilion (samjeff), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tyler Wilcox (tylerw), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 18:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― the bobfox, Wednesday, 23 November 2005 19:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 23 November 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
I forget which Dylan thread gets used the most. Here’s drummer Jon Wurster re 2 recent Dylan gigs he saw , and Dylan on the St Patrick’s Day show doing a song he hadn’t done live in 20 years . An Irish folk song
https://www.flaggingdown.com/p/notes-from-the-road-in-north-carolina
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 March 2024 15:48 (one week ago) link
I think the “Overrated” thread is most used for general purposes…
― let’s get intertwined (morrisp), Thursday, 21 March 2024 15:55 (one week ago) link
Is there a Dylan site, comparable to Sugar Mountain for Neil Young, which documents the performance history of all songs? I know about boblinks.com but it doesn't go into that level of detail.
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:00 (one week ago) link
the official site!
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:24 (one week ago) link
Thanks, I'd never have thought to look there...
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Thursday, 21 March 2024 16:29 (one week ago) link
Setlist.fm also has Dylan concert information
Irish folk song “The Roving Blade”
https://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/bob-dylan-1bd6adb8.html?songid=5bcf6314
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 March 2024 19:11 (one week ago) link
https://www.flaggingdown.com/p/guitarist-jj-holiday-talks-bob-dylans
Guitarist Jj Holiday and the bassist and drummer of the Plugz rehearsed a bunch with Bob Dylan 40 years ago and backed him on David Letterman. Holiday talks about the experience in this long q and a
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 23 March 2024 19:52 (six days ago) link
You should post that to this thread as well: Bob Dylan's punk period
― let’s get intertwined (morrisp), Saturday, 23 March 2024 20:11 (six days ago) link