Bob Dylan Sings The Body Electric

>From: Bob Stacy 
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Sings the Body Electric?
>Date: Mon, 06 Jul 1998 21:08:43 -0400
>Message-ID: <35A1751A.AFB7469E@usit.net>

>Sings The Body Electric (2CD)  [Parrot Records PAR-3005-A/B]
>*Parrot is/was a subsidiary of Red Robin Records*
>
>A nice collection of assorted 1966 line recording tracks that are
>available elsewhere (if you can still find them elsewhere).  Mostly from
>acetate sources but still in quite good sound quality.
>
>Disc One:
>Manchester - Free Trade Hall, May 17, 1966
>1. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues  (partial - soundcheck)
>2. She Belongs To Me
>3. Fourth Time Around
>4. Visions Of Johanna
>5. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
>6. Desolation Row  (incomp.)
>
>London - Royal Albert Hall, May 26, 1966
>7. She Belongs To Me
>8. Fourth Time Around
>9. Visions Of Johanna
>10. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
>11. One Too Many Mornings
>12. Ballad Of A Thin Man
>
>[1-12 are found in lots of places but one of my favorites is on the
>CD: Before The Crash, Vol 2];  [2-6 are on CD: Guitars Kissing, etc.]
>
>Disc Two:
>London - Royal Albert Hall, May 27, 1966
>1. She Belongs To Me
>2. Fourth Time Around
>3. Visions Of Johanna
>4. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
>5. Desolation Row
>6. Just Like A Woman
>7. Mr Tambourine Man (fades near end)
>
>Edinburgh - ABC Theatre, May 20, 1966
>8. One Too Many Mornings
>9. Like A Rolling Stone
>
>Liverpool - The Odeon, May 14, 1966
>10. Tell Me Mama*
>
>[*(Dwarf Music Demo) identified by Krogsgaard in On The Tracks #8 as
>Sheffield, May 16, 1966]
>[1-7 are also found on CD: Before The Crash, Vol 1]
>[8, 9 are also on CD: Live With The Band, Al Kooper, and Mike
>Bloomfield]



>Subject:      Re: Sings The Body Electric Parrot 3005 A/B
>From:         Ben Taylor 
>Date:         1995/08/25
>Newsgroups:   rec.music.dylan

>In article <950817005602_76738781@aol.com> RD615@AOL.COM "Randall Davis" writes:

>> Can I offer a short review until I have a chance to really go through it?
>> The sound quality is very good, though there is a fair amount of surface
>> noise from the acetates that it is supposed to be from.  I don't really have
>> any comparison since I don't have the tapes that have been circulating.  I'll
>> do a more indepth look this weekend.



>Subject:      Re: Question on '66 titles...
>From:         Jeff 
>Date:         1996/08/21
>Newsgroups:   rec.music.dylan

>Recording quality does not match "Guitars Kissing and the Contemporary Fix"
>but is taken from acetates with a few crackles but otherwise excellent
>quality.



>Subject: Another "Guitars Kissing ..?"
>From: Jeff (DrJibe@MSN.COM)
>Date: 1996/09/02

>The original does not have a 1:08 soundcheck of "Just like Tom Thumbs
>blues". However the 2CD Sings the Body Electric begins with a 1:28 version
>(the 20 seconds can be accounted for at begin and end) which has some
>pops/crackles and level changes. It continues with pops/crackles in the first
>5 songs found of The Contemporary Fix (this is the title of the acoustic disc
>and Guitars Kissing is the title of the electric disc).
>
>EDLIS Boot Advisory Agent



>Subject:      Re: Question on '66 titles...
>From:         joshshirk@aol.com (JoshShirk)
>Date:         1996/08/25
>Newsgroups:   rec.music.dylan

>'Sings The Body Electric' is a GREAT set. The sound quality is superb
>(aside from a few pops from the acetate which some of it's taken from) and
>the performances are uniformly excellent (maybe better than "guitars
>Kissing..."). I recommend it wholeheartedly. It has been my disc of choice
>on many a stoney evening.