Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Message-ID: <01BD3752.4F3D3820.drjibe@netwiz.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 01:05:23 -0800
From: Jeff 
Subject: Re: Darkness Break Noon: Boot help!!!

C12U47  wrote in article
<19980212072501.CAA27288@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
>   I just received a CD-R version of the great boot of the '78 rehearsal
> sessions, "Darkness At The Break Of Noon."  The CD does not quite match
the
> label, and I'm wondering if the CD-R writer messed up!  Please let me
know, if
> you are familiar with this disc!  (A GREAT one, by the way!  Wow...  why
> doesn't Budokan sound this... tough)
>
>      "Forever Young" is only 1'28", and cuts off right in the middle of
the
> vocal during the first refrain...  Right during "May you staaay..." CUT!
   Is
> there a "complete" take on the real DATBON release?
>
>       "I Don't Believe You" is listed on the label as song 17 (also a
version
> earlier on the disc, song 5).  The second "I Don't Believe You" is not on
my
> CD-R!  Song 16 (If You See Her Say Hello) is the final cut on this disc.
>       Is there truly a Song 17, "I Don't Believe You," on the real
release?
>
>       Thanks for any help!  I'll have to return the CD-R asap for
exchange if I
> didn't get the full version.  Great disc anyway, but I'd love to have the
rest!

Forever Young is unfortunately cut short on the CD and the circulating
tapes that I am aware of. Anyone know of a full version of this take?

Darkness At The Break Of Noon is a mass-produced (silver) CD. These CDs
have possible lengths up to 80 minutes. CD-R format is generally limited to
74 minutes. Darkness At The Break Of Noon has length of 75:35 so when
copied to a 74 minute format the copier has a choice of using 2 CD-Rs,
chopping it off at 74 minutes, or just dropping songs until the CD is under
74 minutes.

Of course a similar decision was made by Razor's Edge when they had to
choose which of the 78 rehearsals to include on Darkness At The Break Of
Noon to fit a silver 1CD format

One of the prior 78 rehearsals CDs titled  Moving Violation was of lesser
sound quality but chose different tracks as different choices were made to
fit the CD format.

Tracks on Moving Violation not on Darkness at the Break of Noon:

I Threw It All Away     4/78
Maggie's Farm   4/78

Tracks on Darkness at the Break of Noon not on Moving Violation:

Forever Young   1/27/78
One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)   2/78
The Man In Me   1/27/78

And still not all the 78 rehearsals are on CD.

EDLIS Boot Advisory Agent