Subject:      The 60s on CD
From:         BREAZEAL@UKCC.UKY.EDU
Date:         1995/05/18
Newsgroups:   rec.music.dylan

Thanks to R.Sweener for his useful survey of what is availabe on cd from
the 60s.  As a supplement to the same, here is a description of a three cd set
I recently saw in a store in Munich (at a very, very low price, I might add).

Rare Live Performances in the Sixties/ Bob Dylan [1962] 
Vol. I, The History Series
Nagic Music  CD 31008   
Mono
AAD
Bar code: 4 011222 310828
Matrix: Telesonic DG1P 32009CD1
Made in the E.E.C.
Distributed by Magic Music,Orionweg 17, 2000 Hamburg 65, BRD
"Not for export except Italy"

Total Running Time: 54:10

1. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall [2] (6:57)
2. Hezekiah Jones [Black Cross] [4] (Lord Buckley) (4:09)
3. No More Auction Block (Trad.) [5] (3:02)
4. Rock & Gravels [sic] [6] (5:12)
5. Don't Think Twice [3] (3:17)
6. Barbara Allen (Trad.)[1] (8:06)
7. Moonshine Blues (Trad.) [7] (4:15)
8. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Blind Lemon Jefferson) [10] (3:28)
9. Ain't No More Cain On the Brazo [sic] (Leadbelly) [13] (1:59)
10. Cocaine (Trad.) [11] (3:00)
11. Cuckoo is a Pretty Bird (Trad.) [12] (2:20)
12. West Texas (Trad.) [17] (4:37)
13. Motherless Children (Trad.) [14] (3:11)

(1-13) Second Gaslight Tape, Gaslight Cafe, New York City, Late 1962.
[030]

Taken together with the first 4 tracks of "Rare Live Performances in the
Sixties," Vol. II, this is the entire Second Gaslight Tape.  Sound quality
is excellent.  Slightly better than the familiar Gaslight Tapes CD.



Rare Live Performances in the Sixties/ Bob Dylan [1961-1962]    
Vol. II, The History Series
Nagic Music  CD 31008   
Mono
AAD
Bar code: 4 011222 310927
Matrix: Telesonic DG1P 32009CD2
Made in the E.E.C.
Distributed by Magic Music,Orionweg 17, 2000 Hamburg 65, BRD
"Not for export except Italy"

Total Runnin Time: 49:28

1. Handsome Molly (Trad.) [15] (2:48)
2. John Brown [6] (5:58)
3. Ballad of Hollis Brown [9] (5:45)
4. Kindhearted Woman Blues (Robert Johnson) [16] (2:31)
5. Man on the Street (Trad., reg. as Dylan] [1] (2:23)
6. He Was a Friend of Mine [2] (4:31)
7. Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues [3] (6:10)
8. Song to Woody [4] (3:10)
9. Car Car [6] (2:26)
10. Pretty Polly (Trad.) [5] (6:30)
11. Two Trains Tunnin' (McKinley Morganfield) [10] (3:32)
12. Ramblin' On My Mind (Robert Johnson) [11] (2:40)

(1-4) Second Gaslight Tape, Gaslight Cafe, New York City, Late 1962. [030]

(5-10) First Gaslight Tape, Gaslight Cafe, New York City, September 6,
1961. [007]

(11-12) Finjan Club, Quebec, July 2, 1962.  [022]

The rest of the Second Gaslight Tape is on Vol. I of Rare Live Perfances of
the Sixties.

The sound quality of the First Gaslight Tape and Finjan Club is very good.
Much cleaner than the tapes I have heard.  (Have either of these appeared
previously on CD?)  For more of The Finjan Club tape, see Rare Live
Performances in the Sixties, vol. III.


Rare Live Performances in the Sixties/ Bob Dylan [1962] 
Vol. III, The History Series
Nagic Music  CD 31008   
Mono
AAD
Bar code: 4 011222 311023
Matrix: DURECO [01] 31004
Made in the E.E.C.
Distributed by Magic Music,Orionweg 17, 2000 Hamburg 65, BRD
"Not for export except Italy"

Total Running Time: 33:22

1. Rocks and Gravels [sic] [5] (4:41)
2. Quit Your Low Down Ways [6] (3:06)
3. He Was a Friend of Mine [7] (3:56)
4. Let Me Die In My Footsteps [8] (4:48)
5. The Death of Emmet Till [1] (4:34)
6. Stealin' (Gus Cannon) [2] (2:29)
7. Hiram Hubbard (Trad. Arr. Bob Dylan) [3] (5:06)
8. Blowin' in the Wind [4] (4:16)

(1-8) Finjan Club, Quebec, July 2, 1962.  [022]

Taken together with the last two tracks of Rare Live Perfomances of the
Sixties, this is nearly the complete Finjan Club tape.  Does not include
the short fragment of Blue Yodel No. 8 with which the circulating tape
concludes.  Most of the between songs guitar tuning, strumming, and talking
has also been edited out -- including the introduction to Blowin' in the
Wind: "This is called 'How Many Roads Must A Man Walk Down?'" -- as well as
the introduction to Let Me Die in My Footsteps: "I'm gonna sing a couple of
dirty songs now."  Overall sound quality is very good.

General Comment: The three performances on these three cds are familiar to
collectors and have long circulated on tape, vinyl, and cd (?).  The only
thing to recommend these discs is their generally superior sound and their
ridiculously low price. (15 DM for the set of three)


DanB



Subject:      Re: What are these CDs?
From:         John Howells 
Date:         1996/08/01
Newsgroups:   rec.music.dylan

Rod Stark wrote:
> 
> I just got back from lunch and, while browsing in a local CD store that does
> not usually sell bootlegs, I found and bought three "import" Dylan CDs for
> $9.98 each.  They are entitled "Bob Dylan Rare Live Performances of the
> Sixties" and labelled "Volumes 1-3" respectively.  They also say "The History
> Series."  The company is called "Magic Music" and the numbers are 31008
> through 31010.  They say "Not for export except Italy.  Made in E.E.C.
> Dsitributed by Magic Music - Orionweg 17, 2000 Hamburg 65."  The covers all
> have the same design featuring a b-and-w picture of a later-vintage Dylan
> inset on an orange, purple, and blue cover respectively.
> 
> No source information is included, but the material all seems to be stuff from
> the early 60s acoustic period.  Track listings are as follows; some of titles
> are a bit mangled:
> 
> Volume I:
> 
> A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall  7:01
> Hezekiah Jones (Black Cross) 4:13
> No More Auction Block 3:05
> Rock & Gravels 5:14
> Don't Think Twice 3:19
> Barbara Allen 8:08
> Moonshine Blues 4:17
> See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 3:30
> Ain't No More Cane (Cane On The Brazo) 2:01
> Cocaine 3:00
> Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird 2:21
> West Texas 4:38
> Motherless Children 3:14
> Don't Think Twice
> 
> Volume II
> 
> Handsome Molly 2:48
> John Brown 6:01
> Ballad Of Hollis Brown 5:46
> Kindhearted Woman Blues 2:31
> Man On The Street 2:23
> He Was A Friend Of Mine 4:34
> Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues 6:13
> Song To Woody 3:11
> Car Car 2:26
> Pretty Polly 6:32
> Two Trains Runnin' 3:52
> Ramblin' On My Mind 2:40
> 
> Volume III
> 
> Rocks And Gravels 4:41
> Quit Your Low Down Ways 3:06
> He Was A Friend Of Mine 3:56
> Let Me Die In My Footsteps 4:48
> The Death Of Emmet Till 4:34
> Stealin' 2:29
> Hiram Hubbard 5:06
> Blowin' In The Wind 4:22
> 
> So what do I have here?  Anyone know the sources of these songs?  And why so
> cheap  (boots normally run more like 30 bucks than 10 around here)?

Get these right away! What you have here are excellent sound quality
early '60s live performances from the Gaslight & Finjan Club. If they
sound anything like the usual tapes and CDs in circulation, these
should sound just fine.

Volume I and Volume II, tracks 1-4 are from the Gaslight Cafe 10/62.

Volume II, tracks 5-10 are from the Gaslight Cafe 9/6/61

Volume II, tracks 11 & 12 and all of Volume III are from Finjan Club
7/2/62.

See the following URLs for more information:

http://reality.sgi.com/howells/tapes/61-sep6.html
http://reality.sgi.com/howells/tapes/62-gaslight2.html
http://reality.sgi.com/howells/tapes/62-jul.html

-- 

                                                           John Howells
                                                        howells@sgi.com
                                         http://reality.sgi.com/howells



Subject:      Re: Rare Live Performances of the 60's - History Series
From:         Brian Kelly 
Date:         1997/02/15
Newsgroups:   rec.music.dylan

>I picked up this 3cd set a while ago, there may be more in the series --
>I'm just not sure.  The series is called Rare Live Performances of the
>Sixties -- The history Series. It was put out by Magic Music -- and I have
>volumes I thru III.


these perfromances are from the Gaslight late '62, the Gaslight 6th Sep.
'61, and the Finjan Club, Montreal 2nd July '62. All are in excellent
quality except they are not continuous recordings  i.e. no chat or
audience applause  between songs.
Brian