Bob Dylan: A Week In The Life

Format: 1CD
Label: Gold Standard
Cat. nr.: RAZ 014
Townsend nr.: T-392


Front cover: BOB DYLAN
             A WEEK IN THE LIFE


Disc: In 1966 There Was
      
      RAZ 014


Track list:

  Tell Me, Momma
  Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
  Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
  Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
  One Too Many Mornings

    Live, 17 May 1966, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England.
      Soundboard recording.

  Ballad Of A Thin Man

    Live, 12 May 1966, Odeon, Birmingham, England. Soundboard
      recording.

  Tell Me, Momma
  I Don't Believe You
  Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

    Live, 14 May 1966, Odeon, Liverpool, England. Soundboard
      recording.

  Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
  One Too Many Mornings

    Live, 16 May 1966, Gaumont Theatre, Sheffield, England.
      Soundboard recording.

  Ballad Of A Thin Man
  Like A Rolling Stone

    Live, 17 May 1966, Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England.
      Soundboard recording.



> Subject:      Re: 60's Dylan on CD
> From:         rcj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Craig Jamieson)
> Date:         1995/05/23
> Newsgroups:   rec.music.dylan

> The CD  recording is not simply a clone of Play Fucking Loud! [T-
> 266] though they are related. It includes all of the tracks found
> there except  the legitimately  released Just  Like  Tom  Thumb's
> Blues [2]  in good  quality! It  also includes  all of the tracks
> found on  the famous  Royal Albert  Hall 1966 [T-121] in its many
> incarnations, some  say this  CD  has  the  most  correct  speed,
> slightly slowed down from many of the others.
> 
> The order and repetition of songs is a bit odd, but some may like
> this CD as it packs a lot in... Indeed there are those who prefer
> this CD  to Royal Albert Hall 1966 [T-121] and Play Fucking Loud!
> [T-266].
> 
> The front  insert has  an interesting  blurred  photograph  which
> includes the  famous American  flag backdrop. And Bob Dylan is in
> his entertaining check suit...
> 
> There is  also a version where the only difference is plain white
> packaging with the only text being, "In 1966 There Was".



> Subject:      Re: Bootleg series 4-5
> From:         Ben Taylor 
> Date:         1995/06/14
> Newsgroups:   rec.music.dylan

> I haven't done any serious research on the different speeds but I can say
> that the speed is closer to the "Like A Rolling Stone" CD bootleg than the
> recent "A Week In The Life". Before having the opportunity to hear the
> Bootleg Series promo tape, I was convinced the correct speed for this material
> was the 'slowed down' version released on "A Week In The Life". It sounded
> more natural to me. However, compare the Manchester tracks on this CD to the
> others, from Sheffield etc. The latter run faster. So why does no one complain
> about those? My own personal opinion now is that the Bootleg Series promo
> represents the true speed.



This CD was released before "Guitars Kissing And The Contemporary Fix" and
the sound quality is worse than on that set. However, there have been vague
reports of a rerelease of "A Week In The Life" on which the Manchester
tracks have been updated using the same source as "Guitars Kissing".