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Bob Dylan: Like A Rolling Stone - The Hidden TV-Shows

Format: 1CD Front cover: Bob Dylan Like A Rolling Stone The Hidden TV-Shows Spine: Bob Dylan Like A Rolling Stone AD 1014 Disc: Bob Dylan Like A Rolling Stone The Hidden TV-Shows Angry Dino AD 1014 Back cover: Angry Dino AD 1014 Matrix: C 45267<br> Townsend number: T-431<br> Total running time: 75:08<br>

Review by Lonesome Sparrow

On 22 April 1976 The Rolling Thunder Revue (Bob Dylan and other artists) gave two concerts at the Bellevue Biltmore Hotel in Clearwater, Florida, the first in the afternoon and the second in the evening. Both shows were filmed for a TV special called "Hard Rain". This original "Hard Rain" was rejected and not broadcasted. It consisted of the following selections:

Mr. Tambourine Man afternoon

The Times They Are A-Changin' afternoon

Blowin' In The Wind afternoon

I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine afternoon

Diamonds And Rust [sung by Joan Baez] evening

When I Paint My Masterpiece afternoon

Like A Rolling Stone evening

Isis evening

Just Like A Woman evening

Knockin' On Heaven's Door evening

Lay Lady Lay evening

A second "Hard Rain" TV special was made from selections from the concert that The Rolling Thunder Revue gave on 23 May 1976 at the Hughes Stadium of the Colorado State University in Fort Collins. This special was broadcast by NBC on 14 September 1976. It consisted of the following selections:

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Blowin' In The Wind
Deportee
I Pity The Poor Immigrant
Shelter From The Storm
Maggie's Farm
One Too Many Mornings
Mozambique
Idiot Wind
Knockin' On Heaven's Door

On 10 September 1976 the album "Hard Rain" was released. This album contains 5 selections from the 23 May concert, 1 of which had not been included in the TV special, and 4 selections from the concert that The Rolling Thunder Revue gave on 16 May 1976 at the Tarrant County Convention Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The track list of the album is as follows:

1. Maggie's Farm 23 May (also in the TV special)

2. One Too Many Mornings 23 May (also in the TV special)

3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile 16 May

4. Oh, Sister 16 May

5. Lay Lady Lay 16 May

6. Shelter From The Storm 23 May (also in the TV special)

7. You're A Big Girl Now 23 May

8. I Threw It All Away 16 May

9. Idiot Wind 23 May (also in the TV special)

The CD of which this is a review can be regarded as a collection of outtakes of the "Hard Rain" album, since it contains all the selections from the 2 "Hard Rain" TV specials that were not included on the album, except for 2 selections, "Blowin' In The Wind" from 22 April, afternoon, and "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" from 23 May. I assume that the reason that these 2 selections were not included is that the CD then would have included 2 performances of each of these songs, for now no song appears twice on it. In addition the CD contains a selection from the 23 May concert, "Deportees", that was not included in the TV specials nor on the "Hard Rain" album. The track list of the CD is as follows. Track durations are given in the format a:aa/b:bb/c:cc, in which b:bb is the duration of the actual song and a:aa and c:cc indicate how much time of the track is due to just crowd noise, introductions, tunings etc.

1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (0:06/7:53/0:01) 23 May (included in 2nd TV special)
2. Blowin' In The Wind [duet with Joan Baez] (0:06/3:20/0:12) 23 May (included in 2nd TV special)
3. Railroad Boy [duet with Joan Baez] (0:00/2:46/0:05) 23 May (not included in the TV specials)
4. Deportees [duet with Joan Baez] (0:00/3:49/0:12) 23 May (included in 2nd TV special)
5. I Pity The Poor Immigrant [duet with Joan Baez] (0:06/4:17/0:00) 23 May (included in 2nd TV special)
6. Mozambique (0:00/3:49/0:05) 23 May (included in 2nd TV special)
7. Mr. Tambourine Man (0:00/3:44/0:01) 22 April, afternoon (included in 1st TV special)
8. The Times They Are A-Changin' (0:00/4:28/0:01) 22 April, afternoon (included in 1st TV special)
9. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine [duet with Joan Baez] (0:00/2:34/0:06) 22 April, afternoon (included in 1st TV special)
10. Diamonds & Rust [sung by Joan Baez] (0:10/3:57/0:09) 22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)
11. When I Paint My Masterpiece (0:18/5:03/0:07) 22 April, afternoon (included in 1st TV special)
12. Like A Rolling Stone (0:00/6:49/0:16) 22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)
13. Isis (0:00/5:34/0:07) 22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)
14. Just Like A Woman (0:00/5:26/0:13) 22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)
15. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (0:15/3:49/0:21) 22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)
16. Lay Lady Lay (0:00/4:40/0:05) 22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)

Moe Magid included this CD in his list of best unofficial releases of 1995 in Deep Beneath The Waves - 1995 year in review".

Mr. Brian Magid (the same person as Moe Magid?) wrote about this CD (8 May 1995, rec.music.dylan):

> Apparently, the Ft.
> Collins material completes the broadcast (rest is on the "Hard Rain" CD)
> and is excellent quality. Clearwater material excellent, IMO. Recommended

to which he added (11 May 1995, rec.music.dylan):

> I'd like to add to my post the other day regarding
> the new CD "Like A Rolling Stone" (Angry Dino label - "Hard Rain" TV show
> songs not on official LP (6) plus Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, FLA 4-22-76
> (10 tracks), excellent sound, highly recommended). Just want to say that the
> version of "Like A Rolling Stone" from the Biltmore really kicks, possibly
> the best I've heard (other than H61 LP version). Will go so far as to say it is
> worth the price of the disk just for that one song.

Brian Kelly picked another song as highlight (May 1996, rec.music.dylan):

> Catch the rest of the Hard Rain performance on the boot cd The
> Hidden TV Shows, in particular listen to the amazing version of  I Pity The
> Poor Immirgrant, then shout with amazement  at the genius of the man.

I think Mr. Brian Magid words "excellent sound" are an exaggeration. EDLIS boot agent Jeff wrote (18 February 1997, rec.music.dylan):

> Sound quality from ISIS 60 is reported to be as you would
> expect from a bootleg video feed -- has distortion and echo. I find it
> enjoyable since I like Rolling Thunder.

I doubt whether giving video feeds as source for this CD is correct, since the 1st TV special wasn't broadcasted nor released and the 2nd one didn't contain "Railroad Boy" whereas the CD does.
Anyway, I wouldn't call the sound quality excellent. The tracks from the 23 May concert have constantly little ticks in the background, which suggests that they are copied from vinyl. I don't find these annoying. The sound is quite clear, except in "Mozambique", which I find duller than the other five tracks. Occasionally there are some disturbances and one channel drop-outs. In "I Pity The Poor Immigrant" this is more than occasionally, for in the last half of this song it sounds like someone is fumbling with the left channel wires of your installation; now that is annoying: the first time I played this CD (which was over the speakers) I really thought the wire to my left speaker had come half loose.
The applause at the end of "Mozambique" of the 23 May concert has been crossfaded into the applause at the beginning of "Mr. Tambourine Man" of the 22 May concerts. The tracks from these concerts don't have the little ticks in the background, the disturbances and the drop-outs that the tracks from the 23 May concerts have, but otherwise the sound quality is worse. In the first tracks there are changes in treble and hiss, which might be due to bad working noise reduction. Still, I find it enjoyable to listen to.

Regarding the rest of the 4 concerts out of which selections were made for the "Hard Rain" specials and album. I don't know of any other circulating tracks from the 2 concerts of 22 April, nor do I know what other songs were played at these concerts. The unofficial CD " Hold The Forth For What It's Worth" contains a soundboard of the complete 16 May concert, including the songs selected for the "Hard Rain" album. I don't know of any other circulating tracks from the 23 May concert, but I do have a set list with omission of the non Dylan performances:

2nd TV special "Hard Rain" album "Like A Rolling Stone" CD

Mr. Tambourine Man

It Ain't Me Babe

Vincent Van Gogh

Maggie's Farm x x

One Too Many Mornings x x

Mozambique x x

Isis

Blowin' In The Wind [with Joan Baez] x x

Railroad Boy [with Joan Baez] x

Deportees [with Joan Baez] x x

I Pity The Poor Immigrant [with Joan Baez] x x

Shelter From The Storm x x

Oh, Sister

I Want You

Tangled Up In Blue

You're A Big Girl Now x

You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome

Lay Lady Lay

Silver Mantis

Going, Going, Gone

Idiot Wind x x

Knockin' On Heaven's Door x

Gotta Travel On

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall x x

Mr. Tambourine Man	afternoon
The Times They Are A-Changin'	afternoon
Blowin' In The Wind	afternoon
I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine	afternoon
Diamonds And Rust [sung by Joan Baez]	evening
When I Paint My Masterpiece	afternoon
Like A Rolling Stone	evening
Isis	evening
Just Like A Woman	evening
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	evening
Lay Lady Lay	evening

1.	Maggie's Farm	23 May (also in the TV special)
2.	One Too Many Mornings	23 May (also in the TV special)
3.	Stuck Inside Of Mobile	16 May
4.	Oh, Sister	16 May
5.	Lay Lady Lay	16 May
6.	Shelter From The Storm	23 May (also in the TV special)
7.	You're A Big Girl Now	23 May
8.	I Threw It All Away	16 May
9.	Idiot Wind	23 May (also in the TV special)

1.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (0:06/7:53/0:01)	23 May (included in 2nd TV special)
2.	Blowin' In The Wind [duet with Joan Baez] (0:06/3:20/0:12)	23 May (included in 2nd TV special)
3.	Railroad Boy [duet with Joan Baez] (0:00/2:46/0:05)	23 May (not included in the TV specials)
4.	Deportees [duet with Joan Baez] (0:00/3:49/0:12)	23 May (included in 2nd TV special)
5.	I Pity The Poor Immigrant [duet with Joan Baez] (0:06/4:17/0:00)	23 May (included in 2nd TV special)
6.	Mozambique (0:00/3:49/0:05)	23 May (included in 2nd TV special)
7.	Mr. Tambourine Man (0:00/3:44/0:01)	22 April, afternoon (included in 1st TV special)
8.	The Times They Are A-Changin' (0:00/4:28/0:01)	22 April, afternoon (included in 1st TV special)
9.	I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine [duet with Joan Baez] (0:00/2:34/0:06)	22 April, afternoon (included in 1st TV special)
10.	Diamonds & Rust [sung by Joan Baez] (0:10/3:57/0:09)	22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)
11.	When I Paint My Masterpiece (0:18/5:03/0:07)	22 April, afternoon (included in 1st TV special)
12.	Like A Rolling Stone (0:00/6:49/0:16)	22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)
13.	Isis (0:00/5:34/0:07)	22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)
14.	Just Like A Woman (0:00/5:26/0:13)	22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)
15.	Knockin' On Heaven's Door (0:15/3:49/0:21)	22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)
16.	Lay Lady Lay (0:00/4:40/0:05)	22 April, evening (included in 1st TV special)

	2nd TV special	"Hard Rain" album	"Like A Rolling Stone" CD
Mr. Tambourine Man
It Ain't Me Babe
Vincent Van Gogh
Maggie's Farm	x	x
One Too Many Mornings	x	x
Mozambique	x		x
Isis
Blowin' In The Wind [with Joan Baez]	x		x
Railroad Boy [with Joan Baez]			x
Deportees [with Joan Baez]	x		x
I Pity The Poor Immigrant [with Joan Baez]	x		x
Shelter From The Storm	x	x
Oh, Sister
I Want You
Tangled Up In Blue
You're A Big Girl Now		x
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome
Lay Lady Lay
Silver Mantis
Going, Going, Gone
Idiot Wind	x	x
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	x
Gotta Travel On
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	x		x