Never Mind The Bullocks, Here's Bob Dylan

Crazy Joe rates the overall quality A (on a scale from F to A), meaning astounding, and the recording quality 8 (on a scale from 0 to 9), meaning astounding.

>From: alan.fraser@mcmail.com (Alan Fraser)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Never Mind the Bollocks Here's Bob Dylan bootCD
>Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 09:03:27 GMT

>On Mon, 15 Dec 1997 23:12:08 GMT, sb30299@glo.be wrote:
>
>>Never Mind the Bollocks Here's Bob Dylan
>>= Cardiff 97 show
>>
>>I heard the bonus tracks on this CD are in very bad sound quality. Can
>>anyone confirm this?
>
>Yes. CD2 is going to be replaced, not seen it yet though.



>From: alan.fraser@mcmail.com (Alan Fraser)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Never Mind The Bollocks CD2
>Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 14:58:45 GMT

>I hear from my source that the faulty 2nd CD of this set has now been
>replaced and is in "excellent quality". The end of the Cardiff show
>continued from CD 1 was always OK, but the filler tracks were
>distorted, with the Popeshow tracks being especially so, unplayable.
>They should now be OK.



>From: alan.fraser@mcmail.com (Alan Fraser)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Love Sick At Wembley...
>Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 11:18:08 GMT

>The full Cardiff concert is on Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's Bob
>Dylan, with Rank Strangers from Wembley, a couple of Bournemouth
>tracks and the Pope Show. There are also excellent quality tapes of
>all these concerts.



>From: Dino 
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: FS:  Never Mind The Bollocks Here's Bob Dylan
>Date: Sat, 09 May 1998 16:16:31 -0400
>Message-ID: <3554B99F.65E0@geocities.com>

>while i cannot vouch for viktor, i can vouch for this set.  it is truly
>fabulous.  the main show is one of the strongest i've heard, the quality
>is excellent (audience is noticeable but hardly intrusive) and sounds
>more full and natural than even Christiana.  the filler is superb, too,
>and features the wonderful Pope show in excellent quality.  one of my 3
>favorite boots.

>Message-ID: <3557C01E.4D9@punkhart.com>
>Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 19:21:05 -0800
>From: John Howells 
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: FS:  Never Mind The Bollocks Here's Bob Dylan

>Sound quality is excellent, but I just want to put in a slight
>warning. The mix is way off. You can't hear Larry Campbell at
>all (was he even at this show?) and you hear Bucky Baxter close
>and up front. For Bucky fans this will be a real treat, but for
>Campbell fans you may be disappointed. It sure sounds weird to
>hear "Rolling Stone" with lots of steel guitar dominating the
>sound.

>From: Martin Cowley 
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: FS:  Never Mind The Bollocks Here's Bob Dylan
>Date: 12 May 1998 21:24:01 GMT
>Message-ID: <6jaelh$pn$1@news2.news.iol.ie>

>This is very true - actually I like it because I was more or less under 
>Bob's mike for this show and as usual up front it was quite hard to hear 
>both Bob and Bucky, so on this CD anyway it's the other way around - well 
>worth checking out to see just how good Bucky Baxter is.  Are Bob and 
>Bucky mixed differently to Larry, Garnier et al, I wonder?
>
>Ken.

>From: Dino 
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: FS:  Never Mind The Bollocks Here's Bob Dylan
>Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 20:01:32 -0400
>Message-ID: <3558E2DC.127E@geocities.com>

>It's because the PA is mixed in stereo now.  They apparently started
>doing that about 8 or 10 years ago. I think Bucky, Tony, and Bob are on
>the right channel, and Larry and Dave are on the left (though i might be
>switching Tony and Larry).  The vocal mike is presumably equal on both
>channels so it sounds like it's in the middle.  the setup works fine if
>you're further back and in the middle of the hall (where the sound guy
>sits). but if you're close to the stage and off to one side, it's pretty
>awful at times.
>
>personally, I'd rather hear more of Bucky on the boots.  My hearing
>isn't so hot, and when i'm at the shows all i can hear are the guitars,
>drums, and vocals.  I love the opportunity to hear the pedal steel and
>bass properly.