Bob Dylan: Acetates On The Tracks Vol. 3

                       Format: 1CD
                        Label: Howlin' Wolf Records
             Catalogue number: BDAT03
                     Bar-code: 4 007871 172689
                       Matrix: BDAT 03
Year of production or release: 1997
              Townsend number: T-539

Track list:

 1. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts (9:44)

    From the test pressing of "Blood On The Tracks"

 2. Hazel (3:45)

    Bob Dylan & The Band, live, 25 November 1976, The Last Waltz, San
      Francisco, California, U.S.A.

 3. The Water Is Wide (3:32)

    Studio, 30 March 1976 (Eric Clapton session)

 4. Stop Now (3:42)
 5. Stop Now (5:37)

    Studio, May - June 1978 ("Street-Legal" sessions)

 6. Don't Ever Take Yourself Away (3:52)

    Studio, April 1981 ("Shot Of Love" sessions)

 7. Precious Angel (5:25)
 8. Saving Grace (3:57)

    Live, 6 November 1979, Fox Warfield Theater, San Francisco,
     California, U.S.A. Audience recording.

 9. Caribbean Wind (7:39)

    Live, 12 November 1980, Fox Warfield Theater, San Francisco,
     California, U.S.A. Audience recording. Includes spoken intro
     as on LP "Nearer To The Fire"

10. Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody (4:13)

    Live. According to sleeve 17 November 1980, Fox Warfield
      Theater, San Francisco, California, U.S.A. According to
      Eric Schoneveld it must be from 1979, since Dylan
      introduces it as a new song. Audience recording.

11. Magic (4:50)
12. Heart Of Mine (4:46)

    Studio, April - May 1981 ("Shot Of Love" sessions)

13. Jokerman (6:08)
14. Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight (5:35)

    Studio, April - May 1983 ("Infidels" sessions). Alternate
      versions.

15. Tangled Up In Blue (6:47)

    Live, 10 June 1984, Idraetsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark. Audience
      recording.



Crazy Joe rated the overall quality C (on a scale from F to A),
meaning good, and the recording quality 6 (on a scale from 0 to
9), meaning excellent.



Eric Schoneveld wrote about this CD:

> Well, this Acetates series has gone the same route as the Hard To
> Find series. This cd hardly contains any material off acetates.
> It's a weird compilation of some studio stuff (2 takes of Stop Now
> from the Street Legal sessions for example) and a bunch of live
> tracks like Carribean Wind and Ain't Gonna Go To Hell.
> Not really worth the trouble unless you really want to have one or
> two of these tracks on cd.



About the last track on this CD, "Tangled Up in Blue", Les Kokay
wrote (rec.music.dylan, 3 May 1998):

> The Hidden track is from:
>
> Idraetspaken, Copenhagen 10 June 1984.
>
> I have determined this by listening to all 18 shows from 1984 that have TUiB, 
> and comparing them to the CD. Only one show matches, all others were 
> eliminated. Mine is a different Tape, but the lyrics & delivery are the same.
>
> About half way through the 1984 tour D changes 'soon to be divorced' to 'to a 
> man four times her age'. This eliminates Slane, Wembley, Paris, Newcastle etc.
>
> The line 'radio blasting the news, straight on through' causes D variations, so 
> just listening to this line can lead you to the right source.
>
> Finally it is worth reflecting on this re-written version. It only lasted a 
> very short time (just the 1984 tour), but it is well documented. There are 18 
> audience recordings of it and four PA recordings as well (Slane, Wembley (on 
> Real Live as well), Cologne & Rome.