Bob Dylan: Weekend At The Wolftrap

23 Augustus 1997
Wolftrap, Vienna, Virginia, U.S.A.

Absolutely Sweet Marie

Man In The Long Black Coat

Tough Mama

Under The Red Sky

Silvio

Stone Walls And Steel Bars

Mr. Tambourine Man

Tangled Up In Blue

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

Blind Willie McTell

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

Like A Rolling Stone

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Alabama Getaway

24 Augustus 1997
Wolftrap, Vienna, Virginia, U.S.A.

Absolutely Sweet Marie

Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

Tough Mama

You Ain't Going Nowhere

Silvio

Roving Gambler

Tangled Up In Blue

Cocaine Blues

Watching The River Flow

Blind Willie McTell

Highway 61 Revisited

Like A Rolling Stone

Forever Young

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

Bob Dylan: Back At Wolftrap

23 Augustus 1997
Wolftrap, Vienna, Virginia, U.S.A.

Absolutely Sweet Marie

Man In The Long Black Coat

Tough Mama

Under The Red Sky

Silvio

Stone Walls And Steel Bars

Mr. Tambourine Man

Tangled Up In Blue

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

Blind Willie McTell

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

Like A Rolling Stone

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Alabama Getaway

24 Augustus 1997
Wolftrap, Vienna, Virginia, U.S.A.

Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

Roving Gambler

Cocaine Blues

Watching The River Flow

18 Augustus 1997
Wallingford, Connecticut, U.S.A.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

This Wheel's On Fire

Bob Dylan: Songs From The Soundboard '97

23 Augustus 1997
Wolftrap, Vienna, Virginia, U.S.A.

Absolutely Sweet Marie

Man In A Long Black Coat

Tough Mama

Under The Red Sky

Silvio

Stone walls And Steel Bars

Mr. Tambourine Man

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

Blind Willie McTell

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

Like A Rolling Stone

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

Alabama Getaway

various 1997 concerts

Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie

Not Fade Away

I Want You

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

Rovin' Gambler

Long Black Veil

Sooner Or Later

Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie

Shake Sugaree

Bob Dylan: After The Heart Attack Vol 1

24 August 1997
Wolf Trap, Vienna, Virginia, U.S.A.

1.1.	Absolutely Sweet Marie
1.2.	Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
1.3.	Tough Mama
1.4.	You Ain't Going Nowhere
1.5.	Silvio
1.6.	Roving Gambler
1.7.	Tangled Up In Blue
1.8.	Cocaine
2.1.	Watching The River Flow
2.2.	Blind Willie McTell
2.3.	Highway 61 Revisited
2.4.	Like A Rolling Stone
2.5.	Forever Young
2.6.	Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

Bob Dylan: After The Heart Attack Vol 2

Crazy Joe rates the overall quality of "Back At Wolftrap" A (on a scale from F to A), meaning astounding, and the recording quality 9 (on a scale from 0 to 9), meaning astounding. Here is his review:

A direct/line recording taken from the shortband radio feed used for the "deaf aid" system. Recording quality is stunning superbly clear with excellent definition. There are a few instances where the recording overcooks, resulting in background buzz but these are brief and barely noticeable. Vocals are clear, precise, and well separated from the band. This is a complete recording of the first nights performance with fillers from the second (plus 2 tracks from Wallingford). The prerformance is superb. If those earlier UK shows had Dylan carving his songs out of granite, now he's shaping them out of marble. Cool and clear. The band working seemlessly together, Dylan's vocals confident and rounded while still keeping their edge.
Another blistering start with Absolutely Sweet Marie, and Dylan is simply unstoppable. Man In A Long Black Coat is shrouded in mystery. Highlights are hard to pull out: Stone Walls and Steel Bars, Blind Willie McTell and a raucus Alabama Getaway that replaces Rainy Day Women in the closing slot.
The second night highlights feature superb versions od Cocaine and You Ain't Goin' Nowhere. Recording quality is superb and it's a bit of a disappointment that the producers decided to incorporate into the final two tracks recordings from the Wallingford show (guesting Rick Danko), as although recording quality is ok in their own right can't match that of their colleagues.

Crazy Joe rates the overall quality of "Songs From The Soundboard '97" B (on a scale from F to A), meaning excellent, and the recording quality 7 (on a scale from 0 to 9), meaning excellent.

Crazy Joe rates vol. 1 and vol. 2 of "After The Heartattack" both Vg, which presumably means very good.

Crazy Joe rates "Weekend At Wolftrap" 4 on a 0 - 5 scale.

>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Date: Mon, 1 Dec 1997 20:08:19 -0500
>From: Exiled on Main Street 
>Subject: Back At Wolftrap

>I just got my copy of 'Back at Wolftrap' today and I am VERY pleased. This
>show sounds absolutely spectacular. The instruments are all clear and
>crisp, the vocals are up front where they should be, and the performance is
>dead on. The only criticism I have so far is that occasionally the levels
>will fluctuate momentarily, but believe me. This is a very small qualm. As
>a friend of mine would say, this one is very yummy.



>From: gypsyman3@aol.com (Gypsyman3)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Back At Wolftrap
>Date: 15 Dec 1997 00:54:29 GMT

>This show was recorded from the FM feed that sends a signal out to the delay
>speaker towers for the lawn at this ( and many other) venues.  So despite what
>has been written in this newgroup, the tape that is circulating is not a
>"soundboard" recording.  The signal is low frequency so to not interfere with
>local broadcast stations.  This is why the volume fluctuates on certain
>intruments during various parts of the tape.  It is a wonderful recording
>nonetheless.  Dylan was in good spirits that evening and acknowledges Alan
>Lomax who was in attendence.  Lomax did those wonderful recordings of
>traditional American folk and roots music for the Library of Congress.



>Subject:      Q: House Of The Blues 2CD / FYI Songs From The Soundboard '97 2CD
>From:         blackbox@erfurt.thur.de (Schwarz)
>Date:         1998/01/29
>Message-ID:   <34d105e3.23713924@news.erfurt.thur.de>
>Newsgroups:   rec.music.dylan

>2CD Songs From The Soundboard '97 (BD-97-1/2)
>has the complete 23 Aug 97 Wolftrap sdb
>(despite what the cover says)
>Same soundquality as Back To Wolftrap, diff. bonus



>From: alan.fraser@mcmail.com (Alan Fraser)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Unofficial CD News
>Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 11:39:03 GMT
>Message-ID: <34e2d5af.6510534@news.is.chbs>

>Songs from the Soundboard 97: this is another outing for the Wolftrap
>23 Aug 97 show also on Back At Wolftrap. Reportedly the sound is much
>better than Back At Wolftrap, which is harsh in comparison.



>From: blackbox@erfurt.thur.de (Schwarz)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Re: Unofficial CD News
>Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 23:19:39 GMT
>Message-ID: <34e776c2.1480927@news.erfurt.thur.de>
>
>I had both - Back At Woftrap & Songs From The Soundboad,
>SFTS had some unhappy flaws during "Absolutely Sweet Marie"
>and  "Under The Red Sky" - so I consider to give the latter away.
>BAW is a little harsh, but SFTS was only duller. 
>The fillers on SFTS were different and of slightly better sound
>quality otherwise - but listed with wrong dates on cover.



>Subject: Where beauty goes unrecognized #14
>From: E.W.Schoneveld@caiw.nl (Eric Schoneveld)
>Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 15:42:26 GMT

>Songs From The Soundboard 97	549
>none	2cd
>EUR

>I am afraid we're gonna see more releases of the Wolftrap sounboards than
>we need, here is one more. Great show, great tape, what can I say ?
>Rating ****/*****



>From: 688653@ican.net
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: Boot CD "After The Heartattack"
>Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 02:59:11 GMT
>Message-ID: <6h17pl$t6b$1@news2.tor.accglobal.net>

>I just bought this CD the other day...it's a Japanese release of the Wolftrap 
>first night.  There's a Volume II of the second night as well...
>
>Anyways...I was wondering, is this exactly the same as the "Back At The 
>Wolftrap" CD? Any pluses or minors to either of them? 
>
>It's fabulous...soundboard quality.  But, we all know the massive releases of 
>the Wolftrap shows that float around...



>Subject: Where Beauty Goes Unrecognized #15
>From: E.W.Schoneveld@caiw.nl (Eric Schoneveld)
>Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 19:36:24 GMT

>After the heart attack Vol 1 & 2
>Weekend at the wolftrap
>2 releases that cover the 2 wolftrap soundboard recordings from August last
>year. Heart attacks Vol 1 & 2 are both double discs, weekend at the
>wolftrap is a 3cd set.
>Rating 4/5



>From: rsweener@aol.com (Rsweener)
>Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
>Subject: "Back At Wolftrap" vs. "Weekend At Wolftrap"
>Message-ID: <1998052317054700.NAA16925@ladder03.news.aol.com>
>Date: 23 May 1998 17:05:47 GMT

>Has anyone ever compared the sound of these two cds?
>If so, I like to hear what you think.
>
>I have very cheap lousy speakers and a beat up old amp, so
>it's difficult for me to tell which is better.
>
>It's obvious that "Back At Wolftrap" is cleaner, but is this perhaps
>at the expense of some richer lower frequencies?  A good stereo
>system would help here, and I got the worst.  
>
>One odd thing I have noticed about "Weekend" is a tiny snip
>right after track two begins.  In the back ground someone is asking
>"Long Black ...?" and the word "Coat" is snipped out and the cd
>begins track three, even though it is still the second song.  You can
>clearly here "coat" on the "Back At" cd.   Not a big deal, but
>explains why the tracking on the cd gets out of whack on "Weekend."
>Has this been the case with others' copies?

>Rick



> From: Dino 
> Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
> Subject: Re: Moe on Pure Heat
> Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1998 18:14:51 GMT

> I've got Back At Wolftrap, which has a nice (if a bit too sharp for my
> taste) sounding line recording of the first show.  And i'm bored to
> death by it.  I'd much rather hear the other shows from that period. 
> I've got discs of Toronto and Scranton, and a tape of Philly.  all three
> blow the wolftrap show out of the water.  no contest.  If you were at
> the Wolftrap shows, it might be nice to get a super sounding set with
> both shows, but otherwise, just find a tape.  if it's not a good show,
> what's the point of hearing it in gorgeous quality?



> From: cserra@etsin.upm.es (Carlos Serra Guevara)
> Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
> Subject: Bathed, Globe arena, Wolftrap and Moe
> Date: 29 Nov 1998 07:25:43 -0800

>  "Back at Wolftrap" is extremely good. I do not know whether the
> following day's show was better or not, but this one shines. The sound
> is awesome, and it had the best live "Man in the long black coat" I have
> ever heard. Great "Stuck inside of Mobile..." "Watching the River flow"
> "You ain't going nowhere" "Tough Mama" "Under the red sky" one of the
> best "Mr. Tambourine man" I have ever heard with Bob screaming his way
> through it, a great rocking "Pillbox hat" and all the rest. I do not
> have many bootlegs, so my opinion may not be as valuable as other more
> seasoned rmd'ers, but I love this one and recommend it to everybody.