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Bob Dylan: In The Summertime
There are 2 CD sets with this title and they both contain a large
part of the same concert. One of these sets I own, so I can provide
detailed data for it:
Format: 2CD
Label: Dandelion
Catalogue number: DL 022/23
Bar code: 5 419980 220233
Townsend number: T-566
Front cover: BOB DYLAN
IN THE SUMMERTIME
Back cover: BOB DYLAN
IN THE SUMMERTIME
(P) 1998
DL 022/23
Dandelion
Spines: DL 022/23
BOB DYLAN
IN THE SUMMERTIME
Disc 1: THE LONESOME SPARROW
DISC ONE
In The Summertime
Dandelion
DL 022
(P) 1998
Made in Israel
ACUM
Disc 2: THE LONESOME SPARROW
DISC TWO
In The Summertime
Dandelion
DL 023
(P) 1998
Made in Israel
ACUM
Matrix disc 1: DL 022
Matrix disc 2: DL 023
Track list:
1.1. The Times They Are A-Changin'
1.2. Gotta Serve Somebody
1.3. I Believe In You
1.4. Like A Rolling Stone
1.5. Man Gave Names To All The Animals
1.6. Girl From The North Country
1.7. Ballad Of A Thin Man
1.8. In The Summertime
1.9. Slow Train
1.10. Let's Begin
1.11. Lenny Bruce
1.12. Mr. Tambourine Man
1.13. Just Like A Woman
1.14. Forever Young
1.15. Jesus Is The One
2.1. Heart of Mine
2.2. When You Gonna Wake Up?
2.3. In The Garden
2.4. Blowin' In The Wind
2.5. It Ain't Me, Babe
2.6. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
2.7. When He Returns
2.8. Man Gave Names To All The Animals
2.9. Precious Angel
2.10. Slow Train [incomplete]
2.11. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
2.12. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
2.13. Solid Rock
2.14. Saving Grace [incomplete]
Tracks 1.1 - 2.6: Live, 10 July 1981, Drammenshallen, Drammen, Norway.
Soundboard recording.
Tracks 2.7 - 2.14: Live, 22 January 1980, Rainbow Music Hall, Denver,
Colorado, U.S.A. Soundboard recording.
Total running time disc 1: 68:35
Total running time disc 2: 72:10
Total running time set: 140:45
This CD set comes in a slimline 2 disc jewel case. The front insert
is a booklet with 8 pages (front and back counted). Page 2 is entirely
filled with a commentary on the set. Each of the other pages has a
photograph. There is also a photograph on the inside side of the back
insert.
For the other one I have obtained the following data:
Format: 1CD
Label: Railway
Catalogue number: RW CD 02
Townsend number: T-206
Track list:
1. The Times They Are A-Changin'
2. Gotta Serve Somebody
3. I Believe In You
4. Like A Rolling Stone
5. Girl From The North Country
6. In The Summertime
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Just Like A Woman
9. Forever Young
10. Heart of Mine
11. Blowin' In The Wind
12. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
All tracks: Live, 10 July 1981, Drammenshallen, Drammen, Norway.
Soundboard recording.
Here's the complete set list of the 10 July 1981 concert:
Dandelion Railway
2CD 1CD
1. The Times They Are A-Changin' x x
2. Gotta Serve Somebody x x
3. I Believe In You x x
4. Like A Rolling Stone x x
5. Till I Get It Right
6. Man Gave Names To All The Animals x
7. Maggie's Farm
8. Girl From The North Country x x
9. Ballad Of A Thin Man x
10. In The Summertime x x
11. Slow Train x
12. Let's Begin x
13. Lenny Bruce x
14. Mr. Tambourine Man x x
15. Solid Rock
16. Just Like A Woman x x
17. Forever Young x x
18. Jesus Is The One x
19. Heart Of Mine x x
20. When You Gonna Wake Up x
21. In The Garden x
22. Blowin' In The Wind x x
23. It Ain't Me Babe x
24. Knockin' On Heaven's Door x x
Neither one of the 2 CD sets does contain the entire concert. The
Dandelion set contains all the tracks of the Railway CD and 9
more. For consecutive performed songs the Dandelion set has
in some cases the concert moments between those songs and in
the other cases it doesn't. Whether this is also so on the Railway
CD, I don't know.
Crazy Joe rated the Dandelion set 4 on a 0 - 5 scale.
Eric Schoneveld wrote about the Dandelion set:
> Finally someone releases this excellent soundboard tape on cd. It might
> have been done before, although I can't remember when. This sbd-tape from
> Drammen '81 features a great show, typical for '81.
> Rating 5/5
One Arild wrote (rec.music.dylan, 1 September 1998):
> I recently purchased the double Dandelion-label CD "In The
> Summertime" (Drammenshallen show July 1981) and I have noticed that
> the sound is a bit distorted. So I’m wondering if all the Dandelion
> "In The Summertime" CDs are distorted or is it only my copy?
One Thor answered (rec.music.dylan, 1 September 1998):
> Mine is too. It's probably the source tape.
And Andrea Falesi answered (rec.music.dylan, 6 September 1998):
> Yes, the double "In the Summertime" is somewhat distorted.
> You can find half of the same show in far better quality,
> on the single cd with the same name by Railway label.
> Sadly not the complete show and with a couple of songs
> not sing by Dylan. Strange choice...
Andrea's remark on songs not sung by Dylan on the Railway CD does
not concur with the track list I have given above. The distortion
is the kind of distortion you get when you set your recording level
too high. It varies from track to track. There is also a lot of
hiss. Because of the high ratings of Eric Schoneveld, Crazy Joe
and Moe I was disappointed about the sound quality when I heard
this set the first time. But now I enjoy listening to it.
The Dandelion set has as bonus 8 tracks from the 22 January 1980
concert. About these the commentary in the booklet says: "Early 1980
Dylan and Columbia decided to record one of his shows in Denver for
future official live release. The January 22nd show at the Rainbow
Music Hall was picked out and eight tracks were professionally
remixed but unfortunately remained in the vaults. Only from a
recently discovered master stereo-acetate you can hear" And then it
goes on to rave about these tracks. According to the back cover these
tracks are the complete unreleased live album. But according to the
CD "Rock Solid" on the Junkyard Angel label this officially
unreleased live album consisted of 7 tracks from the 19 April 1980
concert. Which of the 2 CD sets is right, I don't know. Anyway, I
don't believe the Dandelion set presents the concert as it would have
been released. True enough the tracks are blended together to give
the impression of a continuous concert, which is not the case for the
19 April 1980 tracks on the "Rock Solid" CD (or the "Dancing In The
Dark" CD set on the Moonlight label), but "Slow Train" and "Saving
Grace" are faded out before they have ended. On all 8 tracks Dylan's
voice is mainly in the right channel, with the result that when I play
it over my speakers, it is drowned on "Precious Angel" and "Slow Train".
The drums are very sharp, which makes them hiss. There's also a
considerable amount of recording hiss.