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Subject: DOWN IN THE CD FLOOD
From: MOE
Date: 1995/06/05
Message-ID: <9506051809.AA24327@imc220.med.navy.mil>
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
A somewhat short (IMO) drought of new CDs has ended and the flood has begun,
thank BOB. Recent acquisitions follow, along with others which
will be reviewed upon receipt. This weekend has yielded the following:
"A Million Faces At My Feet" 2CD (Tuff Bites 95.1019)
Brussels, Belgium 3/23/95 (14 trx), plus filler from West Point, NY
10/15/94 (2), Burlington, VT 10/11/94 (2 inc/She Belongs to Me) &
Washington, DC 10/31/94 (2 inc/Disease of Conceit). approx 140 min.
Quality: excellent, right up there with "Blue Eyed...." but below the
crowned jewels "Apollo Landing." Great show (I see what
the ravings for "Mr. TM" are about) in performance & quality.
Kudos to the Tuff Bites cover artist for another in a brilliant
run of caricatures. Highly recommended.
"Flaggin Down the Double E's" 2CD (Razor's Edge 014/015)
Toronto, Canada 12/1/75 (22 trx), plus 12/2 Toronto (6) & 1 song
from Maine 11/27, 2 songs from Providence 11/4 (31 songs!)
Quality: audience recording very listenable, IMO more listenable than
the Great Dane set "Get Ready! Tonite Bob is Staying Here
With You" if only because of the evenness of the recording and
less sound fluctuation. Performance is phenomenal, a lot of
great acoustic stuff (STOF, TUIB, IDBY) and hey, an entire '75
show can't be bad. Another excellent job from Razor's Edge- if
you like Rolling Thunder, highly recommended. Nice cover, too.
"With One Hand Waving Free" 2CD (Hard Rain 001/2 - (another BD label??))
Utrecht 3/20/95 (14 trx), plus additional trax from 3/16, 3/18 & 3/23
Germany, Netherlands & Brussels, respectively. Essentially the same
set list as Brussels 3/23 with the exception of Senor. Since the show
has been reviewed, will restrict my comments to quality. All in all,
disappointing. That is not to mean it is bad, just not up to the
"up-front" vocal standards of most of the recent releases from 94 &
'93, and the instrumental nuances are not as evident as on, say, "A
Million Faces...." Townsend would probably give this a 3 overall
rating. Filler trax are actually better, leaving one to wonder why
the 3/16 or 3/18 shows were not done instead. Not a thumbs down, but
certainly not essential what with the 5 or 6 other shows currently
out or awaiting release.
"Hard Times in Marseille" 2CD (Moonlight 9510/11)
Marseille, France 6/29/93 17 trax entire show (a long one!!!!!)
A great quality performance of a superb show, perfect companion to
"Breadcrumb Sins" (which has 4 songs from this show). Killer rendition
of "Hard Times" (a bit faster than normal), "Shelter...." (12+ min!!
of great jammin' even tho some lyric "mishandles"), "Desolation Row"
and "My Back Pages." Quality is excellent, up front and capturing all
the subtle greatness of BD & the band. Highly recommended.
"Infinity on Trial" 2CD (Wanted Man WMM 62/63)
Paris 2/1/90 entire 20 song show. Includes rare outing for "Visions of
Johanna" plus "Tears of Rage", "Forever Young", "Most Likely..."
The quality leaves a bit to be desired, I'd venture to guess that
Townsend's CRAP rating will be (or already is) a three. A very enjoyable
show and performance (although IMO these 90 shows are not my favorite)
that also includes "Mama You've Bin..." and "Gates of Eden." I'd rate
the Critic's Choice Hammersmith 1990 2CD set a bit higher than this.
Plus they could have put some filler on as both disks total only
100 minutes approximately. This is a constant problem with Wanted Man
disks, leaving unfilled space on their disks (i.e. Critics Choice Vol
3 & 4). Recommended, albeit not strongly.
"Pittsburgh '94" 1CD (Red Sky) 8/19/94 Pittsburgh plus (2) Cleveland
8/20 Not up to the high standards of previous Red Sky releases, redeemed
only by the presence of a sublime "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" and above
average "Positively" and "In the Garden" (9 and a half minutes!!!). Only
8 trax from the Pittsburgh leaves one wondering why they included standard
"AATW", "Maggie's Farm" and "JMan." A nice "Lenny Bruce" from Cleveland
is included.
Disk is full (76+) but won't win any cover art awards. Actually, Red Sky
releases contain arguably the worst cover art ever, and this is among
their worst. Very mild recommendation would be a thumbs down w/o "AHRGF."
(NOTE: DOES ANYONE HAVE "OLD ORCHARD BEACH" 1988 on Red Sky????? for sale
or trade??)
Reviews to follow in a few days include: "Studs Terkel" on Yellow Dog,
"Banjo Tape/Town Hall" on Yellow Dog & "12 a Pound" 2CD Prague 1995
Also spotted: "Visit to Israel" 2CD 1987 show w/TP&HBs which is
supposedly wretched quality. "Into the Fire" (not sure if that is correct
title) 2CD set 1974 w/the Band Capital Center in Landover, MD.
Also supposedly pretty weak quality.
Have heard the following have been released: Two different Brixton shows &
a Manchester. Impending releases: Birmingham. Planned: Paris & Germany.
The above info is from friends in the UK.
That's it. Hope those of you who are into this were enlightened. Those of
you who are not, my apologies. I just buy 'em and play 'em, I don't make
'em. Ciao
Subject: NEW CD REVIEWS
From: MOE
Date: 1995/06/07
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
As promised, the following reviews:
"12/- A Pound" Prague 3/11/95 (no label-presumably a Japan-made set)
w/7 tracks 3/12 (21 trax total)
Another slightly disappointing set (that makes two out of 3 '95 sets
so far disappointers). Sounds like the taper asked for audience
participation whenever possible, which is exacerbated by the fact that
the sound is not really up to snuff either. Not as upfront as one would
like, but still listenable. The audience noise is very intrusive and
bothersome to my ears, and detracts from a great performance. "Baby Blue"
and a rearranged, slower "Shelter...." are the highlights. Actually,
when the crowd shuts up it's not bad at all on the quieter trax. Also:
Good idea to fill up disk 2 w/trax from the next night but a bad idea to
duplicate 4 of the trax. Bonus trax are excellent quality and one is left
to wonder why this night was not given the whole show treatment. Hi-lites
are "I don't Believe You", "Des Row" & "BOATT". Mildly recommended.
"Studs Terkel's Wax Museum" 1CD (Yellow Dog) 1963 radio broadcast w/int
A significant upgrade to it's predecessor "Before the Flood & After the
Fire" on Luna. Much clearer sound, less hiss, very enjoyable disk.
"Hard Rain", "BDs Dream", "Blowin", "Boots", "Farewell", "John Brown"
plus the interviews makes for very good listen. Approx 63 min. Thumbs up
to this one and some killer period photos to boot (no pun intended).
"Banjo Tape & Town Hall 1963" 1CD (Yellow Dog)
Disk lists the Banjo Tape as April 8, 1963 w/Happy Traum. I don't have
anything to compare it to as I've never heard it. Very good sound on 12
full and abbreviated songs, a very informal session. Lots of never
recorded gems (Lonesome River Edge?) and some standouts like BD's Dream.
Has the 12 trax from Town Hall 4/12/63 but I think the sound is better
on the Capricorn release "In Concert 1963," though still good here.
Some nice period photos of Bob. If you like the early stuff, you'll
like this. Recommended
short review: "Lake Compounce Park Festival" 1CD
Taken from soundboard recording of Bristol, CT 1988. Full disk, I believe
17 trax including "Rank Strangers", "Tom Thumb's", "IDBY", "SFTS",
"Boots of...", "SHBlues". Phenomenal quality, appreciably better than the
excellent "Wanted Man" title on Kiss the Stone. Along with "Stuck Inside
of New York," an essential "must-have" from the 1988 tour. Great
peformance along with the sound make it a worthy Hall of Fame disk.
"I don't make 'em, I just buy the good ones and paly 'em" Ciao - Moe
Subject: Re: Lake Compounce Festival Park Audifon Emir Deutschland AF 002
From: MOE
Date: 1995/06/12
Message-ID: <9506121401.AA00940@imc220.med.navy.mil>
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Yo,
Info on this was posted under "Down in the CD Flood" last week. It is
the same show as KTS "Wanted Man" only better quality (IMO). The sound is
smoother and the tape a couple of generations higher, I would presume.
"Wanted Man" is a fine piece still, though IMO it is worth
swapping out for this. Nice color pics included in new package also. Moe
>I cannot recall anyone posting on rec.music.dylan about the album
>
>Lake Compounce Festival Park / Bob Dylan [4 September 1988]
>Audifon Deutschland, AF 002, 1994
>Audifon Emir Deutschland
>Matrix: KTS 099 PHC
>
>and what is the relationship of this CD with Kiss The
>Stone's Wanted Man [T-155]?
>
>: Craig
>
>
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES
From: MOE
Date: 1995/07/10
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Following hard on the heels of the seemingly well-received "Hard Times
in Marseille" post (thanks everybuddyyyyyy!!!), I've decided to
periodically post reviews of new (& old) releases under the subject of "Deep
Beneath the Waves." This way I can pretend I'm a real live (no pun
intended) columnist and take a valiant stab at enlightening those of you
on this list who are so inclined to purchase these "underground"
recordings. The opinions expressed in this column will be strictly my own
(unless I quote the master chronicler of these matters, Mr. Townsend, which
will be duly noted) and will not be intended as statements of fact.
What I consider disposable, others may consider classic. At times I will
refer to what I consider the crown jewel of audience recordings
(quality-wise) "Apollo Landing" (2/8/93 Hammersmith Apollo-London, which
includes my all-time favorite performance "Pretty Peggy-O), so do yourself a
favor and go buy it or at least cop a tape of it from someone.
A few more rules: I will review only disks I either own or have heard.
If I've heard it and don't own it, chances are it's got some major problems.
If a disk has the least bit of redeemimg value I generally keep it. I have
close to 300 so my definition of redeeming value is very flexible!
Also, keep in mind my standards on audience recordings are pretty high.
I've not recommended some disks that others think are great ("12/- A Pound"
Prague 3/11/95, for example), so take what I say with a grain of salt. If I
enthuse about a disk like I did with "Hard Times in Marseille," go out and
buy it and if you don't like it we'll put some bleachers out in the sun.
Periodically, I will review old disks that I've re-discovered after many
months on the shelf, or simply for your information.
Once again, for those vehemently opposed to these "scandalous" audio
spheres, bid farewell to the "DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES" posts as soon as they
appear (but be forever exiled to a place where you will never hear "One
Too Many Mornings" or "Gates of Eden" live from Manchester 1995!).
"DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES" will bow tomorrow with the following titles
given a going-over:
ROMANTIC FACTS OF MUSKETEERS
SKIPPING REELS OF RHYME
BROADSIDE
BRIXTON BLUES
OVER THE BROKEN GLASS
ONE HAND WAVING FREE
SONGS OF DARKNESS, SONGS OF LIGHT
SINGS THE BODY ELECTRIC
The 95's are coming out at a good rate now and the US leg of the tour
has not been touched, much less the current Euro trek. Hopefully, there will
be a plethora of product to come to document what I consider the high point
of THE MAN's 35 years of performing. What more could we ask for? Perhaps
an album of self-penned material recorded with the finest band he's ever
worked with? God knows.
Ciao - Moe
P.S. I only buy 'em, I don't sell 'em.
P.P.S. to CRAIG: Hilarious post on designing the new tape deck and hiring
youthful tapers, etc, etc, etc. Really enjoyed it.
P.P.P.S. Marty & Josh, hope you got 'em and are enjoyin' em.
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 1
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 1995 11:49:43 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol I
Hello,
Welcome to the first installment of what I hope will be many volumes
of DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES. Let's get right to it:
PICK OF THE DAY: BRIXTON BLUES 2CD (KTS) 3/31 Brixton Academy, London
Excellent sounding audience recording of the last night of 3 at Brixton.
Full frontal vocality accompanied by a like amount of full instrumentation
adds up to a winner in my book. No bonus trax, just the 3/31 show
complete & including encore on "ISBReleased" with Elvis. BD in great
form on a varied set list incl/IDBelieve U, Shelter, Hattie, Baby Blue,
In the Garden, great Joey, beautiful Back Pages. Packaging is so-so
w/Unplugged shot as cover. Highly recommended
ROMANTIC FACTS OF MUSKETEERS 2CD 3/31 Brixton Academy + 5 trax 3/29
Same show as above in considerably lesser quality, vocals farther away
and overall nowhere as sharp. Pass on it unless you're a completist who
wants the 5 trax from 5/29. If not, "Brixton Blues" is the way to go.
Nice package w/some good photos on this one.
SKIPPING REELS OF RHYME 2CD 3/30 Brixton Academy + 7 trax 3/29
Companion piece to above with bonus trax, which when added to above,
comprise the 3/29 show except MR TMan, Watchtower & LARS. Better sound
than "Romantic Facts", very very good actually and a killer performance
w/If You See her, Jokerman, Grain of Sand, 4th St, Love-0, I Believe in U,
Memphis Blues. Very enjoyable disk, slick photos presumably from the show.
This disk highly recommended.
ONE HAND WAVING FREE 2CD 4/4 Birmingham complete, 3/26 Brighton (6),
4/3 Manchester (2) (Label: Moontunes or Moonlight, can't recall)
Another essential set, beautifully packaged w/sensational photos of
Dylan from the show. Sound is very upfront on 4/4 and Dylan & band are in
excellent form (so what else is new?). Another varied show w/rare outings
for Lenny Bruce, To ramona, Tears of rage, What Good Am I, plus great D. Row.
As good as sound is on 4/4, even better on 3/26 trax w/mournful STOF and
IWant U dominating the proceedings and an amazing Mama You Been on My Mind.
If possible, sound is better yet on 4/3 trax (2) where Gates of Eden
takes a bow. All in all, an excellent collection with a lot of bang for
your buck as disks are completely full. Only left to wonder if the amazing
Manchester 4/3 show will ever come out in its entirety. Highly recommended
SONGS OF DARKNESS, SONGS OF LIGHT 2CD (Razor's Edge) Manchester 4/5 complete
w/7 bonus trax Manchester 4/4
If you have'nt heard these Manchester shows you are missing 3 of the
best (IMO) performances of the tour. The sound here is again excellent. After
some initial problems during "Down in the Flood" it sorts out nicely with
the vocals upfront even if a smidgen harsh. The bass on the band is a bit
much but this can be sorted out with a little EQ work. Queen Jane, Knockin'
If Not For You, Hard Rain, She Belongs, Back Pages all included and
superbly done. Just a great performance and very enjoyable set. Quality on
the bonus trax is not quite up to snuff (a shame, really as the tapes are
killer) but decent nonetheless w/a sweet Shooting Star and gorgeous One
Too Many Mornings the highlights. Another biblical type cover from our friends
at Razor's Edge w/a couple of cool shots on the inside. I hate to sound
repetitious, but I highly recommend this disk also.
Sorry, gotta go. I'll finish it up tomorrow with 3 others. Feedback
welcomed, both good and bad. Happy hunting.
Ciao - Moe
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 2
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 11:17:57 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 2
Greetings,
Thanks for the feedback so far on vol 1, all of which has been positive.
Before continuing with the other "new" releases, I thought it would
be a good idea to recap (& rank) the 95 shows released thus far in order to
give you an idea what's available and perhaps help in deciding which to
spend your money on. The following are ranked in terms of sound quality,
we are assuming the performances are all good (right?), just a matter of
how good: very good, ridiculously good or sublime. So, "I'm gonna start my
pickin' right now":
RECOMMENDED TITLES (NO FEAR):
1) "A MILLION FACES AT MY FEET" 2CD 3/23/ Brussels + filler
Soundwise, the best released so far from '95 and ranking up there with
the best of any tour in terms of audience recordings. Punchy, well balanced,
upfront vocals & instruments. Could have been a masterpiece had the filler
included trax from the two weeks prior as opposed to '94. Standard set list
from the first two weeks with the exception of "Queen Jane."
2) "BRIXTON BLUES" 2CD 3/31 complete
Killer sound, a tad less smooth and not as "gentle" as above but well
above average nonetheless. Perhaps recorded a smidgen high but that's better
than the reverse. Not to complain, though and a killer set list with a lovely
acoustic set of MRTMan, Hattie & Baby Blue elevating the show to masterpiece
proportions.
3) "ONE HAND WAVING FREE" 2CD Birmingham 4/2 + filler 3/26 & 4/3
Another essential sounding disk, "full and warm with clear vocals and
distinct backing" (from Mr. Townsend). Noteworthy renditions of Tears of
Rage, Tom Thumbs, D Row included in a revamped set list with killer bonus
trax in
even better quality from Brighton & Manchester. Let's hope those come out
also, as the quality ranks with the best around.
4) "SKIPPING REELS OF RHYME" 2CD London Brixton Academy 3/30 + filler 3/29
Although the quality is not up to the standards of the above 3, I still
consider it very, very good, though a bit short of excellent. The incredible
performance & show makes up for it as Every Grain, 4th Street, & Jokerman
all make an appearance & the acoustic set is particularly pleasing.
5) "SONGS OF DARKNESS, SONGS OF LIGHT" Manchester 4/5 + filler 4/4 (7)
After a shaky start, recording quality rounds into shape to become
very, very good, and even excellent with a little bit of EQ'ing to lessen
the bassy feel of the instruments. Dylan's vocals sound a tad harsh but
are right up front, "bright & punchy" (Mr. Townsend) and it does not detract
at all. Filler trax are a bit of a disappointment quality-wise, only because
they don't match the quality of the tapes or the filler from #3 above from
4/3 Manchester. A great selection, though, to round out the set.
THESE HAVE SOME PROBLEMS, MAY WANT TO AVOID:
6) "12/- A POUND" 2CD 3/11/ Prague + filler 3/12 Prague
A fine performance is hindered by the very obtrusive crowd noise, which
is very loud, while the music is relegated somewhat to the background. Not
at all bad, just not up to snuff when compared to others. When things are
quiet it is an enjoyable disk, particularly an incredibly slow and "worldly"
"Shelter From the Storm"
7) "ROMANTIC FACTS OF MUSKETEERS" 2CD 3/31/ Brixton London + filler 3/29
Unless you are a completist and want the 5 trax from 3/29 (which are
OK but not great), go with the "Brixton Blues." The sound on this disk
in no way compares.
8) "WITH ONE HAND WAVING FREE" 2CD Utrecht 3/20 + filler (9) 3/16-23
Another OK disk soundwise but just does not stack up with the top 5.
Sound is not as upfront and music just not as punchy. Good selection of
filler trax helps relegate this disk from run 'o the mill to not bad at all,
though if you are choosy, go with "A Million Faces" as a document of the
first 2 weeks of March.
RUMORED TITLES: Vienna '94 soundboard, Completely Unplugged 2CD, 1978
tour rehearsals. Also two more from 3/30 & 3/31 Brixton called "FU*K THE
PLAYLIST" and "BOBS FULL HOUSE," although the outfit that made these
was apparently raided and these may not be readily available. NO matter,
as they are out already.
Feel free to flame, praise, criticize or complain.
Ciao - Moe
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 3
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 1995 12:06:51 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 3
Round 2 of "new" titles for your edification:
1) "BROADSIDE" 1CD (Gunsmoke) Broadside radio show 5/62 (3), Broadside
Sessions NYC 11/62 - 3/63, March on DC 8/28/63
I'll defer to Mr. Townsend for this review (w/some paraphrasing) as his
feelings echo mine regarding this title:
"Excellent assemblage of often overlooked and underrated "Broadside"
sessions. Highly commendable collection assembles all Broadside related
tracks... culled from variety of sources.. recording quality varies
markedly but no tampering with the sound and trax are preserved here as
an excellent archival document. One for the purists, perhaps... variations
in quality do not lend it to general listening (sound is fine for the period,
all line recordings, some a bit thin but it's 1962 & 1963 - ed.) Some
fascinating and unique performances unavailable elsewhere."
20 trax in all, incl/Donald White, Playboys & Playgirls, Talkin' Devil,
Train A Travelin', Farewell. A nice cross section of early material. Cover
shows Bob reading a copy of Broadside magazine and nice details provided
as to source/dates of recordings.
Recommended to those into this period - fascinating stuff.
2) "OVER THE BROKEN GLASS" 1CD Slane castle 7/8/84, Paris 7/1/84
Soundboard recordings suffering from a compressed feeling and a bit
over=recorded. Sound is a bit harsh on the rockin' tunes, better on trax
like Hard Rain, It Aint Me Babe, Its Alright Ma. It appears as if these
are more "Real Live" outtakes and are better quality than is found on
"Real Live Outtakes" on Yellow Cat, though only 2 or 3 songs overlap. The
4 songs from Paris 7/1 are a bit better sound and are perhaps from an
audience source, although I'm told that the 2CD set "Les Temps Changent"
on Silver rarities (Paris 7/1/84) is better quality than these 4 songs. I
have'nt sprung for that one so I can't comment. This disk is somewhat
enjoyable though a bit grating to listen to. I would recommend this to:
those who really dig the '84 tour or those who have and enjoy "Real Live
Outtakes" on Yellow Cat. Otherwise, it's a toss-up. (P.S. Great color cover
but the schmucks used a 1974 shot on an '84 piece - I hate that - ed.)
3) "SINGS THE BODY ELECTRIC" 2CD 1966 Manchester,
Edinburgh, Royal Albert A 2CD set compiling the acoustic sets from above and taken from
acetates. This stuff has been out before on "Before the Flood" and "After
the Crash" in the same quality. If you don't own those, or "Manchester
Prayer" on Swingin' Pig, it would behoove you to obtain these. Some people
consider these the penultimate Dylan performances, often referring to them
as "amphetamine-soaked classic performances." Dylan does sound as if he's
a bit under the influence of something, I'll leave it to others to speculate
what. Personally, I prefer this stuff in small doses. We have long, drowsy
(though not tired) versions of DRow, Mr. TMan, 4th Time Around, Visions,
Just Like A Woman, plus a couple of electric #'s at the end that have been
out before on the classic "A Week in the Life of BD." I love this stuff and
highly recommend it if you don't already have the material on the previously
mentioned titles.
That's it. Hope you enjoyed this installment. Ciao - Moe
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 4
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 11:26:41 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 4
Who says Christmas (or Hanukah) does'nt come in August? Gifts aplenty
to tide you over until the real holidays if you don't feel like waiting.
We'll start with an instant Hall of Famer and go from there, though all
the reviews this volume would make the all-star team. Enjoy!
"COMPLETELY UNPLUGGED" 2CD Moontunes (MTV Unplugged 11/17 & 18, 1994)
The title says it all, you get the shows as they happend - complete,
unedited, rough mix soundboard recordings. Oh my my, the quality is superb,
on speed (unlike some of the tapes) and perfectly balanced, plus continuous
so you get all the between-song riffing, talk, etc. Unissued tracks reaching
heights of perfection include (2) takes of "I Want You," "Hazel" (see
separate post for more on "Hazel" from "The Last Waltz"), "Sweet Marie" and
an oh-so-
fine "My Back Pages", plus the missed take of "LARS" and a superb "Tonight I'll
Be Staying.." IMO, "Don't Think Twice" and "Everything is Broken" don't reach
such heights, but come awfully close. Needless to say, Dylan and Band, IMO,
deliver an impassioned, emotional, and oft times raucous 2 sets which highlight
the feeling in Dylan's vocals and the instrumental strengths of the band.
To hear the shows as they happend is a real treat and essential to
appreciate the "feel" of these shows. Kudos all around to Moontunes and
Razor's Edge (joint venture, though set is on Moontunes) for this package,
a superb job. Hilarious caricature on the inside also.The only negative
thing I can say about this set is that 2 millimeters of the 4 in 1994 is cut
off on the inside insert. GET IT NOW!
"THE REAL SOUND" 1CD (Red Sky) Vienna, VA (Wolf Trap)
8 Sept 1993 77 minute soundboard recording which omits "God Knows" (it can be found on
"Hard Times in Alabama" as filler) and, sadly, "You're Gonna Quit Me." The
quality here is in-your-face, vocals in all their full-throated, raspy glory
with nuances intact, and music well balanced and vivid also. A milestone show
of sorts as we get the live debut of "Series of Dreams," and the always
enjoyable "Born in Time," "Pos 4th Sreet" and "Hattie Carroll." Band is in
rock-out mode and Maggie's Farm and Silvio are blistering. Dylan's vocals
are, to reiterate, crystal clear and well defined. Other trax: Memphis Blues/
Watchtower/BJack Davey/Boots/It Ain't Me Babe. This is a stretch, but the only
negative I can come up with is that some may find the recording is a bit too
up front. Otherwise, an essential set, with some nice insert info on how
BDs albums have charted over the years, gold/platinum status, etc.
(Let's hope if Red Sky has "You're Gonna Quit Me" it shows up as filler on
another set of theirs). Great job!
"BOB'S FULL HOUSE" & "F*** THE PLAYLIST" 2CD SETS (Sterling Sounds)
Complete Brixton, UK March 30 & 31 shows, plus 11 trax from 3/29 as filler.
I've already reviewed these shows in a previous volume under "Romantic
Facts..." and "Skipping Reels..." Without going overboard with too many
plaudits, these disks are sensational. Recording quality far exceeds "RF"
and "SR", although the "Brixton Blues" (Kiss the Stone 3/31) compares
more favorably to "Bob's Full House," but still falls short in the end. Don't
be so quick to relieve yourselves of "SR" or "RF" as these Sterling Sound sets
are not easy to find.
More from Mr. Townsend on "BFH" and "FTP": "... real front row stuff. Good
dynamics, crystal clear vocals and solid overall sound. Everything is pushed to
a greater degree of clarity. Overall the slightly ragged production on the
filler trax is overshadowed by the recording quality." Highlights from 3/30:
If You See Her/Every Grain/Pos 4th St/Love -0/Jokerman/encores w/Elvis C.
From 3/31: Senor/I Don't believe You/Shelter/Hattie/Baby Blue incredible/Back
Pages/Released. 3/29: Want You/She Belongs/Lot to Laugh.
Nice package and inserts, though photos are not from the show. As we'd
all agree, sound matters most. Sterling sounds, indeed.
See 'ya next time. Peace - Moe
"Truth is an arrow
And the gate is narrow
That it passes through"
-BD '79
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 5
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 11:05:27 +0500
From: Brian Magid (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 5
Hot on the heels of the last 4 Hall of Famers come 2 more sets worthy of
high praise, one of which would receive serious 1994 MVP consideration, IMO.
Enough with the BS, let's get to it once again:
"NEW YORK CITY 1994" 2CD (Red Sky) Roseland, NYC 19 Oct 94 plus (6) 20 Oct 94
I listened to this set three times through over the weekend while painting
a hallway in my house, and each time was more blown away. IMO, Dylan & band
took things to a new level on 19 Oct in a blazing show tempered by a
gorgeous, emotion-wracked acoustic set. From the sound of things, Dylan was
really pumped full of energy during this show (maybe he was showing off for
Sheryl Crow, who opened the gig), you can hear it in that extra bit of kick
he gives to most of the vocals. A nice set list also - Jokerman/If You See Her/
DUUHHHHHH/Big Girl all rock & sound great with distinct, crisp vocals, then
the band kick-starts "Most Likely" into another energy level. What follows is
an amazing acoustic set of "Mama You Bin on My Mind"/"One Too Many Mornings"
and "Baby Blue,", all sung with a passion and world-weariness that is really
heart-wrenching. Some nice JJ leads and loud, clear Bob vocals on "Memphis
Blues" lead into the highlight (IMO) of the show (perhaps the tour?), an
oh so funky, head boppin, finger snappin' & really groovin' version of "Shelter
From the Storm" (turn up the bass to get REEALLLLLL GONE!). BD sings this as
a celebration, with not a hint of remorse or resignation about what might
have been, only grateful for what was (for contrast see Prague 3/11
version). For those familiar with Paul Williams, it would'nt surprise me to
see a whole page on this tune in the next version of Performing Artist
1987-???? (much like the space he gave "Idiot Wind" from "Hard Rain" in Vol
2). "MFarm" follows and then
an obviously excited and adrenaline-stoked BD enthusiastically introduces
the band, thanks Sheryl Crow, and the proceedings are brought to a close
with a picture perfect "LARS" and "It Ain't Me Babe." One for the ages,
IMO. Oh yeah,
almost forgot - sound quality is excellent, up front, right there. My
candidate for 1994 show of the year on CD. (Filler trax from the 20th: all
excellent sound and well chosen -Back Pages/Simple Twist/Hattie/Boots/God
Knows & a smokin'gun soundin "Joey," best I've ever heard). Thanks, Red Sky.
P.S. to Roseland attendees: I swear I can hear an organ at times. Am I crazy?
"DYLAN GETS TO THE POINT" 2CD (White Rabbit) The Point, Dublin 12 Apr 95
plus filler (4) 5 Feb 93 and (1) 6 Feb 91
Complete show from Dublin with filler taken from previous Eire visits.
17 track show in very, very good quality (just shy of excellent, but not much-
perhaps a slight bit hollow sounding and outdoorsy, capiche?) but with
vocals clear and true and music all "right there." Unique track list
includes "Where Teardrops Fall" in #2 slot, "TBlues" in #5 and an always
welcome "Ring Them Bells" #6, appropriate for Dublin (".. for the lines are
long and the fighting
is strong...") with a classic Bob vocal and superb accompaniment. Sounding like
a broken record, but another great acoustic set (are'nt they all) with M.TMan,
Love -0/Boots. Highlights of the last half include In the Garden, Carole
King on piano on "LARS" before she falls in the pit, TIMES and then Van comes
out for a ragged Real Real Gone, a fine I Shall be released and ho-hum 12&35.
Overall, a very fine show.
Nice sounding filler inc/She Belongs/It Ain't Me babe/JJones/TNight and,
believe it or not, a very enjoyable "Tupelo Honey" with Van M. from '91.
Maybe it's the weather or something like that, but another hearty
recommendation for this one.
Until the next time (hopefully we'll start to see some West Coast gigs
and Europe summer gigs appearing soon), comments/flames welcome.
Peace - Moe
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 6
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 10:05:45 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol. 6
Greetings from the deep. Interesting "Baby Blue"/Beatles posts in the
last few days. Fie on the one who disparaged "GAIBTY" and "WGW" as being bare
and heartless. To the 15 year old who inquired: I say get 'em, if you don't
dig 'em, I'll eat my oxygen tank.
Two pearls to review today, one precious and one with flaws. Before I
start, who the hell is Emmett Grogan? Where's Craig when we need him?
"THE EMMETT GROGAN ACETATES" 1CD (Capricorn CR-2055) "Another Side of BD"
acetates recorded June 9, 1964 plus acetates recorded Aug & Oct 1963.
Seven tracks from the Emmett Grogan (?) acetates in superb stereo with
little hint that acetates are the source, the sound is that clean. "All I
Really Want to Do" live Newport 1964 excellent sound. Bonus tracks also in
excellent quality, though the CD lists these as being recorded on June 9,
1964, Krosgaard ID's these as recorded on August 6,7,12 and Oct 23,24,31 '63.
These are as follows: California/Denise/BDs New Orleans Rag/ELaredo Blues/
That's All Right-Sally Free & Easy/New Orleans Rag (2)/Hero Blues. These
bonus tracks, as I said, are in superb stereo sound, to my knowledge best
quality available.
Now, for what is sure to cause a stir, the "Another Side.." acetates:
It appears that these trax are the same as appeared on the regular album,
though in a couple of cases you hear the producer asking Dylan if he's ready
and perhaps a count-in. I A-B'd a couple of trax, notably "I Don't Believe
"You" and "Chimes..." and could not discern much difference. For comparison
sake, here are the trax and the times on the "EG" and the regular CD.
I Don't Believe You 4:29 vs 4:20 (0:09 difference due to chat
Chimes of Freedom 7:21 vs. 7:08
Motorpsycho Nitemare 4:35 vs. 4:31
Mr. Tambourine Man MORE ON THIS LATER - THIS IS BIG, BIG BIG, VERY BIG
All I Really... 4:33 vs. 4:03
Black Crow Blues 3:46 vs. 3:12
I Shall Be Free 5:21 vs 4:45 (large difference due to Bob
stopping to discuss, chat, and then continuing)
When I have more time, I'll check it more carefully. But since Krogsgaard
has these recorded on June 9, '64, as does the CD, I'll assume these are
acetate sources of the released versions. All, that is, except "MR T Man".
There is no record of this being recorded on June 9, 1964 in Krosgaard, or
anywhere else for that matter that I can find. No outtake listed in the
"Bringin' It" sessions either. Now for the big news: this version is
completely different, vocally and instrumentally, than the one that was to be
recorded 6 months later in January, 1965 and released on "Bringin' It.." I
don't want to go overboard - awww hell, yes I do - this is a major find.
Unlike the upbeat, optimistic, jaunty "MrTMan" on "BIABH", this one is much
slower, more sparse (one guitar and harp), sung like BD has the "worried
blues," concerned that his muse may not return. A totally different song,
different phrasing, added lines, a mistaken line, different ending. And who
is that singing the choruses with Bob? This version runs 6:52, well over a
minute longer than the released version, and ends with ".. in the jingle,
jangle morning I'll come foooollowiiiiiing youuuuuuu...", a few strums and
then ends (no guitar/harp solo as in the released version). IMO, a major
discovery. This one tune is more than worth the price of admission. Perhaps
Mr. Heylin, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Howell, or Craig could shed some light on the
mystery surrounding this treasure, confirm the date and the background
singer? Could this have been recorded June 9, 1964? It sure sounds like
it is of one with the rest of the tunes here. Thanks, Emmett, whoever you
are!
"INSIDE THE COLISEUM" 2CD (GRUNT 002/003) New Haven, CT Sept 17, 1978
The complete show from above, a welcome addition to the few 1978 shows
available on CD. Though not up to the quality of either "Blackbushe" set
or "Live From the Gaza Strip," decent sound nonetheless, albeit a slight bit
harsh and "busy," for want of a better word. All this is overshadowed by a
wonderful performance and some cool renditions of "Shelter"/"Tangled"/"I
Dont Believe You"/"Threw It All Away"/"Stepchild"/"The Man in Me" and an
excellent ending "Changing of the Guards." The rest of the show is a typical
setlist for this time. You get an inkling of how good things might be after
the opening "My Back Pages" instrumental is followed by a kick-ass "I'm
Ready." If you like the '78 tour, you'll like this. 500 copies made.
That's it for this edition. Apologies for boring those not interested,
that's why you have a trash button on your computer. I don't make 'em, I
just listen to 'em.
Love & Mercy* - Moe
*Great Brian Wilson documentary on Disney this month - "I Just Was'nt Made
For these Times" - fascinating, to be honest.
"Truth is an arrow,
And the gate is narrow,
That it passes through"
-BDylan
Subject: Re: DEEP...WAVES V.6; E. Grogan, Tambourine Mystery Man
From: jfryblair@aol.com (JfryBlair)
Date: 1995/08/28
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
I am workin' up a lengthier Grogan bio to post later, but for now lemme
say he was one of the truest avatars of the Sixties spirit, the leader of
an anarchist collective called the "Diggers" who were the heart and soul
of the Haight Ashbury scene in late Sixties San Francisco. His
autobiography "Ringolevio" was re-printed a few years ago by Citadel
Underground Press and is one of the most wonderful books I've ever read.
"Street Legal" is dedicated to his memory. The acetates were a gift to
Emmet from Bob, they were sold to collectors late last year by a dealer
from Canada who acquired them from Grogan's son.
The other voice and guitar on the acetate version of "Mr. Tambourine Man"
is that of Ramblin' Jack Elliot, and I believe an excerpt of this same
version appears on the CD-ROM. I am no help re: the recording date
however.
Moe, keep up the good work!!!
Peace,
Jeff
Subject: Re: Emmett & MtTMan
From: MOE
Date: 1995/08/29
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
To Jeff Blair:
Thanks for the lowdown on our friend Mr. Grogan, very interesting indeed.
How to tell Street Legal was dedicated to him? Curious as to more details,
if available, on BD giving the acetates to him. Thanks also for the Mr.TMan
source info, IF this is the one with Ramblin' Jack. I don't have the CD-ROM
yet so I can't compare the snippet you mention.
To Emmett's son: good job selling the acetates, my boy. They obviously
ended up in the right hands.
More on the acetate of "Mr. TMan" : don't think this is a ragged version,
as might be assumed by Ramblin' Jack's statements. It is fully realized with
only one minor lyric slip-up. No breaks, pauses, laughter, etc. And as I said,
it clocks in at almost 7 minutes, well over a minute longer than the
released version.
Love & Mercy - Moe
"Truth is an arrow,
And the gate is narrow,
That it passes through"
-BDylan
Subject: Re: Emmett & MtTMan
From: dsage@uoguelph.ca (David Sage)
Date: 1995/08/29
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL) wrote:
: To Jeff Blair:
: Thanks for the lowdown on our friend Mr. Grogan, very interesting indeed.
: How to tell Street Legal was dedicated to him? Curious as to more details,
I was just graced with a sealed vinyl copy of _Street Legal_, so I can
advise on this point. The following line appears in the bottom right
corner of the credits on either side of the B&W of Bob:
"In Memoriam: Emmett Grogan."
I had always wondered about this myself so the posting was also helpful
for me. It's cool to have a shiny new copy of this on vinyl BTW. Love
"New Pony" and "Senor."
David. (yes...I'm back...Craig goosed me)
------------------------------------------
"...haycorns is really what Tiggers like best." A.A. Milne
dsage@uoguelph.ca
Subject: THE EMMETT GROGAN ACETATES
From: "R. Sweener"
Date: 1995/08/29
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Regarding "THE EMMETT GROGAN ACETATES" 1CD (Capricorn CR-2055)
MOE wrote:
>"All I Really Want to Do" live Newport 1964 excellent sound.
Could this possibly be from the 1965 Festival, and the same
version that appears on the new 1965 Revisited box?
>Bonus tracks also in excellent quality, though the CD lists these as
>being recorded on June 9, 1964, Krosgaard ID's these as recorded
>on August 6,7,12 and Oct 23,24,31 '63.
>These are as follows:
>California
>Denise
>BDs New Orleans Rag
>ELaredo Blues
>That's All Right-Sally Free & Easy
>New Orleans Rag (2)
>Hero Blues.
>
>These bonus tracks, as I said, are in superb stereo sound, to my knowledge
best
>quality available.
I found California and Denise listed under June 9, 1964 in Krogsgaard.
I have yet to find any reference to BDs New Orleans Rag.
(I'm looking at photocopies and I don't have the index of the book.
I'll stop by the library and check it.)
The rest are listed as a group as being from the dates you mentioned.
As far as I know, ALL of the above are new to cd. If anyone knows of
another cd source (Craig?), please post.
> Now, for what is sure to cause a stir, the "Another Side.." acetates:
...
> When I have more time, I'll check it more carefully. But since
Krogsgaard
>has these recorded on June 9, '64, as does the CD, I'll assume these are
>acetate sources of the released versions.
>All, that is, except "MR T Man".
>There is no record of this being recorded on June 9, 1964 in Krosgaard, or
>anywhere else for that matter that I can find. No outtake listed in the
>"Bringin' It" sessions either. Now for the big news: this version is
>completely different, vocally and instrumentally, than the one that was to
be
>recorded 6 months later in January, 1965 and released on "Bringin' It.." I
>don't want to go overboard - awww hell, yes I do - this is a major find.
>Unlike the upbeat, optimistic, jaunty "MrTMan" on "BIABH", this one is much
>slower, more sparse (one guitar and harp), sung like BD has the "worried
>blues," concerned that his muse may not return. A totally different song,
>different phrasing, added lines, a mistaken line, different ending. And who
>is that singing the choruses with Bob? This version runs 6:52, well over a
>minute longer than the released version, and ends with ".. in the jingle,
>jangle morning I'll come foooollowiiiiiing youuuuuuu...", a few strums and
>then ends (no guitar/harp solo as in the released version).
Two possibilities I would look for here. Krogsgaard lists a Tambourine Man
for Newport 1964. It also lists one for Newport 1965 from the same
workshop that I suspect the above mentioned All I Really Wanna Do may
be from. Both of these were released in the movie FESTIVAL, 1967.
Which allows me to ask a question:
Has anybody seen this movie, and do videos circulate?
Thanks for the review, Moe. I'm grabbing this one, and updating my
Guide to '60's Dylan accordingly.
Rick
Subject: Re: Emmett correction
From: MOE
Date: 1995/08/29
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
RSweener@AOL.COM writes re: THE EMMETT GROGAN ACETATES
>I found California and Denise listed under June 9, 1964 in Krogsgaard.
>I have yet to find any reference to BDs New Orleans Rag.
Forgive me, you are correct. "California" and "Denise" are listed as
being recorded June 9, 1964, page 29 of Krosgaard. "BDs New Orleans
Rag" (2 takes) is under the dates I listed on page 24 of Krosgaard.
As for the Mr.TMan, you write:
>Two possibilities I would look for here. Krogsgaard lists a Tambourine Man
>for Newport 1964. It also lists one for Newport 1965 from the same
>workshop that I suspect the above mentioned All I Really Wanna Do may
>be from. Both of these were released in the movie FESTIVAL, 1967.
>Which allows me to ask a question:
>Has anybody seen this movie, and do videos circulate?
Good point, although the sound is akin to the sound on the other trax from
the June 9 date. Help or confirmation please, Mr. Heylin?
Ain't This List Grand? - Moe
"Truth is an arrow,
And the gate is narrow,
That it passes through"
-BDylan
Subject: Re: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol. 6
From: mazingg@ix.netcom.com (Christopher Zingg )
Date: 1995/08/29
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
In <9508281405.AA08430@imc220.med.navy.mil> MOE
writes:
> "THE EMMETT GROGAN ACETATES" 1CD (Capricorn CR-2055) "Another Side of BD"
> acetates recorded June 9, 1964 plus acetates recorded Aug & Oct 1963.
> Seven tracks from the Emmett Grogan (?) acetates in superb stereo with
>little hint that acetates are the source, the sound is that clean. "All I
>Really Want to Do" live Newport 1964 excellent sound. Bonus tracks also in
>excellent quality, though the CD lists these as being recorded on June 9,
>1964, Krosgaard ID's these as recorded on August 6,7,12 and Oct 23,24,31 '63.
>These are as follows: California/Denise/BDs New Orleans Rag/ELaredo Blues/
>That's All Right-Sally Free & Easy/New Orleans Rag (2)/Hero Blues. These
>bonus tracks, as I said, are in superb stereo sound, to my knowledge best
>quality available.
> Now, for what is sure to cause a stir, the "Another Side.." acetates:
>It appears that these trax are the same as appeared on the regular album,
>though in a couple of cases you hear the producer asking Dylan if he's ready
>and perhaps a count-in. I A-B'd a couple of trax, notably "I Don't Believe
>"You" and "Chimes..." and could not discern much difference. For comparison
>sake, here are the trax and the times on the "EG" and the regular CD.
> I Don't Believe You 4:29 vs 4:20 (0:09 difference due to chat
> Chimes of Freedom 7:21 vs. 7:08
> Motorpsycho Nitemare 4:35 vs. 4:31
> Mr. Tambourine Man MORE ON THIS LATER - THIS IS BIG, BIG BIG, VERY BIG
> All I Really... 4:33 vs. 4:03
> Black Crow Blues 3:46 vs. 3:12
> I Shall Be Free 5:21 vs 4:45 (large difference due to Bob
> stopping to discuss, chat, and then continuing)
>
> Thanks, Emmett, whoever you are!
As usual, Moe has done us all a great service with DBTW Vol. 6. Not only does
the man have a talent for imbueing his reviews with enthusiasm and detail, he
must have very deep pockets! Let's hope his little gravy train doesn't get
lost!
My only correction is with regard to the bonus tracks. Although they sound
great, none of the tracks-except Hero Blues-seem to be in stereo. After all
these years, it would be a delight to hear them that way. Also, I would stop
short of calling them "superb" quality.
As Moe points out, the real find on the Grogan portion is Tambourine Man, with
Jack Elliot on chorus. As for the rest, the takes are very similar and, as
outlined on the xeroxed tracklist that accompanied my tape, the tracks differ
thusly:
I Don't Believe You - Bob says "OK? Ready?" before starting.
Chimes Of Freedom - Tom Wilson says "uh, seven" before song starts, referring
to take #.
Motorpsycho Nightmare - Tom Wilson says "Too much" at end.
Tambourine Man - unreleased version, as described above.
All I Really Want To Do - Tom Wilson gives CO # and says "take one"; Dylan
tunes his guitar for 16 seconds; includes vocal mistake later edited out;
nine extra seconds at end.
Black Crow Blues - piano and harmonica continue 25 seconds longer at end.
I Shall Be Free - unreleased, except for last three verses beginning with line
2; last verse contains bits later edited out; runs 4 seconds longer at
fade.
All I Really Want To Do - Newport July 26, 1964, last verse appeared in
Festival film, spliced onto 1965 workshop performance(!).
The Grogan Acetates also include material which could have been included on
this CD but weren't, for reasons unknown. Titles in parentheses are the
titles of the releases versions. They are:
Ten-inch 45:
Tombstone (Tombstone Blues)
Lunatic Princess (From A Buick 6) - "rare version": fades out 16 seconds
early.
Ten-inch 45:
Queen Jane Approximately - fades out 4 seconds early.
Black Dali Rue (Positively 4th Street)
Highway 61 sessions Mono reel 1A. Mixes same as released mono LP.:
Desolation Row
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
It Takes A Lot to Laugh...
Highway 61
Tombstone Blues - end is 14 seconds longer than mono LP.
Highway 61 sessions Mono reel 1B.:
From A Buick 6
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? - version mistakenly released as
Positively 4th Street.
Queen Jane Approximately
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Positively 4th Street
All tracks on The Grogan Acetates are in glorious mono.
Hope this helps.
M.A.Zingg
Providence, RI
"What looks large from a distance, close up ain't never that big."
"The hardest job that ever I had was plowing a field of rye.
The easiest job I ever had was eatin' chicken pie."
Subject: Re: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol. 6
From: mazingg@ix.netcom.com (Christopher Zingg )
Date: 1995/08/29
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Oh yeah, BTW, the Grogan CD has beautiful graphics, too. The front
cover is a hand-tinted photo of Bob in a penny arcade, leaning on a toy
rifle. The back cover is Bob in transit on his Triumph (BTC).
All in all, great quality inside and out. That is, if you believe in
bootlegs. Otherwise, this CD doesn't really exist!
M.A.Zingg
Providence, RI
"What looks large from a distance, close up ain't never that big."
"The hardest job that ever I had was plowing a field of rye.
The easiest job I ever had was eatin' chicken pie."
Subject: Re: Emmett Again
From: MOE
Date: 1995/08/29
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Christopher Zingg writes re: "THE EMMETT GROGAN ACETATES" 1CD (Capricorn
CR-2055) "Another Side of BD":
>As usual, Moe has done us all a great service with DBTW Vol. 6. Not only does
>the man have a talent for imbueing his reviews with enthusiasm and detail, he
>must have very deep pockets! Let's hope his little gravy train doesn't get
>lost!
I should be so lucky to have as much money as you guys think I have. But
thanks for the kind words.
>My only correction is with regard to the bonus tracks. Although they sound
>great, none of the tracks-except Hero Blues-seem to be in stereo. After all
>these years, it would be a delight to hear them that way. Also, I would stop
>short of calling them "superb" quality.
Perhaps "superb" was a bad choice, as it assumes "official release" quality.
A bit shy of that, so perhaps excellent would have been better. Krosgaard
IDs the following trax as mono: California/BD New Orleans Rag (1&2).
Great analysis of the differences on Grogan and "Another Side...." I was too
lazy to do it, was more concerned with playing "Mr. TMan" 384 times.
>The Grogan Acetates also include material which could have been included on
>this CD but weren't, for reasons unknown.
Do you own these? Any knowledge of, say, an "Emmett, Part 2?"
And yes, the graphics/photos on the CD are wonderful. Great post, Zingger.
Ciao - Moe
"Truth is an arrow,
And the gate is narrow,
That it passes through"
-BDylan
Subject: Re: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol. 6
From: rcj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Craig Jamieson)
Date: 1995/09/06
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
dsc9bam@imc210.med.navy.mil (Brian Magid):
>"INSIDE THE COLISEUM" 2CD (GRUNT 002/003) New Haven, CT
>Sept 17, 1978
>The complete show from above, a welcome addition to the few
>1978 shows available on CD. Though not up to the quality of
Masters Of War [19] is missing. No?
18. Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) [18]
19. Just Like A Woman [20]
>"THE EMMETT GROGAN ACETATES" 1CD (Capricorn CR-2055)
>mystery surrounding this treasure, confirm the date and the
>background singer?
Mr. Tambourine Man is with Jack Elliot Co. 82221 (6:52) at
Columbia Studios, New York City, New York, 9 June 1964.
[070] Another Side Of Bob Dylan (1964) outtake. (This was
not known to Krogsgaard when he published.)
I think the Festival (1967) film is available for rental as
a film, no restrictions on it? Not seen it on video cassette
legitimately. I believe it has seen many broadcasts on
television?
Jane Scales
scales@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu
EDLIS - Film agent will know much more on this...
Be that as it may All I Really Want To Do [1/072] is Newport
Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island, New
York, July 1964.
This is not the 24 July 1965 Workshop performance released
in the film Festival (1967). [2/106] I have lost track of
who posted that it IS the 1965 version on the The Emmett
Grogan Acetates. Would be worth seeing the reasons for that
belief?
Craig
Subject: Re: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol. 6
From: "R. Sweener"
Date: 1995/09/07
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
Craig Jamieson wrote:
>>"THE EMMETT GROGAN ACETATES" 1CD (Capricorn CR-2055)
>Be that as it may All I Really Want To Do [1/072] is Newport
>Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island, New
>York, July 1964.
>
>This is not the 24 July 1965 Workshop performance released
>in the film Festival (1967). [2/106] I have lost track of
>who posted that it IS the 1965 version on the The Emmett
>Grogan Acetates. Would be worth seeing the reasons for that
>belief?
You may be refering to a post I made in response to the intial post
by Moe on the cd. I wrote:
:>"All I Really Want to Do" live Newport 1964 excellent sound.
:
:Could this possibly be from the 1965 Festival, and the same
:version that appears on the new 1965 Revisited box?
Don't remember seeing anyone follow this up and saying it was from
1965.
Krogsgaard only lists a Tambourine Man performance for 1964, which
prompted my above question.
Glad to hear that there is another circulating track from 1964 Newport.
Are there any other 1964 Newport tracks by Dylan circulating
besides these two ("All I Really..." and the "Tambourine Man" that
Krogsgaard lists)?
Thanks,
Rick
Subject: What not to get
From: MOE
Date: 1995/08/30
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
If you're ever mulling over purchasing the following Bob disks, take my
advice - DON'T. This is an addendum to THE DEEP to "help you in your
weakness."
Subterranean Philadelphia Blues 1CD (Philly '88) Dream Tree
I Was Young When I Left Home 2CD (Canada '78)
Midfyn 1CD (Ringe '91)
Jokerman Has Left the Stadium 2CD (Europe '84)
Dared to be Free 1CD (incomplete Warehouse '76 off vinyl)
Life Takes Livetakes 1CD (much better on "Real Live" outtakes)
Last Night Stand 2CD (Japan '94)
As for official releases, do get "Hard Rain." Tricia J hit the nail on the
head on that one. 'Tis down and dirty - "And swear words and sneering, and
his tongue it was snarling" describes it perfectly, less the swear words.
Had to get one in today - Moe
"Truth is an arrow,
And the gate is narrow,
That it passes through"
-BDylan
Subject: Re: What not to get
From: gerkepott@fevax.picker.de (Heinrich Gerkepott)
Date: 1995/08/31
Newsgroups: rec.music.dylan
> If you're ever mulling over purchasing the following Bob disks, take my
>advice - DON'T. This is an addendum to THE DEEP to "help you in your
>weakness."
> Subterranean Philadelphia Blues 1CD (Philly '88) Dream Tree
> I Was Young When I Left Home 2CD (Canada '78)
why not this one, it's a good example for a late 1978 show, maybe not best
quality, but OK.
> Midfyn 1CD (Ringe '91)
> Jokerman Has Left the Stadium 2CD (Europe '84)
> Dared to be Free 1CD (incomplete Warehouse '76 off vinyl)
> Life Takes Livetakes 1CD (much better on "Real Live" outtakes)
> Last Night Stand 2CD (Japan '94)
you forgot:
Buffalo Skinners (Den Haag 1989)
Have Mercy (on DIYE label, much better on the WMM and Razor's Edge)
Hearts Of Fire Sessions
Not Much Is Really Sacred
in the studios
(last 3 only 3 examples of the many poor Japanese boots)
and some more of course!
Heinrich
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 7
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 14:38:03 +0500
To: karlerik@telepost.no
From: dsc9bam@imc210.med.navy.mil (MOE)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol. 7
Blub blub blub, greetings from the deep once again. Wish I could spend
more time down here, however, being that I'm at the mercy of non-Sony
entrepreneurs and those who deliver come rain or snow, my oxygen tank never
knows whether it's coming or going ("You're being obtuse," said Tim Robbins
to the warden in the classic flick "The Shawshank Redemption."). Dispensing
with the obtusity (not a word, but it sounds good), let's get to it. For
newcomers to the DEEP, the purpose of this "column" is to review new CD
releases of one Robert Blind Bob Boy Lucky Grunt Zimmerman Wilbury Dylan.
And no, you won't find any reviews here of "Unplugged" (Sony edition, at
least) or "Greatest Hits Vol 3." Slim pickin's in this edition. Nonetheless..
here she blows-----------by the way, I hope I have'nt lost my critical
faculties, as one poster suggested is the case with this list's members.
"DOWN IN THE FLOOD" 1CD (Money Maker Records MR-007) Live in Aschaffenburg,
Germany, Unterfrankenhalle, 15 March 1995 Total time: 76:57
Unusual to get almost an entire show on 1 CD, but that's what you get here,
this CD omitting only "I'll Be Your Baby Tonite." This was one of several
shows in March where the gig was only 13 songs, presumably due to Bob not
being up to snuff in the health department, flu and all that. I'll call this
show the "Sounds Like He's Congested-Give Him Some Afrin, How Does He Play
the Harmonica With Stuffed Up Nasal Passages Show." The set list is fairly
standard with a couple of surprises. Quality is very, very good, vocals
are clear, upfront and detailed, and the music is crisp and alive. Despite
the congestion, Dylan gives a fine performance, particularly on an under-
stated "Senor" that ends with a great harp flourish, a "caress those lines,"
tender reading of "Just Like A Woman" (with another killer harp run at the
end) and a monster vocal performance on "I Shall Be Released," the highlight
of the show, no doubt. Listen to him softly sing the first few lines of each
verse and then come thundering in on the closing lines in all his raging
glory. Turn it up, there's no distortion, let Jerry G. get a load of it
& pop a big smile up in Heaven. "Watchtower" sounds a bit different to me,
almost as if there's no lead, it's not bad but begs out for some razor sharp
leads to enhance it. Acoustic set is MrTMan,Masters,Boots - all done with
the expected stately elegance we've come to expect. Tangled Up & Memphis
Blues are given standard, average treatments. Surprisingly, HWay 61 stands
out, the band is right on target - listen to this and realize how important
Bucky's pedal steel playing is to the overall sound. He drives this tune.
LARS ends things up nicely. Not a great show, IMO, but one where the band
really shines, all the subtle nuances are intact. Dylan's vocals sound a
bit different - you can tell he realizes his voice is affected - and it seems
as if he's totally aware of this while he's singing. It makes for an
interesting performance, IMO, and adds to the proceedings. As stated
earlier, very fine quality. A fine job by a label I've not heard of - nice
package, too, with a cartoon cover of crows and a funny caricature of BD on
the rear cover and on color pcture CD.
Recommended as a nice addition to Prague & Brussels to document the first
shows of Spring '95.
Moe
P.S. That was a long one. Anyone think I'm down under too long, or do
you like 'em this way? Gotta go - feel the bends coming on. I was gonna
do an oldie, maybe later.
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 8
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 10:51:54 +0500
Sender: The Bob Dylan Discussion List
From: MOE
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 8
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My tank is filled once again and I'm ready to plunge after landlubbing it
for a day short of a fortnight. The oxygen supply arrived yesterday, and
what a sweet breath of air it is. Let me dally no further and descend....
"SOUNDS INSIDE MY MIND" 1CD Phoenix Festival, Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK
14 July 1995 plus (1) track unknown origin
The impressive run of high quality recordings from '95 continues with
another gem from our friends at Razor's Edge (RAZ 018). This time they give
us the entire outdoor Phoenix Festival show in excellent quality, and what a
show it was. Sounds like Bob might have called it the "WE ONLY HAVE 10 SONGS
AND 70 MINUTES SO LETS HIT 'EM WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE" gig. Things start off
with a chunka chunka, swampy, grungy "Drifter's Escape," with Dylan's vocals
kind of lost amid the storm of sound from Winston & Tony. If you live in an
apartment and hate your neighbors, play this real loud. Sound quality is
fine with good separation and "crispness," although "Drifter's..." leaves
you wishing the vocals were more upfront. Not to fear, though, as things
balance out for both an aching and muscular "I Want You," BDs vocals cutting
to the core and the band sounding right on target. A great performance and a
harbinger of things to come. Some nice guitar work highlights a fast and
furious "Watchtower," the reins are pulled in a bit for "Tears of Rage" as Bob
tempers his vocal a bit (unleashes the throaty growl in only a few places),
and the band rocks through a razor sharp and raucous "Silvio." Let me add that
IMO the band is hitting the target on every song, they've never sounded better.
Until the acoustic set, that is - I'll go out on a limb and say this is the best
(IMO) acoustic set of '95. Almost 9 and a half minutes of acoustic "Tangled"
with some serious picking and harp playing will blow you away - then a
dead-on, "been all around this world" vocal by Bob on "Mama You Bin...,"
along with some wonderful guitar by JJ & Bucky that takes it to another level-
and then a gloriously subdued, plaintive and lonely "One Too Many
Mornings" ends the acoustic set in grand fashion. The guitars sound
absolutely beautiful on this song. Listen to the interplay between JJ's
acoustic and
Bucky's pedal steel in the background - gorgeous - and then Bob comes in with
the harp and ties it all together. "Seein' the Real You" follows in fine
fashion -crisp, clear, and energetic. You can tell Bob's pumped by his
inspired "ohhhhh yeeaahhh" to end 2 verses and the band kicks into
overdrive. Some more fine lead from JJ. Everybody in the band is nailing it
this show.
An enjoyable and well played Rainy Day Women ends the show..........and
you even get a bonus "Positively 4th Street" in superb quality from an
unnamed 95 gig. I have to mention the packaging - designed like a
Theater program of a Shakespearean play with 3 phenomenal shots of Bob
and references to Hamlet. A candidate for CD packaging Hall of Fame.
That's all for now. Oh yeah, I recommend it. Enjoy - Moe
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 12:49:34 +0500
Sender: The Bob Dylan Discussion List
From: MOE
Subject: DEEP vol 8 second thought
Lines: 6
After listening to one version of the many outstanding "Mr. Tambourine
Man"(s) from the '95 shows during lunch, I want to retract my earlier
opinion that the Phoenix Festival acoustic set was the best so far in '95.
Any "best" acoustic set from '95 would have to include "MrTMan." It is still
sublime, though. Further, the unknown "Positively" is very, very good also.
Anyone identify the venue?
Moe
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 9
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 14:40:24 +0500
To: karlerik@telepost.no
From: dsc9bam@imc210.med.navy.mil (MOE)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 9
I've been stocking up the oxygen supply readying for a plunge I'm not sure
I should take. The tanks are ready, so why my timidity? I'll tell you
why - the likes of Craig and Ben and Andrew and RSweener are probably going
to be waiting with their harpoons when I surface. But the Graham Parker song
"Fear Not" is ringing in my ears, so heeeeeeerrrrrrrre goooeeeeeesssssss.....
(The intent of this review is to help you make an informed decision as to
wheteher or not you should spring for this set).
"BOB DYLAN 1965 REVISITED" 14 CD BOX (Great Dane
Records) The fact that I got this free will not cloud my judgment. Disk by disk,
I will gauge the relative merit of each, along the way ID'ing where else
the material can be found, quality comparison, etc. Some disks will be given
short notice, others long notice, as warrants. (KEY BS=Bootleg Series,
BIO = Biograph).
DISK ONE: "Bringin' It..." outtakes Jan 1965 - 12 tracks including 4 found
on "BS" or "BIO" (I'll Keep it With Mine/Farewell Angelina/SubBlues/If You
Gotta Go), plus Baby Blue/You Don't have to Do That/She Belongs/Love -0/
I'll Keep it With Mine instrumental found on "Thin Wild Mercury Music"
and/or "Lonesome Sparrow Sings" plus additional 3 takes of If You Gotta Go.
Quality
is excellent throughout, comparing favorably to other releases, except the
official ones, of course. Les Crane Show, Feb 17, NYC - interview plus
Baby Blue & Its Alright Ma w/Bruce Langhorne on 2nd guitar for both songs-
great performances and to my knowledge unavailable elsewhere. Fine quality
sound on performances and interview.
DISK TWO: Live Santa Monica, CA 3/27/65 - 13 tracks already released on the
Tuff Bites CD "Songs That Made Him Famous" (although that disk had 5 extra
bonus trax), quality here is the same, IMO, they probably copied it for this
release. Sound quality is listenable but annoying - personally, it is not
the kind of disk that will be played repeatedly. I know the historians will
say any Dylan 1965 show on tape is important, but it is the standard show/
set list he did in 1965, and personally I find the Manchester Trade Hall much
better.
DISK THREE: 6 tracks Sheffield, UK 4/30: Times/Ramona/Gates/Gotta Go/Alright
Ma/Love -0 Lame quality, distant, historical significance be damned.
You won't play it that much, take my word for it.
The rest of the disk contains interviews/press conferences from the 1965
tour April 26 - May 9 in excellent quality, some from "Don't Look Back" and,
I believe, contains the complete live and backstage performances
found in "Don't Look Back," all in excellent quality. This stuff is perhaps
the highlight: Dylan backstage doing Lost HiWay/I'm So Lonesome I Could
Cry/Baby Blue to Donovan, plus the concert performances and the great 6 song
medley nicely pieced together here by Great Dane. Great to have it all in
one place and in such good quality. Less the first 6 tracks, this disk will
spin
repeatedly.
DISK FOUR: Manchester Free Trade Hall, May 7 : Absolutely essential show,
15 track concert (broadcast, was'nt it) previously available on Swingin'Pig
"Now Ain't the Time" and cleaned-up Wanted Man release "Now is The Time For
Your Tears." To my ears, quality is more natural sounding than on the Pig
release, this disk is more akin to the sound on the Wanted Man, so much so
that I'd say it is a clone. Nevertheless, if you don't get this box, do
grab one of the 2 disks mentioned above. The definitive '65 acoustic Dylan,
best quality available.
DISK FIVE: Royal Albert Hall, May 9 : Same exact set list as above show,
15 tracks, but in barely listenable quality. More a curiosity piece, will
probably not spin very often in your player due to the sound. Previously
not available on disk, probably why it was included here.
DISK SIX: BBC TV, London, June 1 : great performance previously available
on Scorpio release "The Circus is in Town." I compared these for awhile
trying to figure out which sounded better and could not really reach a
definitive conclusion. The sound on here has a bit more hiss but appears
more natural, while the "Circus" one is cleaner but perhaps a bit more tinny.
If you ask 10 people, would probably be a 5-5 tie. Anyway, you need to have
one or the other, if not a tape at least. Set list worth mentionong:
HBrown/TMan/Gates/Go Now/Hattie/It Aint Me/Love -0/One Too
Many/Boots/Ma/She Belongs/Baby Blue.
DISK SEVEN: "HIGHWAY 61" outtakes - the harpoons are waiting for me, I know.
Here's what you get here: Mono, stereo, acetate versions of the following:
Barbed Wire Fence - 3, It Takes A Lot to laugh - 4, LARS - 2 (including
the piano waltz warm-up found on "BS"), Crawl Out Your Window - 2, From
A Buick Six - 3, Positively - mono, Tombstone - mono. A few of the acetate
versions sound the same as the mono and/or stereo mixes, so you are getting
the same take from a different source. Quality is excellent throughout,
many of these versions are found on the Scorpio releases "Highway 61
Revisited Again" and "Highway 61/Blonde on Blonde Mono Mixes." Sound quality
on the box set appears to be from tape sources, whereas the 2 Scorpio
releases are from acetates and vinyl LP's. A worthwhile disk, though I find
it hard listening to 4 takes of a song in succession (hey, idiot, that's
what the programming button is for on your CD player).
DISK EIGHT: "HIGHWAY 61" outtakes - Mono mixes of the following tracks:
Desolation Row ("boiled guts of birds" version)/Queen Jane/HWY61/Thin Man/
Tom Thumb. Again, excellent quality mono mixes previously found on the
Scorpio release above. Quality here is excellent and it is up to the listener
to decide whether the preference is with the mono or stereo version of these
songs, though DRow is markedly different in this incarnation and has to be
heard. This will receive some spinning in my player, though more often than not
I'll spin the official gold disk CD. Also here: Nice sounding 7/24 Newport
workshop performance of "All I Really want to Do" plus the famous/infamous
"gone electric" Newport tracks, so exhaustively reviewed I won't bother to
comment other than to say that if you have'nt heard them it's your loss, and
the quality here is up to snuff and on par with the previous Newport
releases, which is to say very, very, good (I can't hear booing, either).
DISK NINE: Forest Hills, NY 8/28 Pt 1 13 tracks : I call this the
curiosity piece of this set, much like the Elephant Man's bones. Cool to check
out once or twice, but beyond that not very fulfilling. Quality is dire, though
I hesitate to say unlistenable. Murray the K is treated badly in the intro
and your curiosity is piqued, "How will they treat Dylan." The recording
suffers from some distortion when the crowd is loud, which is often, so
it is hard to determine what kind of reaction Dylan is receiving. Certainly
not outright booing, I'd say a bit of booing is in evidence, though. The
sound is really bad and hard to enjoy, especially repeated listenings, so
let's put it in the "historical significance only" category. My opinion,
of course.
DISK TEN: Forest Hills Part 2 (4 tracks) see above . Plus "Blonde on
Blonde" outtakes in excellent quality: Crawl Out Your Window#3&4 - 2 mono
& 1 stereo mix, I Wanna be Your Lover - 2 mono mixes, Jet Pilot - stereo mix
sounds to me like the one on "BIO", "Medicine Sunday" (working title) - mono
mix, Number One inst - mono mix, Freeze Out - acetate. The last 3 can be
found on "Thin Wild Mercury Music" or "Lonesone Sparrow." Quality is
excellent on all these, same quality to these ears as what is previously
been available.(I'll leave it up to the harpoonists to determine which of
these tracks/takes has been available/unavailable before on CD, and which
CDs they are available on. You need hours, which I don't have, to do the
comparisons. One of these days, maybe...). All in all, disk ten is a winner.
DISKS ELEVEN & TWELVE: INTERVIEWS: 10/24 Allen Stone in Detroit, Nat Hentoff
(Unpublished) Playboy Interview, NYC October or November. Excellent quality
interviews, revealing, playful, fun to listen to, no doubt. My contention:
As cool as these are, how often are you gonna play 'em? I think they should
have transcribed them and put them in the booklet, thereby eliminating
2 disks and making it more affordable. A good listen, ONCE, but better to
have it in print to refer back to for specific quotes.
DISKS THIRTEEN & FOURTEEN: San Francisco Press Conference Dec. 3 - hilarious,
vintage BD. Play it for your friends!! Plus Parts 1&2 of the classic tape
from the Berkeley Community Theater December 4 - not great quality but oh
so listenable. To my ears the same quality as found on the original Wanted
Man release of this show "Long Distance Operator," and no need to review
the show itself beyond "thin wild mercury loud and live," you catch my
drift? Set list: Tombstone/Believe You/Baby Let Me Follow/TomThumb/Long
Distance Operator (yessss!)/It Ain't Me babe/Thin Man/4th Street (whewww)/
Rolling Stone. Last Thoughts on This Show: the Band cook up a sizzling
brew, white hot flame on top of BDs scorching vocals. And another press
conference, this one from LA Dec 17. The press conferences serve as nice
bookends to the show.
So, is it worth it you ask? Put it this way - if you have the following
material on any of the other CDs mentioned above:
Blonde on Blonde, Bringin' It & HWY 61 outtakes
Manchester Free Trade '65 show
Berkeley '65 show
BBC Broadcast June '65 London
Then it probably is not worth spending $250+ for this set. Granted, there
are a few takes of some outtakes which appear to appear (cute) here for the
first time, but the "first-time on CD" release of Forest Hills, RAH '65,
Newcastle '65 does not warrant the investment when you consider the quality.
The "Don't Look Back" CD is great, and I'd be willing to bet it comes out
as a single CD cloned from this box. The interviews are cool also but can
be just as enjoyable on tape, after all it's not like you can program it
like a song, once into it you are in for the duration of the interview unless
you sit there and fast forward - yeah, sure you will. Better to find someone
to tape the press conferences, interviews and poor quality live material than
shell out for the box. On the other hand, if you have nothing and want to get
started, this would not be a bad place. But I think I can safely say that if
you are on rmd that you are not in this particular boat. My recommendation
is to consider what you already have, consider the "new" material on this
box, consider how essential it is to have this new material on CD, and
determine for yourself what you need or can afford. Don't forget - approx
4 or 5 discs worth of material here are interviews or press conferences.
Another factor in your decision might be whether or not you can get this
material on tape from someone.
I hope to sit down soon armed with a six pack, the outtake disks in this box,
the other outtake CDs and Krosgaard and determine what studio material is
appearing on this box for the first time. Or Craig, perhaps you've done it
already - if so, give it up, mate.
Lastly, I'd be remiss if I did'nt mention the fine packaging job on the set.
Each disk individually packaged in its own jewel case, some double slim lines.
Large format 12x12 booklet with source information (how accurate it is I've
yet to check) and nice photographs, all previously published. A fine overall
job, yet I really believe a 10CD box with the interviews transcribed would
have been better, not to mention more affordable.
My air is running out and a swarm of sharks is fast approaching. Can't decide
what is a worse fate, the sharks or a group of saavy Dylanologists. No simple
twist among those choices. Before I surface, coming attractions for next week
include Oslo 1995 ("Salt for Salt"), the "Dignity" compilation and the
terrific 3CD soundboard from Shoreline, Mountain View, CA 1986. This one has
me puzzled as I think it's excellent, yet another review I read was
negative about the quality. Strange things have happend......
Love & Mercy & A merry weekend To All - Moe
"You can have the truth but you got to choose it" - Dylan '76
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 10
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 15:37:45 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 10
Hope you enjoyed the lengthy DEEP volume 9 on "1965 Revisited," if not then
suck seaweed. Thanks to all for their comments.
Shiver me timbers, here we go again.......
"DIGNITY" 1CD compilation (live/studio/rehearsal) Moonlight 9502
Not really a new one but new to me, so I'll review it anyway. In a
clamshell: very eclectic and high quality compilation which could have been
a lot better if......(see end of review). Moonlight has yet to put out a
"dog," at least a Dylan one, and this is no exception. 18 high quality
tracks from various sources, including 6 (by my count) appearing on CD for
the first time and several others appearing in best quality available on CD.
To wit:
1) A COUPLE MORE YEARS - wonderful acoustic demo from "Hearts of Fire," only
1:30, but 3 verses and in excellent quality. 1st time on CD, I believe
2) DIGNITY - original mix previously available on "Deeds of.." & others
3) ABANDOVED LOVE - Other End 7/3/75 live appearance, better sound than
is found on Wanted Man's "Songs for Patty Valentine"
4) COMING FROM THE HEART - 1978 Rundown rehearsals, previously available but
not on CD, in this quality, to my knowledge. Rumor has it 2 CDs worth of
these rehearsals coming soon from Razor's Edge
5) CITY OF GOLD - 11/15/80 performance from soundboard at SF Fox Warfield
6) WATERED DOWN LOVE - excellent quality alternate take of a fine tune in
blow-away quality, clearly superior to one on Sick Cat CD "Odds & Ends"
7) I'LL KEEP IT WITH MINE - the instrumental track from 1/65 in really fine
sound.
8) THIEF ON THE CROSS - live unreleased Nov 10.1981, only known performance.
Excellent sound, also available on KTS "Stadiums of the Damned"
9) ROLLIN IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS - 1987 Dead rehearsals, previously available
10) DIRTY WORLD - fine alternate cut from Wilbury One made all the more finer
as it is prior to Jeff Lynne getting his hand on it. Excellent sound
11) You Ain't Goin Nowhere - w/Happy Traum from banjo session, take #1 in
excellent quality.
12) THANK GOD - from 9/14/86 Chabod Telethon (TV), nice transfer from TV
and interesting to hear. First time on CD
13) LONESOME WHISTLE BLUES - Freewheelin' outtake in stereo. previously
available
14) AINT GONNA GO TO HELL - from legendary Toronto '80 soundboard - fine fine
15) TROUBLE IN MIND - b-side from "Slow Train Coming"
16) GOT LOVE IF YOU WANT IT - from advance promo tape of "Down in the Groove,"
excellent sound & originally scheduled for inclusion on LP.
17) SPIRIT OF R&R - Brian Wilson track from "Sweet Insanity" sessions w/
Bob contributing not only background but his own verses. Nice quality
but forgettable tune, IMO. Bob seems out of place.
18) MAMA YOU BEEN ON MY MIND - live track from 11/1/92 Wilkes Barre, really
fine sound and , as usual, Bob nails this one.
Sound quality, as previously stated, appears to be equal to or better than
previously available. One main drawback : disk clocks in at just under 60
minutes, so where is "Important Words" and a few others that could have fit
right in.
I'm not much for compilations, but this one is better than most. A very
enjoyable disk to listen to, the quality is outstanding overall as are the
majority of the performances, even the curiosity pieces (i.e. Thank God).
"You can't go wrong with a Moontune Dylan," I said that.
Peace - Moe
P.S. Choose one song??? What is this, rec.music.sophies.choice"
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 11
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 14:45:54 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 11
"The sea may freeze and the earth may burn
If I nevermore return to you, Maryannnnnnnnnnnnn....."
Oh, hello. Sorry, you caught me enjoying Maryann. Give me a moment to assemble
my equipment and we'll shove off once again....
"SALT FOR SALT" 2CD (Crystal Cat) 16 tracks Oslo, Norway 6/29/95, 5 tracks
Birmingham 4/2/95, 1 track Eugene, Ore 5/31/95
Complete show from Oslo, brought to you by Springsteen-specialists Crystal
Cat in excellent quality, thereby continuing an impressive run of high-
quality '95 shows on CD (ed. note - in fact, the only "inferior" -yet
listenable, mind you -shows of '95 on CD are "With One Hand Waving Free,"
"Skipping Reels..." & "Romantic Facts...", IMO). It's taken several listens
to appreciate this show. On first hearing I found it uninspiring and was
bugged by something I could'nt pinpoint. Then BD sang this line in "You're A
Big Girl Now," "I can make it through, you can make it through with me,
too," adding the "with me," and really unleashed a drawn out & heartfelt
"heart," as in corkscrew through it. I got to thinkin' that maybe he was in
a mellow
frame of mind, which may have explained why he was'nt really "attacking" the
vocals on the first 5 songs. I went back and played it again with this in mind
and it sounded different, better, as I was hearing it from a different angle.
And though the vocals were not as "LOUD" to my ears, I noticed the guitars
certainly were. This, my fellow rmd'ers, is a helluva guitar show. Not to
mislead, the sound is great-upfront vocals, defined separation of instruments-
but the loud guitars stand out, IMO. First 6 tracks: Crash/ManinMe/Duuhhh/
JustLikeWoman (he does a nice,
nasty snarl on "she sees finally that she's just
like all the rest")/Big Girl/Silvio. Guitars reign, adding a new perspective to
what I initially thought was a uninspired show. Silvio gives way to the
acoustic set - Tangled w/nice harp solo/Masters-dark,ominous, gloomy-a
classic performance/Don't Think 2x - bouncy, country swing w/a kick. The
subdued nature of the vocals instantly vanishes w/an energetic Stuck Inside-
a loud, guitar crazy I&I-raucous HWY61 and sharp, cutting Thin Man (you gotta
hear him sing,"Oh my God am I here all alone" to understand how he perfectly
captures the fear and helplessness of the protagonist). It Aint me Babe:
compassionate, empathetic, tender, almost apologetic - amazing how he can
wrestle so many different emotions out of his songs by the way he SINGS
them. 12&35 ends it all nicely. Try to put yourself inside the sounds inside
his mind and you'll really enjoy this show.
Shame on Crystal Cat for 5 of the 6 bonus trax already being available on
"One Hand Waving Free." Although the trax are well chosen and in excellent
quality (TBlues/Tom Thumb/What Good/MrTMan/TearsofRage), CCat has been around
long enough to know they were available. And considering the 6th bonus track
"OBV 5 Believers" is presented in good quality, one would think they had the
entire tape from this show, which included the not-oft played Positively4th/
GatesofEden/Real You/Shelter/Back Pages, which IMO would have been better
bonus trax. Piss and moan, piss and moan.
Overall, a good job with a phenomenal cover photo, some nice insert photos
and colorful graphics. If not for those bonus trax..........piss and moan,
piss and moan.
Love & Mercy - Moe
P.S. Hey you bootleggers out there, howzabout a couple of West Coast shows
from May 1995 on CD?! And don't forget a few of those killer Spanish shows
also.
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 12
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 1995 13:18:29 +0500
From: Brian Magid (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 12
It's midnight on bay, lights are shining and the sailboats sway
And that cool ocean breeze, runnin' down through the Keys.....
"Wait a minute, this is the Dylan list, the Neil Young list is over there,
YOU BOTTOM DWELLING SQUID BRAIN!!!!"
Sorry, lost my bearings. Ready for another, yes?
"THERE IS A PLACE OF BROKEN DREAMS" 3CD (Flashback) Shoreline Amphitheater,
Mountain View, CA 05/08/86 (31 songs incl/Petty sets) plus 10 trax
filler from (3) different 1986 venues
Very nice soundboard recording of complete MtnView show w/23 trax from BD,
eight from TP. As I had heard the quality was suspect on this, I was
pleasantly surprised to find the quality much better than I had anticipated.
Not up to the soundboard standard of Marseilles '93, mind you, but very good
nonetheless. Personally, I favor the acoustic and mid-tempo performances from
this show, the rocking songs Bob speeds thru as if a 33rpm played at 45 (Shake
A Hand, 4th Street, Clean Cut Kid). Mid-tempo tracks featuring some excellent
keyboard work by Benmont Tench are a highlight (Ill remember You, Ballad of a
Thin Man, We had it All), as are the excellent acoustic performances (One
Too Many Mornings, Hard Rain, I Forgot More duet w/Petty, Lonesome Town
w/spoken tribute to Ricky Nelson). As was often the case in '86, BD pulled
out some early rockers- Good Rockin' Mama (w/John Lee Hooker), Uranium Rock.
Let me also add
that I find Mike Campbell to be a very distinctive guitar player and one who
"did right" by the songs with his playing.
Another highlight is Ry Cooder's Across the Borderline. The bonus trax are from
audience sources and include Unchain my Heart, House of the Rising Sun, Union
Sundown, Knockin', Ramona, Real You, Mr. TMan,.... with no duplication from
the Shoreline show. Quality is decent, though by no means great, however IMO
it exceeds the quality of some of the same trax found on another Dylan CD
entitled "Covering Them."
Petty tracks take up close to an hour, meaning the Dylan tracks could have
all fit on a double CD. Program 'em out if you like. This is a nice
companion piece to "Lonesome Town" Vols 1&2 and the various Westwood One
single CDs as a document of the '86 tour. Well worth picking up, IMO.
The packaging, to be blunt, sucks. A trifold cardboard sleeve whose only
redeeming feature is that the trax are all timed. No photos or pics, though,
only a lame guitar design.
Until the next time - Moe
P.S. Apologies for the error on authorship of "A Couple More Years"
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 13
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 10:45:36 +050)
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 13
Greetings from THE DEEP once again. For any newcomers, the purpose of
this column(?) is to review the latest releases of Mr.D (no, not "GH 3"
and the like, but the non-Sony product that miraculously materializes on
the average of 5-7 times per month, sometimes more & sometimes less). The
12 previous DEEP adventures can be found in Karl Erik's award-winning
"Expecting Rain" Dylan home page. Consult the FAQ for directions.
Let's begin:
"AVIGNON" 2CD Avignon, France 25 July 1981 (Moonlight)
The complete circulating soundboard tape (not the whole show, as "Slow
Train" is cut and MrTMan is missing) presented in excellent quality (note:
part of this show was previously issued on "True Stories" in wrong order).
Sound here is clear and well balanced, with the vocal's right up front, and
Dylan's performance is very energetic and forceful, to say the least. Perhaps
still recovering from a reported bout with the flu at this show (witness
Oslo two weeks prior), his voice takes on added nuances and expression, IMO,
which only adds to the quality of the show. Preferable to me are the acoustic
& sparser sounding numbers (Girl From NC, Thin Man, In Summertime, Let's
Begin very fine performance, Just Like, Blowin, It Ain't Me, Knockin'
finale). The subtleties are sometimes lost in the "wall of sound"
arrangement employed on a lot of the "louder" songs, although Dylan's
charismatic vocals
never fail to cut through the busy mix. I must add that Fred Tackett does
some fine work on guitar, particularly on "When You Gonna Wake Up" and
"Heart of Mine" and the back-up singers, while annoying in some
places, are well suited to some of the arrangements on this tour. 27 tracks
in all, including 3 with lead vocals by the back-up singers which, perhaps
surprisingly, fit in to the show nicely.
Overall, an excellent set from Moonlight, who have yet to put out a dog.
The packaging is timely ('81 shots) and decent but won't win any awards.
Now, if they could only find the complete soundboard from Oslo of that year
we'd be in business.
"NORTH STAGE" 1CD Woodstock Festival, NY 14 Aug 1994 (Crystal Cat)
A late entry to the rather long list of Woodstock performances on CD,
and the best of the lot. Complete and in excellent STEREO sound w/clear
separation of the band and full-frontal vocals. Some drawbacks of other
Woodstock disks included MONO presentation and stretching the performance
out over 2 CDs. No problems of that ilk here, and no need for review beyond
energetic, glorious, beautiful and from the heart - a watershed performance
that justifiably generated renewed interest and acclaim for the man of
TODAY!
Exceptional packaging adds to the desirability of the disk, with a
color contact sheet of great photos as the front cover, and clear disk
tray allows viewing of a close-up pic of Bob signing autographs. First
rate job from Crystal Cat.
Upcoming: the long-awaited Philly TLA '95 "The Peddler Now Speaks" from
Razor's Edge, along with 4 recent German and Spanish shows rumored to be in
the works. Also, the '78 tour rehearsals from Razor's Edge, plus the
Marriott Hotel '86 lounge show mentioned yesterday. Just rumors, yes,
but they always seem to become fact, eventually.
Love & Mercy - Moe
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 14
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 08:38:17 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 14
"The crashing waves roll over me, As I stand upon the sand, Wait for you to
come..." Three weeks since the last DEEP, not much new to report and
several recent ones still escape me, although 2 fine reviews by would-be
DEEPers of
the ever elusive "Phantoms of My Youth" take care of one of them, and Mr.
Medcalf's score of the "is it or isn't it a soundboard" "Let's Figure It
Out" sheds light on the other (can you believe they'd cut "Gates" and "Eileen
Aroon?" - "fools they made a mock of sin, our loyalty they tried to win..."
- cut the crap Moe and get to the reviews......)
"CHARLIE'S CHOICE" 1CD (RR101-no label listed on cvr or disk, Craig) Marriott
Hotel, Providence, RI 7/10/86 w/Etta James & Her Band in the lounge plus
(12) trax Rolling Thunder rehearsals 1976
Previously unavailable on CD but available on tape & vinyl since 1986, the
Marriott Lounge gig is presented here in exceptionally good soundboard quality.
What I expected to be a disappointment turns out to be a very enjoyable 30
minute "mini blues-fest," with BD handling most of the lead vocals and
plaing guitar on all 4 trax. The two highlights are YOU WIN AGAIN and I'M A
KING BEE w/a down and dirty vocal atop some serious playing by Etta James'
blues band of obviously seasoned veterans. LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL follows
and also cooks nicely. ANGEL BABY is serious fodder for those friends of yours
who claim Dylan can't sing. It sounds like amateur hour and Bob can't hack it
on this tune, so bad it's actually comical. He abandons the vocal and Etta
finishes it up w/some nice jamming, too. A great chance to hear BD sing the
blues and a fun 30 minutes.
The Rolling Thunder rehearsals have been available before on "Days Before the
Hurricane" and are mislabeled here as April 14,1976 (no Krosgaard activity
on that date). This seems to be a clone of that disk, however, several songs
have been omitted and they are not in the same order. The "Days Before"
CD lists the date as Jan 23, 1976, but no Krosgaard listing for that date
either. NEED CLARIFICATION ON THE RECORDING DATE OF THIS MATERIAL, PLEASE.
Other than that, the quality here is very good, vocal could be a bit higher
in the mix but the sound is all there. Interesting material, and not a bad
choice for filler as the "DAYS BEFORE THE HURRICANE" CD is tough to get now.
"UNSURPASSED MASTERS" (Traveling Wilbury's) 1CD (Hard Rain-005)
21 basic/rough trax from the 2 official Wilbury albums, plus the commercial and NewYear
message.
Being at one time unimpressed with earlier Wilbury session CDs (and unloading
them), I harbored little hope for this one. It looked good, though, so I
sprung for it and I'm glad I did. The quality is very good (better than I can
remember) and the disk seems to contain all the rough mixes/basic tracks
before overdubbing that were done (according to Krosgaard). Basic rough/undubbed
versions of DirtyWorld,Congrat's,If You BelongedToMe, 7Deadly Sins,
WhereWereYouLast Nite? are included, plus standout cuts HandleWithCare,
LastNight,EndoftheLine,NewBlueMoon also. 2 unreleased trax also included,
"Maxine" & "Like A Ship" w/Bob doing the vocals on the latter. A nice
collection and a keeper for anyone who finds the Wilbury's an endearing, if
not enduring, motley crew of famous musicians out for a good ole time. Add
J.Cash, I say.
"THE MONO MIXES - BLONDE ON BLONDE & HIGHWAY 61" 2 CD (Gold Standard)
The title is self-explanatory. Both albums in mono, plus "Pos4thSt" and
"Crawl" mono singles. Mastered from very clean mono pressings as surface
noise, pops, etc. barely discernible. Not a new release, but included here
as info only for mono lovers who may be unaware of it. Cheaper than buying
original mono pressings of the albums, I might add.
Passed on this one: "With One Hand Waving Free" Vol. 2. As Vol 1 remains the
only '95 set to reside in the "below average" category, this one stayed in
the bin. It was a 1CD set of 11 trax which, when combined with 4 or so bonus
trax from Vol 1, gives you the whole, uneventful show from in so-so
quality.
Note to Beatles fans: There is a very fine Japanese 2CD set called "The White
Album" in original mono, supposedly mastered off an early 80's virgin vinyl
mono pressing. Sounds great, plus 21 alternate "White Album" bonus trax.
No label but the disk is white. Beware of the Red Robin label clone of this,
I'm told it is lame.
Love & Mercy - Moe
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 15
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 10:51:10 +0500
From: MOE
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 15
ALTERNATIVES TO MAXELL MANIA (or HOW I BECAME A BOOT CD COLLECTOR)
Characters: Flo, CD boot collector
Eddie, Tape elitist
Flo: Hey Eddie, check out this new boot CD I got called "You Figure It Out"
Eddie: Nah, probably just another one of those bullshit-sounding audience
analog recordings
Flo: No, no, this is really good, it's from a board tape..on the Hawk label
Eddie: Yeah, right. From when?
Flo: sometime in 1988, a guy on the internet said it was from the first
Jones Beach show in 1988
Eddie: (Laughs) No way, man, no board tapes exist of that show.
Flo: I don't know, Eddie, this sounds awfully good to me...
Eddie: Listen, Flo, it ain't no board tape. If a board tape was available
I'd have it, believe me. I am the fuckin' tape master, dude.
Flo: (puts CD in & cues up "Subterranean Homesick Blues") Check this out
Eddie, you can really understand the words, and listen to how the
instruments are really clear and bright, just EQ the bass down a
little and it's really excellent....
Eddie: (In other room) No way, Flo, that's just a copy of Lake Compounce
you've got in there, quit pullin' my leg, man...
Flo: (cues up "Tom Thumb's) it's not, I swear, this is better than that
ragged version on Lake Compounce, listen to how much clearer it is,
how "warmer" and natural sounding it is...
Eddie: Kiss off Flo, I told you if it was a board I'd have it. Boards don't
just show up on CD without circulating first
Flo: Well, this one did (cues up a killer "I Shall Be Released")
Eddie: (Still from other room) See, that proves it, same trax as Lake
Compounce. You're full of shit Flo.
Flo: (smiling as he cues up "Lakes of Pontchartrain") Hey Eddie, is this
gorgeous version of "LOP" on your precious Lake Compounce tape? Man
this sounds good, listen to that acoustic playing, clear as fine
crystal, and Bob's vocals are oh so sharp, so detailed he could teach
a course in vocal expression. Come in and check it out, (snidely)
tape master (he cues up "Hard Rain..."). I don't believe Zimm did
this on Lake Compounce, pal. Oooh man, this is right up there with
that tape from Radio City, but a little less hiss on this one, eh
Eddie. Better performance, too.
Eddie: (Enters room) Alright, douche-head, lemme see that thing (sits
listening to the 7:59 "Hard Rain", begins to get red-faced, runs
to his room to get Krosgaard, flips through to '88, gets redder,
skips to "Boots of Spanish Leather", beauty of it makes him wide-
eyed and smiling, remembers he's the fuckin' tape master and loses
the smile. Sits chagrined through rockin' "LARS", elegant "Times"
and kick-ass "Maggie's." Skips back to "Big Girl" and "Silvio",
all the while mumbling about how good it sounds, how clear the vocals
are, how Aaronson's bass is booming, picks up Krosgaard again and
grits teeth upon realizing they passed over "Gates" and "Eileen
Aroon." Re-cues "Hard Rain", shoulders slump with resignation, turns
to Flo and says...) Hey Flo, can you make me a tape?
Love & Mercy - Moe
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 16
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 15:30:40 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 16
Three and a half days submerged in the muck and mire of partisan politics
and we emerge with a paid vacation courtesy of Uncle Sam. Whoda thunk it?
Welcome back, ye non-essentials, there are many here among us who feel that
the gov't is but a joke.
Before we get to the subject of today's DEEP, did anyone else think that
"Free As A Bird" sounded like a Travelin' Wilbury's outtake? I'm assuming
that most of us watched the "Beatles Anthology" last night, of course. The
tune had Jeff Lynne written all over it with that lame guitar sound he finds
so necessary. My opinion, of course. The show was excellent, no?
Sorry to digress. And awaaaaaayyyyyyy we goooooooo.......
"MAESTRO" 2CD (QR-1/2) Barcelona 7/24/95 (13 1/2 trax), Montpelier 7/27 (4),
UK Aston Villa 4/2 (1), Brighton 3/26
The taper got to this show a little late, as the fade in halfway through
"Senor" opens things up on this 2CD set. The quality is OK - nowhere near
the killer levels of "A Million Faces" or the (2) Sterling Sounds offerings
"F*** the Playlist" & "Bob's Full House." Nor does it sink to the level of
"With One Hand Waving Free." Vocals are distinct, though not as upfront as
we'd like, and the band is easily discerned - I actually liked it better after
a few plays. A great set list redeems the few flaws - Shooting Star, Most
Likely, I Shall be Released, Seein' Real You, Times encore - and once again
a fine acoustic set with Tangled, a rare outing for "Hard Rain" and an
always welcome "Baby Blue." Vocal highlights for me are SStar, HRain, Real
You & Times - are there any superlatives left to adequately address the
emotion and sincerity in Dylan's vocal delivery and phrasing. His passion
for this material is unquestionable - the man keeps on delivering.
Bonus trax are good quality save for the dire sound on the Stones "LARS"
w/Dylan providing backup. Not fit for human ears. Other 3 from Montpelier
are Drifters/Lot to Laugh/Watchtower (lame choices for bonus trax, IMO),
plus What Good Am I/I Want You preiously available on "One Hand Waving" and
"Songs of Darkness..." Overall, not a bad set when considering the set
list, though more care could have been taken w/the bonus trax and overcoming
the few flaws. Better than nothing,... I'll give it a tepid recommendation.
Rumor mill - Monterey 95 soundboard on Tuff Bites 2CD
- The Day I Saved the Planet 1CD Hard Rock Vegas May 95 best-of
- Hamburg & Dortmund '95 2CD sets
In the wings - Razor's Edge Philly TLA 2CD - Anyone seen it yet?
Forever Young 1CD Bob & Bruce at HOF show
Until we meet again - Moe
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 17
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 15:25:20 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 17
Greetings from the East, where it is 60 degrees today after the coldest
motherfu**ing November in history. Things have also been a bit chilly on the
CD front, so the arrival of the subject of today's discussion was a welcome
surprise. Before I proceed, a couple of quick questions: 1) Can you believe
the Beatles Anthology sold almost half a million copies in one day???
450,000 to be exact. Record for a week is 900,000 plus, looks like that
will be shattered. 2) Anyone besides me think that the first volume is just
so-so? A few interesting tracks but nowhere near as compelling as the Ultra
Rare or Unsurpassed Masters series. Vol 2 & 3 should be better. (Hey Moe,
this is a Dylan list!) 3) A Dylan 20 CD box like the Frank? Oh my!
"PHANTOMS OF MY YOUTH" 3CD (Capricorn) 1974 Tour compilation of 45 songs
Billed as a "Complete Audio Document of BDs 1974 Tour With the Band,"
the 45 trax are presented here as they would have appeared during an actual
gig. Supposedly, every track played on this tour is represented and I believe
Rick Sweener provided us with a post awhile back which identified the tunes
played only once or twice. Some rare live stuff here and, as one would expect,
the quality is a little uneven. Well represented are the previously
released 1974 soundboards, "Love Songs For America"** (Boston) and "Before &
After the Flood"** (Garden-NYC). It would take careful sifting to determine
what tracks are from which gig - go for it Craig or find a booklet. The
rest are audience recordings which run the gamut from fair to very good, with
nothing unlistenable and most very enjoyable. As previously stated, some
rare stuff here so I ain't complaining. The infrequently played include:
Hero Blues/Lot to Laugh/Tough mama/As I Went Out.../One Too Many/Song to
Woody/4th Time Around/Visions/Wedding Song/Girl N. Country/She Belongs/Ramona/
Baby Blue/Mama You Bin/DRow/Nobody 'Cept You/Love -0/Something There is About
You. Check "Before the Flood" for most of the rest of the trax. This was
not my favorite tour but it is a real treat to hear the "PWaves" stuff live,
along with "VoJ" "DRow" "4th Time", a lot of which has never been played
since. Mission accomplished, Capricorn, but where is the damn booklet? (Nice
color front and back covers, by the way.)
Love & Mercy - Moe
Note:** These 2 are fairly rare now which would make this set even more
desirable.
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 18
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 08:42:14 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 18
As the "all-knowing" Phill has said, several non-Sony labels finally
received an enema and a movement of at least 10 new titles are upon those
of you who care about such things. Two (or three, depending on how you look
at it) are detailed below for your appraisal. I listed the others in a
previous post, so as they make their way through the mails I'll call 'em
as I see 'em. Onward.....
SUMMER TOUR 1995 VOL I 2CD (no label) 8Jun95 Munich +filler 10Jun95 Stuttgart
SUMMER TOUR 1995 VOL II 2CD 12Jun 95 Dortmund plus filler 10 Jun Stuttgart
Let's cut to the quick. I picked this set up at a recent show and was pumped
all the way home to play it due to the setlist "rarities" - Man in Long Black
Coat, IBelieveinYou, Ramona,Everything is Broken, Every Grain, Most Likely,
ManinMe,Shooting Star,LototLaugh,Baby Blue,Memphis Blues,Cat'sinWell, Knockin',
BackPages,BorninTime,Shelter,MamaYouBin. Got home, flung the coat, pulled
the disk, inserted and cued "Every Grain of Sand" and, and..................
mediocrity. Thought, OK, the other show will be better and I cued "Shooting
Star" and.....more mediocrity. Thought, OK, the Stuttgart filler will be
better and cued up "Born in Time" and.....mediocrity still surrounded me.
What a drag, too. I'm not saying they are bad and that the performances aren't
up to snuff, just that the sound quality is just OK and it's hard for me to get
past that. They certainly are not up to the standards set by other '95 disks
(a year end rating of which I will be providing shortly). Unlike some
people, I'd rather have an average show in excellent quality than a great
show of so-so
quality - and as we all know, most of the '95 shows are on the high end of
the scale, so....I don't find it easy to discern a "great" performance through
mediocre quality, thus you'll probably never find a line in the DEEP like
"average quality but it's overcome by the monster performance." The subtle
nuances inherent in Dylan's voice & the band's playing (which need to be
heard to determine the quality of a show) are not readily apparent on these
disks. The nice variety of tracks salvages things somewhat, but overall both
volumes are a disappointment (Note: 35 tracks on the 4 disks. The 18 tracks
not listed above were standard fare for summer tour). Let's hope another label
picks up the ball and compiles the "odd" tracks in the quality they deserve.
"FOREVER YOUNG" Bruce Springsteen & Bob Dylan 1CD (BSGR) (R&R HoF) 9/95
The complete performances of Dylan & Springsteen at this year's Hall of Fame
bash in Cleveland in excellent, excellent quality. I did not see the broadcast
nor had I heard a tape before getting this, so this was a real "pleaser."
No need to rehash the much-discussed performance of Mr. Bob & Band other than
to say they rose to the occasion. Tracks performed for those on Mars the last
few months were Watchtower,JustLikeaWoman,SeeintheRealYou,HWY61,Forever
Young duet w/Springsteen. Quality is outstanding on this disk, to these
ears better than the sound captured on the best Woodstock broadcast CDs. You
can hear the "voice" and the band in all their glory (pity they were'nt
given more time, really). Nice duet, too. The Bruce portion is
with the E St Band as they follow Chuck Berry & Jerry Lee through some old
standards, plus two of Bruce's own cuts (Darkness & She's the One, if I
recall). Nice enough stuff but the real deal begins on track 6 with the
openiong chords to Watchtower. Highly recommended.
That's it. Until the next time Love & Mercy - Moe
Surfing The Waves
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 09:44:26 +0500
From: MOE (dsc9bam@IMC210.MED.NAVY.MIL)
Subject: SURFING THE WAVES
More on the news from ICE magazine regarding the '66 show release on boot CD:
Blah blah blah about how we've waited for Boot Series 4&5, blah blah about how
it supposedly will contain the '66 show (May 17 Manchester). Now verbatim:
"But the project has been delayed repeatedly, and now, the inevitable has
happend. BD&TheHawks "Guitars Kissing and the Contemporary Fix" is a stunningly
packaged double CD of both the acoustic & electric sets scheduled for
inclusion on the official package. The material has been out before...but
for "Guitars Kiss...", the uncredited label accessed a new tape source,
PRESUMABLY THE SAME ONE COLUMBIA WILL EVENTUALLY USE (operative word,
EVENTUALLY - ed.). Beyond the
reportedly superb sound quality, one source says the packaging is equally
impressive...gatefold cardboard sleeve, individual paper sleeves for each CD,
nice booklet w/appropriate era photos. Liner notes include a review of the show
and a first hand account from a fan. Design is said to be in keeping with
Dylan's Euro pic sleeve singles of the era.
More from the DEEP - the following flood of titles has just been released,
when they are harpooned and onboard I'll appraise 'em if/when I get 'em.
Some are on the way, others are on the maybe/maybe not list.
(T-numbers added by Karl Erik)
- T-481 IT'S ALRIGHT 2CD 10/31/64 Philharmonic Hall, NY
- T-483 THE POET & THE PLAYERS 2CD 1/31/74 afternoon show NYC (Soundboard)
- T-485 ARE YOU READY FOR THE CARNIVAL (Jokerman) 1CD Oct 75 rehearsals
- T-486 IT'S ALL RIGHT BABE (Jokerman) 2CD Sydney, Australia 1 April 1978
- T-487 FAR EAST TOUR 1978 (Great White Wonder) 3CD Osaka, Japan 2/24 & 26/1978
- T-498, 499 SUMMER TOUR '95 I&II 4CD Munich 8 Jun, Dortmund 12 Jun, Stuttgart 10 Jun 1995
- T-001 GUIDED BY THE ETERNAL LIGHT (Tuff Bites) 2CD Monterey soundboard 95 + filler
- T-002 MORE SUNRISES (Red Sky) 1CD various live compilation Oct-Nov 1990
- T-003 20/20 VISION (Red Sky) 2CD various live compilation Jul-Sep 1989
- T-004 HARD TO FIND (Effective Mining) 1CD compilation of rare/official stuff
- T-005 COCAINE BLUES (Line) 1CD 61-66 compilation of mixture of trax
- T-490 A DREAM CAME TRUE (Genschman) 1CD Foxboro, Mass 4 Jul 1987
- T-491 I'LL BE YOUR ROBERT TODAY (Genschman) 1CD JFK Stadium Philly 10 Jul 1987
- T-496 THE DAY I SAVED THE PLANET (DIYE) 1CD Vegas 12-13 May 1995 compilation
I have the Summer Tour '95 so look for that soon, perhaps later today.
Imminent titles include the following:
- "The Peddler Now Speaks" Philly '95 &
- "Darkness at the Break..." '78 rehearsals from Razor's Edge.
- Pending from Wanted Man: "Friend of the Devil" Minneapolis
Aug 1992,
- "Roseland" NYC 18 Oct 1994,
- "Beacon Blues Again" NYC Oct 1989,
- "Critics Choice" Volumes 7&8 - rare tracks 1988 & 1989.
- Last item of interest: Johnny Cash "American Outtakes" - 15 tracks left off the 1994 album of the year (IMO), 1CD on a label called Empire. If anyone gets it please post.
Peace - Moe
Deep Beneath The Waves Vol. 19
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 1995 17:31:59 -0500
From: Moe Magid (Lovinmj23@AOL.COM)
Subject: DEEP BENEATH THE WAVES vol 19 (long)
Greetings all! Hope everyone enjoyed their XMAS and stuffed their bellies
full of food and their ears full of Bob (why should XMAS be different than
any other day?). I trust the paucity of posts is due to vacations, time off,
shopping, etc. - all those XMASy things that take us away from our PCs.
Some interesting postings recently, though, particularly the one from
(??) Harry&Sally/Mutt&Jeff/Tom&Viv/Benny&Joon(??) whoever - claiming
empathy with Dylan, Parker, Van Gogh, etc. I pictured a drug addicted
intellectual with one ear who can play a little music - how about you?
Perhaps they meant sympathize with.....
On to the subjects of today's lesson..... 4 jewels in the crown at year's
end, with several more due before the New Year.... it's been a helluva
year beneath the waves, here's hoping the next one is as bountiful.
"HARD TO FIND" 1CD (Effective Mining Records) 21 track compilation of
(mostly) officially released tracks from soundtracks, compilation
albums, tributes....with several other heretofore unreleased trax.
An excellent compilation of Dylan songs unavailable on DYLAN albums
spanning '63 (Playboys & Playgirls-Newport) to '95 ("House of Rising
Sun" from HWY61 Interactive). This one could save you a lot of money
by precluding the need to buy all the official disks these tracks are
taken from (Tribute/Benefit albums: Doc Pomus, Woody Guthrie, Romanian
Angel Appeal, Walt Disney Children's, Soundtracks: "Hearts of Fire"-
although it does exclude the other take of "Had A Dream About You Baby,"
"Band of the Hand," "Flashback" - excellent version of "People Get
Ready," "Natural Born Killers." Tracks not mentioned already are: Boogie
Woogie Country Girl, PBoy Floyd, Heartland w/Willie Nelson (studio),
Sign Language w/Clapton, The Usual, Night After Night, Hard Rain (Nara
Festival 5/94), Song to Woody (30th Anniv), This Old Man, You Belong to
Me, Rita May & GJackson acoustic ("Masterpieces"). Curiously lame
choices include "Baby let Me FYD" from "The Last Waltz" and the demo
take of "Caribbean Wind" from '81 (does'nt fit in, despite its greatness).
Of particular interest (and one I've not heard of previously) is an
incredible version of "Ballad of Hollis Brown" listed as from the "3rd
Annual Farewell Reunion" w/Mike Seeger. Absolutely fabulous version
w/Dylan accompanied by banjo and perhaps another guitar -sounds
like its from the 90's based on his voice. Definitive version, IMO. More
info required on recording date of this, please. Lastly, another mention
of the killer version of "People Get Ready" is warranted. Truly sublime
stuff w/large chorus - was this really on the "Flashback" soundtrack
(movie w/Kiefer "Almost had Julia" Sutherland" and Dennis Hopper)?
Primo quality all around and with a little more thought could have been
even better. Still, a lot of the material is no longer in print, so here's
your chance to get it on CD. Let's hope there's a Volume 2 in Effective
Mining's plans.
"THE POET & THE PLAYERS" 2CD w/The Band 1/31/74 afternoon, NYC
A recently uncovered soundboard recording not in wide (if at all) circ-
ulation, this excellent quality recording carries the whole of Dylan's set
(less the opening line of "AATW") with no breaks between tracks,
giving the listener all the pre-song tuning which led into the opening
riff of each song. Well balanced with the vocals upfront and in your
face and each Band member easily heard in "all la glory." A forceful
performance from Dylan, although while listening I'm reminded how
much more I enjoy these same versions more than 20 years later w/the
current band. As great as the Band was/is, the songs (IMO) are not given
any breathing room. It's as if between Dylan's lines there are 5 soloists
elbowing their way in to play their riffs, and as fine as the riffs are
played a little more subtlety and tenderness would be welcome, IMO.
Still, Robbie's guitar slashes as usual and two better keyboardists
would be hard to find. Tracks are pretty standard although you do get
the following: Tom Thumb, King Harvest, Hollis Brown, Gates - all
of which are not on the official tour document. Quality exceeds the
previous circulated boards, IMO, and all in all this is one fine set.
"MORE SUNRISES" 1CD (Red Sky) compilation of Oct-Nov 1990 tracks
Another excellent quality compilation from our friend's at Red Sky with
an interesting track selection, not to mention several compelling
renditions. IMO, standouts include: I'll Remember You - 11/6 DeKalb,
Simple Twist & Desolation - 11/8 Iowa City (which by the way is an
excellent show in it's entirety, warranting a whole show release, IMO),
and What Good Am I - 11/3 Carbondale, IL. Interesting arrangements
(like 'em or not) for What Was it You Wanted , Queen Jane and It's Alright
Ma, plus a nice Hard Rain from Charlotte 10/31. Other tracks are: Boots,
Big Girl Now, Girl From NC, Hollis Brown, Long Black Coat - fine fine,
4th Street, Just like a Woman. And wonder of wonders, it's even got
a decent cover, w/a clear tray and a pic behind the disk. As previously
stated, excellent quality stuff all around. Highly recomended for 1990
lovers.
Drum roll, pleeeeasee, for a blue ribbon winner of
1995.............................
"GUIDED BY THE ETERNAL LIGHT" 2CD (Tuff Bites) Monterey 5/27/95,
plus filler San Diego 5/10 (3), Palm Desert 5/15 (1) , Vegas 5/12 (2),
and Philly TLA 6/21 (4).
Complete soundboard recording of the Monterey show in outstanding
quality. Dylan's vocals are crystal clear, the recording is perfectly
balanced and the performance is exceptional. Several very short tape
"snags" don't mar the proceedings. You can hear every little nuance of
voice and instrument and that's really all you can ask for with a Dylan
show. Getting a board is great but a board with the following on it is
"divine intervention" (sorry, jh): Simple Twist, To Ramona, Seeing The
Real You, EVERY GRAIN OF SAND, and a killer "Knockin'.." Not to mention
a downright blistering lead guitar laden "Watchtower." "To Ramona" is
awesome, the versatility of this band shines through as Dylan delivers
a great vocal on top of what ends up sounding like a Mexican quartet,
and "Mr.TMan" is otherworldly - if this don't move you check for a pulse.
Another thing that sticks out are the lead guitar lines, so sharp and cutting
and rising to the fore at the end of one of the best "Knockin's"
these ears have heard ("I need a new light and a new resting place").
And lest I forget, the best "Simple Twist" since the ultimate (IMO)
"can he top this?" version from Feb 8, 1993 in London. All the tracks
shine, mind you: Lot to Laugh, Silvio, Tombstone, an ominous "Masters,"
epic "Memphis Blues." Hall of Fame disk, but wait, there's more....
the excellence continues unabated with a wonderful selection of filler
tracks: I Want You (as good as Unplugged), Just Like.., Shelter, an
amazing "it is about us" "Shooting Star," get down bluesy "5 Believers",
heartfelt "Love -0," and 4 gems from Philly TLA: the terrific and epic
rearrangement of "License to Kill" (8 1/2 minutes), emotional "Never
Gonna Be the Same" w/lyric changes and a new arrangement, really nice
"If Not For You" and a rarely played "Unbelievable." All very good to
excellent quality audience recordings with voice & music "ALL THERE!!"
Needless to say, a prime candidate for Disk of the Year. As Bob might
say, if "...you're gonna get it, you won't regret it."
'Tis it. Hope you enjoyed it. Keep an eye out for "The Year Beneath the
Waves" coming soon to a PC near you.
Peace - "Home" Moe
To Deep Beneath The Waves 1996