I don’t know what it means either: an index to the current series appearing on this website
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In the last couple of months we have published links to recordings of a two complete Dylan concerts which can be found on the internet, just in case you have not found them in your browsing.
Both of these recordings received quite a lot of interest on the site (in terms of the number of visitors each got). I’m hoping to pick up another concert from the current tour shortly, but in searching around I came across an earlier concert which I really enjoyed revisiting so I thought I would share that.
Certainly for myself I found going back to this complete concert a very interesting contrast with Dylan’s live shows in 2024.
So previously we’ve offered (and of course, they are still there) What Dylan played on 7 July 2024, and how it sounded. And then after that The concert in full on 3 August 2024.
And thus, now by way of contrast, the “Dylan Down Under” Full Concert Audio Bob Dylan concert in Adelaide, Australia – March 21, 1992
Here is the recording, and below is the song listing…. and if by any chance your view of this is that you have heard it all before, may I direct your attention to 37 minutes 32 seconds: “Little Moses”. The full track listing is below.
And because you might not know the song here are the lyrics – not exactly as sung by Dylan but there are of course many variations
Away by the waters so blue The ladies were winding their way While Pharaoh’s little daughter went down to the water To bathe in the cool of the day Before it was dark she opened the ark And found the sweet babe that was there And away by the waters so blue The infant was lonely and sad She took him in pity and thought him so pretty And it made little Moses so glad She called him her own, her beautiful son And she sent for a nurse who was near And away by the waters so blue They carried that beautiful child To his tender mother, to his sister and brothers Little Moses looked happy and smiled His mother so good did all that she could To raise him and teach him with care And away by the sea that was red Little Moses the servant of God While in him confided, the sea was divided As upwards he lifted his rod And the Jews safely crossed while Pharaoh’s host Was drownded in the waters and lost And away on a mountain so high The last that he ever did see With Israel victorious, his hopes were most glorious That soon all the Jordan be free When his spirit did cease, he departed in peace And rested in the Heavens above
And if you go to the end of the concert you’ll hear information from the people who preserved this audio recording so that we can all enjoy it now. Here’s the track listing…
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Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
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04:27: Most of the Time
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08:55: All Along the Watchtower
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12:54: Just Like a Woman
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18:19: Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again
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25:06: I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
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28:46: Maggie’s Farm
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34:16: Love Minus Zero/No Limit
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37:32: Little Moses
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42:20: Female Rambling Sailor
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46:33: Desolation Row
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51:37: Cat’s in the Well
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57:01: I’ll Remember You
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01:01:47: The Times They Are A-Changin’
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01:09:39: Highway 61 Revisited
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01:16:24: Ballad of a Thin Man
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01:22:43: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
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01:27:42: Blowin’ in the Wind
You’ll notice a second traditional song “Female Rambling Sailor” which follows. There are of course many versions of this and I can’t find a set of lyrics that match what Dylans sings and nor can I quite make out every line he sings – but if you can, or if you find a link to these actual lyrics please do post them in comments.
And you might like to contrast those two traditional songs with what Dylan does to “Desolation Row” after.
Anyway, I really enjoyed that concert. Hope you did – I was particularly taken by the concluding performance of “Blowing in the Wind”. It seemed a perfect way to end the concert.