Dylan on Tour: concert recordings selected by Tony Attwood
In this series, I’m just searching the internet for complete, or near complete, recordings of Dylan concerts – or in this case a rehearsal. In each case I’m not particularly concerned with the video – it is the music, and having a record of what it actually sounded like, rather than what commentators have said it sounded like.
Now this time the quality suffers somewhat, as it is a rehearsal recording, but the fact that it is a rehearsal gives an extra level of interest.
The recordings we have had along the way are
- Bob Dylan, Little Moses and the complete March 1992 concert
- What Dylan played on 7 July 2024, and how it sounded.
- The concert in full on 3 August 2024.
- Dylan and Petty, Australia 1986
- Manchester 1966, the full concert.
- The Carnegie Chapter Hall concert in full: 4 November 1961
And I really want to emphasise the point that this is not something exclusive to Untold Dylan, so really this series shouldn’t be here (not being “untold” as it were). But I’ve had a few emails saying that this is an interesting extra collection for Untold to have, so it seems to me to be a worthwhile gathering together of a few interesting recordings all in one place.
So, to hear what a Dylan rehearsal sounds like, if you haven’t come across this before…. here we go. The list of songs appears on the video but is also set out below in case that is more helpful…
- Just like a woman: 0’00”
- Mozambique: 11’03”
- One too many mornings: 13′ 20″
- Isis: 17′ 35″
- Positively 4th Street: 23’00”
- Sara: 27’00”
- Hurricane: 31′ 30″
- Lay Lady Lay: 39′ 00″
- You ain’t going nowhere: 45′ 40″
- Oh Sister: 48’16”
- One more cup of coffee: 52’05”
If you leave the recording running you will get to a very ropey recording of Dylan at the Royal Albert Hall in London in May 1965. But a word of warning – this is rather hard on the ears.