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Birmingham 2005 source: National Exhibition Centre Tracks: Disc one Intro Maggie's Farm Tell Me That It Isn't True Watching The River Flow Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Ballad Of A Thin Man Highway 61 Revisited Mr. Tambourine Man Stuck Inside Of Mobile Chimes Of Freedom (a) Til I Fell In Love With You Visions Of Johanna (a) Honest With Me Disc two Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll (a) Summer Days encore: Like A Rolling Stone All Along The Watchtower bonus: The Man In Me (Bob was center stage with just his harp - no piano) (1) Bye And Bye (2) Absolutely Sweet Marie (3) If You See Her, Say Hello (4) I Shall Be Released (5) I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (6) Ballad Of Hollis Brown (7) (a) Forever Young (8) New Morning (9) Review: Birmingham is an outstanding show. Perhaps the best of the tour. It is well represented here in this very clean audience recording. The vocals are crystal clear. Dylan's voice is simply huge on this night. It's melodic, it's teasing, it's full of gruff beauty. Many of these versions are truly incandescent, and are among the best performances of the decade. The entire show is a highlight, with too many individual gems to even mention. The bonus tracks include rarities performed on the minor league baseball stadium tour of the USA earlier in the year. As for the package, CC is usually at the top of the heap as far as recordings and packaging goes. The aesthetics on this set are not quite as pleasing as those past, however. In an effort to get Bob pictured with the eye logo, the band photo is superimposed over it. Problem is, it looks superimposed, and borders on the cheesy. The special "find the lines" effect used on the images of the discs doesn't work. The beautiful images on the liner are, inexplicably, from decades past. While this package would probably rate higher if issued by an upstart, we have come to expect a little more from the Cat. © 2006 CD Pinkerton bobsboots.com |
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