Never
Ending Tour
source: Denmark '91 & outtakes '86
Tracks:
Disc one
Lay Lady Lay
All Along The Watchtower
Shelter From The Storm
Gotta Serve Somebody
Wiggle Wiggle
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Positively Fourth Street
Barbara Allen
Bob Dylan's Dream
Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
It Ain't Me Babe
Man In The Long Black Coat
Everything Is Broken
Lenny Bruce
Highway 61 Revisited
Disc two
What Good Am I
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Hearts of Fire:
The Usual (3 takes)
Ride This Train
Had A Dream About You Baby (take 1-5)
Old Five And Dimer Like Me (3 takes)
Had A Dream About You Baby (take 6&7)
Had A Dream About You Baby
To Fall In Love With You
Night After Night
Information:
Source / Venue:
Midfyns, Ringe, Denmark 6/29/91 and
Hearts Of Fire studio sessions
Manufacturer / Catalog No.
Deep Records / MIK 012/13
Released: 1992
Quality: 7-8
stars
Bob's Boots ref #
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Review:
This set represents a good quality soundboard tape of the Denmark show,
and a good quality studio recording from the Hearts of Fire sessions. Were
that statement, along with the 7-8 star rating all one had to judge the
set by, it seems most desirable. However, consider the following. The Denmark
show is not only unremarkable, but some songs teeter on the brink of disaster.
The band sometimes falters, Dylan's phrasing and pitch sometimes float
around into other worlds (the lifeless, and uninhabited ones); the guitar
is a tad out of tune, and even though Dylan is talkative; the general feeling
seems to be "Let's get this job over with" Even though the tape is soundboard
with audience buried far to the background, the tape is muffled somewhat.
As for the studio outtakes, they are from London's Townhouse Studios on
August 27 & 28, 1986. They are not taken from the mixing console, but
from the playback speakers through an open mic. There is a lot of distance
from the mic to the speakers, and this creates 'air noise'. It also produced
a muffled recording. As for the package, The non-Dylan front photo is about
all there is. Very week aesthetics. The multiple take songs from CD two
are recorded on one track with no way to 'flip between' the, at times,
very different takes. There is limited and incomplete information on the
recordings; and finally, the uniquely configured super slimline jewel case
and J-cards make replacing a damaged case a near impossibility. Overall,
the sound quality is good enough to warrant owning the package, but the
detriments make it a 50/50 call. ©
2000 Craig Pinkerton Bobsboots.com |
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