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Days Before Hard Rain
source: 1976 Clearwater rehearsals 
Colosseum Records release

Tracks: 
I Threw It All Away
Going Going Gone
One More Cup Of Coffee
Tomorrow Is A Long Time
Mozambique
Lay Lady Lay
Idiot Wind
Maggie's Farm
One Too Many Mornings
Seven Days
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
It Takes A Lot To Laugh
You Angel You
Just Like A Woman *
Tangled Up In Blue *
The Sun Is Shining  (Elmore James)
Seven Days **
Review:
This disc is the first of several CD releases of this material to use the same title. It invites a wonderful 'behind the scenes' listen to rehearsals for the 1976 Rolling Thunder Tour.
The sound, while not up to today's digital quality, is very nice. The vocals are slightly on top of the mix for the most part, but are not quite as crisp as the music.
The package is fairly nice, with a cover shot of Dylan in the cemetery. (Visiting Jack  Kerouac's grave). The back photo is the Revue in concert.
The venues listed are slightly askew. Venues are listed correctly in the info section above. 

Review:
I've written an in depth review of this material outside of the CD review. If you would like to read  the song review, click  HERE.
© 2001Craig Pinkerton Bobsboots.com
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Information: 
Source / Venue:
Bellevue Biltmore Hotel Rehearsals
Clearwater, FL  April 15, 1976
* Colorado State U's Hughes Stadium Rehearsals
Fort Collins, CO May 23, 1976
** Convention Center, Tampa FL April 21, 1976

Manufacturer / Catalog No.
Dynamite Studio / DS92J028

Also released by:
Dynamite
Colosseum
Scorpio
Wild Wolf
Released:
0000
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Quality:  7-8 stars

Bob's Boots ref. #
BB-d11col


Recommended:
Highly recommended for musicians (who can appreciate the sometimes 'stop and go' of rehearsing new material), RTR tour fans (who will get a glimpse of some rare tour songs), and studio outtake fans (While these songs are rehearsals, they are directly from the soundboard. The alternate versions are enough to please any outtake fan).
© 2001 Craig Pinkerton - bobsboots.com