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| Someone's Distant Cry source: Digital Audience Tapes Tracks: Disc one Short Intro Gotta Serve Somebody Million Miles Maggie's Farm I Want You Stuck Inside Of Mobile Masters Of War (a) Mama, You Been On My Mind (a) Tangled Up In Blue (a) To Ramona (a) Can't Wait Positively 4th Street Highway 61 Revisited Disc two encore: Love Sick Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat Blowin' In The Wind (a) Not Fade Away Broome County Arena Gotta Serve Somebody Million Miles Watching The River Flow Make You Feel My Love Stuck Inside Of Mobile Masters Of War (a) One Too Many Mornings (a) Tangled Up In Blue (a) Friend Of The Devil (a) Disc three 'Til I Fell In Love With You Every Grain Of Sand Long Band Introduction Highway 61 Revisited encore: Love Sick Everything Is Broken Blowin' In The Wind (a) Not Fade Away Review: Wow! What a release! First, let's get the bad news out of the way. While this is a three disc set, it's of two consecutive nights, so there is repetition. The second show is a slightly better one in performance and sound quality. There is not quite enough material for a third disc, so disc three is only about half full at 43 minutes. It perhaps would have been best to release this as a double concentrating on the New York show with bonus material from Bethlehem. Finally, while this is the first appearance to silver, there were two or three different recordings of each show that have circulated among traders. These are perhaps the best, but in between tracks there are brief digital skips or splices in the audience applause when tracks change. It doesn't affect any song, but some might find it a tad annoying. Two particularly bad instances are between the first two songs of disc two and the second and third song of disc three. It happens just as Bob is thanking the crowd. Those are rarities that should have been preserved better. While the Thinman's aesthetics are getting increasingly more spectacular, they need to address the mechanical aspects of the mastering as well. This could have been a better release without the digital noise splices in between every track. With all of that out of the way... don't let any of it sway you from grabbing this title. The sound quality is up front and in your face. Many tracks are Label releasable quality. As a matter of fact, This recording of Million Miles from Broome County Arena was the title track to the 1999 officially released 4 track promo CD "Million Miles: Live Recordings 1997-1999". The title is a play on the fact that you can hear distant cries in between songs, and a cool line from Love Sick that was performed at both shows. After Bob sings the title line in New York, listen for a girl's distant cry. The photos are great throughout the entire package. (cond.) © 2008 CD Pinkerton - bobsboots.com © 2008 CD Pinkerton
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source: Stabler Arena Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Lehigh University February 18, 1999 Broome County Arena Binghamton, New York February 19, 1999 Manufacturer / Catalog No.
Released: Oct. 2008
Bob's Boots ref #
BB-s110 Special thanks to Lincoln Park
Mark
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to a sample of this CD: Love Sick Review: (cont.)
The front cover photo shows Bob with green lights hitting him. Green lights never look good on anyone, but Thinman goes with the flow and uses a green theme for the set. The inserts are the same high grade, glossy, heavy card stock that this Label has been getting a reputation for. Both shows start off in the standard way of the tour, but four songs in we get to hear one of the highlights of this set. Out of the five tours of 1999, I Want You was only performed four times. On the winter tour, it was performed twice in 1998, but this is the only '99 Winter tour performance. Dylan switches to acoustic guitar for some more highlights. Masters Of War is slowed down, dark and brooding, and the audience responds with bursts of applause at the end of each verse. Then comes another surprise... the tours only outing of Mama, You Been On My Mind. It takes the audience a few moments to catch on, but they explode after the first verse. The beat of this cool and funky version of Tangled Up In Blue almost puts you in mind of Steve Miller's "The Joker" in places. Larry Campbell's great mandolin playing just helps to set it off. To Ramona is light, airy, delicate, breath like... and again, owes a lot of its finesse to the mandolin. And, as always, the harmonies on Blowin' In The Wind soar into the stratosphere. It should have closed the show, as Not Fade Away is almost an anti-climax. The following night's show is better, and includes some of the same highlights, as well as some new ones. As stated earlier, Million Miles was thought to be good enough for official release, followed by a feel good version of Watching The River Flow. Then we're treated to another TOOM instant classic, a beautiful Make You Feel My Love. The Dead's Friend of the Devil is a highlight of the acoustic set, partly because of the sweet harmonies that do the Dead justice, but mostly because it's the one and only performance of the 1998-1999 Winter tour. The audience is most appreciative. Another true to form TOOM song, and then, yet another unique tour song... the hauntingly beautiful Every Grain Of Sand. Blowin' In The Wind is even more spectacular the second night. Bob draws out the words to create some beautiful phrasing, and the late harmony of the final word is reminiscent of bluegrass gospel. Not Fade Away grooves better tonight and doesn't sound as awkward in the final slot. All said and done, then... the handful of negatives are so far outweighed that this title hits the must have list for 1999 shows. Truly, a couple of the better shows of the tour.© 2008 CD Pinkerton - bobsboots.com |
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