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Bob Dylan

The (Nearly) Complete 78 Soundchecks

Soundchecks before concerts

1978-00-00

Musicians:  Bob Dylan (vocals & guitar), Billy Cross (lead guitar), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals), David Mansfield (violin & mandolin), Steve Douglas (horns), Jerry Scheff (bass), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Ian Wallace (drums). Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).

Source: Aud

Lineage: CD-Rs > EAC (secure mode) > CoolEdit Pro > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend > .flac (level 5)

Taped by: ?

Transferred by: ?

Sound Quality: passable to god-awful (I have posted an .mp3 with brief excerpts from each date so that you may judge whether this set is for you or not.  Just follow the thread down a few posts.)

Sound Processing/Editing: minor noise reduction, treble boost, bass cut & normalizing on most tracks; 09-17-78 edited from two separate versions of the same source (the lesser quality version was speed corrected to match the better quality one); 07-05-78 has beginning & end cut on account of serious mic abuse by the taper.  While I myself processed these files, to my ears they bear traces of previous sound processing (particularly the Paris soundchecks), so I really don't want to take full credit, particularly when the sounds get a bit "watery."  Still, they sound a heck of a lot better than what I received.  My original intent in fact was to distribute them "as is," but in the course of listening them for errors I decided that the trade off between "virgin" files and processed files was a reasonable & worthwhile one.

File Size: 1,708 megs .flac

Notes: These tracks are difficult to listen to at times (e.g., 07-04-78), but highly rewarding.  I originally received these as a 6 disk set, but have decided to segregate them according to date, assuming that many will probably burn a "best-of" disk or two, and keep the rest archived for that occasional listen.  I bounced all tracks off of Olof's files & listed discrepancies where I found them (11-02-78 is extremely peculiar; see below).  On account of his listings I assume that this set is incomplete, but not by much.  Hence the title.  For the most part I have not listed "flaws" since they are numerous.  Surely there are better versions of these recordings circulating out there in Dylan-land, so please consider these as an educational tool till better comes around.  Heck, maybe several hundred years down the road one of Dylan's great-great grandkids will unearth a soundboard or two from these dates ;-).

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Pavillon de Paris

Paris, France

3 July 1978

1. Fix It Ma - guitar riff (Olof lists "Something There Is About You"  and "Unidentified Instrumental" at start)

2. True Love Tends To Forget

3. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

4. Fix It Ma

5. To Ramona

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Pavillon de Paris

Paris, France

4 July 1978

1. Unidentified Instrumental(s)

2. With A Little Help From My Friends (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)

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Pavillon de Paris

Paris, France

5 July 1978

1. Changing Of The Guards (cut at start)

2. New Pony

3. Is Your Love In Vain?

4. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (cut at end)

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Pavillon de Paris

Paris, France

6 July 1978

1. But I Forgive You (Tampa Red)

2. Love Her With A Feeling (Tampa Red)

3. Mr. Tambourine Man (listed as last in Olof's files)

4. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (listed as first in Olof's files)

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Pavillon de Paris

Paris, France

8 July 1978

1. Unidentified Instrumental (cut at start)

2. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

3. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

4. Unidentified Instrumental

5. To Ramona

6. Mr. Tambourine Man

7. Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat) (Olof lists an "Unidentified Blues" and "One More Cup Of Coffee" as following track 7)

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Scandinavium

Gothenburg, Sweden

12 July 1978

1. Unidentified Instrumental

2. Love Her With A Feeling (Tampa Red)

3. Tomorrow Is A Long Time

4. Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)

5. No Time To Think

6. We Better Talk This Over

7. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

8. Mr. Tambourine Man

9. Mr. Tambourine Man

10. Unidentified Blues

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War Memorial Coliseum

New Haven, Connecticut

17 September 1978

1. Unidentified Song (Olof lists "Love You Too Much" as being played before this)

2. Unidentified Song (Olof does not separate 1&2, seemingly)

3. Love You Too Much (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)

4. Unidentified Song

5. Unidentified Song

6. You Don't Love Me No More

7. This Way That Way

8. Unidentified Song

9. Maggie's Farm

10. Hazel

11. Love You Too Much (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)

12. Love Her With A Feeling (Tampa Red)

13. Take It Or Leave It (Olof lists an "Unidentified Song" as coming between 13&14)

14. More Than Flesh And Blood (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)

15. More Than Flesh And Blood (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)

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Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium

Syracuse, New York

22 September 1978

1. But I Forgive You (Tampa Red)

2. Maggie's Farm

3. Shelter From The Storm

4. Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)

5. Reconsider Baby (Lowell Fulson)

6. Am I Your Stepchild?

7. True Love Tends To Forget

8. True Love Tends To Forget

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S.I.U. Arena

Southern Illinois University

Carbondale, Illinois

28 October 1978

1. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) (The first 90 secs have what sound like digital flaws, but I'm not sure.  Normally, such flaws show up as hard breaks in the .wav file, but these did not.)

2. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

3. Take It Or Leave It

4. Love You Too Much (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)

5. Carry Me, Carrie (Shel Silverstein)

6. Daddy's Going On One More Ride

7. Unidentified Song

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The Checkerdome

St. Louis, Missouri

29 October 1978

1. S:t Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) (Dylan on harmonica?)

2. S:t Louis Blues (W.C. Handy)

3. Love You Too Much (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)

4. (One More Year Of) Daddy's Little Girl (Hazel Smith)

5. Carry Me, Carrie (Shel Silverstein) (Olof lists "Mr. Tambourine Man" as coming after track 5)

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Civic Auditorium

Omaha, Nebraska

4 November 1978

1. warm up (Olof lists "Love You Too Much" as starting this set)

2. Daddy's Going On One More Ride

3. More Than Flesh And Blood (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)

4. More Than Flesh And Blood (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)

5. Watching The River Flow

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A.S.U. Activities Center

Tempe, Arizona

18 November 1978

1. Unidentified Song (gospel?)

2. Let's Begin (Olof identifies 2&3 as "Unknown Song"; he has "Let's Begin" as first appearing in '81, and "Righteous" in '79; to make it all the more suspect, there are no horns in either of these tracks, as well as a hard edit between 3&4.  So, caveat emptor . . .)

3. Ain't No Man Righteous

4. Unidentified Song(s)

5. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

6. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

7. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

8. Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan) (I kinda hear "Oh, Sister" here, but it could be something else)

9. Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan–Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)

10. I’m Ready (Willie Dixon)

11. You're A Big Girl Now

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Municipal Auditorium

Nashville, Tennessee

2 December 1978

1. Unidentified Song

2. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 (Olof has 2&3 listed in reverse order)

3. This Way That Way (Olof lists this as such, but I'm not sure)

4. Slow Train

5. Random playing

BOB DYLAN

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Borgata Hotel Event Center

June 6, 2004

Source: DPA 4021 > Lunatec V3 > Sony M1

Transfer: Sony D8 > Emagic 6/2 > Spark/Peak (G4 Powerbook) > xACT

Disc 1:

1. Intro

2. God Knows

3. Forever Young

4. Watching The River Flow

5. Trying To Get To Heaven

6. Stuck Inside of Moblie With The Memphis Blues Again

7. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

8. Blind Willie McTell

9. Highway 61 Revisited

10. I Shall Be Released

11. High Water (for Charley Patton)

12. Moonlight

13. Honest With Me 

Disc 2:

1. Lay Lady Lay

2. Summer Days

3. Cat's In the Well

4. Like A Rolling Stone

5. All Along the Watchtower

Gilford, New Hampshire

Meadowbrook Music Arts Center

Pavilion

June 4, 2004

Disc 1

Drifter's Escape (Bob on piano and harp)

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Bob on piano and harp, Larry on pedal steel)

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum (Bob on piano)

Just Like A Woman (Bob on piano and harp, Larry on pedal steel)

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (Bob on piano and harp, Larry on pedal steel)

Positively 4th Street (Bob on piano)

Highway 61 Revisited (Bob on piano, Larry on pedal steel)

Love Sick (Bob on piano)

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Bob on piano, Larry on pedal steel)

Disc 2

It Ain't Me, Babe (acoustic) (Bob on piano, Larry on cittern, Tony on standup bass)

Floater (Too Much To Ask) (Bob on piano and harp, Larry on fiddle, Tony on standup bass)

Honest With Me (Bob on piano, Larry on slide guitar)

I Believe In You (Bob on piano)

Summer Days (Bob on piano, Tony on standup bass)

(encore)

Cat's In The Well (Bob on piano, Larry on pedal steel)

Like A Rolling Stone (Bob on piano, Larry on pedal steel)

All Along The Watchtower (Bob on piano, Larry on pedal steel)

Band Members

Bob Dylan - piano, harp

Larry Campbell - guitar, slide guitar, cittern, pedal steel, fiddle

Stu Kimball - guitar

Tony Garnier - bass

George Recile - drums

Bob Dylan

6/11/04

What Stage

Bonnaroo Music Festival

Manchester, TN

Source: FOB AKG 393(DINA)->UA-5(48kHz)->JB3

Transfer: JB3->PC->SF6.0 (48->44.1)->CDWAV->FLAC16

Recorded by Bob Mouk & Chad Hobbs

moukrc@fuse.net

Disc 1 - 73:48

1. Into 1:16

2. Down Along the Cove 6:18

3. Tell Me That It Isn't True 4:25

4. Samson & Delilah 6:11

5. Watching the River Flow 6:08

6. You Win Again 4:44

7. Cold Irons Bound 6:07

8. Sing Me Back Home 4:53

9. Most Likely You Go You Way (And I'll Go Mine) 7:23

10. Highway 61 Revisited 6:17

11. Pancho & Lefty 7:08

12. Seeing The Real You At Last 6:29

13. Blind Willie McTell 6:32

Disc 2 - 38:41

1. Honest With Me 7:18

2. Don't Think Twice, It's Allright 7:45

3. Summer Days 10:01

-Encore-

4. Cat's In The Well 6:02

5. Like A Rolling Stone 7:29

Bob Dylan & Mick Taylor

05/28/84

Arena Di Verona

Verona, Italy

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I had a Crazy idea.  Since I have all of the 1984 shows and since right now is the 20th

anniversary of those shows I thought it would be cool to release each show to STG on the

date of the actual show plus 20 years.  This show is interesting because it has a different

setlist then any other show and has a few gems not played again on this tour.  So, here is

the first and we'll see if I can keep up.  Enjoy.

Disc 1

01.Jokerman

02.All Along the Watchtower

03.Just Like a Woman

04.Highway 61 Revisited

05.I and I

06.Shelter from the Storm

07.License to Kill

08.Ballad of a Thin Man

09.When You Gonna Wake Up

10.Got My Mojo Working

11.It's Alright Ma

12.Girl of the North Country

13.Don't Think Twice

Disc 2

01.The Times They Are A Chaning

02.Masters of War

03.Maggies Farm

04.Every Grain of Sand

05.Man of Peace

06.Heart of Mine

07.Like a Rolling Stone

08.The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carrol

09.Blowing in the Wind

10.Tombstone Blues