Bob Dylan Live 1964 Numbered 2 x CD AFZ5230
It does seem strange, very strange indeed, to be hearing an official release of this historic concert, which has been available as a bootleg for decades. The Halloween gig at Philharmonic Hall in New York was a special part of the tour for Another Side Of Bob Dylan, arguably his greatest acoustic recording. What's more poignant, however, is how it previews the material on Bringing it all back home While the songs on Another Side hinted at things to come, nothing could have prepared audiences for the dreamy surrealism of "Mr. Tambourine Man," or the nightmarish abstract poetry of "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)," and "Gates of Eden" -- all of which appear on Disc One. The remainder of the material comes from Dylan's preceding catalog; there are stirring protest and topical songs, folk songs, humorous narratives, love songs, great wisecracks, and talking blues -- "Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues!"), most of them classics -- "With God on Our Side," "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall," "Times They Are A-Changin'," "Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll," "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright," "Mama You've Been on My Mind," "All I Really Want to Do," "It Ain't Me Babe" -- all of these songs and many others (there are 17 in all) are delivered with the confidence of the seasoned performer; a man who knows his audience and how to handle them. It's not cynical, not detached, just masterful.
Tracklist
1-1 The Times They Are A-Changin'
1-2 Spanish Harlem Incident
1-3 Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
1-4 To Ramona
1-5 Who Killed Davey Moore?
1-6 Gates Of Eden
1-7 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (Or Else You Got To Stay All Night)
1-8 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
1-9 I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
1-10 Mr. Tambourine Man
1-11 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
2-1 Talkin' World War III Blues
2-2 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
2-3 The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
2-4 Mama, You Been On My Mind
2-5 Silver Dagger
2-6 With God On Our Side
2-7 It Ain't Me, Babe
2-8 All I Really Wanna Do
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