BOB DYLAN : A NIGHTLY RITUAL

 

Disc One (53:42)

  1. Tell Me Momma
  2. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
  3. Baby Let Me Follow You Down
  4. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
  5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
  6. One Too Many Mornings
  7. Ballad Of A Thin Man
  8. Like A Rolling Stone
    Bonus (Glasgow) :
  9. What Kind Of Friend Is This
  10. I Can't Leave Her Behind / Does She Need me

Disc Two (68:23)

  1. She Belongs To Me
  2. Fourth Time Around
  3. Visions Of Johanna
  4. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
  5. Desolation Row
  6. Just Like A Woman
  7. Mr. Tambourine Man
  8. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
  9. One Too Many Mornings
  10. Ballad Of A Thin Man

Label : Scorpio / GBS

Venue : Disc 1 : Odeon Theatre, Liverpool, UK / Disc 2 : Gaumont Theatre, Sheffield, UK

Recording Date : May 14, 1966 / May 16, 1966

Quality : soundboard recordings (A-/A+)

Review (Bob's Boots) : If not the best sounding recording, Liverpool is as good a performance of the electric set as you will find on the tour. Perhaps inspired by playing the hometown of the Fab Four, the band is tight and powerful. Dylan's vocals, Robbie's lead guitar playing and Garth's erie B-3 all seem truly inspired. This board tape is of a remarkable effort. The first track was used as a demo of the song by Dwarf music. The second track appeared on a 1966 single, and on the official CBSCD Masterpieces. Dylan starts his now famous mumbling ruse before the introduction of Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, as the blue collar audience becomes a little loud with their heckling. Ballad Of A Thin Man is the highlight of the night. Glasgow is interesting tracks of songs that Bob was working on that were recorded for use in the film Eat The Document. The sound quality is amazing. The Sheffield show is perhaps the best of the tour. The quality is incredible, and the performance can move you to tears. The Gaumont adds a warmth and depth to the overall sound that is lacking at many venues, and Bob pours his heart into every syllable. This set represents some of the finest of the tour and, arguably, the best of this entire collection. The title of this set comes from the number of shows that were packed into the month of May (night after night) to make the European tour profitable.