BOB DYLAN : AT THE GLOBE ARENA

 

Disc One (75:57)

  1. All Along The Watchtower
  2. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
  3. Cold Irons Bound
  4. Every Grain Of Sand
  5. Silvio
  6. Desolation Row
  7. One Too Many Mornings
  8. Tangled up in blue
  9. Make You Feel My Love
  10. This Wheel's On Fire
  11. Highway 61 Revisited

Disc Two (78:25)

  1. Forever Young
  2. Love Sick
  3. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
  4. Blowin' In The Wind
  5. Pretty Peggy-O
  6. Positively 4th Street
  7. Roving Gambler
  8. Simple Twist Of Fate
  9. Mr. Tambourine Man
  10. To Be Alone With You
  11. The Times They Are A-Changin
  12. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Disc Three (77:31)

  1. She Belongs To Me
  2. Shooting Star
  3. To Ramona
  4. Masters Of War
  5. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
  6. Blind Willie McTell
  7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  8. Gotta Serve Somebody
  9. If Not For You
  10. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
  11. It Ain't Me Babe
  12. Ballad Of A Thin Man
  13. I Shall Be Released

Label : Crystal Cat Records

Venue : The Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden

Recording Date : June 9th, 1998

Quality : Audience Recording (A+)

Review (Bob's Boots) : Flat out fantastic! This recording from the capital city is that rare, perfect blend of vocal to music to audience; combined with a stellar band performance, vocal perfection, and incredible song line up that qualifies it to stand among the very best of the very best. The sound is warm, fat, and full. Listen with headphones, and you can imagine yourself as the mix console sound engineer pumping out a perfect show. Bob's guitar slips into the wrong  gear for a line or two of Forever Young. That's truly about as critical as you can get with this masterpiece. The Globe show is indispensable to even the smallest live collection. Great package, however, it would have better been served as a double CD focusing away from all of the added material. The idea is to include all songs that were performed on the June, Northern Europe tour. Some of the bonus tracks shine, some only glow. Roskilde, for instance, is simply substandard quality for CC. The discs are standard, silk screen generic CC prints.
Review (DEEP) : It does'nt get much better than this. The quality is stunning. Crystal clear, upfront sound, every quirk and rasp of those glorious pipes ringing true in all their raging glory, every pluck, strum, bash and cymbal hit burning through with astounding clarity ... and even some sorely missed harp thrown in for good measure. Perhaps the ultimate live collection to date. Highly recommended.