BOB DYLAN : BEGINNING TO HEAR VOICES

 

Disc One (69:41)

  1. Introduction
  2. The Wicked Messenger
  3. She Belongs To Me
  4. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
  5. Just Like A Woman
  6. Cold Irons Bound
  7. Desolation Row
  8. Stuck Inside Of Mobile with the memphis blues again
  9. Man In The Long Black Coat
  10. Cat's In The Well
  11. Ballad Of Hollis Brown

Disc Two (66:47)

  1. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
  2. Like A Rolling Stone
  3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
  4. All Along The Watchtower
    Bonus Tracks:
  5. Down Along The Cove
  6. John Brown
  7. God Knows
  8. Ring Them Bells
  9. Tryin' To Get To Heaven
  10. I Believe In You
  11. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine

Label : Tambourine Man Records

Venue : Turning Stone Casino & Resort Events Center, Verona, New York, U.SA.

Date : April 20th, 2005

Quality : Audience recording (A+)

Review (Collectors Music Reviews) : The latest three releases from Mr. Tambourine Man records have been excellent DAT recordings from Bob Dylan's spring tour. Beginning To Hear Voices captures the entire show in Verona, New York with generous excerpts from the second of two shows in Denver and the third show in Boston. It's interesting how Dylan is grouping his tours around all different kind of venues. Last fall he played a college circuit tour even playing my school, St. Bonaventure University. This concert occurs at an Indian casino which are plentiful in upstate New York. Sentimental assessments aside, his career resembles the blues men from the twenties or the medieval troubadours and not worrying about selling out Madison Square Garden or The Forum. That's very admirable. What is also admirable is the performance in Verona. This is much more mellow than Rain Unraveled Tales, but equally satisfying. Dylan plays an excellent harp in "Just Like A Woman". After "Cold Irons Bound" someone near the recorder shouts "You're smokin', Bob", and this show also contains the fourth of only five performances of "Desolation Row" on this tour. But the absolute highlight is the rendition of "Ballad of Hollis Brown". In this bluesy arrangement the audience hangs on every phase and someone let out a yelp after the second "cold coyote calls". The end brings a loud roar of approval! The Denver fragment is several notches below the Verona tape. It's more distant and softer in volume but contains a very emotional version of "John Brown" with a banjo underlining the story. The final bonus tracks from the April 17 show in Boston are the worst sounding on this title, being very distant, but still enjoyable. The bottom insert is printed on one side, but the front insert is the usual four-color page with a review downloaded from the internet. This is another nice production from this label and definitely worth having. (GS)

Review (Bob's Boots) : Another solid performance that has become synonymous with this new, larger band. The overall package aesthetics are too simplistic, but there are a couple of nice pages.