BOB DYLAN : BORDER BENEATH THE SUN - VOLUME 2

 

Disc One

  1. She's Love Crazy
  2. Baby Stop Crying
  3. Mr. Tambourine Man
  4. Shelter From The Storm
  5. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
  6. Tangled Up In Blue
  7. Ballad Of A Thin Man
  8. Maggie's Farm
  9. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
  10. Like A Rolling Stone
  11. I Shall Be Released
  12. Going Going Gone
  13. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
  14. True Love Tends To Forget
  15. It Ain't Me, Babe

Disc Two

  1. The Man In Me
  2. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
  3. Blowin' In The Wind
  4. I Want You
  5. Senôr (Tales Of Yankee Power)
  6. Masters Of War
  7. Oh, Sister
  8. Just Like A Woman
  9. All Along The Watchtower
  10. All I Really Want To Do
  11. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
  12. Forever Young
  13. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
  14. The Times They Are A-Changin'

Label : ThinMan

Venue : Pavillon de Paris, Paris, France

Date : July 3rd, 1978

Quality : Audience recording (A+)

Review (Bob's Boots) : For this title, Thinman has procured an excellent stereo audience recording of the opening night at the pavillion de Paris. Dylan and his entourage are captured in the full and diversified sound of this large band. Dylan's vocals are dead - on, up front and sweet. Each song contributes another highlight to the impressive five night Paris residency, and this show becomes immortalized as one of the best of the nineteen dates of the European tour. It includes a rare outing of Oh Sister and the debut live performance of True Love Tends To Forget. The packaging for this release is solid. The front cover photo has been manipulated to give it an airbrushed appearance. It's attractive enough, but it truly shines as the silk screened image on disc one. The only place where this package lacks a little imagination is in the triplicate use of this same image onto the back of the front insert. It appears in a lighter contrast with a white spackled enhancement. The second disc has an accurate period photo of Dylan on stage. It's a warm and inviting image that helps create a beautiful looking disc.Thinman uses laminated covers and clean fonts that help give this fantastic show the proper package representation.

Review (BigOZine) : This was show 12 of the European leg of his 1978 Neverending Tour. And it's the first of a five-night stand at the Pavillon de Paris. Clearly Dylan was straining his voice. Are we allowed to say that? Dylan has so far played 42 dates of the total of 115 shows he played in 1978. This Paris show is said to be the best of the European leg. It has been made into a silver disc bootleg and released by Thinman as Border Beneath The Sun Vol 2. This version is the full show [as was the bootleg] taken from the master reel-to-reel tape. What a great recording this is, close to the action with not a hint of echo. Dylan is right up front and all the instruments are distinct and clear. The fans came to hear Dylan and he didn't disappoint. All the hits are here again but this complete show gives a better feel of the new material Dylan introduced from Street Legal. Here he offers Baby Stop Crying, Senor [Tales of Yankee Power] and introduces live for the first time True Love Tends To Forget. All the songs from this tour have a buffed and manicured sound. They sound great to be sure but there's not a lick out of place. Hell, you can even swing and rock to Masters Of War. Is that the "Big Man" tooting in the back? Fans and collectors of Dylan concerts had a great variety of excellent audience recordings to choose from this 1978 tour. But looking back, it would have been wiser had Dylan taken greater care of his vocal chords. Sacrifice is the code of the road. No one toiled harder than Bob Dylan. Thanks to the taper for this great recording.