BOB DYLAN : GLOBEN 2009

 

Disc One (76:51)

  1. Intro
  2. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
  3. Lay, Lady, Lay
  4. Tangled Up In Blue
  5. Chimes Of Freedom
  6. High Water (For Charley Patton)
  7. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
  8. Love Sick
  9. Desolation Row
  10. Rollin' And Tumblin'
  11. Make You Feel My Love
  12. Highway 61 Revisited
  13. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

Disc Two (75:46)

  1. Thunder On The Mountain
  2. Like A Rolling Stone
  3. All Along The watchtower
  4. Spirit On The Water
  5. Blowin' In The Wind
    Bonus tracks :
  6. Maggie's Farm
  7. The Man In Me
  8. When The Deal Goes Down
  9. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
  10. Just Like A Woman
  11. Beyond The Horizon
  12. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

Label : Crystal Cat Records

Venue : Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, Sweden

Date : March 23, 2009

Quality : audience recording (A+)

Comments from Collectors Music Reviews : The show in Globen the following night is captured in another sterling stereo audience recording. Although it doesn't contain any off-the-wall selections like "Billy 4," one can argue this is the better of the two. For one, except for "All Along The Watchtower" and "Like A Rolling Stone," the setlist is completely different including more newer songs from Modern Times. But also Dylan's singing is perhaps the best in many years. Rather than the ancient growl that has been so common, tonight there is an elasticity in his voice which recalls his younger days. The effect suggests Dylan as the young savant instead of the grizzled, old wise man. This gives an different dimension to latter day songs such as "High Water (For Charley Patton)" and "Love Sick." Particulary interesting is the addition of "One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)." This hasn't really been a regular part of the set for many years and is given a lush country/western arrangement. "Like A Rolling Stone" closes the show and a "Blowin' In The Wind" makes an appearance as the final encore. The lengthy reviews of the show which Crystal Cat include in the liner notes claim that: "Great singing all the way through. I can't remember last time I heard him singing as good. 3. Many highlights, and 3 of them just magic: A perfect performed Chimes of freedom. I really felt it in my spine. Love sick, performed senter stage mixing up his vocal and harmonica playing in a way I never heard before. Brilliant! One more cup of coffe, with accoustic guitar center stage. Bluuues! I think I have to add Desolation Row too. Nine word perfect verses and the staccato singing at the last three verses even sounded right." (Steinar Daler) The other review printed by Crystal Cat observes: "Dylan had the good taste to start the 2009 tour in Stockholm..And what about this specific Globe show? The arena is first of all better out for ice-hockey as the sound waves tend to swirl around like free swallows inside this spheric dome. Echo effects of that kind are actually not at all qualifying for a concert venue. Secondly, the show went on other qualifications - state of mind, poetic splendor and musical thrill. So much heartfeld music. Dylan doing all wellknown stuff in an expected less weelknown way. "A tremnedous version of Chimes of Freedom, Love Sick and Like a Rolling Stone, to mention some real highlights. Rock, blues and ballads - maybe a swinging calypso sound when Desolation Row was waving free before a disciplined harmonica closure. And there a glimpse of the roots. No matter what new versions in the air, you feel the roots. And Desolation Row was on the set list also April -66.. Dylan did phrasing some songs - like Desolation Row - in a staccato rythmic way I never heard before. . One More Cup Of Coffee was more of a warm caretaker with roots down south. Does the new cd, released next month, arrive from north or east. Not a hint in concert yet. When finally Blowin´ In The Wind tuned out in a 2009 version probably nobody ever heard anything like that. Things have changed once more. No surprise. Dylan - now a citizen of Obamaland." (Anders Tidström) Several bonus tracks from the show in Malmö are included. Crystal Cat have released many sterling Bob Dylan boxsets over the past couple of years including The Brixton Box 2005 (CC 787-796) with the five London shows in 2005 and The Amsterdam Box (CC 922-927) with the three shows in Amsterdam in 2009. The two shows are contained in slim double jewel cases with thick artwork and copious liner notes and photographs from the shows.