BOB DYLAN : SCANDINAVIUM 2005

 

Disc One (76:46)

  1. intro
  2. Maggie's Farm
  3. Tell me that it isn't true
  4. I'll be your baby tonight
  5. Lay, Lady, Lay
  6. Stuck Inside Of Mobile with the memphis blues again
  7. Just Like A Woman
  8. Most Likely You Go Your Way
  9. Cry A While
  10. Make You Feel My Love
  11. Highway 61 Revisited
  12. Love Sick
  13. I Don't Believe You (She acts like we never have met)

Disc Two (77:27)

  1. Desolation Row
  2. Summer Days
  3. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  4. All Along The Watchtower
    Bonus Tracks :
  5. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
  6. The Times The are a-Changin'
  7. High Water (For Charley Patton)
  8. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
  9. Boots Of Spanish Leather
  10. Positively 4th Street

Label : Crystal Cat

Venue : Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden

Date : October 21, 2005

Quality : Audience recording (A+)

Comments from Bob's Boots : Yet another incredible release from the Cat. This show was definitely one of, if not the best performance of the Scandinavian tour. Dylan is articulate and powerful. His voice has hardened over the years into the rough and beautiful instrument that he always imagined and hoped it to be. The package aesthetics are as incredible as one has come to expect from this manufacturer. It includes an article from a Swedish Newspaper that reviews the concert. Highly recommended.

Comments from The Bootleg Encyclopedia : Scandinavium 2005 presents the entire October 21st show in Gøteborg, Sweden plus a good forty minutes from the following evening in Denmark. The sources used for each of the two shows are superb stereo audience recordings. The taper must have been very close to the stage since there is no audience interference (except for the people at then end of "All Along The Watchtower" saying "awesome") and these recordings could easily pass for soundboard recordings. Every detail, note and breath is crystal clear and well balanced making these to be among the very best, if not THE best, recordings from Dylan's latest tour. Even more impressive than the sound quality is the performance in Gøteborg that evening. The Swedish newspapers pronounced this to be the best of his three shows in that country, saying "Dylan as sharp as a knife" and "Real Magic". The show begins with a great version of "Maggie's Farm", a track that served frequently as an opener. "Tell Me That It Isn't True", "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight", and "Lay Lady Lay" are the three "country" songs played in a row with Donnie Herron shining especially on slide guitar. "Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again" is played hard rock style, and the audience sings along with "Just Like A Woman". (Dylan waits for them to finish singing before picking up the verses). "Desolation Row" is great, impressing the audience by singing all ten verses. The Ålborg tape presents songs that weren't performed in Sweden the previous night. It's been speculated that "The Times They Are A-Changing" was sung with New Orleans in mind ("Admit that the waters around you have grown"). It is certainly a poignant performance. Herron's banjo in "High Water (For Charley Patton)" is another highlight and makes me wish the entire show were issued too. Overall this is another fantastic release by Crystal Cat. It comes with a thick eight-page insert with photos, an unsigned review of the Gøteborg show and a replica of the ticket and poster. (GS)