Bob Dylan, The Rolling Thunder Revue boxset

Come già anticipato, Columbia Records e Legacy Recordings, divisione di Sony Music Entertainment, annunciano la pubblicazione di Bob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings il prossimo 7 giugno.

Una antologia imperdibile che ripropone la prima parte del mitico Rolling Thunder Revue di Bob Dylan: il cofanetto composto da 14 CD include i cinque set completi dei live registrati professionalmente, un posto privilegiato in prima fila alle prove – recentemente ritrovate – che furono realizzate negli studi S.I.R. di New York e al Seacrest Motel di Falmouth (MA), oltre a un disco bonus con esibizioni uniche risalenti a quel periodo.

Partito nell’autunno del 1975, il Rolling Thunder Revue di Bob Dylan rispettava in pieno le convenzioni itineranti dell’epoca coinvolgendo un cast di personaggi eclettici e facendo tappa in luoghi piccoli ed insoliti con ben poco preavviso! Gli spettacoli duravano quasi sempre più di quattro ore e davano vita ad alcune delle esibizioni più intense e dinamiche dell’artista. Dylan portava in scena le canzoni che aveva scritto per il suo nuovo album Desire (che divenne uno dei più acclamati e popolari) con la stessa profondità e lo stesso entusiasmo che aveva raggiunto dieci anni prima con i suoi tour incendiari insieme ai musicisti diventati poi famosi come The Band. Interpretazioni indimenticabili dei suoi brani storici ed alcune cover davvero inaspettate completavano le setlist. Bob aveva chiamato a raccolta per l’occasione vari amici e riunito collaboratori straordinari per il suo ensemble – soprannominato “Guam” per quel tour – che comprendeva T Bone Burnett, Mick Ronson, Joan Baez, Ramblin ‘Jack Elliott, Bobby Neuwirth, Scarlett Rivera, Ronee Blakely, Steven Soles, David Mansfield, Rob Stoner, Howie Wyeth e Luther Rix. Oltre al poeta Allen Ginsberg e Joni Mitchell, che mostravano il loro talento durante i bis. Dylan, leader della band, era riuscito a mettere insieme musicisti provenienti da vari background e sensibilità e li aveva trasformati in un’unica unità musicale sul palco.

La raccolta comprende ben 148 brani, di cui oltre 100 mai pubblicati in precedenza. Incluso nel cofanetto c’è un libretto di 52 pagine con foto rare e mai viste prima dei live ed un saggio del romanziere/musicista Wesley Stace. In concomitanza con l’uscita del cofanetto in CD, verrà ristampata in vinile The Bootleg Series Volume 5, in formato 3LP con booklet di 64 pagine, disponibile per la prima volta dopo la pubblicazione originaria del 2002.

Bob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings  viene pubblicata come complemento del nuovo film, “Rolling Thunder Revue – A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese“, trasmesso in anteprima su Netflix il 12 giugno.
Ognuna delle esibizioni di Bob Dylan usate nel film può essere ritrovata in questo cofanetto. 

 

Bob Dylan – Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings 

DISC 1: S.I.R. Rehearsals, New York, NY – October 19, 1975
DISC 2: S.I.R. Rehearsals, New York, NY – October 21, 1975
DISC 3: Seacrest Motel Rehearsals, Falmouth, MA – October 29, 1975
DISC 4-5: Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA – November 19, 1975
DISC 6-7: Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA – November 20, 1975
DISC 8-9: Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA – November 21, 1975 (afternoon)
DISC 10-11: Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA – November 21, 1975 (evening)
DISC 12-13: Forum de Montreal, Quebec, Canada – December 4, 1975
DISC 14: Rare Performances

 

Bob Dylan – Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings  

DISC 1

October 19, 1975 – S.I.R. Rehearsals, New York, NY

1. Rake and Ramblin’ Boy* [incomplete]
2. Romance in Durango* [incomplete]
   3. Rita May*
   4. I Want You# [incomplete]
   5. Love Minus Zero/No Limit* [incomplete]
3. She Belongs to Me* [incomplete]
   7. Joey [incomplete]
   8. Isis
   9. Hollywood Angel [incomplete]
   10. People Get Ready#~
   11. What Will You Do When Jesus Comes?#
4. Spanish Is the Loving Tongue
   13. The Ballad of Ira Hayes
   14. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)*
5. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You
6. This Land Is Your Land
   17. Dark as a Dungeon*

 DISC 2

October 21, 1975 – S.I.R. Rehearsals, New York, NY

1. She Belongs to Me#
   2. A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall
   3. Isis
   4. This Wheel’s on Fire/Hurricane/All Along the Watchtower
2. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
   6. If You See Her, Say Hello
   7. One Too Many Mornings#
   8. Gwenevere [incomplete]
   9. Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts [incomplete]
3. Patty’s Gone to Laredo#
   11. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

 DISC 3

October 29, 1975 – Seacrest Motel Rehearsals, Falmouth, MA

1. Tears of Rage
   2. I Shall Be Released
   3. Easy and Slow
   4. Ballad of a Thin Man
   5. Hurricane
   6. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
2. Just Like a Woman
   8. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

 DISC 4

November 19, 1975 – Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA

1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
   2. It Ain’t Me, Babe
   3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
   4. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
2. Romance in Durango
   6. Isis
   7. Blowin’ in the Wind
   8. Wild Mountain Thyme
   9. Mama, You Been on My Mind
   10. Dark as a Dungeon
   11. I Shall Be Released

 DISC 5

November 19, 1975 – Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA

1. Tangled Up in Blue
   2. Oh, Sister
   3. Hurricane^*
   4. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
2. Sara
   6. Just Like a Woman
   7. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
   8. This Land Is Your Land

 DISC 6

November 20, 1975 – Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA

1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
   2. It Ain’t Me, Babe#~^
   3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
   4. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry*
2. Romance in Durango^*
   6. Isis
   7. Blowin’ in the Wind*
   8. Wild Mountain Thyme
   9. Mama, You Been on My Mind^
   10. Dark as a Dungeon
   11. I Shall Be Released

 DISC 7

November 20, 1975 – Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA

1. Simple Twist of Fate^*
   2. Oh, Sister
   3. Hurricane
   4. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
2. Sara
   6. Just Like a Woman#
   7. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door#^
   8. This Land Is Your Land

 DISC 8

November 21, 1975 – Afternoon – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA

1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
   2. It Ain’t Me, Babe
   3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
2. A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall
   5. Romance in Durango
   6. Isis
   7. The Times They Are a-Changin’
   8. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
   9. Mama, You Been on My Mind
   10. Never Let Me Go
   11. I Shall Be Released^

 DISC 9

November 21, 1975 – Afternoon – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA

1. Mr. Tambourine Man^
   2. Oh, Sister
   3. Hurricane
   4. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
2. Sara^
   6. Just Like a Woman
   7. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
   8. This Land Is Your Land

 DISC 10

November 21, 1975 – Evening – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA

1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
   2. It Ain’t Me, Babe
   3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll^
   4. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry#^
2. Romance in Durango
   6. Isis^
   7. Blowin’ in the Wind^
   8. The Water Is Wide^
   9. Mama, You Been on My Mind
   10. Dark as a Dungeon
   11. I Shall Be Released

 DISC 11

November 21, 1975 – Evening – Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA

1. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
2. Tangled Up in Blue#^
   3. Oh, Sister^
   4. Hurricane
   5. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)^
   6. Sara
   7. Just Like a Woman^
   8. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
   9. This Land Is Your Land

 DISC 12

December 4, 1975 – Forum de Montreal, Montreal, Canada

1. When I Paint My Masterpiece
   2. It Ain’t Me, Babe
   3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll*
2. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You^
3. A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall#^*
   6. Romance in Durango#
   7. Isis#~
   8. Blowin’ in the Wind
   9. Dark as a Dungeon
   10. Mama, You Been on My Mind
   11. Never Let Me Go#~
   12. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine*
4. I Shall Be Released

 DISC 13

December 4, 1975 – Forum de Montreal, Montreal, Canada

1. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue^
   2. Love Minus Zero/No Limit^
   3. Tangled Up in Blue
   4. Oh, Sister
   5. Hurricane
   6. One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)#* 7. Sara#
   8. Just Like a Woman
   9. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
   10. This Land Is Your Land

 Disc 14

BONUS DISC – RARE PERFORMANCES

 

1. One Too Many Mornings*

October 24 – Gerdes Folk City, New York City, New York

2. Simple Twist of Fate*

October 28 – Mahjong Parlor, Falmouth, MA

3. Isis

November 2 – Technical University, Lowell, MA

4. With God on Our Side

November 4 – Afternoon – Civic Center, Providence, RI

5. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

November 4 – Evening – Civic Center, Providence, RI

6. Radio advertisement for Niagara Falls shows

Niagara Falls, NY

7. The Ballad of Ira Hayes*

November 16 – Tuscarora Reservation, NY

8. Your Cheatin’ Heart*

November 23

9. Fourth Time Around

November 26 – Civic Center, Augusta, Maine

10. The Tracks of My Tears

December 3 – Chateau Champlain, Montreal Canada

11. Jesse James

December 5 – Montreal Stables, Montreal, Canada

12. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

December 8 – “Night of the Hurricane,” Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

 

# included in the film Renaldo and Clara (1978 film)
~ released on 4 Songs From “Renaldo And Clara” E.P. (1978 album)
^ released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975 (2002 album) * included in Rolling Thunder Revue (2019 film)

 

On Discs 1-13:

Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Joan Baez – vocals and guitar on “Tears of Rage,” “I Shall Be Released,” “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Wild Mountain Thyme,” “Mama, You Been on My Mind,” “Dark as a Dungeon,” “The Times They Are a-Changin’,” “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine,” “Never Let Me Go,” “The Water Is Wide,” and “This Land Is Your Land”
Roger McGuinn – guitar and vocals on “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” and
“This Land Is Your Land”
Guam:
Bobby Neuwirth – guitar, vocals
Scarlet Rivera – violin
T Bone J. Henry Burnett – guitar, vocals
Steven Soles – guitar, vocals
Mick Ronson – guitar
David Mansfield – steel guitar, mandolin, violin, dobro
Rob Stoner – bass, vocals
Howie Wyeth – drums, piano
Luther Rix – drums, percussion, congas
Ronee Blakly – vocals
and
Ramblin’ Jack Elliott – vocals, guitar
Allen Ginsberg – vocals, finger cymbals
Joni Mitchell – vocals

 

On DISC 14:

Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica with
Joan Baez – vocals (2)
Rob Stoner – bass (2)
Eric Andersen, Arlen Roth – guitars (2) Guam (3, 10, 12)
Larry Keegan – vocals (8)
Robbie Robertson – guitar (12)

 All songs by Bob Dylan except:
“Romance in Durango,” “Rita May,” “Joey,” Isis,” “Hurricane,” “Oh, Sister” by Bob Dylan and Jacques Levy; “This Wheel’s on Fire” by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko; “Tears of Rage” by Bob Dylan and Richard Manuel; “Rake and Ramblin’ Boy,” “Spanish Is the Loving Tongue,” “Easy and Slow,” “Wild Mountain Thyme,” “The Water Is Wide,” and “Jesse James” traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan; “People Get Ready” by Curtis Mayfield; “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” by Peter LaFarge; “This Land Is Your Land” by Woody Guthrie; “Dark as a Dungeon” by Merle Travis; “Never Let Me Go” by Joseph Scott; “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams; “The Tracks of My Tears” by William Robinson, Jr., Pete Moore, and William Tarplin.