1974 ON THE ROAD AGAIN

1 INTRODUCTION

After eight years off the road, some call them "the lost years", 1974 found Dylan back on the road with a tour of North America backed by The Band, Tour '74. This was also the year when Dylan's marriage to Sara started to break up. This is documented in Blood On The Tracks which was recorded in the fall.

2 The Year At a glance

3 CALENDAR

3 January	Tour '74 starts with two shows in Chicago, Illinois. The surprise opener id Hero Blues, repeated thesecond night in Chicago, then dropped in favor of Most Like You Go Your Way at most of the shows. Four songs from Planet Waves get their live debut Tough Mama, Nobody 'Cept You, Something There Is About You and Forever Young. The first three are sadly replaced later on in the tour. All Along The Watchtower and Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) are also played live for the first time.
4 January	Live debut of Knockin' On Heaven's Door.
7 January	The fifth song from Planet Waves, Wedding Song is played at The Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
8 January	New York Times interview by John Rockwell.
10 January	As I Went Out One Morning makes its live debut at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It has not been played live since.
14 January	Newsweek interview by Maureen Orth.
15 January	Washington Post interview by Tom Zito.
17 January	Planet Waves is released
21 January	Time interview by David Devoss.
14 February	After no less than 40 shows Tour '74 ends at The Forum, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California.
February	Single A Night Like This/You Angel You is released.
March	Single Something There Is About You/Tough Mama is released.
9 May	Dylan appears at the 'The Friends of Chile' benefit concert at the Felt Forum in New York City.
20 June	Before The Flood is released.
Late June	Single Most Like You Go Your Way/Stage Fright (The Band) is released.
Summer	Single All Along The Watchtower/It Ain't Me Babe is released.
July	Dylan writes the bulk of the songs that are to be included on the Blood On The Tracks album. Songs that didn't make the album are There Ain't Gonna Be Any Next Time, Belltower Blues, Where Do You Turn? It's Breaking Me Up, Don't Want No Married Woman, Ain't It Funny, Little Bit Of Rain. The lyrics to these are included in a small notebook together with the released songs.
2 August	Dylan signs an exclusive recording contract with Columbia Records.
16 September	1^st Blood On The Tracks session.
17 September	2^nd Blood On The Tracks session.
18 September	3^rd Blood On The Tracks session.
19 September	4^th Blood On The Tracks session.
November	Test pressing of Blood On The Tracks.
27 December	5^th Blood On The Tracks session.
30 December	6^th Blood On The Tracks session.

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4 RECORDINGS

9 May	New York City, New York	The Friends of Chile Benefit Concert
16 September	New York City, New York	1^st Blood On The Tracks recording session
17 September	New York City, New York	2^nd Blood On The Tracks recording session
18 September	New York City, New York	3^rd Blood On The Tracks recording session
19 September	New York City, New York	4^th Blood On The Tracks recording session
27 December	Minneapolis, Minnesota	5^th Blood On The Tracks recording session
30 December	Minneapolis, Minnesota	6^th and last Blood On The Tracks recording session

For details please refer to the corresponding Still On The Road session pages. The 1974 tour is covered in chapter Fel! Hittar inte referenskälla..

5 BEFORE THE FLOOD

The live album from the 1974 tour was recorded in New York City, New York and Los Angeles, California as follows:

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)	14 February 1974 – Evening
Lay Lady Lay	13 February 1974
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35	13 February 1974
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	30 January 1974
It Ain't Me, Babe	14 February 1974 – Evening
Ballad Of A Thin Man	14 February 1974 – Afternoon
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right	14 February 1974 – Evening
Just Like A Woman	14 February 1974 – Evening
It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)	14 February 1974 – Evening
All Along The Watchtower	14 February 1974 – Afternoon
Highway 61 Revisited	14 February 1974 – Evening
Like A Rolling Stone	13 February 1974
Blowin' In The Wind	13 February 1974 + 14 February 1974 – Afternoon

Note that Blowin' In The Wind is a splice of two performances.

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6 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS

This album was recorded during four different sessions in September in New York City. Five songs were re-recorded during two sessions in Minneapolis, Minnesota after Christmas. Here's a summary:

			# of		take released on
Date	Song	takes		BOTT[1]		BS[2]	BEST[3]	BIOG[4]
16 September	If You See Her, Say Hello	2				2
	You're A Big Girl Now	2
	Simple Twist Of Fate	5
	You're A Big Girl Now	1
	Up To Me	8
	Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts	1		1[5]
	Call Letter Blues	2				2
	Meet Me In The Morning	1		1
	Idiot Wind	6		63
	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	8
	Tangled Up In Blue	1				1
17 September	You're A Big Girl Now	2		23
	Tangled Up In Blue	1
	Blues	1
	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	4		4
	Shelter From The Storm	5		5			1
	Buckets Of Rain	2
	Tangled Up In Blue	1
18 September	Buckets Of Rain	2
19 September	Up To Me	7						7
	Buckets Of Rain	5		4
	If You See Her, Say Hello	1		73
	Meet Me In The Morning	8
	Tangled Up In Blue	6		33
	Simple Twist Of Fate	3		3
	Idiot Wind	4				4
	You're A Big Girl Now	1
27 December [6]	Idiot Wind	N		N
	You're A Big Girl Now	N		N
30 December 6	Tangled Up In Blue	N		N
	Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts	N		N
	If You See Her, Say Hello	N		N

For more details about some of these sessions please refer to the corresponding session page in Still On The Road. Live history

Song	Debut
Buckets Of Rain	Only known live performance comes from The Fox Theater, Detroit, Michigan, 18 November 1990
Idiot Wind	Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida, 18 April 1976
If You See Her, Say Hello	Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida, 18 April 1976
Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts	Performed at The Salt Palace in Salt Lake City, 25 May 1976. No tape survives from this show.
Shelter From The Storm	Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida, 18 April 1976
Simple Twist Of Fate	Patrick Gymnasium, University Of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, 8 November 1975
Tangled Up In Blue	Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut, 13 November 1975
You're A Big Girl Now	Reid Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1 May 1976
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	Starlight Ballroom, Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, Florida, 22 April 1976

Call Letter Blues, Meet Me In The Morning and Up To Me have probably never been played live. Officially released live versions:

Hard Rain	Idiot Wind, Shelter From The Storm	Hughes Stadium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 23 May, 1976
At Budokan	Shelter From The Storm, Simple Twist Of Fate	Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 28 February 1978
Live 1961-2000	Shelter From The Storm	Hughes Stadium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, 23 May, 1976
Renaldo And Clara	Tangled Up In Blue	Boston Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, 21 November 1975
Real Live	Tangled Up In Blue	Wembley Stadium, London, England, 7 July 1984

Performances during The Never-Ending Tour:

Buckets Of Rain	1990
Idiot Wind	1992
If You See Her, Say Hello	1994-1999, 2001
Shelter From The Storm	1988-
Simple Twist Of Fate	1988-
Tangled Up In Blue	1988-
You're A Big Girl Now	1988-

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[5] Released on the test pressing of Blood On The Tracks, later rejected.

[6] Details from these session unknown, therefore no take numbers.

1 INTRODUCTION

2 The Year At a glance

3 CALENDAR

4 RECORDINGS

5 BEFORE THE FLOOD

6 BLOOD ON THE TRACKS

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