1976 SOON TO BE DIVORCED

 

5     The Hard Rain recordings

5.1     The Original Hard Rain TV Special

5.2     The Hard Rain TV Special

5.3     The Hard Rain Live album

6     Songs 1976

7     SOURCES

8     Suggested Readings

8.1     Books

8.2     Reference

8.3     Selected articles

9     ROLLING THUNDER REVEUE II SETLISTS

 

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5                                       The Hard Rain recordings

5.1                                The Original Hard Rain TV Special

The first attempt to record the Hard Rain TV special took place at the shows in the Starlight Ballroom in the Belleview Biltmore Hotel in Clearwater, Florida, 22 April. Dylan was apparently not satisfied with the outcome and the resulting footage was shelved and has never been officially shown.

 

afternoon

evening

Mr. Tambourine Man

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The Times They Are A-Changin'

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Blowin' In The Wind

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I Dreamed I Saw St Augustine

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Diamonds And Rust [1]

 

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When I Paint My Masterpiece

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Like A Rolling Stone

 

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Isis

 

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Just Like A Woman

 

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Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

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Lay Lady Lay

 

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5.2                                The Hard Rain TV Special

This was recorded during the show at the Hughes Stadium of the Colorado State University in Fort Collins 23 May. It was first broadcast by NBC Network 14 September. It has not yet been released as commercial video or DVD. The film contains the following songs:

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

Blowin' In The Wind

Deportee

I Pity The Poor Immigrant

Shelter From The Storm

Maggie's Farm

One Too Many Mornings

Mozambique

Idiot Wind

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

5.1                                The Hard Rain Live album

The tracks on this live album are taken from the shows in Fort Worth, 16 May and Fort Collins 23 May as follows:

 

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23

Maggie's Farm

 

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One Too Many Mornings

 

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Stuck Inside Of Mobile

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Oh, Sister

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Lay Lady Lay  1

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Shelter From The Storm

 

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You're A Big Girl Now

 

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I Threw It All Away

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Idiot Wind  1

 

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1 also released on Masterpieces 1978 in Japan & Australia.

 

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6                                       Songs 1976

The only song from this year is Seven Days which was performed in concert only. There is no known studio recording. The version from Clearwater 22 April, afternoon, was later used as the Special Rider Music demo. The music was copyrighted 1976 and the lyrics 1979. The version from Tampa 21 April was released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 1-3 in 1991. Ron Wood recorded Seven Days and released it on his album Gimme Some Neck. It was also recorded by Joe Cocker and released on his album Sheffield Steel.

 

7                                       SOURCES

 

William J. Clinton

The Bob Dylan CD & CDR Field Recordings Guide Of William J. Clinton
www.angelfire.com/wa/monicasdude

Tim Dunn

I Just Write 'Em As They Come.
Annotated Guide to the Writings of Bob Dylan
A Not-A-Ces Publishing Venture 1990.

Glen Dundas

Tangled Up In Tapes — 4th Edition

A Recording History of Bob Dylan

SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999. Softcover 334 pages.

Clinton Heylin

A Life In Stolen Moments. Bob Dylan Day By Day 1941-1995.

Schirmer Books 1996, 404 pages.

Clinton Heylin

Bob Dylan, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994

St. Martin's Press, 1995, 233 pages.

Michael Krogsgaard

Positively Bob Dylan
A Thirty-Year Discography, Concert & Record Session Guide 1960-1991.
Popular Culture, Ink. 1991. 500 pages.

Michael Krogsgaard

Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 3).
The Telegraph #55, Summer 1996, pp. 111–142.

Craig Pinkerton

Bob's Boots
www.bobsboots.com/

Ray Stavrou

A Vinyl Headstone  Almost In Place
Loose leaf binder,  530 pages.

 

 

8                                       Suggested Readings

8.1                                Books

Les Kokay

Songs Of The Underground - Rolling Thunder Revue.

A collector's guide to the Rolling Thunder Revue 1975-1976.

160 pages.

8.2                                Reference

John Baldwin

The fiddler now upspoke, Volumes 1–5.

A collection of Bob Dylan interviews and press conferences.

Desolation Row Promotions, 1995.

Carl Benson (ed)

The Bob Dylan Companion — Four Decades of Commentary.

Schirmer Books, New York 1998. Softcover 306 pages.

Michael Gray

Song & Dance Man III. The Art Of Bob Dylan

Cassell 1999. Hardback 918 pages.

David Hajdu

Positively 4th Street. The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan,
Mimi Baez Fariña and Richard Fariña.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2001, 328 pages.

Todd Harvey

The Formative Dylan. Transmission and Stylistic Influences, 1961-1963
American Folk Music and Musicians Series, No. 7.
The Scarecrow Press 2001, 211 pages.

Clinton Heylin

Behind The Shades. A Biography.

Summit Books 1991, 500 pages.

Daniel Kramer

Bob Dylan. Citadel Press (hardback) or Pocket Books. Great photo book from 1964-1965.

Craig McGregor (ed)