Been All Around This World – Bob Dylan 1978

 

5      The 1978 World Tour.. 1

5.8       The rehearsals. 1

5.8.1     The dates. 1

5.8.2     The songs. 2

5.9       The soundchecks. 3

5.9.1     The dates. 3

5.9.2     The songs. 3

5.10      World Tour summary. 5

5.10.1       Alphabetical song listing. 5

5.10.2       Statistics. 7

6      Songs 1978. 8

7      Suggested Readings. 9

8      SOURCES. 9

9      Bibliography.. 10

 

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Been All Around This World

 

 

5       The 1978 World Tour

5.8      The rehearsals

The rehearsals started in December 1977 and continued through January and the first of February. Rehearsals continued in April before the European tour and there are most likely also rehearsals from May and September, although there are at this point in time no circulating recordings after April. The sound quality of the circulating recordings varies from passable to excellent.

5.8.1      The dates

December 1977

30

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios

January

Early

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios

 

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios

27

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios

27/30

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios

30

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios

February

  1

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios

April

 

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios

 

5.8.2      The songs

 

 

 

Dec

 

 

Jan

 

 

Feb

Apr

 

 

30

?

15

27

27

30

1

?

Absolutely Sweet Marie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Along The Watchtower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All I Really Want To Do

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coming From The Heart (The Road Is Long)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forever Young

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Girl From The North Country

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Going, Going, Gone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Don't Believe You

 

 

 

 

 

I Shall Be Released

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Threw It All Away

 

 

 

 

 

 

If Not For You

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If You See Her, Say Hello

 

 

 

 

 

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

 

 

 

 

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just Like A Woman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Like A Rolling Stone

 

 

 

 

 

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maggie's Farm

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Man In Me

 

 

 

 

 

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Babe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, Sister

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repossession Blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shelter From The Storm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

 

 

 

 

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Ramona

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We Better Talk This Over

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You're A Big Girl Now

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5.9      The soundchecks

There is a unusually large number of recordings from soundchecks from the 1978 World Tour. Although the sound quality varies from utterly dire to listenable, these recordings are of certain interest as the soundchecks often were used to not only to check out the sound but also to try new songs. We have here a number of songs, that are possible new Dylan compositions (* below) and that were shelved for good (?) when Dylan became a new-born Christian and started working on the Slow Train Coming songs.

5.9.1      The dates

There are recordings circulating from the following nineteen soundchecks:

July

  3

Paris, France

Pavillon de Paris

  4

Paris, France

Pavillon de Paris

  5

Paris, France

Pavillon de Paris

  6

Paris, France

Pavillon de Paris

  8

Paris, France

Pavillon de Paris

12

Gothenburg, Sweden

Scandinavium

September

17

New Haven, Connecticut

War Memorial Coliseum

22

Syracuse, New York

Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium

October

28

Carbondale, Illinois

S.I.U. Arena, Southern Illinois University

29

St. Louis, Missouri

The Checkerdome

November

  4

Omaha, Nebraska

Civic Auditorium

18

Tempe, Arizona

A.S.U. Activities Center

December

  2

Nashville, Tennessee

Municipal Auditorium

 

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5.9.2      The songs

I = instrumental

HS = vocal by Helena Springs

BV = vocal by the background singers

 

 

 

 

 

July

 

 

 

Sept

 

Oct

 

Nov

 

Dec

 

 

3

4

5

6

8

12

17

22

28

29

4

18

2

(One More Year Of) Daddy's Little Girl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Am I Your Stepchild?

BV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But I Forgive You

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carry Me, Carrie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changing Of The Guards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daddy's Going On One More Ride

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fix It Ma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hazel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm Ready

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is Your Love In Vain?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love Her With A Feeling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love You Too Much

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love You Too Much

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maggie's Farm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Than Flesh And Blood

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Tambourine Man

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Tambourine Man

BV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Tambourine Man

HS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Pony

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Time To Think

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, Sister

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

BV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

BV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reconsider Baby

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S:t Louis Blues

IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shelter From The Storm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slow Train

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Something There Is About You

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take It Or Leave It

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Way That Way

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Ramona

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Ramona

BV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

True Love Tends To Forget

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

True Love Tends To Forget

BV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unidentified Song

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unidentified Song

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watching The River Flow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We Better Talk This Over

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark

BV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With A Little Help From My Friends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You Don't Love Me No More

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You're A Big Girl Now

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5.10  World Tour summary

5.10.1   Alphabetical song listing

op

opener

 

FE

Far East

 

RE

Rehearsals

s1

first set

 

LA

Warm-up shows in Los Angeles

 

SC

sound checks

s2

second set

 

EU

Europe tour

 

 

 

enc

encore

 

US

US tour

 

 

 

 

AC

solo acoustic

I

instrumental

HS

vocal by Helena Springs

BV

vocal by the background singers

 

 

 

op

s1

s2

enc

S

FE

LA

EU

US

RE

SC

(One More Year Of) Daddy's Little Girl

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Absolutely Sweet Marie

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Along The Watchtower

 

 

 

110

 

110

23

6

19

62

 

All I Really Want To Do

 

 

 

92

 

92

18

5

19

50

 

Am I Your Stepchild?

BV

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Am I Your Stepchild?

 

 

 

53

 

53

 

 

 

53

 

 

Baby Stop Crying

 

 

28

11

 

39

 

7

19

13

 

 

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

 

111

 

 

111

22

7

19

63

 

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

 

111

 

111

22

7

19

63

 

But I Forgive You

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Carry Me, Carrie

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

A Change Is Gonna Come

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

Changing Of The Guards

 

 

 

 

68

68

 

 

6

62

 

Coming From The Heart (The Road Is Long)

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

Daddy's Going On One More Ride

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

 

 

5

30

 

35

18

3

10

4

 

Fix It Ma

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Forever Young

 

 

 

108

1

109

22

7

19

61

 

Fourth Time Around

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

Gates Of Eden

AC

 

 

6

 

6

 

 

6

 

 

 

Girl From The North Country

 

 

26

49

 

75

21

 

3

51

 

Going, Going, Gone

 

 

68

1

 

69

20

7

17

25

 

Hazel

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

AC

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

IN

36

 

 

 

36

19

7

10

 

 

 

I Don't Believe You

 

 

95

6

 

101

14

7

17

63

 

I Shall Be Released

 

 

109

 

 

109

20

7

19

63

 

I Threw It All Away

 

 

23

1

 

24

22

 

 

2

 

I Want You

 

 

1

57

 

58

19

7

19

13

 

 

If Not For You

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

If You See Her, Say Hello

 

 

4

 

 

4

4

 

 

 

 

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

 

1

 

13

14

3

 

7

4

I'm A Steady Rolling Man

 

 

1

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

I'm Ready

 

1

23

 

 

24

 

 

 

24

 

Is Your Love In Vain?

 

 

29

2

 

31

4

1

2

24

 

It Ain't Me, Babe

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

It Ain't Me, Babe

AC

 

 

64

 

64

 

 

2

62

 

 

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

 

 

50

 

 

50

 

 

8

42

 

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

 

 

 

108

 

108

21

7

19

61

 

Just Like A Woman

 

 

 

109

 

109

22

7

19

61

 

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

 

3

 

 

3

 

 

1

2

 

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

 

 

9

10

19

18

1

 

 

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Like A Rolling Stone

 

 

109

 

 

109

20

7

19

63

 

Lonesome Bedroom

 

1

3

 

 

4

4

 

 

 

 

 

The Long And Winding Road

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

Love Her With A Feeling

 

2

29

 

 

31

15

7

9

 

 

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

 

 

60

 

 

60

21

7

12

20

 

Love You Too Much

 

 

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

Love You Too Much

I

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Maggie's Farm

 

 

111

 

 

111

22

7

19

63

The Man In Me

 

 

4

27

 

31

20

1

8

2

 

Masters Of War

 

 

 

88

 

88

 

7

19

62

 

 

More Than Flesh And Blood

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go ....

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Tambourine Man

 

 

88

 

 

88

22

7

19

40

 

Mr. Tambourine Man

BV

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Tambourine Man

HS

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

My Babe

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

My Back Pages

IN

67

 

 

 

67

 

 

7

60

 

 

New Pony

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

No Time To Think

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, Sister

 

 

 

28

 

28

23

1

4

 

 

 

Oh, Sister

I

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

 

1

2

101

 

104

16

6

19

63

 

One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

BV

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

 

 

1

56

 

57

20

7

11

19

 

One Too Many Mornings

 

 

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

BV

 

 

25

 

25

 

 

 

25

 

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

IN

 

 

25

 

25

 

7

17

1

 

 

Reconsider Baby

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Repossession Blues

 

 

2

 

 

2

2

 

 

 

 

S:t Louis Blues

IN

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Se๑or (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

 

32

42

 

74

 

7

19

48

 

 

Shelter From The Storm

 

1

106

 

 

107

19

7

19

62

She's Love Crazy

 

3

45

 

 

48

 

 

10

38

 

 

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

 

2

16

 

18

9

1

3

5

 

Slow Train

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Something There Is About You

 

 

1

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

Tangled Up In Blue

 

 

84

 

 

84

 

7

16

61

 

 

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

 

1

37

49

87

22

7

19

39

 

Take It Or Leave It

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

This Way That Way

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

To Ramona

 

 

9

52

 

61

15

4

4

38

To Ramona

BV

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

 

 

 

9

 

9

9

 

 

 

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

I

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

True Love Tends To Forget

 

 

2

12

 

14

 

 

9

5

 

True Love Tends To Forget

BV

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Unidentified Song

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Unidentified Song

I

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Watching The River Flow

 

 

 

2

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

We Better Talk This Over

 

 

 

14

 

14

 

 

1

13

Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through ...

 

 

1

32

 

33

 

 

1

32

 

Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through ...

BV

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

With A Little Help From My Friends

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

You Don't Love Me No More

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

You're A Big Girl Now

 

 

 

39

 

39

21

7

11

 

You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5.10.2   Statistics

 

# of

 

# of

 

 

songs

%

perf.

%

Electric

61

 95.3

2991

 97.6

- instrumental

3

 4.7

128

 4.2

Acoustic solo

3

 4.7

71

 2.3

 

 

 

 

 

Albums

52

 85.2

2896

 94.5

Singles

0

 0.0

0

 0.0

Outtakes

3

 4.9

56

 1.8

Covers

6

 9.8

110

 3.6

 

FE

Far East

LA

Warm-up shows in Los Angeles

EU

Europe tour

US

US tour

 

 

FE

LA

EU

US

S

Number of shows

23

7

19

65

114

Number of circulating shows

23

7

19

63

112

Number of circulating & complete shows

20

7

19

61

110

Number of unique shows[1]

22

6

15

47

90

Number of different shows[2]

22

6

15

47

90

Number of different songs[3]

39

35

48

50

67

Number of unique songs[4]

39

35

47

49

64

Number of performed songs

615

198

558

1695

3066

Mean number of performed songs

26

28

29

26

27

Variation[5]

1.5

1.2

1.6

1.9

2,4

 

Album statistics

 

 

# of

 

# of

 

Album

songs

%

perf

%

Bob Dylan

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Freewheelin'

5

 9.6%

347

 12.0%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

2

 3.8%

88

 3.0%

Another Side

5

 9.6%

386

 13.3%

Bringing It All Back Home

6

 11.5%

422

 14.6%

Highway 61 Revisited

4

 7.7%

224

 7.7%

Blonde On Blonde

5

 9.6%

275

 9.5%

Basement Tapes

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

John Wesley Harding

2

 3.8%

124

 4.3%

Nashville Skyline

1

 1.9%

24

 0.8%

Selfportrait

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

New Morning

1

 1.9%

31

 1.1%

Greatest Hits Volt 2

3

 5.8%

120

 4.1%

Pat Garrett

1

 1.9%

19

 0.7%

Planet Waves

3

 5.8%

179

 6.2%

Blood On The Tracks

5

 9.6%

254

 8.7%

Desire

2

 3.8%

131

 4.5%

Street-Legal

7

 13.5%

273

 9.4%

Slow Train Coming

1

 1.9%

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6       Songs 1978

 

February

Is Your Love In Vain?

 

March

Brown Skin Girl

1

April

Changing Of The Guards

 

 

Coming From The Heart (The Road Is Long)

2

 

Baby Stop Crying

 

 

New Pony

 

 

No Time To Think

 

 

Se๑or (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

 

True Love Tends To Forget

 

 

We Better Talk This Over

 

 

Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)

 

May

Stop Now

2

 

If I Don't Be There By Morning

2, 3

 

Walk Out In The Rain

2, 3

July

Fix It Ma

5

September

Am I Your Stepchild?

 

 

Love You Too Much

2, 4

 

This Way That Way

5

 

You Don't Love Me No More

5

 

Take It Or Leave It

5

October

Daddy's Going On One More Ride

5

 

One More Time

5

 

Take It Or Leave It

5

 

Legionnaire's Disease

6

November

More Than Flesh And Blood

2

December

Slow Train

7

 

Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)

7

 

Notes

1.     Rumoured Dylan composition.

2.     Co-written with Helena Springs.

3.     Recorded by Eric Clapton and released on Backless.

4.     Recorded by Greg Lake, who changed the lyrics somewhat and released it on the album Greg. It is this version that is reprinted in Lyrics 1962-1985. This song is also recorded by The Band and released on their album High On The Hog 1995.

5.     Possible Dylan composition performed during soundcheck.

6.     Recorded by the Delta Cross Band and released on the album Up Front. No known Dylan recording exists.

7.     Early versions with considerable different lyrics compared to the released versions.

 

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7       Suggested Readings

The 1978 Nashville Interview – On The Tracks #10 (Spring 1997)

Am I Your Stepchild? (lyrics) – The Telegraph # 2

Blackbushe – article by Paddy Ladd in Endless Road # 7

David Mansfield Interview – by Larry Jaffee, On The Tracks #17 (Fall 1999)

Helena Springs. A conversation with Chris Cooper – The Telegraph # 34

I Must Love You Too Much (lyrics) – The Telegraph # 17

It's not rational - but it's logical - Allen Ginsberg interviews Bob Dylan – The Telegraph # 33

L'Express Interview 1978 – Fourth Time Around # 2

No Time To Think - some thoughts on the 1978 world tour by Steve Vallely – Endless Road #6

A Pony Ride Past The Gate – by David Alan Philips, Homer, the Slut #9

Replay The Past – Isis # 30

The Road Is Long. St. Paul 31 October 1978 – by Robert Forryan, Dignity #1

Robert Johnson and Street Legal - Nick Train – Isis # 29

Talkin' Bob Dylan ... (1978) – contains the interviews with Karen Hughes, Matt Damsker and Marc Rowland

What Was It You Wanted? – by Thom Hickey, Dignity #21

Where Are You Tonight? – Homer, the Slut #9

Jochen Markhorst: Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat) Bob Dylan's hushed-up Classic from 1978. Markhorst 2020.

 

8       SOURCES

Watt Alexander

The Gospel Project.
www.angelfire.com/rant/gospelproject

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.

 

 

9       Bibliography

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.

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)

Bob Dylan. A Retrospective.

William Morrow 1972

Anthony Scaduto

Bob Dylan. An intimate biography. New American Library 1973

Robert Shelton

No Direction Home. The Life and Music of Bob Dylan.
New American Library 1986.

Howard Sounes

Down The Highway. The Life Of Bob Dylan. Groove Press 2001.

Elizabeth M. Thomson (ed)

Conclusions On The Wall. New Essays On Bob Dylan.

Thin Man 1980

Paul Williams

Watching The River Flow

Observations on Bob Dylan's Art-in-Progress, 1966-1995.

Omnibus Press 1996, 255 pages.

Paul Williams

Performing Artist – The Music of Bob Dylan. Volume One, 1960–1973.
Underwood Miller 1990, 310 pages.

Paul Williams

Performing Artist – The Middle Years: 1974-1986
Underwood Miller 1992, 334 pages.

 

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[1] a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order

[2] a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order.

[3] electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs.

[4] a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed.

[5] variation is computed as the ratio between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs.