5      THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES. 2

5.10     Summary. 2

5.10.1      Statistics. 2

5.10.2      Album statistics. 3

5.10.3      Alphabetical song list 5

5.10.4      Song statistics. 8

 

 

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5       THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

 

 

5.10        Summary

5.10.1                        Statistics

 

Abbreviations

es   early songs, 1961-1966

ap   songs from the "amnesia period", 1967-1972

70   songs from the middle seventies, 1973-1978

gp   songs from the "gospel years", 1979-1982

co   covers

 

 

Mean

Tot #

 

 

# of songs from

 

 

 

 

time

songs

es

ap

70

gp

ls

co

Tour Of Japan

120

  165

80

35

12

1

26

11

%

 

 

48

21

7

0

15

6

US and Canada Spring Tour

115

  373

152

93

33

2

59

32

%

 

 

40

24

8

0

15

8

US and Canada Summer Tour

  95

  307

137

40

58

0

42

30

%

 

 

44

13

18

0

13

9

UK Fall Tour

100

    60

29

6

9

0

12

4

%

 

 

48

10

15

0

20

6

US Fall Tour

110

  271

100

23

26

1

96

25

%

 

 

36

8

9

0

35

9

US Winter Club Tour

110

  241

87

16

27

0

87

24

%

 

 

36

6

11

0

36

9

1 9 9 7

110

1417

584

213

165

4

322

126

%

 

 

41

15

11

0

22

8

 

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Show Statistics - Summary

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Number of shows

11

25

22

4

17

15

94

Number of circulating shows

11

25

22

4

17

15

94

Number of circulating & complete shows

11

25

22

4

17

15

94

Number of unique shows[1]

11

25

22

4

17

15

94

Number of different shows[2]

11

25

22

4

17

15

94

Number of different songs[3]

61

74

69

31

54

55

103

Number of unique songs[4]

61

74

68

31

54

54

101

Number of performed songs

165

371

307

60

271

241

1417

Mean number of performed songs

15

15

14

15

16

16

15

Variation[5]

4.1

5.1

4.9

2.1

3.4

3.4

6.9

 

5.10.2                        Album statistics

 

 

# of

 

# of

 

Album

songs

%

perf

%

Bob Dylan

1

  1.2%

7

  0.6%

Freewheelin'

4

  4.7%

55

  4.3%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

5

  5.8%

28

  2.2%

Another Side

4

  4.7%

42

  3.3%

Bringing It All Back Home

5

  5.8%

98

  7.7%

Highway 61 Revisited

8

  9.3%

152

 12.0%

Blonde On Blonde

10

 11.6%

198

 15.6%

Basement Tapes

3

  3.5%

57

  4.5%

John Wesley Harding

3

  3.5%

52

  4.1%

Nashville Skyline

2

  2.3%

34

  2.7%

Selfportrait

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

New Morning

2

  2.3%

10

  0.8%

Greatest Hits Vol 2

4

  4.7%

33

  2.6%

Pat Garrett

1

  1.2%

4

  0.3%

Planet Waves

2

  2.3%

47

  3.7%

Blood On The Tracks

5

  5.8%

103

  8.1%

Desire

1

  1.2%

3

  0.2%

Street-Legal

1

  1.2%

12

  0.9%

Slow Train Coming

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Saved

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Shot Of Love

2

  2.3%

4

  0.3%

Infidels

2

  2.3%

5

  0.4%

Empire Burlesque

3

  3.5%

23

  1.8%

Knocked-Out Loaded

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Hearts Of Fire

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Down In The Groove

2

  2.3%

95

  7.5%

Traveling Wilburys Vol 1

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Oh Mercy

5

  5.8%

33

  2.6%

Under The Red Sky

3

  3.5%

17

  1.3%

Traveling Wilburys Vol 3

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 1

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 2

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 3

1

  1.2%

17

  1.3%

Biograph

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Good As I Been To You

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

World Gone Wrong

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Greatest Hits Vol 3

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

MTV Unplugged

1

  1.2%

4

  0.3%

Time Out Of Mind

6

  7.0%

133

 10.5%

 

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5.10.3                        Alphabetical song list

                                                             

 

Absolutely Sweet Marie

 

39

 

 

 

 

39

2

9

22

4

3

 

 

Alabama Getaway

 

 

 

 

 

7

7

 

2

3

 

2

 

 

All Along The Watchtower

 

 

38

 

 

 

38

11

25

2

 

 

 

 

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

 

2

 

5

 

7

2

3

1

 

1

 

 

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

AB

 

 

1

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blind Willie McTell

 

 

1

 

16

 

17

 

 

7

2

4

4

 

Boots Of Spanish Leather

AB

 

 

3

 

 

3

2

1

 

 

 

 

 

Born In Time

 

 

4

 

4

 

8

 

4

1

 

1

2

 

Can't Wait

 

 

31

 

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

16

15

 

Cat's In The Well

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

Cocaine Blues

AB

 

1

28

 

 

29

 

 

 

1

7

7

 

Cold Irons Bound

 

 

32

 

 

 

32

 

 

14

 

17

15

 

Crash On The Levee (Down In The F

 

24

 

 

 

 

24

9

15

 

 

 

 

 

Desolation Row

AB

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

AB

 

 

12

 

21

33

3

11

6

2

5

5

 

Every Grain Of Sand

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

1

1

 

 

1

 

 

Everything Is Broken

 

 

 

 

7

 

7

2

4

1

 

 

 

 

Forever Young

AB

 

 

 

 

21

21

1

5

8

 

5

2

 

Friend Of The Devil

AB

 

 

19

 

 

19

4

11

1

 

3

 

 

Girl From The North Country

AB

 

 

1

 

4

5

1

3

1

 

 

 

 

God Knows

 

 

 

 

10

 

10

2

3

4

1

 

 

 

Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall@A

AB

 

 

 

 

2

2

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

Highway 61 Revisited

 

 

 

 

41

15

56

5

8

14

3

13

13

 

I And I

 

 

 

 

4

 

4

1

1

 

 

 

2

 

I Don't Believe You

 

 

4

 

1

 

5

1

2

1

 

 

1

 

I Shall Be Released

 

 

1

 

1

7

9

1

7

1

 

 

 

 

I Shall Be Released

AB

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

I Want You

 

 

12

 

 

 

12

1

3

2

1

3

2

 

If Not For You

 

 

8

 

 

 

8

2

2

2

 

1

1

 

If You See Her, Say Hello

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

 

 

13

 

 

 

13

2

5

3

1

2

 

 

I'll Not Be a Stranger

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

I'll Remember You

 

 

 

 

5

 

5

1

2

1

 

 

1

 

It Ain't Me, Babe

AB

 

 

 

 

19

19

5

3

3

1

4

4

 

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A

 

 

11

 

2

 

13

3

3

4

1

 

2

 

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

AB

 

 

10

 

 

10

1

3

2

1

2

1

 

Joey

 

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

 

1

 

 

2

 

John Brown

AB

 

 

4

 

 

4

1

1

 

 

 

2

 

Jokerman

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just Like A Woman

 

 

12

 

 

 

12

3

3

3

 

1

2

 

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

 

4

 

 

 

4

1

2

1

 

 

 

 

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

AB

 

 

 

 

4

4

 

1

1

 

 

2

 

Lay Lady Lay

 

1

11

 

 

 

12

3

3

2

 

3

1

 

Lenny Bruce

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

 

 

 

 

21

 

21

 

9

10

1

1

 

 

Like A Rolling Stone

 

 

 

 

1

68

69

11

13

19

4

17

5

 

Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

AB

 

 

4

 

1

5

 

1

2

 

 

2

 

Long Black Veil

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

AB

 

 

6

 

 

6

1

 

 

1

 

2

 

Love Sick

 

 

 

 

 

36

36

 

1

1

4

17

15

 

Maggie's Farm

 

29

 

 

13

 

42

4

8

1

 

14

15

 

Make You Feel My Love

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

The Man In Me

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

Man In The Long Black Coat

 

 

8

 

 

 

8

1

2

1

1

2

1

 

Masters Of War

AB

 

 

15

 

 

15

4

9

2

 

 

 

 

Most Likely You Go Your Way

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Tambourine Man

AB

 

1

35

 

 

36

5

6

10

1

11

3

 

My Back Pages

AB

 

 

 

1

10

11

1

3

3

1

1

2

 

Never Gonna Be The Same Again

 

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

2

 

 

1

 

 

Not Dark Yet

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

Not Fade Away

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Obviously Five Believers

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Oh Baby It Ain't No Lie

AB

 

 

16

 

 

16

6

8

1

 

 

1

 

One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or L

 

 

 

 

 

2

2

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

One Too Many Mornings

AB

 

 

9

 

4

13

3

2

1

1

3

3

 

Pledging My Time

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Positively 4th Street

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

2

1

1

 

1

1

 

Pretty Peggy-O

 

 

7

 

 

 

7

 

5

1

 

1

 

 

Queen Jane Approximately

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

Ragtime Annie

AB

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

 

 

 

 

1

83

84

11

25

14

4

15

15

 

Rank Strangers To Me

AB

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

Roving Gambler

AB

 

 

24

 

 

24

 

6

8

1

4

5

 

Seeing The Real You At Last

 

 

 

 

15

 

15

4

10

1

 

 

 

 

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

 

12

 

 

 

12

1

4

3

1

1

2

 

Shake Sugaree

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

She Belongs To Me

 

 

 

 

4

 

4

1

1

2

 

 

 

 

Shelter From The Storm

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

2

2

1

 

 

1

 

Shooting Star

 

 

1

 

7

 

8

1

4

1

 

1

1

 

Silvio

 

 

94

 

 

 

94

11

25

22

4

17

15

 

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

 

7

 

4

 

11

3

3

1

 

2

2

 

Stone Walls And Steel Bars

AB

 

 

12

 

 

12

 

 

2

1

7

2

 

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Me

 

 

 

 

23

 

23

2

4

7

3

2

5

 

Tangled Up In Blue

AB

 

1

75

 

 

76

3

17

20

4

17

15

 

Tears Of Rage

 

 

2

 

3

 

5

 

2

2

 

1

 

 

This Wheel's On Fire

 

 

 

 

24

 

24

 

6

7

2

6

3

 

'Til I Fell In Love With You

 

 

 

 

31

1

32

 

 

 

 

17

15

 

The Times They Are A-Changin'

AB

 

 

 

 

6

6

1

3

1

 

1

 

 

To Ramona

AB

 

 

7

 

 

7

1

2

1

 

1

2

 

Tombstone Blues

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

AB

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With Yo

 

 

22

 

 

 

22

1

6

3

1

5

6

 

Tough Mama

 

 

24

 

2

 

26

 

 

22

4

 

 

 

Under The Red Sky

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

1

2

1

 

1

1

 

Watching The River Flow

 

 

13

 

4

 

17

4

8

5

 

 

 

 

What Good Am I?

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

When I Paint My Masterpiece

 

 

 

 

5

 

5

1

1

 

 

1

2

 

The White Dove

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

The White Dove

AB

 

 

 

5

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

The Wicked Messenger

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Viola Lee Blues

AB

 

 

1

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

 

 

28

 

 

 

28

 

11

10

2

4

1

 

You're A Big Girl Now

 

 

5

 

3

 

8

1

2

1

 

1

3

 

 

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5.10.4                        Song statistics

 

Ten most played songs in 1997:

 

  1

Silvio

94

times

  2

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

84

 

  3

Tangled Up In Blue

76

 

  4

Like A Rolling Stone

69

 

  5

Highway 61 Revisited

56

 

  6

Maggie's Farm

42

 

  7

Absolutely Sweet Marie

39

 

  8

All Along The Watchtower

38

 

  9

Love Sick

36

 

10

Mr. Tambourine Man

36

 

 

Live debuts:

 

´Til I Fell In Love With You

Starkville October 24

Blind Willie McTell

Montreal August 5

Can't Wait

Starkville October 24

Cold Irons Bound

Starkville October 24

I'll Not Be a Stranger

Columbus November 7

Long Black Veil

Wheeling April 28

Love Sick

Bournemouth October 1

Make You Feel My Love

Columbia November 2

Not Dark Yet

Columbus October 30

Ragtime Annie

Chicago December 14

Stone Walls And Steel Bars

Los Angeles May 22

The White Dove

Atlanta  December 1

Viola Lee Blues

Sapporo February 24

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere

Portland April 10

 

Played only once in 1997:

 

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

Kurashiki February 13

Cat's In The Well

Wallingford August 18

Desolation Row

Moncton April 5

Jokerman

Sendai February 20

Lenny Bruce

Durham April 11

Long Black Veil

Wheeling April 28

Make You Feel My Love

Columbia November 2

Not Dark Yet

Columbus October 30

Not Fade Away

Hartford April 19

Obviously Five Believers

Waltham April 12

Pledging My Time

Indiana April 22

Queen Jane Approximately

Durham April 11

Ragtime Annie

Chicago December 14

Rank Strangers To Me

London October 5

Shake Sugaree

Atlanta December 1

Tombstone Blues

Albany April 18

Tomorrow Is A Long Time

Columbia November 2

The Wicked Messenger

Indiana April 22

Viola Lee Blues

Sapporo February 24

 

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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.