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I WAS SO MUCH YOUNGER THEN

Dandelion 075/076/077/078 4CD [T-676]

(1) John Bucklen Tape (Hibbing, MN); 1958 [broadcast excerpts]
(2) Minnesota Party Tape (Minneapolis, MN); September 1960
(3) Gerdes Folk City (New York, NY); September 29, 1961
(4) Billy James Interview (New York, NY); Fall 1961
(5) Cynthia Gooding Apartment Tape (New York, NY); March 1962
(6) Gerdes Folk City (New York, NY); September 29, 1961
(7) Madness On Castle Street (London, UK); December 30, 1962 or January 4, 1963
(8) Karen Wallace Tape (St. Paul, MN); May 1960
(9) Karen Wallace Excerpt Tape (St. Paul, MN); May 1960
(10) Karen Wallace/"Armpit" Tape (St. Paul, MN); May 1960
(11) date/location unknown
(12) First MacKenzie Tape (New York, NY); November 23, 1961
(13) Second MacKenzie Tape (New York, NY); December 4, 1961
(14) Third MacKenzie Tape (New York, NY); September 1962
(15) Fourth MacKenzie Tape (New York, NY); April 12, 1963
(16) Indian Neck Folk Festival (Branford, CT); May 6, 1961
(17) Oscar Brand's Folk Song Festival (WNYC/New York, NY); October 29, 1961
(18) Oscar Brand Show (WNBC/New York, NY); March 1963
(19) Steve Allen TV broadcast (Los Angeles, CA); February 25, 1964
(20) Les Crane Show (WABC-TV/New York, NY); February 17, 1965

Tracklist: (1) Hey Little Richard, Buzz Buzz Buzz, Jenny Jenny, We Belong Together
(2) (3) [w/Jim Kweskin] San Francisco Bay Blues, Great Divide
(4) Billy James interview excerpts
(5) Ballad Of Donald White, Wichita (Going To Louisiana), Acne, Rocks And Gravel, Long Time Man
(6) Ranger's Command
(7) Blowin' In The Wind, Ballad Of The Gliding Swan
(8) The Two Sisters, Pastures Of Plenty, Muleskinner Blues, Payday At Coal Creek
(9) One Eyed Jacks, Go Down You Murderers, This Land Is Your Land, Rockabye My Saro Jane, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, Great Historical Bum, Mary Ann, Sinner Man, Abner Young, Muleskinner Blues, One Eyed Jacks, Columbus Stockade Blues, Go Down You Murderers, This Land Is Your Land [all songs excerpts only]
(10 Gotta Travel On, Roving Gambler, The Two Sisters, Go Away From My Window, Rockabye My Saro Jane, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out, Great Historical Bum, Mary Ann, Every Night When The Sun Goes Down, Sinner Man, Abner Young, 900 Miles, Muleskinner Blues, One Eyed Jacks, Columbus Stockade Blues, Payday At Coal Creek
(11) Interview with Karen and Terri Wallace
(12) Hard Times In New York Town, Wayfaring Stranger, Long Time Man Feel Bad, (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle, Baby Of Mine, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, San Francisco Bay Blues, You're No Good, House Of The Rising Sun, instrumental
(13) Katy Cline, Bells Of Rhymney, Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies, Katy Cline, Bells Of Rhymney, instrumental, Highway 51, This Land Is Your Land
(14) Instrumental, See That My Grave Is Kept Clean, Ballad Of Donald White, Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, instrumental, James Alley Blues
(15) I Rode Out One Morning, instrumental, Don't Think Twice, instrumental, Long Time Gone, Only A Hobo, House Of The Rising Sun, Still A Fool, Worried Blues
(16) Talking Columbia, Hangknot Slipknot, Talking Fish Blues
(17) Sally Gal, Girl I Left Behind
(18) Girl From The North Country, Only A Hobo
(19) Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
(20) It's All Over Now Baby Blue, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

NOTE: An incomplete repackaging of the 5-CDR Pre-Columbian Bob Dylan fan project. The set includes Ten Million In A Week [Volume 1]; Ten Thousand For A Tape [Volume 2]; Do It The Old Way [Volume 3)]; and Columbia Discovered [Volume 4]. It omits I Can't Play Out Of Tune [Volume 5, Minnesota Hotel Tape.] As on the original fan set, material has been edited out of the First and Second MacKenzie Tapes. Track listings follow Dundas '99 and occasionally vary from the cover slip listings. By most accounts, the issuer made minimal or no changes to the sound quality of the fan project.

DEEP: An archival collection of mostly scarce and elusive early recordings of Dylan, from the 1958 Bucklen tape to the full Feb '65 Les Crane TV show. Much of this material is new to silver disk and is presented in the best circulating quality. "Best" in some cases is not optimum; the nature of some of the home recordings and the technology used to record it was, by today's standards, crude. On the other hand, I would not characterize some of the "archival" material unlistenable by any means.... only challenging. As you can see from the track listing, the historical importance of the material cannot be overstated. If Dylan were a tree, these would be the roots. From all standpoints - fan, collector, music lover - an essential and enlightening look into Dylan's ground floor. Very attractive packaging.

rmd: Virtually all of this material is low-fidelity, and some is barely listenable at best.

ICE: An overview of the early Dylan, starting with the 1958 Bucklen tape and including generous chunks of well-known early recordings. None of the material will be new to serious fans, but this is a one-stop source for much of the surviving "pre- Columbian" music. A booklet and liner notes would have been nice, though.