THE NEVER ENDING TOUR
Deep MIK 012/013 [T-203]
(1) Midtfyns Festival (Ringe, Denmark); June 29, 1991
(2) Hearts Of Fire studio sessions
Tracklist: (1) Lay Lady Lay, All Along The Watchtower, Shelter From
The Storm, Gotta Serve Somebody, Wiggle Wiggle, Rainy Day Women #12
& 35, Positively Fourth Street, Barbara Allen, Bob Dylan's
Dream, Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll, It Ain't Me Babe, Man In
The Long Black Coat, Everything Is Broken, Lenny Bruce, Highway 61
Revisited, What Good Am I, Ballad Of A Thin Man
(2) The Usual, The Usual, The Usual, Ride This Train, Had A Dream
About You Baby, Had A Dream About You Baby, Had A Dream About You
Baby, Had A Dream About You Baby, Had A Dream About You Baby, Old
Five And Dimer Like Me, Old Five And Dimer Like Me, Old Five And
Dimer Like Me, Had A Dream About You Baby, Had A Dream About You
Baby, To Fall In Love With You, Night After Night
rmd: Pretty bad by most standards, but reasonably solid for summer 1991. The singing is mostly wretched, and the lyric recall definitely below par even for the period. Still, shows like this have a special edge. Dylan may be drunk and singing into the wrong microphone at times, but the arrangements are generally fabulous (although not exactly well-executed). Soundwise, no problems that judicious use of the equalizer can't fix. Sounds just fine then, although you might not have wanted to hear things quite so clearly after all. (DM)
rmd: The Hearts Of Fire tracks are both hissy and muddy, but listenable. And listening to five takes of "Had A Dream About You Baby" in a row is a painful experience.
