JACK THE COWBOY WENT UP NORTH

Shadow Blaster 01/02 [T-616]

(1) Newcastle Arena (Newcastle, UK); June 20, 1998
(2) Sheffield Arena (Sheffield, UK); June 23, 1998

Tracklist: (1) Gotta Serve Somebody, If Not For You, Cold Irons Bound, Simple Twist Of Fate, Silvio, To Ramona, Masters Of War, Love Minus Zero, Tangled Up In Blue, Forever Young, Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall, Highway 61 Revisited, Love Sick, Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
(2)If You See Her Say Hello, Just Like A Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man, Mama You Been On My Mind, The Times They Are A-Changin', Blowin' In The Wind

rmd: This ranks near the top of the '98 discs in sound quality. The performance is excellent too, though it doesn't yet strike me as so outstanding to make this an essential set.

JAPAN 1994

CDA 40/41 [T-341]

(1) Kausei-Nenkin Hall (Kokura, Japan); February 14, 1994
(2) Cultural Center (Urawa, Japan); February 18, 1994
(3) Kausei-Nenkin Hall (Kokura, Japan); February 14, 1994
(4) Cultural Center (Urawa, Japan); February 18, 1994

Tracklist: (1) Jokerman, Shelter From The Storm, All Along The Watchtower, Just Like A Woman, Tangled Up In Blue, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, Tomorrow Night, Mr. Tambourine Man, It's All Over Now Baby Blue
(2) Everything Is Broken
(3) God Knows, I And I, Maggie's Farm, Man In The Long Black Coat, It Ain't Me Babe
(4) Lay Lady Lay, Born In Time, Under The Red Sky, Times They Are A-Changin'

rmd: Dire, just dire. The discs do make nice coffee coasters though. (Ben Taylor)

JEWELS AND BINOCULARS

Vigotone 192-217 26CDR

(1) Bob Fass WBAI radio broadcast (New York, NY); January 26, 1966
(2) Westchester Country Center (White Plains, NY); February 5, 1966
(3) Syria Mosque (Pittsburgh, PA); February 6, 1966
(4) Island Garden (Hempstead, NY); February 26, 1966
(5) Denver Hotel Tape (Denver, CO); March 13, 1966
(6) Glasgow Hotel Tape (Glasgow, Scotland); May 19-20, 1966
(7) Stadium (Sydney, Australia); April 13, 1966 [line]
(8) Festival Hall (Melbourne, Australia); April 19/20, 1966 [line]
(9) Konserthusit (Stockholm, Sweden); April 29, 1966
(10) Adelphi Theatre (Dublin, Eire); May 5, 1966 [line]
(11) ABC Theatre (Belfast, Northern Ireland); May 6, 1966 [line]
(12) Odeon Theatre (Birmingham, UK); May 12, 1966 [line]
(13) press conference (unidentified date/location)
(14) KB Hallen (Copenhagen, Denmark); May 1, 1966 (line)
(15) ABC Theatre (Edinburgh, Scotland); May 20, 1966 (line)
(16) Martin Bronstein interview (Montreal, QU); February 20, 1966
(17) press conference (Adelaide, Australia); April 21, 1966
(18) press conference (Stockholm, Sweden); April 28, 1966
(19) Klaus Burling interview (Stockholm, Sweden); April 29, 1966
(20) press conference (Paris, France); May 23, 1966
(21) Colston Hall (Bristol, UK); May 10, 1966
(22) Odeon Theatre (Liverpool, UK); May 14, 1966 [line]
(23) De Montfort Hall (Leicester, UK); May 15, 1966
(24) Gaumont Theatre (Sheffield, UK); May 16, 1966 [line]
(25) "Eat The Document" soundtrack and outtakes
(26) Free Trade Hall (Manchester, UK); May 17, 1966 [line]
(27) ABC Theater (Edinburgh, Scotland); May 20, 1966
(28) Royal Albert Hall (London, UK); May 26, 1966 [line]
(29) Royal Albert Hall (London, UK); May 27, 1966 [line]
(30) Blonde On Blonde sessions (New York City/Nashville); October 1965-February 1966
(31) Blonde On Blonde mono mix

Tentative tracklist: (1) interview and telephone conversations with listeners
(2) She Belongs To Me, To Ramona, Visions Of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Love Minus Zero, Mr. Tambourine Man, Tell Me Momma, I Don't Believe You
(3) She Belongs To Me, To Ramona, Visions Of Johanna, Desolation Row (inc), Love Minus Zero, Mr. Tambourine Man, Positively Fourth Street, Like A Rolling Stone
(4) She Belongs To Me, To Ramona, Visions Of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Love Minus Zero, Mr. Tambourine Man, Tell Me Momma, I Don't Believe You, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Leopardskin Pillbox Hat, One Too Many Mornings
(5) Positively Van Gogh, Don't Tell Him, If You Want My Love, Just Like A Woman, Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands
(6) What Kind Of Friend Is This, I Can't Leave Her Behind, Does She Need Me
(7) She Belongs To Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions Of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Just Like A Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man, Tell Me Momma, I Don't Believe You, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Leopardskin Pillbox Hat, One Too Many Mornings, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Positively Fourth Street
(8) She Belongs To Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions Of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Just Like A Woman, Tell Me Momma (inc), I Don't Believe You, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
(9) She Belongs To Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions Of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue [complete]; Desolation Row, I Don't Believe You, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Leopardskin Pillbox Hat, One Too Many Mornings, Ballad Of A Thin Man [all fragmentary]
(10) Visions Of Johanna, Fourth Time Around, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Just Like A Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man
(11) I Don't Believe You
(12) Ballad Of A Thin Man
(13) short excerpt
(14) Ballad Of A Thin Man
(15) One Too Many Mornings, Like A Rolling Stone
(16) 12-minute excerpt(s), from 1974 radio broadcast
(17) 3-minute excerpt
(18) 1-minute excerpt, from 1966 radio broadcast
(19) 12-minute segment, from later radio broadcast
(20) 1-minute excerpt
(21) She Belongs to Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Just Like A Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man, Tell Me Momma, I Don't Believe You, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, One Too Many Mornings, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone
(22) Tell Me Momma, I Don't Believe You, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, LeopardSkin PillBox Hat, One Too Many Mornings, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone
(23) She Belongs to Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Just Like A Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man, Tell Me Momma, I Don't Believe You, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
(24) She Belongs To Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions Of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Just Like A Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man; Tell Me Momma [demo], LeopardSkin PillBox Hat, One Too Many Mornings
(25) Tell Me Momma, What Kind Of Friend Is This, When Will I Be Loved, I Can't Leave Her Behind, Like A Rolling Stone, I Still Miss Someone, I Don't Believe You, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Mr. Tambourine Man, One Too Many Mornings, On A Rainy Afternoon; length reported as 1:09:54
(26) She Belongs To Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions Of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Just Like A Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man, Tell Me Momma, I Don't Believe You, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Leopardskin Pillbox Hat, One Too Many Mornings, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone; [soundcheck] Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
(27) She Belongs To Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions Of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Just Like A Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man, Tell Me Momma, I Don't Believe You, Baby Let Me Follow You Down, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Leopardskin Pillbox Hat, One Too Many Mornings, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone
(28) She Belongs To Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions Of Johanna, LeopardSkin PillBox Hat, One Too Many Mornings, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Like A Rolling Stone
(29) She Belongs To Me, Fourth Time Around, Visions Of Johanna, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Desolation Row, Just Like A Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man
(30) Medicine Sunday, Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window, Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window, Jet Pilot Eyes, I Wanna Be Your Lover, I Wanna Be Your Lover, Visions Of Johanna [Freeze Out], She's Your Lover Now, She's Your Lover Now, Visions Of Johanna [Freeze Out], Number One, I'll Keep It With Mine, I'll Keep It With Mine
(31) Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Pledging My Time, Visions Of Johanna, One Of Us Must Know, I Want You, Memphis Blues Again, Leopardskin Pillbox Hat, I Want You, Most Likely You Go Your Way, Temporary Like Achilles, Absolutely Sweet Marie, Fourth Time Around, Obviously Five Believers, Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands

Listings in italics are not definitive; while the overall content is solidly established (except for the studio sessions), track order may vary, and multiple takes are not noted. Soundtrack listing notes only musical content.

NOTE: This long-rumored project has proved a millennial disappointment. Despite a string of reports that the set would include several previously unheard, complete line recordings from the 1966 world tour, it turns out to be no more than a massive, expensive compilation of previously circulating material, none of which has been particularly scarce or difficult to obtain; none of the material included is likely to feature any sonic upgrades. While the set is virtually comprehensive, omitting only a 2-minute Australian broadcast interview from April 1966 from among the year's circulating, it also apparently includes one disc of (mostly) 1965 studio sessions with the Hawks which circulate most commonly. The set is also rather inflated; even allowing for the need to maintain continuity of some recordings; the entire set would fit very comfortably on no more than 20 standard-length discs.



JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY BLUES

Exit CDX 2504 [T-301]

(1) Freewheelin' Bob Dylan variant album
(2) single B-side (released December 14, 1962)
(3) Columbia Recording Studio A (New York, NY); October 23, 1963
(4) Minnesota Hotel Tape (Minneapolis, MN); December 22, 1961
(5) Columbia Recording Studio A (New York, NY); January 13, 1965
(6) Freewheelin' Bob Dylan variant album
(7) single (released December 14, 1962)
(8) Carnegie Hall (New York, NY); October 26, 1963 [Witmark demo]
(9) Minnesota Hotel Tape (Minneapolis, MN); December 22, 1961
(10) Columbia Recording Studio A (New York, NY); October 23, 1963 [Witmark demo]

Tracklist: (1) Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues
(2) Corrina Corrina
(3) East Laredo
(4) In The Evening
(5) I'll Keep It With Mine
(6) Ramblin Gamblin' Willie
(7) Mixed-Up Confusion
(8) Who Killed Davey Moore?
(9) Long John
(10) Percy's Song

EDLIS: This CD consists solely of tracks previously available on the old vinyl bootleg single LP "GWW Sings The John Birch Society Blues." The order of tracks is altogether different, and two songs are omitted. At 40 minutes this is really just half a disc. It is sad to see random track selection rearing its ugly head on CD.

JOHN COLTRANE MASTERPIECE

Rolling Thunder 001/002 2CDR

(1) Vorst Nationaal (Brussels, Belgium); January 30, 1991
(2) Vorst Nationaal (Brussels, Belgium); June 11, 1989

Tracklist: (1) Most Likely You Go Your Way, Lay Lady Lady, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Silvio, The Man In Me, Wiggle Wiggle, Mr. Tambourine Man, Bob Dylan's Dream, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Times They Are A-Changin', Everything Is Broken, Gotta Serve Somebody, Seeing The Real You At Last, God Knows, I Shall Be Released, Like A Rolling Stone, Blowin' In The Wind, Highway 61 Revisited, All Along The Watchtower
(2) John Brown, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Shelter From The Storm, Just Like A Woman, Gates Of Eden, Girl From The North Country, Mama You've Been On My Mind, Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

NOTE: Although listed as a commercial disc, this set may initially have circulated as a fan project.

JOKER

Imagem 1101 1D

(1) Highway 61 Revisited outtakes
(2) Times They Are A-Changin' outtake
(3) unreleased Bob Dylan In Concert LP
(4) Bringing It All Back Home outtakes
(5) Highway 61 Revisited outtakes
(6) (S) Bringing It All Back Home outtakes
(T) Times They Are A-Changin' outtake
(U) Gerdes Folk City (New York, NY); February 8, 1963
(V) Minnesota Hotel Tape (Minneapolis, MN); December 23, 1961
(W) Times They Are A-Changin' outtake
(X) Minnesota Hotel Tape (Minneapolis, MN); December 23, 1961
(Y) Broadside Radio Broadcast (WBAI-FM, New York, NY); May 1962
(Z) Minnesota Hotel Tape (Minneapolis, MN); December 23, 1961

Tracklist: (1) Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window, From A Buick Six
(2) Lay Down Your Weary Tune
(3) Dusty Old Fairgrounds
(4) It's All Over Now Baby Blue, If You Gotta Go Go Now, She Belongs To Me, Love Minus Zero (5) Phantom Engineer, Killing Me Alive
(6) (S) Farewell
(T) California
(U) Who You Really Are
(V) Baby Please Don't Go, Man Of Constant Sorrow
(W) Only A Hobo
(X) Candy Man, I Ain't Got No Home
(Y) Death Of Emmett Till
(Z) Poor Lazarus

JOKERMAN

Boo! 004 1CD [T-418]

(Cologne, Germany); July 10, 1994

Tracklist: Jokerman, The Man In Me, All Along The Watchtower, I Don't Believe You, Tangled Up In Blue, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, Love Minus Zero, Masters Of War, Boots Of Spanish Leather, God Knows, I Believe In You, Maggie's Farm

EDLIS: To be avoided. Incomplete. Quality is reported to be good but as if the microphone was stuffed in a plastic bag. Find the full concert on 2CD "Love Minus Zero" in excellent quality.

rmd: This one's generally a waste; it sounds as if the levels were set way, way too high. The vocals are extremely harsh. The performance is bland in delivery on top of the disastrous recording quality. Steer clear of this one.



JOKERMAN AND QUEEN MARY

no label BD-6/7 [T-338]

Sun Palace (Sendai, Japan); February 5, 1994

Tracklist: Jokerman, If You See Her Say Hello, All Along The Watchtower, Just Like A Woman, Tangled Up In Blue, Under The Red Sky, Tomorrow Night, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Mr. Tambourine Man, Don't Think Twice, God Knows, In The Garden, Maggie's Farm, Ballad Of A Thin Man, It Ain't Me Babe

THE JOKERMAN HAS JUST LEFT THE STADIUM

Sound Bites 001/002 [T-220]

(1) Olympia Stadion (Munich, West Germany); June 3, 1984
(2) Minestadio (Barcelona, Spain); June 28, 1984

Tracklist: (1) Highway 61 Revisited, Jokerman, All Along The Watchtower, Just Like A Woman, Maggie's Farm, I And I, License To Kill, It Ain't Me Babe, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), Don't Think Twice, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Masters Of War, Ballad Of A Thin Man, When You Gonna Wake Up, Every Grain Of Sand, Like A Rolling Stone, Girl From The North Country, Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll, Blowin' In The Wind, I Shall Be Released, Tombstone Blues, Why Do I Have To Choose, Forever Young
(2) Enough Is Enough, Lay Lady Lay, Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Seņor, Blowin' In The Wind

NOTE: The final track on these discs may very well be "Times They Are A-Changin'."

DEEP: Not recommended.

7/6/78, PARIS DE PAVILION, PARIS, FRANCE

TUIB 2CDR

Pavillon (Paris, France); July 6, 1978

Tracklist: My Back Pages, She's Love Crazy, Baby Stop Crying, Mr. Tambourine Man, Shelter From The Storm, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Tangled Up In Blue, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Maggie's Farm, I Don't Believe You, Like A Rolling Stone, I Shall Be Released, Going Going Gone, Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35, True Love Tends To Forget, Gates Of Eden, The Man In Me, One More Cup Of Coffee, Blowin' In The Wind, I Want You, Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power), Masters Of War, Just Like A Woman, Don't Think Twice, All Along The Watchtower, All I Really Want To Do, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), Forever Young, Changing Of The Guards, The Times They Are A-Changin'

NOTE: Apparently cloned from "Border Beneath The Sun." The issuer incorrectly describes this as a soundboard recording, and claims to have remastered the source tape. The packaging mangles the venue identification.



JUST BECAUSE

LS 001/002 [T-572]

(1) Art Park (Lewiston, NY); August 16, 1994
(2) Roseland (New York, NY); October 19, 1994
(3) Roseland (New York, NY); October 20, 1994

Tracklist: (1) Jokerman, If Not For You, All Along The Watchtower, I Don't Believe You, Tangled Up In Blue , I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, Mama You Been On My Mind, Masters Of War, Hattie Carroll, God Knows, Man In The Long Black Coat, Maggie's Farm, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Girl Of The North Country
(2) You're A Big Girl Now, Shelter From The Storm
(3) Simple Twist Of Fate, Joey

DEEP: A soundboard recording from '94 in very good quality, with a smidgen more hiss than on some circulating tapes. Strong show with some excellent peformances. The bonus trax from Roseland are spirited and include the truly unforgettable version of "Shelter From The Storm." A worthwhile disk despite some glitches.

EDLIS: A faulty tape of a very good show, badly presented on CD. The sound is very good but marred by some kind of crackling that runs through most of the Art Park recording. Several more glitches have been added during the mastering for CD; it seems like the source tape has been cut into several portions, and then these portions have not been brought back together all that successfully. While the sound on the filler tracks is excellent, they have been cloned from "New York City '94." The fan project "Lewiston, NY 16 August 1994," although still imperfect, is preferred.



JUST LIKE ZIMMERMAN

RAG 001/002 [T-375]

(1) Hammersmith Apollo (London, UK); February 9, 1993
(2) NHK Hall (Tokyo, Japan); February 20, 1994

Tracklist: (1) Maggie's Farm, Every Grain Of Sand, All Along The Watchtower, Tangled Up In Blue, I Don't Believe You, Memphis Blues Again, She Belongs To Me, Tomorrow Night, Jim Jones, Mr. Tambourine Man, Don't Think Twice, Cat's In The Well, I And I, Times They Are A-Changin', Highway 61 Revisited, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Everything Is Broken, It Ain't Me Babe
(2) Knockin' On Heaven's Door, Blowin' In The Wind

JUST STEP INTO THE ARENA

unidentified label 2D

Continental Arena (East Rutherford, NJ); November 13, 1999

Tracklist: I Am The Man Thomas, Song To Woody, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), Ring Them Bells, Tangled Up In Blue, Visions Of Johanna, Hootchie Cootchie Man, Blind Willie McTell, Tombstone Blues, Leopardskin Pillbox Hat, Like A Rolling Stone, It Ain't Me Babe, Alabama Getaway (w/Lesh), Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, Blowin' In The Wind, Not Fade Away

JUST THE GIRLS

Watchtower 007/8 [T-528]

(Berlin, Germany); June 13, 1984

Tracklist: Highway 61 Revisited, Jokerman, All Along The Watchtower, Just Like A Woman, Maggie's Farm, I and I, License To Kill, Tangled Up In Blue, Just My Imagination [Greg Sutton], It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Masters Of War, Ballad Of A Thin Man, Man Of Peace, Every Grain Of Sand, Like A Rolling Stone, Don't Think Twice, Girl From the North Country, Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll, Tombstone Blues (w/Carlos Santana), Blowin' In The Wind (w/Carlos Santana)

DEEP: Similar to other documents of the '84 tour: decent enough quality though not exceptional. It's clear and distinct vocally and instrumentally but a bit thin and tinny, though this can be fleshed out with a bit of the eq. A nice performance, but the '84 shows are all very similar so what's the point, methinks. You may consider picking this one up if you don't own any other '84 tour disks. You won't be disappointed. But, unforgivably, Watchtower dropped "It Ain't Me Babe" and left a Greg Sutton vocal in. Generic cover design.

CDG: An average quality audience recording. The show is nice, but does not stand out from 1984's run of very similar concerts.