Bob Dylan
Stockholm, Sweden
Globe Arena
28 May 1989
CD1
01. The Times They Are A-Changin’
02. Hey La La (Hey La La)
03. All Along the Watchtower
04. Simple Twist of Fate
05. Ballad Of A Thin Man
06. Highway 61 Revisited
07. Mr. Tambourine Man
08. It Ain’t Me, Babe
09. Eileen Aroon
10. Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
CD2
01. Silvio
02. When Did You Leave Heaven?
03. Like A Rolling Stone
04. Boots of Spanish Leather
05. Maggie’s Farm
Concert # 73 of The Never-Ending Tour. Second concert of the 1989 Tour Of Europe.
Concert # 73 with the first Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), G. E. Smith (guitar), Kenny Aaronson (bass), Christopher Parker (drums).
First show during Never Ending Tour not to start with Subterranean Homesick Blues!
First of three performances of Hey La La (Hey La La) .
First performance of When Did You Leave Heaven?
Source 1:
LB-7218
(72min), Taper: Legendary Taper: D, Lineage: Sennheiser MKE 2002 >Sony WM 6 (Maxell XLIIS) >DAT 48kHz >, Hard Drive >ssrc 44.1kHz >wave convert to >flac (dbpoweramp Music Converter) >md5summer; bittorrent download 02/09; same recording as LB-2389 based on same clapping wavs at end of d1t7; in comparison this has a fuller warmer sound; excellent sound [A-]
Source 2:
LB-2389
SOURCE : AUD recording of unknown generation
LINEAGE : CDR>EAC>WAV>MKW>SHN
NOTES : very good+ sound; brief squeek at open of t1, edit between t9-10
Excerpt from “Performing Artist, 1986*1990 & beyond” by Paul Williams, p. 215
In the summer 1989 Telegraph, John Bauldie quotes his friend Felix Canares, who said
he had “a strange feeling all through the Stockholm show [the second 1989 concert],
like anything could happen. I was really worried that he wouldn’t survive the show
in a way – that he’d do something really bizarre. He seemed to be so confused,
started this really bad version of “Times Are A-Changing'”, and his harmonica playing
was terrible, really embarrasing. He mixed up everything, started several songs in
the wrong places…His singing was very low, rough voice, he wasn’t even singing into
the mike…He was really drunk, or influenced by drugs.”
themidnightcafe.org 
Awesome! Small typo in the headline – it’s May 28 rather than May 21. Thanks for this Mat!
So interesting to compare this gig with the 95 effort below. Here a far superior band hits a delicious groove from the off. Bob starts very shakey and patchy, before finally catching them up and turning in a decent performance with a fairly strong ending. In the Bethlehem 95 gig, a much more musically limited lineup (guitar, drums) struggle to match bob who is clearly in the mood. The second track ‘Lay Lady Lay’ gives the best indication. The band start expecting the usual ‘Wham Bam, Thank You M’am’ arrangement, instead Bob has something altogether more tender and meaningful in mind, requiring an immediate tempo (and key) change. Not a big fan of 95 generally, however whilst this lineup is perfectly adequate for pumping out festival sets of the classics and rock arrangements o’Down In The Flood’ etc, JJ Jackson is clearly operating at his limit here and struggles to avoid repetition in his phrasing as Bob seeks to extract every ounce of juice from each track, Watchtower in particular suffers. Winston Watson, like his predecessor cannot match the subtle beat and tempo changes of Mr Parker. Boy I really miss those shuffle beats, especially on the 60s material. The 95 lineup played a ridiculous number of gigs with Bob, a real never ending tour. However they hit a brick wall in terms of performance and just plateau’d off. By comparison the 89 band, grooved from the 88 tour just kept getting better as a unit, until Bob himself fell apart in early ’91 and was simply ‘unbackable’
Thanks Mat.
thanks,Matt