Bob Dylan
Houston, Texas
Houston Astrodrome
25 January 1976
01 – When I Paint My Masterpiece
02 – Maggie’s Farm
03 – One Too Many Mornings
04 – Romance In Durango (Bob Dylan-Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
05 – I Threw It All Away
06 – Isis (Bob Dylan-Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
07 – Positively 4th Street
08 – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
09 – Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan-Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
10 – One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
11 – Sara
12 – Lay Lady Lay
13 – Just Like A Woman
14 – Hurricane (Bob Dylan-Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
15 – Ride ‘Em Jewboy (Kinky Friedman)
The second Hurricane Carter benefit concert, “Night Of The Hurricane 2”
Guam, The Rolling Thunder Revue Band:
Bob Dylan (guitar & vocal),
Bob Neuwirth (guitar),
Scarlet Rivera (violin),
T-bone J. Henry Burnett (guitar),
Roger McGuinn (guitar),
Mick Ronson (guitar),
Rob Stoner (bass),
Steven Soles (guitar),
David Mansfield (steel guitar, mandolin, violin, dobro),
Howie Wyeth (drums),
Joe Vitale (drums).
Ringo Starr (guest appearance on drums)
1-7, 9-15 Guam,
8 Bob Dylan solo (vocal, guitar & harmonica).
1 Bob Neuwirth (shared vocal).
15 Kinky Friedman (vocal).
BobTalk:
– Thank you, we want to introduce you to someone in our band, heís come here from England, a fine person and a very good guitar player,
Mr. Mick Ronson. (after Isis).
– Everybody recognizes this is Scarlet Rivera standing over here on our right, give her a hand – we also have three drummers, Howie Wyeth,
this is Ringo Starr. (before I Threw It All Away).
– This is an underground song, underground – (before One More Cup Of Coffee).
Notes
– This is a show in transition between the first and the second Rolling Thunder Revue tours. Some arrangements will be used later in
1976 and some remain from the 1975 tour.
– Dylan starts I Threw It All Away before switching to One Too Many Mornings, who has the additional lyrics “Iíve no right to leave and youíve no right
to stay, weíre just one too many mornings and a thousand miles away.”
– First known live version of Positively 4th Street since Sydney 13 April 1966!
– This show featured many more acts than The Rolling Thunder Revue, among them Stevie Wonder and Isaac Hayes.
References
– Article in Rolling Stone 24 February 1975.
– Les Kokay: Songs of the Underground. Rolling Thunder Revue.
Private publication 2000, pages 70-71.
Source 1:
Mono audience recording, 75 minutes.
LB-04304 ; 72min ; 1CDR ; Rating: B-
1/25/76 Houston Astrodome, Houston, TX
lk version
Night Of The Hurricane 2, Audience Recording,
Low Gen / master > CDR > EAC > Flac
3 different sources (1-7, 8-15, 16)
aud from lk 76 data dvdr set
t1-7 is good sound, t8-15 is very good to excellent sound and t16 is poor quality; in comparison on t5, version “b” LB-2572 sounds a little muffled and
version “a” LB-2263 is more muffled; on t10 version “b” was similar quality while version “a” was more muffled;
this has same crowd talking as on those versions and many of the same tape flaws; good to very good sound [B-]
analog drop t8 0:33, t10 0:16; has a big volume reduction for 4 seconds at t10 0:45 that is not on version “a” or “b”; t12 1:55, 2:19, 2:20, t15 7:32, 7:35, 7:38
Source 2:
LB-2263
There are 4 LB numbers assigned, with ratings ranging from C to B-. LB-0489, LB-2263, and LB-2572 are probably the same source(s) but are mastered differently; LB-4304 may be composed of three different sources. It’s a For Completists Only party.
Source: “I believe this is an unusually spirited performance, although the recording is below average. This is actually a splice of two separate tapes. Both have been equalized.”
(I think the samples below might differentiate the qualities of the two sources.)
LB-2263
themidnightcafe.org 
Comments from a deleted repost:
brianfairbanksIn reply to DylanDave.
Hear, hear.
2017/07/18 1:21 am Select comment DylanDave
I follow your reasoning, nowadays it’s the same wealthy middle aged people at all the gigs, Rock ‘n’ Roll arena cabaret selected on an ability to pay/AMEX basis. I remember queuing all night for tickets for Bob’s London shows in ’90. Kinda miss those days when the real fans got to go to the gigs.
Also I think your sociology is probably sound! As Bob put it ‘If you ever go to Houston….’
Anyway, it’s another great RTR show and Mr Kokay will likely have had access to all the best sources out there. Enjoy
2017/07/18 at 1:17 am Select comment La Piazza Gancion reply to DylanDave.
Speaking as one who was in the flower of his youth during the RTR, I can tell you that 1.) the U.S. economy was not especially good for vast stretches of the seventies, making travel for something as frivolous as a rock concert (gasp) unlikely for most of us, and 2.) tour itineraries were not as readily available as they are today. Unless you happened to pick-up the right issue of Circus or Creem or Rolling Stone, you were left to call the record company.
And I’ll leave it to your supple imagination to puzzle-out where that went!
But even beyond that, if memory serves I don’t believe that RTR shows were announced and promoted in the traditional way. I thought they were conducted in a semi-mysterious, hit and run fashion–like a traveling minstrel show.
Finally, if you don’t mind a little rough sociology, I’m not sure how receptive Houston circa 1976 would’ve been to something like the RTR, which was plainly unorthodox. Toss in a benefit for a mostly unknown African-American boxer accused of murder and you have some pretty significant disinterest.
2017/07/18 at 12:55 am Select comment La Piazza GancioIn reply to DylanDave.
Thanks for offering this link, DD. Appreciate it.
2017/07/18 at 12:17 am Select comment DylanDave
@brianfairbanks
Obviously I don’t have much knowledge or particularly strong opinions about places that are far away and events that happened long before my gig goin’ days. I am somwewhat surprised that more people didn’t get there as there weren’t that many opportunities to catch what was let’s face it a pretty high profile tour, in a major population centre. When you think about how quickly the 74 tour sold out and how many times over. Also when you consider that many of the RTR venues were relatively obscure, remote and small and scattered across the length and breadth of a continent. Also the relatively recent one off NYC (ONE NIGHT , CAN YOU IMAGINE NOWADAYS!) gig to close the tour must have generated a lot of coverage at the time. The profile was certainly high enough for Dylan fans this side of the pond to travel and catch the tour. I know as I’ve met some of them over the years.
On the other hand and judging by other artists recs from that part of the world in the 70s (Stones, Zep etc) Houston wasn’t a great taping town. Certainly no Mike Millards, Joe Beacon’s or similar around.
Anybody got the LK (or any) version in lossless?
2017/07/17 at 7:25 pm Select comment brianfairbanks70.39.115.130In reply to DylanDave.
Well, and no offense, it’s also legendary for being an utter disaster as a fundraiser. It was almost canceled due to poor ticket sales before they added Stevie Wonder, et al. So, it wasn’t that packed and it certainly didn’t have a lot of the usual Dylan fans and tapers.
2017/07/17 at 6:17 pm Select comment DylanDave
OK best I can do for such an utterly ESSENTIAL gig
from my mp3 archives upgraded source (Les Kokay) and upgraded bitrate (256). This version is compiled from 3 diff low gen sources
1976-01-25 – Houston – AUD – LK – 256kb.ziphttp://www20.zippyshare.com/v/f3Mupnae/file.html
Lossless anybody?? pleeeez
2017/07/17 at 4:53 pm Select comment DylanDave
This show is legendary for it’s poor/unworthy sound qual. The exact opposite of the original ‘Night Of’ gig in fact. Surely for such a high profile gig (and large arena) a half-decent AUD recording must be lurking in a shoebox somewhere. If it is it has never been shared around, either in the tape trading days or the digital era.
Such a shame really, especially with pos 4th st. Can never decide with these type of recs whether to live with mp3 or seek out the flac in order to extract every ounce of juice available.Just been searching for a flac source – can’t find one anyhow
2017/07/17 at 4:26 pm Select comment brianfairbanksIn reply to La Piazza Gancio.
Yep.
2017/07/11 at 10:56 pm Select comment La Piazza Gancio162.207.85.203In reply to brianfairbanks.
If you recall vinyl-era boots, you know that error just makes it a genuine bootleg.
2017/07/11 at 10:53 pm Select comment brianfairbanks
And one more point: that means “Rainy Day Women,” which wasn’t played on this tour anyway, is actually not included here — the last track is Hurricane.
2017/07/11 at 10:47 pm Select comment brianfairbanksIn reply to Mat Brewster.
No biggie!
2017/07/11 at 10:31 pm Select comment Mat BrewsterIn reply to brianfairbanks.
Sorry about that. With these MP3 only shows I tend to just upload them as they come without loading them into my iTunes first and properly labeling them (proper to my standards anyways)
2017/07/11 at 10:29 pm Select comment brianfairbanks
FYI: All tracks are mislabeled. The first track is an introduction featuring Isaac Hayes. Track 2 is When I Paint My Masterpiece and so on.
Also, this is a great, slightly unusual setlist for this tour, so it’s worth it despite the considerable distance the taper was from the stage/speakers.
2017/07/11 at 10:19 pm Select comment La Piazza Gancio
An embarrassment of riches! Not one, not two, but three Rolling Thunder shows.
Thank you!