Bob Dylan – Lakeland, FL (12/15/78)

Bob Dylan
12/15/78
Lakeland, FL
Lakeland Center

CD1
1 My Back Pages
2 She’s Love Crazy
3 Mr. Tambourine Man
4 Shelter From The Storm
5 Love Minus Zero/No Limit
6 Tangled Up In Blue
7 Ballad Of A Thin Man
8 Maggie’s Farm
9 I Don’t Believe You
10 Like A Rolling Stone
11 I Shall Be Released
12 Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

CD2
1 The Times They Are A-Changin’
2 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
3 It Ain’t Me, Babe (acoustic)
4 Am I Your Stepchild?
5 One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
6 Blowin’ In The Wind
7 Girl From The North Country
8 We Better Talk This Over
9 Masters Of War
10 Just Like A Woman
11 All Along The Watchtower
12 To Ramona
13 It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
14 Forever Young
15 Changing Of The Guards

Bob Dylan – Jacksonville, FL (12/13/78)

Bob Dylan
Jacksonville, Florida
The Coliseum
13 December 1978

01 – My Back Pages
02 – Sheís Love Crazy (Tampa Red)
03 – Mr. Tambourine Man
04 – Shelter From The Storm
05 – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
06 – Tangled Up In Blue
07 – Ballad Of A Thin Man
08 – Maggie’s Farm
09 – I Donít Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10 – Like A Rolling Stone
11 – I Shall Be Released
12 – SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

13 – The Times They Are A-Changin’
14 – Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
15 – It Ain’t Me, Babe
16 – Am I Your Stepchild?
17 – One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
18 – Blowin’ In The Wind
19 – Girl From The North Country
20 – We Better Talk This Over
21 – Masters Of War
22 – Just Like A Woman
23 – All Along The Watchtower
24 – To Ramona
25 – It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
26 – Forever Young

27 – Changing Of The Guards

Concert # 63 of the 1978 US Fall Tour.
1978 concert # 112.
Concert # 89 with the 1978 World Tour Band:
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar),
Billy Cross (lead guitar),
Alan Pasqua (keyboards),
Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals),
David Mansfield (violin & mandolin),
Steve Douglas (horns),
Jerry Scheff (bass),
Bobbye Hall (percussion),
Ian Wallace (drums),
Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.
3, 5, 15, 16, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.
15 Bob Dylan solo (vocal, harmonica & guitar).

BobTalk:
You know in the 50 there was, I don’t know if anybody here remembers, the carnivals
used to have in the 50ís, every carnival used to have a geek.
Do you know what a geek is? A geek is a man that eats a live chicken, right
before your eyes. He bites the head off, eats that.
Then he goes ahead, eats the heart, drinks up the blood, sweeps up all the feathers
with a broom. In them days it cost a quarter to see him. I guess now it might cost
about 15 bucks, if there is one. Anyway. The geek pretty much kept to himself most
of the time. Nobody, I never did get too tight with the geek, but one day I was
having breakfast with the bearded lady and she says, “Stay away from that man.”
I say, “Why?” She says, “Because he looks at everybody else in the world as freaky,
except him. He thinks that he’s just earning a living, and what heís doing is pretty
straight.” I said, “Oh,wow” Anyway, years later that came back to me. I was walking
down the streets of Nashville one day, I think it was about 1964, with my organ
player Al Kooper. Both of us had long hair, and in them days in Nashville nobody
had long hair. Not Willie Nelson, nobody. So we were walking down the street and
buses were stopping. People just stopped in their tracks when they see us walking
down the street. And somewheres along the line all these things I put them together
in this particular tune. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Thank you. I was invited to the Newport Folk Festival way back when. I had been
invited there previously and it didnít cause too much trouble. But this one
particular year I was there playing this song and they kicked me out of town.
Sent me away on a train. Anyway, itís hard to believe a song could cause that
much disturbance, but it did. (before Maggieís Farm)

Thank you. (-..). Is that your (-..)? Is that (-..) down there? How long have you been together? Well, I got three girls, women, in this band. They wanna sing a song that I wrote. They cornered me last night and they say, -Bobby, you canít sing this song no more-. So they gonna sing it for you right now. (before Rainy Day Women #12 & 35)

Thank you. A few years ago I went over the South of France when the gypsies have their festival. It happens to be their high holy holiday, like Christmas time. Anyway, that particular day happens to be the day I was born on. It’s my birthday also. I’d heard about that for years and I went over to check it out. Just like that, I did. So I arrived, over a town on the ocean, in the south of France. And all the gypsies were there. They were there from Hungary, Romania, France, England, Germany, all them countries. Just all along the beach. What they do for their holiday is just party for a week. So, I managed to meet the king of the gypsies over there. I don’t know how old he was, he was wearing a derby hat when I met him. He had 16 wives and 125 children. And I was very impressed of that. Anyway, I stayed around and partied for a week, I didnít sleep, did everything there was to do at least twice. And when it was time to leave he said, “What you want, Bob, now when our way are gonna part?” All I needed was just to stay up one more day, just to get back to the North of France, so I asked for just please give me one more cup of coffee for the road. So they give it to me in a bag, I took it and headed off down.

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, on the drums tonight, from Kingston, Jamaica, give
him a warm welcome. Ian Wallace. He’s a good drummer. Irreplaceable drummer.
Anyway, on the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. On the keyboards, from the Bahamas,
Alan Pasqua. On the lead guitar, the oldest member of this group, born in 1921,
Mr. Billy Cross. All right. On the violin and the mandolin, sometimes the electric
guitar, the youngest member of this group, only fifteen years old, been with me now
for five years. Doesn’t smoke dope, chase women, doesn’t drink whiskey. I keep
trying to change him, but it can’t be done. Anyway, I’m grooming him for the
Bruce Springsteen band while he’s here. David Mansfield. All right, on the rhythm
guitar from Bogota, Colombia. A young man who doesn’t speak any English, but he
plays his heart out on that guitar. A man who gave up a promising career as a
sports car driver to join this band. Ladies and gentlemen, I wanna introduce you
to Mr. Steven Soles. On the tenor saxophone, a man who you’ve heard many times before,
probably don’t even know it. The phenomenal Steve Douglas. On the backup vocals,
three young ladies I can’t do without anymore. I know I don’t have the greatest
voice in the world but they do make it sound somewhat better and they do cover it
up sometimes. Anyway, way over on the one side, my ex-girlfriend, Helena Springs.
Way down in the middle, my current girlfriend, Jo Ann Harris.
And on the other side, the true love of my life, my current fiancÈe, Carolyn Dennis.
On the conga drums from Detroit City, also has played on many other records.
The amazing Miss Bobbye Hall. I hope we played something right for you tonight.
Weíll get out of here real soon. (before Itís Alright, Ma (Iím Only Bleeding)

So, this is a song I wrote for one of my babies when he was a baby.
He isnít a baby anymore, heís not here, but I wanna play it anyway. (before Forever Young)

1 new song (3%) compared to the previous concert. No new songs for this tour.
Stereo audience recording, 140 minutes.

LB-07784 ; 75min+59min ; 2CDR ; Rating: C

12/13/78 Jacksonville, Florida

lk 78 series
source: my tape.
I didn’t compare my tape to any others and from the descriptions, it’s probably much better than the others.

bittorrent download 07/09;
not much above 10k except light noise as looks like noise reduction used;
in comparison to LB-7054, that has a little hiss and is harsher and and fuller sound and this sounds muffled and unnatural; (did not listen to all of this)

drop/cut between cdrs; discontinuity pop/cut d1t9 2:49, d1t13 0:01, d2t3 0:00, d2t9 0:05

Bob Dylan – Savannah, GA (12/08/78)

Bob Dylan
Civic Center Arena
Savannah, Georgia
8 December 1978

My Back Page
Sheís Love Crazy (Tampa Red)
Mr. Tambourine Man
Shelter From The Storm
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Tangled Up In Blue
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Maggie’s Farm
I Donít Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
Like A Rolling Stone
I Shall Be Released
SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Am I Your Stepchild?
One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
Blowin’ In The Wind
Girl From The North Country
Is Your Love In Vain?
Masters Of War
Just Like A Woman
All Along The Watchtower
To Ramona
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Changing Of The Guards

Concert # 59 of the 1978 US Fall Tour. 1978 concert # 108
Concert # 85 with the 1978 World Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Billy Cross (lead guitar), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals), David Mansfield (violin & mandolin), Steve Douglas (horns), Jerry Scheff (bass), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Ian Wallace (drums), Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.
3, 5, 16, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.
15 Bob Dylan solo (vocal, harmonica & guitar).

BobTalk

Remember those carnivals they used to have? All those carnivals (Ö..). Last carnival was back in the 50ís. (Ö..) had what they called a geek. You all know what a geek is? In those days a geek was a man whoís in a sideshow that eats a live chicken. He bites the head off, eats that. Then he eats the rest of it, heart, blood, everything. Sweeps the rest of it, all thatís left over up with a broom. In them days it cost a quarter to see him. Nowadays it might be about 15 bucks, but back then it cost a quarter. Anyway, most people didn’t have too much to do with this man. Most people kept their distance from him, if you wanna know the truth. I was speaking one day to the lady with a beard at the breakfast table and she was telling me, “This man is awful strange, low down, more low down than low down, doesn’t bother with anybody.” So she said, ìJust to give you an idea how (Ö..) he is, he thinks of everybody else as being freaks. He thinks he’s the only straight person around. Everybody else is a freak.î I said “Uh-uh” Years later, I remembered that as I was starting (Ö..). When people started looking at me in a strange way. So, one of them days I sat all by myself and I wrote this song. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)

Hereís a song I sang at Newport Folk Festival in 1963. It got me booed out of town. Itís hard to believe this song caused such a disturbance, but it did. Itís called I Ainít Gonna Work On Maggieís Farm No More.

Thank you. I was riding on a train one time from Mexico, from Monterey to San Diego. Anyway, Iíd fallen asleep and when I woke up this train was in (the yard). A family was getting off the train, an old man stepped up on the train. I was still in a daze, so I was looking, I was watching it all through the window which was looking like a big mirror. And I watched all the time through this mirror. This old man stepped up on the train and walked down the aisle, took a seat by me across the aisle. Wearing nothing but a blanket. He must have been about 150 years old. Anyway, I wasÖkept looking at him in the mirror. I felt this strange vibration so I turned to look at him. When I turned and looked at him both his eyes were burning. There was smoke coming out of his nostrils. I immediately turned away, but I kept thinking about that this was a man that I wanted to talk to. So I waited a little while longer and the train pulled out of the station. Then I turned to talk to him, heíd disappeared. I searched for him at the next town, but he was gone. (before SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power))

Thank you. There are three young ladies in the group who sing with me. Theyíre gonna sing a song now. They insist on singing it because they like it so much. (before Rainy Day Women #12 & 35)

Thank you. (Ö..) the day I was born, that day happens to be the high holy gypsy holiday. So I (Ö..) over there where they have their big celebration (Ö..). So (Ö..) I was fortunate enough to meet the king of the gypsies. The first day I was there I managed to meet him. He was a young man with 22 wives and 150 children, and girlfriends on the side too. (Ö..). This celebration lasted about a week. (I was there) the whole time, staying up for all of it. I did about everything twice. Finally it was time to go, (Ö..) I could just not stay up one more day (Ö..) I asked for one more cup of coffee for the road. So, they give it to me, black. (Ö..) down the road.

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, on the drums tonight, from Kingston, Jamaica, Ian Wallace. On the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. On the keyboards, from Trinidad, Alan Pasqua. On the lead guitar, Billy Cross. The youngest member of this group, fifteen years old, he’s been with me now for five years. Plays electric mandolin, electric guitar, violin, doesn’t smoke dope, drink whiskey or chase women. All thatís gonna change tonight. David Mansfield. Rhythm guitar, Steven Soles. On the tenor saxophone, a legend in his own lifetime, the phenomenal Steve Douglas. All right. My three favorite young women. I know I don’t have the greatest voice in the world but they make it sound so much better than it is. Anyway, my ex-girlfriend, Jo Ann Harris. My current girlfriend, Helena Springs. And of course my fiancÈe, Carolyn Dennis. On the conga drums, from Detroit, the most amazing Miss Bobbye Hall. Thanks for coming. We gotta get out of here pretty soon. (before Itís Alright, Ma (Iím Only Bleeding)

Thank you. Itís that time of the evening again, (we must pull out). (Ö..). Anyway, I hope we played something right for you tonight. Weíll be back, Iím not ready to be put out to pasture just yet. (before Forever Young)

1 new song (3%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

LB-4823, as req.

As Upped by dogboy to Hungercity May 2007

Trade CD > EAC > FLAC > HD > Hungercity > you

added: checksum-files & fingerprint-files

Trade CD > EAC > FLAC > HD > Hungercity > you

Bob Dylan – Glasgow, Scotland (11/17/05)

Bob Dylan
Glasgow, Scotland
Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre (SECC) — (Thursday)
November 17, 2005

01 – Maggie’s Farm
02 – Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You
03 – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
04 – It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
05 – It Ain’t Me, Babe
06 – Highway 61 Revisited
07 – Every Grain Of Sand
08 – High Water (For Charley Patton)
09 – Just Like A Woman
10 – Down Along The Cove
11 – Sugar Baby (acoustic)
12 – Cold Irons Bound
13 – Girl Of The North Country (acoustic)
14 – Summer Days

(encore)

15 – Like A Rolling Stone
16 – All Along The Watchtower

Concert # 1804 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 23 of the 2005 Europe Fall Tour.
2005 concert # 105. Concert # 75 with the 20th Never-Ending Tour Band:
Bob Dylan (vocal & piano),
Stu Kimball (guitar),
Denny Freeman (guitar),
Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, pedal steel guitar),
Tony Garnier (bass),
George Recile (drums & percussion).

4, 5, 13 acoustic with the band.
2, 7, 9, 13 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
4 Donnie Herron (violin).
8 Donnie Herron (banjo).

8 new songs (50%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Stereo audience recording, 120 minutes.

LB-03347 ; 63min+54min ; 2CDR ; Rating: B+

11/17/05 Glasgow Scotland, SECC

version “a”

has some clipping at -3db; in comparison to kc recording this one has warmer fuller sound;
very good to excellent sound [B+]

Bob Dylan – Mobile, AL (12/05/78)

Bob Dylan
Mobile, Alabama
Municipal Auditorium
5 December 1978

01 – My Back Pages (instrumental)
02 – She’s Love Crazy (Tampa Red)
03 – Mr. Tambourine Man
04 – Shelter From The Storm
05 – Love Minus Zero/No Limit
06 – Tangled Up In Blue
07 – Ballad Of A Thin Man
08 – Maggie’s Farm
09 – I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10 – Like A Rolling Stone
11 – I Shall Be Released
12 – SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

13 – One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
14 – Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
15 – It Ain’t Me, Babe
16 – Am I Your Stepchild?
17 – One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
18 – Blowin’ In The Wind
19 – Girl From The North Country
20 – Where Are You Tonight?
21 – Masters Of War
22 – Just Like A Woman
23 – All Along The Watchtower
24 – To Ramona
25 – It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
26 – Forever Young

27 – Changing Of The Guards

Concert # 57 of the 1978 US Fall Tour. 1978 concert # 106.
Concert # 83 with the 1978 World Tour Band:
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
Billy Cross (lead guitar)
Alan Pasqua (keyboards)
Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals)
David Mansfield (violin & mandolin)
Steve Douglas (horns), Jerry Scheff (bass)
Bobbye Hall (percussion)
Ian Wallace (drums)
background vocals
Helena Springs,
Jo Ann Harris,
Carolyn Dennis.

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.
3, 5, 15, 16, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.
15 Bob Dylan solo (vocal, harmonica & guitar).

BobTalk:

Thank you. All right, thank you. This next song is about the story of my
life, just about. (before Shelter From The Storm)
[recording breaks here] back then. Now itíd probably cost about eleven
bucks, but back then it was cheaper, you know. Anyway, I used to know this
one particular geek. Not very well, I never did get too tight with him.
But I was having breakfast one day with a lady with a beard. I swear she
had a beard. Anyway, she said, this (…..) geek he’s the low-downiest man
in this show. But just to give you an idea of how strange he really is,
he thinks of everybody else as being freaks. He thinks he’s very straight.
Anyway, years later I remember that story when I started moving around a
bit and people started looking at me in a funny way. So, somewhere along
the line I wrote this song. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)
Thank you. This is the song here that got me booed out of the
Newport Folk Festival, 1963. I never would believe that a song could
cause so much disturbance, but it did. (before Maggie’s Farm)
I was riding on a train one time deep in the heart of Mexico.
A place called Durango, up to San Diego. Anyway, the train was passing a
town called Monterey. Anyway, I’d fallen asleep before that, I was waking
up when the train was pulling into the station and stopped.
And I was gazing into the window which was like a long mirror, you know.
And I saw this family of about fifteen children get off the train.
And this old man step on up to the platform to get on the train.
He was wearing nothing but a blanket and he come down the aisle and took
a seat across the aisle from me. About … I don’t know how long a time
that went by, but finally I couldnít help it, I had to turn to look at him.
And when I turned to look at him I swear both his eyes were on fire,
they were so hot, burning up. And there was smoke coming out of his
nostrils. I turned around and glanced back into the mirror. I turned to
look at him again, I figured that this was the man that I wanted to talk to.
When I finally could get it together I turned around and he had disappeared.
(before SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power))
A few years ago I was over in the South of France where the gypsies have
their high holy day. Kind of like Christmas to them.
Anyway, they have … the High Holy Day that the gypsies do celebrate just
happens to be the particular day I was born. So I went over there to
check out what they were up to. So I did get over there and I did manage
to meet the king of the gypsies. A young man who impressed me a great deal.
He … this man had 16 wives and 125 children, I swear.
He also had girlfriends on the side. He was the sole commander in chief
of all the gypsies. Anyway, they just partied for a week [recording breaks
here] so I was there with them [recording breaks here] one more cup of
coffee for the road. Black. They put it in a bag and they give it to me.
And I drifted away.
Thank you ladies and gentlemen. On the drums tonight, give him a warm hand,
Mr. Ian Wallace. On the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. On the keyboards,
Alan Pasqua. Lead guitar, Billy Cross. On the violin and the mandolin,
David Mansfield. On the rhythm guitar, Steve Soles. Tenor saxophone,
Steve Douglas. On the background vocals, my three favorite young ladies,
Jo Ann Harris, Helena Springs, Carolyn Dennis. On the conga drums, from
Detroit, Miss Bobbye Hall. (before Itís Alright, Ma (Iím Only Bleeding))

2 new songs (7%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Bob Dylan – Birmingham, AL (12/03/78)

Bob Dylan
Birmingham, Alabama
Jefferson Civic Center
3 December 1978

01 – My Back Pages (instrumental)
02 – She’s Love Crazy
03 – Mr. Tambourine Man
04 – Shelter From The Storm
05 – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
06 – Tangled Up In Blue
07 – Ballad Of A Thin Man
08 – Maggie’s Farm
09 – I Don’t Believe You
10 – Like A Rolling Stone
11 – I Shall Be Released
12 – Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

13 – The Times They Are A-Changin’
14 – Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
15 – It Ain’t Me, Babe (acoustic)
16 – Am I Your Stepchild?
17 – One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
18 – Blowin’ In The Wind
19 – Girl From The North Country
20 – Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
21 – Masters Of War
22 – Just Like A Woman
23 – To Ramona
24 – All Along The Watchtower
25 – All I Really Want To Do
26 – It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
27 – Forever Young

28 – Changing Of The Guards

Concert # 56 of the 1978 US Fall Tour. 1978 concert # 105
Concert # 82 with the 1978 World Tour Band:
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar),
Billy Cross (lead guitar),
Alan Pasqua (keyboards),
Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals),
David Mansfield (violin & mandolin),
Steve Douglas (horns),
Jerry Scheff (bass),
Bobbye Hall (percussion),
Ian Wallace (drums),
background vocals:
Helena Springs,
Jo Ann Harris,
Carolyn Dennis.

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.
3, 5, 15, 16, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.
15 Bob Dylan solo (vocal, harmonica & guitar).

BobTalk:

You know they used to have these carnivals come through town in the 50ís.
I don’t know if they still have them. Everyone had someone called a geek.
You know what a geek is? A geek is somebody who eats a live chicken.
Right out front he bites the head off, eats that.
Then he continues to eat the rest of it. The whole thing used to cost a
quarter, now it would cost 5-6 dollars. But then it cost a quarter.
Anyway, he was a pretty little …, what you call low down, you know,
nobody wants to talk to him eat with him, bother with him, hang out with
him. But I was talking to the bearded lady one day at breakfast.
She told me that this man was so awful that he used to think that
everyone else was strange and that he was straight. Anyway, that kind of
shocked me at first but I can remember that years later people, were
looking at me in a funny way, so. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)
I first played this song at the Newport Folk Festival, and they booed me
out of town. But it didn’t bother me none. I’ve played it ever since.
(before Maggie’s Farm)
Thank you. I was riding on a train one time from Durango, Mexico to
San Diego. I fell asleep once and I woke up and the train was parked
outside Monterey. I was a little bit groggy, so I stared into the window
which was a like a long mirror. An I saw about one family get off the train.
About 17 or 18 kids, I saw them get off the train, and I saw this old man
step up to the train. Anyway, in the mirror he looked, all he was wearing
was a blanket. Must have been about 150 years old at least.
Anyway, he came up the aisle and he sat down next to me on the other
side of the aisle. And finally I just couldn’t stand it anymore,
I just had to turn and look at him. I looked at him, I could see that
both his eyes were on fire, were burning, and his nostrils had smoke
coming out. I figured this was the man I wanted to talk to.
(before SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power))
A few years ago I went to a high holy gypsy holiday. It happened to be on
the same day that I was born on. So, I knew about this for years, anyway.
A few years back I went over to see what the gypsies did on the day that
I was born on. It turned out that their holy day was like Christmas for
them. They celebrate for a week in a place in the south of France.
Like they party for a week. And they throw some (….)down the street.
Anyway I was fortunate to meet the king of the gypsies over there.
And, … very interesting, the king of the gypsies had 16 wives and
125 children, and a few friends on the side. Anyway, that kind of changed
my way of thinking on all this. So, I stayed with them for about a week.
I did everything twice. Anyway, it was time to go. I told the king it was
time to go now. …. What would you like (….) I couldnít think of anything
I hade done except drink coffe, so I said just give me one more cup Of
coffee for the road. He put it in a bag and I went down the road to the
valley below.
Thank you! Ladies and gentlemen, on the drums tonight, give him a warm
hand, from Kingston, Jamaica, Mr. Ian Wallace. Yes, that’s him.
Alright, on the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff. On the keyboards, from
Trinidad, Alan Pasqua. On the lead guitar, the oldest member of this
group, was born in 1921., ladies and gentlemen Mr. Billy Cross.
He’s just beginning to live. The youngest member of this group, fifteen
years old, he’s been with me five years. Doesn’t smoke dope, drink whiskey,
chase women. All that’s gonna change tonight, David Mansfield. Oh yeah,
he plays the violin, mandolin and the dobro.
All right, on the rhythm guitar, a man from Bogota, Colombia, doesn’t
speak any English, but he does play his heart out doesn’t he?
Gave up a career as a sports car driver to join this band. Ladies and
gentlemen, Mr. Steven Soles. If he stops playing, heís gonna start driving
the bus. On the tenor saxophone a man who’s really actually a legend in
his own lifetime. He used to play with Duane Eddy. On one of Duane Eddy’s
tours. He made many of Phil Spectors greatest records. Steven Douglas.
He’s gonna blow something for you now all by himself. Gotta give him his
credit. On the backup vocals tonight, three young ladies I can’t really
do with out anymore. I know I don’t have the greatest voice in the world,
but they make it sound just a little bit better.
On the right, Jo Ann Harris. In the middle, Helena Springs.
And on the other side is Carolyn Dennis. On the conga drums, can you hear
the conga drums out there? From Detroit City, the most amazing Miss
Bobbye Hall. We’re about to get out of here. But we may be back I’m not
ready to be put out in the pasture just yet. (before It’s Alright, Ma
(I’m Only Bleeding))
All right, thank you very much for coming. We’re gonna get out of here now.
I wrote this song for one of my babies when he was a baby. He’s not a baby
anymore and he’s not here, but I wanna play it anyway. (before Forever Young)

1 new song (3%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Mono audience recording, 140 minutes.

LB-11999 ; 69min+47min+32min ; 3CDR ; Rating: B

12/3/78, Birmingham, Alabama
version “d”

bittorrent download 07/15;
this is a not close eac match on d1t1 to LB-8206, that has more digital flaws;
(did not listen to all of this)

drop/cut between cdrs, d3t4 0:00

Bob Dylan – Nashville, TN (12/02/78)

Bob Dylan
Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
December 2, 1978

01 – My Back Pages
02 – She’s Love Crazy (Tampa Red)
03 – Mr. Tambourine Man
04 – Shelter From The Storm
05 – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
06 – Tangled Up In Blue
07 – Ballad Of A Thin Man
08 – Maggie’s Farm
09 – I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10 – Like A Rolling Stone
11 – I Shall Be Released
12 – SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

13 – The Times They Are A-Changin’
14 – Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
15 – It Ain’t Me, Babe (acoustic)
16 – Am I Your Stepchild?
17 – One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
18 – Blowin’ In The Wind
19 – Girl From The North Country
20 – We Better Talk This Over
21 – Masters Of War
22 – Just Like A Woman
23 – To Ramona
24 – All Along The Watchtower
25 – All I Really Want To Do
26 – It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
27 – Forever Young

28 – Changing Of The Guards
29 – I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight

Concert # 55 of the 1978 US Fall Tour. 1978 concert # 104
Concert # 81 with the 1978 World Tour Band:
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar),
Billy Cross (lead guitar),
Alan Pasqua (keyboards),
Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals),
David Mansfield (violin & mandolin),
Steve Douglas (horns),
Jerry Scheff (bass),
Bobbye Hall (percussion),
Ian Wallace (drums),
background vocals:
Helena Springs,
Jo Ann Harris,
Carolyn Dennis.

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.
3, 5, 15, 16, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.
15 Bob Dylan solo (vocal, harmonica & guitar).
27 Peter Drake (guitar)

Note. 2, 19 and partly 27 broadcast 1979 by
Italian TV in the TV special “Il Profeta E Stanco”.

BobTalk:

You remember those carnivals we used to have those carnivals?
I remember those carnivals we had in the 50’s. Every carnival that came
through town, or I traveled to, had what you called a geek. You know what
a geek is? A geeek is a name …., in those days it cost a quarter to see him.
These days it’s probably about 5:50, but back then it cost a quarter to see him.
He’d eat a live chicken. He’d bite the head off, he’d eat that.
Then he’d continue till he was finished with the whole chicken.
Heart, blood everything. Anyway, then he’d sweep the feathers up with a broom.
One day I was talking to the bearded lady after breakfast.
And she said that this man wasn’t funky, but he was low down.
As low down as you can get.
People would always be insulting him for no good reason really.
But she told me that he used to look at everybody else as being very freaky.
Without having to stop to think about it.
Anyway, as I travel around the world, that idea has given me a ot of
encouragement as I go here and there. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)
Thank you. This is a song I played at the Newport Folk Festival, 1963.
And they booed me out of town, for playing that then.
Anyway, it hasn’t stopped me now. I keep playing it night after night.
It’s called I Ain’t Gonna Work On Maggie’s Farm No More. (before Maggie’s Farm)
I was riding on a train one time to Mexico, going up north to San Diego.
I fell asleep on the train and woke up and it was about midnight.
And the train had stopped at a place called Monterey. You know where Monterey
is, right? There was a bunch of children getting off the train.
There must have been about 17 children and the mother and the father.
And they was getting off the train and at the time I was watching it all
through the glass.
It was like the whole side of the train was like a mirror.
So I was watching it all happen and I saw this old man stumble onto the train.
He was getting on and was walking down to the seat right across the car
from me. So, I felt a vibration in the air, it was certainly the time.
So I turned to look at him, and I could see he wasn’t dressed in anything
but a blanket. He was just wearing a blanket, and he must have been 150
years old. I took another look at him an I could see that both his eyes
were burning out. They was on fire. And there was smoke coming out of his
nostrils. Ah, well this is a man that I want to talk to.
(before SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power))
Thank you. I was over in France for about four or five weeks, I don’t
remember how long. My particular, ah the day I was born just happens to
be the high holy gypsy holiday.
I know it sounds strange but it’s true. Anyway, I went over there to see
what they were doing on my birthday, seeing it was some kind of holiday.
So, they all meet, all the gypsies from all over Europe. From France, England,
Holland, and ah, Romania, all these different countries come and meet in the
South of France.
So I stayed over there with them for about a week, they partied for a week.
I was fortunate enough to meet a young man who was the king of the gypsies.
A young man who had 16 wives an 120 children and a whole lot of girlfriends.
He held court every day, and he kind of took me under his wing, but sooner
or later it got time to go, so I was heading off this way and he was going
down that way.
He said, “Well Bob, we have to go our separate ways, what would you like?”
And I had done everything that week at least twice. Anyway I said,
“Just One More Cup Of Coffee”.
He said , “All right, black?” And he put it in a bag for me and give it to me,
and I headed off down the road.
Thank you, all right. The first girl I ever loved, she broke my heart,
left me for an older man, way back then. A few years later I wrote a song
about her. (before Girl Of The North Country)
Thank you! Ladies and gentlemen,
on the drums tonight, give him a warm hand, Mr. Ian Wallace.
On the bass guitar, Jerry Scheff.
On the keyboards, from Trinidad, the one and only Alan Pasqua.
On the lead guitar, the oldest member of this group, born in 1921,
ladies and gentlemen, there is nothing he hasn’t done, ladies and gentlemen,
Mr. Billy Cross.
On he violin, electric violin, electric mandolin, sometimes electric lead guitar,
the youngest member of this group, fifteen years old, been with me for five years.
Doesn’t smoke dope, drink whiskey or chase women.
All that’s gonna change tonight. David Mansfield! On the rhythm guitar,
a man from Bogota, South America. Doesn’t speak any English, but he plays
his heart out doesn’t he? Mr. Steven Soles.
Gave up a career as a racing car driver to join this band.
When he stops playing guitar he’s gonna have to drive the bus.
On the tenor saxophone, a man who is actually a legend in his own life time.
He made many of Phil Spector’s greatest records.
He used to play with Duane Eddy. Ladies and gentlemen, the phenomenal
Steve Douglas. All right, on the backup vocals, three young ladies who
make me sound so good. I know I haven’t got the greatest voice in the world,
but they make it sound even worse than it is! My three girlfriends.
I don’t have to look very far to chase some women. On the right, Jo Ann Harris.
In the middle, Helena Springs. An on the other side, Miss Carolyn Dennis.
On the conga drums from Detroit City, the most amazing Miss Bobbye Hall.
(before It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding))
Thank you! Well, thank you very much! We’ll be back soon, we gotta go now,
but we’ll be back. I’m not ready to be put out in the pasture just yet, so …
Anyway. I made some records in this town.
I think I’m gonna come back and do some more. But, until then, thanks for
coming. Here’s a song I wrote for one of my babies when he was a baby.
He’s not a baby anymore and he’s not here, but I wanna play it anyway.
(before Forever Young)

1 new song (3%) compared to previous concert. No new songs for this tour.

Mono audience recording, 150 minutes.

LB-04407 ; 77min+78min ; 2CDR ; Rating: B

12/2/78 Nashville, Tennessee, Municipal Auditorium

Taper: BS
Source: Flac files from taper.

Equipment: “Taped using a 3-head portable cassette recorder and electret condenser mic which
was possibly above-average equipment for the typical audience stealth taper in those days.”

From taper’s masters list:
Dec 2, 1978 — NASHVILLE, TN — Tape — C-121, C-122, C-122.1 >> DAT D-78-10 >> CD-78-27, 28
(29 songs; complete) — These are stereo master cassettes (source for filler tracks on
CD: Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte). Note: Encore was not recorded, but the 2 encore songs included
here (from Reel R-124) are from another recording (not my master).

Taper’s comments concerning his oeuvre:
Charlotte, Columbia, and the two Knoxvilles would be the most highly recommended. Nashville
and Memphis would be next. Cincy is the most “distant”. Of course, my Charlotte recording
has been commercially booted (and Knoxville 2/5 too), but the quality of the raw (undoctored)
transfers tends to beat the bootleg discs by quite a ways. I recently did a new transfer
(via improved equipment & connections) to CDr from the original Charlotte Maxell cassettes
which are still in surprisingly good condition, and that one sounds best ever.

bittorrent download 01/07;
different recording than LB-4087 with different crowd talking at end of d1t3;
in comparison this one sounded a little harsher and more echoey but fuller sound;
very good to excellent sound [B+] and last 2 songs at [B-];
(a bittorrent from 06/09 having matching md5 and files is part of lk 78 series)

drop/pop d2t6 0:01, between cdrs, end of d2t13

Bob Dylan – Memphis, TN (12/01/78)

Bob Dylan
Mid South Coliseum
Memphis
Tennessee
December 1st 1978

Disc One
01 My Back Pages
02 She’s Love Crazy
03 Mr. Tambourine Man
04 Shelter From The Storm
05 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
06 Tangled Up In Blue
07 Ballad Of A Thin Man
08 Maggie’s Farm
09 I Don’t Believe You
10 Like A Rolling Stone
11 I Shall Be Released
12 Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
13 The Times They Are A-Changin’
14 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
15 It Ain’t Me, Babe (acoustic)

Disc Two
01 Am I Your Stepchild
02 One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
03 Blowin in the Wind
04 Girl From the North Country
05 Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
06 Masters Of War
07 Just Like A Woman
08 To Ramona
09 All Along The Watchtower
10 All I Really Want To Do
11 Band introductions
12 It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
13 Forever Young
14 Changing Of The Guards
15 I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight

Bob Dylan – Baton Rouge, LA (11/29/78)

Bob Dylan
L.S.U. Assembly Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
29 November 1978

13 – The Times They Are A-Changin’
14 – Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
15 – It Ain’t Me, Babe
16 – Am I Your Stepchild?
17 – One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
18 – Blowin’ In The Wind
19 – Girl From The North Country
20 – Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
21 – Masters Of War
22 – Just Like A Woman
23 – To Ramona
24 – All Along The Watchtower
25 – All I Really Want To Do
26 – It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
27 – Forever Young

28 – Changing Of The Guards

Concert # 53 of the 1978 US Fall Tour.
1978 concert # 102.
Concert # 79 with the 1978 World Tour Band:
Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar),
Billy Cross (lead guitar),
Alan Pasqua (keyboards),
Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals),
David Mansfield (violin & mandolin),
Steve Douglas (horns),
Jerry Scheff (bass),
Bobbye Hall (percussion),
Ian Wallace (drums),
Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).

1 instrumental without Bob Dylan.
5, 22 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
14 Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (vocals) without Bob Dylan.
15 Bob Dylan solo (vocal, harmonica & guitar).

BobTalk:

You remember all those carnivals that they used to have? Always coming through.
At least they did to in the 50’s. And every one used to have, what they called a geek.
You know what a geek is? A man who would eat a live chicken.
He’d bite the head off, eat that. The he eats the rest of it. Eats it all.
Sweeps the feathers up with a broom. Cost in them days a quarter to see him.
Anyway, most people coming, you know, they’d insults to him and (….).
Anyway, I was having breakfast one day with the bearded lady and she told me that
he wasn’t funky, he’s low down, low down as it gets, but ….
Anyway, she said he was mighty strange because he considered other people to be
rather strange and freaky. Anyway, that used to give me kind of a lot of encouragement
as I traveled around the world. (before Ballad Of A Thin Man)
Thank you. This is the song that got me booed out of the Newport Folk Festival in 1963.
They ran me out of town, tarred and feathered me. Anyway, we’re gonna sing it.
(before Maggie’s Farm)
Thank you. I was riding on a train one time from Mexico en-route from San Diego.
When that train pulled through Monterey it was night time.
I was looking out the window of the train, it was like a mirror.
There was this whole family got off the train.
Must have been about 12 to 15 children.
As they got off the train this old man stepped onto the train.
He must have been about 150 years old, he was wearing a blanket.
He got on the train and sat across the aisle from me.
Anyway I was looking at him through the window and I decided to look at him head on
and I did, could see that both his eyes were burning.
There was smoke coming out of his nostrils.
I figured this was the man I wanted to talk to.
I didn’t have anything to say. (before SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power))
Three years back I went on my birthday to the South of France to a high holy gypsy holiday.
They meet there and they party for a week.
I really didn’‰t have anything better to do, so I went over to check it out and that’s
what they do. They partied for a week. So seeing it was my birthday they let me join them.
And I did everything about twice, three times that week.
Anyway, it was time for me to go and they let me go.
They asked me what I’d like to take with me.
And just to play it safe I just said, one more cup of coffee, black.
They gave it to me in a paper bag.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. On the drums tonight, from Kingston, Jamaica,
give him a warm hand, Ian Wallace. On electric bass guitar, Mr. Jerry Scheff.
On the keyboards, the one and only, from the Bahamas, Alan Pasqua.
On the lead guitar, Billy Cross. On the electric violin, and the mandolin,
and sometimes lead electric guitar, the youngest member of this group, fifteen years old.
He’s been with me now five years however. Doesn’t smoke dope, drink whiskey, chase women.
All that’s gonna change tonight though. David Mansfield! All right, from Bogota,
South America, a man who doesn’t speak any English, but he plays his heart out on the
guitar, Mr. Steven Soles. On the tenor saxophone, a real legend in his own lifetime.
He used to play with Duane Eddy. Remember Duane Eddy? He used to play with him.
And he …, made many of Phil Spector’s great records. Ladies and gentlemen,
Mr. Steve Douglas! All right, on the backup vocals tonight, three young ladies who
I couldn’t do without any more. I know I don’t have the greatest voice in the world.
But they cover it up so good. Anyway, Jo Ann Harris, my ex-girlfriend, Jo Ann Harris.
Helena Springs. And Carolyn Dennis. On the conga drums, from Detroit, Miss Bobbye Hall.
All right, we’ll see you again sometime. (before It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding))
Thank you. I wanna thank you for coming, but we’ve got to say goodbye now, till next time.
We may be back soon though, I’m not just ready to be put out to pasture just yet. (before Forever Young)

No new songs compared to previous concert.

Mono audience recording, 130 minutes.

LB-06412 ; 72min+73min ; 2CDR ; Rating: B+

11/29/78 Baton Rouge, Louisiana

“From Low Generation Tape” JTT,
Good Audience Recording

SOURCE: Low Generation Cassettes (JG) > Akai GX 95 > Line in to Soundforge 9 >
FLAC Level 6 align on sector boundaries
Mastered & Artwork by JTT, August 2008

bittorrent download 08/08;
same recording as LB-2392 based on similar clapping wavs at end of d2t10 except inverted
and full spectrum; same recording as LB-4537 based on similar clapping wavs at end of d2t10;
in 3-way comparison this is very similar sound to LB-4537 and LB-2392 except LB-2392 has more hiss;
even though LB-4537 is reported to have had levels normalized, it has more peak level variation
than this one (did not listen to all of this) (Date Validated by bob talk at end of watchtower
matches show dylanbase97 says is 11/29/78)

(a bittorrent from 07/09 was this file set and was part of the lk 78 series)

has some occasional digi-pops and discontinuities; drop/cut end of d1t13, between cdrs