Bob Dylan
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Stadium
4 January 1974
01 – Hero Blues
02 – Lay Lady Lay
03 – Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
04 – It Ain’t Me, Babe
05 – Tough Mama
06 – Ballad Of A Thin Man
The Band
07 – Stage Fright (Robbie Robertson)
08 – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Robbie Robertson)
09 – King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (Robbie Robertson)
10 – Long Black Veil (Danny Dill – Marijohn Wilkin)
11 – I shall Be released
12 – Up On Cripple Creek (Robbie Robertson)
13 – All Along The Watchtower
14 – Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
15 – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
16 – The Times They Are A-Changin’
17 – Love Minus Zero/No Limit
18 – The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
19 – Nobody ‘Cept You
20 – It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
The Band
21 – Rag Mama Rag (Robbie Robertson)
22 – When You Awake (Richard Manuel – Robbie Robertson)
23 – The Shape I’m In (Robbie Robertson)
24 – The Weight (Robbie Robertson)
25 – Forever Young
26 – Something There Is About You
27 – Like A Rolling Stone
28 – Maggie’s Farm
Second concert of the 1974 Tour of America with The Band.
1-6, 13-15 25-28 Bob Dylan (vocal, guitar, harmonica),
Robbie Robertson (guitar),
Garth Hudson (synthesizer),
Richard Manual (keyboards),
Rick Danko (bass),
Levon Helm (drums).
16-20 Bob Dylan (vocal, guitar, harmonica).
Notes.
– Last live performance of Hero Blues.
– Live debut of Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door.
4 new songs (22%) compared to previous concert. 4 new songs for this tour.
Stereo audience recording.
LB-02636 ; 56min+60min ; 2CDR ; Rating: B+
1/4/74 Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois
from lk aud set; The stereo master contained many, many RH channel ‘drop outs’.
These have been repaired by using the LH channel and adding some ‘ambiance’ – so the mono snippit is less abrupt.
CD > EAC > CoolEdit 2000 > channel repairs > Flac.;
abrupt start on d1t1, background talking d2t2, d2t3, d2t5; has tv band; very good to excellent sound [B+] has a few spots of background scratchiness static like on d2t3 or d2t5 2:16, d2t11 1:3x, 2:0x; drops between many tracks and has some discontinuities