Bob Dylan – Portland, OR (12/04/80)

Bob Dylan
Paramount Theatre
Portland, Oregon
4 December 1980

CD1
Dennis-King-Havis:
1. Let It Ride (McCoy/Dennis)
2. It’s Gonna Rain (C Johnson)
3. Come On In This House (?)
4. Saved By The Grace Of Your Love (Willie Smith/David Palmer)

5. Gotta Serve Somebody
6. I Believe In You
7. Like A Rolling Stone
8. Regina McCreary Havis: Till I Get It Right (Red Lane/Larry Henley)
9. Man Gave Names To All The Animals
10. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
11. We Just Disagree (Jim Krueger)
12. Ain’t Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody
13. Girl From The North Country
14. Slow Train
15. Carolyn Dennis: Walk Around Heaven All Day (Rev. James Cleveland/Cassietta George)
16. Abraham, Martin And John (Dick Holler)
17. Rise Again (Dallas Holm)

CD2
1. Let’s Keep It Between Us
2. Mary From The Wild Moor (trad.)
3. Solid Rock
4. Just Like A Woman
5. SeÒor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
6. What Can I Do For You?
7. When You Gonna Wake Up
8. To Ramona
9. In The Garden
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10. Blowin’ In The Wind
11. City Of Gold
12. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
13. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

LB-7463, (80min+57min), from lk fall 80 set; bittorrent download 04/09, this is a close eac match on d1t1 to LB-1910; that has discontinuities between tracks mot on this one; (did not listen to all of this)

Bob Dylan – Portland, OR (01/12/80)

Bob Dylan
Paramount Theatre
Portland, Oregon
January 12, 1980

PEEPLES / HAVIS / DENNIS / YOUNG
101 Can I Ride
102 It’s Gonna Rain
103 Look Up And Live By Faith
104 Show Me The Way
105 Freedom At The Wall
106 This Train
BOB DYLAN
107 Gotta Serve Somebody
108 I Believe In You
109 When You Gonna Wake Up
110 When He Returns
111 Man Gave Names To All The Animals
112 Precious Angel
113 Slow Train
114 Covenant Woman
201 God Uses Ordinary People (Mona Lisa Young)
202 Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
203 Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
204 Solid Rock
205 Saving Grace
206 Saved
207 What Can I Do For You?
208 In The Garden
209 Applause
210 Band Introduction
211 Blessed Be The Name
212 Pressing On

JEMS Master
Recording Gear: Sony Mic > Sony TC-55

LB-11547

2014 Transfer: master cassettes > Nakamichi CR-7A > SoundDevices USBPre2 >
Audacity 2.0 24/96 capture > iZotope RX clean-up > iZotope MBIT+ convert to 16/44.1 >
Peak Pro XT (pitch correction / volume smoothing / edit / index) > xACT 2.21 > FLAC

From the original uploader:
To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first time any recording of the second night of the 1980 tour has been made widely available, at least according to the tour and tape histories chronicled by Olof and Lossless Bob.

For years, it has always puzzled us that there were three dates in the Northwest at the start of Dylan’s 1980 tour for which there was no known tape. Puzzling because S of JEMS and some of his taping peers at the time attended the Portland and Seattle shows, and to the best of S’s knowledge, all the shows were taped. In fact, for years, S suggested that he’s not sure he recorded himself because he was so sure the shows were being covered by others with better gear.

And yet, no tapes from Portland January 11, 12 and Seattle January 15 ever seemed to circulate. And among the thousands of tapes in the consolidated JEMS archive, including what we believed to be all of S’s masters, the shows weren’t there either. And yet, they had to have been recorded, right?

I’ve asked S questions about these shows for the last 20 years, so imagine my surprise when he called a couple of months ago to say our friend WG had found a box of S’s tapes in his house. A box of tapes very likely borrowed in 1986 and forgotten about until two months ago when they were discovered lurking behind or under some furniture.

And lo and behold, there in the box were the masters for January 12 and January 15, missing in action for over 30 years. The box made its way to me for fresh transfers, so thanks to WG and S for that. And while it didn’t contain the tape of January 11 (we’ll have to keep our fingers crossed on that one), it did contain another 15-20 tapes missing from the archive that I had held in my own hands back in 1986 and had never seen again.

The bulk of these were first generation copies made for S by a legendary taper, a taper not known to have ever recorded some of the artists included, but it turns out he did.

The tapes are marked in that legendary taper’s own unmistakable way. And the notes he included shed just a bit more light on his legend, both in terms of what additional shows he captured, but also the gear he used. It would appear he even managed to record the same show on two different recorders with two different microphones. Two mics–how appropriate for him. That tease will have to suffice for now, but we will be getting to those tapes in due time.

But until then, it turns out S was underselling himself, as his recording of the lost Portland show is very listenable indeed and a fine document of this compelling slice of Dylan’s career.

Thanks to our brother in arms mjk5510 for his continued assistance in taking these tapesover the finish line. It is partners like him that truly get the flow going, and right now we’re sitting on a stack of great new tapes to post from Dylan and others.

Bob Dylan – Oakland, CA (03/15/05)

Bob Dylan
Paramount Theatre
Oakland, California
March 15, 2005

01 – Drifter’s Escape [04:59]
02 – You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere [04:22]
03 – Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum [05:24]
04 – High Water (For Charley Patton) (Donnie on banjo) [06:43]
05 – Highway 61 Revisited [05:46]
06 – Tryin’ To Get To Heaven [05:52]
07 – Down Along The Cove [06:32]
08 – This Wheel’s On Fire (Bob was center stage with just his harp – no piano) [06:02]
09 – Masters Of War [05:02]
10 – Honest With Me [06:52]
11 – Forever Young [07:13]
12 – Summer Days [10:32]

(encore)

13 – Sing Me Back Home (song by Merle Haggard) [04:33]
14 – All Along The Watchtower [05:56]

The Never Ending Tour Band Members:
Bob Dylan – piano, harp
Stu Kimball – lead guitar
Denny Freeman – guitar
Donnie Herron – banjo, pedal steel
Elana Fremerman – violin
Tony Garnier – bass
George Recile – drums

Bob Dylan – Oakland, CA (03/14/05)

Bob Dylan
Paramount Theatre –(Monday)
Oakland, California
March 14, 2005

Opening acts: Amos Lee, Merle Haggard And The Strangers

01 – Drifter’s Escape
02 – It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
03 – Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
04 – The Man In Me (Bob was center stage with just his harp – no piano)
05 – Highway 61 Revisited
06 – Can’t Wait
07 – Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
08 – Under The Red Sky
09 – Bye And Bye (Donnie on violin)
10 – Honest With Me
11 – Mr. Tambourine Man
12 – Summer Days

(encore)

13 – A-11 (song by Hank Cochran)
14 – All Along The Watchtower

Concert # 1705 of The Never-Ending Tour. Concert # 6 of the 2005 US Spring Tour with Merle Haggard. 2005 concert # 6.
Concert # 6 with the 19th Never-Ending Tour Band: Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Stu Kimball (guitar), Denny Freeman (guitar),
Donnie Herron (violin, mandolin, pedal steel guitar), Elana Fremerman (violin), Tony Garnier (bass), George Receli (drums & percussion).

2, 11 acoustic with the band.
4 Bob Dylan (harmonica).
3, 5, 10, 12, 14 Donnie Herron (pedal steel guitar)
6, 9 Donnie Herron (violin).
8 new songs (57%) compared to previous concert. 3 new songs for this tour.

Bob Dylan – Portland, OR (01/16/80)

Bob Dylan
Seeking Salvation
Paramount theatre
Portland Oregon
January 16, 1980

Tracks:
Disc one
Gotta Serve Somebody
I Believe In You
When You Gonna Wake Up?
When He Returns
Man Gave Names To All The Animals
Precious Angel
Slow Train
Covenant Woman
Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
Do Right To Me Baby (do unto others)
Solid Rock
Saving grace
Saved

Disc two
What Can I Do For You?
In The Garden
band introductions
Blessed Be The Name Of The Lord
Pressing On

*****Bonus tracks*****
When He Returns
Man Gave Names To All The Animals
Precious Angel
Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
Do Right To Me Baby (do unto others)
Solid Rock

source:
Paramount theatre, Portland Oregon January 16, 1980
Bonus: Rainbow Music Hall, Denver January 22, 1980

LB-1259
“Seeking Salvation”

Bob Dylan – Seattle, WA (01/15/80)

Bob Dylan
Paramount Theatre
Seattle, WA
January 15, 1980
JEMS Master

Recording Gear: Sony Mic > Sony TC-55

2014 Transfer: master cassettes > Nakamichi CR-7A > SoundDevices USBPre2 >
Audacity 2.0 24/96 capture > iZotope RX clean-up > iZotope MBIT+ convert to 16/44.1 > Peak Pro XT (volume smoothing / edit / index / subtle tweak) > xACT 2.21 > FLAC

PEEPLES / HAVIS / DENNIS / YOUNG
101 Can I Ride
102 It’s Gonna Rain
103 Show Me The Way
104 Look Up And Live By Faith
105 Freedom At The Wall
106 This Train (start slightly cut)
BOB DYLAN
107 Gotta Serve Somebody
108 I Believe In You
109 When You Gonna Wake Up
110 When He Returns
111 Man Gave Names To All The Animals
112 Precious Angel
113 Slow Train
114 Covenant Woman
201 Put You Hand In The Hand (Regina Davis)
202 Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking (start slightly cut)
203 Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
204 Solid Rock
205 Saving Grace
206 Saved
207 What Can I Do For You?
208 In The Garden
209 Band Introduction
210 Blessed Be The Name
212 Pressing On

From the original uploader:

Known Issues:
-This Train: Start slightly cut
-Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking: Start slightly cut

To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first time any recording of the fifth night of the 1980 tour has been made widely available, at least according to the tour and tape histories chronicled by Olof and Lossless Bob.

It is the second of two previously uncirculated show recordings that were recently rediscovered (see below). The first can be found here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=496807

The story merits retelling again in case you missed it the first time.

For years, it has always puzzled us that there were three dates in the Northwest at the start of Dylan’s 1980 tour for which there was no known tape. Puzzling because S of JEMS and some of his taping peers at the time definitely attended the Portland and Seattle shows, and to the best of S’s knowledge, all the shows were taped. In fact, for years, S suggested that he’s not sure he recorded himself because he was so sure the shows were being covered by others with better gear.

And yet, no tapes from Portland January 11, 12 and Seattle January 15 ever seemed to circulate. And among the thousands of tapes in the consolidated JEMS archive, including what we believed to be all of S’s masters, the shows weren’t there either. And yet, they had to have been recorded, right?

I’ve asked S questions about these shows for the last 20 years, so imagine my surprise when he called a couple of months ago to say our friend WG had found a box of S’s tapes in his house. A box of tapes very likely borrowed in 1986 and forgotten about until two months ago when they were discovered lurking behind or under the guest bed.

And lo and behold, there in the box were the masters for January 12 and January 15, missing in action for over 30 years. The box made its way to me for fresh transfers, so thanks to WG and S for that. And while it didn’t contain the tape of January 11 (we’ll have to keep our fingers crossed on that one), it did contain another 15-20 tapes missing from the archive that I had held in my own hands back in 1986 and had never seen again. See how that part of the story played out here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=500680&hit=1

Like the lost Portland, Seattle 1/15/80 is another clear and satisfying recording of this incredible portion of Dylan’s career. Samples provided.

Thanks to our brother in arms mjk5510 for his continued assistance in taking these tapes over the finish line. It is partners like him that get the flow going, and we’re still working through a stack of great new tapes to post from Dylan and others. Pitch check by Tapeboy, who continues to keep the vault safe and secure.

And of course, huge thanks to S, for taping in the first place and for pulling me into this hobby 30 years ago this summer. And to WG for finding the tapes again. Both of them appreciated the comments you left on the first lost tape, so don’t be shy.

David Grisman & Bela Fleck – Seattle, WA (04/11/99)

David Grisman Quintet with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
04/11/99
Paramount Theater
Seattle, WA

David Grisman Set:
??

Bela Fleck Set:

Big Country
Oddity
Let Me Be The One
Latin 3/4
Victor Solo
Vic’s African
Not Yet
Who’s Got Three?
Calypso+
Bela/David solo+
Bela/David solo+
Futch solo
Stomping Grounds
Something So Clear >
Communication

+ with David Grisman

AKG C3000s > DAP1>LynxOne 24 bit>digital sound card > Steinberg WaveLab mastering software >Adaptec 2920> Plextor PX-R412CSi.