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INTRODUCTION
1. CALENDAR
2. RECORDINGS
3. 1974 TOUR WITH THE BAND
4. SONGS 1974
5. SOURCES
6. SUGGESTED READINGS
INTRODUCTION
After eight years in seclusion, some call them "the lost years", 1974
found Dylan back on the road with a tour of North America backed by The Band.
1974 was also the year when Dylan's marriage to Sara first broke up. This
is documented in BLOOD ON THE TRACKS which is recorded in the fall.
1. CALENDAR
Jan 3 - Feb 14 American tour with The Band.
January 8 New York Times interview by John Rockwell
January 14 Newsweek interview by Maureen Orth
January 15 Washington Post interview by Tom Zito
January 17 Release of PLANET WAVES
January 21 Time interview by David Devoss
February Release of 'On A Night Like This/You Angel You'
March Release of 'Something There Is About You/Tough Mama'
May 9 Dylan appears at the 'Friends of Chile' benefit
concert at the Felt Forum in New York
June 20 Release of BEFORE THE FLOOD
Late June Release of 'Most Like You Go Your Way/Stage Fright (The Band)
Summer Release of 'All Along The Watchtower/It Ain't Me Babe'
September 12 1st 'BLOOD ON THE TRACKS' session
September 16 2nd 'BLOOD ON THE TRACKS' session
September 23 3rd 'BLOOD ON THE TRACKS' session
September 25 4th 'BLOOD ON THE TRACKS' session
November test pressing of BLOOD ON THE TRACKS
December 27, 30 5th & 6th 'BLOOD ON THE TRACKS' sessions
2. RECORDINGS
May 9: The Friends Of Chile Benefit Concert
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Felt Forum, Madison Square Garden, New York
1. Deportee
2. North Country Blues
3. Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
4. Blowin' In The Wind
1 lead vocal by Arlo Guthrie
3 and 4 with Arlo Guthrie, Dave van Ronk, Phil Ochs, Larry Estridge,
Melanie and Pete Seeger.
One of the worst Dylan performances ever, due to "too much wine
sampling" before the concert.
Jun 20: Release of Before The Flood
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1. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
2. Lay Lady Lay
3. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
4. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
5. It Ain't Me Babe
6. Ballad Of A Thin Man
7. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
8. Just Like A Woman
9. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
10. All Along The Watchtower
11. Highway 61 Revisited
12. Like A Rolling Stone
13. Blowin' In The Wind
4 Madison Square Garden, NYC, January 30
2, 3, 12 Forum, Inglewood, Cal, February 13
6, 10, Forum, Inglewood, Cal, February 14 afternoon
1, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11 Forum, Inglewood, Cal, February 14 evening
13 is mix from Feb. 13 and Feb. 14 afternoon.
Sep 12: First BLOOD ON THE TRACKS session
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Columbia A&R Studios, NYC
1. Tangled Up In Blue
2. You're A Big Girl Now
3. Idiot Wind
4. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
5. If You See Her, Say Hello
Tony Brown (bass), Paul Griffin (organ), Buddy Cage (steel-guitar)
All released on the test pressing in November.
2 released on BIOGRAPH, October 8, 1985.
Sep 16: Second BLOOD ON THE TRACKS session
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Columbia A&R Studios, NYC
1. Simple Twist Of Fate
2. Buckets Of Rain
3. Shelter From The Storm
4. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
Tony Brown (bass), Paul Griffin (organ), Buddy Cage (steel-guitar)
All released on the test pressing in November and on
BLOOD ON THE TRACKS January 17, 1975.
Sep 23: Third BLOOD ON THE TRACKS session
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Columbia A&R Studios, NYC
Meet Me In The Morning
Eric Weissberg (guitar), Barry Kornfield (guitar), Tony Brown (bass),
Richard Crooks (drums), Charlie Brown (ac. & el. guitar).
All released on the test pressing in November and on
BLOOD ON THE TRACKS January 17, 1975.
Sep 23: Fourth BLOOD ON THE TRACKS session
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Columbia A&R Studios, NYC
Up To Me
Eric Weissberg (guitar), Barry Kornfield (guitar), Tony Brown (bass),
Charlie Brown (ac. & el. guitar).
Released on BIOGRAPH, October 8, 1985.
Dec 27: Fifth BLOOD ON THE TRACKS session
Dec 30: Sixth BLOOD ON THE TRACKS session
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Sound 80 Studio, Minneapolis
1. Tangled Up In Blue
2. You're A Big Girl Now
3. Idiot Wind
4. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
5. If You See Her, Say Hello
Ken Odegard (guitar), Chris Weber (12-string guitar),
Bill Peterson (bass), Greg Inhofer (keyboards), Bill Berg (drums).
All released BLOOD ON THE TRACKS January 17, 1975.
1 released on BIOGRAPH, October 8, 1985.
A version of Meet In The Morning is also said to be recorded at
one of these sessions.
For some reason Dylan didn't like the results from the first session
and on brother David's recommendation he used some local
Minneapolis musician's to rerecord these 5 (6?) songs.
3. 1974 TOUR WITH THE BAND
Dylan resumes touring after no less than 8 years, continuing where he left
it with The Band (The Hawks). The tour consisted of 40 shows in US and
Canada during six weeks in January and February.
Each show consisted of:
Set 1: 6 songs by Dylan backed by The Band
4-5 songs by The Band
3 songs by Dylan backed by The Band
Set 2: 5-6 songs by Dylan solo
4 songs by The Band
3 songs by Dylan backed by The Band
Encore: 1-2 songs by Dylan backed by The Band
A number of shows were taped by the Dylan crew for a possible live album.
Number of shows: 40
Number of circulating shows: 40
Number of different songs: 43
Total number of performances: 770
Mean number of songs/show: 18
Dates:
Jan 3 Chicago Stadium SA = stereo audience
4 Chicago Stadium MA = mono audience
6 The Spectrum, Philadelphia MA
6 The Spectrum, Philadelphia MA
7 The Spectrum, Philadelphia MA
9 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto MA
10 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto SA
11 Montreal Forum MA
12 Montreal Forum MA
14 Boston Gardens MA
14 Boston Gardens PA = sound board tape
15 Capitol Center, Washington DC MA
16 Capitol Center, Washington DC MA
17 Coliseum, Charlotte MA
17 Coliseum, Charlotte MA
19 Hollywood Sportatorium, Miami SA
19 Hollywood Sportatorium, Miami MA
21 Omni, Atlanta MA
22 Omni, Atlanta MA
23 Mid-south Coliseum, Memphis SA
25 Fort Worth, Dallas SA
26 Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston MA
26 Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston MA
28 Nassau County Coliseum MA
29 Nassau County Coliseum MA
30 Madison Square Garden, New York MA/PA
31 Madison Square Garden, New York MA
31 Madison Square Garden, New York MA
Feb 2 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MA
3 University of Indiana, Bloomington MA
4 Missouri Arena, St Louis MA
4 Missouri Arena, St Louis MA
6 Coliseum, Denver MA
6 Coliseum, Denver MA
9 Coliseum, Seattle MA
9 Coliseum, Seattle MA
11 Coliseum, Oakland MA
11 Coliseum, Oakland SA
13 Forum, Los Angeles MA/PA
14 Forum, Los Angeles MA/PA
14 Forum, Los Angeles MA/PA
Month January
Date 3 4 6 6 7 9 10 11 12 14 14 15 16 17 19
Hero Blues 1 1
Lay Lady Lay 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Tough Mama 3 5 5
It Ain't Me Babe 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 5 8 8 8 4
All Along The Watchtower 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Ballad Of A Thin Man 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
I Don't Believe You 8 15 5 5 2 4 4 5 4
The Times They Are A-Changin' S 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Song To Woody S 10 12
Hattie Carrol S 11 12 12
Nobody 'Cept You S 12 13 13 14 13 13 13 13
It's Alright Ma S 13 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Forever Young 14 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Something There Is About You 15 16 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
Like A Rolling Stone 16 17 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Most Likely You Go Your Way 17 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Knockin' On Heave's Door 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8
Love Minus Zero/No Limit 11 13 13
Maggie's Farm 18
Ballad Of Hollis Brown 1 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9
To Ramona S 10
Mama, You Been On My Mind S 11
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 1 1 1 1 4 4
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue S 11
Mr Tambourine Man (ac) S 13
Just Like A Woman S 10 10 13 13 13 13 13
Girl From The North Country S 11 11
Wedding Song S 12 12 12
It Takes A Lot To Cry 5
As I Went Out One Morning 3
Don't Think Twice S 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Gates Of Eden S 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Most Likely You Go Your Way F 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Blowin' In The Wind S 10 10
One Too Many Mornings 4
Fourth Time Around S
Blowin' In THe Wind
Highway 61 Revisited
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall S
Desolation Row S
She Belongs To Me S
Visions Of Johanna S
Mr Tambourine Man
J a n u a r y / F e b r u a r y
19 21 22 23 25 26 26 28 29 30 31 31 2 3 4
Hero Blues
Lay Lady Lay 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Tough Mama
It Ain't Me Babe 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 4
All Along The Watchtower 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Ballad Of A Thin Man 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
I Don't Believe You
The Times They Are A-Changin' S 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Song To Woody S
Hattie Carrol S
Nobody 'Cept You S
It's Alright Ma S 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Forever Young 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Something There Is About You 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 16
Like A Rolling Stone 17 17 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Most Likely You Go Your Way L 18 18 18 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Knockin' On Heaven's Door 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Maggie's Farm 18
Ballad Of Hollis Brown 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
To Ramona
Mama, You Been On My Mind S
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue S 13 13
Mr Tambourine Man S
Just Like A Woman S 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
Girl From The North Country S
Wedding Song S
It Takes A Lot To Cry
As I Went Out One Morning
Don't Think Twice S 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Gates Of Eden S 12 12 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Most Likely You Go Your Way F 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Blowin' In The Wind S
One Too Many Mornings
Fourth Time Around S 12
Blowin' In THe Wind 19 19 19 19
Highway 61 Revisited 16 16 16 16 16
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall S 12
Desolation Row S 14
She Belongs To Me S
Visions Of Johanna S
Mr Tambourine Man
F e b r u a r y #
4 6 6 9 9 11 11 13 14 14 40
Hero Blues 2
Lay Lady Lay 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 40
Tough Mama 3
It Ain't Me Babe 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 39
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 6
All Along The Watchtower 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 40
Ballad Of A Thin Man 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 40
I Don't Believe You 9
The Times They Are A-Changin' S 10 11 10 11 10 10 11 11 12 12 35
Song To Woody S 2
Hattie Carroll S 12 12 5
Nobody 'Cept You S 8
It's Alright, Ma S 14 14 14 14 15 16 35
Forever Young 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 17 40
Something There Is About You 25
Like A Rolling Stone 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 19 40
Most Likely You Go Your Way L 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 33
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 39
Knockin' On Heaven's Door 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 39
Love Minus Zero/No Limit 12 4
Maggie's Farm 18 20 4
Ballad Of Hollis Brown 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 37
To Ramona S 1
Mama, You Been On My Mind S 1
Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 13 4 30
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue S 11 4
Mr Tambourine Man S 1
Just Like A Woman S 13 11 11 11 13 25
Girl From The North Country S 2
Wedding Song S 12 14 12 14 12 14 14 10
It Takes A Lot To Cry 1
As I Went Out One Morning 1
Don't Think Twice S 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 33
Gates Of Eden S 12 14 24
Most Likely You Go Your Way F 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 33
Blowin' In The Wind S 2
One Too Many Mornings 1
Fourth Time Around S 1
Blowin' In The Wind 19 19 19 19 20 18 21 11
Highway 61 Revisited 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 16 18 15
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall S 1
Desolation Row S 1
She Belongs To Me S 10 10 10 10 10 11 6
Visions Of Johanna S 12 1
Mr Tambourine Man 1
Soundboard tapes:
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from this tour are finally beginning to surface. One example is Boston Jan 14.
So far these tapes have been exactly 90 minutes from the start of the show
including the Band's first set. The Last Dylan set with the band and the
encores are missing.
Recommended shows:
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Philadelphia January 6, afternoon
Memphis January 23
Inglewood February 14
Rare songs from this tour:
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As I Went Out One Morning - the only live performance of this song
Hero Blues - two live performances of this unreleased song from 1962 with
rewritten lyrics.
Fourth Time Around - after this single acoustic version there has only been
one more, in Syracuse September 22, 1978.
Desolation Row - also pretty rare, one acoustic also in 1984.
Visions Of Johanna - it took Dylan 15 years to try this one again, once
electric in 1988 and 1989, and once acoustic in 1989
and 1990.
Songs from PLANET WAVES
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Tough Mama three first shows only, then dropped in favor
of Tom Thumb.
Nobody 'Cept You played only at the first part, later replaced
by Just Like A Woman
no studio out-take of this song is circulating,
but is most certainly from the PLANET WAVES
sessions
Forever Young started the electric part of the second set
in every show
Something There Is About You the penultimate song in the second set during
the first 25 shows, then suddenly replaced by
Highway 61 for the rest of the tour. A pity.
Wedding Song performed in the solo set at ten shows, mostly
in the latter part of tour.
Alphabetical song listing
Song # comment
All Along The Watchtower 40
As I Went Out One Morning 1
Ballad Of Hollis Brown 37
Ballad of A Thin Man 40
Blowin' In The Wind 11
Blowin' In The Wind 2 solo, acoustic
Desolation Row 1 solo, acoustic
Don't Think Twice It's All Right 33 solo, acoustic
Forever Young 40
Fourth Time Around 1 solo, acoustic
Gates Of Eden 24 solo, acoustic
Girl From The North Country 2 solo, acoustic
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall 1 solo, acoustic
Hero Blues 2
Highway 61 Revisited 15
I Don't Believe You 9
It Ain't Me Babe 39
It Takes A Lot To Laugh .. 1
It's All Over Now Baby Blue 4 solo, acoustic
It's All Right Ma 35 solo, acoustic
Just Like A Rolling Stone 40
Just Like A Woman 25 solo, acoustic
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 39
Knockin' On Heaven's Door 39
Lay Lady Lay 40
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 6
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carrol 5 solo, acoustic
Love Minus Zero - No Limit 4
Maggie's Farm 4
Mama, You've Been On My Mind 1 solo, acoustic
Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine 66
Mr Tambourine Man 1
Mr Tambourine Man 1 solo, acoustic
Nobody 'Cept You 8 solo, acoustic
One Too Many Mornings 1
Rainy Day Women # 27 & 35 30
She Belongs To Me 6 solo, acoustic
Something There Is About You 25
Song To Woody 2 solo, acoustic
The Times They Are A'Changin' 35 solo, acoustic
To Ramona 1 solo, acoustic
Tough Mama 3
Visions Of Johanna 1 solo, acoustic
Wedding Song 10 solo, acoustic
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# of # of
songs % perf. %
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Electric 23 53% 469 61%
Acoustic 21 47% 202 39%
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Outtakes 3 7% 11 1%
From albums 36 84% 730 95%
Unreleased* 4 9% 30 4%
Covers 0 0
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* up to the release of Planet Waves Jan 17.
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# of # of
Album songs % perf %
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Bob Dylan 2 5% 2 0%
Freewheelin' 4 9% 47 6%
The Times 4 9% 78 10%
Another Side 4 9% 51 7%
Back Home 6 14% 77 10%
Highway 61 6 14% 136 18%
Blonde On Blonde 6 14% 132 17%
John Wesley Hardin 2 5% 41 5%
Nashville Skyline 1 2% 40 5%
New Morning 0 0% 0 0%
Pat Garrett 1 2% 39 5%
Planet Waves 4 9% 77 10%
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4. SONGS 1974
September: Buckets Of Rain
Call Letter Blues (1)
Idiot Wind (2)
If You See Her, Say Hello (2) (3)
Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
Meet Me In The Morning
Shelter From The Storm (4)
Simple Twist Of Fate (5)
Tangled Up In Blue (6)
Up To Me
You're A Big Girl Now (7)
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (8)
All copyrighted in October & November.
(1) No out-take, no cover.
Live versions:
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(2) Featured in the second Rolling Thunder Revue tour in 1976.
(3) A few times in 1978.
(4) Rolling Thunder Revue II, 1978, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990.
(5) All tours except the Gospel tour since Rolling Thunder I in 1975.
(6) Rolling Thunder Revue I & II, 1978, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990.
(7) Rolling Thunder Revue II, 1978, 1988, 1989, 1990.
(8) Rolling Thunder Revue II, rehearsed for the world tour in Jan 1978
but never performed.
5. SOURCES
Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan Stolen Moments
The Ultimate Reference Book.
Wanted Man 1988.
Michael Krogsgaard: Master Of The Tracks.
The Bob Dylan Reference Book of Recording.
October 1988.
6. SUGGESTED READINGS
Books about the tour:
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Stephen Pickering: Bob Dylan Approximately: A Portrait of the Jewish Poet
in search of God: A Midrash.
David McKay Co Inc New York 1975.
- : Bob Dylan Tour 1974
Aptos, Cal. 1974.
Ben Fong-Torres: Knockin' On Dylan's Door
About the 1974 tour as covered in Rolling Stone
Bill Yenne (ed): One Foot On The Highway
Articles:
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Dylan's Mysterious Man Called Norman - Bert Cartwright in The Telegraph #23
The Hidden Message Of Blood On The Tracks - John Armbruster in Look Back #17
Twixt Tour and Studio 1974 - article in Occasionally #5
[ 1st update: 6/5/90 ]
[ 2nd update: 11/2/90 ]
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