Wanted Man - The Bootleg
Melbourne / Bob Dylan [and the Hawks]
"Melbourne, recorded at the Festival Hall, Melbourne,
Australia, 19/20 April 1966"
Cover title: Bob Dylan in "Melbourne, Australia"
The
Enigmatic Story of a Boy and his Dog... - with a cast of
thousands!
Wanted Man Music, WMM 023, 1993
Stereo
Total Running Time: 63:52
1. She Belongs To Me (2:52) [1]
2. Fourth Time Around (5:53) [2]
3. Visions Of Johanna [Mother Revisited, Freeze Out]
(10:40) [3]
4. It's All Over Now Baby Blue (6:26) [4]
5. Desolation Row (13:23) [5]
6. Just Like A Woman (6:08) [6]
7. Tell Me, Momma (1:47) [8]
8. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Eric von Schmidt [?])
(3:19) [9]
9. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (6:43) [10]
10. Like A Rolling Stone (7:26) [15]
Stoned Dylan, subtle, menacing, unique...
"This used to be called Visions Of Johanna, now it's called Mother Revisited."
He has some trouble tuning his guitar and he mumbles,
"Well, this isn't, this isn't my guitar, it could go out of tune all the time.
My guitar got broken here in Australia",
and the guitar he's playing keeps going out of tune.
"and uh, I had ta borrow this one. This is a good
guitar, but you know, it's a FOLK MUSIC guitar... folk
music guitar..."
Tell Me, Momma (7) is a real commotion. Vocals are REALLY
loud, and he's just BELLOWING the lyrics. Really has a nice
snarl to his voice. Amazing vocals, horrible sound. [it ain't that bad!]
There's a nice little monologue about Tom Thumb. "This is about a painter --
down in Mexico City, who travelled from North Mexico up to Del Rio, Texas
all the time, his name's Tom Thumb, and uh, right now he's about
125 years old but he's still going, and uh, everybody likes him a lot down
there, he's got lots of friends, and uh, this is when he was
going through his BLUE period, of painting, and uh, he's
made COUNTLESS amount of paintings, you couldn't think of
'em all. This is his blue period painting, I just dedicate
this song to him, it's called Just Like Tom Thumb's BLUES.
[very odd woman screaming, provoking audience laughter and
applause] You, you know Tom Thumb?"
TOWNSEND NUMBER: 290
PERFORMANCE: 7
SOUND: 7
RECOMMENDATION: 8
Disclaimer: I can't tell you where you can buy this recording, but if you ever see it, grab it!
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