Bob Dylan: From Newport to the Ancient Empty Street in LA

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2-CD Bootleg with 1964/65 acoustic and electric (with Al Kooper and the Paul Butterfield blues band) Dylan shows at the Newport Folk Festival, and the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA 09.03.65 concert. Hollywood Bowl was the second show Dylan did with Levon and Robbie (plus Al Kooper and Harvey Brooks on organ and bass).

The sound quality of the Dylan Newport '65 electric set is good, Very clear sound and interesting crowd noise - not nearly as negative as is historically alleged. It also contains a very nice sound quality (and as complete as exists) version of the Hollywood Bowl show.

From the list of songs, it looks like this bootleg uses the stereo mixes of the Newport '65 tracks, which have overdubbed crowd noise between tracks, so what you're hearing isn't really the Newport audience. That said, complete line recordings of that show do exist (albeit in mono), and while the audience isn't quite as loud as on the stereo mixes, they still seem pretty happy - no boos, the only complaints being after Bob leaves the stage - they simply wanted to hear more of him.

Tracks

Disc 1

Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Freebody Park, Rhode Island, July 26th 1964 (Dylan solo)
1. All I Really Want To Do
2. To Ramona
3. Mr. Tambourine Man
4. Chimes Of Freedom
   Newport Folk Festival, Newport, Freebody Park, Rhode Island, July 25th 1965 (with Al Kooper and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
5. Maggie's Farm
6. Like A Rolling Stone
7. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
8. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
   Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, September 3rd, 1965 (acoustic set)
9. She Belongs To Me
10. To Ramona
11. Gates Of Eden
12. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Disc 2

Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, September 3rd, 1965 (acoustic set)
1. Desolation Row
2. Love Minus Zero/ No Limit
3. Mr. Tambourine Man
   Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, September 3rd, 1965 (electric set, with Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson, Al Kooper and Harvey Brooks)
4. Tombstone Blues
5. I Don't Believe You
6. From A Buick 6
7. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
8. Maggie's Farm
9. It Ain't Me Babe
10. Ballad Of A Thin Man
11. Like A Rolling Stone
    Bonus: Alternate studio version (acetate with background vocals overdub)
12. Tombstone Blues

Bob Dylan - From Newport to the Ancient Empty Street in LA - 1998 - Dandylion DL 061/062