DYLAN, BOB
- CD
ROTTERDAM 84 MERGES
| LABEL: |
| FP 185 |
| SOURCE: |
| Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam 6 June 1984 |
| FORMAT: |
| 2 downlioad cdrs |
| RUNNING TIME: |
| 65.51/70.40 |
| SOUND/SOURCE: |
| Soundboard stereo and Audience stereo merges |
| PACKAGING: |
| Double Slimline Jewel case |
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SOUND 8.5 / PACKAGING 10
/ PERFORMANCE 9
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| TRACK LIST: |
Disc One: 1.
Highway 61 Revisited, 2. Jokerman, 3. All Along The Watchtower, 4. Just Like A
Woman, 5. Maggie’s Farm, 6. I And I, 7. License To Kill, 8. I’ve Got To Use My
Imagination, 9. It Ain’t Me Babe, 10. A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall, 11. It’s
Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding).
Disc Two: 1.
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue, 2. Masters Of War, 3. Ballad Of A Thin Man, 4. Simple
Twist Of Fate, 5. Man Of Peace, 6. Every Grain Of Sand, 7. Like A Rolling Stone,
8. Encore Break, 9. Tangled Up In Blue, 10. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right, 11.
Love Minus Zero/No Limit, 12. Blowin’ In The Wind.
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| REVIEW: |
After the
new soundboard release for the Rotterdam 2nd night concert from
Dylan 1984 European tour surfaced completely unexpected,
this project was
conceived; previously we only had an audience recording of average quality.
Initially, the soundboard recording was reworked by de-clicking it and
improving its phase and azimuth, then was created a mix with the audience
recording to obtain a more spacious sound that better captures the live
atmosphere especially for the last tracks in which the audience participates.
There are also two videos circulating, these videos are both incomplete but
partially complement each other. It was therefore decided to redo the
soundtrack and so there are three volumes of this show:
- Volume 01 (FP 184) containing the reworked soundboard version
- Volume 02 (FP 185) containing the merged soundboard and audience
version
- Volume 03 (FP 186) containing the soundtrack of the final video, which
blends the soundboard with the original video versions.
Here reviewed is Volume Two,
which presents merges between the soundboard and audience sources.
This show was not available before, only
an average audience quality of Rotterdam first night on June 4th had
been available before on an LP called Man of Peace (AM 243/SM 1010), which has
been used here for the end of I’ve Got To Use My Imagination. Santana joined just
on Blowin’ In The Wind with a short guitar solo. However, this is a different
musical set than those in future, because here Dylan seems to still be guiding
the band. In particular on Disc One, on I’ve Got To Use My Imagination
(written by Greg Sutton) from 3’45 onwards comes from the soundboard version,
while on
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) there
were 3 gaps compensated in the soundboard version. Usually these merges
offer an improvement with regards to previous available versions, niy judging
from Disc One it didn’t seem to be the case, since we get the excellent
soundboard on one channel and a muddy rumble on the other at least up to I And
I included. However, Disc Two is much better and therefore it is possible to
enjoy the merges even on solo Dulan numbers, especially when the audience
participates like on Blowin In The Wind.
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Mar 30, 2026 - 10:14:57 AM |