Live: 1961-2000 |  | Artist: Bob Dylan
Label: SME Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  19 reviews
Format: Live, Import
Media: Audio CD
UPC: 821838017424
EAN: 0821838017424
ASIN: B000A28MGW
Release Date: May 28, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Somebody Touched Me | | • | Wade in the Water | | • | Handsome Molly | | • | To Ramona | | • | I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) | | • | Grand Coulee Dam | | • | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | | • | It Ain't Me Babe | | • | Shelter from the Storm | | • | Dead Man, Dead Man | | • | Slow Train | | • | Dignity | | • | Cold Irons Bound | | • | Born in Time | | • | Country Pie | | • | Things Have Changed |
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Album Description
Japanese exclusive release spanning 40 years of great concert performances, Tracks include, 'It Ain't Me, Babe' (from a promo only album), 'Dead Man, Dead Man' (live In New Orleans 1981) which was a B-side for a cassette only single release, 'Born In Time' which was previously released on an EP, 'Somebody Touched Me' (traditional prev. unreleased), 'Wade In The Water (traditional prev. unreleased), 'Handsome Molly' (traditional prev. unreleased), 'To Ramona' (traditional prev. unreleased) and 'Things Have Changed' (prev. unreleased live version) and many more. 2001 release. Standard jewel case.
Album Details
16 Track Limited Edition Collection, Commemorating his 2001 Tour of Japan. Includes Five 'officially Unreleased' (Some have Appeared on Bootlegs) Tracks plus Three 'hard to Find' Rarities (From Now Out of Print Singles Or Collections) and an Assortment of Songs from Previously Released Albums Spanning his Entire Career from 1961 Thru 2000. This is a Must have for Any Bob Dylan Collector Or Fan. Get it While You Can.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 39 years at about 39 dollars... Ouch! April 20, 2001
MG Nagy
30 out of 32 found this review helpful
The rest of the jacket art reads, "Thirty-nine years of great concert performances." They could have done better. First, a complete track list:
Somebody Touched Me 2:42 (2000 Portsmouth, England) - Previously Unreleased / Wade In The Water 2:59 (1961 Minneapolis, MN) - Previously Unreleased / Handsome Molly 2:47 (1962 Gas Light) - Previously Unreleased / To Ramona 4:27 (1965 Sheffield, England) - "Don't Look Back" Outtake / I Don't Believe You 6:00 (1966 Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England) / Grand Coulee Dam 2:56 (1968 "A Tribute To Woody Guthrie, Part I") / Knockin' On Heaven's Door 3:49 (1974 "Before The Flood") / It Ain't Me, Babe 5:16 (1975 film "Renaldo & Clara") - Promo only EP / Shelter From The Storm 5:25 (1976 "Hard Rain") / Dead Man, Dead Man 3:56 (1981 New Orleans) - Cassette Single B-side / Slow Train 4:59 (1987 "Dylan and the Dead") / Dignity 6:35 (1994 "MTV Unplugged") Cold Irons Bound 6:49 (1997 Los Angeles, CA) - "Love Sick" import single bonus track / Born In Time 5:19 (1998 NJ) - Sorry, can't think of the name of the single. This is a bonus track off of another import single from the "Time Out Of Mind" record / Country Pie 2:48 (2000 Portsmouth, England) - Previously Unreleased / Things Have Changed 5:52 (2000 Portsmouth, England) - Previously Unreleased
(TRT 72:49)
I guess I'll complain first. If you have the "Don't Look Back" DVD, you duplicate "To Ramona." If you have the JP "Love Sick" or the Australian "Time Out Of Mind" with the extra disc, you will duplicate "Cold Irons Bound." Five more tracks are straight off regular releases. That wouldn't bother me if they had remastered the tracks on this CD. I don't own any of those records because of how bad they sound. I'll stop complaining now.
On the plus side, it's nice having "Dead Man" and the Guthrie tribute track on CD. The Portsmouth tracks are pretty darn good. Actually, "Somebody Touched Me" is outstanding, as are "Wade In The Water" and "Handsome Molly." The booklet is rather thick, with some good color pics, and all the lyrics in both JP and English.
I would have given this five stars if they had simply remastered the regular released tracks. They whole Dylan catalog is going to get overhauled. There simply is no excuse.
This disc would be a steep introduction. For someone who may not have all the live records, here's a sample of some of the performances, and their wretched mastering. In short, Dylan worshippers need to belly up to the bar, while the casual fan may actually come out ahead using this as a sampler before making further purchases. For the merely curious, I would first suggest a greatest hits package (or two).
Basically a Sony gimic August 28, 2001
Fred Enderby (Seattle, WA United States)
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
So, there are a few great things on here: Grand Coulee Dam (Dylan at the very crest--just listen to the singing on the line "She comes OFF the Canadian Rockies, where the crystal waters glide..."), Somebody Touched Me (in Dylan's current touring, what makes the music really great is the fantastic bluegrass/country style of the backup musicians), Handsome Molly (a very pretty, though a bit innocuous, bit of very early Dylan). Wade in the Water is also, I suppose, very good, though I find his grisled old bluesman voice from the pre-Freewheelin' days pretty affected. The rest is the typical hit and miss of Dylan concerts, with emphasis on "miss": Dylan's sound is generally an intimate one, even when he's doing rock (She's Your Lover Now, Tangled Up In Blue) and, in my opinion, it does not lend itself to the necessarily ham-fisted approach of big-scale concerts. Still, there are concerts where the sheer might of his performance (and the vitality of the then-new songs) triumphed, as heard in the Bootleg 4 "Live '66" album. Also, a live performance which is essentially a studio set-up (MTV Unplugged) can yield good results. But these concerts have already been released, as have some decidedly mediocre and poor Dylan performances (Budokon, the Dead). Why, if Sony was going to do a live album, couldn't they have dug into the vaults just a little deeper? A lot of great stuff is floating around on bootlegs--bootlegs so widespread and well-known that they're catalogued in books--why not reward our shelling out so much cash with a few of these...
11 out of 16 ain't bad (ain't great but ain't bad) March 18, 2002
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This should get 5 stars for the music, 3 stars for Sony's track selection. As there is no shortage of rare and (officially) unreleased live Dylan covering his entire career, there was no need to include 5 tracks off of existing albums. For example: from the 1966 tour instead of "I Don't Believe You" (which many fans already have twice -- on "Live 1966" and "Biograph") Sony could have included "Just Like Tom's Thumb's Blues" (which is available only on a rare 7" and the Australian "Masterpieces" compilation). Likewise "Heaven's Door" from 1974's "Before the Flood" and "Shelter From the Storm" from 1976's "Hard Rain" could have replaced with additional tracks from the out-of print Woody Guthrie tribute album and rare promo "Renaldo & Clara" EP. From the MTV session, Sony could have substituted "Love Minus Zero" (which is currently available only on the video release) for "Dignity". And if Sony had to include something from Dylan's tour with the Dead, couldn't they have scraped up an out-take? In fact "Slow Train Comin'", "Dignity" and "Shelter" are arguably the three weakest tracks on this CD, making their presence doubly frustrating. As for the rest of it, from 1961 to 2000 the tracks are all good-to-great and, while not entirely unavailable before, not already in most fans' collections. For those 11 tracks, the CD is worthwhile.
 Rare and Beautiful March 10, 2001
Judith E. Shaw (Hirakata-shi, Osaka Japan)
16 out of 19 found this review helpful
This CD contains 16 tracks of live concert recordings, eleven of which are labeled, "rare or previously unreleased." Three of the songs are traditional songs and one, "Grand Coulee Dam," was written by Woody Guthrie. The sound quality is exceptional and you really get a feel for the excitement in the air as Dylan takes the stage. My favorite track is "Wade in the Water." This has an incredibly gutsy sound. Close your eyes and see if you can't imagine an aging blues singer from the South or maybe a smoky Chicago blues club. Open them to see a skinny white dude from Minnesota! What is especially nice about this collection is the choice of songs; a little bit country, gospel, folk, blues and if all goes well in a few weeks, an academy award winner as well. What is missing are the old standbys, "Like a Rolling Stone," "Rainy day Women," "All Along the Watchtower," all of which are available on other recordings. Instead we get to hear some songs not often included in collections like this. Highly recommended.
two titles-same album May 14, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This album, LIVE, 1961-2000: THIRTY-NINE YEARS OF GREAT CONCERT PRFORMANCES, is the same album as NEVER ENDING TOUR. Both titles originated in Japan. Musically, this is a great album, but why it should have two titles one can only guess.
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