Different but one of my favorites

Many folks who have decided to review this double album have said they don t feel comfortable with the different arrangements displayed.



I have to agree with Dylan s voice being at a peak here.



But how can someone identify him or herself as a devoted Dylan fan and not accept such an accessible album as this one.



I think that if the arrangements are different and not what you d of preferred, try to see the result. There are few artists in this planet who can record something and usually have at least half success. Dylan, the Grateful Dead and others are artists who being that they were geniuses at what they did, it was hard to have a ' flop ' effort.



So I just say, try to enjoy this, becuase it s a little spoiled to say that ' I didn t like it '



The opener Mr Tambourine Man is a swell version. Maybe the best I ve heard. And the album progresses well ( Love minus zero, One more cup of coffee - valley below, Like a rolling stone, I shall be released (!!), Is your love in vain ? )



Enjoy this as should be with any quality recording.



Accompany it with a good Jerry Garcia band live album. Both groups were meant to be coupled together or grouped. I don't think they ever shared a bill togehter, but that has to be one of the strangest things that didn t happen in rock & roll



At least the Dead did in 87 & 95. : )



Enjoy this great live album

Hideous Arrangments !!! - Stay clear. 1 of Dylan's Worst !!!

I'm a huge dylan fan - and collector (I have around 120 or so of his albums, bootlegs, shows etc.).

This is one of his worst ever - if not The worst - the only redeeming feature - the singing is not bad - even good on afew tracks. Docendo Discimus is dead right - spot on criticism - I could/t have said it better myself - so I won't try.

anyone, IMH, who gives this album more than 3 stars is of his rocker...

Reviled, Neglected, Forgotten... and Wonderful!

Why not sing clearly, in time and in tune? Why not horn arrangements? Why not back-up singers? These live recordings are lushly arranged, but not over-arranged, and they have drive and style to spare. Stiff-necked rock purists were horrified by the recasting of Dylan's songbook, just as overly-reverent folk purists took umbrage at his electrification. But they're missing out on one of the man's most musical moments and discouraging others from listening with an open mind. Don't make the same mistake.



Dylan was not surly or angry on this tour. He was expansive and approachable and -- dare I say it? -- happy! If that's antithetical to the spirit of rock, then I'm not a rocker. Don't pay attention to those sniffing that the music wasn't honest at this point or that Bob had gone Vegas. Lyrics don't have to be droned in a ragged voice to rate as poetry. If you want to hear the originals -- and you should have all of Dylan's original 60s albums -- then listen to them. But give this one a try, and enjoy a change of pace, yet another phase of our preeminent rock-poet's always-daring reinvention.