Bob Dylan - The Rundown Rehearsal Tapes (4 CD, 2002) [FLAC]



During the winter months of 1978, Bob Dylan conducted rehearsals for his upcoming 115-date world tour in downtown Santa Monica's aptly named Rundown Studios. Captured for posterity by engineers Arthur Rosato and Joel Bernstein, the Rundown tapes represent a remarkably panoramic window into Dylan's creative process as he reinvents his classic songs via improvised lyrics and arrangements that gradually transform the raw, fiery melodies into larger-than-life pop fantasias seemingly earmarked for the casino ballrooms of Las Vegas.

 The four-CD bootleg box set The Rundown Rehearsal Tapes is an embarrassment of riches for the serious Dylan enthusiast, encompassing virtually every landmark in his storied songbook as well as some new compositions and a handful of traditional blues standards that never made it past the rehearsal stage. Even then-recent songs like "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go" and "If You See Her, Say Hello" are completely reinvented into forms barely recognizable from their familiar studio LP renditions. Perhaps most noteworthy is the fourth disc, recorded in April as an audition for bassist Jerry Scheff. Both "We'd Better Talk This Over" and "Coming from the Heart" make their debut, and while the former later resurfaced on Street Legal, the latter soon disappeared forever. Sound quality is somewhat erratic, but the sheer volume and consistency of the material makes it mandatory listening regardless of its flaws.





 
CD1

  1. Like A Rolling Stone (1)
  2. It's All Over Now Baby Blue (1)
  3. It's All Over Now Baby Blue (2)
  4. Blowin In The Wind
  5. Maggie's Farm
  6. Like A Rolling Stone (2)
  7. The Man In Me
  8. To Ramona
  9. Most Likely You Go Your Way
  10. Simple Twist Of Fate
  11. Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat
  12. If Not For You
  13. I Threw It All Away
  14. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
  15. Going Going Gone
  16. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome
  17. Simple Twist Of Fate
  18. My Babe
  19. Like A Rolling Stone (3)


CD2

  1. Just Like A Woman (1)
  2. Just Like A Woman (2)
  3. Blowin' In The Wind (1)
  4. Blowin' In The Wind (2)
  5. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
  6. The Man In Me
  7. You're A Big Girl Now
  8. Don't Think Twice
  9. I Threw It All Away
  10. Love Minus Zero
  11. Maggie's Farm
  12. Ballad Of A Thin Man
  13. Simple Twist Of Fate
  14. To Ramona
  15. If You See Her Say Hello


CD3

  1. I Don't Believe You
  2. Going Going Gone
  3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
  4. The Times
  5. If You See Her Say Hello
  6. The Man In Me
  7. I Don't Believe You
  8. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
  9. You're A Big Girl Now
  10. Knockin' On Heavens Door
  11. It's Alright Ma
  12. Forever Young
  13. Repossession Blues
  14. One Of Us Must Know
  15. Girl Of The North Country


CD4

  1. We'd Better Talk This Over
  2. Coming From The Heart
  3. I Threw It All Away
  4. Maggie's Farm
  5. Ballad Of A Thin Man
  6. Simple Twist Of Fate
  7. To Ramona
  8. If You See Her Say Hello
  9. I Don't Believe You
  10. Love Minus Zero
  11. Stop Now (1)
  12. Stop Now (2)
  13. Coming From The Heart (2)
  14. Bonus:
  15. Am I Your Stepchild?
  16. Do Right To Me Baby
  17. Coming From The Heart (3)
  18. More Than Flesh And Blood
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