Bob Dylan / Spokane 2022 / 2CDR

Bob Dylan / Spokane 2022 / 2CDR / Uxbridge
First Interstate Center for the Arts, Spokane, WA, USA 28th May 2022

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Bob Dylan started the tour this year as if he was active all his life. The latest live sound source is released from UXBRIDGE at the best audience.

This year’s tour, “ALBUQUERQUE 2022” is on sale from the leg in March, but it will resume from Spokane on May 28 with a month and a half off in April. This time, the performance will be released at the fastest speed, but the sound quality of the original audience recording is wonderful. Not only is the sound image close, but the overall moist feeling is exquisite. It’s definitely a level that wouldn’t be strange if it was released on a press CD.

The set list itself has exactly the same composition as that of March and April, but it seems that Dylan has evolved the performance. In particular, the numbers of yesteryear are becoming lighter, and the lightness of playing songs such as “Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)” and “To Be Alone With You” is more light than during the spring tour. It has a nice atmosphere. Even more surprising is Dylan’s unabated performance, which celebrated his 81st birthday four days before the show. He sings every repertoire, if he thinks he’s played the piano endlessly even after he’s over 80 years old. In addition, there is plenty of room to make small comments in between. Who could have predicted that the great men of the 1960s, who had a career of 50 years, would continue to stand on the stage so flexibly in 2022? The song “Every Grain of Sand”, which has been the closing number since last year, has evolved from last year, but it is also powerful.

Although it was the first day of the second tour this year, the engine was already fully open. Dylan is trying to handle the third tour schedule as a matter of course since the resumption of the tour in Korona-ka last year. Still, it’s an audience recording with very good sound quality, and I can’t help but be surprised to hear that it’s unbelievably over 80 years old. The back performance that supports Dylan is also rock solid. The light momentum I mentioned earlier is nothing but the band itself enjoying the stage. 1960s allies Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, and The Who have also been touring actively earlier this year, but Dylan is the leader. As long as my body moves, I will continue to stand on the tour … The latest audience album that conveys the ever-evolving live sound and the powerful stage performance that can be said to be such a declaration with the highest sound quality!

 まるで生涯現役を貫くかの如く今年もツアーを始めたボブ・ディラン。その最新ライブ音源を極上オーディエンスにてUXBRIDGEから最速リリース。
 
 今年のツアーは3月のレグから「ALBUQUERQUE 2022」が大好評発売中なのですが、4月に一か月半のオフを挟んで5月28日のスポーケンから再開。今回は同公演を最速リリースする訳ですが、元になったオーディエンス録音の音質が素晴らしい。音像が近いのはもちろん、全体を通して非常にしっとりとした聞き心地が絶品なのです。間違いなくプレスのCDでリリースされたとしてもおかしくないレベル。
 
 セットリスト自体は3月や4月のそれと全く同じ構成なのですが、演奏が進化しているのがディランらしいところ。特に往年のナンバーは軽快さが増しており、例えば「Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)」や「To Be Alone With You」といった曲の演奏における軽やかさが春のツアーの時よりもマシマシな雰囲気。それ以上に驚かされるのが、このショーの四日前に81歳の誕生日を迎えたディランの衰え知らずな絶好調ぶり。80歳を超えてもなお縦横無尽にピアノを弾いたかと思えば、どのレパートリーもじっくりと歌いあげる。さらには合間でちょっとしたコメントを発するなど余裕たっぷり。もはや50年にも及ぶキャリアを歩んできた60年代の偉人が、2022年もこれほどまで足腰しなやかにステージに立ち続けることなど、誰が予想できたでしょうか?昨年からクロージング・ナンバーの座を射止めた「Every Grain of Sand」の歌いっぷりなど、それこそ昨年から進化しているのはもちろん、とにかく力強い。
 
 今年二回目のツアーの初日でありながら、既にエンジンは全開。昨年のコロナ禍でのツアー再開から三回目のツアー日程を当たり前のようにこなそうとしているディラン。それでいて音質が非常に良いオーディエンス録音です、そこから80歳を超えたとは到底信じがたいほど快活に歌い上げる姿が伝わってくる様は驚きを禁じえません。そんなディランを支えるバックの演奏も盤石。先に申し上げたような軽やかな勢いというのもバンド自体がステージを楽しんでいるからに他ならない。1960年代の盟友であるポール・マッカートニー、ローリング・ストーンズ、そしてザ・フーも今年に入って活発にツアーを行っていますが、そうした中でもリーダーたるディラン。自分の体が動く限りはツアーに立ち続ける…そんな宣言ともとれる、相変わらの力強いステージぶりと進化し続けるライブサウンドを極上音質で伝えてくれる最新のオーディエンス・アルバム!
 
Disc 1(54:48)
1. Intro
2. Watching The River Flow
3. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
4. I Contain Multitudes
5. False Prophet
6. When I Paint My Masterpiece
7. Black Rider
8. I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
9. My Own Version of You
10. Crossing The Rubicon
11. To Be Alone With You
 
Disc 2(41:58)
1. Key West (Philosopher Pirate)
2. Gotta Serve Somebody
3. I’ve Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You
4. Melancholy Mood
5. Mother of Muses
6. Goodbye Jimmy Reed
7. Band Introductions
8. Every Grain of Sand
 
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