Bob Dylan / Innsbruck 1991 / 2CDR

Bob Dylan / Innsbruck 1991 / 2CDR / Uxbridge

Olympiahalle, Innsbruck, Austria 14th June 1991

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Although it is undeniable that it has been completely overlooked now, Bob Dylan’s 1991 summer European tour boasts amazing sound quality overlapping with the time when portable DAT decks began to spread between tapers. There are many audience recordings.
The masterpiece “STUTTGART 1991”, which was released on a limited press CD, was the best example of this, but the performance held in Innsbruck, Vienna, three days before Stuttgart, had already released wonderful items in real time. That is “OLYMPIC PLEASURE”, and it will be remembered nostalgically by maniacs.
The audience recording used there not only had a very clear sound quality, but also the sound image was very close, making it perfect for a 1991 audience album. Perhaps it is speculated that the person who recorded it is an item produced by himself.
Although it was an item that was well-received by enthusiasts because of its good sound quality, on the other hand, there was no way that the whole live could fit on one CD, and there were cuts such as the first few songs, and it was far from a complete recording. It was also a disappointing item that was the content. In addition, it was a funny item that the image used for the front cover was not Dylan but John Jackson, the band guitarist.

After that, when the European tour itself in the summer of 1991 weathered with the flow of time, there was no sign of the full version or upper version of Innsbruck coming out, but rather the interest of enthusiasts often gathered in the tour before and after, 1991 The live item itself has fallen into a situation where it completely hides its sound.
In that respect as well, “STUTTGART 1991” was a release that literally threw a stone, but this month an audience recording of the nostalgic Innsbruck performance suddenly appeared on the net.
“What’s surprising is the quality.” In the first place, it is an audience recording different from “OLYMPIC PLEASURE”, and it is a superb level audience recording that surpasses it. If this is not the time when it was overlooked by maniacs, the sound quality could definitely be put out on a press CD.
However, it is a complete version that includes the beginning of the live, which was cut in the previous version, and “Bob Dylan’s Dream,” which was a rare repertoire unique to this period. It is also unique to this time that the opening begins with “New Morning”.

And above all, this day was also the day when a cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “Homeward Bound” was played and maniacs all over the world were amazed. The song was played only three times on the stage in 1991, and it is said that it was also a rare cover representing this year.
Dylan is good at breaking the melody of the original song and singing it, but here, coupled with his own narrow vocal range, he sings all the parts of the melody that are sung high, so he sings all the way down, making it look like the people of Vienna. It seems that Dylan is singing the standard of S & G, and it is transmitted because of the superb sound quality until the mid-air feeling of confusion (laughs). In addition, it is a very high point that the rare cover that was shown only three times was captured with the highest sound quality.
On the other hand, he was in such a good mood that he gave lip service, saying, “I’m happy to sing here in Mozart’s country.” After all, the sound quality is wonderful, and you can hear even super rare covers, it is the upper version of the 1991 live that has been forgotten now!

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