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Rolling Thunder Revue, the pinnacle of Bob Dylan’s 1970s. Among them, it is new to remember that the official content for 75 years was summarized in that wonderful “THE 1975 LIVE RECORDINGS”, but it was also confirmed that not all performances were multitrack recorded. It’s gone. Dylan & Review of the same year showed a wonderful stage throughout the tour, but among them, the three performances held in Canada from the end of November to the beginning of December, which reached a boiling point, were all called the masterpieces of the 75th edition review. A shaken stage was being shown.
However, during this period, which can be called the climax, only Montreal on December 4th was multitrack recorded. The fact that similar recordings were not performed in the two performances in Toronto before that was also revealed by the release of “THE 1975 ~”, and maniacs all over the world were disappointed. It must be true. As the Montreal showed, the Dylan & Revue stage at the three performances in Canada was shaken off anyway. In order to know such a masterpiece, you still have to borrow the power of audience recording.
Fortunately, there are really wonderful stereo audience recordings left in Toronto, and the sound quality on December 1st is the best. An exquisite balance that captures the performance with a moderate sense of distance and a sense of presence, yet with plenty of power. Therefore, it was used as a supplementary staff even in old masterpieces such as “GET READY! TONIGHT BOB’S STAYING HERE WITH YOU” and “COWBOY ANGEL BLUES”, which mainly used the PA sound board at the beginning of the tour, and sometimes near the taper. It should have been a familiar sound source for maniacs even if the audience (maybe friends) shouted the request “Visions Of Johnna!”.
Even if the PA soundboard of this day was discovered, it should not be possible to reproduce such a wonderful sense of presence and listening comfort, and the first full recording of such a famous audience was “FLAGGING DOWN DOUBLE E’S”. In the 1990s, it was highly popular as a masterpiece released by RAZOR’S EDGE, a Dylan specialty label that was more enthusiastic than the nostalgic WANTED MAN label. However, since it was released in the cassette trade era in the 90’s, it is also true that the generation drop and pitch deviation were not fully attacked.
On the contrary, after “FLAGGING DOWN~” (hereinafter referred to as “existing board”), the upper version of the audience recording, which has the best sound quality and performance, does not appear easily. Moreover, since the low gene version of this sound source was widely distributed when it entered the 21st century, it must be said that this is a grave situation. Therefore, this time, the release of the upper version based on this low gene version will finally be realized, but the difference in sound quality is clear compared to the already released board. From the first half of the live, it seems that the hiss noise has been lowered and the thin skin has been removed, and in the second half of the live, the difference in sound quality is finally appearing. For example, if you compare them around “Hurricane”, the difference is clear. Above all, the existing board had a major drawback that the opening “When I Paint My Masterpiece” started with a fade-in, but this time it was recorded from Bob Neuwirth’s MC before the performance started.
Also, as a bonus, the style of the already-launched edition, which recorded the sound source in Toronto the next day, will be followed this time as well. This is also based on the master version released by KRW_CO this year, so the difference from the already released board is clearer than the day before. Originally, the sound quality was a little inferior to the previous day (although it was still the best class at that time) on this day, so it was perfect as a bonus staff, but in addition to that, the already-launched board had deterioration in sound quality and pitch due to the generation drop. The madness is conspicuous, and it is much easier to hear this time.
The already-launched edition was also packed with sound sources from performances before December, but this time it was smartly put together with the concept of only two days in Toronto, which was an extremely famous performance.
The magnificence of the crisp performance on the first day of Toronto that was captured by such a superb audience is a masterpiece. In the beginning of the live, Mick Ronson’s guitar is crazy, and it will knock down as much as this. Therefore, it is also the charm of the Rolling Thunder Review in 1975 that I would like to recommend it to non-Dylan fans. Furthermore, the appeal of the recording balance, which allows you to clearly hear the bass line of Rob Stoner, the bassist who was also a band mass of a large band, has not faded yet, and it was captured with such quality in the audience recording of the 1975 review. There is no other sound source that was picked up.
By the way, the original sound source captured the entire review over a long period of time, so cuts due to tape exchange occurred frequently, for example, as soon as “It Ain’t Me, Babe” ended The cut to enter was the best example. As a result of editing such a scene with crossfade in order to make it less noticeable on the already released board, the recording time was rather shortened, but this time it was recorded just by pinching the cut itself. It is also an advantage that the part was recorded as much as possible.
And after all, Dylan was in high spirits. The engine is fully open in the first half of the live, and it is also wonderful to turn around and sing gently from the acoustic corner with Joan Baez. Furthermore, in Dylan’s singing corner, he carefully sings famous songs such as “It’s All Over Now Baby Blue” and “Love Minus Zero / No Limit”, and it is transmitted to how the arena is quiet. Please enjoy the upper version of the 75-year-old review and the famous recording that you can not hear even in such an official box. Of course the title is “DEFINITIVE DOUBLE E’S” which respects the old masterpiece!
