Bob Dylan / Rotterdam 1984 2nd Night Soundboard / 2CD

Bob Dylan / Rotterdam 1984 2nd Night Soundboard / 2CD / Zion
Sportpaleis Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 6th June 1984 STEREO SBD

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Bob Dylan’s 1984 soundboard continues to be discovered every time to amaze maniacs around the world. Until now, releases have continued gradually since the July leg of the tour, and among them, “SLANE 1984 SOUNDBOARD”, which captures the final day of the tour, is sold out. Finally, the shock of the release of “NANTES 1984 SOUNDBOARD”, which was discovered when the tour went back to June, is new, but this time also the first sound that will surprise maniacs around the world from the June stage. board. So, is it a new soundboard that captures the stage in the latter half of June?
…No, it’s not. This time, even though it was June, we went back to the first half of the tour and went to Rotterdam on June 6th. On this day, the encore “Tangled Up In Blue” was included in the 1984 sound board compilation, and the existence of the sound board was hinted at, but it was only one song. This time, it was discovered all at once in the complete show recording version, so I think the more you are a fan, the more you will understand how much of an impact this has.
Additionally, the multi-track recording for “REAL LIVE” starts in Paris on July 1st, so the soundboard from the PA out that captures the show before that is of immeasurable value. As you can see from “ROME 1984 1ST NIGHT”, which is currently on sale, there have been leaks of soundboards in the latter half of June in the past. In addition to that, “NANTES 1984 SOUNDBOARD” made maniacs all over the world overjoyed, but now that the PA soundboard from the first half of the tour has been discovered even in June…

In the first place, Rotterdam on June 6th was the day when there was only a so-so audience recording that could be heard on the LP “MAN OF PEACE” released in real Thailand, and because of that, there were still no CD items. Coming there and discovering the complete sound board all at once is too shocking.
Furthermore, the cassette was replaced on the PA soundboard this time, not Dylan’s part, but the ending of “I’ve Got To Use My Imagination” sung by Greg Sutton. In other words, it was lucky that Dylan’s part was recorded intact. The missing parts of Sutton’s song were compensated for with the original source of the audience recording that was also used for the previous “MAN OF PEACE”, but it is completely incomparable to the outstandingly clear sound board this time, no matter how much the sense of distance is. The result also allows you to feel that it was a certain sound source.
What’s interesting is that it was the beginning of the tour, so maybe the staff wasn’t used to the mixing and balance yet, so the stereo feeling of the drums spreading left and right like the PA sound board in July was weak, and the overall sound was close to monaural. I am. Still, it’s interesting to see how the balance of each instrument gets better and better as the show progresses. It is also after Sutton’s “I’ve Got To” that it becomes noticeable.

What’s so fun about the early stages of the tour that you can hear on this shocking new excavation soundboard? In “All Along The Watchtower”, you can clearly enjoy the development unique to the early part of the tour where Dylan plays the harmonica from beginning to end, and in “Maggie’s Farm”, Mick Taylor has not yet gotten into the song, and the phrases are so monotonous that it makes you laugh. The band is currently in a public rehearsal to figure out how to play the lead. It is also a rare pattern that Dylan’s singing corner begins with “It Ain’t Me, Babe”, and after that the encore becomes the regular position.
Additionally, at the beginning of the tour, Dylan was playing the acoustic guitar more often than the electric guitar, and it was easy to understand because of the ultra-clear sound board. Especially after “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue,” many of the songs are played in a pattern unique to the early stages of the tour, in which he plays the acoustic guitar and leads the band, and the members follow. This will also be a completely different development from the performance heard on the July sound board that has been released so far.
At this stage, Carlos Santana, who has become familiar since then, has only one song, the finale, “Blowin’ In The Wind.” Again, unlike the later versions, Dylan is leading the band and Santana while playing the acoustic guitar here, but the fact that he is already encouraging the audience to sing the chorus is already starting to feel like 1984. Moreover, the direct feeling that Santana’s play, which started playing the lead with a cautious look, is flowing directly from his ears to his brain is precisely because it is a PA sound board. This is an excavation from the 1984 tour that has made enthusiasts all over the world amazed, but above all, the day will come when you can listen to the early part of the tour on the sound board!

★A miraculous discovery of the soundboard from the beginning of the tour in the first half of June! ! Completely first appearance in history! !

毎回世界中のマニアをアッと言わせる発掘が続くボブ・ディラン1984年のサウンドボード。これまでツアー7月の行程から徐々にリリースが続き、中でもツアー最終日の模様を捉えた『SLANE 1984 SOUNDBOARD』に至ってはSold Outとなるほど。遂にはツアーが6月の行程へと遡って発掘された『NANTES 1984 SOUNDBOARD』リリースの衝撃も新しいところですが、今回もまた6月のステージから世界中のマニアが驚愕するであろう初登場サウンドボード。ということは、やはり6月後半のステージを捉えた新たなサウンドボードか？
…いいえ違います。今回は同じ6月でも一気にツアー前半へと遡って6月6日のロッテルダム。この日は84年サウンドボードのコンピものにアンコールの「Tangled Up In Blue」が収録されてサウンドボードの存在がほのめかされていましたが、それとてたった一曲。それが今回は一気にショー完全収録バージョンで発掘されたのだから、これがどれほどのインパクトであるか、マニアであればあるほどその凄さを理解してもらえることかと。
それに『REAL LIVE』用のマルチトラック収録は7月1日のパリからですので、それ以前のショーを捉えたPAアウトからのサウンドボードというのは価値が計り知れない。現在も大好評発売中の『ROME 1984 1ST NIGHT』でお判りなように、過去にも6月後半にはサウンドボードの流出がありました。そこに加えて『NANTES 1984 SOUNDBOARD』は世界中のマニアを大喜びさせた訳ですが、ここにきて同じ6月でもツアー前半のPAサウンドボードが発掘されるとは…

そもそも6月6日のロッテルダムはリアタイでリリースされた『MAN OF PEACE』というLPで聞けたまあまあのオーディエンス録音しか存在せず、そのせいで未だにCDアイテムが存在しなかった日。そこへ来て一気にコンプリ・サウンドボードの発掘は衝撃が大きすぎます。
しかも今回のPAサウンドボードでカセットの掛け替えに当たったのはディランのパートではなく、あのグレッグ・サットンが歌う「I’ve Got To Use My Imagination」のエンディング。つまりディランのパートは無傷で録音されていたというラッキー。そのサットン曲の欠損部分に関しては先の『MAN OF PEACE』にも使われたオーディエンス録音の元ソースで補填しましたが、今回の抜群にクリアーなサウンドボードとはまるで比較にならない、いかに距離感のある音源であったかを実感してもらえる結果にも。
面白いのはツアー序盤ということでスタッフもまだミキシング・バランスに慣れていなかったのか7月のPAサウンドボードのようなドラムが左右に広がるステレオ感は希薄で、全体的にはモノラルに近い状態となっています。それでいてショーが進むにつれて各楽器のバランスがどんどん良くなっていくのがまた面白い。それが顕著となるのもまたサットンの「I’ve Got To～」以降なのです。

この衝撃の新発掘サウンドボードで聞くツアー序盤の面白さと言ったら。「All Along The Watchtower」はディランが終始ハーモニカを吹きまくるツアー序盤ならではの展開が超クリアーに楽しめますし、「Maggie’s Farm」ではミック・テイラーがまだ曲に入り込めておらず、笑っちゃうくらい単調なフレーズでどのようにリードを弾くべきか模索する公開リハーサル状態となっている。またディランの弾き語りコーナーが「It Ain’t Me, Babe」から幕開けというのもレアなパターンで、以降はアンコールが定位置となるのでした。
それにツアー序盤のディランはエレキよりアコギを弾いている頻度が高く、それも超クリアーなサウンドボードだからこそ手に取るように解る。特に「It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue」以降は彼がアコギを弾いてバンドをリードし、そこにメンバーがついてくるというツアー序盤ならではのパターンで演奏される曲が多い。これも今までリリースされてきた7月のサウンドボードで聞けた演奏とはまるで違う展開でしょう。
こうした段階ですので、以降おなじみとなるカルロス・サンタナの飛び入りもまだフィナーレの「Blowin’ In The Wind」一曲だけ。やはり後のバージョンと違ってディランはここでもアコギを弾きながらバンドやサンタナをリードしていますが、既に観客に向かって彼が合唱を促しているところが既に84年らしさが芽生えている。それに何と言っても慎重な面持ちでリードを弾き始めたサンタナのプレイが耳から直接脳みそへと流し込まれるようなダイレクト感はPAサウンドボードだからこそ。これまでも世界中のマニアをアッと言わせてきた84年ツアーからの発掘ですが、何よりツアー序盤をサウンドボードで聞ける日が来るとは！

★6月前半、ツアー序盤のサウンドボードを奇跡の発掘！！史上完全初登場！！

Disc:1 (66:19)
1. Intro
2. Highway 61 Revisited
3. Jokerman
4. All Along The Watchtower
5. Just Like A Woman
6. Maggie’s Farm
7. I And I
8. License To Kill
9. Greg Sutton: I’ve Got To Use My Imagination
10. It Ain’t Me, Babe
11. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
12. It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

Disc:2 (71:32)
1. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
2. Masters Of War
3. Ballad Of A Thin Man
4. Simple Twist Of Fate
5. Man Of Peace
6. Every Grain Of Sand
7. Like A Rolling Stone
8. Tangled Up In Blue
9. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
10. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
11. Blowin’ In The Wind

Bob Dylan – vocal & guitar
Mick Taylor – guitar
Ian McLagan – keyboards
Greg Sutton – bass
Colin Allen – drums

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