Bob Dylan
The (Nearly) Complete 78 Soundchecks
Soundchecks before concerts
1978-00-00
Musicians: Bob Dylan (vocals & guitar), Billy Cross (lead guitar), Alan Pasqua (keyboards), Steven Soles (rhythm guitar, backup vocals), David Mansfield (violin & mandolin), Steve Douglas (horns), Jerry Scheff (bass), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Ian Wallace (drums). Helena Springs, Jo Ann Harris, Carolyn Dennis (background vocals).
Source: Aud
Lineage: CD-Rs > EAC (secure mode) > CoolEdit Pro > CD Wave > FLAC Frontend > .flac (level 5)
Taped by: ?
Transferred by: ?
Sound Quality: passable to god-awful (I have posted an .mp3 with brief excerpts from each date so that you may judge whether this set is for you or not. Just follow the thread down a few posts.)
Sound Processing/Editing: minor noise reduction, treble boost, bass cut & normalizing on most tracks; 09-17-78 edited from two separate versions of the same source (the lesser quality version was speed corrected to match the better quality one); 07-05-78 has beginning & end cut on account of serious mic abuse by the taper. While I myself processed these files, to my ears they bear traces of previous sound processing (particularly the Paris soundchecks), so I really don't want to take full credit, particularly when the sounds get a bit "watery." Still, they sound a heck of a lot better than what I received. My original intent in fact was to distribute them "as is," but in the course of listening them for errors I decided that the trade off between "virgin" files and processed files was a reasonable & worthwhile one.
File Size: 1,708 megs .flac
Notes: These tracks are difficult to listen to at times (e.g., 07-04-78), but highly rewarding. I originally received these as a 6 disk set, but have decided to segregate them according to date, assuming that many will probably burn a "best-of" disk or two, and keep the rest archived for that occasional listen. I bounced all tracks off of Olof's files & listed discrepancies where I found them (11-02-78 is extremely peculiar; see below). On account of his listings I assume that this set is incomplete, but not by much. Hence the title. For the most part I have not listed "flaws" since they are numerous. Surely there are better versions of these recordings circulating out there in Dylan-land, so please consider these as an educational tool till better comes around. Heck, maybe several hundred years down the road one of Dylan's great-great grandkids will unearth a soundboard or two from these dates ;-).
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Pavillon de Paris
Paris, France
3 July 1978
1. Fix It Ma - guitar riff (Olof lists "Something There Is About You" and "Unidentified Instrumental" at start)
2. True Love Tends To Forget
3. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
4. Fix It Ma
5. To Ramona
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Pavillon de Paris
Paris, France
4 July 1978
1. Unidentified Instrumental(s)
2. With A Little Help From My Friends (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
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Pavillon de Paris
Paris, France
5 July 1978
1. Changing Of The Guards (cut at start)
2. New Pony
3. Is Your Love In Vain?
4. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (cut at end)
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Pavillon de Paris
Paris, France
6 July 1978
1. But I Forgive You (Tampa Red)
2. Love Her With A Feeling (Tampa Red)
3. Mr. Tambourine Man (listed as last in Olof's files)
4. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (listed as first in Olof's files)
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Pavillon de Paris
Paris, France
8 July 1978
1. Unidentified Instrumental (cut at start)
2. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
3. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
4. Unidentified Instrumental
5. To Ramona
6. Mr. Tambourine Man
7. Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat) (Olof lists an "Unidentified Blues" and "One More Cup Of Coffee" as following track 7)
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Scandinavium
Gothenburg, Sweden
12 July 1978
1. Unidentified Instrumental
2. Love Her With A Feeling (Tampa Red)
3. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
4. Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan�Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
5. No Time To Think
6. We Better Talk This Over
7. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
8. Mr. Tambourine Man
9. Mr. Tambourine Man
10. Unidentified Blues
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War Memorial Coliseum
New Haven, Connecticut
17 September 1978
1. Unidentified Song (Olof lists "Love You Too Much" as being played before this)
2. Unidentified Song (Olof does not separate 1&2, seemingly)
3. Love You Too Much (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)
4. Unidentified Song
5. Unidentified Song
6. You Don't Love Me No More
7. This Way That Way
8. Unidentified Song
9. Maggie's Farm
10. Hazel
11. Love You Too Much (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)
12. Love Her With A Feeling (Tampa Red)
13. Take It Or Leave It (Olof lists an "Unidentified Song" as coming between 13&14)
14. More Than Flesh And Blood (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)
15. More Than Flesh And Blood (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)
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Onondaga County War Memorial Auditorium
Syracuse, New York
22 September 1978
1. But I Forgive You (Tampa Red)
2. Maggie's Farm
3. Shelter From The Storm
4. Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)
5. Reconsider Baby (Lowell Fulson)
6. Am I Your Stepchild?
7. True Love Tends To Forget
8. True Love Tends To Forget
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S.I.U. Arena
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale, Illinois
28 October 1978
1. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) (The first 90 secs have what sound like digital flaws, but I'm not sure. Normally, such flaws show up as hard breaks in the .wav file, but these did not.)
2. One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
3. Take It Or Leave It
4. Love You Too Much (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)
5. Carry Me, Carrie (Shel Silverstein)
6. Daddy's Going On One More Ride
7. Unidentified Song
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The Checkerdome
St. Louis, Missouri
29 October 1978
1. S:t Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) (Dylan on harmonica?)
2. S:t Louis Blues (W.C. Handy)
3. Love You Too Much (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)
4. (One More Year Of) Daddy's Little Girl (Hazel Smith)
5. Carry Me, Carrie (Shel Silverstein) (Olof lists "Mr. Tambourine Man" as coming after track 5)
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Civic Auditorium
Omaha, Nebraska
4 November 1978
1. warm up (Olof lists "Love You Too Much" as starting this set)
2. Daddy's Going On One More Ride
3. More Than Flesh And Blood (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)
4. More Than Flesh And Blood (Bob Dylan/Helena Springs)
5. Watching The River Flow
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A.S.U. Activities Center
Tempe, Arizona
18 November 1978
1. Unidentified Song (gospel?)
2. Let's Begin (Olof identifies 2&3 as "Unknown Song"; he has "Let's Begin" as first appearing in '81, and "Righteous" in '79; to make it all the more suspect, there are no horns in either of these tracks, as well as a hard edit between 3&4. So, caveat emptor . . .)
3. Ain't No Man Righteous
4. Unidentified Song(s)
5. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
6. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
7. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35
8. Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan�Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan) (I kinda hear "Oh, Sister" here, but it could be something else)
9. Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan�Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)
10. I�m Ready (Willie Dixon)
11. You're A Big Girl Now
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Municipal Auditorium
Nashville, Tennessee
2 December 1978
1. Unidentified Song
2. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 (Olof has 2&3 listed in reverse order)
3. This Way That Way (Olof lists this as such, but I'm not sure)
4. Slow Train
5. Random playing