DANCING IN THE DARK
Moonlight 9632/33 [T-062]
(1) November 1987 rehearsals
(2) Massey Hall (Toronto, ON); April 19-20, 1980 (line)
Tracklist: (1) Dancing In The Dark, Six Days On The Road, Carrying
My Cross, Suzy Q, You're A Big Girl Now, All I Really Want To Do,
Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat, Dead Man Dead Man, Everybody's Movin',
Easy, Trail Of The Buffalo, Heart Of Mine, Joey, I'll Be Your Baby
Tonight, Folsom Prison Blues, Shelter From The Storm
(2) Gotta Serve Somebody, Covenant Woman, When You Gonna Wake Up,
Precious Angel, Slow Train Coming, Solid Rock
DEEP A motley crew of tracks recorded at an unknown
rehearsal in '87 with an unidentified band. The quality is
excellent w/great separation, full sound and Dylan's vocals loud
and clear. The tracks are more fully realized/less fragmented than
those from the 1989 rehearsals; these tracks play more like
outtakess than rough rehearsals. There are only 3 instrumentals.
Lyrical differences abound. The band infuses all the tracks with a
bluesy, rockin' sound - they are no slouches and you can feel Dylan
being driven by them. A fine sounding band, nice
"performances" all around. The bonus trax (which are not
the best quality) seem out of place but it's better than nothing.
Packaging is better than average, with nice color photos
throughout. Highly recommended.
rmd: The performances are rough, with the anonymous band
lost at times, unsure of Dylan's intentions. Still, the music is
far more enjoyable than the 1987 rehearsals with the Dead. The
sound quality is very good throughout. The choice of filler tracks
is odd.
