By now most AUK readers will have heard of the Columbia/ Legacy release of a 27 CD set of the shows from Bob Dylan’s 1974 tour with The Band which gave rise to the “Before The Flood” album. In addition to that and to celebrate the 15-year anniversary of the Vault, its vinyl subscription club, Third Man Records in conjunction with Columbia Records / Legacy Recordings, has announced its 61st Vault package, Bob Dylan’s “The 1974 Live Recordings: The Missing Songs From Before The Flood”. The box set chronicles Dylan’s legendary 1974 tour with The Band, a pivotal moment that saw them performing for their largest crowds to date.
Bob Dylan’s 1974 Tour marked his first time touring live in eight years and reunited him with The Band – who had become widely renowned in their own right since backing the artist nearly a decade earlier. Booked into arenas for the first time ever, Bob Dylan and The Band performed 30 dates in 42 days (often playing two sets per day) before an average audience of 18,500 – helping set a new standard for what rock concerts could look and sound like.
The Vault set was pressed at Third Man Pressing in Detroit on three green LPs, this configuration is the only vinyl release of any of the archived 1974 live recordings.
As a bonus, Third Man has designed a classic 1970’s-styled souvenir tour book, comprising photos taken during this tour and of-the-era graphics and archival material. The 8.5 x 11 inch, 20-page book provides the visual accompaniment to the powerful audio it is paired with. To top it all off, included here is a 7-inch single featuring ‘Blowing In The Wind’ as originally included on “Before The Flood” backed with an incendiary take of ‘Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)’ recorded at Madison Square Garden on 30th January 1974.
Buyers should click here to purchase the package before midnight US Central Time on 31st July 2024.
And here is the track list (dates in US format):
Vault #61: Bob Dylan
“The 1974 Live Recordings: The Missing Songs From Before The Flood”
LP 1, Side A
1. Something There Is About You – 1/30/74, New York City
2. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat – 1/3/74, Chicago
3. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) – 1/15/74, Largo, MD
4. Hero Blues – 1/4/74, Chicago
LP 1, Side B
1. Tough Mama – 1/3/74, Chicago
2. Maggie’s Farm – 2/14/74, Evening Show, Inglewood, CA
3. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – 2/13/74, Inglewood, CA
LP 2, Side C
1. Song to Woody – 1/6/74, Evening Show, Philadelphia*
2. Nobody ‘Cept You – 1/3/74, Chicago*
3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll – 1/3/74, Chicago*
4. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 1/4/74, Chicago*
5. To Ramona – 1/6/74, Afternoon Show, Philadelphia*
LP 2, Side D
1. Girl from the North Country – 1/9/74, Toronto*
2. Mr. Tambourine Man – 1/6/74, Evening Show, Philadelphia*
3. Mama, You’ve Been on My Mind – 1/6/74, Afternoon Show, Philadelphia*
4. Wedding Song – 1/15/74, Largo, MD*
LP 3, Side E
1. Gates of Eden – 1/31/74, Evening Show, New York City*
2. She Belongs to Me – 2/11/74, Afternoon Show, Oakland*
3. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – 2/14/74, Afternoon Show, Inglewood, CA*
4. The Times They Are A-Changin’ – 2/14/74, Evening Show, Inglewood, CA*
LP 3, Side F
1. Ballad of Hollis Brown – 1/26/74, Afternoon Show, Houston
2. One Too Many Mornings – 1/16/74, Largo, MD
3. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – 1/9/74, Toronto
4. Forever Young – 2/13/74, Inglewood, CA
7-inch single
Side A – Blowin’ In The Wind – 2/13-14/74, Inglewood, CA
Side B – Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) – 1/30/74 New York City
All tracks previously unreleased except for ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
with
The Band
Robbie Robertson: guitar
Garth Hudson: organ, piano, clavinet, accordion
Richard Manuel: piano, electric piano, organ, drums
Rick Danko: bass guitar
Levon Helm: drums
* Bob Dylan only
