1964 - 1965

Bob Dylan	Folk Rogue  1964 - 1965 


64-July-24	Newport Folk Festival - Newport, RI
64-July-26	Newport Folk Festival - Newport, RI

65-July-24	Newport Folk Festival - Newport, RI
65-July-25	Newport Folk Festival - Newport, RI

65-May-6	City Hall - Newcastle, England
65-Sept-3	Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles, CA


	I've seen various date listings for the songs on this recording.
	From a quick research, I'm leaning towards the one below from
	CJ's Review site.


Disc 1  -  73.26

1	It Ain't Me Babe		3.36	64-July-24  (w/ Joan Baez)
2	All I Really Want To Do		4.07	64-July-26
3	To Ramona			4.31	"
4	Mr Tambourine Man		7.25	"
5	Chimes Of Freedom		7.59	"

6	Don't Think Twice		3.34	65-May-6

7	All I Really Want To Do		1.38	65-July-24  (fr Afternoon Workshop)
8	Maggie's Farm *			6.44	65-July-25
9	Like A Rolling Stone		5.51	"
10	It Takes A Lot To Laugh		4.13	"	    (aka Phantom Engineer)

11	Tombstone Blues			4.44	65-Sept-3
12	It Ain't Me Babe		4.38	"

13	We Want Bobby! Crowd chant	1.55	65-July-25
14	It's All Over Now Baby Blue	5.30	"
15	Mr Tambourine Man		6.55	"


	* Supposedly Maggies farm" was the first "electric" song 
	played by Dylan in concert.


	Review (from the great "CJ's Review" site): 

	A thoughtfully arranged compilation based around recently 
	upgraded/uncirculating stereo soundboard recordings from 
	the Newport Folk Festival. The tracks vividly document 
	Dylan's shuffle from acoustic to electric.

	The opening track, It Ain't Me Babe, is a duet from Baez's 
	evening set on the 24th. The performance at times borders 
	on the hysterical, with Dylan clearly playing the clown. 
	Baez seems uncharacteristically less self assured on this 
	one, possibly because its a new song to her, Dylan having 
	only just premiered it at the afternoon workshop.

	The next four tracks come from Dylan's own set on the 26th, 
	his vocal is crystalline, strained almost to the point of 
	shattering and yet at the same time, confrontational and 
	defiant. The performances are fresh and unhurried, majestic 
	and captivating.

	Don't Think Twice is from the 'still acoustic' 1965 Uk tour, 
	the recording having featured on a DA Pennebaker radio 
	programme, this is taken from the radio station acetate and, 
	aside from the occasional acetate click, is in excellent 
	stereo. The performance too is bright and lively. All I Really 
	Wanna Do returns us to the Newport Folk Festival one year 
	on - the 1965 workshop sessions. Another excellent stereo 
	recording, though this time incomplete. And then it's on to 
	the infamous' Dylan goes electric' set from the 25th. Dylan 
	plugs in and the world shifts a little on its axis - except 
	that it all seems so innocent when you listen to it now. None 
	of the bitter twisted vitriol that was to espouse from the 
	1966 sets, it sounds perfectly palatable, even a little naive 
	in places. Astounding music, not fully polished but that adds 
	rather than detracts from its appeal. These days its hard to 
	see where all that animosity could have taken root.

	After this historic electric set of course, Dylan returned for 
	an acoustic two song finale, but for the moment the disc slips 
	into a time warp and we're propelled forward a month and a bit 
	to the Hollywood Bowl to catch up on the two electric tracks 
	that appeared after this tape made its initial appearance, 
	(the bulk of the show appeared on Electric Black Nite Crash - this 
	completes the currently circulating recording of that concert - oh 
	what fun those tape collector elitists must have, circulating down 
	graded incomplete recordings, the hours must just fly past). The 
	recordings are strangely delightful to listen to - not so bland 
	that you'd call them bubblegum but full of light and space as 
	opposed to the darker corners that you come to associate with 
	Dylan's music. These two tracks, though out of chronological 
	sequence, from a listening point of view extend the electric 
	set (in reality grouping the electric tracks together rather 
	than adding these tracks onto the end as 'filler') and the next 
	two tracks return us to the Newport 65 performance and Dylan's 
	final two acoustic songs that close his set and this disc.

	In all, an overview of Dylan's move from acoustic to electric 
	- strangely nostalgic. in a sense the first fumblings into the 
	electric arena. A pleasant listen and momentously historical. 





	Here is the Date Listing from the Bob's Boot site:


1	It Ain't Me Babe *		x	64-July-26  (w/ Joan Baez)
2	All I Really Want To Do			65-July-25
3	To Ramona				"
4	Mr Tambourine Man			"
5	Chimes Of Freedom			"
6	Don't Think Twice			65-May-6
7	All I Really Wanna Do			64-July-26  (Afternoon Workshop)
8	Maggie's Farm				65-July-25
9	Like A Rolling Stone			"
10	Phantom Engineer			"
11	Tombstone Blues				65-Sept-3
12	It Ain't Me Babe			"
13	We Want Bobby				65-July-25
14	It's All Over Now Baby Blue		"
15	Mr Tambourine Man			"



	Review (from the great "BobsBoots" site): 

	This CD is one to grab for several reasons. First of all, 
	Newport shows are essential both to any serious Dylan 
	collection, as well as to any music historian. This set 
	compares the sublime acoustic folk '64 show to the 
	infamous 'Electric' '65 show that forever changed the 
	face of folk, rock, and folk-rock music. The entire CD 
	is soundboard recordings, and this is the best sounding 
	Newport recordings ever. The filler material is of 
	fascinating historical importance as well. The two missing 
	songs from the newly discovered Hollywood Bowl show. Finally, 
	the aesthetics are nice, the venue information is complete, 
	and the period photos are vibrant.