Bob Dylan live in Stanhope New Jersey USA 1988 | so many roads

Bob Dylan - 1988-09-10 - Stanhope NJ (SBD)

Bob Dylan

1988-09-10

Waterloo Village

Stanhope, NJ

Soundboard Recording

Now I think visitors will know I really stopped posting links to Bob Dylan live sets unless they were special somehow. We have every night seemingly recorded as they happen and some soundboards are really odd in their balance with the vocals down low and the bass quite heavy for reasons best known by anyone who is in charge of the soundboards in the past ten, twenty years (sic!) but here’s a little gem from our Speedy. Highly listenable and whilst warm in places and some songs clipped it is well worth trying. I am listening to nothing else this morning! Check out whoever is on lead guitar (I’ll check - G.E.Smith) but they are on fire!

xx. Subterranean Homesick Blues (missing)

xx. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue (missing)

xx. Masters of War (missing)

01. Ballad Of A Thin Man 

02. Shelter From The Storm 

03. Highway 61 Revisited 

04. To Ramona (acoustic) 

05. One Too Many Mornings (acoustic) 

06. Mr. Tambourine Man (acoustic) 

07. Girl From The North Country (acoustic) 

08. Silvio 

09. I Shall Be Released 

10. Like A Rolling Stone 

11. The Times They Are A-Changin' (acoustic) 

12. It Ain't Me, Babe (acoustic) 

13. Maggie's Farm 

14. All Along The Watchtower

Line up:

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar); 

G. E. Smith (guitar); 

Kenny Aaronson (bass); 

Christopher Parker (drums).

Speedy says: 

In May 1988, Bob Dylan released Down In The Groove, his 25th studio album. While the disc did not receive good reviews, nor sell particularly well, Dylan launched a summer tour in support of the album. The 1988 tour marked a dramtic shift for Dylan in his live performances. Where in prior years, Dylan’s live shows often featured collaborations with high-profile artists such as Mick Taylor, the Grateful Dead, and Tom Petty, the 1988 run centered around a small, 'garage rock'-type combo, consisting of guitarist G.E. Smith, bassist Kenny Aaronson, and drummer Christopher Parker. Influenced by his time with the Grateful Dead, Dylan’s set list became more adventurous, with song selection varying from show to show. He also began to incorporate more traditional cover songs into the set lists. For Dylan, the 1988 concerts would be the start of what is now known as the Never Ending Tour, which is now over 3 and a half decades and over 3000 shows strong. This soundboard recording captures Dylan during that historic 1988 tour, in Stanhope on September 10, 1988, 3 dozen years ago today.

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