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Good question and interesting to see what other people think. If you want a single recording from each period, I highly recommend following titles (I omitted 1966 and 1975, since CBS/Sony have already released great stuff from these periods):
1. The Gaslight Tapes (1962) Great sound and delivery and a must among collectors.
2. Philharmonic Hall, N.Y (1964) "Halloween" concert soon to be released by Columbia.
3. Now Ain´t The Time For Your Tears (1965) Great show from Manchester with exellent sound.
4. Madison Square Garden, N.Y (1974) Difficult to single out one show, but this is a good soundboard and much better than "Before The Flood".
5. Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte (197
One of the best from this period.
6. Born Again Music (1980) A superb one, both performance and sound and one of my all-time favorites.
7. Childs Balloon (1981) An upgrade of "Stadiums Of The Damned" and a fantastic show.
8. Roma Palaeur, Italy (1984) Great sound and a good performance.
9. True Confessions (1986) From the "Hard To Handle" show. Exellent sound and all you need from that tour.
10. Jones Beach (198 This is an amazing recording. Performance and sound is as good as it gets.
Then you have hundreds of shows from "The Never Ending Tour" and to list all worth having would be difficult. But following are the ones I like most:
"Completely Unplugged" (1994)
"Soul" (1996) Berlin, Germany
"Forum, Copenhagen" (199
"Pass Me Not, Oh Gentle Savior" (compilation 1999)
"Paris, Le Zenith" (2000)
Of course, there are a lot more recordings worth mentioning, but my tip is to look for the various compilation albums circulating. They are often of very high quality both in performance and sound.
Good Luck!
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Hi!
I'm a pretty hardcore collector of Dylan's studio bootlegs, but I've only dug half heartedly into the arena of live discs (of course, when it comes to Dylan, I consider the twenty or so live bootlegs I have of him to be "half hearted" in light of the massive amount availible) so I'd love to hear people post their impressions of their favorite sets here-- I enjoy most all his touring eras, so I'm really interesting in hearing what people see as essential releases from sound/performance/setlist/whathaveyou perspective...
wouldn't hurt to generate some discussion on this board, either!
teej
