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Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974]
Sony - Sony
Bob Dylan
Release date: 1990-10-25
Audio CD
Album Rock, Country-Rock, Folk-Rock, Pop, Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock Music, Popular Music, Rock, Rock & Roll, Rock/Pop, Singer/Songwriter
1. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
2. Lay Lady Lay
3. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
4. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
5. It Ain't Me Babe
6. Ballad of a Thin Man
7. Up on Cripple Creek - Bob Dylan, Robertson, Robbie
8. I Shall Be Released
9. Endless Highway - Bob Dylan, Robertson, Robbie
10. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Bob Dylan, Robertson, Robbie
11. Stage Fright - Bob Dylan, Robertson, Robbie
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Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974]
Date undefinedbob dylan's before the fllod.
had very good sound except for one glitch.
Possibly happened while being edited.
returned for refund. not seller's fault. thank you,jayne
Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974]
Date undefinedLike most of his other live work "Before the Flood" lacks the light and shade of the studio albums - everything is at one volume (loud) and flatly sung. The performances of The Band, however, are excellent and give this album the lift it needs. If you want to hear a better Dylan live album then you might want consider "Hard Rain", which came out a few years later.
Before The Flood [Live With The Band, 1974]
Date undefinedI caught the show in Charlotte NC in January 1974, purely by luck as someone offered a ticket on the UNC student radio station at face value, something like $8-9. (Yes, young people, major concerts used to be reasonably priced.) It turned out to be on the center aisle, row W. Bill Graham walked by a couple of times during the show. It was unbelievable, so great, I had no idea walking in how staggering it would be.
But on to Before the Flood. A huge disappointment to me at the time, it sounds somewhat better in hindsight. Dylan oversings, especially on what would be the first side on vinyl. He didn't overdo every vocal when I saw him (and I have a boot of the concert to remind me) but he pretty much does here. On the other hand, the Band is great particularly Garth Hudson. The versions of Stage Fright and the Weight are particularly strong and Garth makes a mighty effort to save Ballad of a Thin Man with his organ/synth work.
The fourth side, from Watchtower on, is really good. Dylan, Robbie, the Band are really rocking and tear it down.
Don't start here for either Dylan or the Band, but it's worthwhile with the exception of the opening numbers.
