Bob Dylan: "Trouble No More 1979 - 1981" - The Bootleg Series Vol. 13

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by DeeThomaz, Sep 24, 2015.

  1. Lonson

    Lonson I'm in the kitchen with the Tombstone Blues

    This set is quite crank able, at least on my system. Sound is better than I expected and in seconds you don't really care as the performances draw you in.
     
  2. Craig's Story

    Craig's Story Forum Resident

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    Thanks , I have heard great reports about the performances and little about the sound
    Is San Diego really that good ? Being in Canada it is going to cost me about $80 more
     
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  3. RayS

    RayS A Little Bit Older and a Little Bit Slower

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    Did Moses focus on God's handwriting when he came down from the mountain with the tablets with the 15 commandments? Or was the message the important part?

    IMO, the cassettes sources sound fine, and the multi-track sources (more than half the box) sound great.
     
  4. Tom Schreck

    Tom Schreck Forum Resident

    I don't even know why they cautioned about the sound quality as a disclaimer in the booklet. I think all of it sounds great. Just about as good as any live recordings I've ever heard from 70s-80s. I know some people here have complained about the audio quality, but I just have no idea what they were expecting. Maybe they can hear specific stuff I have no way of hearing.
     
  5. Craig's Story

    Craig's Story Forum Resident

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    Thanks good to know
     
  6. lschwart

    lschwart Senior Member

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    Richmond, VA
    I agree. It all sounds very good to me, and the multi-track stuff and studio outtakes sound superb. It's nothing like the rough stuff on the Basement Tapes set.

    L.
     
  7. Lonson

    Lonson I'm in the kitchen with the Tombstone Blues

    I know it's an added expense. San Diego is very good. . . but so is Toronto, Earl's Court, and the excerpted tracks from other concerts. To be honest San Diego is like extra gravy on a hearty meal that stands well on its own.
     
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  8. NaturalD

    NaturalD The King of Pop

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    You can hear tape hiss on a lot of songs. Doesn't bother me; I was glad to hear it as a sign they didn't overprocess anything. But I understand them adding a disclaimer since tape hiss is an artifact you don't hear on too many CDs these days.
     
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  9. DeeThomaz

    DeeThomaz Senior Member Thread Starter

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    I never disagree with transparency.
     
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  10. Craig's Story

    Craig's Story Forum Resident

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    A little extra gravy plus $80 sounds like “a heart attack machine strapped across my shoulders”.
     
  11. Tribute

    Tribute Senior Member

    There is a good reason that no books since Gutenberg had brown print on a black background, until book design was turned over to graphic artists in CD sets rather than book editors. No one could read it, and no one will. A wasted effort.
     
  12. Tom Schreck

    Tom Schreck Forum Resident

    Well I can hear that too, but it's to be expected, I think. I guess I'm glad that they pointed it out, but they didn't have to.
     
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  13. Tribute

    Tribute Senior Member

    And in my house, I can hear the refrigerator throughout the house. Try unplugging machines with compressors in your house and you'll hear the difference. I can also hear the tire noise from the highway 2 miles away. Check out the difference at 3AM.

    My point is there is so much ambient noise that fussing over tape hiss or other audio trivialities is really not meaningful (unless you prefer to listen to music with no refrigerator working and no other sources of sound in the environment)
     
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  14. C6H12O6

    C6H12O6 Senior Member

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    This is true. I'd rather have the A/C humming than sweating my ass off for less ambient noise.
     
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  15. DeeThomaz

    DeeThomaz Senior Member Thread Starter

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    As a Minnesotan, oh yes. Contrary to our reputation, summers are unbearable.
     
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  16. Tribute

    Tribute Senior Member

    That's the choice most of us make, maybe not about A/C, but about the noisy machines in our lives.

    I remember the beautiful silence of the Northeastern US blackout some years ago. People forgot about the machines, the computers, and gathered on front porches all over and talked to each other.
     
  17. Tribute

    Tribute Senior Member

    Even Hawaiians get depressed about the weather. Nothing ever changes.

    On the other hand, I have found Minnesotans themselves to be very bearable.
     
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  18. DeeThomaz

    DeeThomaz Senior Member Thread Starter

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    My sister lives in Hawaii and can confirm this. Can't say I have a tremendous amount of sympathy. I try (but I can be sorta unbearable at time too, though).
     
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  19. MikeManaic61

    MikeManaic61 Forum Resident

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    Virginia
    What's so bad about the weather in Hawaii?
     
  20. DeeThomaz

    DeeThomaz Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Mostly, they have perfect weather always (aside from the occasional torrential rainstorm). Must get boring. To make it more on-topic "But I'm used to four seasons/ [Hawaii] has but one."
     
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  21. Sean Murdock

    Sean Murdock Forum Intruder

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    Seriously. Either way, it fits the theme as well as "Caribbean Wind" does, which I don't particularly see as a "religious" song. Oh well, as Dee said the other day, complaints about this song or that track not being included are driven more by fear that they'll be passed over for all time. In the case of "Angelina," maybe it can pop up in a future "Eighties" Bootleg Series.
     
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  22. EddieMann

    EddieMann I used to be a king...

    Location:
    Geneva, IL. USA.

    His CYA quick thinking was the important part lol.
     
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  23. aoxomoxoa

    aoxomoxoa I'm an ear sitting in the sky

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    USA
    I wish they would release 2 of these sets a year! Can’t get enough of the bootleg series!!!
     
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  24. mpayan

    mpayan A Tad Rolled Off

    Ive only listened to the San Diego disc so far. Having been a collector of Dylan concerts from all eras Im a bit disappointed in the balance. Im not sure a whole lot was done (or maybe could be done) as far as mixing this concert. The vocal performance, nuances etc in Dylans voice are of course great. Its also nice to have a soundboard of a concert I havent heard. Most times though if I had a choice between a soundboard and a great audience recording, Id pick the later.

    Soundboards have this vacuous sound to them more than not. You dont get the sense of much ambience of the venue or the excitement from the crowd. Sounds somewhat empty. Still, I guess it is what it is. Im glad to have it, but Im not blown away by any means as far as the sound quality.
     
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  25. Tribute

    Tribute Senior Member

    I have never seen where it takes something bad for people to complain or grumble. I definitely know people who have lived in Hawaii for many years who complain that they like the changing seasons of the north, that they prefer a life style that varies with the weather.

    One guy from Hawaii wanted change so much, he moved to Chicago.
     

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