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I CAN DO IT ALL AGAIN BOB DYLAN 2013 by Olof Björner A SUMMARY OF RECORDING & CONCERT ACTIVITIES, NEW RELEASES, EXHIBITIONS & BOOKS. © 2014 by Olof Björner All Rights Reserved. This text may be reproduced, re-transmitted, redistributed and otherwise propagated at will, provided that this notice remains intact and in place. I can do it all again — Bob Dylan 2013 page 2 of 55 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 4 2 2013 AT A GLANCE ......................................................................................................................... 4 3 THE 2013 CALENDAR ..................................................................................................................... 5 4 NEW RELEASES AND RECORDINGS........................................................................................... 7 4.1 Bob Dylan Folk Singer-Humdinger ............................................................................................. 7 4.2 Finjan Club ................................................................................................................................... 7 4.3 Record Store Day vinyl single...................................................................................................... 7 4.4 Another Self Portrait .................................................................................................................... 8 4.5 The Complete Album Collection, Volume One ........................................................................... 9 4.6 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 .............................................................................................. 11 4.6.1 Background ......................................................................................................................... 11 4.6.2 Content ................................................................................................................................ 11 4.6.3 Detailed track listing ........................................................................................................... 12 5 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES ................................................................................ 15 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 15 5.2 The musicians ............................................................................................................................. 15 5.3 The show .................................................................................................................................... 15 5.4 US Spring Tour .......................................................................................................................... 16 5.4.1 Dates and venues ................................................................................................................. 16 5.4.2 The songs ............................................................................................................................ 18 5.4.3 Statistics .............................................................................................................................. 20 5.4.4 Comments ........................................................................................................................... 20 5.5 AmericanaramA Festival Of Music Tour ................................................................................... 22 5.5.1 Dates and venues ................................................................................................................. 22 5.5.2 The songs ............................................................................................................................ 24 5.5.3 Statistics .............................................................................................................................. 27 5.5.4 Comments ........................................................................................................................... 28 5.6 Europe Fall Tour ........................................................................................................................ 30 5.6.1 Dates and venues ................................................................................................................. 30 5.6.2 The songs ............................................................................................................................ 32 5.6.3 Statistics .............................................................................................................................. 38 5.6.4 Comments ........................................................................................................................... 38 5.6.5 Shows in Europe 1965-2013 ............................................................................................... 39 5.7 Summary .................................................................................................................................... 40 5.7.1 Song statistics ...................................................................................................................... 40 5.7.2 Show statistics ..................................................................................................................... 40 I can do it all again — Bob Dylan 2013 page 3 of 55 5.7.3 Album statistics ................................................................................................................... 41 5.7.4 Alphabetical song list .......................................................................................................... 42 5.7.5 Top Ten songs ..................................................................................................................... 43 5.7.6 Songs played only once....................................................................................................... 43 5.7.7 Live debuts of Dylan songs ................................................................................................. 44 5.7.8 Covers played ...................................................................................................................... 44 6 NEW BOOKS ................................................................................................................................... 44 7 REFERENCES & SOURCES .......................................................................................................... 45 8 APPENDIX: THE SET-LISTS ......................................................................................................... 47 I can do it all again — Bob Dylan 2013 page 4 of 55 1 INTRODUCTION Yet another busy year for Bob Dylan. No less than three art exhibitions, one in Milan and two in London. The Never- Ending tour hit North America in the Spring and Summer and Europe in the autumn. No new album but two major record releases all the same, the 10th volume of the Bootleg Series, Another Self Portrait and then the the career spanning box The Complete Album Collection Vol. One consisting of all regular Bob Dylan album releases and two discs with maerial from Greatest Hits and Biograph, all in all 47 CDs! During the last days of the year Sony Music again rushed out an extremely limited release in Europe with recordings from 1963 to extend their copyright ownership, this time on 6 vinyl LPs. 2 2013 AT A GLANCE I can do it all again — Bob Dylan 2013 page 5 of 55 3 THE 2013 CALENDAR 5 February Art exhibition of 23 new and previously unseen paintings by Bob Dylan, The New Orleans Series opens at Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy. It remained open until10 March. 27 March Paul Williams, author of many books on Bob Dylan and founder of the first journal of serious rock music criticism, “Crawdaddy”, dies. 5 April This year’s first tour starts in Buffalo, New York. The tour covers mainly the East of US. This show features First live performance of What Good Am I? since St. Herblain, France, 1 July 2010. 6 April The setlist played at the next show in Amherst, Massachusetts turns out to be a template for the shows during this tour. Exactly the same setlist was used in 12 more shows and only slight variations were used in the other shows. 20 April On Record Store Day Columbia releases a vinyl single with two tracks from the forthcoming Bootleg Series Vol. 10. See also section 4.3. 5 May After 22 concerts the Spring tour ends in St. Augustine, Florida. 15 May Bob Dylan is inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, marking the first time a musician has been chosen as an honorary member for the prestigious award. "I feel extremely honored and very lucky to be included in this pantheon of great individual artists who comprise the Academy of Arts and Letters," Dylan, who was unable to attend the induction in person, said in a statement read at the ceremony. "I look forward to meeting all of you some time soon." 4 June Bob Dylan is nominated for France's top distinction, the Legion d'Honneur, an award previously given to Sir Paul McCartney. 26 June A Summer tour called AmericanaramA Festival Of Music starts in West Palm Beach, Florida. Duquesne Whistle is played live for the first time and is now added to the setlist which remains pretty static also during this tour. For more info on this tour please refer to section 5.5.4. 27 June Bob Dylan is inducted into the Berlin Academy of Arts, in the category of film & media instead of music. 30 June