STAY WITH ME BOB DYLAN 2014 by Olof Björner A SUMMARY OF RECORDING & CONCERT ACTIVITIES, NEW RELEASES, EXHIBITIONS & BOOKS. © 2015 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. Stay With Me — Bob Dylan 2014 page 2 of 51 CONTENT 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. 4 2 2014 AT A GLANCE ............................................................................................................................................ 4 3 THE 2014 CALENDAR......................................................................................................................................... 5 4 NEW RELEASES AND RECORDINGS ................................................................................................................... 6 4.1 The Basement Tapes.................................................................................................................................. 6 4.2 The New Basement Tapes: Lost On The River ........................................................................................... 8 4.3 The Art Of McCartney ................................................................................................................................ 8 4.4 50th Anniversary Collection 1964 ............................................................................................................... 9 4.4.1 Background ........................................................................................................................................ 9 4.4.2 Content .............................................................................................................................................. 9 4.4.3 Detailed track listing ........................................................................................................................ 11 5 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES .......................................................................................................... 14 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 14 5.2 The musicians .......................................................................................................................................... 14 5.3 The show.................................................................................................................................................. 14 5.4 Tour of Japan ........................................................................................................................................... 15 5.4.1 Dates and venues ............................................................................................................................ 15 5.4.2 The songs ......................................................................................................................................... 16 5.4.3 Statistics ........................................................................................................................................... 18 5.4.4 Comments........................................................................................................................................ 18 5.5 Europe Summer Tour .............................................................................................................................. 19 5.5.1 Dates and venues ............................................................................................................................ 19 5.5.2 The songs ......................................................................................................................................... 21 5.5.3 Statistics ........................................................................................................................................... 25 5.5.4 Comments........................................................................................................................................ 25 5.5.5 Shows in Europe 1965-2014 ............................................................................................................ 27 5.6 Tour Down Under .................................................................................................................................... 28 5.6.1 Dates and venues ............................................................................................................................ 28 5.6.2 The songs ......................................................................................................................................... 29 5.6.3 Statistics ........................................................................................................................................... 31 5.6.4 Comments........................................................................................................................................ 31 5.7 US Fall Tour .............................................................................................................................................. 32 5.7.1 Dates and venues ............................................................................................................................ 32 5.7.2 The songs ......................................................................................................................................... 34 5.7.3 Statistics ........................................................................................................................................... 35 5.7.4 Comments........................................................................................................................................ 35 5.8 Summary .................................................................................................................................................. 36 5.8.1 Song statistics .................................................................................................................................. 36 5.8.2 Show statistics ................................................................................................................................. 36 5.8.3 Album statistics ............................................................................................................................... 37 Stay With Me — Bob Dylan 2014 page 3 of 51 5.8.4 Alphabetical song list ....................................................................................................................... 38 5.8.5 Top Ten songs .................................................................................................................................. 39 5.8.6 Songs played only once ................................................................................................................... 39 5.8.7 Live debut of a Dylan song ............................................................................................................... 39 5.8.8 Cover played .................................................................................................................................... 39 6 NEW BOOKS .................................................................................................................................................... 40 7 REFERENCES & SOURCES ................................................................................................................................ 41 8 APPENDIX: THE SET-LISTS ............................................................................................................................... 42 Stay With Me — Bob Dylan 2014 page 4 of 51 1 INTRODUCTION This year started with a recording session in Capitol Records Studio in Los Angeles, resulting in the Shadows in The Night album released a year later. This year The Never-Ending Tour visited Asia, Europe, Australia and of course the US. In November there were two major releases, The New Basement Tapes. Lost On The River and Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes. Both are detailed in chapter 4. Finally in December Sony Music again rushed out an extremely limited release in Europe with recordings from 1964 to extend their copyright ownership, this time on 9 mini LPs. 2 2014 AT A GLANCE Stay With Me — Bob Dylan 2014 page 5 of 51 3 THE 2014 CALENDAR 27 January Pete Seeger dies at age 94 after a short illness. February-March Dylan and the touring band records what will be known as Bob Dylan’s Sinatra record, Shadows In The Night, in the same Capitol Studio in Los Angeles, used by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee and other Capitol artists in the fifties. For further information please refer to the corresponding session page. 31 March This year’s first tour starts in Tokyo, Japan. It is followed by no less that eight more concerts in the same venue, making it one of Dylan’s longest recidencies ever. 4 April This night Huck’s Tune is played live for the first time. It will return to the set four four times but will later be dropped 26, 29 April The tour ends with two shows in Hawaii, in Maui and Honolulu. 6 June Carolyn Dennis and Bob Dylan’s daughter Desirée Dennis-Dylan marries Kayla Sampson in a same.sex marriage in Long Beach, California. 16 & 17 June This year’s Summer tour in Europe starts with two shown i Ireland, the first in Cork, and next