LISTEN TO ME, BABY BOB DYLAN 2008 by Olof Björner A SUMMARY OF RECORDING & CONCERT ACTIVITIES, NEW RELEASES, RECORDINGS & BOOKS. © 2011 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. Listen To Me, Baby — Bob Dylan 2008 page 2 of 133 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................................. 4 2 2008 AT A GLANCE ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 3 THE 2008 CALENDAR ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 4 NEW RELEASES AND RECORDINGS ............................................................................................................................. 7 4.1 BOB DYLAN TRANSMISSIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 7 4.2 BOB DYLAN RE-TRANSMISSIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 7 4.3 BOB DYLAN LIVE TRANSMISSIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 8 4.4 TELL-TALE SIGNS .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 4.4.1 Formats .................................................................................................................................................................... 11 4.4.2 Overview .................................................................................................................................................................. 11 4.4.3 Albums ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 4.4.4 Contents ................................................................................................................................................................... 12 4.5 NEW RECORDINGS IN CIRCULATION 2008 ........................................................................................................................... 14 4.5.1 Town Hall, New York City, New York, 12 April 1963 .............................................................................................. 14 4.5.2 Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, 26 October 1963 ................................................................................... 14 4.5.3 New Orleans, Louisiana, 11 November 1981 .......................................................................................................... 14 4.5.4 Allen Ginsberg sessions 1971 .................................................................................................................................. 14 4.5.5 Planet Waves............................................................................................................................................................ 14 4.5.6 Under The Red Sky .................................................................................................................................................. 14 4.5.7 Let’s Keep It Between Us ......................................................................................................................................... 14 5 THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES .................................................................................................................. 15 5.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................................... 15 5.2 THE MUSICIANS .................................................................................................................................................................. 15 5.3 THE SHOW .......................................................................................................................................................................... 15 5.4 SOUTH OF THE SOUTH 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 CANADA SPRING TOUR ...................................................................................................................................................... 21 5.5.1 Dates and venues ..................................................................................................................................................... 21 5.5.2 The songs ................................................................................................................................................................. 22 5.5.3 Statistics ................................................................................................................................................................... 24 5.6 EUROPE SUMMER TOUR ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 5.6.1 Dates and venues ..................................................................................................................................................... 25 5.6.2 The songs ................................................................................................................................................................. 27 5.6.3 Statistics ................................................................................................................................................................... 31 5.6.4 Comments ................................................................................................................................................................ 32 5.6.5 Shows in Europe 1965-2008 .................................................................................................................................... 32 5.7 US SUMMER TOUR ............................................................................................................................................................. 33 5.7.1 Dates and venues ..................................................................................................................................................... 33 5.7.2 The songs ................................................................................................................................................................. 35 5.7.3 Statistics ................................................................................................................................................................... 41 5.7.4 Comments ................................................................................................................................................................ 41 5.8 CANADA FALL TOUR .......................................................................................................................................................... 42 5.8.1 Dates and venues ..................................................................................................................................................... 42 5.8.2 The songs ................................................................................................................................................................. 43 5.8.3 Statistics ................................................................................................................................................................... 49 5.8.4 Comments ................................................................................................................................................................ 49 5.9 SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................................................................... 50 5.9.1 Song statistics .......................................................................................................................................................... 50 5.9.2 Show Statistics - Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 50 5.9.3 Album statistics .......................................................................................................................................................