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Bob Dylan
1981-07-25
Palace Des Sports
Avignon, France
soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
CD 1:
01. Saved
02. I Believe In You
03. Like A Rolling Stone
04. Till I Get It Right
05. Man Gave Names To All The Animals
06. Maggie's Farm
07. Girl From The North Country
08. Ballad Of A Thin Man
09. In The Summertime
10. Shot Of Love
11. Walk Around Heaven All Day (Carolyn Dennis)
12. The Times They Are A-Changin'
13. Let's Begin
14. Lenny Bruce
CD 2:
01. Slow Train
02. Solid Rock
03. Just Like A Woman
04. Saved By The Grace Of Your Love
05. Watered-Down Love
06. Jesus Is The One
07. Heart Of Mine
08. When You Gonna Wake Up
09. Forever Young
10. In The Garden
11. Blowin' In The Wind
12. It Ain't Me, Babe
13. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
In the late 1970s, Bob Dylan, originally born Robert Zimmerman, son of Jewish parents Abram Zimmerman and Beatrice Stone, became a born again Christian. His music became more gospel infused, as evident on his 1979 and 1980 albums, Slow Train Coming and Saved. hen touring from the fall of 1979 through the spring of 1980, Dylan would not play any of his older, secular works, and he delivered declarations of his faith from the stage. By 1981, however, Dylan had brought back many of his classics into the set list, though with alternate phrasing and an evangelical fervor. His new take on old standards is evident in this soundboard recording from the last night on his European Tour on July 25, 1981, 38 years ago today, in France. The show was marred by 2 major tragedies, during which Dylan clearly embraces the old expression “the show must go on.” About midway through the show, an audience member fell into the power grid and was electrocuted. As a result, the arena lost all power, so Dylan and the band improvised acoustic songs on stage until it was restored. Unfortunately, the darkness caused another death, as a young girl lost her bearings and fell from a retaining wall. Perhaps drawing on his new faith in the face of these tragic events, Dylan is powerful and focused, delivering what the site Bob’s Boots considers one of the must have performances of the 1980s. Download this one and judge for yourself!
7 comments:
Thank you for this DL and for your wonderful blog.
Only one detail related to this specific show: for some mysterious reason, the location is always said to have been the Palace Des Sports, meaning with this an indoor building.
Not at all!
I was there 31 years ago and - trust me - it was at the Parc des Sports, an outdoor venue.
Also, in Avignon at the end of July, you would be steamed indoor.
It was a great show and my first Dylan's ever... many more would have followed (the next will be in San Francisco in October).
Thanks again,
Andrew
Thanks for the kind words and the update on the venue!
I'd love to hear this one. I love Dylan's music from that era. Underappreciated by most, but some great music. Is there a way to get it w/o depositfiles? I can never get the files to download - they always time out. :-(
Sorry - the file is too big for other faster services. Try using firefox to download it - depositfiles seems to download quicker on that browser
Hi. Can you inform us what's the password to decompress this file? Thanx!
There is no password. Just use winrar to unzip the file.
Fantastic performance! Excellent choice of songs! Great recording! What else can anybody want? Thanks a ton, Speedy!
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