Date:    Wed, 3 Apr 1996 00:12:46 +0200
From:    Olof Bjorner 
Subject: With One Hand Waving Free - Bob Dylan 1995 - part 7 of 8

                        WITH ONE HAND WAVING FREE
                             BOB DYLAN 1995
                             by Olof Bjorner

               A summary of recording & concert activities.
                       New releases, tapes & books.

                    Copyright (c) 1996 by Olof Bjorner
                          All Rights Reserved

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                              Part 7 of 8

  CONTENTS:
  =========

  1.  INTRODUCTION                                        \
                                                           |
  2.  THE YEAR AT A GLANCE                                 |
                                                           |
  3.  CALENDAR                                             |
                                                           |
  4.  RECORDINGS                                           |-- part 1 of 8
      4.1 New releases                                     |
          4.1.1 MTV Unplugged                              |
          4.1.2 Highway 61 Interactive                     |
          4.1.3 Greatest Hits Volume 3 CD+                 |
      4.2 Recordings from 1995                             |
      4.3 New tapes                                        |
                                                          /
  5.  THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES                     \
      5.1 Introduction                                     |
      5.2 The Musicians                                    |
      5.3 The show                                         |
      5.4 Europe Spring Tour                               | -- part 2 of 8
          5.4.1 Dates and venues                           |
          5.4.2 The songs                                  |
          5.4.3 Statistics                                 |
          5.4.4 Comments                                  /
      5.5 US Spring Tour                                  \
          5.5.1 Dates and venues                           |
          5.5.2 The songs                                  | -- part 3 of 8
          5.5.3 Statistics                                 |
          5.5.4 Comments                                  /
      5.6 Europe Summer Tour                              \
          5.6.1 Dates and Venues                           |
          5.6.2 The songs                                  | -- part 4 of 8
          5.6.3 Statistics                                 |
          5.6.4 Comments                                  /
      5.7 The Fall Classics Tour                          \
          5.7.1 Dates and Venues                           |
          5.7.2 The songs                                  | -- part 5 of 8
          5.7.3 Statistics                                 |
          5.7.4 Comments                                  /
      5.8 The Paradise Lost Tour                          \
          5.8.1 Dates and Venues                           |
          5.8.2 The songs                                  | -- part 6 of 8
          5.8.3 Statistics                                 |
          5.8.4 Comments                                  /
      5.9 Summary                                         \
          5.9.1  Show statistics                           |
          5.9.2  Alphabetical song list                    |
          5.9.3  Song statistics                           | -- part 7 of 8
                                                           |    ===========
  6.  NEW BOOKS                                            |
                                                           |
  7.  REFERENCES & SOURCES                                /

  APPENDIX: THE SET-LISTS                                    -- part 8 of 8




  5.9 Summary
  -----------
  5.9.1 Statistics
  ----------------

  Abbreviations

  es   early songs, 1961-1966
  ap   songs from the "amnesia period", 1967-1972
  70   songs from the middle seventies, 1973-1978
  gp   songs from the "gospel years", 1979-1982
  co   covers
                            Tot #    # of songs from
                            songs   es  ap  70  gp  ls  co

  Europe Spring Tour          371  206  74  30   9  51   1
                                    55% 19%  8%  2% 13%  0%
  US Spring Tour              408  218  85  20   6  79   0
                                    53% 20%  4%  1% 19%  0%
  European Summer Tour        273  131  64  24   7  47   0
                                    47% 23%  8%  2% 17%  0%
  Fall Classics Tour          482  232  96  29   8  82   35
                                    48% 19%  6%  1% 17%  7%
  Paradise Lost Tour          150   70  28  14   2  26   10
                                    46% 18%  9%  1% 17%  6%
  1 9 9 5                    1684  857 347 117  32  285  46
                                    50% 20%  6%  1% 16%  2%


  Show Statistics - Summary

                                Paradise Lost Tour ---
                                Fall Classics ---    |
                   Summer Tour Of Europe ---    |    |
                     US Spring Tour ---    |    |    |
            Europe Spring Tour ---    |    |    |    |
                                 |    |    |    |    |  Total
  Number of
  shows:                        26   29   19   32   10   116
  circulating shows:            26   29   19   32   10   116
  circulating & complete shows: 26   29   19   32   10   116
  unique shows:                 26   29   19   32   10   116    (1)
  different shows:              26   29   19   32   10   116    (2)

  different songs:              73   73   72   85   61   101    (3)
  unique songs:                 73   73   72   84   61   100    (4)
  performed songs:             371  408  273  482  150  1684
  Mean number of
  performed songs:              14   14   14   15   15    14

  Variation:                   5.1  5.2  5.0  5.6  4.1   7.0    (5)

  (1)   a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same
        order
  (2)   a show is different from another show if the set of songs are
        different, regardless of order.
  (3)   electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs.
  (4)   a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed;
  (5)   variation is computed as the ratio between number of different songs
        and mean number of performed songs.


  Album statistics:
                                   # of             # of
  Album                           songs        %   perf.        %

  Bob Dylan                           0     0.0%       0     0.0%
  Freewheelin'                        4     4.1%     106     6.3%
  The Times They Are A-Changin'       5     5.1%      77     4.6%
  Another Side                        4     4.1%      79     4.7%
  Bringing It All Back Home           6     6.1%     192    11.4%
  Highway 61 Revisited                8     8.2%     163     9.7%
  Blonde On Blonde                    9     9.2%     211    12.5%
  Basement Tapes                      2     2.0%      94     5.6%
  John Wesley Harding                 3     3.1%     158     9.4%
  Nashville Skyline                   4     4.1%      23     1.4%
  Selfportrait                        0     0.0%       0     0.0%
  New Morning                         2     2.0%      21     1.2%
  Greatest Hits Vol 2                 3     3.1%      34     2.0%
  Pat Garrett                         1     1.0%      17     1.0%
  Planet Waves                        1     1.0%       1     0.1%
  Blood On The Tracks                 5     5.1%      93     5.5%
  Desire                              1     1.0%       6     0.4%
  Street-Legal                        1     1.0%      17     1.0%
  Slow Train Coming                   1     1.0%       9     0.5%
  Saved                               1     1.0%       9     0.5%
  Shot Of Love                        2     2.0%      14     0.8%
  Infidels                            3     3.1%      27     1.6%
  Empire Burlesque                    4     4.1%      63     3.7%
  Knocked-Out Loaded                  0     0.0%       0     0.0%
  Hearts Of Fire                      0     0.0%       0     0.0%
  Down In The Groove                  1     1.0%      84     5.0%
  Traveling Wilburys Vol 1            0     0.0%       0     0.0%
  Oh Mercy                           10    10.2%      56     3.3%
  Under The Red Sky                   3     3.1%      44     2.6%
  Traveling Wilburys Vol 3            0     0.0%       0     0.0%
  Bootleg Series Vol 1                1     1.0%      11     0.7%
  Bootleg Series Vol 2                0     0.0%       0     0.0%
  Bootleg Series Vol 3                0     0.0%       0     0.0%
  Biograph                            0     0.0%       0     0.0%
  Good As I Been To You               0     0.0%       0     0.0%
  World Gone Wrong                    0     0.0%       0     0.0%
  Greatest Hits Vol 3                 1     1.0%      11     0.7%

  5.9.2  Alphabetical song list
  -----------------------------

  op   opener         s1   first electric set
  ac   acoustic set   s2   second acoustic set   en   encores

                                                     Paradise Lost Tour ---
                                                       Fall Classics ---  |
                                            Summer Tour Of Europe ---  |  |
                                                US Spring Tour ---  |  |  |
                                        Europe Spring Tour ---   |  |  |  |
                                                              |  |  |  |  |
  Song                            # of times as/during        |  |  |  |  |
                                        op s1 ac s2 en  Tot   |  |  |  |  |
  Alabama Getaway                                   29   29           20  9
  All Along The Watchtower                115           115  26 29 19 31 10
  Ballad Of A Thin Man                            6 16   22   6  6  5  4  1
  Boots Of Spanish Leather          AB        28         28  15  5  3  5
  Born In Time                              6             6   1  2  2  1
  Cat's In The Well                               4  1    5      2  2  1
  Confidential                      AB         1          1            1
  Crash On The Levee                    86               86  26 26 10 18  6
  Dark Eyes                         AB         7          7               7
  Desolation Row                    AB         9          9   3  2  2     2
  Dignity                                   1    10      11  10  1
  Disease Of Conceit                        1     3       4   1     1  2
  Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AB        35         35   8  9  4 13  1
  Drifter's Escape                      27               27      3  8 12  4
  Every Grain Of Sand                       3     2       5   1  1  1  1  1
  Everything Is Broken                      1     1       2   1     1
  Forever Young                                   1       1               1
  Friend Of The Devil                       1             1            1
  Gates Of Eden                     AB        14         14   1  6  2  5
  Girl From The North Country       AB         4     7   11      2  2  4  3
  God Knows                                      32      32   8  8  4 11  1
  A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall        AB         3     1    4   2     1     1
  Highway 61 Revisited                      1    30  7   38   8 10  6 10  4
  I And I                                         6       6   2  1  1  1  1
  I Believe In You                          2     7       9   1  3  3  2
  I Don't Believe You                      13            13   3  3  2  4  1
  I Shall Be Released                       1     4 10   15   5  4  4  2
  I Want You                               18            18   5  6  3  2  2
  I'll Be Your Baby Tonight                16            16   3  5  3  4  1
  I'll Remember You                              12      12   2  4  1  5
  If Not For You                           16            16   4  5  3  4
  If You See Her, Say Hello                12            12   3  2     6  1
  In The Garden                                   9       9   3  1  2  3
  It Ain't Me, Babe                 AB              35   35  12  9  6  7  1
  It Takes A Lot To Laugh                  15     2  1   18   2  6  3  6  1
  It's All Over Now, Baby Blue      AB        24     1   25   4  7  7  5  2
  It's Too Late                             1     1       2            2
  Joey                                            6       6   1  3  1     1
  John Brown                        AB         4          4            3  1
  Jokerman                                  3    12      15   6  2  1  4  2
  Just Like A Woman                        38            38  18 11  2  6  1
  Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues               9     1      10   2  4     2  2
  Key To The Highway                              1       1            1
  Knockin' On Heaven's Door                 1     2 13   16   1  7  5  3
  Knockin' On Heaven's Door         AB               1    1               1
  Lay Lady Lay                             14            14   3  3  4  3  1
  Lenny Bruce                                     8  1    9   4  1  1  2  1
  Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat                 2     6  1    9   2     5  1  1
License To Kill                           4     2       6   1  1  2  2
  Like A Rolling Stone                            1 40   41  21 14  5  1
  Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll  AB         3          3   2  1
  Love Minus Zero/No Limit          AB        16         16   3  4  4  3  2
  Maggie's Farm                             1    31  1   33  15  1    13  4
  Mama, You Been On My Mind         AB        11         11   1  1  2  2  5
  The Man In Me                             5             5   1     2  2
  Man In The Long Black Coat               11     7      18   7  3  1  6  1
  Masters Of War                    AB        56         56  10 14  7 19  6
  Most Likely You Go Your Way              13     1      14   2  3  2  5  2
  Mr. Tambourine Man                AB        86         86  26 27  5 22  6
  My Back Pages                     AB              17   17   3  6  4  3  1
  Never Gonna Be The Same Again                   8       8      5     2  1
  Obviously Five Believers                       31      31     11  3 15  2
  One More Night                    AB         1          1            1
  One Too Many Mornings             AB         7     9   16   1  3  3  7  2
  Pledging My Time                          8             8      3  1  3  1
  Positively 4th Street                    13     1      14   3  5  2  3  1
  Queen Jane Approximately                  6             6   2  1  2  1
  Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35                       3 71   74   5 10 18 31 10
  Ramblin' Man                                       1    1            1
  Real Real Gone                         2           1    3   1        2
  Ring Them Bells                           2     2       4   2  1  1
  Seeing The Real You At Last               5    31      36     20  6  8  2
  Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)            17            17   4  4  3  3  3
  She Belongs To Me                              18      18   4  4  3  6  1
  Shelter From The Storm                    9     2  1   12   3  3  2  3  1
  Shooting Star                             6     2       8   1  2  2  3
  Silvio                                   83     1      84   1 23 19 31 10
  Simple Twist Of Fate                     14     1      15   3  5  1  4  2
  Stuck Inside Of Mobile                    2    15  1   18   5  5  5  3
  Tangled Up In Blue                       14            14  14
  Tangled Up In Blue                AB        28     2   30      2 13 11  4
  Tears Of Rage                             8             8   2  1  2  1  2
  That Lucky Old Sun                AB         1          1            1
  The Times They Are A-Changin'     AB         1    28   29   6  6  6 10  1
  To Be Alone With You                   1                1         1
  To Ramona                         AB        14         14   1  5  2  5  1
  Tombstone Blues                          10     9      19   5  7  4  2  1
  Tonight I'll Be Staying Here              7             7            5  2
  Unbelievable                              1     1       2   1  1
  Under The Red Sky                         6     1       7   1  1  1  3  1
  Visions Of Johanna                AB         1          1      1
  Watching The River Flow                  16            16   3  2  2  8  1
  West L.A. Fadeaway                        1        4    5            4  1
  West L.A. Fadeaway                AB         1          1            1
  What Good Am I?                           5     4       9   3  2  2  2
  What Was It You Wanted                    1             1   1
  When I Paint My Masterpiece               2     1       3         1  2
  Where Teardrops Fall                      2             2   2
  Willing                           AB         1          1            1
  With God On Our Side              AB               1    1            1
  You're A Big Girl Now                    10       10    2   1  4  2


  5.9.3  Song statistics
  ----------------------

  Ten most played songs in 1995:
  ---------------------------------
  1. All Along The Watchtower   115
  2. Crash On The Levee          86
     Mr. Tambourine Man          86
  4. Silvio                      84
  5. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35   74
  6. Masters Of War              56
  7. Tangled Up In Blue          44
  8. Like A Rolling Stone        41
  9. Highway 61 Revisited        38
     Just Like A Woman           38

  Live debuts:
  ------------
  Obviously Five Believers

  Played only once before:
  ------------------------
  Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)   New York City, Jan 1, 1972
  Dark Eyes                                Sydney, Australia, Feb 25, 1986
  Never Gonna Be The Same Again            Melbourne, Australia, Feb 21, 1986
  One More Night                           Toronto, Ontario, Jun 6, 1990

  One-offs (= live debuts, played only once): NONE

  Played only once in 1995:
  -------------------------
  Confidential
  Forever Young
  Friend Of The Devil
  Key To The Highway
  One More Night
  Ramblin' Man
  That Lucky Old Sun
  To Be Alone With You
  What Was It You Wanted
  Willing
  Visions Of Johanna
  With God On Our Side


  6.  NEW BOOKS

  Here's a, no doubt incomplete, list from the flood of new Dylan books:

  John Baldwin         The fiddler now upspoke, Volume 1 & 2.
                       A collection of Bob Dylan interviews and press
                       conferences.
                       Desolation Row Promotions, 1995. 300+266 pages.

  John Bauldie         The Diary of a Bobcat
                       Wanted Man 1995, 90 pages.
                       Collected diaries from The Never-Ending Tour.

  Ben Cruikshank       Bob Dylan (American Poet and Singer)
                       Part 1: Blottingpaper Man
                       Part 2: Man In The Long Black Coat
                       A retrospective journey thru Bob Dylan's official
                       albums.
                       Agenda 1995, 94 + 84 pages.

  Clinton Heylin       Great White Wonder. A History of Rock Bootlegs.
                       Viking 1994, 442 pages.
                       Lots of references to Dylan bootlegs starting with the
                       very first.

  Clinton Heylin       Bob Dylan, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994
                       St. Martin's Press, 1995, 233 pages.

  Patrick Humphries    The Complete Guide to The Music of Bob Dylan.
                       Omnibus Press 1995, 152 pages.
                       Another album-by-album run-down of the officially
                       released stuff. CD-sized pocket.

  Elliott Landy        Woodstock Vision - The Spirit Of A Generation
                       US edition of the German original.
                       Contains 13 new photos of Dylan from 1968 to 1970.
                       Continuum, New York 1995, 128 pages, 21 pages on Dylan.

  John Roberts         A. J. Weberman Dylanologist
                       A home produced 100+ page booklet containing articles
                       about and by the world's premier garbologist.

  Mike Wyvill          From Town To Town  Bob Dylan's 1994 Concerts
  John Wraith          Wanted Man, 1995. 52 pages.
                       Concert listings and comments plus a lot of pictures
                       from The Telegraph.

  Robert Witting       Orpheus Revisited: A Celebration Of Highway 61 Revisited
                       Exploding Rooster Books 1995, 108 pages.


  7.  REFERENCES & SOURCES

  Reviews and other postings on rec.music.dylan.

  The Wicked Messenger column in Isis 1995.

  Articles and columns in The Telegraph, On The Tracks, Series Of Dreams 1995.

  "A GUIDE TO THE HIGHWAY 61 INTERACTIVE CD-ROM" or
  "I wouldn't know how to use it if I had to" by Sven Erick Alm
  (sea@math.uu.se).

  Highway 61 Intercative by Derek & Tracy Barker in two parts, Isis 59 60.

  "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 CD Plus. A summary of the audio content."
  by Sven Erick Alm (sea@math.uu.se).

  My own tape collection.

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