MY BELL STILL RINGS - BOB DYLAN 2012

                           

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5        THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES. 1

5.8       Summary. 1

5.8.1        Song statistics. 1

5.8.2        Show statistics. 1

5.8.3        Album statistics. 2

5.8.4        Alphabetical song list 3

5.8.5        Top Ten songs. 4

5.8.6        Songs played only once. 5

5.8.7        Live debuts of Dylan songs. 5

5.8.8        Covers played. 5

6        NEW BOOKS. 5

7        REFERENCES & SOURCES. 6

 

5                                THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES

5.8                           Summary

5.8.1                       Song statistics

Abbreviations:

es      early songs, 1961-1966                                     80     songs from the 80s

ap      songs from the "amnesia period", 1967-1972     90     songs from the 90s

70      songs from the middle seventies, 1973-1978      00     songs from the new millennium

gp      songs from the "gospel years", 1979-1982          co      covers

 

 

Tot #

 

 

 

 

# of songs from

 

 

 

 

songs

es

ap

70

gp

83-89

90s

00s

co

South & Central America

271

115

16

26

1

7

19

87

0

 

 

42%

6%

10%

0%

3%

7%

32%

0%

Europe Summer Festival Tour

251

103

18

25

2

5

13

85

0

 

 

41%

7%

10%

1%

2%

5%

34%

0%

US Summer Tour

375

153

29

38

3

7

17

128

0

 

 

41%

8%

10%

1%

2%

5%

34%

0%

US & Canada Fall Tour

496

205

65

42

2

9

15

155

3

 

 

41%

13%

8%

0%

2%

3%

31%

1%

2012

1393

576

128

131

8

28

64

455

3

 

 

41%

9%

9%

1%

2%

5%

33%

0%

 

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5.8.2                       Show statistics

1. South & Central America

 

2. Europe Summer Festival Tour

3. US Summer Tour

 

4. US and Canada Fall Tour

 

 

1

2

3

4

S

Number of shows

16

15

22

33

86

Number of circulating shows

15

12

10

28

65

Number of circulating & complete shows

14

12

10

28

64

Number of unique shows

16

15

22

33

86

Number of different shows

16

15

22

33

86

Number of songs

38

46

49

58

71

Number of performed songs

271

251

375

496

1393

Mean number of performed songs

16

16

17

15

16

Variation

2.2

2.7

2.9

3.9

4.4

 

5.8.3                       Album statistics

 

 

# of

 

# of

 

Album

songs

%

perf

%

Bob Dylan

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Freewheelin'

4

  5.8%

130

  9.9%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

2

  2.9%

23

  1.8%

Another Side

4

  5.8%

34

  2.6%

Bringing It All Back Home

3

  4.3%

20

  1.5%

Highway 61 Revisited

5

  7.2%

288

 22.0%

Blonde On Blonde

4

  5.8%

74

  5.7%

Basement Tapes

2

  2.9%

11

  0.8%

John Wesley Harding

2

  2.9%

96

  7.3%

Nashville Skyline

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Selfportrait

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

New Morning

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Greatest Hits Vol 2

1

  1.4%

21

  1.6%

Pat Garrett

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Planet Waves

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Blood On The Tracks

3

  4.3%

127

  9.7%

Desire

1

  1.4%

4

  0.3%

Street-Legal

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Slow Train Coming

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Saved

1

  1.4%

1

  0.1%

Shot Of Love

1

  1.4%

7

  0.5%

Infidels

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Empire Burlesque

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Knocked-Out Loaded

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Hearts Of Fire

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Down In The Groove

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Traveling Wilburys Vol 1

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Oh Mercy

2

  2.9%

15

  1.1%

Under The Red Sky

1

  1.4%

1

  0.1%

Traveling Wilburys Vol 3

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 1

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 2

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Bootleg Series Vol 3

1

  1.4%

12

  0.9%

Biograph

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

Good As I Been To You

0

  0.0%

0

  0.0%

World Gone Wrong

1

  1.4%

1

  0.1%

Greatest Hits Vol 3

1

  1.4%

1

  0.1%

MTV Unplugged

1

  1.4%

7

  0.5%

Time Out Of Mind

6

  8.7%

63

  4.8%

Love And Theft

7

 10.1%

151

 11.5%

Modern Times

7

 10.1%

164

 12.5%

Together Through Life

4

  5.8%

46

  3.5%

Tempest

4

  5.8%

11

  0.8%

 

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5.8.4                       Alphabetical song list

 

op

opener

1  South & Central America

ma

main set

2  Europe Summer Festival Tour

en

encores

3  US Summer Tour

 

 

4  US & Canada Fall Tour

 

Song

op

ma

en

S

1

2

3

4

Absolutely Sweet Marie

1

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

Ain't Talkin'

 

5

 

5

 

 

 

5

All Along The Watchtower

 

85

 

85

16

14

22

33

Ballad Of A Thin Man

 

86

 

86

16

15

22

33

Ballad Of Hollis Brown

 

10

 

10

3

3

1

3

Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

 

17

 

17

11

 

1

5

Blind Willie McTell

 

12

 

12

4

2

3

3

Blowin' In The Wind

 

 

80

80

12

13

22

33

Can't Wait

 

6

 

6

 

3

3

 

Chimes Of Freedom

 

8

 

8

 

 

 

8

Cry A While

 

16

 

16

5

2

 

9

Delia

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

Desolation Row

 

28

 

28

8

5

6

9

Dignity

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

 

14

 

14

4

2

3

5

Early Roman Kings

 

7

 

7

 

 

 

7

Every Grain Of Sand

 

7

 

7

1

2

2

2

Forgetful Heart

 

17

 

17

5

4

2

6

Girl From The North Country

 

11

 

11

1

 

4

6

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

 

25

 

25

7

5

4

9

High Water (For Charley Patton)

 

35

 

35

6

10

12

7

Highway 61 Revisited

 

86

 

86

16

15

22

33

Honest With Me

 

16

 

16

4

4

6

2

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

10

1

 

11

 

1

1

9

It Ain't Me, Babe

 

9

 

9

4

1

1

3

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

 

12

 

12

3

2

3

4

Joey

 

4

 

4

 

 

 

4

John Brown

 

7

 

7

1

1

3

2

Jolene

 

6

 

6

3

 

3

 

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

1

1

 

2

 

1

1

 

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

42

 

 

42

16

11

15

 

The Levee's Gonna Break

 

25

 

25

6

6

5

8

Like A Rolling Stone

 

85

1

86

16

15

22

33

The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll

 

13

 

13

3

2

5

3

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

 

7

 

7

 

1

3

3

Love Sick

 

21

 

21

8

3

4

6

Make You Feel My Love

 

14

 

14

2

3

3

6

Man In The Long Black Coat

 

14

 

14

3

3

3

5

Million Miles

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

Mississippi

 

10

 

10

 

 

 

10

My Back Pages

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

Nettie Moore

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

Not Dark Yet

 

5

 

5

4

 

1

 

Pay In Blood

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

 

 

3

3

3

 

 

 

Rollin' And Tumblin'

 

26

 

26

2

8

10

6

Saving Grace

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

 

Scarlet Town

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

Shadows

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

She Belongs To Me

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

Shelter From The Storm

 

4

 

4

 

 

1

3

Shooting Star

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

 

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

37

 

37

10

10

15

2

Soon After Midnight

 

2

 

2

 

 

 

2

Spirit On The Water

 

20

 

20

6

6

5

3

Sugar Baby

 

13

 

13

 

5

7

1

Summer Days

 

34

 

34

10

6

12

6

Sweet Home Chicago

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

Tangled Up In Blue

 

86

 

86

16

15

22

33

Things Have Changed

 

83

 

83

13

15

22

33

This Dream Of You

 

6

 

6

 

 

5

1

This Wheel's On Fire

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

Thunder On The Mountain

 

86

 

86

16

15

22

33

To Ramona

 

16

 

16

2

3

4

7

Tryin' To Get To Heaven

 

16

 

16

5

3

6

2

Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum

 

27

 

27

 

4

16

7

Under The Red Sky

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

 

Visions Of Johanna

 

28

 

28

 

5

12

11

Watching The River Flow

21

 

 

21

 

2

5

14

When The Deal Goes Down

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

10

 

 

10

 

 

1

9

 

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5.8.5                       Top Ten songs

 

1

Ballad Of A Thin Man

86 times

 

Highway 61 Revisited

86

 

Like A Rolling Stone

86

 

Tangled Up In Blue

86

 

Thunder On The Mountain

86

6

All Along The Watchtower

85

7

Things Have Changed

83

8

Blowin' In The Wind

80

9

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

42

10

Simple Twist Of Fate

37

 

 

5.8.6                       Songs played only once

Absolutely Sweet Marie

Lyon 18 July

Delia

Las Vegas 27 October

Dignity

Grand Prairie 1 November

Million Miles

Milwaukee 8 November

My Back Pages

Montreux 8 July

Nettie Moore

Edmonton 9 October

Pay In Blood

Detroit 13 November

Saving Grace

Johnstown 29 August

Scarlet Town

Winnipeg 5 October

Shadows

Edmonton 9 October

She Belongs To Me

Berlin 2 July

Shooting Star

Port Chester 4 September

Sweet Home Chicago

Chicago 9 November

This Wheel's On Fire

Carhaix-Plouguer 22 July

Under The Red Sky

Dresden 3 July

When The Deal Goes Down

Madison 5 November

 

5.8.7                       Live debuts of Dylan songs

Pay In Blood

Detroit 13 November

Scarlet Town

Winnipeg 5 October

Soon After Midnight

Washington 20 November

Early Roman Kings

St. Paul 7 November

5.8.8                       Covers played

Delia

Las Vegas 27 October

Shadows

Edmonton 9 October

Sweet Home Chicago

Chicago 9 November

 

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6                                NEW BOOKS

Selections from the never-ending flood of Dylan books:

Ian Bell: Once Upon A Time. The Lives of Bob Dylan
Mainstream Publishing 2012. Hardback 590 pages. Claimed by the publisher to be the ultimate biography of Bob Dylan.

Andrea Cossu: It Ain't Me, Babe. Bob Dylan and the Performance of Authencity
Paradigm Publishers 2012. Softback 195 pages. The author looks at key performances during Bob Dylan’s career to help explain how he forged his authenticity.

David Dalton: Who Is That Man? In Search of the Real Bob Dylan
Hyperion Books 2012. Hardback 384 pages. A biography by founding editor of Rolling Stone.

Jon Friedman: Forget About Today. Bob Dylan's Genius for (Re)invention, Shunning the Naysayers, and Creating A Personal Revolution
Perigee Books 2012. Softback 231 pages.

Victoria Hockfield: Comparing the Movie, I'm Not There, to the Real Life Story of Bob Dylan.
2012. Softaback 121 pages. Edited from High Quality Wikipedia Articles

Brian Southall: Treasures of Bob Dylan
Carlton Books 2012. Hardback 36 pages. Another scrapbook called “Unoffocial and Unauthorized”.

Robert Sullivan: Bob Dylan. Forever Young
Life Books 2012. Hardback 96 pages. Short biography with lots of pictures.

Howard Weiner: Tangled Up In Tunes. Ballad of a Dylanhead
Pencil Hill Publishing 2012. Softback 256 pages. A road rhapsody of how 300 nightss withBob Dylan and the Grateful Dead changed the author’s life.

Robin Witting: A Crash Course on Reading  Tarantula
Exploding Rooster Books 2012, Paperback, 71 pages. An easy to read, step-by step introduction.

Mike Wyvill and John Wraith: I Crossed That River. Dylan's 2011 Concerts.
Two Riders, 2012. Softback, 64 pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7                            REFERENCES & SOURCES

[1]  Articles and columns in Isis 2012.

[2]  Derek Barker: The 50th Anniversary Collection. Isis # 166, pages 47-51.

[3]  Ged Kelly: The Copyright Extension Collection, Vol. 1. The Bridge No. 45, pages 81-90.

[4]  Articles and columns in The Bridge 2012.

[5]  My CD-R collection.

[6]  Rock Source Dylan Day by Day, www.rocksourcearchive.com/dylan.

[7]  dylanstubs.com, The Bob Dylan Ticket Stubs & Concert Poster Archive, http://dylanstubs.com/hello.htm

 

 

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