5                                 The 1984 Tour of Europe with Santana

5.6             Statistics

5.6.1                       Show statistics

Number of shows

27

Number of circulating shows

27

Number of circulating & complete shows

27

Number of unique shows[1]

27

Number of different shows[2]

27

Number of different songs[3]

45

Number of unique songs[4]

43

Number of performed songs

604

Mean number of performed songs

22

Variation[5]

2.0

 

 

5.6.2                       Song statistics

 

# of

 

# of

 

 

songs

%

perf.

%

Electric

32

 71.1

463

 76.7

Acoustic solo

13

 28.9

141

 23.3

 

 

 

 

 

Albums

42

 93.0

586

 97.0

Singles

0

 0.0

0

 0.0

Outtakes

1

 2.3

9

 1.5

Covers

2

 4.7

9

 1.5

 

5.6.3                       Album statistics

 

# of

 

# of

 

Album

songs

%

perf

%

Bob Dylan

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Freewheelin'

5

 12.5%

93

 15.9%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

3

 7.5%

23

 3.9%

Another Side

2

 5.0%

26

 4.4%

Bringing It All Back Home

5

 12.5%

89

 15.2%

Highway 61 Revisited

7

 17.5%

108

 18.4%

Blonde On Blonde

2

 5.0%

40

 6.8%

Basement Tapes

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

John Wesley Harding

1

 2.5%

28

 4.8%

Nashville Skyline

1

 2.5%

1

 0.2%

Selfportrait

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

New Morning

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Greatest Hits Vol. 2

1

 2.5%

3

 0.5%

Pat Garrett

1

 2.5%

7

 1.2%

Planet Waves

1

 2.5%

2

 0.3%

Blood On The Tracks

3

 7.5%

39

 6.7%

Desire

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Street-Legal

1

 2.5%

3

 0.5%

Slow Train Coming

1

 2.5%

10

 1.7%

Saved

0

 0.0%

0

 0.0%

Shot Of Love

2

 5.0%

28

 4.8%

Infidels

4

 10.0%

86

 14.7%

 

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5.6.4                       Recommended shows

Barcelona 28 June– one of the best Dylan concerts ever!!

Newcastle 5 July.

 

5.6.5                       Songs

Note that with the exception of Why Do I Have To Choose, there were no covers played during this tour!

The new song Enough Is Enough was played nine times with different lyrics each time!

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) was first played in Barcelona as a response to the overwhelming audience reception, obviously completely unrehearsed. It is said that Dylan showed Mick Taylor the chord sequences on-stage.

One-offs included Desolation Row, It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Lay Lady Lay and With God On Our Side.


 

5.6.6                       The songs from Infidels

Jokerman

27 times

Sweetheart Like You

never played live!

Neighborhood Bully

never played live!

License To Kill

27

Man Of Peace

5

Union Sundown

first played 1986 w Petty/Heartbreakers

I And I

27

Don't fall Apart On Me Tonight

never played live!

 

5.6.7                       Songs with Carlos Santana

 

 

 

May

 

 

 

 

 

 

June

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

29

31

2

3

4

6

7

9

10

11

13

14

16

Blowin' In The Wind

AC

21

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

19

 

21

21

21

Tombstone Blues

 

22

19

19

19

21

 

 

20

21

20

20

20

20

20

Blowin' In The Wind

JB

 

 

18

21

19

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why Do I Have To Choose?

 

 

 

 

20

22

 

 

21

 

21

21

 

 

23

I Shall Be Released

JB

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forever Young

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

22

 

 

 

 

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

23

22

 

 

 

All Along The Watchtower

SA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

Heart Of Mine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June

 

 

 

 

 

July

 

 

 

 

17

19

20

21

24

26

28

30

1

3

5

7

8

The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

18

19

19

19

24

 

23

19

19

19

24

24

26

Blowin' In The Wind

AC

 

22

22

23

23

22

25

22

23

 

22

25

27

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

 

19

 

20

20

21

20

 

21

21

21

20

20

24

Why Do I Have To Choose?

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Shall Be Released

JB

 

20

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tombstone Blues

 

 

21

21

21

20

21

24

23

22

 

21

22

25

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

 

 

 

 

 

19

19

21

 

24

20

23

26

 

Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

22

 

23

 

It Takes A Lot To Laugh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

21

22

Simple Twist Of Fate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

Tupelo Honey

VM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

JB = Joan Baez

SA = Santana percussionists

VM = Van Morrison

AC = acoustic

 

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5.6.8                       Guests

Milan 24 June

Alphonso Johnson replaces Gregg Sutton on songs 19-24.

Paris 1 July

Old time friend Hughes Aufray plays guitar and sings with Dylan on The Times They Are A-Changin'

 

Van Morrison guitar and shared vocal on It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Grenoble 3 July

Hughes Aufrey plays guitar and sings with Dylan on The Times They Are A-Changin'

London 7 July

Eric Clapton joins, starting with Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

 

Chrissie Hynde from The Pretenders sneaks on stage and tries to sing backup vocal on 20-21, 24-26 and plays harmonica on 20.

 

Van Morrison guitar and shared vocal on It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

Slane 8 July

Van Morrison guitar and shared vocal on It's All Over Now, Baby Blue and Tupelo Honey

 

Bono Vox and Leslie Dowdall shared vocal on Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat and Blowin' In The Wind

 

Steve Wickham violin on Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat

 

 

6                                 Songs 1984

May

Angel Of Rain

1,2

 

Dirty Lies

1,3

 

Enough Is Enough

1,4

July

Driftin' Too Far From Shore

 

 

Firebird

5

 

Go Away Little Boy

6

 

Groovin' At Delta

5

 

Who Loves You More

 

 

Wolf

5

December

Gravity Song

8

 

Look Yonder

8

 

New Danville Girl

7

 

Prince Of Plunder

8

 

Queen Of Rock 'n' Roll

8

 

Seeing The Real You At Last

 

 

Something's Burning Baby

 

 

 

Notes

1.      Mentioned in the set list handed out at the Verona press conference..

2.      No known recording.

3.      Only known version at the Verona rehearsal tape.

4.      Rehearsal versions and live versions exist.

5.      Only instrumental versions known.

6.      Released by Lone Justice.

7.      Re-recorded with re-worked lyrics as Brownsville Girl.

8.      No circulating recording.

 

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7                Suggested Readings

7.1             Articles

Everybody's Going Up The Castle Stairs – Patrick J. Webster in The Telegraph #17

License To Thrill? – The Telegraph #17

Slane Castle 1984 – by Michael Macken in Look Back #17

7.2             Interviews

Antoine de Caunes Interview – Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984

Bono Vox Interview – Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984

Charlie Quintana – The Telegraph 37 (Winter 1990)

Colin Allen – interviewed by Jörgen Lindström in The Telegraph #28

Hamburg Press Conference – Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984

Hughes Aufray – The Telegraph 39 (Summer 1991)

Mark Knopfler – The Telegraph #16

Verona Press Conference – Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984

Westwood One - Dylan on Dylan – interview in Talkin' Bob Dylan 1984 & 1985

7.3             Book

Barbara and Angela Dierks: It Ain’t Me Babe. Impressions of the European tour ’84. Isis 1984.

7.4             Lyrics

Tangled Up In Blue – lyrics, new version 1984, The Telegraph #21

 

8                SOURCES

 

William J. Clinton

The Bob Dylan CD & CDR Field Recordings Guide Of William J. Clinton
www.angelfire.com/wa/monicasdude

Tim Dunn

I Just Write 'Em As They Come.
Annotate
d Guide to the Writings of Bob Dylan
A Not-A-Ces Publishing Venture 1990.

Glen Dundas

Tangled Up In Tapes — 4th Edition

A Recording History of Bob Dylan

SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999. Softcover 334 pages.

Clinton Heylin

A Life In Stolen Moments. Bob Dylan Day By Day 1941-1995.

Schirmer Books 1996, 404 pages.

Clinton Heylin

Bob Dylan, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994

St. Martin's Press, 1995, 233 pages.

Michael Krogsgaard

Positively Bob Dylan
A Thirty-Year Discography, Concert & Record Session Guide 1960-1991.
Popular Culture, Ink. 1991. 500 pages.

Michael Krogsgaard

Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 3).
The Telegraph #55, Summer 1996, pp. 111–142.

Craig Pinkerton

Bob's Boots
www.bobsboots.com/

Ray Stavrou

A Vinyl Headstone Almost In Place
Loose leaf binder, 530 pages.

 

 

9                                 Bibliography

John Baldwin

The fiddler now upspoke, Volumes 1–5.

A collection of Bob Dylan interviews and press conferences.

Desolation Row Promotions, 1995.

Carl Benson (ed)

The Bob Dylan Companion — Four Decades of Commentary.

Schirmer Books, New York 1998. Softcover 306 pages.

Michael Gray

Song & Dance Man III. The Art Of Bob Dylan

Cassell 1999. Hardback 918 pages.

Clinton Heylin

Behind The Shades. A Biography.

Summit Books 1991, 500 pages.

Daniel Kramer

Bob Dylan. Citadel Press (hardback) or Pocket Books. Great photo book from 1964-1965.

Craig McGregor (ed)

Bob Dylan. A Retrospective.

William Morrow 1972

Anthony Scaduto

Bob Dylan. An intimate biography. New American Library 1973

Robert Shelton

No Direction Home. The Life and Music of Bob Dylan. New American Library 1986.

Howard Sounes

Down The Highway. The Life Of Bob Dylan. Groove Press 2001.

Elizabeth M. Thomson (ed)

Conclusions On The Wall. New Essays On Bob Dylan.

Thin Man 1980

Paul Williams

Watching The River Flow

Observations on Bob Dylan's Art-in-Progress, 1966-1995.

Omnibus Press 1996, 255 pages.

Paul Williams

Performing Artist – The Middle Years: 1974-1986
Underwood Miller 1992, 334 pages.

 

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[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.