Bob Dylan Compilation CD Dreams Of Iron And Steel Audience

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, February 11th, 1974 (Evening)As I Went Out One Morning, January 10th, 1974Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat, January 4th, 1974Tough Mama, January 4th, 1974I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met), January 14th, 1974 (Afternoon)She Belongs To Me, February 14th, 1974 (Afternoon)Song To Woody, January 6th, 1974 (Evening)To Ramona, January 6th, 1974 (Afternoon)Nobody 'Cept You, January 6th, 1974 (Afternoon)Visions Of Johanna, February 6th, 1974 (Afternoon)Gates Of Eden, January 11th, 1974Wedding Song, January 15th, 1974The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll, January 4th, 1974Mr. Tambourine Man, February 14th, 1974 (Evening)Something There Is About You, January 25th, 1974The Ballad Of Hollis Brown, February 14th, 1974 (Evening)Forever Young, February 14th, 1974 (Evening)Maggie's Farm, February 14th, 1974 (Evening)And so this series of compilations begins its foray into live Bob Dylan performances. These are always notable, as the songs differ radically from their original studio incarnations. I would make the case that this may be the most interesting aspect of Dylan as a performing artist: the willingness to play a song the way it should sound on the day of performance, rather than trying to recreate an earlier success. Letting the past be the past, and allowing the song to grow with the artist.