カテゴリー: Bob Dylan

アルバムタイトルと実態が異なる。1966年5月17日、イギリス・マンチェスターのFree Trade Hallでのライブ。この録音が海賊盤として出回り、同年5月26日のRoyal Albert Hallでの演奏とされたためだ。今となっては、タイトルを変えるのは無意味。むしろ、海賊盤が横行していた時代を記すアルバムである。

最後の曲Like A Rolling Stoneが始まる前に、聴衆の一人が Judas!（ユダ！：裏切り者の意）と叫ぶ。それに対して、ディランはI don't believe youと言い、さらにYou're a liarと切り返す。このことは広く知れ渡っているのだが、ディランに限らず、1960年代半ばにはロックやジャズの世界に大きなうねりがあったことに注目すべき。この時の模様は、ドキュメンタリーDVD『ノー・ディレクション・ホーム』で見ることができるのだが、演奏が始まるとやがて字幕が流れて行く。一方、CDでは演奏が終わると会場は拍手の後に静まり返る。この瞬間にディランは「これで、行くぞ！」と決意したのだろう。ディランが、突き進む瞬間を捉えたアルバムなのだ。

Disc 1 - solo acoustic
1. She Belongs To Me
2. 4th Time Around
3. Visions Of Johanna
4. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

Disc 2 - with The Hawks
8. Tell Me, Momma
9. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
11. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
12. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
13. One Too Many Mornings
14. Ballad Of A Thin Man
15. Like A Rolling Stone

Bob Dylan - guitar, electric guitar, harmonica, piano on "Ballad of a Thin Man", vocals
The Hawks Rick Danko - bass guitar, vocal
Garth Hudson - organ
Mickey Jones - drums
Richard Manuel - piano
Robbie Robertson - electric guitar

Recorded on May 17, 1966 at Manchester Free Trade Hall.

1966年作品。ディランがフォークからロックへと疾走していった時期。そして、このアルバムを発表した後、モーターサイクル事故をきっかけに活動休止。ディランはアルバムのリリースが当分できなくなる予感がして、2枚組を発表したかのように今だから思えてしまう。

ようやく2枚組LPを購入できたのは高校2年の冬。都立大泉での高校生活の中で一番楽しかった頃だ。所有していたLPのカタログ番号はCBS SONY SOPI 3-4。73年12月リリース。自分にとって購入から47年経ったアルバム。全14曲が一つも色褪せない。それでも、1曲選べと言われれば I Want Youだろうか…。8年前に、1枚のCDに収めた輸入盤をAmazonで購入。991円だった。安価なのは助かったが、売れない作品を安売りしたようで気分は複雑。

1. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
2. Pledging My Time
3. Visions Of Johanna
4. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
5. I Want You
6. Stuck Inside Of A Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
7. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
8. Just Like A Women
9. Most Likely You Go Your Way I'll Go Mine
10. Temporary Like Achilles
11. Absolutely Sweet Marie
12. 4th Time Around
13. Obviously Five Believers
14. Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands

Bob Dylan - Harmonica & Lead Guitar (on "Leopard-skin Pill-box Hat")
Charlie McCoy - Harmonica (on "Obviously 5 Believers")

Wayne Moss, Charlie McCoy, Kenneth Buttrey, Hargus Robbins, Jerry Kennedy, Joe South, Al Kooper, Bill Aikins, Henry Strzelecki, Jaime Robertson

Recorded on January 25, 1966 at Studio A, Columbia Recording studios, NYC
Recorded on February 14 – 17 and March 8 – 10, 1966 at Columbia Music Row Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
Released on June 20, 1966.

12月8日、ディランが600曲余りの全楽曲をユニバーサル・ミュージック・グループに売却するという報道があった。何が起きたのかすぐには分からなかったが、少しずつ情報が流れ出している。契約金は3億ドル（約315億円）。ディランの長年の所属レーベルであるコロンビア・レコードの親会社ソニーは、この売却に関して何も知らなかった。その背景には、ソニーの上層部とディランとの間に強い信頼関係がなかったようだ。

だとすれば、1965年1月から66年2月までのセッションをまとめた怒涛の6枚組アルバムThe Cutting Edgeの発売（2015年11月）に、ディランは納得していなかった可能性がある。全111曲、7時間3分20秒。まるで百科事典の装丁。重量を測ってみたら1,155グラムだった。ディランは「重すぎる・・・」とつぶやいた。そんな気がする。今のところ、コロンビアが運営するディランの公式サイトは閉じられていないし、本件に関してノーコメントである。

Disc 1
1. Love Minus Zero / No Limit [take 1]
2. Love Minus Zero / No Limit [take 2]
3. Love Minus Zero / No Limit [take 3]
4. Love Minus Zero / No Limit [take 1]
5. I'll Keep It With Mine [take 1]
6. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [take 1]
7. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream [take 1]
8. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream [take 2]
9. She Belongs To Me [take 1]
10. She Belongs To Me [take 2]
11. She Belongs To Me [take 1]
12. Subterranean Homesick Blues [take 1]
13. Subterranean Homesick Blues [take 1]
14. Outlaw Blues [take 1]
15. Outlaw Blues [take 2]
16. On The Road Again [take 1]
17. On The Road Again [take 4]
18. On The Road Again [take 1]
19. On The Road Again [take 7]
20. Farewell, Angelina [take 1]
21. If You Gotta Go, Go Now [take 1]
22. If You Gotta Go, Go Now [take 2]
23. You Don't Have To Do That [take 1]

Disc 2
1. California [take 1]
2. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) [take 1]
3. Mr. Tambourine Man [takes 1-2]
4. Mr. Tambourine Man [take 3]
5. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [take 1]
6. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [take 8]
7. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [take 3]
8. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry [take 3]
9. Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence [take 2]
10. Tombstone Blues [take 1]
11. Tombstone Blues [take 9]
12. Positively 4th Street [takes 1-3]
13. Positively 4th Street [take 4]
14. Positively 4th Street [take 5]
15. Desolation Row [take 1]
16. Desolation Row [take 2]
17. Desolation Row [take 5]
18. From A Buick 6 [take 1]
19. From A Buick 6 [take 4]

Disc 3
1. Like A Rolling Stone [takes 1-3]
2. Like A Rolling Stone [take 4]
3. Like A Rolling Stone [take 5]
4. Like A Rolling Stone [rehearsal]
5. Like A Rolling Stone [take 1]
6. Like A Rolling Stone [takes 2-3]
7. Like A Rolling Stone [take 4]
8. Like A Rolling Stone [take 5]
9. Like A Rolling Stone [take 6]
10. Like A Rolling Stone [take 8]
11. Like A Rolling Stone [takes 9-10]
12. Like A Rolling Stone [take 11]
13. Like A Rolling Stone [take 12]
14. Like A Rolling Stone [take 13]
15. Like A Rolling Stone [take 14]
16. Like A Rolling Stone [take 15]
17. Like A Rolling Stone [master take, guitar]
18. Like A Rolling Stone [master take, vocals, guitar]
19. Like A Rolling Stone [master take, piano, bass]
20. Like A Rolling Stone [master take, drums, organ]

Disc 4
1. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? [take 1]
2. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? [take 17]
3. Highway 61 Revisited [take 3]
4. Highway 61 Revisited [take 5]
5. Highway 61 Revisited [take 7]
6. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [take 1]
7. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [take 3]
8. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues [take 13]
9. Queen Jane Approximately [take 2]
10. Queen Jane Approximately [take 5]
11. Ballad Of A Thin Man [take 2]
12. Medicine Sunday [take 1]
13. Jet Pilot [take 1]
14. I Wanna Be Your Lover [take 1]
15. I Wanna Be Your Lover [take 6]
16. Instrumental [take 2]
17. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? [take 6]
18. Visions Of Johanna [take 1]
19. Visions Of Johanna [take 5]

Disc 5
1. Visions Of Johanna [take 7]
2. Visions Of Johanna [take 8]
3. Visions Of Johanna [take 14]
4. She's Your Lover Now [take 1]
5. She's Your Lover Now [take 6]
6. She's Your Lover Now [take 15]
7. She's Your Lover Now [take 16]
8. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) [take 2]
9. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) [take 4]
10. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) [take 19]
11. Lunatic Princess [take 1]
12. Fourth Time Around [take 11]
13. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [take 3]
14. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat [take 8]
15. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 [take 1]

Disc 6
1. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [take 1]
2. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [rehearsal]
3. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [take 5]
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [take 13]
5. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [take 14]
6. Absolutely Sweet Marie [take 1]
7. Just Like A Woman [take 1]
8. Just Like A Woman [take 4]
9. Just Like A Woman [take 8]
10. Pledging My Time [take 1]
11. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) [take 1]
12. Temporary Like Achilles [take 3]
13. Obviously Five Believers [take 3]
14. I Want You [take 4]
15. Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands [take 1]

Total 111 tunes / 7H 3m 20s

Bob Dylan - vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Mike Bloomfield, Al Gorgoni, John Hammond, Jr., Jerry Kennedy, Bruce Langhorne, Charlie McCoy, Wayne Moss, Kenny Rankin, Robbie Robertson- guitars
Joe South - guitar, bass
Paul Griffin - piano, electric piano, organ
Al Kooper - organ, electric piano, celeste
Frank Owens - piano, electric piano
Richard Manuel, Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
Garth Hudson - organ
John Sebastian - bass, harmonica
John Boone, Harvey Brooks, Rick Danko, Joseph Macho, Jr., Russ Savakus, Henry Strzelecki - bass
Kenny Buttrey, Bobby Gregg, Levon Helm, Sandy Konikoff, Sam Lay - drums
Angeline Butler - backing vocals on "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" take two

Recorded in January 13, 1965 - February 16, 1966.