May 23, 2017 Playlist

The Bob & Miles Birthday Show
Miles  Bob
   
"Hard Rain" by Bob Dylan (1976)
CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Bob Dylan "Hard Rain"  1976 (USA)
Bob Dylan has a birthday this week, so our classic album is one of his lesser known live albums. In 1975 Bob hit the road with his Rolling Thunder Revue tour and superband, releasing one of his most popular 70's albums Desire right in the middle. Featuring four guitarists and two drummers, Rolling Thunder Revue was considered one of Bob's greatest tours, and was documented as such. But perversely, the concert footage only came out in Dylan's four-hour art film Renaldo & Clara, which was apparently mostly improvised vignettes featuring the band and famous hangers on (it has never been released in any home media format). There was also a TV special filmed at the very end of the tour, on a rainy day (hence the title) when the band was not at their best, or so said the critics. The 1976 TV special was panned almost as badly as the four-hour movie would be when it finally came out in 1978.  But I never saw the TV special or knew the backstory behind this album when I first heard it, and it sounds like a pretty rockin' Bob Dylan album to me. "Maggies Farm" is particuarly blistering, with Bowie's guitarist Mick Ronson on lead. "Shelter From The Storm" had been a gentle folk song in the studio, but in concert it's a rousing rockandroll party. In a way this album almost prefigures the coming punk and new wave trends: the band might be a bit sloppy, but it's loud music to jump around to - a rare "fun" Dylan album that "rocks"!
(N) = New Release
 
Artist Song Album Year Country
Bob DylanOn The Road AgainBringing It All Back Home 1965
USA
Mimi & Richard FarinaSell-Out Agitation WaltzReflections In A Crystal Wind1966
USA
CreationLike A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)Vol 2. Biff Bang Pow!rec. 1967
UK
Leslie WestThis Wheel's On Fire (Bob Dylan & Rick Danko)Mountain1969
USA
SpiritAll Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan)Future Games1977
USA
The ByrdsMy Back Pages (Bob Dylan)Younger Than Yesterday1967
USA
 
 
The CandymenThe Memphis Blues Again (Bob Dylan)The Candymen Bring You Candy Power1968
USA
Noel HarrisonJust Like A Woman (Bob Dylan)Collage1967
UK
Ray Davies The InvadersAmericana (N)2017 (Legacy)UK
Wood Chickens Rollin' (trad. - live)Muncie - Indiana (N)2017 (self release)USA
Willie Nelson Still Not DeadGod's Problem Child (N)2017 (Legacy)USA
Chuck Berry Big BoysCD single (N)2017 (Dualtone)USA
   
 
Miles Davis
 		Willie NelsonDirections rec. 1970, rel. 1981
USA
   
 
Bob DylanShelter From The Storm (live)Hard Rain
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1976
USA
Bob Dylan (with The Band)Quinn The Eskimo (live)Self Portrait 1970
USA/Canada
Bob DylanIdiot Wind (live)Hard Rain
 CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK 		1976
USA
Bob Dylan & The BandBlowin' In The Wind (live)Before The Flood 1974
USA/Canada
The BandStage Fright (live)Before The Flood 1974
Canada/USA
   
 
Janis IanI'll Give You A Stone If You'll Throw It (Changing Tymes)Janis Ian 1967
USA
Joni MitchellMorning MorgantownLadies Of The Canyon 1970
Canada
The PentangleI've Got A Feeling
(based on "All Blues" by Miles Davis)		Sweet Child 1968
UK
Buffy Sainte-MarieLady Margaret (trad.)Little Wheel Spin And Spin 1966
Canada
Sandy DennyTomorrow Is A Long Time (Bob Dylan)Sandy 1972
UK
Sun Araw Release (Bob Dylan)The Saddle Of The Increate (N)2017 (Sun Ark)USA
Neil YoungNo MoreFreedom 1989
Canada
SoundgardenLoud LoveLouder Than Love1989
USA
SoundgardenRusty CageBadmotorfinger1991
USA
 
  
David Bowie Killing A Little TimeNo Plan EP (N)2017 (Columbia)UK
The Sword Maiden, Mother & Crone (live)Greetings From...  (N)2017 (Razor & Tie)USA
Woods Spring Is In The AirLove Is Love (N)2017 (Woodsist)USA
Mahavishnu OrchestraAwakeningThe Inner Mounting Flame1971
UK/USA/Czech.
/Ireland/Panama
 
  
Miles DavisSpanish KeyBitches Brew1970
USA
      
   
   
Back to playlists         Back to main