Legendary Tapers Series #28

Bob Dylan
1979-11-10
Fox Warfield Theatre, San Francisco
Offmaster audience recording. Audio cdr> (Feurio) wav > (flac frontend) flac.
Taped by Legendary Taper E.

As reported by Watt Alexander in the "Gospel Project", there appears to be a single
master recording from which all circulating versions derive. The present offmaster
recording is one where the "girls' songs" have been omitted. Apparently there is a 
circulating version where these songs have been retained. (If anyone has a copy of
this version, I would love to get it.)

The recording I received is, however, somewhat jumbled in that the end of disk one is
a fragment of applause and the first few words of "What Can I Do for YOU?", but then
disk two starts with four clearly extraneous tracks. At this point the 11-10 concert
resumes with a complete "What Can I Do for YOU?" (crowd noise here conforms to the 
fragment at end of disk one) and continues through to the end of the concert. I have
torrented this as the show was received, since I do not know whether I will be obtain
a more straightforward version any time soon.


The following evaluation by Watt Alexander of what he takes to be the finest sequence
of songs in this concert is worth quoting:

"The concert remains quite good, but really hits its stride with "Solid Rock," "Saving 
Grace," "Saved" and "What Can I Do For You," which form the spiritual homestretch of 
these concerts. This is the first night Dylan repositions "Saved" before "What Can I 
Do For You" and the results are stunning. Were this simply a matter of arranging an 
established setlist, it would hardly be worth remarking upon. However, these four songs 
were, at the time, unreleased and likely completely new to the vast majority of the 
audience. Dylan leads into these songs with a defiant rap, commenting upon the "rabble" 
who consider the Gospel as mere "foolishness," and evoking the apparent wrath of some 
within the audience.

"Having provoked the audience, Dylan then simply overwhelms them. In these four songs, 
Dylan alternately puts the band through quintessential rock-n-roll rave ups and 
astonishingly intimate confessions, with the former stirring them to a lather, silencing 
them on a whisper with the latter. Here Dylan exhibits his mastery of the live performance, 
tearing through "Solid Rock" and, in a matter of seconds, undermining raucous applause and 
drawing the entire theater in to the gentle prayer: "If you find it in your heart, can I 
be forgiven?" He then reaccelerates, ripping through the double-barrelled gospel stomp, 
Saved, then draws them all back in for the plaintive "What Can I Do For You." Each time, 
first moving their bodies, then hanging them on each note of his circuitous guitar and 
harp solos. The sheer audacity, or simple brazen faith, he has in his music and his message
during these concerts is a monument to the man's artistry and his determination to bring his
art to bear on the full scope of his experience. The audience, believer and non-believer 
alike, are left dumbstruck and cheering for more."


Disk One
Gotta Serve Somebody
I Believe In You
When You Gonna Wake Up + When He Returns (in a single track)
Man Gave Names To All The Animals
Precious Angel
Slow Train
Covenant Woman
Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) + Solid Rock (joined in one track)
Saving Grace
Saved 
(applause + fragment of a few words from "What Can I Do for YOU?", the complete
version of which occurs on disk two)

Disk Two

extraneous tracks:
Saved
In the Garden [clearly from different night, as indicated by the introductions]
Blessed Be the Name
Pressing On

completion of 11-10-79 show:

What Can I Do for YOU? [crowd noise at beginning conforms to fragment at end of disk one]
In the Garden [edit and introductions at end indicate that track is indeed from 11-10 show]
Blessed Be the Name [the audience noise here seems to confirm that this is the track
     that comes from the 11-10 show)
Pressing On

Disk One
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Disk Two
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