Artist: Bob Dylan & The Band
Date: 1974-01-26 (Afternoon Show)
Location: Houston, TX
Venue: Hofheinz Pavilion
Source: Audience
Lineage: low gen reel to reel (obtained in the '70s, likely second gen from master)>wav>flac
Transfer: low gen reel to reel>Otari 5050 mk2 playback (April 2011)>ADL/Furutech GT40 USB audio device>Peak 6.0>wav
Taping Gear: unknown>unknown  
Taped By: Unknown
Transferred by: JEMS 
Reel tape and transfer courtesy of the JEMS Archives

Band Members: 
Bob Dylan - vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano

The Band
Rick Danko - bass, vocals 
Levon Helm - drums, vocals 
Garth Hudson - organ, piano, clavinet 
Richard Manuel - acoustic and electric pianos, organ, drums, vocals 
Robbie Robertson - lead guitar 

Setlist:
Bob Dylan & The Band
01. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (inc. cuts in) 
02. Lay Lady Lay 
03. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 
04. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 
05. It Ain't Me Babe 
06. Ballad of a Thin Man 

The Band
07. Stage Fright
08. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
09. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
10. Loving You (Is Sweeter Than Ever) (inc. cuts out)
11. I Shall Be Released
12. Up On Cripple Creek

Bob Dylan & The Band
13. All Along The Watchtower
14. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
15. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan Solo
16. The Times They Are A-Changin'
17. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
18. Gates Of Eden
19. Just Like A Woman
20. It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

The Band
21. Rag Mama Rag
22. This Wheel's On Fire
23. The Shape I'm In
24. The Weight

Bob Dylan & The Band
25. Forever Young
26. Something Their Is About You
27. Like A Rolling Stone
28. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)

Length: 109:28

Notes:
On one interesting shelf in the JEMS archives are tapes of Dylan's 1974 tour with the Band. Our own S taped the Seattle shows and then drove to Oakland (on a gasless Sunday, he'll remind you, as this was in the middle of the energy crisis) to record both sets there. After the tour completed, S took out classified ad (which I hope to find some day) in Rolling Stone magazine looking to trade tapes of the tour with others who recorded. 

He didn't collect the entire tour, but he did track down a handful of shows on reel to reel, including the early and late sets from Houston. Given when and how it was obtained, and what S has told me over the years, he got these tapes from people who recorded the shows themselves, so there's a strong reason to believe this show is legitimately second generation. I assume second generation because the cassette may have been moved to a safety reel, of which this is a copy. The taper conserved tape, as was often the case in those days, by pausing between songs. 

As such many of these tracks are joined a second or two in progress, but you still come away with feeling of hearing the entire show. As the recent posts of '74 tapes has made clear, this tour wasn't consistently well recorded and there are several shows for which the only circulating recordings are often described as passable, listenable or worse. This one is really good all considering better than passable and better and more complete than the late show recording in all aspects. It is not a perfect recording by any means but it is a very enjoyable and clear sounding for the most part. Unlike other versions out there this contains The Band's portion of the set pretty much complete with only Loving You (Is Sweeter Than Ever) cutting out prematurely. We believe this to be an upgrade in sound quality and completeness to all existing circulating copies but you the listener will be the ultimate decider on that (but we do believe you will come to the same conclusion after listening).

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