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| Idiot Wind In 48th Street source: Acetate Recordings Tracks: Sept. 16 1974 Simple Twist Of Fate You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome Shelter From The Storm Buckets Of Rain If You See Her Say Hello Lily, Rosemary and the Jack Of Hearts Call Letter Blues Idiot Wind Tangled Up In Blue Sept. 17 1974 You're A Big Girl Now Shelter From The Storm Sept. 19 1974 If You See Her Say Hello Up To Me Idiot Wind Review: The sound quality is perfect throughout, despite slight crackles on tracks taken from acetate or test pressings. Nice digipack looks better than the scans. The background of the front and the inside are actually the same blue color as the back. It doesn't translate well to a digital scanner. Obviously this is partly a pirate and, as usual with these releases, the cover is based on the official BOTT release. I realize that this is not a popular view in Dylan circles, but for my money the best version of every BOTT song is on the official release. If nothing else, Tangled Up In Blue and Idiot Wind benefited from another revision of the lyrics. That said... these outtakes are still wonderful, but of course, most of them have now surfaced on official releases. I could cheerfully listen to all four well known versions of Idiot Wind a million times each! These two, plus the Minneapolis recording from the official album; and the Hard Rain version. Even the daft organ "wind" effect in the chorus of the Sept. 16 version can't spoil it. The differences are at once minute and colossal. TUIB would continue to be rewritten for years, so there's no definitive version of the lyrics as far as anyone except Bob Dylan can know; but this one's lyrically the clumsiest, and musically the least brilliant! Long story short: great album, but can't be recommended because it's mostly pirate material. As has been said elsewhere on BB, you can make your own New York version of BOTT using officially released tracks. The dates listed are only according to the cover. While they are certainly within a few days of being correct, they are not in full agreement with all chroniclers, including Krogsgaard. © 2004 ColmX / CD Pinkerton bobsboots.com |
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