In honor of the 15-year anniversary of the Vault, the longest continuously running vinyl subscription club in the world, Third Man Records in conjunction with Columbia Records / Legacy Recordings is proud to announce its 61st Vault package, Bob Dylan’s The 1974 Live Recordings: The Missing Songs From Before The Flood. The box set chronicles Dylan’s legendary 1974 tour with The Band, a pivotal moment that saw them performing for their largest crowds to date.
With a variety of full show performances available to cull from in the compiling of Before The Flood it was natural that some songs, no matter how compelling and powerful, would not fit on the original 2xLP release in 1974. Pressed at Third Man Pressing in Detroit on three charming green LPs, this configuration is the only vinyl release of any of the archived 1974 live recordings.
As an added bonus, Third Man has designed a classic 1970’s-styled souvenir tour book. Comprising photos taken during this momentous tour and of-the-era graphics and archival material, this 8.5 x 11 inch, 20 page book is the perfect visual accompaniment to the moving, powerful audio it is paired with. To top it all off, included here is a 7-inch single featuring the inimitable “Blowing In The Wind” as originally included on Before The Flood backed with an incendiary take of “Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)” recorded at Madison Square Garden on January 30th, 1974.
THE 1974 LIVE RECORDINGS: THE MISSING SONGS FROM BEFORE THE FLOOD
TRACK LIST:
LP 1, Side A
Something There Is About You – 1/30/74, New York City
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat – 1/3/74, Chicago
I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) – 1/15/74, Largo, MD
Hero Blues – 1/4/74, Chicago
LP 1, Side B
Tough Mama – 1/3/74, Chicago
Maggie’s Farm – 2/14/74, Evening Show, Inglewood, CA
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – 2/13/74, Inglewood, CA
LP 2, Side C
Song to Woody – 1/6/74, Evening Show, Philadelphia*
Nobody ‘Cept You – 1/3/74, Chicago*
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll – 1/3/74, Chicago*
Love Minus Zero/No Limit – 1/4/74, Chicago*
To Ramona – 1/6/74, Afternoon Show, Philadelphia*
LP 2, Side D
Girl from the North Country – 1/9/74, Toronto*
Mr. Tambourine Man – 1/6/74, Evening Show, Philadelphia*
Mama, You’ve Been on My Mind – 1/6/74, Afternoon Show, Philadelphia*
Wedding Song – 1/15/74, Largo, MD*
LP 3, Side E
Gates of Eden – 1/31/74, Evening Show, New York City*
She Belongs to Me – 2/11/74, Afternoon Show, Oakland*
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – 2/14/74, Afternoon Show, Inglewood, CA*
The Times They Are A-Changin’ – 2/14/74, Evening Show, Inglewood, CA*
LP 3, Side F
Ballad of Hollis Brown – 1/26/74, Afternoon Show, Houston
One Too Many Mornings – 1/16/74, Largo, MD
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry – 1/9/74, Toronto
Forever Young – 2/13/74, Inglewood, CA
7-inch single
Side A – Blowin’ In The Wind – 2/13-14/74, Inglewood, CA
Side B – Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) – 1/30/74 New York City
All tracks previously unreleased except for “Blowin’ In The Wind”
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
with
The Band
Robbie Robertson: guitar
Garth Hudson: organ, piano, clavinet, accordion
Richard Manuel: piano, electric piano, organ, drums
Rick Danko: bass guitar
Levon Helm: drums
Bob Dylan only
6 Responses
How can I preorder this. I’m not a vault member….
Thank you
It should be titled “some of the missing tracks…”. Leaving out the one-off performances of ‘Visions of Johanna’ and ‘Desolation Row’ is beyond incomprehensible. I’ll save my money and continue to make do with my bootleg versions – regretfully.
Visions of Johanna & Desolation Row weren’t left out, neither song was professionally captured so aren’t included in the 27 disc release.
So we have to be vault members to get this? And where are the songs by The Band? They should be part of this release – they always did a couple sets of their own songs during these shows.
That’s how The Vault has always worked. Regarding The Band’s songs, this release exists to extend 50 year copyright on Dylan’s music alone. Owners of The Band’s copyright will presumably have their own strategy regarding copyright.
It is unfortunate that this audio trove does not include the unreleased excerpts from the sets by the Band during the 1974 tour.