Re: Questions about Fall 1980

Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 03:19:52 +0000 (UTC)
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Bob Gill (email-address-deleted) wrote:
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: officially released. Looking at it from a record company's point of view, however,
: it makes sense to pick one from 1981 or 1980, and New Orleans would have to be the
: front-runner.
Your reasoning is no doubt correct, although I would add that Toronto 1980
might be a possibility too for release. I wouldn't choose either the
Toronto show or the New Orleans as a good representation of all that he was
able to accomplish in his live shows 1979-81, but it would still be nice to see
either one released. I guess I would prefer the Toronto '80 show, if only
because it would be interesting to see if people could appreciate the
power of the gospel shows, now that they have taken their place as one chapter
in his overall career. On the other hand New Orleans has "Thief on the Cross",
which is well deserving of an official release (and hopefully with a lyric
sheet). Of course I could see it being left off of the release, just to
drive us all crazy.
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Seth Kulick "The hypnotic splattered mist was slowly lifting"
University of Pennsylvania - Bob Dylan
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