MIAMI.- The singer and songwriter Bob Dylan prepare a disco mind-blowing for his followers. It is about Bob Dylan The 1974 Live Recordings, a project that compiles 27 albums of his 1974 tourin which he was accompanied by The Band.
The album is produced by Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings and will be released on September 20. The album is comprised of a total of 431 songs, of which 417 are previously unreleased performances. However, Dylan revealed that fans can already hear a preview of the new version of the piece Forever Young, recorded on February 9, 1974 in Seattle.
Back on stage
The release is part of the fiftieth anniversary of the 83-year-old musician’s return to touring, having suffered a stroke in 1966. accident motorcycle that led him to retire from the stage.
“The 40-city North American tour was their first in eight years and resulted in the double live album Before the Flood”, remember Billboard.
“After making a name for themselves as Dylan’s backup band on the legendary folk artist’s first tour in 1966, the group of Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel joined him on his first arena tour in 1974. Playing 30 shows in 42 days – sometimes twice a day – they began in Chicago on January 3, 1974,” the music publication reported.
During the tour, Dylan and The Band played pieces such as All Along the Watchtower, Forever Young, Most Likely You Go Your Way (and Ill Go Mine), Ballad of Hollis Brown, Song to Woody y Nobody Cept You.
Disc details
It was revealed in a statement that this new project by the award-winning artist, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016, will also feature: “133 newly mixed recordings from 16-track tapes and every surviving soundboard recording from the tour, as well as new liner notes by journalist and critic Elizabeth Nelson.”
It will also be a triple LP on vinyl in various colors.
The 1974 Live Recordings The Missing Songs From Before The Flood It will also feature versions of each song from the 1974 tour, which were not included on the original album. Before the Flood.
Bob Dylan is currently on tour with Never Ending Tour.