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Life and Life Only: Radio & TV, 1961-1965 [Live]

Bob Dylan Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (5 Dec 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Live
  • Label: Left Field Media
  • ASIN: B0062MFDA2
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 63,320 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. Introduction (Live at the Riverside Chruch)0:46£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Handsome Molly (Live at the Riverside Church) 4:29£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Omie Wise (Live at the Riverside Church) 8:07£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Po' Lazarus (Live at the Riverside Church) 5:13£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Mean Old Southern Railroad (Live at the Riverside Church) 4:14£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Acne (Live at the Riverside Church) 2:44£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Sally Gal (Live at the Oscar Brand Folk Festival) 3:09£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Girl I Left Behind (Live at the Oscar Brand Folk Festival) 5:44£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Oscar Brand Intro (Live on the Oscar Brand Show)0:44£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Girl from the North Country (Live on the Oscar Brand Show) 3:21£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Only a Hobo (Live on the Oscar Brand Show) 2:47£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen12. Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Live on the Steven Allen Show) 6:27£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen13. Les Crane Introduction (Live on the Les Crane Show)0:55£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen14. It's All Over Now Baby Blue (Live on the Les Crane Show) 4:13£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen15. Les Crane Interview (Live on the Les Crane Show)17:56Album Only
Listen16. It's Alright Ma (Live on the Les Crane Show) 7:26£0.89  Buy MP3 


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While Bob Dylan s career has proven fascinating to track at virtually every juncture, few could seriously argue that the period between his arrival in New York City in 1961 and his first forays into electrification on 1965 s Bringing It All Back Home - the era when Dylan developed at a rate unparalleled by any other artist in the rock age - remains the most scintillating, satisfying and dynamic of all. This 80-minute collection represents Dylan at his most fertile via radio and television broadcasts made throughout this astonishing era. The collection features songs and interviews from the 1961 folk Hootenanny at the Riverside Church, New York, just six months after Bob s arrival in NYC and before he had even signed a record deal. His appearance on Oscar Brand s Folk Song Festival broadcast in October 1961, aired on WNYC radio, is then featured, followed by a second Oscar Brand radio show broadcast on WNBC in the spring of 1963. Two television appearances from The Steve Allen Show in February 1964 and the Les Crane Show in February 1965 - barely a month before the release of Bringing It All Back Home - complete this superb set. Featuring an eclectic selection of Bob s take on otherwise unreleased traditionals, plus a number of Dylan classics, this CD will surely remain the default collection of live Dylan during his greatest era.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Bob Dylan: Radio & TV Broadcasts 1961-1965 7 Dec 2011
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Subtitled 'Radio & TV 1961-1965', this is the third (unofficial) Dylan release by Leftfield Media in the past 18 months and, due to the average quality of sound alone, it's the weakest of the three. Consisting of 12 songs (most with brief introductory interviews), three introductions and a lengthy interview, it clocks in just shy of 80 minutes.

The opening three tracks, from the New York Riverside Church Hootenanny TV Special in July 1961, are traditional numbers and they highlight just what an engaging and talented live performer Dylan was even at this early stage of his career. Introduced as Bobby Dylan, at the end of 'Handsome Molly' he mentions that he's having problems with his harmonica stand that is improvised from a wire coat hanger and during 'Omie Wise' there are long silences as he asks for a knife and attempts to fix it... 'Mean Old Southern Railroad' from the same broadcast is performed by Danny Kalb with Dylan featuring on harmonica.

The second half of the album features original Dylan compositions and the transition from folk troubadour to master poet and songwriter is, even with the muddied sound, clearly evidenced. The hilarious 18 minute interview with Les Crane is worth the entrance fee alone. Dylan is upbeat and very humorous and the rapport he shares with Crane draws plenty of laughter from the studio audience. Dylan introduces the closing track as 'It's Alright Ma (It's Life and Life Only)'.

This compilation acts as an interesting historical document. However, given the average sound quality (it's particularly bad on 'It's All Over Now Baby Blue'), it doesn't quite hold the same appeal as the two earlier Leftfield Media releases. Nonetheless, Dylan aficionados will still find much to enjoy here. Housed in a standard jewel case with a cardboard slipcase, it features well researched and detailed sleeve notes. 3½ Stars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hootenanny television 7 Dec 2011
Format:Audio CD
There are lots (and I mean a lot) of official and unofficial cd's of Bob Dylan available to buy. Not forgetting the bootleg vinyl and tapes and downloads and videos and dvds.
So why buy this one? why bother?
well, the plain and simple answer is because unless you have some of the above mentioned bootlegs, then you won't have heard these songs or these versions of these songs, and certainly wont have heard the interviews that are on this cd. (I'm sure there are many Bobcats out there that already have this material in one format or another.)
For the Les Crane Interview alone it's worth buying. For the recording of 'Acne' and 'Mean old Southern Railroad', it's worth buying. The inside booklet has a good amount of information in it.
The only negative to this cd is that when I inserted it into my pc, windows media recognised it as something totally different altogether, the title and the tracks named are incorrect, this will matter if you download it for your ipod or other mp3 player, although you'll be able to rename them.
Priced as it is, you can't go wrong if you're thinking of buying this for a Dylan fan.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Life and Life Only: Radio & TV 1961-1965 2 Jan 2013
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Arrived in good time.
Very good quality.
A long-standing interest in the artist and his music. This particular CD is of historic interest and value, and would recommend this to others who are similarily interested.
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