Bob Dylan - The Ginsberg Tapes (Live Recordings From 1965 - San Francisco / San Jose)

CHAPTER SELECTION & INFO BELOW:

Here are the complete recordings that Allen Ginsberg took of Dylan's concerts in the Bay Area in December of 1965. Everything, including the interviews, is in chronological order. I highly recommend allocating some time to listen to the entire video, maybe splitting into four parts. It’s certainly a worthy listen; the conversations with Dylan are very insightful, and so are the fan interviews. When I listen to this, I feel like a fly on the wall (or in this case, Ginsberg’s shoulder).

For more information about the Ginsberg Tapes, please follow this link (there isn't enough room in the description to include all of it): http://www.losslessbob.wonderingwhattochoose.com/detail/LB-12823.html.
CHAPTER SELECTION:

0:00 - INTRODUCTION - Includes 35mm film footage of Dylan's infamous San Francisco KQED press conference.
DAY I: SAN FRANCISCO (Masonic Memorial Auditorium, Dec. 11) [could be one of the best shows of his career]

1:14 - BACKSTAGE CONVERSATION - Ginsberg sits with Dylan backstage before the concert. The Band can be heard rehearsing in the distance. Dylan's first words on this tape are, "Your eggs are boiling to crisps," which I thought was funny. Highlights of the conversation: The $500 tape recorder Ginsberg is using (2:05); a fan comes to give Dylan some sort of gift (4:05); Dylan's visit to Hollywood and meeting Marlon Brando and Phil Spector (4:55); Bonnie Beacher, an old friend of Dylan's, shows up and Dylan tells his manager, Albert Grossman, to tell her that he can't find Dylan. Grossman clearly does not want to deal with this. At 10:30, Ginsberg plays for Dylan a recording of Jefferson Airplane performing "Go To Her" from one day prior at the Fillmore Auditorium.

ACOUSTIC SET:
18:50 - To Ramona
24:17 - Gates of Eden
31:55 - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
37:44 - Desolation Row [one of the best live versions I've ever heard. The audience is on the edge of their seats]
48:23 - Love Minus Zero / No Limit [hilarious audience interaction: Dylan starts strumming, someone claps, and he goes, "How do you know what this is?"]
53:20 - Visions of Johanna [first recorded live performance and in the conversation for the definitive live version, epic, introduced as "Freeze Out" and "Alcatraz to the 9th Power Revisited"]
1:03:15 - Mr. Tambourine Man (rivals Sheffield as the definitive live version. Harp solos are angelic]

ELECTRIC SET:
1:11:00 - Tombstone Blues [cuts in at first chorus]
1:15:18 - I Don't Believe You
1:20:28 - Baby, Let me Follow You Down
1:24:19 - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
1:29:34 - Long Distance Operator [badass performance]
1:33:15 - It Ain't Me, Babe
1:38:45 - Ballad of a Thin Man [swinging tempo and singing]
1:44:35 - Positively 4th Street [best version I've heard, just incredible singing]
1:49:05 - Like a Rolling Stone [epic version, tremendous finish]
DAY II: SAN JOSE (San Jos Civic Auditorium, Dec. 12)

1:54:49 - FAN INTERVIEWS BEFORE CONCERT -

ACOUSTIC SET:
2:43:49 - She Belongs to Me
2:48:01 - To Ramona
2:53:56 - Gates of Eden [incredible phrasing & enunciation]
3:01:51 - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3:07:26 - Desolation Row
3:18:36 - Love Minus Zero / No Limit [spends two minutes tuning his guitar and then uses that famous line, "This never happens with my electric guitar!"]
3:24:11 - Mr. Tambourine Man

3:31:52 - BACKSTAGE CONVERSATION DURING INTERMISSION - This section of the tape is a little hard to understand, but some parts are pretty clear. At 3:33:52, he tells Ginsberg, "What you see now is a typical concert, last night was wild, I sort of felt who they were out there." Bob is referring to the extraordinary San Francisco concert. He then goes on a rant about audience members coming up close to the stage to take pictures.

ELECTRIC SET:
3:48:00 - Tombstone Blues
3:53:06 - I Don't Believe You
3:58:26 - Baby, Let me Follow You Down
4:02:33 - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
4:08:16 - Long Distance Operator
4:12:16 - It Ain't Me Babe
4:17:56 - Ballad of a Thin Man
4:23:56 - Positively 4th Street
4:29:10 - Like a Rolling Stone [fun to hear Ginsberg or his partner yell, "BEAUTIFUL! BRAVO!"]

4:35:27 - FAN INTERVIEWS AFTER CONCERT - Ginsberg finds some college students to speak with. The reactions to the show are positive overall, though some kids express that they prefer Dylan's earlier "rambling bum" persona. The sound quality in some sections is sub-par, but it all clears up pretty well at 4:54:56 when they start talking about Dylan press conference, Woodie Guthrie, the meaning of Dylan's work, and his appearance on the Les Crane Show a year prior (the audio of this appearance still exists and I will be uploading it soon). At 4:57:30, Ginsberg seems very impressed with a student's knowledge of poet William Blake, who draws fascinating comparisons between his work and Dylan's "It's Alright Ma." Interesting comparisons between John Lennon's poetry and Dylan's poetry come up at 5:02:20.

END
Love & Peace,
~SP

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