Bob Dylan Boylan Auditorium Monmouth University West Long Branch, NJ April 20, 1997 (Two Of Us Master Series Volume 26) Recording: Shure Mic > Sony WM-D6C 2020 Transfer: Master Tape > Nakamichi DR-01 (azimuth adjusted) > Sound Devices USBPre2 > Audacity > iZotope RX / ozone 5 (mastered) > Peak Pro 6 (post production) > xACT 2.39 > FLAC 01 Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) 02 Tonight, I’ll Stay Here With You 03 All Along The Watchtower 04 You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere 05 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry\ 06 Silvio 07 Friend Of The Devil 08 Masters Of War 09 Tangled Up In Blue 10 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 11 This Wheel’s On Fire 12 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 13 I Shall Be Released 14 Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright 15 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Known Faults: -Crash On The Levee: joined in progress -Masters Of War: start slightly cut -This Wheel's Of Fire: 50 seconds of slight muffling (security?) Welcome to Volume Twenty-Six of the "Two Of Us" Master Series. Between 1983 and 1999 there was likely not a taper or taping duo more active than the "Two Of Us". For the better part of a decade and a half they taped over 250 artists with an array being taped multiple times. If you collect Springsteen then you are already familiar with some of their work, "fmcleanboots" has posted a half dozen or so of their "Tunnel Of Love" tour shows but has decided to pass the baton. What you don't know is their passion was not just for Springsteen but for music and that passion runs deep. It is astonishing how many artists they taped. They followed tours taping club shows, theater shows, arena shows, big artists, mid-level artists and local artists. If they were following a tour and the tour had an off night they'd see who else was playing that night to tape. Always focused on enjoyment of the show as the priority, tickets were for the most part acquired outside of the venue as they worked to obtain the best possible seats, continually trading up until the correct seats were acquired. The results of this were the captures are uniformly excellent but on occasion the start of the show was sacrificed as a trade-off for the seats. The heavy lifting was done by the Sony WM-D6C and an external Shure Mic before moving to DAT for the last couple of years. None of their masters have ever been circulated and have been safely stored for the past three to four decades in a climate controlled environment. Tapes transferred so far are in pristine condition. Though we may do some mini releases of a series of shows in order for one portion of a tour for the most part shows will not be released in order, there are just too many of them. This will be a very exciting series and we hope along the way we upgrade existing circulating audio and offer up shows that do not have any circulating audio. We hope you enjoy the ride, this is definitely not a dark ride. ******************************** Bob Dylan @ Monmouth University 1997 It seems most 1990's Dylan shows have anywhere from two to five sources per show and Dylan seems to be the most well covered artist when it comes to tapers in the house each night. This show at Monmouth University looks to be the oddity with only one currently circulating source (Travitz & WKlitz) (LB-2870 generically attributed to "Net Taper" is identified as the same source. This is the second unique source to surface with Two Of Us giving us a fine analog capture of the night's performance. This source is stable throughout with a couple of issues noted above, "Crash On The Levee" is joined in progress, the start of "Masters Of War" is slightly cut and there is just under a minute of slight muffling during "This Wheel's On Fire" that I assume may be the resulte of security in the area. It is not severe and does not ruin the enjoyment of the song. As I do with ALL my postings, I've included multiple samples so you can get a sense of the quality of the show and decide for yourself to download or not, I also try to give as many details as possible to known faults so you are never surprised by a cut, splice or quality issue. Thanks to "Two Of Us" and their dedication to capturing all these great shows as well as trusting me to be the caretaker of their work. Also, a big thank you to my friend "fmcleanboots" for putting me in touch and laying the groundwork that has resulted in this release. Artwork included... mjk5510 & Two Of Us