KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN'S DOOR BOB DYLAN 1997 by Olof Bjorner A summary of recording & concert activities. New releases, tapes & books. Copyright (c) 1998 by Olof Bjorner All Rights Reserved This article may be reproduced, retransmitted, redistributed and otherwise propagated at will, provided that this notice remains intact and in place. Part 5 of 9 CONTENTS: ========= 1. INTRODUCTION \ | 2. THE YEAR AT A GLANCE | | 3. CALENDAR | | 4. NEW RECORDINGS | 4.1 Time Out Of Mind | 4.2 Other recordings from 1997 | -- part 1 of 9 4.2.1 Simon Wiesenthal Benefit Center Dinner | 4.2.2 World Eucharistic Congress | 4.3 New tapes | 4.3.1 Jimmie Rodgers Tribute Album Outtake | 4.3.2 Bobfest Rehearsals | 4.3.3 "Hallelujah", ATV May 14, 1964 | / 5. THE NEVER-ENDING TOUR CONTINUES \ 5.1 Introduction | 5.2 The Musicians | 5.3 The show | 5.4 Tour of Japan | -- part 2 of 9 5.4.1 Dates and venues | 5.4.2 The songs | 5.4.3 Statistics | 5.4.4 Comments / 5.5 US and Canada Spring Tour \ 5.5.1 Dates and venues | 5.5.2 The songs | -- part 3 of 6 5.5.3 Statistics | 5.5.4 Comments / 5.6 US and Canada Summer Tour \ 5.6.1 Dates and Venues | 5.6.2 The songs | -- part 4 of 6 5.6.3 Statistics | 5.6.4 Comments / 5.7 UK Fall Tour \ 5.7.1 Dates and Venues | 5.7.2 The songs | -- part 5 of 9 5.7.3 Statistics | =========== 5.7.4 Comments / 5.8 US Fall Tour \ 5.8.1 Dates and Venues | 5.8.2 The songs | -- part 6 of 9 5.8.3 Statistics | 5.8.4 Comments / 5.9 US Winter Club Tour \ 5.9.1 Dates and Venues | 5.9.2 The songs | -- part 7 of 9 5.9.3 Statistics | 5.9.4 Comments / 5.10 Summary \ 5.10.1 Show statistics | 5.10.2 Alphabetical song list | 5.10.3 Song statistics | -- part 8 of 9 | 6. NEW BOOKS | | 7. SOURCES | | 8. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS / APPENDIX: THE SET-LISTS -- part 9 of 9 5.7 UK Fall Tour ---------------------- 5.7.1 Dates and venues ---------------------- OCTOBER 1 Bournemouth, England Bournemouth International Centre 2 Bournemouth, England Bournemouth International Centre 3 Cardiff, Wales Cardiff International Centre Arena 5 London, England Wembley Arena 5.7.2 The songs --------------- AB acoustic with the band In order played: October 1 2 3 5 Tot Total # of songs 15 15 15 15 60 Absolutely Sweet Marie 1 1 1 1 4 Man In The Long Black Coat 2 1 Tough Mama 3 3 3 3 4 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere 4 4 2 Silvio 5 5 5 5 4 Cocaine Blues AB 6 1 Tangled Up In Blue AB 7 7 7 7 4 Mr. Tambourine Man AB 8 1 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 9 9 9 3 Blind Willie McTell 10 10 2 Highway 61 Revisited 11 11 11 3 Like A Rolling Stone 12 12 12 12 4 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AB 13 13 2 Love Sick 14 14 14 14 4 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 15 15 15 15 4 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You 2 1 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry 4 1 Roving Gambler AB 6 1 Love Minus Zero/No Limit AB 8 1 God Knows 9 1 This Wheel's On Fire 10 10 2 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 11 1 It Ain't Me, Babe AB 13 1 I Want You 2 1 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 4 1 Stone Walls And Steel Bars AB 6 1 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 8 1 My Back Pages AB 13 1 Se–or (Tales Of Yankee Power) 2 1 One Too Many Mornings AB 6 1 Rank Strangers To Me AB 8 1 Alphabetic song chart: October 1 2 3 5 Tot Total # of songs 15 15 15 15 60 Absolutely Sweet Marie 1 1 1 1 4 Blind Willie McTell 10 10 2 Cocaine Blues AB 6 1 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right AB 13 13 2 God Knows 9 1 Highway 61 Revisited 11 11 11 3 I Want You 2 1 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight 4 1 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry 4 1 It Ain't Me, Babe AB 13 1 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue AB 8 1 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat 11 1 Like A Rolling Stone 12 12 12 12 4 Love Sick 14 14 14 14 4 Love Minus Zero/No Limit AB 8 1 Man In The Long Black Coat 2 1 Mr. Tambourine Man AB 8 1 My Back Pages AB 13 1 One Too Many Mornings AB 6 1 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 15 15 15 15 4 Rank Strangers To Me AB 8 1 Roving Gambler AB 6 1 Se–or (Tales Of Yankee Power) 2 1 Silvio 5 5 5 5 4 Stone Walls And Steel Bars AB 6 1 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 9 9 9 3 Tangled Up In Blue AB 7 7 7 7 4 This Wheel's On Fire 10 10 2 Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You 2 1 Tough Mama 3 3 3 3 4 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere 4 4 2 5.7.3 Statistics ---------------- Shows: Number of shows: 4 Number of circulating shows: 4 Number of circulating & complete shows: 4 Number of unique shows: 4 (1) Number of different shows: 4 (2) Number of different songs: 31 (3) Number of unique songs: 31 (4) Number of performed songs: 60 Mean number of performed songs: 15 Variation: 2.1 (5) (1) a show is unique if no other show has the same songs in the same order (2) a show is different from another show if the set of songs are different, regardless of order. (3) electric and acoustic versions are counted as different songs. (4) a song is counted as unique regardless of how it is performed; (5) variation is computed as the ratio between number of different songs and mean number of performed songs. Songs: # of # of songs % perf. % Electric 19 61.3 44 73.3 Acoustic w band 12 38.7 16 26.7 Albums 26 83.9 53 88.3 Singles 0 0 Outtakes 2 6.5 4 6.7 Covers 3 9.7 3 5.0 5.7.4 Comments -------------- Bournemouth October 1: First song from Time Out Of Mind, Love Sick is played before the closer Rainy Day Women. Love Sick will be played in this position for the rest of the year. London October 5: First Rank Strangers To Me since New York City, October 10, 1989! Recommended show ---------------- Cardiff October 3.