Unreleased live & studio recordings - 1994
A CS production, December 2013
1. Tonight, I'll Be Staying Here With You - Outtake, MTV Unplugged, 11-18
2. Ring Them Bells - The Great Music Experience, 05-20
3. Masters Of War - Woodstock ’94, 08-14
4. Lawdy Miss Clawdy - Unreleased studio session, 09-30
5. Absolutely Sweet Marie - Outtake, MTV Unplugged, 11-18
6. Tomorrow Night - The Rhythm, Country & Blues Concert, 03-23
7. Everything Is Broken - Outtake, MTV Unplugged, 11-17
8. Anyway You Want Me - Unreleased studio session, 09-30
9. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll - Roseland Ballroom, 10-20
10. If You See Her, Say Hello - Roseland Ballroom, 10-19
11. Series Of Dreams - Hiroshima, 02-16
12. I Want You - Outtake, MTV Unplugged, 11-18
13. Blue-Eyed Jane - Outtake, Jimmie Rodgers Tribute, 05-09 to 05-11
14. Jokerman - Boston, 10-08
15. The Lady Came From Baltimore - Bensacon, 07-04
16. Money Honey #2 - unreleased studio session
17. Hazel - Outtake, MTV Unplugged, 11-17
This was a productive year for Dylan, as he toured the world, took part in the Great Music Experience at Nara, Japan, visited MTV studios for an Unplugged taping, headlined Woodstock '94, and recorded several studio sessions.
The Great Music Experience was intended to be an annual gathering of notable world artists at cultural heritage sites, but the 1994 iteration proved to be the only one. Dylan is backed here by an orchestra, and sings beautifully.
The MTV Unplugged concert is generally not considered to be in the same league as the Supper Club Residency of 1993, which it is believed to have replaced as a document of Bob Dylan's live performances in the early '90s; even so, many of the tracks recorded at this session are outstanding. In particular, "Hazel" and "I Want You" are two of the best renditions of these classic songs.
The studio outtakes included here consist of two sessions: the first was for a Jimmie Rodgers tribute. Interestingly, though this songs was recorded in 1994 with backing vocals by Emmylou Harris, its vocals would be rerecorded several years later for its inclusion on the final tribute record. The second studio session was evidently intended to produce one or more songs for an Elvis Presley tribute, but no final product was released. Thus, the tracks remain out of public circulation.
"Tomorrow Night" comes from a guest appearance at the Rhythm, Country & Blues Concert and includes pleasant backing vocals by Trisha Yearwood. This performance only surfaced recently.
The live tracks are, as ever, quite inspired. In particular, "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" and "Jokerman" receive soulful readings, and the rearrangements of "Masters of War" and "Series of Dreams" are very successful. Though this acoustic version of "Masters of War" would go on to become a template for years to come, the experimental style of "Series of Dreams" would only appear in a handful of 1994 shows.
In short, this is one of the most complete and professional sounding sets in my series of compilations.
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