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Bob Dylan: Bob Dylan; Rick Danko (bass instrument); Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson.
Personnel: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, keyboards); Robbie Robertson (vocals, guitar, electric guitar); Levon Helm (vocals, mandolin, drums); Rick Danko (vocals, violin); Richard Manuel (vocals, piano, electric piano, organ, keyboards, drums); Maretha Stewart (vocals); Garth Hudson (saxophone, piano, Clavinet, organ, keyboards).
Audio Mixers: Rob Fraboni; Nat Jeffrey.
Photographer: Barry Feinstein.
Bob Dylan and the Band both needed the celebrated reunion tour of 1974, since Dylan's fortunes had been floundering since Self Portrait and the Band stumbled with 1971's Cahoots. The tour, with its attendant publicity, definitely returned both artists to center stage, and it definitely succeeded, breaking box office records and earning great reviews. Before the Flood, a double-album souvenir of the tour, suggests that these were generally dynamic shows, but not because they were reveling in the past, but because Dylan was fighting the nostalgia of his audience -- nostalgia, it must be noted, that was promoted as the very reason behind these shows. Yet that's what gives this music such kick -- Dylan reworks, rearranges, reinterprets these songs in ways that are still disarming, years after its initial release. He could only have performed interpretations this radical with a group as sympathetic, knowing of his traits as the band, whose own recordings here are respites from the storm. And this is a storm -- the sound of a great rocker, surprising his band and audience by tearing through his greatest songs in a manner that might not be comforting, but it guarantees it to be one of the best live albums of its time. Ever, maybe. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The 1974 tour by Bob Dylan and the Band brought together two of the most-respected acts in rock history for what was one of the biggest concert events of the decade. Recorded at several different venues over the course of the two-month tour, BEFORE THE FLOOD captures Dylan and The Band in fine form. Having backed Dylan on and off since 1966, The Band were very comfortable with his music, and on this album they provide Dylan with some of the finest accompaniment of his career.
Dylan opens the show with spirited versions of hits like "It Ain't Me Babe" and "Lay Lady Lay," as well as the acidic "Ballad of a Thin Man." Having fired up the crowd, Dylan steps away from the mike to let the Band perform barnstorming versions of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and other classics from their repertoire. After The Band nearly brings down the house with their intense rendition of "The Weight," Dylan returns to bring it all back home with powerful performances of "Like A Rolling Stone" and "Blowin' In The Wind," providing a spectacular finale to one of the finest live rock albums of the '70s. Bob Dylan Before The Flood Songs | | Before The Flood CD DISC 1: |
| 1. | Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) |
| 2. | Lay Lady Lay |
| 3. | Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 |
| 4. | Knockin' on Heaven's Door |
| 5. | It Ain't Me, Babe |
| 6. | Ballad of a Thin Man |
| 7. | Up on Cripple Creek |
| 8. | I Shall Be Released |
| 9. | Endless Highway |
| 10. | Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The |
| 11. | Stage Fright |
| | Before The Flood Songs DISC 2: |
| 1. | Don't Think Twice, It's All Right |
| 2. | Just Like a Woman |
| 3. | It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) |
| 4. | Shape I'm In, The |
| 5. | When You Awake |
| 6. | Weight, The |
| 7. | All Along the Watchtower |
| 8. | Highway 61 Revisited |
| 9. | Like a Rolling Stone |
| 10. | Blowin' in the Wind |
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Before The Flood Music Review Average Rating: (3.8 out of 5 stars)   Robbie - Great; Bob - Bad
I should have known better; Robbie Roberston and the Band are excellent; Bob Dylan can not carry a tune. I love his studio albums. The beautiful "Lay Lady Lay" was a travesty live, as was "It Ain't me Babe"
Submitted by Ginger (Harrisburg, PA) 
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 I Love His Music Very Much!
This is a boot I tell you! Bob is great I love his work.
Submitted by Vince_Gill (wallingford,ct,usa)
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Bob, saved by The Band!
Unforgetable performances by Dylan and The Band. My old vinyl copy is a wreck from the constant queing to the cuts by The Band. Half of Bob's cuts are nearly new, huh? Still, I think it's time for the cd, that way I won't have to hear where that needle hits the track.
Submitted by jimmiejo (The Great Northwest USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Robbie: Great! Bob: Great!
This is, in my opinion, a good live-album! Dylan electric together with The Band, in a period where he wrote a lot of his best songs! No complains from my side, but as Bob says himself, "most likely you go your way and I'll go mine".
Submitted by Thin Man (Sweden)
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