Before The Flood

鲍勃·迪伦的现场录音专辑为数众多，但1974年的《Before the Flood》因为他身后的乐队The Band的在场而倍加值得一提。在此之前迪伦刚与The Band一同录制了称霸排行榜的专辑《Planet Waves》，随后他邀请乐队为即将进行的巡回演出担任伴奏，而这次巡演在当时成了有史以来最成功的摇滚巡演。这套双CD专辑便是这场合作的实况录音，演出曲目一概都是较早前的经典，《Planet Waves》的作品则一首未唱。虽然专辑呈现了几首有力的合作歌曲，但讽刺的是，最精彩的几笔却要么是迪伦的自弹自唱，如“Don’t Think Twice”及“It’s Alright Ma”等；要么是乐队撇开迪伦的单独表演，从”The Shape I’m In”中便可见一斑。

曲目
1 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
2 Lay, Lady, Lay (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
3 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
4 Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY – January 1974)
5 It Ain’t Me, Babe (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
6 Ballad of a Thin Man (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
7 Up on Cripple Creek (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
8 I Shall Be Released (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
9 Endless Highway (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
10 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
11 Stage Fright (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
12 Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
13 Just Like a Woman (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
14 It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
15 The Shape I’m In (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
16 When You Awake (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
17 The Weight (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
18 All Along the Watchtower (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
19 Highway 61 Revisited (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
20 Like a Rolling Stone (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)
21 Blowin’ in the Wind (Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA – February 1974)