Title: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (mono mix)
Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: 1965 Revisited (Track #5)
Duration: 05:37
Label: Great Dane Records
When you're lost in the rain in Juarez
And it's Eastertime too
And your gravity fails
And negativity don't pull you through
Don't put on any airs
When you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue
They got some hungry women there
And they really make a mess outa you
Now if you see Saint Annie
Please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move
My fingers are all in a knot
I don't have the strength
To get up and take another shot
And my best friend, my doctor
Won't even say what it is I've got
Sweet Melinda
The peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English
And she invites you up into her room
And you're so kind
And careful not to go to her too soon
And she takes your voice
And leaves you howling at the moon
Up on Housing Project Hill
It's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other
Though neither of them are to be what they claim
If you're lookin' to get silly
You better go back to from where you came
Because the cops don't need you
And man they expect the same
Now all the authorities
They just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms
Into leaving his post
And picking up Angel who
Just arrived here from the coast
Who looked so fine at first
But left looking just like a ghost
I started out on burgundy
But soon hit the harder stuff
Everybody said they'd stand behind me
When the game got rough
But the joke was on me
There was nobody even there to call my bluff
I'm going back to New York City
I do believe I've had enough
This exhaustive Italian set of 14 discs in 9 separate jewel cases comes packed in a 12" x 12" box. Also included is a 12" x 12" ooklet packed full of rare photos, historical and venue information. The best quality, essential listening material has been available before. The new to disc recordings do not warrant the cost of the package to those who already have the bulk of the material elsewhere. For those who can afford the hefty price tag, are wanting an incredible visual package, or looking to step into 1965 material for the first time... this mouth watering treat will be the jewel in your crown. Some of the material is less than desirable quality by today's standards, but the recordings here represent as good a quality as is known to exist on each recording.
DISC ONE
BIABH sessions, NY, January 13-15, 1965 except:
Les Crane Show, NY February 17, 1965
DISC TWO
Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA March 27, 1965
DISC THREE
Oval City Hall, Sheffield, England April 30, 1965
Interview snippets (Don't Look Back soundtrack)
Levy's Recording Studio, London, May 12, 1965
DISC FOUR
Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK May 7, 1965
DISC FIVE
Royal Albert Hall, London, England; May 9, 1965
DISC SIX
BBC TV Theatre, London, England; June 1, 1965
DISC SEVEN
Highway 61 Revisited sessions
CBS Studio A, NY June 15 - July 31, 1965
DISC EIGHT
Highway 61 Revisited sessions, NY August 2, 1965
Newport Folk Festival, RI July 24-25, 1965
DISC NINE
Forest Hills Tennis stadium, Queens, NY; Aug. 28, 1965 Pt 1
DISC TEN
Forest Hills Tennis stadium, Queens, NY; Aug. 28, 1965 Pt 2
Blonde On Blonde outtakes, NY Oct. 20
Blonde On Blonde outtakes, CA Nov 30-Dec.1
DISC ELEVEN
Allen Stone interview, Detroit, MI; Oct. 24, 1965
Nat Hentoff's unpublished Playboy interview from CBS offices New York, NY Oct. or Nov. 1965 (part 1)
DISC TWELVE
Nat Hentoff's unpublished Playboy interview from CBS offices New York, NY Oct. or Nov. 1965 (part 2)
DISC THIRTEEN
KQED TV Studios Press Conference,
San Francisco, CA; December 3, 1965
Berkeley Community Theater, CA Dec. 4, 1965 (pt. 1)
DISC FOURTEEN
Berkeley Community Theater, CA Dec. 4, 1965 (pt. 2)
Columbia press conference, LA, CA Dec. 17, 1965