Bob Dylan
Down In The Groove Ultimate Collection

Hi Dylan gang,

i did not make this compilation, i just fixed the sound a bit.
I did azimuth, phase & level correction and new EQ.
Also worked with Spectral Recovery on some tracks, and made some new front artwork.
Enjoy


Remastered by Captain Acid, June 2025


Tracklisting:

Disc 1

01. Death Is Not The End (official release) CD
02. Usual #1 (a song mistakenly released on DITG in Argentina but in HOF)
03. Usual #2
04. Usual #3
05. Usual #4
06. Had A Dream About You, Baby #1 (all 7 versions from Hearts of Fire sessions)
07. Had A Dream About You, Baby #2
08. Had A Dream About You, Baby #3
09. Had A Dream About You, Baby #4
10. Had A Dream About You, Baby #5
11. Had A Dream About You, Baby #6
12. Had A Dream About You, Baby #7
13. Sidewalks, Fences And Walls #1 (4 versions, including 2 versions that were never uploaded to YT before)
14. Sidewalks, Fences And Walls #2 (false start)
15. Sidewalks, Fences And Walls #3
16. Sidewalks, Fences And Walls #4
17. Treasure Of Love (Recorded in the home studio in 1987, possible DITG outtake)

Disc 2

18. Soon (Live at the Gershwin Gala 1987)
19. Just When I Needed You Most (Down In The Groove outtake)
20. Important Words #1
21. When Did You Leave Heaven alternative take
22. Willie And The Hand Jive
23. Twist And Shout
24. Wish I Knew Now What I Knew Back Then (Ringo Starr vocals)
25. Important Words #2 (original PCM master of 1st DITG promo digital tape)
26. Got Love If You Want It (original PCM master of 1st DITG promo digital tape)
27. Silvio (official release) CD
28. Some Kind of Way (Ride This Train) (Hearts Of Fire Sessions)
29. Old Five And Dimers Like Me #1 (Multiple Versions at once, Hearts of Fire Sessions)
30. Old Five And Dimers Like Me #2
31. Old Five And Dimers Like Me #3
32. Night After Night (official release) (Hearts Of Fire OST) CD
33. To Fall In Love With You (Hearts of Fire Sessions)
34. A Couple More Years (HOF Soundtrack) (Not included in Hearts Of Fire Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Disc 3

35. When Did You Leave Heaven (Saratoga Springs 1989)
36. Sally Sue Brown (Live Debut, Sydney 1992, One of only two live performances)
37. Had A Dream About You, Baby (Live Debut, Sacramento 1988)
38. Silvio (Atlanta 1988)
39. Shenandoah (Live Debut, Athens, GA 1990)
40. Rank Strangers To Me (Bristol 1988)
41. Had A Dream About You, Baby (Mansfield 1988, second live performance)
42. Silvio (London 2003)
43. Shenandoah (Lexington 1990)
44. Rank Strangers To Me (Rare 2000 Live Version)
45. Had A Dream About You, Baby (Bristol 1988, 3rd ever performance)
46. Silvio (Detroit 2004, Last ever live performance)
47. Had A Dream About You, Baby (Last ever live performance, Binghampton 1988)

w/Eric Clapton (on Hearts Of Fire Sessions)

ORIGINAL INFO:
This compilation was originally uploaded by Mr. Tambourine and Jefferson Davis to YouTube. Then JoseFerr downloaded it from there and splitted it into tracks, sharing it on ER as mp3 files.

My dear friend Marcos wanted to get it as Lossless as possible, but he guessed the job was going to be a bit harder than usual and he was also too busy to do it himself, so he asked me to please try it. I found it wasn't going to be an easy job, but that made it an interesting challenge and I decided to put all of my skills into it to get it done.

So here it comes:

Lineage: All tracks taken from their respective LB numbers (FLAC or SHN) or EAC rips (selecting always the best sounding sources as possible, or same ones as the mp3 original compilation when available in LOSSLESS format with the requiered acceptable quality* (1) > wav (FLACs => dbpoweramp 13.2 / SHNs => mkwACT) > wav (44.1k/16bit) [Adobe Audition 1.5 (repitch/edit/adjustLevels/eq/downsample)* (2)] > flac [TLH v2.8.2 (Build 181) w/flac 1.3.2 - align on SB 'fix' option - level 8 - verify on] > tagged (dBpoweramp 13.2)

(1) Please note that some tracks, like the different "Sidewalks, Fences and Walls" takes, have only circulated as mp3, the LB numbers of these being all derived from lossy sources.

(2) All those processes done when needed, only with a few tracks, especially the ones labeled as Beano from LB-15444, which had to be edited, repitched and even equalized to make them less harsh and more pleasant to listen to.

Thanks a lot to the original compiler, Mr Tambourine, and his collaborator in this project, Jefferson Davis, as much as to joseFerr for the work done to divide it into tracks and share it as mp3.

Enjoy!

Luisbp51 (July 19, 2022)

[pixeldrain.com]

Thanks a lot Captain!

Some of the tracks also have Ronnie Wood on guitar (e.g. Had A Dream About You, Baby).

N

Awesome project yet again! Thank you Captain!

Thank you.