(007531) Bob Dylan Universal Amphitheater Los Angeles, CA June 7, 1978

Mike Millard first gen via JEMS

The Lost and Found Mike the MICrophone Tapes Vol. Three

Recording A Info: AKG 451E mics (CK-1 capsules) > Nakamichi 550

JEMS 2014 Transfer: first-generation reel copy (3-3/4 IPS) made by Mike Millard for SG > Otari 5050 mkII azimuth-adjusted transfer > Sound Devices USBPre 2 > Audacity 2.0 (24/96) capture > iZotope RX3 > pitch correction > iZotope RX MBIT+ resample 16/44.1 > Peak Pro XT (Edit / Index) > xACT 2.21 > FLAC

101 Mr. Tambourine Man (joined in progress)

102 Shelter From The Storm

103 Love Minus Zero/No Limit

104 Tangled Up In Blue

105 Ballad Of A Thin Man

106 Maggie's Farm

107 I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)

108 Like A Rolling Stone

109 I Shall Be Released

110 Going, Going, Gone

111 Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35

112 One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)

113 You're A Big Girl Now

14 One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)

115 Blowin' In The Wind

116 I Want You

201 Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

202 Masters Of War

203 Just Like A Woman

204 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

205 Simple Twist Of Fate

206 Oh, Sister (Bob Dylan‚ Jacques Levy/Bob Dylan)

207 All Along The Watchtower

208 All I Really Want To Do

209 Band Introduction

210 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

211 Forever Young

212 The Times They Are A-Changin'

JEMS is pleased to release the third in a series of recordings made by legendary taper Mike Millard, AKA Mike the MICrophone, best known for his masters of Led Zeppelin in and around LA circa 1975-77. For further details on how these tapes came to be lost and found again, as well as JEMS' history with Mike Millard, please refer to the notes in Vol. One www.dimeadozen.org :: EzTorrent v0.7.0r495 :: Login

Our third installment is from the final performance of Dylan's seven-night residency at the Universal Amphitheater in June 1978 (imagine playing a 27-30 song set for seven consecutive nights without a day off). Once again, the recording is not quite complete. Millard's notes state, "Missed first song and most of second song." In truth he missed the first three songs (the show-opening "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," "Love Her With a Feeling" and "Baby Stop Crying") before he gets his trusty Nakamichi 550 up and running during "Mr Tambourine Man."

Lossless Bob has no fewer than five entries for this show, though only identifies two distinct recordings, both of which are complete from the start, so, like its predecessors, it is likely this Millard master is uncirculated. And like nights one and three, what Millard did record is impressive. Samples provided.

We've marked this Recording A as, remarkably, Millard sent SG two different recordings of the show, done with two different tape decks and two different sets of microphones. The notes on each clearly state that Mike himself made both recordings, so while there is no other known case where Millard ran two rigs, we can only assume that on this night he did or perhaps he did so with an uncredited partner, as we know he frequently had helpers. Recording B will be Vol. Four in our series.

Bobtalk is particularly rich this night, including a highly entertaining moment towards the end of the show where Dylan says hello to some celebrities in the crowd, among them Joni Mitchell, Raquel Welch and Tom Petty. The transcription on Olof's invaluable Still On The Road website also notes that Dylan offers that his favorite band is "a band I saw play with Bobby Blue Bland, 1968 I recall in New York. And this band comes as close to that band as I can find." OK, now we know.

The June 7 set also includes three songs not featured in the sets on the other two Millard recordings from this run, "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," "Simple Twist of Fate" and "Oh Sister."

If you'd like to learn more about Mike the MICrophone, the links below offer a glimpse of his story.

Millard's Wikipedia page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Millard

The best article written about Millard has been deleted from the original website but is reprinted here:

http://www.classicrockforums.com/forum/f6/led-zeppelin-official-thread-6185/index164.html

Thanks again to WG for finding the tapes and to SG for providing JEMS with another fascinating chapter of taping history. Also, JEMS is greatly appreciative of the work of mjk5510 for his continued assistance in getting these recordings into your hands. He is a vital part of the process at this point.

Here's to the late, great Mike the MICrophone and to finding more lost tapes.

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