Bob Dylan Live in Australia Review

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(More customer reviews)This DVD is made up of performances from Dylan's tour of Australia in 1986. Songs in order of appearance are: In The Garden; Just Like A Woman; Like A Rolling Stone; It's Allright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding); Girl From The North Country; Lenny Bruce; When The Night Comes Falling; Ballad Of A Thin Man; I'll Remember You; Knockin' On Heaven's Door.
One thing which took me by surprise when I received my copy, was that the notes on the packaging, plus the legal notice and menus on the DVD, are in Portuguese.
The DVD is made for Region 1 and it does play very well on my U.S. standard equipment. It is 60 minutes long. Audio is Dolby Digital - 2.0 Stereo - 5.1 Dolby Surround.
The front cover is in English, and it does say BOB DYLAN: HEARTBREAKERS LIVE IN AUSTRALIA. When the DVD does begin playing, the title HARD TO HANDLE appears at the beginning...for some reason....
Tom Petty does appear in several of the numbers, playing guitar in most and singing harmony in some.
The song titles in the menu, and the closing credits, are all in English. There was no insert inside the case. Since it probably would have been in Portuguese, anyway, I guess it doesn't matter.
As for the DVD itself, I really enjoyed the performances. They fall in Dylan's Christian phase, which I found interesting. I am a newly-minted Dylan fan, so this material is fresh to me--in fact, I was unfamiliar with a number of the songs before I saw them performed by way of this DVD. I thought the camera work was well done, the sound excellent, and the choice of material outstanding. If I had seen this DVD before buying it, I would have been even more eager to get my own copy.
As previously mentioned, although I am a contemporary of Dylan's, I had not really followed his career, until a year ago, when I was loaned a copy of "Love and Theft". I was captivated by the CD, and only now have begun to discover what else is available on the market. Therefore, I look forward to comments/reviews from other Dylan fans of long-standing who have more material for comparison.

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