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Title: Bob's Brilliant B-Side
Review: Most reviewers have pretty much dismissed Real Live from the jump. It's true that song selection (& execution) on the A-side is a bit obvious (read: tedious), but one has the sense that these critical reviewers didn't bother flipping the wax over. I defy anyone to find a stronger, more fully-realized set of live B-side performances on any other commercially-released Dylan album or, for that matter, on any other commercially-released B-side at all. Crank it up (preferably on vinyl) and give it a listen. Way likely, for example, the side offers Bob's strongest "Masters of War" (no mean feat)--but all these new versions of older tracks are equally kickin'.
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