The relationship with Dylan that Geffen envisioned as a new peak in his professional career instead proved a prolonged headache. “I don’t know if David and Bob really clicked,” Taplin said. “This was more transactional.”81 The tour was a huge success, but Geffen felt slighted when Dylan didn’t recognize him from the stage at the last show in Los Angeles, and Dylan was disappointed that Planet Waves (though hardly one of his best) didn’t sell as much as Geffen had promised.
