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Bob Dylan / The 1966 Live Recordings / massive 36-disc box set

By Paul Sinclair

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Sony are to release, The 1966 Live Recordings, a 36-disc Bob Dylan box set that will contain every known recording from his legendary 1966 tour.

These recordings are issued here officially from the best available sources (soundboard, CBS Recordings, audience recording). With the exception of the Manchester concert (May 17, 1966) released as The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 in 1998, a pair of songs appearing on the 1985 Biograph compilation and a smattering of others, the overwhelming majority of tracks and performances on The 1966 Live Recordings are previously unreleased in any format – official or bootlegged – and are being made available now for the very first time.

Liner notes have been provided by Clinton Heylin, and each individual CD is housed in a custom sleeve featuring stills from colour film shot by D.A. Pennebaker (see image above).

I have it under good authority that these boxes will be very limited, so if you’re genuinely interested then best advice is don’t hang around and get your (UK) pre-order in or US link is now live.

Discs 30 and 31 will also be issued as a 2LP vinyl set called The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert (it’s on 2CD as well). The title refers to the fact that for decades, Dylan’s performance in Manchester was incorrectly labeled, ‘The Royal Albert Hall Concert’. Now, for the first time, the REAL Royal Albert Hall concert (originally recorded by CBS Records) is finally being released.

The 1966 Live Recordings will be issued on 11 November 2016. The 2CD version of The Real Albert Hall 1966 Concert comes out on the same day with the vinyl version of that release to follow on 26 November 2016.

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Overview:

CD 1 -Sydney, April 13, 1966 (Soundboard recorded by TCN 9 TV Australia)
1. She Belongs to Me (Incomplete)
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 2 -Sydney, April 13, 1966 (Soundboard recorded by TCN 9 TV Australia)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Positively 4th Street

CD 3 -Melbourne, April 20, 1966 (Soundboard / unknown broadcast)
1. She Belongs to Me (Incomplete)
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Tell Me, Momma (Fragment)
8. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
9. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues

CD 4 -Copenhagen, May 1, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around (Fragment)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Incomplete)
6. Ballad of a Thin Man
7. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 5 -Dublin, May 5, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 6 -Dublin, May 5, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 7 -Belfast, May 6, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. Desolation Row
5. Just Like a Woman
6. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 8 -Belfast, May 6, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 9 -Bristol, May 10, 1966 (Soundboard / audience)
1. Fourth Time Around
2. Mr. Tambourine Man
3. She Belongs to Me
4. Vision of Johanna
5. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
6. Desolation Row
7. Just Like a Woman

CD 10 -Bristol, May 10, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings (Incomplete)
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 11 -Cardiff, May 11, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 12 -Birmingham, May 12, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna (Incomplete)
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row (Incomplete)
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 13 -Birmingham, May 12, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 14 -Liverpool, May 14, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
2. Desolation Row
3. Just Like a Woman
4. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. Tell Me, Momma (Incomplete – Drop Out)
6. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
7. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
8. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
9. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
10. One Too Many Mornings
11. Ballad of a Thin Man
12. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 15 -Leicester, May 15, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 16 -Leicester, May 15, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 17 -Sheffield, May 16, 1966 (CBS Records recording)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 18 -Sheffield, May 16, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 19 -Manchester, May 17, 1966 (CBS Records recording)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 20 -Manchester, May 17, 1966 (CBS Records recording except Soundcheck/ Soundboard)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone
9. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Incomplete) Soundcheck

CD 21 -Glasgow, May 19, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
2. Desolation Row (Incomplete)
3. Just Like a Woman
4. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. Tell Me, Momma
6. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
7. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
8. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
9. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
10. One Too Many Mornings (Incomplete)
11. Ballad of a Thin Man
12. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 22 -Edinburgh, May 20, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row (Incomplete)
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 23 -Edinburgh, May 20, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 24 -Newcastle, May 21, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. She Belongs to Me (Incomplete)
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row (Incomplete)
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 25 -Newcastle, May 21, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 26 -Paris, May 24, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row (Incomplete)
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 27 -Paris, May 24, 1966 (Soundboard)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 28 -London, May 26, 1966 (CBS Records recording)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 29 -London, May 26, 1966 (CBS Records recording)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 30 -London, May 27, 1966 (CBS Records recording)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man

CD 31 -London, May 27, 1966 (CBS Records recordings)
1. Tell Me, Momma
2. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
3. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
4. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
5. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
6. One Too Many Mornings
7. Ballad of a Thin Man
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 32 -White Plains, NY, February 5, 1966 (Audience tape)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. To Ramona
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Love Minus Zero / No Limit
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Tell Me, Momma
9. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) [Incomplete]

CD 33 -Pittsburgh, PA, February 6, 1966 (Audience tape)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. To Ramona
3. Visions of Johanna
4. Desolation Row (Incomplete)
5. Love Minus Zero / No Limit (Incomplete)
6. Mr. Tambourine Man
7. Positively 4th Street
8. Like a Rolling Stone

CD 34 -Hempstead, NY, February 26, 1966 (Audience tape)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Love Minus Zero / No Limit
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Tell Me, Momma
9. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
11. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
12. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
13. One Too Many Mornings (Incomplete)

CD 35 -Melbourne, April 19, 1966 (Audience tape)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row
6. Just Like a Woman
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Tell Me, Momma
9. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
10. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
11. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
12. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Fragment)

CD 36 -Stockholm, April 29, 1966 (Audience tape)
1. She Belongs to Me
2. Fourth Time Around
3. Visions of Johanna
4. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
5. Desolation Row (Incomplete)
6. I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
7. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
8. Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Fragment)
9. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat (Incomplete)
10. One Too Many Mornings (Incomplete)
11. Ballad of a Thin Man (Incomplete)

 

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