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- Date Released: October 13, 1998
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Rock
- Label: Columbia/Legacy
- Copyright: Originally Recorded 1966, Originally Released 1985 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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We Say...
Dylan's performance at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester England on May 17, 1966, may be the single most famous concert in the history of rock — bootleg editions of it circulated from the early '70s until this version saw legitimate release in 1998, and it lives up to its reputation. In those days, it was still a huge deal that the former champion of folk music was playing with a rock band (the Hawks, who later became the Band); people actually came to the shows to yell at him for selling out.
To be fair, Dylan was a lot more invested in charging ahead than in pleasing his old fans. The polite, draggy acoustic set on this set's first disc has nothing earlier than Bringing It All Back Home, and a couple of songs from Blonde on Blonde, which had come out literally the previous day. But then he comes out again with the Hawks, audibly out of his head, howling a speedfreak rocker called "Tell Me, Momma" whose lyrics are more phonemes than words, and the place goes nuts. He turns a couple of old acoustic favorites into electric blitzkriegs; he howls like he's discovered punk rock a decade early. Eventually, a heckler calls him "Judas," Dylan responds "I don't believe you!... You're a liar!," the band breaks into a scorched-earth rendition of "Like a Rolling Stone," and everybody goes home shell-shocked. -
They Say...
The most famous bootleg in rock history, with the possible exception of Dylan's own Basement Tapes, finally makes its official appearance 32 years after the event, and nearly 30 years after it started circulating in the underground. Although often identified as a Royal Albert Hall show, this May 17, 1966, concert, in which Dylan played electric material in front of a British audience, was actually recorded in Manchester (hence the unwieldy title with quotes around "Royal Albert Hall"). Even those who've owned this recording for many a year might be tempted by this official package, as it has been expanded into a two-CD set that not only includes the eight electric rock songs from the original bootleg, but also the seven solo acoustic performances that comprised the first half of the show. It's all in very good fidelity, about as good as any copies you could find through unofficial sources. More importantly, the electric half in particular is an important document of rock history. It captures the point at which Dylan was at his most controversial and hard rocking as he blazes through mid-'60s classics such as "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Ballad of a Thin Man," radical electric arrangements of songs that had originally been recorded acoustically ("One Too Many Mornings," "I Don't Believe You"), and the hard rocker "Tell Me, Momma," which Dylan never recorded in the studio. The acoustic disc is not as epochal, but on par with the electric half in the quality of material and performance. On top of everything else there's a 56-page booklet with a fine essay by Dylan's friend Tony Glover (a notable folk musician in his own right). It's not just an interesting adjunct to Dylan's '60s discography; it's as worthy of attention as anything else he recorded during that decade.
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| 01. |  |
She Belongs To Me |
3:27 |
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| 02. | |
Fourth Time Around |
4:37 |
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| 03. | |
Visions Of Johanna |
8:09 |
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| 04. | |
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue |
5:46 |
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| 05. | |
Desolation Row |
11:32 |
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| 06. | |
Just Like A Woman |
5:53 |
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| 07. | |
Mr. Tambourine Man |
8:53 |
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07 Total Tracks, 48:17 Total Length
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| 01. | |
Tell Me, Momma |
4:50 |
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| 02. | |
I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) |
5:31 |
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| 03. | |
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down |
3:28 |
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| 04. | |
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues |
5:38 |
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| 05. | |
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat |
3:22 |
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| 06. | |
One Too Many Mornings |
3:40 |
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| 07. | |
Ballad Of A Thin Man |
7:00 |
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| 08. | |
Like A Rolling Stone |
8:03 |
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08 Total Tracks, 41:32 Total Length
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Credits
- Bob Dylan - Guitar // Bob Dylan - Harmonica // Bob Dylan - Piano // Bob Dylan - Vocals // Bob Dylan - Main Performer // Paul Kelly - Photography // Robbie Robertson - Guitar // Rick Danko - Bass // Rick Danko - Bass // Rick Danko - Vocals (Background) // Rick Danko - Vocals (Background) // Tony Glover - Liner Notes // Steven Berkowitz - Mixing // Richard Alderson - Live Sound Engineer // Michael Brauer - Mixing // Greg Calbi - Mastering // Garth Hudson - Organ // Garth Hudson - Organ // Richard Manuel - Piano // Jeff Rosen - Producer // Mark Wilder - Editing // Geoff Gans - Art Direction // Don Hunstein - Photography // David Gahr - Photography // Vic Anesini - Engineer // Hank Parker - Photography // Sandy Speiser - Photography // Jan Persson - Photography // Barry Feinstein - Photography // Jerry Schatzberg - Photography // Art Kane - Photography // Mickey Jones - Drums // Larry Keenan - Photography
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