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Bob Dylan's entire 1966 Tour to be released in 36 CD set

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A 36-CD box set featuring every known recording of Bob Dylan’s historic 1966 concert tour will be released Nov. 11, providing a companion piece to last year’s ambitious set documenting his studio recordings from 1965 and 1966.

“Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings” will feature songs taken from soundboard tapes, mobile recording trucks and audience tapes, according to an announcement Tuesday from Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings.

“While doing the archival research for ‘The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12,’ last year’s box set of Dylan’ mid-’60s studio sessions, we were continually struck by how great his 1966 live recordings really are,” Legacy Recordings President Adam Block said in a statement.

“The intensity of Bob’s live performances and his fantastic delivery of these songs in concert add another insightful component in understanding and appreciating the musical revolution Bob Dylan ignited some 50 years ago.”

On that tour, which included stops in the U.S., the U.K., Europe and Australia, Dylan was accompanied by four of the musicians who went on to be known as the Band — guitarist Robbie Robertson, pianist Richard Manuel, organist Garth Hudson and singer-bassist Rick Danko — as well as drummer Mickey Jones and, at two of the U.S. shows, drummer Sandy Konikoff.

The tapes capture not only Dylan’s performances of his songs but also the responses of fans, who were hostile at times after he had famously “gone electric” in 1965, the former darling of folk music circles antagonizing folk purists by incorporating the electrified power of rock music.

“The overwhelming majority of tracks and performances on ‘Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings’ are previously unreleased in any format — official or bootlegged — and are being made available now for the very first time,” the statement read.

The recording of his concert in Manchester, England, on May 17, 1966, was released in 1998 as part of “Bob Dylan Live 1966 — The Bootleg Series Vol. 4,” and a small handful of other tracks have been issued elsewhere.

The set, which is expected to sell for around $150 on Amazon and other outlets, will include new liner notes written by project consultant Clinton Heylin, the author of “Judas!: From Forest Hills to the Free Trade Hall: A Historical View of Dylan's Big Boo,” examining his 1965 and 1966 world tours.

Each of the 36 CDs will come in a sleeve with artwork taken from color film shot on that tour by D.A. Pennebaker, director of the documentaries “Dont Look Back” and “Eat the Document.”
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I kind of want this....60s Dylan is the best Dylan.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...1966-live-recordings-20160927-snap-story.html

Amazon listing : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXC8X05/?tag=neogaf0e-20

$149.98

A monumental 36-disc box set featuring every known recording from the mythic and controversial 1966 tour of the US, UK, Europe and Australia.
With the exception of the Manchester concert (May 17, 1966) released as Bob Dylan Live 1966 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 Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings are previously unreleased in any format--official or bootlegged--and are being made available now for the very first time.
All the songs on The 1966 Live Recordings were written by Bob Dylan (vocal, guitar, piano, harmonica) with the sole exception of "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down," a traditional song arranged by Bob Dylan for concert performance. Dylan is accompanied on these recordings by Robbie Robertson (guitar), Rick Danko (bass, backing vocals), Richard Manuel (piano), Garth Hudson (organ) and Mickey Jones (drums). (Sandy Konikoff plays drums on the White Plains and Pittsburgh shows only.)

Meticulously researched, curated and restored for this extraordinary collection, Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings is drawn from three main audio sources: soundboards, CBS Records mobile recordings and audience tapes.
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I definitely don't like Bob Dylan enough to listen to 36 CDs worth of one year of material.
 
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Zach

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Luap said:
I'll take this chance to ask you guys: If I've never listened to Bob Dylan, where should I start? I'd love a list of his best work.
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If you're looking for full albums, Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, and Blood on the Tracks are all top-tier.

If you're just wanting songs, oh boy, where to begin...
 
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Kaladin

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Zach said:
If you're looking for full albums, Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, and Blood on the Tracks are all top-tier.

If you're just wanting songs, oh boy, where to begin...
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Yeah, with an artist like Dylan, it's best to go with full albums or just get a good and long Greatest Hits collection.
 
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Futureman

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I wonder if streaming will allow more releases like this collection going forward? Release a small physical run initially and then collect streaming royalties.

Luap said:
I'll take this chance to ask you guys: If I've never listened to Bob Dylan, where should I start? I'd love a list of his best work.
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Highway 61 Revisited. Blonde on Blonde.
 
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Moppeh

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Luap said:
I'll take this chance to ask you guys: If I've never listened to Bob Dylan, where should I start? I'd love a list of his best work.
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I'd say Freewheelin Bob Dylan, Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde would be a good trio to start with.
 
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Kaladin said:
I mostly only buy CDs if it doesn't end up on Spotify or if I really like the artist and want a copy in my car.
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Not everything is on the streaming services, so I still buy stuff too. I just hate buying and ripping stuff. It really annoys me.

It sucks if you're a fan of international stuff, especially Japan. Japanese record companies hate digital music for some reason.
 
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Zach

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Just listen to these songs and then you'll know if Dylan is for you:

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Desolation Row
Just Like a Woman
Tangled Up in Blue (New York Sessions)
Idiot Wind (New York Sessions)
 
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burntchomsky

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Dang...I'm a Dylan fan, but definitely not a huge one, and I'd really love to own this.

Is this a limited release? Should I be pre-ordering it now?
 
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Why are people acting like it's such a bizarre thing that CDs still exist? Vinyl still exists and even 8-tracks are sort of coming back for fuck's sake. Besides, this is evidently a collector's item, I doubt many people will listen to the whole motherfucking thing, so it makes no sense to be a digital release only.
 
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Zach said:
If you're looking for full albums, Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, and Blood on the Tracks are all top-tier.

If you're just wanting songs, oh boy, where to begin...
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Futureman said:
Highway 61 Revisited. Blonde on Blonde.
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Moppeh said:
I'd say Freewheelin Bob Dylan, Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde would be a good trio to start with.
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Thanks guys I'll check them out.
 
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Kaladin

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I am seriously hopeful this ends up on Spotify. A lot of Dylan's stuff is there, and a lot of bigger sets you wouldn't expect to see are there.

That large Johnny Cash Complete Columbia set made it on the service as evidenced by the Singles Plus disc that was exclusive to the release being there.

Also, the huge and very niche Hank Williams Sr. Complete Mother's Best Recordings set made it to Spotify.

This would be the largest Dylan bootleg set to make it though.

I have hopes.
 
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The last Bootleg edition had this insane box set with 18CDs/9x7"s and it cost $600 or something, so $150 for this is pretty much a steal.

Don't think I would even listen to ten of these concerts so I'll probably just pick up the Royal Albert Hall concert on vinyl.
 
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Lionel Richie said:
Why are people acting like it's such a bizarre thing that CDs still exist? Vinyl still exists and even 8-tracks are sort of coming back for fuck's sake. Besides, this is evidently a collector's item, I doubt many people will listen to the whole motherfucking thing, so it makes no sense to be a digital release only.
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Because CD sales continually fall and vinyl sales are going up. I could potentially see a future, like 20 years from now, where CDs are either super niche or nonexistent and vinyl is the preferred physical medium (basically a flip of the situation now). Everyone else streams or buys digital.

I'm obsessed with music and own hundreds of CDs but haven't bought one in probably five years.
 
Silent Chief

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Zach said:
If you're looking for full albums, Bringing It All Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, and Blood on the Tracks are all top-tier.

If you're just wanting songs, oh boy, where to begin...
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Blood on Blonde and Blonde on the Tracks would have made better titles.
 
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Moppeh said:
I'd say Freewheelin Bob Dylan, Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde would be a good trio to start with.
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I'd sub Bringing It All Back Home for Highway 61, which I always felt was overrated. Back Home has a ton of classics – She Belongs To Me, Love Minus Zero, Tambourine Man, Gates of Eden, and It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. Or sub with Desire to give a taste of his 1970's material.
 
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Shake Appeal

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I shelled out for the LP version of the the 95-96 boxet, so I'll probably end up shelling out for an LP version of this. Who buys CDs??
 
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Kaladin said:
I am seriously hopeful this ends up on Spotify. A lot of Dylan's stuff is there, and a lot of bigger sets you wouldn't expect to see are there.

That large Johnny Cash Complete Columbia set made it on the service as evidenced by the Singles Plus disc that was exclusive to the release being there.

Also, the huge and very niche Hank Williams Sr. Complete Mother's Best Recordings set made it to Spotify.

This would be the largest Dylan bootleg set to make it though.

I have hopes.
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Spotify doesn't have the full Basement Tapes or last years monster set, it's just a small sampler, so I wouldn't hold your breath.

I'll definitely buy this but its weird this and the Complete Basement Tapes are CD while last years set was vinyl and CD.
 
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I had this whole tour downloaded way back in the early Bittorrent days...and listened to every last show. If this sounds half as good as the recent Bootleg Series releases, I will definitely buy this day one.
 
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