Dylan: The Concert Series. The utterly stunning and magnificent 5 July 1984

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Tony Attwood

By Tony Attwood

The idea of the concert series is very simple – a set of links to videos or recordings of a single concert year by year, gathered together so that when complete we can all find at least one concert for each year, really quickly, (if for any reason we ever so wanted to).

And I have to add by this point having put up 31 recordings, I was wondering if it was worth going on to the final aim of one a year, but now looking at the number of views, not just of the latest concert linked to, but previous ones in the series, it seems that this collection is providing a service.   And certainly I am enjoying going back to these gigs and taking a snapshot of how Bob was at the time, how his voice sounded, and what he chose to play.

This concert is exceptional for its sound and visual quality, and for the editing.  I really do recommend it, even if you have no interest in the series as a whole.

But in case you want to go further there is a full index of concerts below: every decade now has five concerts, and I am hoping to get as close to one a year as I can by the end of the series…

The concert…..

And just as a thought from me – even if you don’t listen to the whole gig, do listen to the final track.   Although if you can listen to the whole event the power of that last song is doubled and redoubled.  There is a palpable sadness in Dylan’s voiec with “Come mothers and fathers…” between the two instrumental breaks.

  • 1. Highway 61 Revisited
  • 2. Jokerman
  • 3. All along the watchtower
  • 4. Just like a woman
  • 5. Maggie’s Farm
  • 6.  I and I
  • 7.  License to kill
  • 8:  A Hard Rain’s a gonna fall
  • 9.  Tangled up in Blue
  • 10.  It’s alright ma
  • 11. Simple twist of Fate
  • 12.  Masters of War
  • 13. Ballad of a Thin Man
  • 14. Enough is Enough
  • 15. Every grain of Sand
  • 16. Like a rolling stone
  • 17. Mr Tambourine Man
  • 18. Girl from the North Country
  • 19.  It ain’t me babe
  • 20. Leopard Skin Pill Box Hat
  • 21.  Tombstone Blues
  • 22.  Blowing in the Wind
  • 23.  Knocking on Heaven’s Door
  • 24.  Times they are a changin’

The concert series so far (and as noted, the aim in the end is to have, as far as possible, at least one gig per year that Dylan performed).

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2 Responses to Dylan: The Concert Series. The utterly stunning and magnificent 5 July 1984

  1. Bert says:
    July 8, 2025 at 1:57 pm

    Hallo,can you tell me where i can get this cd Bob Dylan at Newcastle 1984. Sorry for my poor english

  2. Tony Attwood says:
    July 9, 2025 at 8:57 am

    Bert I don’t think the concerts are available on CD – only as recordings posted on the internet – which is why each article in this series just points you to an on-line version.

    If anyone has produced a CD I think you should be careful as it is probably done without permission. Bob Dylan and his publishing company seem to be happy to allow recordings of concerts to exist on the internet, but I think they might well act to stop CDs being produced and sold.

    Tony

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