Bob Dylan: the concert series: Macron, Georgia, 27 October 2018: top quality throughout

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Tony Attwood

by Tony Attwood

In this series, I am trying to find one recording of a concert in each year, which represents in some way what Bob was doing and sounding like in that particular year.  But I am also looking for recordings of the best quality I can find, so that we can actually enjoy the music rather than listening to poor reproductions amidst audience chit chat and shouting.

And I must admit I have not been making notes as I go along but there are some really wonderful reworkings of songs.   Just listen to the opening song – “Things have changed” – in the recording below – the changes are not enormous, but they are really interesting.  And then he moves on to “It ain’t me babe…”

A list of all the concerts in this series is given at the foot of the article.

Of course, the whole concept of “the best” in this regard is ludicrous, but I do hope you might enjoy one or two of these recordings and perhaps come back to them when you just want a different perspective.

A list of our other current and recent series can be found on the home page.  We’ve got 48 so far in this series with a few more to add before I call it a day – not because I am bored with the concept, but for some years there simply aren’t recordings (or concerts) that I feel I would want to revisit.

And one last thing – whatever you do, don’t miss “Cry a While”

27 October 2018: quality performance, quality recording, wonderful arrangements

The songs

  1. Things Have Changed
  2. It Ain’t Me, Babe
  3. Highway 61 Revisited
  4. Simple Twist of Fate
  5. Cry a While
  6. When I Paint My Masterpiece
  7. Honest With Me
  8. Tryin’ to Get to Heaven
  9. Scarlet Town
  10. Make You Feel My Love
  11. Pay in Blood
  12. Like a Rolling Stone
  13. Early Roman Kings
  14. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
  15. Love Sick
  16. Thunder on the Mountain
  17. Soon After Midnight
  18. Gotta Serve Somebody
  19. Blowin’ in the Wind
  20. Ballad of a Thin Man
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