Selection (but not the recordings) 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. 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.
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When I Paint My Masterpiece
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It Ain’t Me, Babe
- The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
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It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
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Isis
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Blowin’ in the Wind
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I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
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Never Let Me Go(Johnny Ace)
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Mama, You Been on My Mind
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I Shall Be Released
- Joe Hill
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Love Song to a stranger
- Help me take it through the night
- Chestnut mare
- Love minus zero
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Tangled Up in Blue
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Oh, Sister
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Hurricane
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One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)
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Sara
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Just Like a Woman
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Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
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This Land Is Your Land
And previously in this series
2025: April 2025, Iowa
2024: Erfurt 8th October 2024
2024: The Mountain View, California concert in full on 3 August 2024.
2024: What Dylan played on 7 July 2024, and how it sounded.
2023: New York Beacon Theater
2022: London
2021: The Beacon Theatre NYC, 21 November 2o21
2019: 14 October Palo Alto.
2018: Macron, Georgia, 27 October
2017: 17 November New York
2015:Regensburg 11 November
2013: Blackpool (UK) 24 November
2012: Wisconsin: 5 November
2010: Kansas City
2009: Paris, 8 April 2009
2007: St Louis
2006: Atlanta 5 May
2004: Glasgow.
2002: 9 February 2002: Atlanta. Sublime
2000: Portsmouth. 25 September 2000.
1999: April 7 1999 Lisbon
1997: August 7. Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto
1995: Brighton (“The Brighton Centre”)
1993: Mansfield MA – the soundboard recording.
1992: Bob Dylan, Little Moses and the complete March 1992 concert
1991: Stuttgart. The worst show ever?
1990: Oxford, Mississippi. 25th October
1989: Vaughan, Ontario
1988: 30 June. New York.
1986: 3 August 2024. Mountain View, California; 3 August 2024
1985: July 13: Live Aid.
1984: Newcastle: St James Park, 5th July 1984.
1981: Earls Court, London 28 June
1980: 15 January Seattle
1978: Earls Court, London 1978
1976: Fort Collins 23 May 1976
1976: January 1976: the rehearsals
1975: Rolling Thunder at the Falls
1974: Largo, Maryland; 15 January 1974
1973: We have no concert for this year but you might care to read Bob Dylan in 1973
1972: New Years Eve 1971
1971: Maddison Square Gardens. 1 August
1969: The Isle of Wight (four songs).
1968: Concert for Woodie Guthrie
1967: I regret we have no concerts for this year
1966: Manchester 1966, the full concert.
1965: The Hollywood Bowl 3 September
1964: The Festival Hall, London –
1961: The Carnegie Chapter Hall concert in full: 4 November 1961