Bob Dylan Details Massive 1966 Live Box Set

A massive new box set of archival live Bob Dylan performances Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings will be released by Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings on November 11. The comprehensive 36-disc set features every known recording that exists of Dylan’s famed 1966 Tour.

According to the announcement the vast majority of the box set is made up of previously unreleased – official or bootleg – live performances of Dylan during the controversial era when he began incorporating electric guitar and a full band into his shows. On most tracks he’s backed by a band featuring future The Band members guitarist Robbie Robertson, bassist Rick Danko and keyboardists Garth Hudson and Richard Manuel as well as drummer Mickey Jones. All of the songs contained in the set except for a rendition of the traditional “Baby, Let Me Follow You Down” are Dylan originals.

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

The material on Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings was sourced from soundboards, CBS Records mobile recordings and audience tapes from appearances made in the United States, Europe and Australia. A companion release, The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert, featuring Dylan’s previously-mislabeled appearance at the historic Royal Albert Hall in London on May 26, 1966 will be issued as a 2-CD and 2-LP album on November 26.

Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings Performance List & Sources

• Disc 1 – Sydney, April 13, 1966 (Soundboard recorded by TCN 9 TV Australia)
• Disc 2 – Sydney, April 13, 1966 (Soundboard recorded by TCN 9 TV Australia)
• Disc 3 – Melbourne, April 20, 1966 (Soundboard / unknown broadcast)
• Disc 4 – Copenhagen, May 1, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 5 – Dublin, May 5, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 6 – Dublin, May 5, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 7 – Belfast, May 6, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 8 – Belfast, May 6, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 9 – Bristol, May 10, 1966 (Soundboard / audience)
• Disc 10 – Bristol, May 10, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 11 – Cardiff, May 11, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 12 – Birmingham, May 12, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 13 – Birmingham, May 12, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 14 – Liverpool, May 14, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 15 – Leicester, May 15, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 16 – Leicester, May 15, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 17 – Sheffield, May 16, 1966 (CBS Records recording)
• Disc 18 – Sheffield, May 16, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 19 – Manchester, May 17, 1966 (CBS Records recording)
• Disc 20 – Manchester, May 17, 1966 (CBS Records recording except Soundcheck / Soundboard)
• Disc 21 – Glasgow, May 19, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 22 – Edinburgh, May 20, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 23 – Edinburgh, May 20, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 24 – Newcastle, May 21, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 25 – Newcastle, May 21, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 26 – Paris, May 24, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 27 – Paris, May 24, 1966 (Soundboard)
• Disc 28 – London, May 26, 1966 (CBS Records recording)
• Disc 29 – London, May 26, 1966 (CBS Records recording)
• Disc 30 – London, May 27, 1966 (CBS Records recording)
• Disc 31 – London, May 27, 1966 (CBS Records recordings)
• Disc 32 – White Plains, NY, February 5, 1966 (Audience tape)
• Disc 33 – Pittsburgh, PA, February 6, 1966 (Audience tape)
• Disc 34 – Hempstead, NY, February 26, 1966 (Audience tape)
• Disc 35 – Melbourne, April 19, 1966 (Audience tape)
• Disc 36 – Stockholm, April 29, 1966 (Audience tape)