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Released 10 years ago

The 1966 Live Recordings

Bob Dylan · 2016

1776 min · 296 tracks · blues · folk rock · jazz

Raw, electrifying performances capture Bob Dylan's transition to rock music in a whirlwind of poetic lyricism and dynamic instrumentation.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • raw energy of live performances
  • immersive storytelling in real-time
  • dynamic instrumentation throughout concert
  • poetic lyricism that captivates
  • long-form exploration of classics

Maybe skip if you want

  • prefer polished studio recordings
  • seek quick, radio-friendly tracks

Where this album fits

Themes
electric folk revolution· poetic storytelling· 1960s counterculture tension
Career context
Released in 2016, 'The 1966 Live Recordings' showcases Bob Dylan during a pivotal era of his career, specifically following his groundbreaking 1965 album 'Highway 61 Revisited.' This collection reflects his transition from folk to electric rock, a shift that sparked both acclaim and controversy among fans and critics alike. The live recordings encapsulate the intensity of Dylan's performances at a time when he was redefining popular music.
Stylistic neighbors
Leonard Cohen· Neil Young· Johnny Cash
Sounds like this from elsewhere
Music from Big Pink by The Band — Shares a similar blend of raw Americana and poetic storytelling in a transitional rock context.
Live at Massey Hall 1971 by Neil Young — Captures the same electrifying performance energy and introspective lyrical depth of the era.
Astral Weeks by Van Morrison — Combines folk roots with jazz-inflected instrumentation, echoing Dylan's lyrical and emotional exploration.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 She Belongs to Me (incomplete) 3:17
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:33
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 7:42
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:56
  • 5 Desolation Row 10:49
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 5:24
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 7:46

Disc 2

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:28
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:51
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 4:03
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 6:51
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 4:36
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 3:30
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:13
  • 8 Positively 4th Street 4:52

Disc 3

  • 1 She Belongs to Me (incomplete) 2:57
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 5:24
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 9:56
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:59
  • 5 Desolation Row 12:10
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 5:59
  • 7 Tell Me, Momma (fragment) 1:38
  • 8 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:18
  • 9 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 6:46

Disc 4

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:45
  • 2 Fourth Time Around (fragment) 1:01
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:44
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 8:30
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat (incomplete) 3:32
  • 6 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:54
  • 7 Like a Rolling Stone 7:57

Disc 5

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:40
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:40
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 7:15
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:17
  • 5 Desolation Row 10:34
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 5:27
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 8:15

Disc 6

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:41
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 6:31
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:36
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 6:16
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 3:57
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 3:42
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:21
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 8:15

Disc 7

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:36
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:22
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 7:18
  • 4 Desolation Row 10:16
  • 5 Just Like a Woman 5:14
  • 6 Mr. Tambourine Man 8:17

Disc 8

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:18
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:21
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:46
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 5:55
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 3:38
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 3:35
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 6:47
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 8:03

Disc 9

  • 1 Fourth Time Around 4:51
  • 2 Mr. Tambourine Man 9:11
  • 3 She Belongs to Me 3:37
  • 4 Visions of Johanna 7:50
  • 5 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:28
  • 6 Desolation Row 10:07
  • 7 Just Like a Woman 5:33

Disc 10

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:25
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:31
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:50
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 5:42
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 3:40
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings (incomplete) 3:17
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 6:56
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 8:28

Disc 11

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:28
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:57
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:50
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 6:59
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 3:46
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 3:47
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:45
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 9:45

Disc 12

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:38
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:29
  • 3 Visions of Johanna (incomplete) 6:19
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:50
  • 5 Desolation Row (incomplete) 10:05
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 6:25
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 8:53

Disc 13

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:25
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:35
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:36
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 5:57
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 3:51
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 3:31
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:20
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 8:16

Disc 14

  • 1 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:33
  • 2 Desolation Row 11:02
  • 3 Just Like a Woman 5:35
  • 4 Mr. Tambourine Man 8:53
  • 5 Tell Me, Momma 4:35
  • 6 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:42
  • 7 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:26
  • 8 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 6:50
  • 9 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 4:06
  • 10 One Too Many Mornings 3:38
  • 11 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:29
  • 12 Like a Rolling Stone 8:42

Disc 15

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:30
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:42
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 7:48
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:32
  • 5 Desolation Row 10:58
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 5:59
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 9:26

Disc 16

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:28
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:41
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:36
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 5:46
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 4:31
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 3:42
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 6:56
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 7:18

Disc 17

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:51
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:37
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 8:40
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 6:00
  • 5 Desolation Row 11:31
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 6:36
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 11:06

Disc 18

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:41
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 6:01
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:32
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 7:36
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 4:04
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 4:16
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:22
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 8:41

Disc 19

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:27
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:37
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 8:08
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:45
  • 5 Desolation Row 11:31
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 5:52
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 8:52

Disc 20

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 5:10
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 6:07
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:46
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 6:50
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 4:50
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 4:22
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:55
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 8:04
  • 9 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (Sound Check, Incomplete) 1:09

Disc 21

  • 1 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:48
  • 2 Desolation Row (incomplete) 10:12
  • 3 Just Like a Woman 7:10
  • 4 Mr. Tambourine Man 9:52
  • 5 Tell Me, Momma 4:57
  • 6 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:28
  • 7 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:40
  • 8 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 6:11
  • 9 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 4:18
  • 10 One Too Many Mornings (incomplete) 3:59
  • 11 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:08
  • 12 Like a Rolling Stone 10:19

Disc 22

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 4:05
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:48
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 10:01
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 6:41
  • 5 Desolation Row (incomplete) 8:52
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 6:41
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 9:01

Disc 23

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:47
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:37
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:42
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 5:48
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 3:54
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 4:20
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:41
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 9:01

Disc 24

  • 1 She Belongs to Me (incomplete) 2:42
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:57
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 7:52
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:49
  • 5 Desolation Row (incomplete) 10:11
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 6:12
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 9:40

Disc 25

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:27
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:30
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:47
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 6:15
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 4:06
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 3:26
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:27
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 8:22

Disc 26

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 4:31
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 5:18
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 9:42
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 7:34
  • 5 Desolation Row (incomplete) 8:02
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 11:29
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 9:17

Disc 27

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:17
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:51
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:37
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 7:04
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 4:11
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 3:47
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:49
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 8:53

Disc 28

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:51
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:31
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 7:56
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:52
  • 5 Desolation Row 12:05
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 5:25
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 9:16

Disc 29

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 4:52
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 6:26
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:43
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 6:15
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 4:04
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 4:07
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 7:23
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 8:25

Disc 30

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 5:12
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 5:25
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 10:41
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 7:01
  • 5 Desolation Row 13:22
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 7:48
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 10:29

Disc 31

  • 1 Tell Me, Momma 8:53
  • 2 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:44
  • 3 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:44
  • 4 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 8:18
  • 5 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 4:06
  • 6 One Too Many Mornings 5:17
  • 7 Ballad of a Thin Man 9:44
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 9:54

Disc 32

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:16
  • 2 To Ramona 4:56
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 7:25
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:24
  • 5 Desolation Row 10:50
  • 6 Love Minus Zero/No Limit 4:21
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 7:26
  • 8 Tell Me, Momma 4:01
  • 9 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (incomplete) 4:40

Disc 33

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:36
  • 2 To Ramona 6:11
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 7:27
  • 4 Desolation Row (incomplete) 2:54
  • 5 Love Minus Zero/No Limit (incomplete) 3:53
  • 6 Mr. Tambourine Man 7:43
  • 7 Positively 4th Street 4:22
  • 8 Like a Rolling Stone 6:57

Disc 34

  • 1 She Belongs to Me (incomplete) 2:59
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 3:56
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 6:58
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 4:55
  • 5 Desolation Row 9:52
  • 6 Love Minus Zero/No Limit 3:47
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 7:02
  • 8 Tell Me, Momma 3:42
  • 9 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:29
  • 10 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:43
  • 11 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 6:19
  • 12 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat 3:57
  • 13 One Too Many Mornings (incomplete) 1:16

Disc 35

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:40
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:48
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 7:39
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:30
  • 5 Desolation Row 9:27
  • 6 Just Like a Woman 5:56
  • 7 Mr. Tambourine Man 7:46
  • 8 Tell Me, Momma 4:10
  • 9 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:34
  • 10 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:49
  • 11 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues 5:42
  • 12 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat (fragment) 0:12

Disc 36

  • 1 She Belongs to Me 3:12
  • 2 Fourth Time Around 4:07
  • 3 Visions of Johanna 7:17
  • 4 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue 5:10
  • 5 Desolation Row (incomplete) 4:29
  • 6 I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) 5:02
  • 7 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down 3:19
  • 8 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (fragment) 0:36
  • 9 Leopard‐Skin Pill‐Box Hat (incomplete) 3:08
  • 10 One Too Many Mornings (incomplete) 2:14
  • 11 Ballad of a Thin Man (incomplete) 6:02

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