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The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall Concert"
The greatest live recording in rock & roll history was--officially, at least--buried in the vaults of Columbia Records for more than a quarter of a century. But no more: Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert has surfaced on two discs mixed and mastered from three-track source tapes that put the myriad pirated recordings to shame. More important, Live 1966 documents a momentous artistic showdown between a willful, inflamed, and utterly fearless performer and his headstrong core following. The Dylan of the mid '60s had made the leap from socially conscious voice of his generation to surrealistic electric poet, a transformation that was met with contempt by a vocal element of his audience. The most telling moment of the recording centers on the standoff: A folk zealot in the audience shouts, "Judas!" earning cheers from the contentious crowd. Dylan responds by snarling, "I don't believe you. You're a liar," then turns to his group, the Hawks (soon to become the Band), and, as the intro to "Like a Rolling Stone" takes shape, commands, "Play loud!" A crucial moment and, time has demonstrated, the correct call. --Steven Stolder
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Tracks| 1 | She Belongs To Me | | 2 | Fourth Time Around | | 3 | Visions Of Johanna | | 4 | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue | | 5 | Desolation Row | | 6 | Just Like A Woman | | 7 | Mr. Tambourine Man | | 8 | Tell Me, Momma | | 9 | I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) | | 10 | Baby, Let Me Follow You Down | | 11 | Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues | | 12 | Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat | | 13 | One Too Many Mornings | | 14 | Ballad Of A Thin Man | | 15 | Like A Rolling Stone |
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