Agreed! We need to see the equivalent of the 75 compilation box for 1976. So different, and in many ways so much better. An unpopular sentiment, but it’s true.
This is a fantastic compilation! What a great job you’ve done. Thank you!
That TV show was/is seminal in my appreciation of Bob Dylan. I remember it like it was yesterday. To this day, “Hard Rain” ans the 76 tour as a whole, serve as a high water mark in the man’s canon.
Thank goodness for the record release of this concert, because this era has been grossly underserved by Columbia.
I have been praying for a 1976 bootleg series edition since vol.4 was released, and this show, in its entirity by the way, should be the centerpiece.
My "for god's sake, just (re)-release it already" list is slowly dwindling:
1. Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl - Check
2. Neil Young, Time Fades Away - Check
3. Let It Be original film - Check? We'll see come August. Excited about Peter Jackson's cut, but the original had better come with it.
4. Hard Rain TV special - Come on Sony, enough of 1975. Embrace the beautiful turbulence of '76 and just put it out already.
Agreed! We need to see the equivalent of the 75 compilation box for 1976. So different, and in many ways so much better. An unpopular sentiment, but it’s true.
Yes!! All we’ve had “officially” for 45 years is the Hard Rain LP, and “Seven Days” from Bootleg Series vol. 3. Severely underrepresented indeed.
I listened to this today and read this great article. Thank you for preserving this moment—and I loved seeing the crowd photos!
Amazing writing and history here. Too many highlights to mention, but here are a couple of my favorite revelations from this piece:
- Joan Baez's recollections of Sara showing up
- Bob being worried about his kids being on film
- I never, in the 45 years since the Fort Collins show, have seen a nice image of those background paintings by Bob and Bob. Amazing!
- Never knew where the "Arab turbans" came from... that it likely came from seeing guys working on Bob's house is just awesome
Such great stuff here. Your blog is a marvel.
This is a fantastic compilation! What a great job you’ve done. Thank you!
That TV show was/is seminal in my appreciation of Bob Dylan. I remember it like it was yesterday. To this day, “Hard Rain” ans the 76 tour as a whole, serve as a high water mark in the man’s canon.
Thank goodness for the record release of this concert, because this era has been grossly underserved by Columbia.
I have been praying for a 1976 bootleg series edition since vol.4 was released, and this show, in its entirity by the way, should be the centerpiece.
Great assembly of so many memories. Crazy times. Such a powerful performance. despite/because of the rain :)