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.
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 :)