Bob Dylan To Revisit 1974 Tour With The Band On 27-Disc Box Set [Listen]

Bob Dylan will revisit his momentous return to the stage alongside The Band on a massive 27-CD box set, Bob Dylan — The 1974 Live Recordings. Out September 20th, the 431-track collection features all professionally recorded audio from the 30-show run Dylan played with his former backing band on the monolithic singer-songwriter’s first tour in eight years.

Audiences have previously heard highlights of Dylan’s tour with The Band—which witnessed them play 30 concerts in 42 days, many times two shows a day—on the 1974 live double LP Before the Flood. That document barely scratches the surface of The 1974 Live Recordings, which hosts full or partial Dylan sets from 27 of the shows. Behind him was his backing band from nearly a decade earlier, now known as The Band and stars in their own right with six LPs and a reputation as a leading voice for what rock music would become in the 1970s. Together, they introduced a new era of rock concerts as they filled arenas and stadiums—Dylan’s first time doing so—and played to a reported average of 18,500 people a night. Though Dylan came out to join The Band for their set at the tour opener on January 3rd, 1974 at Chicago Stadium, he never did so again for the remainder of the tour. The 1974 Live Recordings only features audio from Dylan’s sets.

A lot had happened in the eight years Dylan was away following his purported motorcycle crash. While Dylan retreated from the spotlight, the protest movement he was a pillar of in the 1960s continued into the new decade with the escalation of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. In a time of uncertainty, listeners new and old continued to look back to Dylan’s songs. His popularity certainly didn’t wane, with one contemporary estimate reporting over seven percent of the U.S. population submitted orders for tickets to the 1974 tour, over 20 million applications in total. Dylan’s legend only grew in the time he was away, something he had to face every night when he finally got back on stage.

“I was looked upon as a songwriter of a generation or mouthpiece of a generation,” he told Robert Hilburn in 1992, per Rolling Stone. “That was the slogan put on me at the time. I had to meet that head-on. When I went back [to touring], nothing was working right for me. I had lost my raison d’etre. I didn’t know what I was doing out there, people throwing flowers and whatever. I didn’t know who they expected me to be. It was a crazy time.”

Dylan faced these feelings with the philosophy of reinvention that has remained a constant throughout his career. To open his first show in eight years, he dug up the obscure 1963 studio outtake “Hero Blues” and sent the message that, yes, Dylan was back, but he was back on his terms. This tour also saw the live debut of many songs including “All Along the Watchtower”, “Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)”, and “Forever Young”, a recording of which is available with Tuesday’s album announcement.

Of the 431 tracks on The 1974 Live Recordings, 417 have never been previously released. The box set contains every surviving soundboard recording, 21 of which have never before circulated and all of which were recorded on the same 16-track tape used for Before the Flood. Dylan fans around the world can thank European copyright laws for this trove of archival material, thanks to a stipulation that says works enter the public domain if they go unreleased for 50 years after their creation.

A 3LP highlights vinyl box set will be available from Third Man Records in addition to the 27-CD box set. Pre-order Bob Dylan — The 1974 Live Recordings here and listen to a live recording from the afternoon show in Seattle on February 9th, 1974 below. Scroll down for the complete tracklist.

Bob Dylan, The Band — “Forever Young” — 2/9/74

Bob Dylan — The 1974 Live Recordings

DISC 1
January 3, 1974 – Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL

Hero Blues
Lay, Lady, Lay
Tough Mama
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
All Along the Watchtower
Song to Woody
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Nobody ‘Cept You
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 2
January 4, 1974 – Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL

Hero Blues
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Tough Mama
Ballad of a Thin Man
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Nobody ‘Cept You
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Maggie’s Farm

DISC 3
January 6, 1974 (Afternoon) – The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Ballad of Hollis Brown
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Tough Mama
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
To Ramona
Mama, You Been on My Mind
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Nobody ‘Cept You
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone

DISC 4
January 6, 1974 (Evening) – The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
It Ain’t Me, Babe
I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Song to Woody
Mr. Tambourine Man
Nobody ‘Cept You
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 5
January 7, 1974 – The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
It Ain’t Me, Babe
I Don’t Believe You
(She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Just Like a Woman
Girl from the North Country
Wedding Song
Nobody ‘Cept You
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 6
January 9, 1974 – Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Canada

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
It Ain’t Me, Babe
It Take a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Just Like a Woman
Girl from the North Country
Wedding Song
Nobody ‘Cept You
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 7
January 11, 1974 – Montreal Forum, Montreal, Canada

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Gates of Eden
Nobody ‘Cept You
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 8
January 14, 1974 (Afternoon) – Boston Gardens, Boston, MA

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
It Ain’t Me, Babe
I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Gates of Eden
Just Like a Woman
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 9
January 15, 1974 – Capital Centre, Largo, MD

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Wedding Song
Just Like a Woman
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 10
January 16, 1974 – Capital Centre, Largo, MD

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
One Too Many Mornings
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Gates of Eden
Nobody ‘Cept You
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 11
January 17, 1974 – Coliseum, Charlotte, NC

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Gates of Eden
Just Like a Woman
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 12
January 19, 1974 (Afternoon) – Hollywood Sportatorium, Hollywood, FL

All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Gates of Eden
Just Like a Woman
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 13
January 21, 1974 – The Omni, Atlanta, GA

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Gates of Eden
Just Like a Woman
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 14
January 22, 1974 – The Omni, Atlanta, GA

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ballad of a Thin Man
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Gates of Eden
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)

DISC 15
January 26, 1974 (Afternoon) – Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX

DISC 16
January 26, 1974 (Evening) – Hofheinz Pavilion, Houston, TX

DISC 17
January 30, 1974 – Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door – released on Before the Flood
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Gates of Eden
Just Like a Woman
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Incomplete
Forever Young
Something There Is About You
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Blowin’ in the Wind

DISC 18
January 31, 1974 (Afternoon) – Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Gates of Eden – Incomplete
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited – released on A Musical History (The Band)
Like a Rolling Stone – Incomplete

DISC 19
January 31, 1974 (Evening) – Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower – Incomplete
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Gates of Eden
Just Like a Woman
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Blowin’ in the Wind

DISC 20
February 9, 1974 (Afternoon) – Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
She Belongs to Me
The Times They Are A-Changin’
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Wedding Song
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited

DISC 21
February 9, 1974 (Evening) – Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, WA

The Times They Are A-Changin’
Just Like a Woman
Wedding Song
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
It’s All Right, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited
Like a Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Blowin’ in the Wind

DISC 22
February 11, 1974 (Afternoon) – Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA

All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
She Belongs to Me
The Times They Are A-Changin’
The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Wedding Song
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited
Like a Rolling Stone – Incomplete
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Blowin’ in the Wind

DISC 23
February 11, 1974 (Evening) – Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, CA

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Just Like a Woman
Gates of Eden
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Incomplete
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited – Incomplete
Like a Rolling Stone
Maggie’s Farm
Blowin’ in the Wind

DISC 24
February 13, 1974 – The Forum, Inglewood, CA

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay – released on Before the Flood
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 – released on Before the Flood
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
She Belongs to Me
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Just Like a Woman
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited
Like a Rolling Stone – released on Before the Flood
Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Blowin’ in the Wind – released on Before the Flood (first two verses only)

DISC 25
February 14, 1974 (Afternoon) – The Forum, Inglewood, CA

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ballad of a Thin Man – released on Before the Flood
All Along the Watchtower – released on Before the Flood
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
She Belongs to Me
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Just Like a Woman
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited
Like a Rolling Stone
Blowin’ in the Wind – released on Before the Flood (last verse only)

DISC 26
February 14, 1974 (Evening) – The Forum, Inglewood, CA (Pt. 1)

Most Likely You Go Your Way (and I’ll Go Mine) – released on Before the Flood
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
It Ain’t Me, Babe – released on Before the Flood
Ballad of a Thin Man
All Along the Watchtower
Ballad of Hollis Brown
Mr. Tambourine Man
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door

DISC 27
February 14, 1974 (Evening) – The Forum, Inglewood, CA (Pt. 2)

She Belongs to Me
The Times They Are A-Changin’
Just Like a Woman – released on Before the Flood
Gates of Eden
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – released on Before the Flood
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – released on Before the Flood
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited – released on Before the Flood
Like a Rolling Stone
Maggie’s Farm
Blowin’ in the Wind

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