The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue
This page is part of a list of original releases by release date of international commercially-released regular stereo Dylan albums. They do not contain rarities or obscurities and are not eligible for the Searching For A Gem list. Nevertheless, their interest value or scarcity means they're worth listing here - as far as I know some are not included on any other Internet site. Promo releases of regular albums are now listed here and no longer in the former yearly Promo sections. For releases of this album in Columbia multi-packs, see International Album Releases (Regular) - Multi-Packs. |
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Revised 16 October, 2024.
US release (2CD set), Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047, 26 Nov 2002. All photographs were taken by Ken Regan. For the Limited Edition releases with a bonus DVD, see 2002. For CD single releases see International Singles: All Formats 2000-09. |
Tracklist
Track No | Title | Where Recorded | When Recorded | Length | Comments |
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1 | Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You | Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 04/12/1975 | 00:03:35 | |
2 | It Ain't Me, Babe | Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA | 20/11/1975 | 00:05:25 | Originally released on the promo EP 4 Songs From Renaldo & Clara and Japanese 2001 album Bob Dylan Live 1961-2001: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, now also released on the 14CD boxed set The Rolling Thunder Revue: The Live 1975 Recordings, 2019 |
3 | A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall | Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 04/12/1975 | 00:05:16 | Featured in film Renaldo & Clara |
4 | The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:05:25 | Evening show |
5 | Romance In Durango | Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA | 20/11/1975 | 00:05:22 | |
6 | Isis | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA* | 21/11/1975 | 00:05:11 | Evening show |
7 | Mr. Tambourine Man | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:05:27 | Afternoon show |
8 | Simple Twist Of Fate | Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA | 20/11/1975 | 00:04:26 | |
9 | Blowin’ In The Wind | Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA | 20/11/1975 | 00:02:41 | Duet with Joan Baez |
10 | Mama, You Been On My Mind | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:03:03 | Evening show, duet with Joan Baez |
11 | I Shall Be Released | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:04:44 | Afternoon show, duet with Joan Baez |
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1 | It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue | Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 04/12/1975 | 00:04:31 | |
2 | Love Minus Zero/No Limit | Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 04/12/1975 | 00:03:16 | |
3 | Tangled Up In Blue | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:04:41 | Evening show, from Renaldo & Clara |
4 | The Water Is Wide | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:05:16 | Evening show |
5 | It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:03:12 | Evening show, from Renaldo & Clara |
6 | Oh, Sister | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:04:04 | Evening show |
7 | Hurricane | Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA | 19/11/1975 | 00:08:15 | |
8 | One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:04:06 | Evening show |
9 | Sara | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:04:37 | Afternoon show (miscredited on CD rear insert) |
10 | Just Like A Woman | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:04:31 | Evening show |
11 | Knockin' On Heaven's Door | Harvard Square Theater, Cambridge, MA | 20/11/1975 | 00:04:20 | Duet with Roger McGuinn |
1 | Tangled Up In Blue | Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA | 21/11/1975 | 00:04:33 | On bonus DVD - video. Evening show, from Renaldo & Clara |
2 | Isis | Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 04/12/1975 | 00:04:10 | On bonus DVD - video. From Renaldo & Clara, edited performance from Biograph |
3 | Isis | Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 04/12/1975 | 00:05:21 | On bonus DVD - audio only. From Renaldo & Clara, B-side of Jokerman single, Apr 1984, also on Biograph 1985 - here in Dolby 5.1 sound |
This set officially releases one rarity:
R-0137 It Ain't Me, Babe - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 20 Nov 1975
This performance was originally released on the 1978 US Columbia promo 12" EP 4 Songs From "Renaldo & Clara" (see 1978). Don Handy considers that the performance on this album is different from the performance from the EP 4 Songs From "Renaldo & Clara", which he suggests actually comes from The Forum, Montreal, Canada, 4 Dec 1975. Both Glen Dundas and Olof Björner confirm the 20 Nov 1975 date on the EP, not 4 Dec 1975
Note the track information on the rear CD insert is incorrect. For Disc One, Track 7 is listed twice, first "at Boston Music Hall (First Show), 11/21/75" (21 Nov 1975) and secondly it says "Track 7 recorded at Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA, 11/19/1975" (19 Nov 1975). However, information for Track 7 is missing from the info for Disc Two. The answer is that the first attribution for Track 7 for Disc One is correct but the second attribution for Track 7 belongs to Disc Two - Hurricane is indeed from Worcester!
Georg Thoma points out that Track 9 (Blowin' In The Wind) and Track 10 (Mama, You Been On My Mind) on CD1, both duets with Joan Baez, were originally listed in reverse order on bobdylan.com. However, the recording dates of Cambridge, MA, 20 Nov 1975, and Boston, MA, 21 Nov 1975 (evening show), were not changed on the final insert. Georg claims Joan Baez's spoken intro to Mama, You Been On My Mind is definitely from Cambridge, not Boston, while Blowin' In The Wind is definitely from Boston.
There is a third mistake in the track information: in the booklet notes to Live 75, Larry "Ratso" Sloman says Sara is from the afternoon show at Boston, 21 Nov 1975, witnessed by Sara Dylan, and is one of three songs from that performance. However, on the rear insert of the CD set it gives Sara as being from the evening show (the other two afternoon performances are listed). bobdylan.com also listed Sara as from the evening show, but may only have been copying the CD information rather than the booklet. Thanks to Les Kokay for comparing the two performances and deducing that Sara is in fact from the afternoon performance - Larry's notes are right!
Les says: "After multiple listenings and comparison with the
various audience/PA tapes I've finally decided that Sara is not
from the evening show but from the afternoon show. The versions are very
close, however, I did notice that on the evening show Dylan has a slight
stumble over the opening:
"I laid on the dune, I looked at the sky"
Bob sings "I laid on the be.une, I looked at the sky"
It's almost as if he was going to sing 'beach', but changed it to
'dune'.
For the afternoon he sings it perfectly, so I'm concluding the Bootleg
Series version is afternoon."
I've also been informed that there are differences in the instrumental accompaniment between the afternoon and evening performances, especially at the end of the song, and these prove the released version is definitely from the afternoon. Ian Woodward also interprets Larry Sloman's booklet notes to mean that either Hard Rain or The Water Is Wide is from Cambridge, instead of Montreal and Boston (evening) respectively as listed on the rear of the album. I'd be grateful for confirmation of the sound sources!
Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for information that Isis (CD1, track 6) is actually a splice of an intro from Rochester, NY, 17 Nov 1975 (evening show?) with the remainder of the track from the Boston evening show as listed. He says Isis from the Boston afternoon and evening shows on bootlegs kicks off with single-beat drumming, but the official 2002 version of Isis has a double-beat intro. In "Beatleg" magazine, Japan, Feb 2003, Daisuke Ozawa concluded the intro was from a Rochester show (although possibly Cambridge), comparing all bootlegs available at the time. This performance is also CD10, track 6, on The Rolling Thunder Revue: The Live 1975 Recordings, 2019, but I have not yet compared them. Hermann Rechberger says Isis from the Rochester afternoon show has an incomplete start, so the intro could be from the evening show.
All these tracks are now also released (in re-mastered form) on the Columbia/Legacy 14CD boxed set The Rolling Thunder Revue: The Live 1975 Recordings, 2019.
Vinyl and Tape Releases
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - promo 2 cassette set, SME Records SICP 296-7 (Japan), 11 Dec 2002:
"The Bootleg Series
Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - 3LP boxed
sets,
Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy
C2K 87047-1 (USA), 7 Nov 2003:
C2K 87047-1-Q is the 200gm vinyl version ($100) and C2K 87047-1-R
is the 140gm vinyl version ($60).
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This luxury boxed set available on both 140gm and 200gm vinyl contains a 72 page 12" x 12" booklet, reproductions of original Rolling Thunder Revue handbills, posters and tickets, plus a bonus 7" blue vinyl single containing the live versions of Tangled Up In Blue and Isis. For full information, see 2002. Keith Venturoni adds: "The only difference between the 140 gram and the 200 gram issue of Classics Live 1975 is the sticker on the outside of the box. From the outside the catalogue number is the same. The 200 gram release is a limited edition but not numbered!" |
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Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047-1 (USA) - box front from Classic Records web-site |
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Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047-1-R (USA) - box front sticker scan by Hans Seegers (140gm) |
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Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047-1 (USA) - LP1 front scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047-1 (USA) - LP1 rear scan by Gerd Rundel |
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Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047-1 (USA) - included Rolling Thunder Revue handbill, picture from Classic Records web-site |
Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047-1 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
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Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047-1 (USA) - LP3 rear scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047-1 (USA) - Side 5 scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
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Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047-1 (USA) - bonus 7" single sleeve, front scan by Franck Faugere |
Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047-1 (USA) - bonus 7" single sleeve, rear scan by Franck Faugere |
Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047-1 (USA) - bonus 7" single A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
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Classic Records/Columbia/Legacy
C2K 87047-1(-Q)
(USA) - detail of box
rear, scan by Gerd Rundel
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Gerd Rundel and Franck Faugere for information and scans.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - 3LP sets, Columbia/Legacy 19075930761 (USA)/ Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19075930761 (Europe), 7 Jun 2019:
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin, Derek Davies and Gerd Rundel for information and pictures.
CD Releases (Limited Edition - 2CD+DVD)
"The Bootleg Series
Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" Limited Edition with
Bonus DVD - 2CD set + DVD, Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047
(USA/Canada), 26 Nov 2002:
This Limited Edition with bonus DVD was only available
for a short period. For more information
about the rarities on the bonus DVD, see 2002. For the
2CD set releases, see below.
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (USA):
Columbia/Legacy
C2K 87047 (USA) -
detail of rear insert, scan by Gerd Rundel
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada):
Columbia/Legacy
C2K 87047 (Canada) - detail of rear insert, scan by
Gerd Rundel
Thanks to Jack from Canada, Hervé from France and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" Limited Edition with Bonus DVD - 2CD set + DVD, Columbia/Legacy 510140 3 (Europe), 26 Nov 2002:
The European set has 5101403000 on the sticker, and the catalogue number for the CD set itself inside the slipcase is Columbia 510140 2 (same number on both CDs). The DVD, which is in a card sleeve, has the catalogue number Columbia 510140 3.Peter van der Kerk informs me that when he bought his copy of the Limited Edition in an independent record shop in Holland, he received free copies of the promotional CD singles Live & Rare (see 2001) and Live & Rare 2 (see 2002)! I haven't heard of this anywhere else, so it may be a promotion from that shop only.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" Limited Edition with Bonus DVD - 2CD set + DVD, Columbia/Legacy 5101403000 (Australia), 9 Dec 2002:
Columbia/Legacy 5101403000
(Australia) - spine of slipcase scan by Jack from Canada
Columbia/Legacy 5101403000
(Australia) - detail of rear insert, scan by Jack from Canada
Thanks to Darren Tucker and Jack from Canada for information and scans. Thanks also to Hervé from France for a photo of a promo of the Australian Limited Edition which is the same as the commercial release above.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" Limited Edition with Bonus DVD - promo 2CD set + DVD, SME Records SICP 293-5 (Japan), 11 Dec 2002:
CD Releases (Standard Edition - 2CD)
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - promo 2CD sets, Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (USA), Nov 2002:
A second promo (not shown) was sent out just before the release date with the complete commercial packaging as below and a white sticker in the upper right corner, with a blue border and blue text: FOR PROMOTION ONLY/ Ownership Reserved By Sony. Sale Is Unlawful/ ORAW 34 S.
Thanks to Tim Dunn, Hervé from France, Sam Plessers and Sonny Boy McFitzson for information and pictures.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (USA/Canada), 26 Nov 2002:
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (USA/Canada):
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (USA/Canada) - front of slipcase with sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel |
The US and Canadian releases have the same sticker on the front of the shrink-wrap. The printing is of much better quality for the US and Canadian releases than for the European release (shown below), and the booklet is thicker because the paper quality is better! This is illustrated in the photo by Neil Burling showing the differences in thickness of the respective spines. The booklet was the same for the USA and Canada. |
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Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (USA/Canada) - sticker from front of slipcase of Standard Edition, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (USA - bottom)/Columbia/Legacy 510140 2 (Europe - top), photo by Neil Burling |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (USA/Canada) - front of booklet, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (USA/Canada) - rear of booklet, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (USA):
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada):
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada) - rear of slipcase, scan by Jack from Canada |
The slipcase and booklet of the Canadian release were made in the USA, the two audio discs and the jewel case inserts were made in Canada. It therefore has the thicker US booklet. The bonus DVD in the Canadian Limited Edition was also made in the USA (see 2002). |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada) - front of jewel case, scan by Jack from Canada |
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Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada) - rear of jewel case, scan by Jack from Canada |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada) - detail of rear, scan by Jack from Canada |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada) - outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada) - detail of outside of front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel ("Made in Canada") |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada) - CD1 scan by Jack from Canada |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada) - detail of CD1 with different bottom text line from US CDs, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada) - inside of rear insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (Canada) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada |
Thanks to Jack from Canada and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"The Bootleg Series
Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - 2CD-R/2CD promo
sets,
Columbia/Legacy
SAMPCD 12244 2
(UK/Europe), Nov 2002:
Variants 1 and 2 are promo CD-R "acetate" sets.
Variant 1 (CD-R):
Insert for CD1, scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 1) |
CD1 scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 1) |
Insert for CD2, scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 1) |
CD2 scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 1) |
Variant 1 is from Sony Music Studios, London, and comes in plastic wallets, each with a folded insert, blank on the inside. The discs have no catalogue numbers.
Variant 2 (CD-R):
Thanks to Wiebke Dittmer for finding on eBay a set in plastic wallets with these promo inserts and discs with a UK promo sticker on the outside of the wallet.
Variant 3 (CD):
Ian Woodward has a UK promo set where the discs, which are the same as the commercial release, have the title "Rolling Thunder" Revised. They are dated "10/8/2002" (8 Oct 2002), but this implies there was an earlier promo with a different track selection! This would be very collectable indeed as the replaced tracks would be rarities. (This may only be the track length differences noted above, however.)
Thanks to Peter Good and Hervé from France for information about these promos and to Franck Faugere and Gerd Rundel for scans.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy 510140 2 (Europe), 26 Nov 2002:
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697732902 (Europe), Nov 2010:
Thanks to Arie de Reus for information and scans.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - 2CD set, SME Records SICP 296-7 (Japan), 26 Nov 2002:
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - sample promo CD-R, Sony Music Studios (no catalogue number) (Australia), Nov 2002:
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - 2CD-R promo set, Columbia/Legacy (no catalogue number) (Australia), Nov 2002:
Promo CDs photo by Hervé from France |
This set came in clear plastic sleeves with no artwork.
Thanks to Hervé from France for information and photo. |
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy 5101403000 (Australia), 9 Dec 2002:
This standard release is essentially the same as the US and European releases.
Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19075963462 (Australia), 2010:
The 2010 Australian "budget" release with a new catalogue number has only the two audio CDs in a slimline 2CD jewel case. There is no slipcase. The set was distributed in Australia by Sony Music Entertainment Australia Pty Ltd, stated on the rear insert and the discs. It is dated "2010" as well as "2002" and the CDs and inserts have the "Sony Music" logo. The new booklet has a different layout and is 28 pages as opposed to 54 pages including cover on the original Australian one. All the written words are still there but half the photos are missing. The number is now 19075963462 copyright is now 2010 Sony Music Entertainment as well as 2002.
Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music (no catalogue number) (Italy), 2002:
There is no slipcase or booklet and the CDs and inserts have no catalogue numbers. It is dated 2002. Both the reverse of the rear insert and the rear insert have spelling mistakes including three song title errors like "Hurricane" spelled "Harricane"!
Thanks to Jan Damgaard for information and photos.
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