Live 1975 released: November 26, 2002 BUY

The Rolling Thunder Revue was one of Dylan's most inspired ideas: take a group of congenial musicians, capable of doing short individual sets as well as playing together, and head out into America playing at small venues, scattering excitement, surprise and wonder in all directions. At various times the tour included Dylan's old singing partner Joan Baez, his early role model and fellow Guthrie acolyte Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Canadian folk and pop star Joni Mitchell, painter and aide de camp Bob Neuwirth, playwright Sam Shepard, poet Allen Ginsberg, and even, for a short stretch, his mother, Beatrice Zimmerman, and his wife Sara. The Tour was part rock and roll extravaganza , part Medicine Show and traveling carnival troupe. It was also a moveable film-in-progress; much of Dylan's Renaldo And Clara was filmed during the tour, and the film's musical segments come from those shows. The tracks on Bootleg 5 capture the tone and feeling perfectly. Many of his older tunes got new treatments to invigorating effect, as you can hear on "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," "It Ain't Me Babe" and many others.Dylan joined voices with Joan Baez for several duets, including the rarely-heard "Mama You Been On My Mind." A fine souvenir of an exhilarating and optimistic time. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You | listen | It Ain't Me, Babe | listen | A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall | listen | The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll | listen | Romance in Durango | listen | Isis | listen | Mr. Tambourine Man | listen | Simple Twist of Fate | listen | Blowin' in the Wind | listen | Mama, You Been on My Mind | listen | I Shall Be Released | listen | It's All Over Now, Baby Blue | listen | Love Minus Zero/No Limit | listen | Tangled Up in Blue | listen | The Water Is Wide | listen | It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry | listen | Oh, Sister | listen | Hurricane | listen | One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) | listen | Sara | listen | Just Like a Woman | listen | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | listen |