Bob Dylan Releases 39-CD Box Set of His 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue Tour

Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings have released The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings, a 39-CD box set capturing Bob Dylan's full 27-date spring 1976 US tour. The collection contains 381 tracks in total, of which 371 had never been officially released before now. The tour ran from April 18 in Lakeland, Florida, through May 25 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and saw Dylan reunite with Joan Baez for a series of duet performances, including renditions of "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Railroad Boy." The backing band featured bassist Rob Stoner, violinist Scarlet Rivera, drummer Howie Wyeth, and guitarists Mick Ronson (of David Bowie's Spiders from Mars), Steven Soles, David Mansfield, and T Bone Burnett. The box set also includes a 3-LP vinyl set of the complete May 16, 1976 Fort Worth concert — remixed from the original multi-track tapes — spanning 22 tracks. The package comes with a booklet of liner notes by music journalist Mikal Gilmore and rare tour photographs. In his essay, Gilmore writes of the tour: "Play the music, close your eyes, and watch the story."