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Audio/ Video: Bob Dylan at Newport, 1965 – Complete – ‘Like A Rolling Stone,’ ‘Phantom Engineer’ & More

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Bob Dylan, Michael Bloomfield at Newport, 1965.

OK, so I’ve posted this landmark set before, but someone just uploaded most of it again yesterday so why not give it another listen.

This never gets old for me.

This was Bob Dylan’s first public electric performance (OK, of course he played rock ‘n’ roll as a teenager, but after he started making records as a folk singer, this was the first electric show).

This took place on Sunday, July 25, 1965.

Here’s audio for the set opener, “Maggie’s Farm”:

Maggies Farm (Newport '65) by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

This clip is the audio with the exception of “Maggie’s Farm.”

0:00 – Pre-show/Intro
2:20 – Maggie’s Farm (BLOCKED – Can be seen in “The Other Side of the Mirror”)
8:07 – Like a Rolling Stone
14:39 – Phantom Engineer (It Takes a lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry)
18:00 – Intermission/Intro
22:04 – It’s all Over Now, Baby Blue
29:34 – Mr. Tambourine Man

Here’s some of the video but no audio:

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Video/Audio: Bob Dylan’s Full 1965 Newport Set – ‘Phantom Engineer,’ ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ & More

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Bob Dylan at Newport, 1965.

OK, so we know this day, 49 years ago, was historic. Bob Dylan going public with his new electric rock ‘n’ roll sound.

We all know the story. We all know the different versions of the story.

What remains amazing is the music.

On Saturday July 24, 1965 Dylan played a workshop and did three acoustic numbers. I’ve got “All I Really Want To Do” and “Love Minus Zero/ No Limit” from that workshop, and then all the songs from his evening performance on July 25, 1965.

Here Dylan rock out through “Maggie’s Farm,” “Like A Rolling Stone” and “Phantom Engineer,” an early version of “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry.”

This music will be as alive as anyone until humans are no more.

What a gift that we can hear this music today.

“All I Really Want To Do”:

Bob Dylan – Folk Rogue – 07 – All I Really Want To Do (newport Folk Festival, Ri July 24, 1965) by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

“Love Minus Zero/ No Limit”:


Bob Dylan – Love minus zero-no limit (live 1965) by Bambino_Portoghese

“Maggie’s Farm” at Newport”:

Post by Bob Dylan's Music.

“Like A Rolling Stone” at Newport:


Bob Dylan – Like a Rolling Stone (Live… by toma-uno

“Phantom Engineer” (early version of “It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry”):

Bob Dylan – Folk Rogue – 10 – Phantom Engineer (newport Folk Festival, Ri July 25, 1965, W Butterfield Blues Band) by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

“Mr. Tambourine Man”:

Bob Dylan – Folk Rogue – 15 – Mr Tambourine Man (e Harmonica Version) (newport Folk Festival, Ri July 25, 1965) by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”:

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue by Bob Dylan on Grooveshark

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