Bob Dylan Announces 39-CD 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue Box Set

Bob Dylan will release 'The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings' on November 6 via Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings. The 39-CD box set contains 381 tracks, 371 of which have never been officially released. The collection documents the 27-date spring 1976 tour, which began on April 18 in Lakeland, Florida, and concluded on May 25 in Salt Lake City.

Alongside the CD collection, a 3LP vinyl set will feature the complete 22-track performance from May 16 in Fort Worth, Texas, remixed from the original multi-track tapes. Fans can currently preview the release with a live rendition of the Planet Waves track "Going, Going, Gone" from the Fort Worth concert.

The vinyl tracklist includes "Mr. Tambourine Man," "Vincent van Gogh," "Maggie’s Farm," "Isis," and "Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door." It also features four tracks previously released on the 1976 Columbia Records album Hard Rain: "I Threw It All Away," "Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again," "Oh, Sister," and "Gotta Travel On."

The physical release includes rare photographs and a booklet featuring an essay by music journalist Mikal Gilmore. In his liner notes, Gilmore describes the rendition of "Idiot Wind" filmed for NBC's Hard Rain broadcast as "among the most rageful and brilliant performances Dylan ever committed before camera." He notes that the box set serves as an audio document of the unreleased Rolling Thunder movie, writing, "Play the music, close your eyes, and watch the story."

The 1976 tour featured Dylan reuniting with Joan Baez for duet performances of songs like "Blowin’ in the Wind" and "Railroad Boy." The backing band included 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.

In separate news, Dylan recently completed the US leg of his 2026 'Rough And Rowdy Ways' tour following several lineup changes. Guitarist Doug Lancio departed in June after a performance at the Santa Barbara Bowl, followed two weeks later by acoustic guitarist Bob Britt, who had played with the band since 2019. To complete the summer dates, Dylan added guitarist Jimmie Vaughan to the live lineup.