The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert – Bob Dylan
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The album’s rather strange title is based on the fact that for decades a famous Bob Dylan bootleg known as The Royal Albert Hall Concert was incorrectly labelled, having actually been a performance at the Manchester Free Trade Hall on May 17, 1966.  That performance was officially released in 1998 as The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall Concert”. This is actually the recording of the Royal Albert Hall concert, recorded May 26, 1966, and originally recorded by Dylan’s CBS label for a live album. This is the 2-CD version, which is also included in the massive 36-CD 1966 Live Recordings box set.
From a historical context, Dylan was fresh off of the release of his classic Blonde on Blonde double album just ten days prior to the concert. His set included material from his incredible trio of albums from that period Bringing It All Back Back Home, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde.
The first CD is the acoustic set and contains seven songs, including an epic version of “Desolation Row”. Dylan’s voice sounds great, and he is backed only by his acoustic guitar and harmonica. The sound quality is excellent, and you hear the crowd’s appreciative but somewhat restrained applause.
The second CD is the electric set and has Dylan backed by the Hawks, who would become better known as The Band. The sound quality is not as a good as the acoustic set for some reason. The set begins with Dylan and the Hawks ripping into “Tell Me Momma”, a song he would never release a studio version of, and would play only 15 times on the 1966 tour, the final time being the concert after this one at the Royal Albert Hall. The music is raw and intense, led by Robbie Robertson’s guitar, and Dylan’s expressive vocals, spitting out the lyrics, quite a difference from the acoustic set. The crowd is energized and you hear Dylan interacting with them, stating before the start of a blistering “Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat”, “Are you talking to me?  Come on up here and say that”. The blistering eight-song electric set ends with “Ballad of a Thin Man” and “Like a Rolling Stone”.
Recommended for Dylan fans and music fans who might not already have heard the earlier The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The “Royal Albert Hall Concert”.

• Watch this lyric video for “Revival” a great new song from Third Day.
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• Watch the official lyric video for “Oh Mercy” by Stu Garrard, Matt Maher and Audrey Assad from The Beatitudes.
• Watch the new video for Andy Mineo’s song “Uptown”.
• New Fernando Ortega Music Coming! The long-awaited new album from Fernando Ortega is scheduled for release this month. The debut single is a new version of his song “My Song is Love Unknown”.

Music Quotes:

• If God was done with you, you wouldn’t have woke up today. Fulfill your purpose. Lecrae
• Worship isn’t something we do out of obligation, but in response to who God is and what He has done for us! Chris Tomlin  
• Success does not equal God’s approval. Failure doesn’t equal God’s rejection. KB
• Worship: Where God isn’t moved by the quality of our voice but by the condition of our hearts. Chris Tomlin 

Revival by Third Day

This week’s song of the week is “Revival from Third Day. It’s good to hear some new music from the band, and this is a great song. Watch the lyric video here.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoIAcom2zAk

Here are the lyrics to the song:

Anybody here looking for revival
In our own hearts and across the land
Anybody looking for a revival
Lift up your voice and say Amen
Lift up your voice and say Amen
Anybody here looking for revival
In our own hearts and across the land
Anybody looking for a revival
Lift up your voice and say Amen
Lift up your voice and say Amen

Ain’t gonna find it in a politician
Not from the government or any law
Can’t get it going by your own religion
Only by the Spirit and the Word of God
Only by the Spirit and the Word of God
Come with me
Come on with me, yeah!

Anybody here looking for revival
In our own hearts and across the land
Anybody looking for a revival
Lift up your voice and say Amen
Lift up your voice and say Amen

You can work all you want but you might not see it
Give all you got but it can’t be bought
Try everything but you best believe it’s
Only by the Spirit and the Word of God
Only by the Spirit and the Word of God
Come with me
Come on with me, yeah!

Anybody here looking for revival
In our own hearts and across the land
Anybody looking for a revival
Lift up your voice and say Amen
Lift up your voice and say Amen

Say Amen!
Holy Ghost revival’s what we’re talking about
Say Amen!
God is gonna move and there ain’t no doubt
God is gonna move and there ain’t no doubt
Come with me
Come on with me, yeah!

Anybody here looking for revival
In our own hearts and across the land
Anybody looking for a revival
Lift up your voice, lift up your voice!
Anybody here looking for revival
In our own hearts and across the land
Anybody looking for a revival
Lift up your voice and say Amen

Oh-ohh Amen
We’re looking for a revival now
Amen, Amen, yeah