Bob Dylan Live at Carnegie Chapter Hall, 1961 [SOUNDBOARD RECORDING]

[@cdmichal7033]

His parents were in the audience seeing him perform for the first time . I'm going to turn this on tonight and listen to the whole thing. ❤️

[@ralphdavis9670]

I did not know that.

[@reaganwiles_art]

@@ralphdavis9670 not me neither

[@benjaminsavage4204]

How was he at Carnegie Hall so early and soon after getting with Columbia..?

[@DfactorPop]

​@benjaminsavage4204 read the description, it wasn't the Carnegie Hall, it was the side performance spot

[@captainu.s.a.7980]

Yes,this is a great recording.So great,that it was catured.I Love it.

[@dougmackenzie5976]

It was right at this time my brother, Guy, was spending a lot of time with Bob and Suze. I have a bunch of great photos of them all together. My brother and Bob spent time together throughout the '60s. Our house was one of the first places he spent time at, when he came up from NYC, in January, '61. This is a great recording of a wonderful concert!

[@jaw444]

Is there any way to see the photos? sounds great

[@dougmackenzie5976]

@@jaw444; they're mostly all out on the internet, now. If you search for "Guy MacKenzie Bob Dylan", some of these photos should pop up.

[@tonykonig2068]

Please find a way to get them on the web for us legion of fans.

[@dougmackenzie5976]

@@tonykonig2068: They're out there, under photos by Joe Alper!

[@dougmackenzie5976]

@@jaw444: They're on the 'net under Joe Alper photography.

[@foschti24]

Things like this make me feel I was born 30 years too late... I listened to Dylan on my parents' phono when I was 6 and 7 in the early 80ies and was mesmerized despite my young age... It never gets old...hail to the great ones! Cheers

[@1DaTJo]

Astounding that at 20 years old Bob was that great. Some of the best performances ever. And people say Dylan can’t sing. They should try singing just ONE of the lines in this concert. Mind blowingly good.

[@sidv192]

I met an older guy from Hibbing Minnesota that said Bob played in his brothers rock band in High School and he 'sucked so bad they kicked him out after the second show,. He never was any good until he got that harmonica." Thus proving a prophet is never welcome in his home town.

[@leahflower9924]

@@sidv192 they probably said the same about Prince lol

[@stephenfitzpatrick9189]

@@sidv192 Well , he don't need no band no how.

[@larakaplan6191]

Until late sixties he could really sing, had a solid melodic voice

[@YogsenForfoth]

@@leahflower9924 Who, ironically, also came from Minnesota. 😂

[@kingpetra6886]

Fascinating. Three years later I would buy my first Dylan record through the Columbia Record club because I had a Peter Paul and Mary album and noticed that some of the songs were written by someone named Bob Dylan. What a surprise!

[@bradleyzubrod472]

Same here! Except it was a Byrds album. Columbia record club..got Highway 61.

[@_scabs6669]

@@bradleyzubrod472 the birds did a few great covers of his, particularly one Mr. Tamborine Man

[@golem3080]

ive discovered Dylan because of GG Allin, beat that

[@jane55ism]

I was 9 years old. 4 years later (13 going on 14 ) I asked for a guitar and Peter Paul And Mary’s In the Wind album with Blowin in the wind and don’t think twice on it for Christmas. I got the album and a red Stella guitar. I was hooked and a year later was listening to Dylan’s first album. I am 70 going on seventy one now and just started working out an arrangement for just like Tom Thumb’s Blues! Thank you, S. P. !

[@steveshattah]

Bet you were surprised but how un-Peter Paul and Mary he was.

[@karmenjazbec7743]

it is half past 4 i made fire in my stowe washed myself and dress fresh clothes now I am drinking coffee and listening to you young Bob you are the best

[@idiotwind2248]

Bob speaking to 53 ppl that showed up at this gig . Just awesome. In 1961, I was 6 yrs old. Wish I was there⚡

[@Ebert-Pincus]

Which is what most performers continue to experience for their entire careers. And that's if they're successful!

[@claudiaboudreau5776]

I was six years old when my 18 year old sister brought Dylan's words home to my ears. My soul bursts with the honesty, compassion and truth that these early songs spoke to me so long ago.

[@PeterFarrens-tv2wv]

Sweet Memory😅

[@louise_rose]

The first record where i heard a few of his songs - though not quite in his own versions - was Pete Seeger's classic 1963 "Live at Carnegie Hall", an album my parents loved and had bought a few years after it was released (I'm from Sweden). Seeger's sculptural, rhythmic, careful yet passionate take of "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" caught my attention very early on, I still think it's beautiful almost half a century after I first heard it. Great album, recorded just three months before MLK's "I Have A Dream" speech it really lives and breathes of musical history.

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

You were so lucky to have a brilliant big sister! My older siblings had no such taste.

[@nickmurray9151]

I have decided to take time this year getting acquainted with all that Dylan has to offer - the great, the good, and the rest...this is a fantastic place to start. What an awesome recording....

[@warrensteinberger6378]

#1 fan approves

[@warrensteinberger6378]

Check out "Time Out of Mind"

[@WErd-qp1bx]

What a präsent. I, m German. Before I admired bis lyrics, I was fasciated by his unique voice, that only a poet can have.

[@captainu.s.a.7980]

Hello,Germany that is Where my Family all come from..GOD Bless.GOD'S Love Is The Key...

[@Anthony-hu3rj]

@@captainu.s.a.7980 The key to what though?

[@bonscottrocks1728]

He's 20 years old here and the best was yet to come...

[@HelianaSuper]

1961...I was a girl with eleven years age...and I lived in countryside. I didn't know nothing beyond the small farm of my father... I didn't know there was others countries, I didn't know there was a country named United States of America and a boy named Bob Dylan that was predestined to be the most important songwriter of the world... But I had a dream: to study... and today I am an old Bob Dylan brasilian fan...

[@alberto-os1bx]

I'm an old Italian Bob Dylan fan!

[@HelianaSuper]

@@alberto-os1bx Hello, Alberto. What a good new! We are two good old Bob Dylan's fans...Yo hablo español, pero comprendo el Italiano un poco. I love that song "Ciao, amore".

[@johnroberts4078]

So thank you for writing the best songs Thank you for righting a few wrongs You're a savage gift on a wayward bus But you stepped down and you sang to us.... -Joan Baez

[@edwardsomers3930]

sweet Joan

[@gertanckaert3023]

Really? The Joan Baez?...cool❤

[@theneverendingtourlife]

55:14 This is the pure Bob Dylan, and who says that he never laughs?? Dylan is and will be a legend of music, a part of music... Thanks you Bob for this eternal dedication for music, you are a living myth!! Greatings from Barcelona, Catalonia ❤ you

[@Misslonely64]

From the french side too😎

[@sammy4583]

Listen to him on "Folksingers choice with Cynthia Gooding" it's an hour long

[@theneverendingtourlife]

Ok thank you, I will

[@freddiemercurious]

Swingin' Pig, if you don't realize what you did I'll tell ya. You made available a treasure trove full of Dylan gems heretofore unavailable. Thank you so much!!

[@ralphdavis9670]

Bob didn't find me until '62 when I was in high school in Brooklyn. He's been an old distant friend ever since.

[@SwinginPig]

It has come to my attention that there are many ads throughout the video. As one of the commenters pointed out, "Drag the slider to end of video and restart it, the ads will be gone!" These ads are because it has been claimed and monetized by the owners of this recording. I realize they’re annoying so I apologize. I hope they don’t take away too much from this amazing concert though. Much love and stay well 🦋

[@maggiebryan2355]

I only got one ad

[@SwinginPig]

@@maggiebryan2355 Awesome. Might be different for everyone, I think.

[@nissi.k]

I did not notice an ad

[@messiahmoose]

I mean I don’t mind ads for excellent and free content, I just wish more care was taken to put them between tracks. 🤷‍♂️

[@tombombadill22]

They pop up in the middle of songs :-( beginning with the first!

[@kell2640]

A Long Time A-Growin... Beautiful song I've never heard before

[@edicamon8486]

For lovers of Dylan and the old traditional folk this concert has been an extraordinary pleasure. Thank you so much Swingin' Pig.

[@sheenatropea7123]

very interesting, 1961 wow, Fascinating Thanks a lot. I've got CD recorded October 26 1963 Live at Carnegie Hall, so I was 2 years out, Thank you again for this.

[@anoukklein6707]

Excellent sound! Feels like being there in 61. 60 years from now, what a journey. Thanks bobby!

[@phildavison9100]

When I was a kid (I'm almost Bob's age), my parents and others thought he couldn't sing. Listen to this, and you realize that, even at that age, Bob was the greatest singer of the 20th Century. And I'm including the best opera singers here. I sincerely hope I die before Bob. I couldn't take it.

[@Zeddo2323light]

The early Dylan is the best Dylan!

[@waynepatrick1646]

Disagree all Bob Dylan is great

[@johnniejukebox]

Is'int great that this superb quality recording exists?...

[@leahflower9924]

Yes and he was like what 20 a baby this is crazy

[@tomb9911]

Special thanks to the sound man...the unknown member of the band.

[@adamjacobrogers9155]

What's even more inspiring is that the tape of this digital representation will quite possibly outlive this digital piece and landscape on which it has been brought to us.

[@GreenManalishiUSA]

Barely 20 years old when he played this concert. Within a few years, he would go on to change popular music and songwriting forever. It's Dylan... nuff said.

[@joelkavanagh1464]

... there is one very interesting germanism :: ' Ein Fruevollendeter " ) s.o. having achieved a state of some kind of complete-ness early in life ( ...

[@Guinevere.625]

Yes!!

[@joeguillen1833]

Always been a Great to me as well, Love everything He’s ever done🙏

[@joeguillen1833]

I gotta say that was some of Finest Playing and a singing I ever heard, Raw talent delivered from the Heart ,will play this one often 👊😎

[@kimshxc]

We're so lucky to have you Swingin' Pig 💓😭🙌🙏

[@phildavison9100]

Whoever posted this, God bless you. Although Bobby disavowed me as his brother around three years after this song, I love him dearly. Always will.

[@patschickel8687]

This is positively wonderful. He seems to have the fire in his belly. And most of these songs were written by others.

[@camerongillespie9980]

What a channel for the voices this man represented at so young an age American Folk is so raw, his delivery is so honest

[@toyoakiyamada9629]

Sad-Eyed Lady, i haven't heard that name in a long time, it brings back memories ! Thank-you, Swingin´Pig ! Love & Peace, Roger

[@jillschoenfeldwhite5534]

All of your work to get these tapes online and all the descriptive bio info of the setting where performed are so appreciated. Listening to the earliest Bob performing his "Woody Guthrie legacy" and the Blues icons is priceless to me.

[@davidayer2168]

Here's to the heart and the hands of the man!

[@janesturtevant1516]

Thank you! A true treasure… the sound, the music, the man. How lucky are we to be witness to this genius.

[@0otee]

My Birthday date but then in 1961: the ‘Never to be forgotten Carnegie Hall Grand Performance‘. Just hear ‘In The Pines’❣️🎼🎸🎤🎶 With a great Harrrrppp part❣️As always all is performed from The Heart❤️Thanks SP🌷Thanks DearDylan Always❤️🌺🌞

[@1blindcommissioner]

Been a while since I had goosepumps listening to this fella (regardless of the all the tremendous performances I've been listening too thanks to SP and Elston) - this one is astounding by so many ways !

[@letsif]

Sound quality is fantastic. So is the singer!

[@simonerusso6920]

Magestic got tears runing dawn my face tanks 4 the recording

[@ferociousgumby]

Song to Woody is SO moving on this! I remember not being very impressed by it on his first album, but this is freaking brilliant.

[@backwoodsbillycreeks2174]

Had his pills advantage of easy speed diets available at that time and even a benzo like drug for sleep sold otc Janis Joplin loved or used a lot. Thinks he used speed a lot for recording. Funny and loved to write for sure

[@Subversion_dnb]

Song to Woody is by and large my favorite Dylan song and this version is just incredible.

[@ferociousgumby]

@@backwoodsbillycreeks2174 Huh?

[@robertbillingsley8555]

The quality of this recording is amazing. I found this CD maybe thirty years ago, felt lucky to have it and didn’t care the sound was rough. Par for the course.

[@cherylspersontillman2351]

60 years ago....I was 8:) Falling in love with the Beatles....1971...the Beatles died. Blood on the Tracks....took over.

[@michaelhoage6704]

ive been listing to bob for 50 years now and hes never let me yet

[@michaelhoage6704]

@Bob Dylan bob thanks for beeing here with youre timelless music

[@gertanckaert3023]

me too🥰

[@THEDUSTINLEWITSHOW]

Beautiful audio quality. It's like being there. Excellent work! 👍

[@WilliamTBooth]

When I was in HS 1961 I was still "TWISTIN' AND STROLLIN'...

[@jtb1649]

swinging pig has been around for many years. recordings were known for quality. how sp comes up with these gems is amazing for any musicologist or just finding your favorite artist. keep up the good work.

[@SwinginPig]

James Geller Thank you very much 💙

[@gijsschubert7901]

Well, it is not so amazing how Swinging Pig is coming up with these gems..... he just copied CD #3 from the 10 CD box "Man on the Street" issued by Reel-to-Reel in 2017. So this gem is just for sale for a couple of bucks.

[@alexanderschulze7479]

Amazing someone actually taped this off of the board. What are the odds? Great quality and of much historic significance. This is just the best account. Thank you! Please keep it up.

[@TheBluewaterBlonde]

Dear dear Sir Pig -- This has got to be the best upload on KZbin today. You have absolutely the best videos on Dylan. Love ya for it.

[@schevalirae]

Just discovered this gem, thanks for sharing and for including Lady Sad Eye's description with yours. Born in 1961, I didn't know previously that Bob Dylan actually went to NYC that year. Always fascinated by him, I sang "Blowing In The Wind" for a 5th grade talent show. Time was running out, and I was told to just sing the first verse. I opened my mouth, and the third verse came out. ❣️ I love, respect and admire Bob more than I can say. Prolific. Just this week I heard him compared to Shakespeare. Bob Dylan is the Shakespeare of our times. ❣️✌️🥀

[@mikezeigler5889]

Was looking for something else and stumbled on this. Most songs are better than the released studio versions. Simply fantastic!

[@paulpotyka4175]

You can tell Presley was one of his idols. It's got conatations of him throughout but what makes Dylan so great and brilliant is that mouth organ again brilliance in itself then you've got BOB what more can i say NOTHING except THANK-YOU 💎

[@ferociousgumby]

He was what, 20 years old here? He's almost 80 now and turning out brilliant albums and startlingly original songs. Sixty years, man.

[@rossbarnett3759]

And sixty years of change. completely changing into a new hero. that is why he is more special than the rest. that very reason.

[@joeguillen1833]

It’s wonderful to listen to Bob flexing His Talent at such a young age , Truly a Fantastic Artist and a Great Storyteller coupled with an Ear for Human behavior. I’ve loved His Music and His Love of Common Folk since these early days and His Evolutionary Psychology since these times . Bob Dylan IS America !

[@cheryllibbea8546]

Thanks to Swingin' Pig for posting this awesome photo & songs of Bob's 1st concert! Love it!!!

[@jimmymacGoa]

Best Dylan uploads on KZbin . Thank you

[@nathanko764]

so lookin forward to this! it may be one of the most epic acts by Bob that has been uploaded by you, Pig. Keep up the good work!

[@1blindcommissioner]

This is simply stunning - so, the best song to jump to right after listening to this debut concert is "Key West (Philosopher Pirate)", I'm a'headin over there

[@marioski54]

Thanks Swingin' for these gems! From Italy

[@CBbehereNOW]

Fabulous, Thank YOU!❤️

[@davidwales6852]

Thank you SP. This recording puts my old cassette tape version to shame!

[@susannebass1883]

Bob Dylan is a musical genius. I Love You ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@165Dash]

Phenomenal sound quality.

[@michaellaverty1844]

So great, thanks for finding this one.

[@Sumotori.]

Thank you Swinging’ . You’re the 1st one as usual. Legend! Can’t wait, even if I’m 9650miles away!

[@andrealanzillotta4388]

This's amazing. His Bobness should release this

[@stonedtommy403]

I had this album, but the poor quality one. What a tune Young But Daily Growin' is. There's a slightly different version of it on the Minnesota tapes I think. How does a 19yr old sing with such emotions. Genius.

[@cameronstewart4196]

great early stuff. Thanks...brings back such excitement.

[@roybean7166]

Found this 11 months ago, could not wait to listen, and only got round to listen now ! Sensational, Dylan's first concert out of coffee shops. Thanks, S P. From Roy Bean, Cape Town, South Africa.

[@utzuckz]

amazing upload! i've been a fan of Swingin' Pig for 30 years and have never been disappointed

[@carleenmejzastrumunderthes4130]

I really enjoyed this!

[@martintebrake4728]

I'm seeing your world of concerts and songs, Your lyrics and chords and poems and prolongs

[@paulhoward6165]

Thanks S.P.

[@norinecook844]

Oh the treasures you share Swingin!

[@artchem1]

THANK YOU SWING PIG, FOR SHARING THIS BRILLIANT 1961 -November 4th , CONCERT !! WELL DONE, SP :}

[@lawrencevandenberg7725]

contrasted w/the concert in Paris--where Bobby took the extended attention to tuning the guitar--worth it. The "genius" vocalizing, the superb mouth harp work, the phrasing, the commentary, etc. All goes south with the jingle-jangle strings conflict...

[@mario7frankielee]

i see no ads just very short, (1sec) breaks thank you for this cristal clear rec. much appreciated 🙏

[@oliveeisner8964]

Pot of GOLD. 💛 The commentary is priceless and you are my Hero Swingin~ 😎

[@henkbiesheuvel2451]

Thank you so much for this post!

[@noiricha]

Damn I was 10 years old when this was recorded - I think I was still playing with my soldiers - and to think this was happening and I was so unaware - and now I'm a fan for life ....

[@peacetrain3320]

Thanks, Pig! What a historical show.

[@Ryedor]

Many thanks to you sir ! A most wonderful trip. Aye !

[@carmelcrowley158]

Eleven years old, little girl. Shivers all night long. Railroad man, daddy, we love you a thousand times. Taken my long live, little girl where you been so long. In the park where the sun dont shine and I shivered the whole night long.

[@ladyblue498]

❤ from my holiday place at the seaside underneath the pines...

[@kjkellogg]

I love these old recording Bob was at the right time and right place There were 1000s of other musicians who were as good or better who’ll we’ll never hear They played from the heart , for the love of music In small taverns,churches, clubs around the world Expressing their love,anger, and joy

[@gijsschubert7901]

Kevin, that is very well put. But we got some very great ones left forever in our memories: Woody Guthry, Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and we treasure their wonderful songs.

[@BRLaue]

That’s an interesting take. It’s been said that Dave Van Ronk was just Dylan without the poetics. Those poetics obviously make all the difference.

[@marcioevan]

Been looking for this. Amazing

[@Diecastclassicist]

Wonderful!

[@banjoturtle]

I didn't know Sad-Eyed's channel was gone 😥. Thanks for sharing this legendary show, Pig!

[@andersolow5509]

Awesome! Thanks so much for posting.

[@rodneyhone2220]

So good to hear 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@1992Maton]

Thank you! From Australia...

[@russcohen3779]

Thankyou for this gem

[@nissi.k]

Thanks so much Swingin’ really great premiere! Listening again from the start! Love that you saved those Sad-eyed-Lady notes! You hit it right doing that for sure plus it honours SEL too! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🤍

[@corneliakapelinski]

A s a young man he also showed his talent as a stand up comedian, no wonder that he later presented such great radio shows - I thinkhe would have grown exceptionally big even without music. But I ' m glad that He stook my the music

[@aginmar]

yeah - what a moment. what a voice. full of natural life… i just started to listen. for me its great. what about rambling jack at this time? somebody knows more? thank you for uploading this swinging jewel…

[@christophermoon64]

I met Jack about a decade ago, he's a hero.

[@mytreasurechess]

Its hard to believe . The history my ilk have embedded into our souls. Always tons of gratitude for the chronicler par excellence, Bob Dylan, or Zimmy.

[@NaFran49]

Amazing!!

[@Singanddanceman61]

Simply breathtakin'!!!!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you very much for sharing.

[@russcohen3779]

Thankyou for posting this wonderful concertv

[@roybean7166]

Cannot wait to listen to this. And I'm 12000 miles away. Thanks, S P.

[@janepiepes2243]

I think this show is is amazing !!!! It's fantastic ...unique. I was only 9 in 1961, but I was right here in NY. I wish my mother took me to this show..and the one at the Gaslight also in N Y. Where is this Voice coming from ...?

[@vincentarreola7550]

Thanks Swinging Pig for these treasures...

[@jakobmuehli1553]

Happy 60th Anniversary to a historical moment!