Statement from Swingin’ Pig (editor):
Here’s a compilation project of Bob Dylan footage I spent a few weeks editing. Sources I pulled from were “Eat The Document,” “No Direction Home,” as well as others. I overdubbed all of the footage with soundboard recordings released on “The 1966 Live Recordings.”
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1966
Bob Dylan: What Kind Of Friend Is This? (video)
Video footage from D.A. Pennebaker’s “Eat the Document”.
North British Station Hotel
Glasgow, Scotland
19 May 1966
- Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar)
- Robbie Robertson (guitar)
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August 5: The Beatles released “Revolver” in 1966
Elanor Rigby:
Released | 5 August 1966 |
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Recorded | 6 April – 21 June 1966, EMI Studios, London |
Genre | Rock, psychedelic rock |
Length | 35:01 |
Label | Parlophone (UK), Capitol (US) |
Producer | George Martin |
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December 16: The Beatles’ Fourth Christmas Record, Pantomime: Everywhere It’s Christmas 1966
Recorded between sessions for Strawberry Fields Forever, for the 1966 offering, the usual greetings and thanks gave way to a ‘Pantomime’-themed collection of original songs and dramatic skits. The songs include Everywhere It’s Christmas, Orowainya, and Please Don’t Bring Your Banjo Back. Paul McCartney plays the piano. The sketches performed include Podgy the Bear and Jasper and Felpin Mansions.
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1966: 20 songs released in 1966 you must hear
The Year 1966 summary
- France withdraws its forces from NATO. President De Gaulle visits the USSR (June 20).
- Sukarno leaves office in Indonesia; Suharto assumes power.
- Botswana, Lesotho, and Guyana become independent states within the British Commonwealth.
- India suffers the worst famine in 20 years; Lyndon Johnson asks for $1 billion in aid to the country.
- US: Medicare begins (July 1).
- US: Supreme Court decides Miranda v. Arizona, protecting rights of the accused.
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- Movies: A Man for All Seasons, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Alfie
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My rules:
- Only one song per artist/group
- The song must be released that specific year
- Songs from live albums not allowed
- Restricted to only 20 songs
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Again a LOT of wonderful music was released in 1966 (actually 1966 might be my fav year in music), hard to pick only 20.
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Visions of Johanna – Bob Dylan
Written by Dylan & released on his album “Blonde On Blonde” ~May 16, 1966 (possibly as late as July 1966).
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Ain’t it just like the night to play tricks when you’re tryin’ to be so quiet?
We sit here stranded, though we’re all doin’ our best to deny it
And Louise holds a handful of rain, temptin’ you to defy it
Lights flicker from the opposite loft
In this room the heat pipes just cough
The country music station plays soft
But there’s nothing, really nothing to turn off
Just Louise and her lover so entwined
And these visions of Johanna that conquer my mind
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