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Bob Dylan Announces 39‑CD Rolling Thunder Revue Box Set

The release makes multitrack remixes and hundreds of previously unheard live recordings available to fans and scholars.

Overview

  • Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings announced on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026 that The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1976 Live Recordings will be released on Nov. 6 as a 39‑CD collection compiling 381 tracks.
  • The deluxe box contains 371 previously unreleased recordings and a booklet with liner notes by Mikal Gilmore plus rare photographs.
  • A separate three‑LP set remixed from the original multitrack tapes presents the complete May 16, 1976 Fort Worth show, and a live preview of “Going, Going, Gone” was issued ahead of the release.
  • The collection documents nearly every show from the 27‑date spring 1976 tour and foregrounds Joan Baez duets and performances by Desire‑era band members and guests such as Mick Ronson and T Bone Burnett.
  • By surfacing original multitrack sources, remixes and extensive show-by-show coverage, the package broadens scholarly access to Dylan’s live work and is likely to reshape future reissues and fan understanding of the tour.