The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration

The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
Live album by various artists
Released	August 24, 1993
Recorded	October 16, 1992
Venue	Madison Square Garden, New York City
Genre	Rock
Length	148:24
Label	Columbia
Producer	Jeff Kramer; Jeff Rosen; Don DeVito;
Various artists chronology

The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration is a live double-album release in recognition of Bob Dylan's 30 years as a recording artist. Recorded on October 16, 1992, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, it captures most of the concert, which featured many artists performing classic Dylan songs, before ending with three songs from Dylan himself.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

The house band for the show were the surviving members of Booker T. & the M.G.'s: Booker T. Jones on organ, Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass, and Steve Cropper on guitar. Joining them was drummer Anton Fig filling in for the late Al Jackson, plus drummer Jim Keltner. Longtime Saturday Night Live bandleader and initial lead guitar player in Dylan's Never Ending Tour G. E. Smith served as the music director of the whole event as well as a sideman on guitar and mandolin for several artists. Background singers were Sheryl Crow and Sue Medley among others.

The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, which reached No. 40 (in the US and went gold), was released in August 1993 just before Dylan was about to deliver his second folk studio set inside of a year, World Gone Wrong. The concert was dubbed "Bobfest" by Neil Young at the beginning of his "All Along the Watchtower" cover.

A VHS collection of the same name was released on August 25, 1993. On March 4, 2014, the concert was released in Deluxe Edition 2-DVD and Blu-ray sets with bonus performances and behind-the-scenes rehearsal footage, as well as a 2-CD set with two bonus rehearsal tracks.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bob Dylan

Disc one
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Like a Rolling Stone"	John Cougar Mellencamp	6:53
2.	"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat"	John Cougar Mellencamp	4:20
3.	"Introduction"	Kris Kristofferson	0:55
4.	"Blowin' in the Wind"	Stevie Wonder	8:53
5.	"Foot of Pride"	Lou Reed	8:47
6.	"Masters of War"	Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam	5:06
7.	"The Times They Are A-Changin'"	Tracy Chapman	3:01
8.	"It Ain't Me Babe"	June Carter Cash and Johnny Cash	3:50
9.	"What Was It You Wanted"	Willie Nelson	5:47
10.	"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"	Kris Kristofferson	3:04
11.	"Highway 61 Revisited"	Johnny Winter	5:05
12.	"Seven Days"	Ronnie Wood	5:26
13.	"Just Like a Woman"	Richie Havens	5:50
14.	"When the Ship Comes In"	The Clancy Brothers, Robbie O'Connell and Tommy Makem	4:23
15.	"You Ain't Going Nowhere"	Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash and Shawn Colvin	3:52
16.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (rehearsal bonus track from the 2014 Remastered Deluxe Edition)	Eric Clapton	6:27
Total length:			81:39

Disc two
No.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues"	Neil Young	5:38
2.	"All Along the Watchtower"	Neil Young	6:20
3.	"I Shall Be Released"	Chrissie Hynde	4:26
4.	"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"	Eric Clapton	6:09
5.	"Emotionally Yours"	The O'Jays	5:43
6.	"When I Paint My Masterpiece"	The Band	4:23
7.	"Absolutely Sweet Marie"	George Harrison	4:43
8.	"License to Kill"	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	4:52
9.	"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	4:44
10.	"Mr. Tambourine Man"	Roger McGuinn with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	4:10
11.	"It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"	Bob Dylan	6:21
12.	"My Back Pages"	Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton and George Harrison	4:39
13.	"Knockin' on Heaven's Door"	All	5:38
14.	"Girl from the North Country"	Bob Dylan	5:12
15.	"I Believe in You" (rehearsal bonus track from the 2014 Remastered Deluxe Edition)	Sinéad O'Connor	6:20
Total length:			79:18

Personnel

Bob Dylan – guitar, vocals, harmonica

Additional musicians

The Band
- Rick Danko – guitar, bass guitar, vocals
- Levon Helm – mandolin, vocals
- Garth Hudson – accordion
- Richard Bell – accordion
- Randy Ciarlante - drums, vocals
- Jim Weider – guitar, vocals
Jerry Barnes – choir, chorus
Katreese Barnes – choir, chorus
Mary Chapin Carpenter – guitar, vocals
John Cascella – accordion, keyboards
Johnny Cash – vocals
June Carter Cash – vocals
Rosanne Cash – guitar, vocals
Tracy Chapman – guitar, vocals
The Clancy Brothers
- Bobby Clancy – bodhrán, vocals
- Liam Clancy – guitar, vocals
- Paddy Clancy – harmonica, vocals
Eric Clapton – guitar, vocals
Leotis Clyburn – choir, chorus
Dennis Collins – background vocals, choir, chorus
Shawn Colvin – guitar, vocals
Steve Cropper – guitar
Sheryl Crow – background vocals, choir, chorus
Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar

Ron Fair – piano
Anton Fig – percussion, drums
Lisa Germano – violin
Nanci Griffith – guitar, vocals (home video edition only)
David Grissom – guitar
George Harrison – guitar, vocals
Richie Havens – guitar, vocals
Sophie B. Hawkins – vocals
Carolyn Hester – vocals
Cissy Houston – choir, chorus
Chrissie Hynde – guitar, vocals
Darryl Keith John – background vocals
Booker T. Jones – organ
Jim Keltner – drums
Brenda King – background vocals, choir, chorus
Curtis King – background vocals, choir, chorus
Al Kooper – organ
Kris Kristofferson – guitar, vocals
Tommy Makem – banjo, vocals
Kerry Marx – guitar
Mike McCready – guitar
Roger McGuinn – guitar, vocals
Sue Medley – background vocals
John Mellencamp – vocals
Willie Nelson – guitar, vocals
Robbie O'Connell – guitar, vocals

Sinéad O'Connor – vocals
Christine Ohlman – background vocals, choir, chorus
The O'Jays
- Eddie Levert – vocals
- Sam Strain – vocals
- Walter Williams – vocals
Pat Peterson – percussion, background vocals
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- Mike Campbell – guitar
- Howie Epstein – guitar, lap-steel guitar, bass guitar, vocals
- Stan Lynch – drums
- Tom Petty – guitar, vocals
- Benmont Tench – organ
Mickey Raphael – harmonica
Lou Reed – guitar, vocals
G. E. Smith – music director, guitar, mandolin, bass
George Thorogood – guitar
Eddie Vedder – vocals
Mike Wanchic – guitar
Don Was – bass guitar
Johnny Winter – guitar, vocals
Stevie Wonder – harmonica, piano, vocals
Ronnie Wood – guitar, vocals
Neil Young – guitar, vocals
Reggie Young – guitar

Technical

Jeff Kramer- production

Don DeVito – production
Jeff Rosen – production

David Hewitt Engineer Remote Recording Services Silver Truck

David Thoener – mixing
Kevin Wall – executive production

David Wild – liner notes

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[3] video	Gold	7,500^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[4]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ allmusic
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
^ "American album certifications – Various – 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 24, 2020.

External links

The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

[1] usic

[2] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[AustraliaBob_Dylan30th_Anniversary_Concert_CelebrationvideoCertRef-3] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 24, 2020.

[United_StatesVarious30th_Anniversary_Concert_CelebrationalbumCertRef-4] "American album certifications – Various – 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved July 24, 2020.

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