1964: Hey Mr Tambourine Man and RF

[noimmunity]

Priceless video of early Dylan...fellow behind him on stage left is shooting a rangefinder!

http://dai.ly/a4XXBM

 

[charjohncarter]

That guy with the RF, I hope he saved those negatives.

 

[oftheherd]

Wow! Was Dylan ever really that young?

I think that was a prototype of the M8. He seems to be constantly looking at the back. Chimping? I can see everything move but his thumb to advance the film, but given the quality of the film, who knows what he is doing? If he didn't keep those negatives, I bet he still thinks of it and regrets it.

 

[JohnTF]

Rapid Winder?

I recall listening to the record and typing out the words, making a carbon for my friends who played a twelve string Martin. Lot of words in that song.

I have a lot of negatives from those days, trouble is not keeping them, but finding them.

MC looks a bit like a young Pete Seeger?

John

 

[lawrence]

MC looks a bit like a young Pete Seeger?

John

Seeger for sure -- good job Dylan was playing acoustic!

 

[-doomed-]

Seeger wouldn't be seen with Dylan on an electric.
There is great footage of him trying to get away from the "noise" that Dylan was making at the Newport folk festival in '65
Man, I feel as though I missed out on some really cool stuff growing up now. All of my favorite artists come out of that time period musically and otherwise.
So much happened in that time period and it all seems to be easily forgotten in the mess of today's world.

 

[Michael Markey]

Seeger didn`t like him singing any introspective songs either.
Which is why he looks less than pleased in that clip.
It was said that he considered them self indulgent.

 

[J J Kapsberger]

Rapid Winder?

Looks like it. You can see his hand move as if manipulating one of those.

 

[ornate_wrasse]

I remember well the huge uproar when Dylan went electric. I went to a Dylan concert in 1965 in Washington, D.C. The first half of the concert was Dylan playing on an acoustic guitar, as he always had done. After the intermission, he became "electric" and the fans went crazy with disbelief that he had done such a thing.

Ellen

 

[kshapero]

I kind of like the William Shatner version better even thou there is no one filming his backside like in the Dylan video.

 

[xayraa33]

I remember well the huge uproar when Dylan went electric. I went to a Dylan concert in 1965 in Washington, D.C. The first half of the concert was Dylan playing on an acoustic guitar, as he always had done. After the intermission, he became "electric" and the fans went crazy with disbelief that he had done such a thing.

Ellen

I liked the 1965 electric Dylan much better.
That Maggie's Farm song with the legendary Mike Bloomfield on that white Tele is the cat's meow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atUiJKsP3Jg&feature=fvst

 

[kxl]

Thanks for this post. I was born in the 60's and while I was too late to catch this scene, I've always liked the music. I went to the YouTube link and, a couple of hours later, I had gone from Dylan to Seeger to Judy Collins to Leonard Cohen and one of my all-time favorites: Hallelujah.

Ironic that something "in the now" like YouTube takes us back to the past.

 

[robert blu]

Watching this thread and related videos, after having seen wonderful Keith pictures from 75 years ago, ok it really seems me to seat in front of a time machine ! Is the nostalgic feel a sign I'm getting old ?
thanks for the links
robert

 

[oftheherd]

I remember well the huge uproar when Dylan went electric. I went to a Dylan concert in 1965 in Washington, D.C. The first half of the concert was Dylan playing on an acoustic guitar, as he always had done. After the intermission, he became "electric" and the fans went crazy with disbelief that he had done such a thing.

Ellen

Wow. I didn't recall that. I was in the DC area from 64 to 66. I might have gone if I had known. Unless I was working.

Funny thing: I was browsing records in the PX and came across a Dylan record. The notes mentioned he was a folk singer. I always liked folk music. Old folk music, like from the 1800s and early 1900s, so I bought the record. Talk about culture shock! 😀

My room mate knew his work immediately, being from New York, and wondered why I bought it. He laughed when I told him. I didn't see the humor. But I couldn't help but like the music.

 

[JohnTF]

Wow. I didn't recall that. I was in the DC area from 64 to 66. I might have gone if I had known. Unless I was working.

Funny thing: I was browsing records in the PX and came across a Dylan record. The notes mentioned he was a folk singer. I always liked folk music. Old folk music, like from the 1800s and early 1900s, so I bought the record. Talk about culture shock! 😀

My room mate knew his work immediately, being from New York, and wondered why I bought it. He laughed when I told him. I didn't see the humor. But I couldn't help but like the music.

You did not have to be in DC, Dylan did the same thing in Columbus, Ohio about then. Am not sure which particular concert was the first electric?

I was a big Judy Collins fan, she was recording a lot of the "Child" book, but then did a lot of Dylan and Mitchell.

Was funny to realize I met and talked to three of the mentioned people, interviewing Judy in Cleveland, chatted with Seeger in Toronto, saw Dylan in Toronto and Philadelphia the same year, Dylan was the one who just tongue tied me-- but I did get some photos in Toronto, though with a Nikon F2. A friend grabbed the beer bottle he drank from. I would have made $50 if he had gone on stage at the Philadelphia Folk Festival -- from a local paper.

Regards, John

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=107779&ppuser=25450

 

[ornate_wrasse]

Wow. I didn't recall that. I was in the DC area from 64 to 66. I might have gone if I had known. Unless I was working

After your comment, I got real curious about when and where Bob Dylan's concert was in 1965 in the DC area.

I finally found the answer. The concert was at the Washington Coliseum (formerly known as Uline Arena) on November 28, 1965.

See the following link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Coliseum

I also found out that the photo that appeared on the Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits album was taken at this concert.

It's amazing what one can learn on the Internet 😀

Ellen