Like a Rolling Stone - Looking for great live Dylan


Hoping a Dylan fan can recommend a great live version of LARS. Just heard Karl Wallinger's version (live) from Arkeology. It's got great energy. He really owns the song. Want to hear the master do it live. Leaning towards Bootleg Series Volume 4. If there's something better, please let me know. Thanks in advance.
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Thanks guys.
Czarivey - Sorry. Probably not gonna spend $22 for a 45. On the other hand, it does come with a T shirt.
Geoff- I do tend to like later Dylan more than early. I came "of age" in that era but I'm not that fond of folk music....there are exceptions. For me Desire/Blood on the Tracks is sort of a dividing line in Dylan's work. though there are certainly earlier songs that I enjoy very much. Relative to Like a Rolling Stone - wish I could find a version that has the energy captured on Hard Rain Live (and I mean the original, badly received original release...not Bootleg 5). Version on Before the Flood is sort of what I'm looking for but I didn't care for the sound on it. Version on RAH Bootleg 4 doesn't have the bite or urgency. Haven't yet listened to the version on Self Portrait. Even if they don't have LARS, might get Bootleg 5 and Hard Rain Live. I remember watching a Rolling Thunder concert on TV. Thought it was riveting. People say the performance(s) was/were sloppy. I thought otherwise and still think Hard Rain is a GREAT document on Dylan live. Thanks for letting me O-pine. Thanks to all for their input.
fwiw -Dylan's reply never to that charge really made sense to me. Though I
guess you could try to adopt a Dylan mindset from back in the day and maybe it
would gather some significance. In a bunch of the reading I was doing looking
for that perfect live version, came across an explanation. Apparently, there was
more that followed the "Judas" shout (though unheard except in a
few recordings of that exchange), with the heckler subsequently
saying something like, "I'm never going to listen to your records
again!" To which Dylan replied, "You're a liar!" followed by,
"I don't believe you!" (or vice versa).
Hey Tom - yes, got your email. Replied to it a few minutes ago. THANKS. I'd have to agree with you...Dylan's definitely an "outlier". With respect to his "I don't believe you"...."You're a liar." he might not have cared if that guy was going to listen to or buy his records anymore but, either way, it was a brilliant response in terms of a performer regaining control of the moment. ALSO - I think the heckling and booing really did bother him. I saw some footage from those days where he's in a limo after a show and he makes a kind of exasperated comment about the boos. You could tell it was getting to him.