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CP Lee's highly-acclaimed account of Bob Dylan's pivotal 1966 concert at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall, the one where someone cried 'Judas' at Dylan for turning his back on folk music in favour of rock 'n' roll. It’s possibly the most famous concert of all time.
CP Lee was there. In Like the Night, not only does he bring the concert to life in vivid detail, but he takes us into the fabric of the city of Manchester that Dylan rolled into, and the rolling ball of confrontation that had chased him half the way around the world. He brings us eye-witness accounts of the people who were there with him that night, and years later he engages in a quest to identify the person who made the infamous heckle. The book also includes a remarkable set of photos taken from the audience by a 17-year-old grammar school student at the time, Mark Makin.
‘CP Lee was there, but the point is, he can put you there too.’ Greil Marcus
‘For any fan of Dylan, this is quite simply essential.’ Time Out
We are reissuing this iconic text to mark the 60th anniversary of the concert. A launch event will take place at the International Anthony Burgess Centre on 17th May 2026.
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Greil Marcus
CP Lee was there, but the point is, he can put you there too.
Ross Fortune, Time Out
For any fan of Bob Dylan, this is quite simply essential. For anyone with a yearning to discover just what made Dylan so special, and controversial, it provides a vivid and illuminating recreation of the legendary 1966 UK tour, focussing specifically on the May 17 show in Manchester (the most bootlegged show in history, often wrongly attributed to the Albert Hall). The former Albertos Y Lost Trios Paranoias man has written and researched a terrific tome that gets up close to its subject and breathes new life into an epic confrontational music of long ago that will never be forgotten.
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Like the Night shows the real feeling for the social, political and cultural background to the events, as well as communicating the excitement with which the author and others responded to the music.
Peter Hogan, Uncut
An atmospheric and enjoyable account which places these events within the context of both the folk tradition and the times.
Mick Middles, Manchester Evening News
For those who were there, Lee brings it all sharply back into focus. For those who weren’t, he constructs a world of astonishing naivety and magic without dipping into sepia-toned nostalgia. Charmed, I’m sure.
Patrick Humphries, Mojo
Putting it all vividly into context, CP Lee writes expertly about the one electrifying, widely-bootlegged night.
Paul Du Noyer, Q
There are gems of a lifetime’s study here.
Peter Doggett, Record Collector
Lee has tracked down many people who attended the Free Trade Hall concert, and their memories make compelling reading.
Bucketful of Brains
CP Lee has further illuminated an event that we were perhaps in danger of assuming we know everything about.
CP Lee
CP Lee (1950-2020) was a beloved son of Manchester, musician, presenter, comedian, author, cultural historian and a whole lot more. He was 16 when he went to see Bob Dylan and The Hawks at the Free Trade Hall. He was so overwhelmed that he went on to form the 1970s rock iconoclasts Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias. He became an unlikely academic in the 1980s, gaining a doctorate in popular music. His books include Like The Night, Like A Bullet of Light, Shake, Rattle and Rain, When We Were Thin and The Lost World of Cliff Twemlow. For a fuller profile please visit www.cplee.co.uk
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