Bob Dylan, Benny Goodman & Friends - The World of John Hammond, PBS Soundstage, NET Television Studios, Chicago, IL, 9-10-1975

Here's a really strange and interesting episode of the "PBS Soundstage" TV show. Especially in the show's early years, it had some theme shows, and this was one. The title was "The World of John Hammond," and the show celebrated the role of producer John Hammond in the music industry. 

The big name here is Bob Dylan. But be warned that Dylan only performed three songs, at the end of the show. Most of the show is filled with big band swing music, with the first three songs starring singer Helen Humes, and then the next three being instrumentals led by Benny Goodman. (Note that George Benson, who was becoming a star in his own right, was the lead guitarist in this band.) Then the episode made a drastic stylistic shift, with Sonny Terry playing the blues for four songs, joined by John Hammond Jr. (son of John Hammond) for the last two. Then there was another drastic stylistic shift, with the three Bob Dylan songs at the end. 

The reason for all the musical jumping around is because John Hammond had a role in the musical careers of many musical acts in many different styles. Wikipedia's entry on his says: "Hammond became one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular music. ... Hammond sparked or advanced numerous musical careers, including those of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Charlie Christian, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Big Joe Turner, Fletcher Henderson, Pete Seeger, Babatunde Olatunji, Aretha Franklin, George Benson, Freddie Green, Leonard Cohen, Arthur Russell, Jim Copp, Asha Puthli, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mike Bloomfield, and Sonny Burke. He is also largely responsible for the revival of delta blues artist Robert Johnson's music."

He died in 1987 at the age of 76. Here's his entry, if you want to know more:

John Henry Hammond - Wikipedia

Note that this originally was two episodes. I cut out some of the material, but I don't think you're missing much. There were video tributes to Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday, but neither of those contained any live music. I also cut out a few gospel songs by Marion Williams that I didn't like.

There's a lot more I could say about this episode, but instead I'd recommend reading this Rolling Stone Magazine article about it, published shortly after it happened:

Bob Dylan, Jazz Stars Salute Label Pioneer John Hammond 

In that, it mentions that only about 100 people attended the taping of the episode, and most of them were older musical insider types who were there mainly to see Benny Goodman. By the time Dylan performed, only a couple dozen people remained. 

Even though Dylan only played three songs, this was an important event for him. John Hammond was the person who discovered him back when he was little known, and Dylan wanted to show his appreciation. It was the first time Dylan had performed on national TV since 1969. Two of the three songs he played, "Hurricane" and "Oh Sister," were unreleased at the time. In fact, this was the very first time he performed them in public. They would be released on his album "Desire" in early 1976. The version of "Hurricane" is particularly important, because this is the version with the original lyrics. One month later, record company lawyers found out about the song and worried that Dylan could be sued for libel regarding some of the things he said about real people in the song. So Dylan was forced to rewrite some of the lyrics, and then he rerecorded it. I'm guessing this performance still hasn't been officially released because those legal issues might still be a concern.

This album is an hour and four minutes long. 

01 Ain't Nobody's Business (Helen Humes & the All Star Band)
02 Body and Soul (Helen Humes & the All Star Band)
03 Where Can I Go (Helen Humes & the All Star Band)
04 talk (Benny Goodman & the All Star Band)
05 Sweet Lorraine [Instrumental] (Benny Goodman & the All Star Band)
06 Avalon [Instrumental] (Benny Goodman & the All Star Band)
07 talk (Benny Goodman & the All Star Band)
08 Seven Come Eleven [Instrumental] (Benny Goodman & the All Star Band)
09 talk (Sonny Terry)
10 My Baby Done Changed the Lock on the Door (Sonny Terry)
11 talk (Sonny Terry)
12 A Whoopin' the Blues (Sonny Terry)
13 talk (Sonny Terry)
14 Terraplane Blues (Sonny Terry & John Hammond, Jr.)
15 talk (Sonny Terry & John Hammond, Jr.)
16 I Can't Find My Baby (Sonny Terry & John Hammond, Jr.)
17 Hurricane (Bob Dylan)
18 Oh Sister (Bob Dylan)
19 Simple Twist of Fate (Bob Dylan)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/f6TY3bLE

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/kjyK7MobPdvjyFn/file

The cover photo of Bob Dylan is from this exact concert. However, the picture was rather low-res so I used the Krea AI program to fill in more detail. 

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - BBC in Concert, London, Britain, 6-12-1974

Here's an album I'm surprised to post. I'm continuing to look for music from the BBC TV show "In Concert" in the early 1970s. Typically, episodes from big names like Neil Young or James Taylor are still around, whereas the ones from lesser names have been lost, or at least I can't find them. But I was able to find this episode featuring the blues duo of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

Frankly, I'm surprised they merited an episode of the TV show at all. If you look at the list of performers, the vast majority were young acts who were making waves with hit songs or albums, or at least songwriting reputation. Terry and McGhee represented an older generation. By the time this show was recorded, both of them were around 60 years old. They'd been playing as a duo since 1942. 

They didn't have any hit album or single when this show was recorded (or later), but they'd steadily built up a reputation in Britain during the blues boom there in the 1960s. While sticking to traditional acoustic blues for the most part, they were savvy to musical trends to some degree. For instance, on their 1973 album most recent to this concert, they recorded songs written by Randy Newman and Curtis Mayfield, and had leading blues musicians play on it, including Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, John Mayall, and John Hammond, Jr. So perhaps it's not so surprising after all that they were considered "hip" enough to have a British audience for an episode of this TV show.

This album is just 35 minutes long, but they packed a lot in it, performing eight songs and telling some stories too. It's just Sonny Terry on harmonica and vocals and Brownie McGhee on guitar and vocals.

01 talk (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
02 Ride N' Roll (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
03 talk (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
04 I'm a Burnt Child (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
05 talk (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
06 Hootin' the Blues (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
07 talk (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
08 Livin' with the Blues (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
09 talk (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
10 Conversation with the River (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
11 Ballin' the Jack (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
12 Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
13 talk (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
14 Rock Island Line (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
15 Keep On Walkin' (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15271233/SonnyTBrownMcG_1974_BBInConcertLondnBritain__6-12-1974_atse.zip.html

Since I found the video of this concert on YouTube, the cover photo is a screenshot I took from it. I also took the font colors and type from the opening credits, though I added in the orange line to convey some extra information.