 The song has also been popular live in concert . Clinton Heylin has stated that " as performed live in 1965 – 66 , ' Tom Thumb ' became an inferno of pain . As if pain were indeed art . " A live version recorded at a concert in Liverpool , England on May 14 , 1966 , featuring Dylan backed by The Band , was released as the B @-@ side to the " I Want You " single in 1966 , and later also appeared on the Masterpieces compilation . The song was also performed on May 17 , 1966 by Dylan and The Band at the famous and controversial so @-@ called ' Albert Hall ' concert ( which in fact took place at the Manchester Free Trade Hall ) and consequently it appears on The Bootleg Series Vol . 4 : Bob Dylan Live 1966 , The " Royal Albert Hall " Concert . Dylan also played " Just Like Tom Thumb 's Blues " regularly during his 1974 tour , and has played it in concert occasionally ever since . 
