Dylan appeared on the September 11-17, 1976 issue of TV Guide and consented to a rare interview with the magazine to promote his first network television special.
Only four of the eleven performances heard in the television broadcast ("Maggie's Farm", "One Too Many Mornings", "Shelter from the Storm", and "Idiot Wind") were included on the nine track album of the same name released by Columbia records ten days before the special aired.