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Bob Dylan |
Note: Plenty of early Dylan stuff released as part of the "Bootleg Series"—get them all!
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Bob Dylan |
Columbia CS-8579 | |
3/19/62 [UK: 6/62] | |
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You're No Good | Fuller | 1:37 |
Talkin' New York | Dylan | 3:15 |
In My Time Of Dyin' | - | 2:37 |
Man Of Constant Sorrow | Traditional | 3:06 |
Fixin' To Die Blues | White | 2:17 |
Pretty Peggy-O | - | 3:22 |
Highway 51 Blues | Jones | 2:49 |
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Gospel Plow | - | 1:44 |
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down | von Schmidt | 2:32 |
House Of The Risin' Sun | Holmes-White | 5:15 |
Freight Train Blues | - | 2:16 |
Song To Woody | Dylan | 2:39 |
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean | Jefferson | 2:40 |
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Mixed Up Confusion¹ / Corrina, Corrina¹ Dylan (2:26) / arr Dylan (2:26) Columbia 42656, 12/62 |
The famous rockin' Mixed-Up Confussion, with Bruce Langhorne-guitar George Barnes-guitar Dick Wellstood-piano Gene Ramey-bass Herb Lovelle-drums |
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Whilst in London, Blind Boy Grunt blows harp on Dick Fariña & Eric Von Schmidt's album. |
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The Freewheelin' |
Columbia CS-8786 | |
5/27/63 BB RS500 [UK: 11/63] #1 | |
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Blowin' In The Wind | Dylan | 2:46 |
Girl From The North Country | Dylan | 3:18 |
Masters Of War | Dylan | 4:31 |
Down The Highway | Dylan | 3:20 |
Bob Dylan's Blues | Dylan | 2:18 |
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall | Dylan | 6:45 |
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Don't Think Twice It's Alright | Dylan | 3:36 |
Bob Dylan's Dream | Dylan | 4:58 |
Oxford Town | Dylan | 1:45 |
Talking World War III Blues | Dylan | 6:22 |
Corrina, Corrina | Traditional | 2:37 |
Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance | Thomas | 1:55 |
I Shall Be Free | Dylan | 4:44 |
Note: The mono album promo was sent to radio stations that had four songs that were replaced before
consumer releases were made. See note 2.
Front cover photo of Bobby and Suze Rotollo taken near corner of 4th & Jones Sts.
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Blowin' In The Wind / Don't Think Twice It's Alright Dylan (2:46) / Dylan (3:36) Columbia 42856, 7/63 |
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Newport Folk Festival(7/26, 28/63) |
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8/28/63: Bob sings at the The March On Washington ![]() |
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The Times They Are A-Changin' |
Columbia CS-8905 | |
1/13/64 T20 [UK: 6/64] T20 | |
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The Times They Are A-Changin' | Dylan | 3:12 |
Ballad Of Hollis Brown | Dylan | 5:03 |
With God On Our Side | Dylan | 7:05 |
One Too Many Mornings | Dylan | 2:38 |
North Country Blues | Dylan | 4:33 |
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Only A Pawn In Their Game | Dylan | 3:30 |
Boots Of Spanish Leather | Dylan | 4:38 |
When The Ship Comes In | Dylan | 3:15 |
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll | Dylan | 5:45 |
Restless Farewell | Dylan | 5:32 |
Note: Liner notes by Bob, 11 Outlined Epitaphs, continued on insert (see notes)
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5/17/64: Royal Festival Hall, London Sunday afternoon at 3:00 |
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Newport Folk Festival(7/24, 26/64) |
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Another Side Of |
Columbia CS-8993 | |
8/8/64 BB [UK: 11/64] T20 | |
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All I Really Want To Do | Dylan | 4:02 |
Black Crow Blues | Dylan | 3:12 |
Spanish Harlem Incident | Dylan | 2:22 |
Chimes Of Freedom | Dylan | 7:09 |
I Shall Be Free No. 10 | Dylan | 4:45 |
To Ramona | Dylan | 3:50 |
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Motorpsycho Nitemare | Dylan | 4:31 |
My Back Pages | Dylan | 4:20 |
I Don't Believe You | Dylan | 4:20 |
Ballad In Plain D | Dylan | 8:15 |
It Ain't Me Babe | Dylan | 3:30 |
➜ Live: 10/31/64, Philharmonic Hall; released 2004: Bootleg Series Vol. 6
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In Concert [Not Released] |
Columbia CS-9202 (assigned catalog number) | |
11/64 | |
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When The Ship Comes In† | Dylan | - |
Who Killed Davey Moore?† | Dylan | - |
Percy's Song† | Dylan | - |
Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag‡ | Dylan | - |
Seven Curses† | Dylan | - |
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Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie‡ | Dylan | - |
Lay Down Your Weary Tune† | Dylan | - |
Dusty Old Fairgrounds‡ | Dylan | - |
John Brown‡ | Dylan | - |
Note: Recorded at: Carnegie Hall, 10/26/63† and Town Hall, 4/12/63‡
Three of these recordings have been released in the Bootleg Series—see the blue note for details.
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Bringing It All Back Home |
Columbia CS-9128 | |
3/22/65 T20 RS500 [UK: 5/65] #1 | |
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Subterranean Homesick Blues | Dylan | 2:17 |
She Belongs To Me | Dylan | 2:48 |
Maggie's Farm | Dylan | 3:51 |
Love Minus Zero/No Limit | Dylan | 2:47 |
Outlaw Blues | Dylan | 3:00 |
On The Road Again | Dylan | 2:30 |
Bob Dylan's 115th Dream | Dylan | 6:29 |
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Mr Tambourine Man | Dylan | 5:25 |
Gates Of Eden | Dylan | 5:42 |
It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) | Dylan | 7:30 |
It's All Over Now Baby Blue | Dylan | 4:13 |
Note: Details on cover photo
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Times They Are A-Changin' / Honey Just Allow Me One More Chance Dylan (3:10) / Dylan (1:55) CBS 201751 [UK], 3/65 T20 Noted here as it was Bobby's first UK single—and a Top 10 to boot! |
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Subterranean Homesick Blues / She Belongs To Me Dylan (2:17) / Dylan (2:48) Columbia 43242, 4/65 BB T20 picture sleeve was for promo 45s only |
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Dylan's Great Music Video: "Subterranean Homesick Blues ![]() That's Allen Ginsburg and manager Bob Neuwirth on the side of the alley behind the Savoy Hotel in London. |
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Like A Rolling Stone / Gates Of Eden Dylan (6:00) / Dylan (5:48) Columbia 43346, 6/65 T20 T20 |
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Newport Folk Festival(7/25/65) |
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Highway 61 Revisited |
Columbia CS-9189 | |
8/30/65 T20 RS500 [UK: 9/65] T20 | |
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Like A Rolling Stone | Dylan | 5:59 |
Tombstone Blues | Dylan | 5:53 |
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry | Dylan | 3:25 |
From A Buick 6 | Dylan | 3:06 |
Ballad Of A Thin Man | Dylan | 5:48 |
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Queen Jane Approximately | Dylan | 4:57 |
Highway 61 Revisited | Dylan | 3:15 |
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues | Dylan | 5:08 |
Desolation Row | Dylan | 11:18 |
Note: Desolation Row is Bob, Charlie, and Russ only
Some early stereo issues had an alternate take of From A Buick 6 (harmonica intro)
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Positively 4th Street / From A Buick 6 Dylan (3:50) / Dylan (3:06) Columbia 43389, 9/65 T20 T20 some early 45s had an alternate take of Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? instead of Positively 4th Street |
The Hawks were hired to tour
England
Released in 1998 with Dylan. Levon stays stateside—Mickey Jones subs.
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Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?¹ / Highway 61 Revisited Dylan (3:27) / Dylan (3:20) Columbia 43477, 12/65 BB T20 |
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One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) / Queen Jane Approximately Dylan (4:49) / Dylan (4:55) Columbia 43541, 2/66 UK |
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Rainy Day Women #12 & 35³ / Pledging My Time³ Dylan (2:26) / Dylan (2:06) Columbia 43592, 4/66 T20 T20 |
➜ Live: 5/17/66, Free Trade Hall, Manchester; released 1998: Bootleg Series Vol. 4
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I Want You³ / Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues¹ Dylan (2:57) / Dylan (5:36) Columbia 43683, 6/66 T20 T20 B-side recorded live in Liverpool, England with The Hawks [5/14/66] |
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Blonde On Blonde |
Columbia C2S-841 | |
6/28/66 T20 RS500 [UK: 8/66] T20 | |
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Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 | Dylan | 4:35 |
Pledging My Time | Dylan | 3:55 |
Visions Of Johanna | Dylan | 7:30 |
One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)† | Dylan | 4:57 |
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I Want You | Dylan | 3:10 |
Memphis Blues Again | Dylan | 7:07 |
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat | Dylan | 3:50 |
Just Like A Woman | Dylan | 4:52 |
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Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) | Dylan | 3:30 |
Temporary Like Achilles | Dylan | 5:07 |
Absolutely Sweet Marie | Dylan | 4:57 |
4th Time Around | Dylan | 4:37 |
Obviously 5 Believers | Dylan | 3:37 |
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Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands | Dylan | 11:20 |
Note: The commonly held belief that this came out in May was a hotly contested one. In Olof Björner's latest (2019) update ,
the date is set at 6/28/66 and that's the date used now.
Say, what happened to Claudia?
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Wow, that was close. Dumps Triumph in Woodstock, July 29, breaking back. During recovery, becomes neighbor and family guy, sings a few songs with a bunch of friends to pass the time . . . |
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Just Like A Woman³ / Obviously 5 Believers Dylan (2:56) / Dylan (3:31) Columbia 43792, 8/66 BB |
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Greatest Hits |
Columbia KCS-9463 | |
3/27/67 T20 [UK: 12/66] T20 | |
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Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 | Dylan | 4:35 |
Blowin' In The Wind | Dylan | 2:46 |
The Times They Are A-Changin' | Dylan | 3:12 |
It Ain't Me Babe | Dylan | 3:30 |
Like A Rolling Stone | Dylan | 5:59 |
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Mr Tambourine Man | Dylan | 5:25 |
Subterranean Homesick Blues | Dylan | 2:17 |
I Want You | Dylan | 3:10 |
Positively 4th Street(stereo mix of non-LP 45) | Dylan | 3:50 |
Just Like A Woman | Dylan | 4:52 |
Note: Listed here to link to the ground-breaking (at the time) Milt Glaser poster that was included—had that poster on my wall for years.
The cover (taken at a concert in Washington, DC in 1965) won a 1967 Grammy®.
The UK Hits album (released earlier) had three tracks in place of 4th Street (which wouldn't appear on Lp in the UK until 1971).
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Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat³ / Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) Dylan (2:20) / Dylan (3:26) Columbia 44069, 4/67 BB |
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Dont Look Back(5/17/67) |
Bobby's 1965 British Tour, with current girl friend Joanie |
The Hawks become The Band.
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Festival(10/23/67) |
clips from Newport Folk Festivals 1963-1966 |
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John Wesley Harding |
Columbia CS-9604 | |
12/27/67 T20 RS500 [UK: 1/68] #1 | |
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John Wesley Harding | Dylan | 2:55 |
As I Went Out One Morning | Dylan | 2:49 |
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine | Dylan | 3:51 |
All Along The Watchtower | Dylan | 2:30 |
Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest | Dylan | 5:34 |
Drifter's Escape | Dylan | 2:54 |
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Dear Landlord | Dylan | 3:15 |
I Am A Lonesome Hobo | Dylan | 3:19 |
I Pity The Poor Immigrant | Dylan | 4:12 |
The Wicked Messenger | Dylan | 2:02 |
Down Along The Cove | Dylan | 2:29 |
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | Dylan | 2:41 |
Note: The guys with Bobby on the cover are Luxman and Purna Das, two Indian musicians, and Charlie Joy, a local handyman.
Say, wasn't there a tribute concert for Woody that featured Dylan and The Crackers in Jan, 1968 ??
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Nashville Skyline |
Columbia KCS-9825 | |
4/9/69 T20 [UK: 5/69] #1 | |
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Girl From The North Country | Dylan | 3:41 |
Nashville Skyline Rag | Dylan | 3:12 |
To Be Alone With You | Dylan | 2:05 |
I Threw It All Away | Dylan | 2:23 |
Peggy Day | Dylan | 1:59 |
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Lay Lady Lay | Dylan | 3:20 |
One More Night | Dylan | 2:25 |
Tell Me That It Isn't True | Dylan | 2:45 |
Country Pie | Dylan | 1:35 |
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You | Dylan | 3:23 |
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I Threw It All Away / Drifter's Escape Dylan (2:23) / Dylan (2:50) Columbia 44826, 5/69 BB UK |
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The Johnny Cash Show: 6/7/69, Bob appears on Johnny Cash's premeire tv show (along with Joni). |
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Great White Wonder |
No label or number, later Trade Mark Of Quality TMQ-72001 | |
7/69 | |
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Candy Man* | ||
Ramblin' 'Round* | ||
Black Cross* | ||
Ain't Got No Home* | ||
Death Of Emmett Till* | ||
Poor Lazarus* | ||
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New Orleans Rag** | ||
If You Gotta Go, Go Now** | ||
Only A Hobo** | ||
Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence** | ||
Mighty Quinn*** | ||
This Wheel's On Fire*** | ||
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Baby Please Don't Go* | ||
Interview By Pete Seeger** | ||
Dink's Song* | ||
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean* | ||
East Orange New Jersey* | ||
Man Of Constant Sorrow* | ||
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I Shall Be Released*** | ||
Open The Door, Homer*** | ||
Too Much Of Nothing*** | ||
Nothing Was Delivered*** | ||
Tears Of Rage*** | ||
Living The Blues**** |
* Minnesota Tapes, Dec 1961
** Outtakes, etc, 1963-69
*** Basement Tapes, with The Band, 1967
**** with Johnny Cash (outtake from TV show, May 1 69)
Note: Original issues did not have the title on the cover—or anywhere else for that matter. All blank.
Rolling Stone did an article on GWW (RS42) that led to a parody review that led to . . .
For further info on the history of bootlegs, follow this link .
Gee, do ya think we'll ever get to hear those Basement Tapes ??
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Lay Lady Lay / Peggy Day Dylan (3:20) / Dylan (1:59) Columbia 44926, 8/69 T20 T20 |
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Isle of Wight Festival of Music(8/31/69) with The Band |
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Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You / Country Pie Dylan (3:32) / Dylan (1:52) Columbia 45004, 10/69 BB |
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Self Portrait |
Columbia C2X-30050 | |
6/8/70 T20 [UK: 7/70] #1 | |
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All The Tired Horses | Dylan | 3:11 |
Alberta #1 | Dylan | 2:55 |
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know | Null | 2:22 |
Days Of 49 | Lomax-Lomax-Warner | 5:42 |
Early Morning Rain | Lightfoot | 3:31 |
In Search Of Little Sadie | Dylan | 2:26 |
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Let It Be Me | Becaud-Curtis-Delanoe | 2:58 |
Little Sadie | Dylan | 1:59 |
Woogie Boogie | Dylan | 2:06 |
Belle Isle | Dylan | 2:28 |
Living The Blues | - | 2:41 |
Like A Rolling Stone† | Dylan | 5:14 |
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Copper Kettle | Beddoe | 3:32 |
Gotta Travel On | Clayton-Ehrlich-Lazar-Six | 3:04 |
Blue Moon | Rodgers-Hart | 2:26 |
The Boxer | Simon | 2:45 |
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)† | Dylan | 2:54 |
Take Me As I Am Or Let Me Go | Dylan | 2:59 |
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Take A Message To Mary | Bryant | 2:44 |
It Hurts Me Too | Dylan | 3:16 |
Minstrel Boy† | Dylan | 3:29 |
She Belongs To Me† | Dylan | 2:42 |
Wigwam | Dylan | 3:08 |
Alberta #2 | Dylan | 3:20 |
Note: †Recorded live at the Isle of Wight, with The Band
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Wigwam / Copper Kettle (The Pale Moonlight) Dylan (3:08) / Dylan (3:32) Columbia 45199, 7/70 BB |
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New Morning |
Columbia KC-30290 | |
10/21/70 T20 [UK: 11/70] #1 | |
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If Not For You† | Dylan | 2:40 |
Day Of The Locusts† | Dylan | 3:58 |
Time Passes Slowly† | Dylan | 2:35 |
Went To See The Gypsy | Dylan | 2:47 |
Winterlude | Dylan | 2:22 |
If Dogs Run Free | Dylan | 3:37 |
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New Morning | Dylan | 3:57 |
Sign On The Window | Dylan | 3:45 |
One More Weekend | Dylan | 3:08 |
The Man In Me | Dylan | 3:05 |
Three Angels | Dylan | 2:05 |
Father Of Night | Dylan | 1:38 |
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Watching The River Flow / Spanish Is The Loving Tongue¹ Dylan (3:34) / [no credit] (3:34) Columbia 45409, 6/71 BB UK B-side is solo piano version |
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Greatest Hits Vol II |
Columbia KG-31120 | |
11/17/71 T20 [UK: 12/71] T20 | |
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Watching The River Flow(non-LP 45) | Dylan | 3:34 |
Don't Think Twice It's Alright | Dylan | 3:38 |
Lay Lady Lay | Dylan | 3:17 |
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again | Dylan | 7:05 |
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I'll Be Your Baby Tonight | Dylan | 2:38 |
All I Really Want To Do | Dylan | 4:02 |
My Back Pages | Dylan | 4:22 |
Maggie's Farm | Dylan | 3:52 |
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You | Dylan | 3:23 |
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She Belongs To Me | Dylan | 2:48 |
All Along The Watchtower | Dylan | 2:32 |
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn, The Eskimo)* | Dylan | 2:45 |
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues | Dylan | 5:26 |
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall | Dylan | 6:49 |
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If Not For You | Dylan | 2:40 |
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue | Dylan | 4:15 |
Tomorrow Is A Long Time**(prev unr) | Dylan | 3:03 |
When I Paint My Masterpiece(prev unr) | Dylan | 3:24 |
I Shall Be Released(prev unr) | Dylan | 3:02 |
You Ain't Going Nowhere(prev unr) | Dylan | 2:46 |
Down In The Flood(prev unr) | Dylan | 2:47 |
recorded September 24, 1971 with Happy Traum on bass, banjo, second guitar and vocal harmony
see note for details
* rec 8/31/69, Isle Of Wight, England, with The Band
** rec 4/12/63, Town Hall, New York
Note: The three photos comprising the cover were taken by Barry Feinstein at the Concert For Bangladesh.
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George Jackson (Big Band Version)¹ / George Jackson (Acoustic Version)¹ Dylan (5:33) / Dylan (3:38) Columbia 45516, 11/71 BB |
The "big band" consists of: Ben Keith-steel guitar Leon Russell-bass Kenneth Buttrey-drums Joshie Armstead and Rosie Hicks-background vocals recorded 11/4/71 in New York |
Bobby's Best Blood
What to pick for the "Post 71" album? There were two great albums with The Band in '74: studio (Planet Waves) or live (Before The Flood), but lets's jump ahead for what is now considered a Top 5 disc by Bobby.
And that would be the album that everybody refers to as "the breakup album," with ties to his disolving marriage to Sara. Not so fast, the composer doth protest: It's based on Anton Chekov short stories. Whatever. There's no denying that several of the songs rival "Positively 4th St" as slap-in-the-face tirades.
Even the album had a checkered history. Recorded in New York City in September, 1974 (as noted) and set to be issued around Christmastime. That is until Bobby's brother David heard the pre-release acetate. Too dark, he exclaimed. So David set up recording sessions in Minneapolis to redo five songs (as noted). Some have different lyrics and "Idiot Wind" was radically changed. The New York versions of those recordings have since became part of Sony/Legacy's Bootleg series (Vol 14: More Blood, More Tracks).
And then there was the fiasco with Pete Hamill's liner notes. After critics lambasted them, Columbia revised the back cover to eliminate them. Then, the fine folks at The Grammys© awarded Hamill "Best Liner Notes." Columbia was forced to reinstate them. A tip for collectors: black text liner notes: original issue; white liner notes: third issue. Details here ![]() |
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Blood On The Tracks |
Columbia PC-33235 | |
1/20/75 #1 RS500 [UK: 2/75] T20 | |
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Tangled Up In Blue(Minneapolis) | Dylan | 5:40 |
Simple Twist Of Fate | Dylan | 4:18 |
You're A Big Girl Now(Minneapolis) | Dylan | 4:36 |
Idiot Wind(Minneapolis) | Dylan | 7:45 |
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go | Dylan | 2:58 |
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Meet Me In The Morning | Dylan | 4:19 |
Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts(Minneapolis) | Dylan | 8:50 |
If You See Her, Say Hello(Minneapolis) | Dylan | 4:46 |
Shelter From The Storm | Dylan | 4:59 |
Buckets Of Rain | Dylan | 3:29 |
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Post 71 Dylan followed a strange trajectory. Rolling Thunder tour. Born again albums. Sinatra sound-alike Bob's "Never Ending Tour" started in 1988. |