Bob Dylan is seventy today. Here's seventy versions of songs that he's written. I was hard pressed to narrow it down to seventy, so that's saying something and I think it's enough. These are the songs that folks will still be interpreting in another seventy years.
Happy Birthday Bob.
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"Please Mrs. Henry" mp3
by Peter Laughner, 1972.
unreleased radio session
"Million Dollar Bash" mp3
by the Fairport Convention, 1969.
available on Unhalfbricking
"Baby Blue" mp3
by the Chocolate Watchband, 1968.
available on Inner Mystique/One Step Beyond
"Like A Rolling Stone" mp3
by the Soup Greens, 1965.
available on Pebbles, Vol. 1
"She Belongs To Me" mp3
by the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, 1966.
available on Volume 1
"I'll Keep It with Mine"mp3
by Betty Serveert, 1996.
available on I Shot Andy Warhol
"Stepchild"mp3
by Solomon Burke, 2002.
available on Don't Give Up on Me
"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" mp3
by Jimi Hendrix, 1967.
available on BBC Sessions
"Positively 4th Street" mp3
by Lucinda Williams, 1991.
available on In Their Own Words Volume 1
"I Threw It All Away" mp3
by Yo La Tengo, 1987.
available on President Yo La Tengo / New Wave Hot Dogs
"Spanish Harlem Incident" mp3
by the Byrds, 1965.
available on Mr Tambourine Man
"Down Along The Cove" mp3
by Johnny Jenkins, 1970.
available on Ton-Ton Macoute
"If Not For You" mp3
by George Harrison, 1970.
acoustic demo
"I Believe In You" mp3
by Cat Power, 2008.
available on Jukebox
"Maggie's Farm" mp3
by Solomon Burke, 1965.
available on Platinum Collection
"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" mp3
by Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Stephen Stills, 1968.
available on Super Session
"Can't Leave Her Behind" mp3
by Stephen Malkmus & Lee Ranaldo, 2007.
available on I'm Not There
"Gates Of Eden" mp3
by Marc Carroll, 2003.
available on All Wrongs Reversed
"Up To Me" mp3
by Roger McGuinn, 1976
available on Cardiff Rose
"Mama, You Been On My Mind" mp3
by the Beatles, 1969.
unreleased outtake
"Man Gave Names To All The Animals" mp3
by Townes Van Zandt, 1994.
available on Roadsongs
"Love Minus Zero – No Limit" mp3
by Buck Owens & His Buckaroos, 1971.
available on Bridge Over Troubled Water
"You Ain't Going Nowhere" mp3
by the Byrds, 1968.
available on Sweetheart of the Rodeo
"On A Night Like This" mp3
by Los Lobos, 2003.
available on Masked & Anonymous
"Going, Going, Gone" mp3
by Son Volt, 2000.
available on A Retrospective 1995-2000 EP
"I Was Young When I Left Home" mp3
by Antony with Bryce Dessner, 2009.
available on Dark Was the Night
"Billy" mp3
by Gillian Welch, 2006.
available on Music From The Revelator
"Buckets of Rain" mp3
by Vic Chesnutt, 2003.
available on Crossing Jordan
"Dark Eyes" mp3
by Dirty Projectors, 2010.
Like A Version Radio Session
"Knockin' On Heavens Door" mp3
by Television, 1977.
available on The Blow Up
"Every Grain Of Sand" mp3
by Emmylou Harris, 1995.
unreleased demo
"Girl Of The North Country" mp3
by Howard Tate, 1972.
available on Howard Tate
"Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" mp3
by Esther Phillips, 1969.
available on Best of Esther Phillips (1962-70)
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" mp3
by Bobby Darin, 1972.
available on Aces Back to Back
"One Too Many Mornings" mp3
by Jerry Jeff Walker, 1977.
available on A Man Must Carry On
"Tomorrow Is A Long Time" mp3
by Nick Drake, 1968.
available on Family Tree
"Don't Think Twice It's Alright" mp3
by Waylon Jennings, 1964.
available on Phase One: The Early Years 1958-1964
"It Ain't Me Babe" mp3
by Johnny Cash & June Carter, 1967.
available on Carryin' On With Johnny Cash & June Carter
"Love Is Just a Four Letter Word" mp3
by Joan Baez, 1968.
available on Vanguard Sessions: Baez Sings Dylan
"Only a Hobo" mp3
by Hazel Dickens, 1985.
available on It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song
"Blowin' In The Wind" mp3
by O.V. Wright, 1970.
available on How Many Roads: Black America Sings Bob Dylan
"Fur Slippers" mp3
by B.B. King, 1999.
available on Shake Rattle & Roll
"Percy's Song" mp3
by the Fairport Convention, 1969.
available on Unhalfbricking
"Ballad Of Hollis Brown" mp3
by Tony Joe White, 1968.
available on Swamp Music: the Complete Monument Recordings
"Changing Of The Guards" mp3
by Patti Smith, 2007.
available on Twelve
"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" mp3
by Bryan Ferry, 1973.
available on These Foolish Things
"Tell Me Mama" mp3
by Robyn Hitchcock, 2002.
available on Robyn Sings
"She's Your Lover Now" mp3
by Luxuria w/ Howard Devoto, 1988.
b-side of Redneck single.
out of print
"If You Gotta Go, Go Now" mp3
by Mae West, 1966.
available on Way Out West
out of print
"Baby, I'm In The Mood For You" mp3
by Dion, 1965.
available on Bronx Blues: The Columbia Recordings (1962 - 1965)
"Rita May" mp3
by Jerry Lee Lewis, 1979.
available on Jerry Lee Lewis Box Set
"Wallflower" mp3
by Buddy and Julie Miller,
available on Buddy & Julie Miller
"Halls Of Justice/Positively 4th Street/Like A Rolling Stone" mp3
by Terry Melcher, 1974.
available on Terry Melcher
"When I Paint My Masterpiece" mp3
by the Band, 1971.
available on Cahoots
"Goin' To Acapulco" mp3
by Jim James & Calexico, 2007.
available on I'm Not There
"Nothing Was Delivered" mp3
by the Byrds, 1968.
available on Sweetheart of the Rodeo
"Too Much of Nothing" mp3
by Albert Lee, 1969.
available on Thats All Right Mama
"Wanted Man" mp3
by Johnny Cash, 1969.
available on Essential Johnny Cash
"Seven Days" mp3
by Ron Wood, 1979.
available on Gimme Some Neck
"George Jackson" mp3
by JP Robinson, 1972.
available on Sanctified Soul
"Winterlude" mp3
by Joe Ely, 2005.
available on To: Kate a Benefit for Kate's Sake
"This Wheel's On Fire" mp3
by the Band, 1968.
available on Music From Big Pink
"Tears Of Rage" mp3
by Gene Clark, 1971.
available on Gene Clark (aka White Light)
"Most Of The Time" mp3
by Sophie Zelmani, 2003.
available on Masked & Anonymous
"Emotionally Yours" mp3
by the O'Jays, 2006.
available on Beautiful Ballads
"Paths of Victory" mp3
by Cat Power 2000.
available on The Covers Record
"City Of Gold" mp3
by the Dixie Hummingbirds, 2003.
available on Masked & Anonymous
"Just Like A Woman" mp3
by Nina Simone, 1971.
available on To Be Free- The Nina Simone Story
"Farewell Angelina" mp3
by Jeff Buckley, 1992
from WFMU's The Music Faucet
(courtesy: Nicholas Hill)
"I Shall Be Released" mp3
by the Flying Burrito Brothers, 1970.
available on Farther Along: Best Of The Flying Burrito Brothers
How can this possibly have no comments?
ReplyDeleteThe Beatles doing Dylan? Holy crap.
What a list! Going to so enjoy ploughing through this lot. This is what music blogs are all about.
ReplyDeletegreat collection, ted. if i become old and wise one day i hope I find the time to listen to this. BUT there's a severe problem: it takes an endless time to load the tracks to listen to or to download. is there something wrong with your mp3s?
ReplyDeletecheers, strawbery fred
whew! thanks Strawberry Fred. I thought it was me. I'm also suffering from AMAZING slow Dls, like the feed is trying to suck a golf ball through a garden hose.
ReplyDeleteMaybe a Zip or RAR file, Ted?
Sorry folks. What seemed like like a good idea, may be a little taxing on my server. Traffic is VERY heavy. For now, it'll be best to wait to download. I'll see if I can complile these into smaller zipfiles for download when I have the time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for a fantastic post. Can't wait to listen when dl is sorted out.
ReplyDeleteIncredible list. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteUGH!
ReplyDeleteDownloading that list was like pullin' teeth: took F-O-R-E-V-E-R. On a brighter note: now I get to listen ~ Yay!
wow,,thank you so very much!
ReplyDeleteone hell of a collection, ted, though i doubt those songs will be still played in another 70 years. cheers.
ReplyDeleteWow.. that's an impressive post!.. I look forward to working my way through them all. Thanks, Dave
ReplyDeletehats off, Ted. This is magnificent.
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Thanks very much for this. A lot of effort must have gone into putting this together (and then fixing it!).
ReplyDeleteAnd then there's Buck Owens doing "Love Minus Zero- No Limit." How could I have not known this existed?
Thank you so very much.
ReplyDeleteI, too, am experiencing uber-slow dl speeds, so will wait 'til traffic dies down to dl & listen - but didn't wan to wait to thank you!
This is magnificent stuff Ted; some real gems here. Thanks for putting the time in, and remember all you impatient dudes, anything this good is worth waiting for.
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ReplyDeleteThanks a lot!!!!
ReplyDeleteLots of surprises and stuff I haven't even read or heard about (like the George Jackson coverversion - which isn't on my CD-version of "Black America sings Bob Dylan - or the She's Your Lover Now-version)
this was incredible. really. i just finished downloading the whole thing, and man: my hat goes off to you.
ReplyDeletethank you very much.
Wonderful! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI'd love a zippedee doo dah, too.
ReplyDeleteZippedee be damned, I downloaded the whole thing. It looks delightful. I'm grateful to folks like Ted, who had the foresight to imagine unique Bob birthday celebrations. I must admit I'm experiencing Bobmas as a series of musical aftershocks thank to them.
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing these! I just added 70 new songs to my iPod.
ReplyDeleteI gave up several times last week, but patience is a virtue, virtue is a grace. These are frickin' fabulous. As a covers collector, how come I had heard or heard of barely half of these?
ReplyDeleteThank you, my Man.
WOW - Thanks so much. These are great!
ReplyDeletei just have to say thanks.
ReplyDeleteFor those experiencing slow download speeds here, just come back later. Mr. Barron leaves his posts up long enough for easy access. When his server isn't getting pounded, the dl speeds are fine (plus i listen while downloading so there's plenty of time to read, enjoy the photos & the music).
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you Mr. Barron for the thoughtful collection. There were a few here I had never heard before as well.
WOW! Amazingly well done (even if I seem to be short of the promised "70" -- but who counts among friends?)!
ReplyDeletewonderful. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteNice songs. I have downloaded almost every song. Great job.
ReplyDeletegreat ted! very nice coverlist. thanks man & may you -and your blog-stay forever young! john
ReplyDeleteCool list. Nice to see a couple of Byrds tunes on here. They were always my favorite interpreters of old Bob. At 1st glance, I count about 14 of the 70 that I have already in my vinyl or CD collection. Thanks for turning me on to covers I may not have seen before.
ReplyDeleteHow did I not know that Johnny Cash's "Wanted Man" was written by Dylan? Anyway, great list. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSo very worth it!
ReplyDeleteThanks,
Uncle Nick
"Changing of the Guards" is a great Patti Smith song! I can't wait for her "Outside Society" album to come out on August 23rd! It's gonna be a great collection of songs that spans her entire career :)
ReplyDeleteHi,
ReplyDeleteA bit late for the party as usual, but had to thank you for this fantastic compendium of Dylan songs. So in the mood for this right now...love the cross-sction, Mae West-->Patti Smith is truly something for everyone!
Love this website. Thanks so much.
wow
ReplyDeleteTHANKS
Just came across this amazing post. Wow!! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the words, and the music too.
ReplyDelete~j.b.