"Starlight
In The East"
Directory
of Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Songs: A
| Compiled by Alan Fraser |
I Shall Be Unreleased, Rhino Records, 1991 - a compilation album of cover versions of then unreleased Dylan songs which includes the still unreleased AIN'T NO MAN RIGHTEOUS, NO NOT ONE performed by Jah Malla - this album title was my first choice for the title of this directory!
Revised:
07 May, 2008
"Searching For A Gem" (Home page) |
For the meanings of the song title colours and the circulation codes used in this directory, please see the header page for this section (click on "Up" below).
(Indefinite and definite articles at the beginning of song titles are ignored, so A WOMAN LIKE YOU is on the "W" page, and THE KING IS ON THE THRONE is on the "K" page.)
| ABRAHAM'S ALTAR | ||
| One of the fake titles circulated on the Internet in January 1997 as part of a hoax about a new album to be called "Stormy Season" - see STORMY SEASON for more details | ||
| ACES AND EIGHTS | 1962 | O |
| Alternate title of RAMBLING, GAMBLING WILLIE, released on "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3" | ||
| AFTERNOON | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1978 or 1979 | N? |
| An otherwise unknown song listed by Tim Dunn in his new book "The Bob Dylan Copyright Files: Supplement 1" (Rolling Tomes, 2000) - a version may exist with vocals by Helena Springs | ||
| AH AH AH [AH AH AH AH] | 1981 | S |
| Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions, Clover Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, 01 May 1981, also found as HIGH AWAY | ||
| AHOOOAH (OWAU) | 1970 | N? |
| Instrumental recorded during "New Morning" sessions, Columbia Studios, New York, 05 Jun 1970 (CO107279) | ||
| AIN’T GONNA GO TO HELL FOR ANYBODY | 1980 | L (both tours) |
| Performed live in 1980 April-May and then November-December - no studio version known, a live version from Toronto, Canada, May 1980, was short-listed for "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3" | ||
Warner Bros/7 Arts Music 10" acetate of AIN'T GONNA
GRIEVE NO MORE, scan by A.J. LaRue
| AIN’T A-GONNA GRIEVE [AIN’T GONNA GRIEVE NO MORE] | 1963 | D |
Witmark demo, August 1963,
lyrics on bobdylan.com
 Illustrated is a scan of a
Warner Bros/7 Arts Music 10" acetate of the demo |
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| AIN’T IT FUNNY | 1974 | N? |
| Rumoured out-take from "Blood On The Tracks", recorded A&R Studios, New York, September 1974 - not listed by Michael Krogsgaard or Tim Dunn, but may be one of the incomplete takes | ||
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| AIN’T NO MAN RIGHTEOUS (NO NOT ONE) | 1979 | L (both dates mentioned below) |
Out-take from "Slow
Train Coming", recorded Muscle Shoals Studio,
Sheffield, AL, 01 & 03 May 1979, one of these recordings was short-listed for
"The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3". Circulating
versions come from two live performances in November 1979
and May 1980. Also sung live by Regina Havis and
available officially as a cover by Jah Malla on their
self-titled album (Modern Records, 1981) and also on the compilation of Dylan
unreleased songs "I Shall Be Unreleased"
(Rhino). It's also available covered by Maria Muldaur on her 1984 album
"Live In London" (available on CD, Angel Air SJPCD109, UK,
2002). She's also covered the unreleased song WELL
WELL WELL. Lyrics on bobdylan.com  |
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| AIR TO BREATHE | 1970 | N? |
| Copyrighted May 1970, no other details known | ||
| ALCATRAZ TO THE 5TH POWER | 1964 | O |
| Recording session sheet title of FAREWELL ANGELINA, released on "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3" | ||
| ALL AMERICAN BOY | 1967 | H |
| Basement Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, July-September 1967 - copyrighted by Bob in 1973, but actually based on the song by Bobby Bare | ||
 Warner Bros/7 Arts Music 10" acetate of ALL OVER YOU, scan by A.J. LaRue |
 The Legend of Paul Revere, 1990 Columbia 2CD compilation from Paul Revere and The Raiders containing ALL OVER YOU |
 ALL OVER YOU by Dave Van Ronk with The Red Onion Jazz Band is on the LP In The Tradition, Prestige/Folklore 14001 (1963), reissue (also on LP) Prestige PR 7800 |
| ALL OVER YOU | 1963 | D R L |
Witmark demo, February
1963 - illustrated is a scan of a Warner Bros/7 Arts Music 10" acetate
of the demo. Also on the "Banjo Tape" rehearsal with Gil Turner and
Happy Traum, recorded in the basement of Gerdes Folk City, New York,
08 Feb 1963 (sometimes
placed wrongly, e.g. by Happy Traum, as having been recorded at the home of Gil Turner
in New York, 21 Jan 1963, but now confirmed by the recordist Peter Siegel as
actually being from Gerdes Folk City in February). Also performed live
at the New York Town Hall, 12 Apr 1963. This song is available officially only as covers by Dave
Van Ronk and Paul Revere and the Raiders (under the title IF I HAD TO DO
IT ALL OVER AGAIN, I'D DO IT ALL OVER YOU).
Lyrics on bobdylan.com
 (Scans and information from Dave Plentus) |
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| ALL THE WAY | 1981 | S |
| Instrumental, recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions, Los Angeles, CA, April 1981 (not the Frank Sinatra hit!) | ||
| ALL THE WAY DOWN | 1981 | S |
| Recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions, Cream Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 01 Apr 1981 | ||
| ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DREAM | 1967 | H |
| Basement Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, July-September 1967 | ||
 Jimmy Newman (Decca, 1961) - original album by Jimmy Newman (no "C" then) including ALLIGATOR MAN |
 The Cajun Country Of A Louisiana Man (Edsel, 2001) - compilation by Jimmy "C" Newman including ALLIGATOR MAN |
 Cajun Classics (K-Tel, 1997) - various artists compilation including ALLIGATOR MAN by Jimmy "C" Newman |
 Best Of The Vanguard Years (Vanguard, 2002) - compilation by the Greenbriar Boys including their version of ALLIGATOR MAN |
| ALLIGATOR MAN | Floyd Chance/Jimmy "C" Newman, 1970 | N? |
| From "New Morning" sessions, 3 complete takes recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 01 Jun 1970 (CO106776), this song was shortlisted to appear on the 1973 "Dylan" album but not selected. It's author is unidentified by Michael Krogsgaard, but it seems likely it's the 1961 Cajun hit by Jimmy "C" Newman, also included on his 1961 Decca album "Jimmy Newman" (the "C" is a latter addition - not his middle initial, it stands for "Cajun"!). ALLIGATOR MAN has also appeared on several other Newman albums (live and compilations), on multi-artist Cajun compilations, and has been covered by artists such as the Greenbriar Boys, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the Meteors and Alex Chilton - scans required of the original 7" single! | ||
| ALRIGHT | 1967 | H |
| Basement Tapes song usually known as I'M ALRIGHT or IT'S ALRIGHT, recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, July-September 1967 | ||
| ALMOST DONE (THE DAWN IS GONNA SHINE) | 1984 | R (both dates) |
| Worked on during rehearsals at the Beverly Theatre, Los Angeles, CA on 23 May 1984, and again at the Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy, on 27 May 1984, but not performed in public and no studio version is known to exist | ||
| ALMOST ENDLESS SLEEP | Bob Dylan?, 1987 | S |
| Recorded during "Down In The Groove" sessions, Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, 1 May 1987 | ||
| ALMOST PERSUADED | 1981 | S |
| Recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions, Los Angeles, CA, April 1981 - note this is not the country hit written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton | ||
| AM I NOT YOUR STEPCHILD? | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1978 | L |
| Alternate title of STEPCHILD, also known as YOU TREAT ME LIKE A STEPCHILD | ||
| AMAZING GRACE | 2003 | M |
| Despite the fact it's one of the world's most popular songs, this song is copyrighted by Bob at SESAC as part of the 2003 "Masked & Anonymous" film music! Thanks to Tim Dunn for information | ||
| ANCIENT MEMORIES | 1964 | O |
| Recording session sheet title of MY BACK PAGES, released on "Another Side of Bob Dylan" | ||
| AND HE’S KILLED ME TOO - BILLY (REPRISE) | 1973 | S |
| Instrumental recorded at the "Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid OST" sessions, CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City, 20 Jan 1973 | ||
| ANGEL OF RAIN | 1984 | N? |
| Rumoured to have been recorded at Bob's home studio, Malibu, CA, April-May 1984 - included on a list of songs to be played on tour handed out to journalists at a press conference in Italy, May 1984, along with DIRTY LIE and ENOUGH IS ENOUGH (both of which are in circulation) but not performed | ||
| ANGEL, WHAT’D I DO? | 1978 | N? |
| Rehearsed at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, Sep 1978 - included on a tour playlist but never actually performed | ||
| ANSWER TO ODE | 1967 | O |
| Original title of CLOTHES LINE SAGA, released on "The Basement Tapes", which was written as an answer to ODE TO BILLY JOE by Bobbie Gentry | ||
| APOLLO'S LOVE | ||
| One of the fake titles circulated on the Internet in January 1997 as part of a hoax about a new album to be called "Stormy Season" - see STORMY SEASON for more details - the title is a reference to Bob's known antipathy towards the US space programme! | ||
| AROUND AND AROUND (?) | Bob Dylan?, 1984 | R |
| Rehearsed at the Beverley
Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 23 May 1984 - not the Chuck
Berry song, which Bob has also performed, although there is not a
copyrighted Dylan song of this title Information from Gil Walker: "In his autobiography (which seems to contain more reliable information on the '84 tour than I've seen elsewhere) - Ian McLagen reports that Dylan briefly rehearsed a cover of a "naff" Jimmy Cliff song, at Carlos Santana's suggestion. Any chance this is it?" Jimmy Cliff does not seem to have recorded or copyrighted a song with this title, but it may not be correct - for example the song listed in Dylan reference works as I'LL BE AROUND is actually called I'M GLAD I GOT TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN! Information please! Note to non-British readers: "naff" means "unfashionable, lacking in style", i.e. the opposite of hip or cool. |
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| AS IT IS BEFORE | Earth Opera, 1968 | N |
| One of a list of songs listed as being on unreleased acetates by Bob Dylan in various record collecting reference books, such as the "'Music Master' Price Guide for Record Collectors" by Nick Hamlyn, published by MBC Information Services, London - in fact these acetates are by Earth Opera, a late 1960s Boston rock group. The confusion is said originally to have arisen because "Earth Opera" was the next entry after "Bob Dylan" in a directory, but their name was omitted so that their titles appeared under Bob's name. Since then, this incorrect information has been repeated in other books such as the one above. | ||
| AS TIME PASSES BY | Bob Dylan?,1985 | S |
| Out-take from "Knocked Out Loaded", recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, 17 Apr 1985 | ||
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| AS WE SAILED INTO SKIBBEREEN | Jackie Leven/Bob Dylan, 1988 | N |
In "The Telegraph", issue 51,
Scottish singer Jackie Leven, former leader of punk band Doll By Doll,
recounts how he met Bob Dylan in a Berlin hotel bar on 5 Oct
1988, and subsequently travelled with him by train from Berlin to St.
Petersburg in Russia. During the journey, Leven says he showed Bob
some song lyrics he had written, and Bob suggested he set them to
the melody of ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS. This Leven subsequently
did, although the song, credited to "Jackie Leven/Bob Dylan"
wasn't released until 1994 when it appeared on the above CD single
(Cooking Vinyl FRY CD 036). However, on 5
Oct 1998, Bob is known to
have been in Beverley Hills, California (see Clinton Heylin's "A
Life In Stolen Moments: Bob Dylan Day By Day 1941-1995"), so the
truth of this story is in doubt. Columbia forced Leven's single to be withdrawn in the UK, although
apparently not in Germany according to Jackie Leven fan Dieter Petzold,
who also explains that Jackie is known for his tall tales and leg pulls,
of which this is one.
The song is however now available on his 1996 Cooking Vinyl album
"The Argyle Cycle" (Cooking Vinyl COOK CD 101/7710018). For
more details see the Cooking Vinyl web-site
- thanks to Hans Marijnissen for information about this CD). For
another "co-composition" from 2004 by Jackie Leven based on the same story, see
MOSCOW TRAIN |
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| AVERAGE PEOPLE | Bob Dylan?, 1982 | N? |
| Recorded at Rundown
Studios, Santa Monica, CA, 01 Jun 1982 - there's no recorded copyright
record by Bob for this song. Mona Lisa Young, one of Bob's backing
singers, sang a song called ORDINARY PEOPLE in concert in Nov
1979. ORDINARY PEOPLE is a modern gospel song written by the
late Danniebelle Hall, and it's possible that the song title was
misnamed. For more information about Danniebelle Hall's recording of
this song, see
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