"Starlight
In The East"
Directory
of Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Songs: B
| Compiled by Alan Fraser |
Fredløs: Dylan På Norsk, 1997 Norwegian album by Åge Aleksandersen which contains a cover (in Norwegian) of the unreleased BOB DYLAN'S NEW ORLEANS RAG, under the title ÅGE ALEKSANDERSENS ISTEDGADE-RAG! Scan by Dave Plentus
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.)
| BABY DON’T YOU GO | Bob Dylan?, 1986 | H |
| Recorded in a hotel bar, Wellington, NZ, 06 Feb 1986 - possibly a variant of BABY PLEASE DON'T GO | ||
| BABY GIVE IT UP | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1979 | N? |
| Recorded in May 1979, probably at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, copyrighted 19 Jun 1979 | ||
| BABY OF MINE | Bob Dylan?, 1961 | H |
| From the "First McKenzie tape", recorded at the home of Eve and Mac McKenzie, New York, 23 Nov 1961 | ||
| BABY LOU | Bob Dylan/one or more members of The Band, 1969-71 | N? |
| An otherwise unknown song listed by Tim Dunn in his new book "The Bob Dylan Copyright Files: Supplement 1" (Rolling Tomes, 2000) - no recording or performance is known | ||
| BABY WON’T YOU BE MY BABY | 1967 | H |
| Most commonly-found name of a Basement Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, July-September 1967, actually copyrighted under the title I LOOKED AS FAR AS I COULD SEE | ||
| BABYLON | Johnny Cash, 1967 | H |
| One of the songs from "The Genuine Basement Tapes", this is a mis-identification of Johnny Cash’s BELCHEZAAR | ||
| BACK TO THE WALL | Bob Dylan?, 1983 | N? |
| Song recorded during the "Infidels" sessions at The Power Station, New York, 13 Apr 1983 | ||
| BACON FAT | Robbie Robertson/Garth Hudson, 1967 | N |
| Mentioned in the article "Mining The Bob Dylan Copyright Files" in "On The Tracks 9" (Fall, 1996) as an unknown Dylan song, but actually a Basement Tapes song recorded by The Band alone at Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, July-September 1967. Recorded by Taj Mahal on his 1969 Columbia album "Giant Step" (information from Tim Dunn and Gil Walker) | ||
| BALLAD FOR A FRIEND | 1962 | D |
Leeds demo, recorded Leeds
Music offices, New York, January 1962 - lyrics on
bobdylan.com  , also known as SITTING
ON THE RAILROAD TRACK |
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| BALLAD OF A GLIDING SWAN | Evan Jones/Bob Dylan, 1962 | M |
| From BBC TV play "Mad House On Castle Street", recorded at BBC Studios, London, 30 Dec 1962, also known as SWAN ON THE LAKE. Largely written by the play's author, Evan Jones, but with some lines added by Bob, To be broadcast on BBC4 in the UK in a documentary called "Dylan In The Madhouse" in Sep 2005 | ||
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| THE BALLAD OF EASY RIDER | Bob Dylan/Roger McGuinn, 1969 | N |
| Bob wrote the first 2 lines of this song before passing it to Roger - it was originally credited to "Dylan/McGuinn" (copyrighted 18 Aug 1969), but Roger told the Internet newsgroup rec.music.dylan that Bob phoned him up in the middle of the night and asked him to take his name off the credits because he didn't need the money! The story of Bob's removal from the credits is now also given in the booklet with the digitally remastered CD reissue of the Byrds album of the same name. Some say that Bob asked for his name to be taken off the song because he disagreed with the ending of the "Easy Rider" film, but Roger says this wasn't the reason (although Bob certainly didn't like the film's ending). The soundtrack album also contains The Byrds' cover of It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, and their cover of It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) is in the film but not on the soundtrack album | ||
| BALLAD OF THE OX BOW INCIDENT | 1961 | N? |
| Bob mentioned this as a song in progress in an interview with Robert Shelton in December, 1961, but no other evidence of the song is known | ||
| BANK ACCOUNT BLUES | 1965 | O |
| Recording session sheet title of I’LL KEEP IT WITH MINE, released on "Biograph" | ||
| BECAUSE I CARE | ? | ? |
| Deliberately misleading song title used on an early vinyl bootleg - I have no information as to which song it is | ||
| BELL TOWER BLUES | 1974 | N? Y |
| Lyrics of this song are reported by Clinton Heylin to have been found in a notebook containing lyrics of the "Blood On The Tracks" songs, and two lines are reproduced on page 310 of Bob Dylan's "Lyrics 1962-2001" (Simon & Schuster). However, no studio or live version is known. Also known as CLIMBING UP THE BELL TOWER. Antonio J Iriate describes it as an early version of CALL LETTER BLUES, released in 1991 on "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3" | ||
| BE CAREFUL | 1981 | N? |
| Recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at Clover Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, 23 Apr 1981 | ||
| BENDING DOWN ON MY STOMICK LOOKING WEST | 1965 | S |
| Out-take from "Bringing It All Back Home", recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 13 Jan 1965 (CO85280), also known as YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THAT | ||
| THE BEST OF ALL | 1961 | L |
| Alternate title of TALKIN’ FOLKLORE CENTER, see above | ||
| BETTER HAVE IT ALL | 1988? | N? |
| Song copyrighted as part of the Dwarf Music catalogue in October 1988 - thanks to Tim Dunn for the information | ||
| BIG CITY BLUES | 1961 | N? Y |
| Lyrics in a manuscript left by Bob at the home of Eve and Mac McKenzie after staying there in Summer 1961, reproduced on page 2 of Bob Dylan's "Lyrics 1962-2001" (Simon & Schuster) | ||
| BIG BLACK TRAIN | Bob Dylan/Monte Edwardson, 1958 | N |
| Song written by Bob with Monte Edwardson when he was a member of the Golden Chords in Hibbing, MN. Lyrics are given in the article "God Said To Abraham" by Derek Barker in "Isis: A Bob Dylan Anthology" (Helter Skelter Books, UK, 2001) | ||
| BILLY SURRENDERS | 1973 | S |
| Instrumental recorded during "Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid" sessions, CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City, 20 Jan 1973 - also known as SPEEDBALL | ||
| BLACK DALLI RUE | 1965 | O |
| Recording session sheet title of POSITIVELY 4TH STREET, released as single and on "Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits" (in UK and elsewhere not until "More Greatest Hits") | ||
| BLACK DOG BLUES | 1966 | O |
| Recording session sheet title for OBVIOUSLY FIVE BELIEVERS, released on "Blonde On Blonde" | ||
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| BLACKJACK BLUES | Bob Dylan?, 1960 | N? |
Reported to have been
composed May 1960 - reports talk of "a song about a
gambler" and "a song about a train", this
is the gambling one! In "Isis" #44 Anthony Scaduto is quoted
as saying that Bob told him a song called BLACKJACK BLUES was
"his first original folk song". The following lyric fragment
was quoted:
However, John White reported in "Isis" #46 that the lyrics are very similar to a song called BLACKJACK recorded by Ray Charles in 1958 and available today on the CD set "The Birth Of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings 1952-1959" (Atlantic 82310-2) so this may not actually be a Dylan original. There is also a song called BLACKJACK BLUES written by J.T. Brown, which turns up on several blues records - this was also performed live by Johnny Winter, Louisville, KY, 6 Apr 1977 |
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| BLESSED IS THE NAME [BLESSED BE THE NAME] | Bob Dylan, 1979 | L |
| Performed in concert 43 times in late 1979 and in early 1980, copyrighted Special Rider Music, 13 Nov 1979, but never recorded in the studio according to Michael Krogsgaard's series of articles on "Bob Dylan’s Recording Sessions", originally published in "The Telegraph" and now continued in "The Bridge" | ||
| BLUES | 1969 | N? |
| Instrumental recorded during "Self Portrait" sessions at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 13 Feb 1969 (NCO98926) | ||
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| BOB DYLAN’S NEW ORLEANS RAG | 1963 | S L |
Out-take from "The Times They Are
A-Changin’", recorded on two occasions at Columbia Studios, New York,
firstly on 06, 07 & 12 Aug 1963 (CO78976) and secondly on 24 Oct 1963
(CO79693) - one of the August 1963 takes was short-listed for "The
Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3". Illustrated is a scan of a Warner Bros/7
Arts Music 10" acetate including this take. The only known live
performance of this song was at New York Town Hall on 12 Apr 1963, and
this was scheduled for release on the shelved 1964 live album "Bob Dylan
In Concert", so NEW ORLEANS RAG has missed out on being officially
released in both studio and live versions! Obviously a strong candidate
for a future "Bootleg Series" release... Lyrics on bobdylan.com  Available officially
as a cover in Norwegian by Åge Aleksandersen, see the
top of this page, and also covered by Italian rocker Michel Montecrossa on his "Bob Dylan Fest 2001"
6CD boxed set (Mira Sound Germany, 2001) |
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| BOLERO | 1981 | N? |
| Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at Clover Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, 23 Apr 1981 - Ravel’s BOLERO? J | ||
| BORDERLINE | Bob Dylan?, 1983 | N? |
| Song recorded during the "Infidels" sessions at The Power Station, New York, 20 Apr 1983 - this could be ACROSS THE BORDERLINE by Ry Cooder, John Hiatt and Jim Dickinson, which Bob performed in concert with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 1986 and several times in the 90s | ||
| BORROWED TIME | 1981 | S |
| Alternate title of (WE'RE LIVING ON) BORROWED TIME, out-take from "Shot Of Love", recorded Cream Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 01 Apr 1981 | ||
| BOTTLENECK POLKA | Date? | N? |
| Song copyrighted by Bob at SESAC - it's possible it could be one of two instrumentals performed during "Play, Lady, Play", episode 4 of season 3 of the US ABC TV comedy series "Dharma & Greg", first broadcast 12 Oct 1999. Thanks to Dag Braathen and Tim Dunn for information | ||
| BOUND TO LOSE, BOUND TO WIN | 1963 | D |
| Witmark demo, recorded Witmark offices, New York, March 1963, adaptation of a Woody Guthrie song | ||
| BOURBON STREET | 1967 | H |
| Basement Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, July-September 1967 | ||
Michel Montecrossa's 2002 Mira Sound Germany album Fieldmouse From
Nebraska, featuring this song and nine other "co-compositions"
| BOWLING ALLEY BLUES | Bob Dylan/Michel Montecrossa, 2002 | O |
Like JACK O'
DIAMONDS,
not strictly a Dylan song, but a written lyric
of Bob's set to music without authorisation by Italian
"Cyber-rocker" Michel Montecrossa on his Mira Sound Germany album "Fieldmouse
From Nebraska" (Germany, 2002), see
- thanks to David Plentus for spotting this item! Along with FIELDMOUSE
FROM NEBRASKA, the handwritten lyrics can be found on the
endpapers of the hardback edition of Bob's 1973 book "Writings
& Drawings" |
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| BRING IT ON HOME | 1967 | H |
| Basement Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, July-September 1967, based on Bo Diddley's BRING IT TO JEROME | ||
| BROADWAY STRUT | Date? | N? |
| Song copyrighted by Bob at SESAC - probably an instrumental. Further details required! Thanks to Dag Braathen and Tim Dunn for information | ||
| BROKEN/BROKEN DAYS | 1989 | S |
| Early version of EVERYTHING IS BROKEN, released on "Oh Mercy" | ||
| BROOKLYN ANTHEM | 1983 | S |
| Recording session sheet title of first version of CLEAN CUT KID, out-take from "Infidels", recorded at The Power Station, New York, 14-15 April, 1983 - the second version was eventually released on "Empire Burlesque" | ||
| BROOKLYN GIRLS | 1961 | N? |
| Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that the page with the handwritten lyrics of this unfinished song were auctioned on the Internet on 24 Jun 2006 - no recording or performance is known | ||
| BROWN SKINNED GIRL | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1979 | N? |
| Believed to have been rehearsed at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, May 1979 | ||
| BUTCHER'S CREW | ||
| 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 | ||
| BUTTONS + BUNS | Bob Dylan?, 1983 | N? |
| Song recorded during the "Infidels" sessions at The Power Station, New York, 29 Apr 1983 - could be the 1948 Oscar-winning song BUTTONS AND BOWS from "The Paleface" by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston, as recorded by Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Gene Autrey, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, etc. | ||
| BY THE WAY, THAT'S A CUTE HAT | 1983 | O |
| Recording session sheet title of SWEETHEART LIKE YOU, released on "Infidels", also called IN A PLACE or IN A PLACE LIKE THIS | ||
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