"Starlight
In The East"
Directory
of Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Songs: L
| Compiled by Alan Fraser |
The August 2000 first CD reissue of the 1965 RCA Victor album Odetta Sings Dylan, which contains her versions of the still unreleased Dylan songs LONG AGO, FAR AWAY and LONG TIME GONE. (Camden Deluxe/BMG, 74321 773802, available worldwide except USA & Canada - thanks to Dr Hanns Peter Bushoff of BMG Germany for the copy of the album. US & Canadian residents should be able to buy the album easily online from amazon.co.uk, for example)
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.)
| LA LA LA | Ray Price/Leonard McRight, 1989 | L |
| This is probably HEY LA LA, a cover performed in May-July 1989 | ||
| LAS VEGAS BLUES | 1970 | S |
| Spontaneous song recorded with George Harrison during the "New Morning" sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 01 Jun 1970 (no CO no.), also known as WONDER WHEN MY SWAMP’S GONNA CATCH ON FIRE and TELEPHONE WIRE - frequently misidentified as an out-take from "Self Portrait" recorded Columbia Studios, Nashville, May 1969 | ||
| LAUGHING WHEN YOU WANT TO CRY | Bob Dylan/Gene Simmons, 1991 | D |
| Song co-written with Gene Simmons of
Kiss, who said when interviewed in 1996: "Bob Dylan and I
wrote a tune together, which has yet to come out, which we have yet to
completely finish, although it's been demoed already. I wrote a lyric
for it called LAUGHING
WHEN YOU WANT TO CRY. But certainly when I sat in the same room with him in my guest house, 'cause he came to my house to write this tune, you're aware of people that have been here before you, who have made their mark while I was still in diapers. This is the king of lyrics. For me to sit in the same room and be treated as an equal is the highest honor. Then to find out one of the girls in his band, Scarlet Rivera, who I used to see for awhile, she knew nothing about the band when we first started out. I told her we wear makeup and she went back and told Bob and for a while he started wearing whiteface. KISS! Been there, done it, bought the T-shirt." Other sources date this collaboration as being from just before the time Kiss released their "Revenge" album in 1992. There's no other information about who actually recorded the demo mentioned. Thanks to Gil Walker for the information - for a song co-written by Bob and Gene Simmons around 1996 see WAITING FOR THE MORNING LIGHT |
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| LEAVING IT ALL UP TO YOU | 1981 | N? |
| Recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, May-June 1981, no other details known | ||
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| LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE | 1978 | C |
Soundchecked by Bob in Detroit, MI, 13 Oct 1978, but never performed live and no
known studio version - available officially only as a cover by
Billy Cross' Delta Cross Band on their 1981 album "Up
Front" (Medley MdLP 6065, Denmark) and also as the B-side of their single BACK
ON THE ROAD AGAIN (Medley MdS 176, Denmark, 1981). Billy
Cross was the lead guitarist on Bob's 1978 world tour and appears on
"Bob Dylan At Budokan" and "Street-Legal" - he
subsequently moved to Denmark to live and work. Lyrics of the
song are on bobdylan.com
 Thanks
to Karl Erik Andersen and Olav Langum for information about these
releases, and to Peter Gilmer for the copy of the 7" single |
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| LET ME SEE | 1981 or 1982 | S |
| Recorded at unknown location, probably Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, copyrighted 1985 | ||
Green Light by Bonnie Raitt (Warner Bros BSK 3630, 1982), with
her cover of the unreleased Dylan song LET'S KEEP IT BETWEEN US - scan by Dave
Plentus
| LET’S KEEP IT BETWEEN US | 1980 | L |
| Performed live
November-December 1980, no known Dylan studio version -
available officially only as a cover by Bonnie Raitt on
her 1982 Warner Bros album "Green Light". Lyrics on bobdylan.com
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The People Versus Vanlustbäder
- 2006 Nomadic Music album featuring "co-composition" LET'S ROLL 'EM
| LET’S ROLL 'EM | Bob Dylan/Shane Bruun, 2005 | N? |
Thanks to Tim Dunn for information about
this apparent co-composition between Bob and a member of the Australian
group Vanlustbäder. The song actually just
quotes a few lines of SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES, almost
certainly done without Bob's involvement.
The band are releasing this on a Nomadic Music album called "The People Versus Vanlustbäder"
on 3 Apr 2006. For more details, see
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LEVEN NA DE DOOD - Dutch EMI CD single of Freek de Jonge's Dutch dialect
version of DEATH IS NOT THE END, scan by Hans Seegers (Bob's name is
shown as composer with Freek de Jonge)
| LEVEN NA DE DOOD | 1983 | O |
| Alternate title in Dutch Amsterdam dialect for DEATH IS NOT THE END, recorded in 1983 for the "Infidels" sessions, but not released until 1988 on "Down In The Groove". Hans Seegers says: "This is a free translation in Dutch of DEATH IS NOT THE END, namely "Life After Death", not in pure Dutch but in a dialect. This song was some years ago very famous in Holland performed by a cabaret performer called Freek de Jonge, and is available on CD." Thanks to Jack from Canada, Hans Seegers and Tim Dunn for information | ||
L'Homme Orchestre (Barclay 70.854,
France, 1965), EP on which Hugues Aufray first sang his French translation
of MR. TAMBOURINE MAN, scan by David Plentus
| L'HOMME ORCHESTRE | Bob Dylan/Hugues Aufray/Pierre Delanoë, 1965 | O |
| Song copyrighted by Bob at SESAC - thanks
to Dag Braathen for information. Thanks to Tim Dunn for identifying this as a
French translation of MR. TAMBOURINE MAN from "Bringing It All
Back Home". Thanks to David Plentus for pointing out that this
version was recorded by Hugues Aufray for an EP in 1965
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then live in 1966. The original version was available on CD as a bonus
track on the 1992 reissue of the 1965 album "Hugues Aufray Chante
Dylan" (Barclay 519 308-2, France, 1993), although the latest
Barclay/Polygram remastered reissue of the album has no bonus tracks.
Hugues has also since re-recorded it in 1995
and released a 1996 live version! (Hugues' co-writer Pierre
Delanoë also co-wrote with Gilbert Bécaud the original French
version of LET IT BE ME, recorded by Bob in 1969 for "Self
Portrait" and in 1981 for the B-side of HEART OF MINE) |
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| LIFE AND DEATH OF DON WHITE | 1962 | O |
| Alternate title mentioned in Izzy Young's diary "Other Scenes", published 1968, for THE BALLAD OF DONALD WHITE, recorded 1962 and released on the "Broadside Reunion" album in 1971 under the pseudonym of "Blind Boy Grunt" | ||
The Traveling Wilburys Collection - 2007 Rhino boxed set containing the previously
unreleased LIKE A SHIP
| LIKE A SHIP | Bob Dylan/George Harrison/Jeff Lynne/Tom Petty, 1990 | S |
| Out-take from "Traveling Wilburys Vol. 3", recorded at Wilbury Mountain Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 1990, finally released on the 2007 Rhino boxed set, "The Traveling Wilburys Collection", see 2007 Wilburys | ||
| LITTLE BABY | 1966 | N? |
| Possible song title listed on the manuscript page of PLEDGING MY TIME, included in "Rough Songs" by Stephen Bishop - for more details see CROSS ROADS | ||
| LITTLE RICHARD | 1959 | H |
| Song heard in part in the 2005 Martin Scorcese documentary "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home". Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information it is copyrighted by Bob Dylan | ||
| LITTLE BIT OF RAIN | 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, but no studio or live version is known. It is suggested that this is an early version of what became BUCKETS OF RAIN, released on "Blood On The Tracks" - if that’s right the song got a whole lot wetter! J | ||
| LIVERPOOL GAL | 1963 | H |
| Recorded at Tony Glover's home, New York, Jul 1963. Performed on radio in the UK in 1992 on BBC Radio Merseyside by Ormskirk duo Lennon and Hyam, introduced by John Bauldie. Thanks to Gil Walker for information | ||
| LOCK UP YOUR DOOR | 1967 | H |
| Basement Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, July-September 1967 | ||
| A LONG HAIRED MULE AND A PORKEPINE | 1966 | O |
| Recording session sheet title for RAINY DAY WOMEN #12 & 35, released on "Blonde On Blonde" (spelling as shown!) | ||
| LOOK AT BARRY RUN | 1965 | O |
| Recording session sheet title of CAN YOU PLEASE CRAWL OUT YOUR WINDOW, released as a single in December 1965, and on album on "Biograph" | ||
| LONELY DREAMER | Bob Dylan/Clydie King?, 1984 | N? |
| Reported to have been recorded at Bob's home studio, Malibu, CA, March 1984 | ||
| LONESOME RIVER’S EDGE | Bob Dylan?, 1963 | R |
| From the "Banjo Tape" rehearsal with Gil Turner and Happy Traum, Gerdes Folk City, New York, 08 Feb 1963 (see comments for ALL OVER YOU) | ||
| LONESOME WOULD BE NOTHING AT ALL | 1970 | O |
| Recording session sheet title of studio version of TOMORROW IS A LONG TIME recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 04 Jun 1970, during "New Morning" sessions (a 1963 live version of this song was released on "More Greatest Hits"/"Greatest Hits Vol. 2") | ||
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| LONG AGO, FAR AWAY | 1962 | D |
| Witmark demo, recorded at
Witmark offices, New York, November 1962, short-listed
for "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3". Like LONG
TIME GONE below this song appeared on the Warner Bros
Publisher's Sampler LP XTD 221567 - see "Searching For A Gem",
1967.
Available officially only in cover versions by Odetta on her
album "Odetta Sings Dylan" (see top of this page and below), by the Brothers
Four (see above), and by the Black Country Three on their 1966 UK debut
album on Transatlantic TRA-140, collected on the May
2001 various artist compilation "It Ain't Me,
Babe/Zimmerman Framed: The Songs Of Bob Dylan" (Castle
Communications CMRCD 261, UK). Lyrics on bobdylan.com
. Thanks to David Plentus and Jack from Canada for information and
scans. |
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 Chicago Blues Masters Vol. 3 (Capitol, 1997) - 2CD set also containing James Cotton's cover of LONG DISTANCE OPERATOR |
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| LONG DISTANCE OPERATOR | 1965 | L |
| Performed live by Bob and The Hawks
(later The Band) in late 1965. There is only one confirmed
performance,
at Berkeley, CA, on 04 Dec 1965, but it may have been played at other
shows in this tour, notably Chicago, IL, 26 Nov 1965 (perhaps its live
debut). Thanks to Bob Stacy who writes: "In the "Chicago
Tribune", 27 Nov 65 (the day following the show at Aire Crown Theater, 26 Nov 65), the reviewer Bruce
Plowman noted, "Dylan introduced a new song last night, one which he wrote,
called 'Long Distance Operator'." Also, someone who attended
the show at San José, CA, 12 Dec 1965, remembers hearing the song. No studio version
is known.
The song is on the Columbia "Basement Tapes" album, but in a
cover version by The Band. Lyrics on bobdylan.com
Thanks to Tim Dunn for the
information that the song first appeared on the album by the James
Cotton Blues Band "Taking Care Of Business" (Capitol SM-814, USA, 1970)
and to David Plentus for telling me that it can also be found on the 2CD
compilation "Chicago Blues Masters Vol. 3" (Capitol 36288, USA, 1997).
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for
pointing out that the version of Long Distance Operator (4:32) on the
2005 boxed set "The Band - A Musical History" (Capitol
72435-77409-6, USA, 2005)
is listed as previously unreleased and recorded at Goldstar Studios, Los
Angeles, CA, 21 Feb 1968. The so-called Basement Tapes version is
3:40, but the new performance is in fact the same recording with an
edited verse restored. (It is actually well known that not all the Band
tracks included on The Basement Tapes album were the versions
that were actually recorded there!) |
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| LONG TIME GONE | 1962 | H D |
| Performed for home
recordings in Minnesota and New York from August 1962,
and later as a Witmark demo at Witmark offices, New York,
March 1963. This song was included on the Warner Bros
Publisher's Sampler LP XTD 221567 (see "Searching For A Gem",
1967).
Available as a cover by Odetta on her album "Odetta
Sings Dylan" and by Hamilton Camp on his "Paths
Of Victory" album along with GUESS I'M DOIN'
FINE (see the "G" page for a picture of the album).
Thanks to Tim Dunn for informing me that on the latest CD release of
this album the song title is incorrectly shown as LONG TIME AGO on the
rear insert and the CD itself. It's correctly titled in the historical
notes and reproduction of the LP back cover in the CD booklet. Lyrics on bobdylan.com |
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| LOOK YONDER | Bob Dylan?, 1984 | N? |
| Song recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, 6 & 7 Dec 1984, during the "Empire Burlesque" sessions. It's possible it could be Elmore James' LOOK ON YONDER WALL | ||
| LOOKING THRU MY BACK DOOR | ? | ? |
| Otherwise unknown song copyrighted by Bob at ASCAP before he left for SESAC in 1997. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information | ||
| LOST IN A DREAM | 1969 | O |
| Recording session sheet title of TIME PASSES SLOWLY, released on "New Morning" | ||
| LOUISA or LUISA | Traditional, 1967 | H |
| This song, listed as THE SPANISH SONG on "The Genuine Basement Tapes", is actually traditional | ||
| LOVE COPY | 1975 | O |
| Reported by Larry Sloman as recorded during the "Desire" sessions. The Dylan Recording Sessions series of articles by Michael Krogsgaard in "The Telegraph" reveals this to have been the recording session sheet title of ABANDONED LOVE, released on "Biograph" | ||
| LOVE CRAZY | ? | ? |
| Song copyrighted by Bob at ASCAP before he left for SESAC in 1997. This may be Bob's copyrighting of his version of Tampa Red's SHE'S LOVE CRAZY, performed live many times in 1978. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information | ||
Two albums on which Joan Baez sings LOVE IS
JUST A FOUR LETTER WORD, the 1968 Vanguard double LP Any
Day Now and the 1998 Vanguard CD Baez Sings
Dylan - scans by Dave Plentus
| LOVE WILL ENDURE | 1966 | N? |
| Possible song title listed on the manuscript page of PLEDGING MY TIME, included in "Rough Songs" by Stephen Bishop - for more details see CROSS ROADS | ||
 Greg Lake's solo album Greg (Chrysalis CHR 1357, UK, 1981) with his version of the unreleased Dylan/Springs song LOVE YOU TOO MUCH - the song was also released as a single (Chrysalis CHS 2553, UK, 1981) - scans by Dave Plentus |
 The Greg Lake Retrospective: From The Beginning - 1997 WEA/Atlantic/Rhino US CD compilation which also contains LOVE YOU TOO MUCH |
 High On The Hog - 1996 Pyramid/Rhino US album by The Band which also contains LOVE YOU TOO MUCH, scan by Jack from Canada |
| LOVE YOU TOO MUCH | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1978 | C L |
| No known studio version - performed live on two occasions only, at Binghamton, NY, 24 Sep 1978, and at Madison Square Garden, New York, 29 Sep 1978. Also soundchecked but not performed at New Haven, CT, 17 Sep 1978. Greg Lake released a cover with amended lyrics on his 1981 UK "Greg" album, now available on CD on his compilation album "From The Beginning" (WEA/Atlantic/Rhino, USA, 1997). Another version by The Band is on their "High On The Hog" album (Pyramid/Rhino 72404, USA, 1996, reissued in 2006 as Titan/Pyramid 501042, USA). Lyrics of this song are in the book "Lyrics 1962-1985" although not on bobdylan.com. Also known as I MUST LOVE YOU TOO MUCH. Thanks to David Plentus and Jack from Canada for information and scans | ||
"Spirit Of Woodstock 2000 Vol. 1" album by Michel Montecrossa from
Mira Sound Germany, part of a 6CD set containing his version of the unreleased Dylan
song LUNATIC PRINCESS REVISITED
| LUNATIC PRINCESS | 1965 | O |
| Early working title of FROM A BUICK 6, released on "Highway 61 Revisited" - an incomplete take circulates as LUNATIC PRINCESS No. 3 or LUNATIC PRINCESS REVISITED, and an alternate take with harmonica intro was released on the Japanese (vinyl) version of the album. Available as a cover by Michel Montecrossa on Volume 1 of his 6CD set "Spirit Of Woodstock 2000" (Mira Sound Germany, 2000) | ||
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