"Starlight
In The East"
Directory
of Bob Dylans Unreleased Songs: P
| Compiled by Alan Fraser |

"Dharma & Greg" - US ABC TV comedy series broadcast from 1997 to 2002 - Bob
appeared in the episode first broadcast on 12 Oct 1999 playing two
instrumentals collectively copyrighted as PLAY, LADY, PLAY
Revised:
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(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.)

| PACHUCO JOES PIANO SOLO | Bob Dylan, 1963 | S |
| Alternate title of EAST LAREDO BLUES | ||
| PAIN AND LOVE | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1978 | N? |
| Otherwise unknown song title named by Helena Springs in an interview with Chris Cooper printed in "Wanted Man: In Search Of Bob Dylan" edited by John Bauldie (Black Spring Press, UK, 1990) - may be included on a demo tape by Helena Springs performing her joint compositions with Bob, no Dylan performance known | ||
| THE PAINTING BY VAN GOGH | 1966 | H |
| A suggested title for a song worked on in a Denver hotel room in March 1966 - also known as SPURIOUSLY SEVENTEEN WINDOWS (THE PAINTING BY VAN GOGH), POSITIVELY VAN GOGH and MOST DEFINITELY NOT VAN GOGH! | ||
| PATTYS GONE TO LAREDO | 1975 | M |
| Background song from the "Renaldo & Clara" Film Soundtrack, recorded either at Studio Instrumental Rentals, New York, October 1975, or somewhere in New England, 30 Oct - 19 Dec 1975 - Heylin says recorded in a Niagara Falls, NY, hotel room, 14-16 Nov 1975 | ||
| PECOS BLUES | 1973 | S |
| Instrumental, out-take from "Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid OST", recorded at CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City, 20 Jan 1973, frequently mis-spelled as PECO'S BLUES or PICO'S BLUES | ||
| PHANTOM ENGINEER | 1965 | L |
| Early version of IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY, released on "Highway 61 Revisited". Known by this title when it was performed at the Newport Folk Festival, 25 Jul 1965, with different lyrics from the officially-released track | ||
| PICO'S BLUES | 1973 | S |
| Incorrect spelling of PECOS BLUES, instrumental out-take from "Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid OST", recorded at CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City, 20 Jan 1973 | ||

"Dharma & Greg" - US ABC TV comedy series with otherwise
unreleased Dylan instrumentals PLAY, LADY, PLAY
| PLAY, LADY, PLAY | 1999 | M |
| Two instrumentals performed during episode 4 of season 3 of the US ABC TV comedy series "Dharma & Greg", first broadcast 12 Oct 1999 - not named individually there but copyrighted as part of the collective work (information from Tim Dunn). Bob appears with a band including T-Bone Burnett, with Dharma (Jenna Elfman) playing drums. Thanks to Paul S. Levine for the news that Season 1 of this series is available on DVD in the USA from 20th Century Fox - Season 3 is not yet available. Tim Dunn now thinks that two otherwise unidentified titles copyrighted at SESAC, BOTTLENECK POLKA and BROADWAY STRUT, are these two instrumentals | ||
| PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME | Bob Dylan?, 1981 | S C |
| Recorded at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, March 1981, also soundchecked at Clarkston, MI, on 11 Jun 1981 & Columbia, MD, on 14 Jun 1981, but never performed live | ||
| PLEDGING MY LOVE | Ferdinand Washington/Don Robey, 1983 | N? |
| Song recorded during the "Infidels" sessions at The Power Station, New York, 26 Apr 1983 under the title FOREVER MY DARLING | ||
| PNEUMONIA CEILINGS | Bob Dylan/John Lennon/Paul McCartney, 1966 | N? |
| Mark Shipper says in "Paperback Writer", his biography of Paul McCartney, that an all-night stoned writing session between Bob, John and Paul produced this "crazy song" - no other evidence of it has ever emerged, so it must be assumed to be apocryphal | ||
| POLICE STATE | ||
| 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 | ||
| POOR BOY BLUES | 1962 | D |
| Leeds Music demo, recorded at Leeds Music offices, New York, January 1962 | ||
| POSITIVELY VAN GOGH | 1966 | H |
| Song worked on in a hotel room in Denver, CO, 12-13 Mar 1966 - the definite title is unknown, and this is almost certainly a guess. Also known as MOST DEFINITELY NOT VAN GOGH and SPURIOUSLY SEVENTEEN WINDOWS (THE PAINTING BY VAN GOGH)! | ||
| THE PREACHERS FOLLY | 1961 | N? Y |
| Lyrics in a manuscript left by Bob at the home of Eve and Mac McKenzie after staying there in Summer 1961 | ||
| PRINCE OF PLUNDER | Bob Dylan?, 1984 | N? |
| Recorded during the "Empire Burlesque" sessions, Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, 22 Dec 1984 plus 28 & 29 Jan 1985 | ||
| PRISON GUARD | 1983 | N? |
| Reported by Mark Knopfler in an interview with journalist Bill Flanagan to have been one of the demos of songs for the "Infidels" sessions given to him by Bob | ||
| PRISON STATION BLUES | Bob Dylan?, 1983 | N? |
| Song recorded during the "Infidels" sessions at The Power Station, New York, 26 Apr 1983 | ||

"The Masked Marauders" (Deity/Reprise 6378, USA, 1969) - album insert
reproducing spoof "Rolling Stone" album review, 18 Oct 1969, mentioning PRISONER OF LOVE (a James Brown cover)
- the song is not actually on the album
| PRISONER OF LOVE (1) | Bob Dylan?, 1969 | N? |
| PRISONER OF LOVE was one of the songs supposedly on the 1969 spoof album "The Masked Marauders", who were supposed to be a secret supergroup including Bob Dylan, John, Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Mick Jagger. This was generated by a spoof album review in "Rolling Stone" magazine for 18 Oct 1969. The song is described as a James Brown cover with lead vocals by John Lennon, but does not appear on the actual album "The Masked Marauders" (Deity/Reprise 6378, USA, 1969) | ||
| PRISONER OF LOVE (2) | Bob Dylan/Bono, 1987 | O |
| Song reportedly recorded at an unknown studio, Autumn 1987 - no other details known. Tim Dunn thinks this song is actually a working title for LOVE RESCUE ME, co-written by Bob during his collaboration with U2 that yielded LOVE RESCUE ME and HAWKMOON 269 on U2's album "Rattle And Hum" (Island, 1988), see 1988 | ||
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