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Michel Montecrossa's Bob Dylan Fest 2001 6CD boxed set on the Mira Sound Germany label containing his version of Bob Dylan's unreleased song HERO BLUES

Revised: 06 January, 2024

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HERO BLUES	1962	O
This exists as a home recording, as a Witmark demo, and in two different studio versions: the first is an out-take from "The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan", recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 06 Dec 1962 (CO77020); the second is an out-take from "The Times They Are A-Changin'", recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 12 Aug 1963 (CO78980). The "Times" out-take was included on early acetate copies of the album, see "Searching For A Gem", 1964. This song was performed live at New York Town Hall, 12 Apr 1963 (when it was recorded by Columbia and put on to an acetate), but not released or performed again until January 1974, when Bob performed a version with revised lyrics twice with The Band. The original lyrics are on bobdylan.com here. Released as a cover by Michel Montecrossa on his 6CD Mira Sound Germany set "Bob Dylan Fest 2001", see D page for details. A live performance of this song (misidentified, but probably the live 12 Apr 1963 performance) was made available for download by on the Apple Computer music store in Apr 2003, see The "Times" out-take with fake applause was included as a "live" track on a recently discovered acetate of a version of the eventually unreleased album "Bob Dylan In Concert", see "Searching For A Gem", 2004. Now officially released on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" in Oct 2010

Ernest Tubb "Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello", Bear Family 5CD boxed set, contains two versions on CD4 of HEY LA LA, performed by Bob in 1989 and misidentified

HEY LA LA	Ray Price/Leonard McRight, 1989	L
Performed three times in concerts between May and July 1989, the composer of this country cover is given in Dundas as "McBride", but it's actually the song HEY LA LA performed by Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours [identified positively by Artur Jarosinski]. It can be found today on the 5CD boxed set "Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello", Bear Family BCD 15498, available from here , lyrics here . Also known as LA LA LA, MY LA-LA and MY TRUE LA LA (the chorus is "Hey la la, oh la la, my true la la")

Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes [Various Artists], Electromagnetic Recordings/Harvest Records 2537950140 (USA/Europe) containing the "lost" Dylan songs HIDEE HIDEE HO #11 completed by Jim James and HIDEE HIDEE HO #16 completed by Rhiannon Giddens and Elvis Costello

Jude Johnstone's album Coming Of Age (BoJak Records 8014, US, 2002) sadly doesn't contain this song

Back In Your Arms (About Records, US, 2008) with Tim Hockenberry's version of HOWLIN' AT YOUR WINDOW

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