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Audio: Stream More Tracks From Bob Dylan’s ‘Basement Tapes Complete’ – ‘Edge Of The Ocean,’ ‘I Shall Be Released’ & Ten More

October 27, 2014album, audio, Bob Dylan, Music, news, streaming music"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere", Bob Dylan, Days of the Crazy-Wild, Don't Ya Tell Henry, Edge of the Ocean, I Don't Hurt Anymore, I Shall Be Released, I'm Your Teenage Prayer, Johnny Todd, music, One Too Many Mornings, Quinn the Eskimo, Silent Weekend. Crash On The Levee, streaming music, The Band, The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11, This Wheel's On FireMichael Goldberg

Listen to 12 songs off Bob Dylan’s soon to be released The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 at NPR “First Listen.” The 6-CD box set is out November 4, 2014.

The songs:

Edge Of The Ocean (Disc 1, Track 1)

You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Take 1) (Disc 3, Track 17)

I Shall Be Released (Take 1) (Disc 3, Track 19)

Quinn The Eskimo (Take 1) (Disc 4, Track 4)

This Wheel’s On Fire (Disc 3, Track 21)

Johnny Todd (Disc 2, Track 1)

Don’t Ya Tell Henry (Disc 4, Track 21)

I Don’t Hurt Anymore (Disc 2, Track 19)

Silent Weekend (Disc 5, Track 12)

Crash On The Levee (Take 1) (Disc 3, Track 10)

One Too Many Mornings (Disc 5, Track 2)

I’m Your Teenage Prayer (Disc 2, Track 8)

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Audio: Tom Robinson Band Does Bob Dylan’s ‘I Shall Be Released’ – 1977

August 12, 2014audio, Bob Dylan, covers, live, Music, song, streaming music, VideoBob Dylan, covers, Days of the Crazy-Wild, I Shall Be Released, music, streaming music, Tom Robinson Band, True Love Scars, videoMichael Goldberg

Here is a 1977 recording by the Tom Robinson Band of Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released.”

The recording was the B-side of Robinson’s first single, which reached #5 on the British charts.

During one interview Robinson said of his own political songs:

I never wanted it to become a fossilised museum piece about ancient injustices, it was always intended more as journalism than poetry. But to be honest it seemed a natural thing to do anyway. Bob Dylan was a big role model for me, and he constantly updates and changes lyrics when performing live. Part of the fascination of being a Dylan fan is hearing the different versions of “Tangled Up In Blue.” It’s fascinating to constantly get new angles on that dense and intriguing story.

Live version:

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Video/ Audio: Bob Dylan & Elvis Costello Do ‘I Shall Be Released’ Plus Gram Parsons, Neil Young, The Band & More

August 5, 2014audio, Bob Dylan, covers, live, Music, song, streaming music, VideoBob Dylan, Days of the Crazy-Wild, Elvis Costello, Gram Parsons, I Shall Be Released, Jeff Buckley, music, Neil Young, streaming music, The Band, The Flying Burrito Brothers, True Love Scars, videoMichael Goldberg

Bob Dylan at the Fisher Auditorium at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA, on April 22, 1997.

“I Shall Be Released”:

Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello, “I Shall Be Released,” Tramps, New York, NY, July 26, 1999:

Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers, fragment:

Neil Young with some help from his friends, Bridge School Benefit, 1999:

The Band, Festival Express:

Jeff Buckley:

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Audio: Jazz Versions of Bob Dylan Songs – ‘I Shall Be Released,’ ‘My Back Pages,’ ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ & More

May 14, 2014audio, Bob Dylan, covers, jazz, Music, song, streaming musicBill Frisell, Bob Dylan, Days of the Crazy-Wild, Duke Ellington, Forever Young, I Shall Be Released, Just Like A Woman, Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Keith Jarrett Trio, Masters of War, music, My Back Pages, Nina Simone, Norah Jones, streaming music, Van MorrisonMichael Goldberg

Nina Simone covered a number of Dylan songs.

With Dylan covering a jazz song — Frank Sinatra’s “Full Moon and Empty Arms,” I thought it would be fun to hear some jazz musicians playing Dylan songs.

Check these out.

Nina Simone, “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues”:

Keith Jarrett Trio, “My Back Pages” (from Jarrett’s 1968 live album, Somewhere Before. Keith Jarrett – piano; Charlie Haden – double bass; Paul Motian – drums):

Duke Ellington, “Blowin’ in the Wind”:

Gene Norman Group, “Subterranean Homesick Blues”:

Bill Frisell, “Masters of War”:

Nina Simone, “Just Like A Woman”:

Nina Simone Live:

Van Morrison: “Just Like A Woman”:

Norah Jones, “Forever Young”:

Bill Frisell, “Just Like A Woman”:

Nina Simone, “I Shall Be Released”:

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Audio: Pre-Big Star Alex Chilton & the Box Tops do ‘I Shall Be Released’ Plus More

May 12, 2014audio, Bob Dylan, covers, Music, song, streaming musicAlex Chilton, Big Star, Dark End of the Street, Days of the Crazy-Wild, Dimensions, I Shall Be Released, I Walk the Live, Motel Blues, music, streaming music, the Box Tops, Wouldn't It Be NiceMichael Goldberg

Before Alex Chilton formed Big Star with Chris Bell, Jody Stephens and Andy Hummel, he was the singer/frontman/Mr. Personality of the Box Tops, the group that scored a #1 hit with “The Letter.”

While still in the Bob Tops, Chilton head The Band’s “Music From Big Pink, flipped over “I Shall Be Released” and recorded the song for the Box Tops 1969 album, Dimensions. The group’s cover version of “I Shall Be Released” reached #67 on Billboard’s Hot 100.

After he quit the Box Tops, Chilton played folk music in Greenwich Village, part of a period of growth and transition that led to Big Star.

Plus live recordings of Chilton in February 13, 1997 at The Knitting Factory in New York performing “I Walk The Line,” “Motel Blues,” “Someone To Watch Over Me” and “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.”

And Chilton with Teenage Fanclub doing “Dark End of the Street”:

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Video: Joni Mitchell Sings ‘Girl From the North Country.’ ‘I Shall Be Released’ & More

April 28, 2014audio, Bob Dylan, covers, live, Music, song, streaming music, TV, VideoBob Dylan, Days of the Crazy-Wild, Girl From the North Country, I Shall Be Released, It's All Over Now Baby Blue, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, Mama Cass, Mary Travers, Mr. Tambourine Man, music, Pete Seeger, streaming music, videoMichael Goldberg

Joni Mitchell made some negative comments about Bob Dylan in 2010 and more recently.

Still, that didn’t stop her earlier in her career from singing his songs.

Check these out.

Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash, “Girl From the North Country,” October 1970:

Joni Mitchell and Pete Seeger, “Mr. Tambourine Man.” October 18, 1970:

“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”:

Mama Cass, Joni Mitchell, Mary Travers, Mama Cass Show, 1969, “I Shall Be Released”:

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Audio: Jeff Buckley Covers Bob Dylan – ‘Just Like A Woman,’ ‘I Shall Be Released’ & More

April 8, 2014audio, Bob Dylan, covers, live, Music, song, streaming musicBob Dylan, Days of the Crazy-Wild, I Shall Be Released, If You See Her, Jeff Buckley, Just Like A Woman, legacy edition, Live at Sin-é, Mama You Been On My Mind, music, Say Hello, streaming musicMichael Goldberg

Today I’ve got some live recordings Jeff Buckley made of Bob Dylan songs. Three appeared on the legacy edition of Live at Sin-é. The others are a bit more obscure.

Enjoy.

Jeff Buckley, “Just Like A Woman,” live at July 19, 1993; August 17, 1993 at Sin-é, New York, NY.

“I Shall Be Released”:

“If You See her, Say Hello”:

Here’s a beautiful version of “I Shall Be Released.” It’s crazy. A DJ has Jeff on the phone. Musicians with the DJ play the song and over the phone Jeff sings it.