The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964

~ Release by Bob Dylan (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Man on the Street (fragment)
partial recording of:
Man on the Street
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1961)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
1:07
2Hard Times in New York Town
recording of:
Hard Times in New York Town
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Bob Dylan (in 1961)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and Sony/ATV Music Publishing France
version of:
Down on Penny’s Farm
1:57
3Poor Boy Blues
recording of:
Poor Boy Blues
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-01)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
3:01
4Ballad for a Friend
recording of:
Ballad for a Friend
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-01)
2:23
5Rambling, Gambling Willie
recording of:
Rambling, Gambling Willie
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-01)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
3:38
6Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
recording of:
Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1961)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated) (from 1962 until 1964) and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (from 1964 to present)
3:42
7Standing on the Highway
recording of:
Standing on the Highway
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-01)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
2:32
8Man on the Street
recording of:
Man on the Street
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1961)
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
1:30
9Blowin’ in the Wind
demo recording of:
Blowin’ in the Wind (in 1962)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-04)
publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1962 until 1990) and Special Rider Music (from 1990 to present)
32:38
10Long Ago, Far Away
recording of:
Long Ago, Far Away
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
2:29
11A Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall
recording of:
Hard Rain’s A‐Gonna Fall
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-10)
publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
6:49
12Tomorrow Is a Long Time
recording of:
Tomorrow Is a Long Time
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
adaptations:
Huominen on niin kaukana
33:46
13The Death of Emmett Till
recording of:
The Death of Emmett Till
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-02)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Special Rider Music and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
4:32
14Let Me Die in My Footsteps
recording of:
Let Me Die in My Footsteps
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962-04)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
version of:
I Will Not Go Down Under the Ground
1:37
15Ballad of Hollis Brown
recording of:
Ballad of Hollis Brown
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
4:08
16Quit Your Low Down Ways
recording of:
Quit Your Low Down Ways
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
version of:
Milk Cow Blues (Kokomo Arnold's version)
version of:
You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond
2:50
17Baby, I’m in the Mood for You
recording of:
Baby, I'm in the Mood for You
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Special Rider Music and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!)
1:36
18Bound to Lose, Bound to Win
cover recording of:
Bound to Lose, Bound to Win
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
1:19
19All Over You
recording of:
All Over You
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-02)
33:52
20I’d Hate to Be You on That Dreadful Day
recording of:
I’d Hate To Be You on That Dreadful Day
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
2:00
21Long Time Gone
recording of:
Long Time Gone
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
3:46
22Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues
recording of:
Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Special Rider Music (from 1970 to present)
3:17
23Masters of War
recording of:
Masters of War
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-01)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
version of:
Nottamun Town (Fair Nottamun Town / Nottamun Fair)
4:23
24Oxford Town
recording of:
Oxford Town
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
2:33
25Farewell
recording of:
Farewell
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-01)
additional composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-01)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
version of:
Fare Thee Well
version of:
Farewell Pamilina
version of:
The Leaving of Liverpool
3:58
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1Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
demo recording of:
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (in 1963-03)
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) (in 1962) and Bob Dylan (in 1962)
arranger:
Paul Clayton (in 1962) and Bruce Langhorne (in 1962)
publisher:
Budde Musikverlag (German publisher), Neue Welt Musikverlag, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Witmark & Sons Essex Music, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991), Warner Bros.‐Seven Arts Records, Inc. (“a subsidiary and licensee of Warner Bros.‐Seven Arts, Inc.”) (in 1965) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
adaptations:
Anna olla älä huoli lain
version of:
Who’s Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I’m Gone)
3:38
2Walkin’ Down the Line
recording of:
Walkin’ Down the Line
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
3:23
3I Shall Be Free
recording of:
I Shall Be Free
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
4:30
4Bob Dylan’s Blues
recording of:
Bob Dylan’s Blues
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
1:58
5Bob Dylan’s Dream
recording of:
Bob Dylan’s Dream
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-01)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
adaptations:
Bob Dylanin uni
is based on:
Lady Franklin’s Lament
3:53
6Boots of Spanish Leather
recording of:
Boots of Spanish Leather
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-01)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons and Special Rider Music
35:49
7Girl From the North Country
recording of:
Girl From the North Country
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-01)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
33:09
8Seven Curses
recording of:
Seven Curses
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Special Rider Music
version of:
Anathea
3:13
9Hero Blues
recording of:
Hero Blues (Original lyrics)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
1:36
10Whatcha Gonna Do?
recording of:
Whatcha Gonna Do?
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
3:36
11Gypsy Lou
recording of:
Gypsy Lou
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
3:45
12Ain’t Gonna Grieve
recording of:
Ain’t Gonna Grieve
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
1:28
13John Brown
recording of:
John Brown
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
4:19
14Only a Hobo
recording of:
Only a Hobo
additional lyricist:
Aunt Molly Jackson (in 1932) and Bob Dylan (in 1963-02)
lyricist:
John Wallace Crawford
additional composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-02)
composer:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
version of:
Poor Miner's Farewell
version of:
Railroading on the Great Divide
2:25
15When the Ship Comes In
piano:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
recorded at:
Witmark Studios in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
When the Ship Comes In (in 1963)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963-08)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
2:56
16The Times They Are A‐Changin’
piano:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
recorded at:
Witmark Studios in New York, New York, United States (in 1963)
recording of:
The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (in 1963)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1963)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1963 until 1991) and Special Rider Music (from 1991 to present)
3:03
17Paths of Victory
recording of:
Paths of Victory
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (from 1962 until 1963-08)
composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1962)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music
4:11
18Guess I’m Doing Fine
recording of:
Guess I’m Doin’ Fine
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1964)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
4:08
19Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
recording of:
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Bob Dylan version)
additional lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1965-10)
lyricist:
Blind Boy Fuller
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
additional composer:
Eric Von Schmidt
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Reverend Gary Davis
arranger:
Bob Dylan (in 1965-10)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
version of:
Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Eric Von Schmidt version)
1:56
20Mama, You Been on My Mind
recording of:
Mama, You Been on My Mind
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1964-05)
publisher:
Special Rider Music
2:14
21Mr. Tambourine Man
recording of:
Mr. Tambourine Man
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1964-02 until 1964-04)
publisher:
Blossom Music Ltd., M. Witmark & Sons, Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named 1970‐01‐23–1971‐04‐26 and 1972‐04‐25–1988‐08‐23), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) (from 1964 until 1992) and Special Rider Music (from 1992 to present)
adaptations:
Setä pelimanni
45:55
22I’ll Keep It With Mine
recording of:
I’ll Keep It With Mine
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1964)
publisher:
Faithful Virtue Music, M. Witmark & Sons, Nina Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Special Rider Music and Three Prong Music
3:34

Credits

Release

manufactured in:Europe
distributed by:Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since 2009; operates worldwide except in JP)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Sony Music Entertainment (NOT FOR RELEASE LABEL USE! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since 2009; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 2010)
ASIN:US: B0040GJ312 [info]