Salt Lake City 1976

This was almost certainly recorded by Dylan's crew. No tape, professional or audience, has ever surfaced. This show contains the only known performance of 'Lily, Rosemary and the Jack Of Hearts".






A couple of contemporary news articles....





















Setlist:


1) Mr. Tambourine Man
2) Gates Of Eden
3) Vincent van Gogh (Robert Friemark)
4) Mozambique
5) Just Like A Woman
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7) Isis
6) Maggie's Farm
17) Lay, Lady, Lay
8) Blowin' In The Wind
9) I Pity The Poor Immigrant
10) I Shall Be Released
11) Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
14) Tangled Up In Blue
15) You're A Big Girl Now
16) You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
12) Shelter From The Storm
18) Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
13) Oh, Sister
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19) Black Diamond Bay
20) Knockin' On Heaven's Door
21) Gotta Travel On

David Bromberg Sessions

This was the album that Dylan started to record in 1992, that was later scrapped in favour of the solo acoustic performances which became the 'Good As I Been To You' album. A 4-track 'sampler' from these sessions emerged in 2002. Sadly, it now seems that no more of a complete tape will be forthcoming, despite it's existence being known.

JUNE 2006 UPDATE: Here's some new information, coming from 'The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia' by Michael Gray. Under the entry for David Bromberg (page 89), he give a more detailed list of songs recorded by Bob Dylan at these 1992 sessions than has ever been reported before:


1. Hey Joe (maybe a warm up/fragment, or not recorded at all?)
2. Mobile Line
3. Just Because
4. Field Of Stone (Would You Lay With Me)
5. Annie's Song
6. Jugband Song
7. Rock Me Baby
8. Send Me To The 'lectric Chair
9. Gotta Do My Time
10. Su Su's Got A Mohawk
11. Northeast Texas Woman
12. Sail On
13. Can't Lose What You Never Had
14. World Of Fools
15. Everybody's Crying Mercy
16. Tennessee Blues
17. Summer Wages
18. Casey Jones
19. Morning Blues
20. Young Westley
21. The Lady Came From Baltimore
22. New Lee Highway Blues
23. Rise Again
24. Duncan & Brady
25. The Main Street Moan
26. Nobody's Fault But Mine
27. Miss The Mississippi & You (currently circulating)
28. Sloppy Drunk (currently circulating)
29. Kaatskill Serenade (currently circulating)
30. Polly Vaughn (currently circulating)


Looks like we'd have 2 discs worth of material if these came into circulation.
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Here's some session information which I compiled a while back, taken from ISIS magazine:

ISIS #85 TWM 1462: 4248 9th May 1999 Page 9

4248: THE ACME STUDIOS, CHICAGO, JUNE 1992 SESSIONS

These sessions with Dave Bromberg, have not been mentioned in this column for some time, so here are the various references: 2359, 2362, 2366, 2378 and 2445.

The musicians on these sessions included a horn section of: Peter Ecklund (trumpet), Curtis Linberg (trombone) and John Firmin (tenor saxophone and claranet). The rhythm section consisted of: Butch Amiot (bass), Chris Cameron (keyboards) and Richard Crooks (drums), who also played on 'Blood On the Tracks'. Other musicians were: Jeff Wisor (fiddle and mandolin), Dick Fegy (mandolin) and Glenn Lowe (guitar). These are in addition to Dave Bromberg, of course. There was a choir, as previously reported, but this was only for one of the sessions. Also, a zydeco accordian player came in for one song; this was NORTH EAST TEXAN WOMAN. This title adds to previous information, as do a few others below.
A number of chicago blues songs were done, mainly Muddy waters material, as well as some Jimmie Rogers material, such as MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU, and some Dave Bromberg songs, such as KAATSKILL SERENADE and SLOPPY DRUNK. HEY JOE was a warm-up song and, as previously reported, POLLY VAUGHN was recorded. Dylan, who drove out from Los Angeles in a "truck" (perhaps a camper van?), is quoted as saying, at one session, 'I've made too many records". Dylan was looking for a "live" sound, that is, all the musicians playing together at one time in the same room. For at least some of the recordings, the musicians sat in a circle in the studio to record, including Dylan. Though not too talkative, Dylan did hang out a bit with the session musicians and the crew.

Ian Woodward.
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13265 Acme Recording
Chicago, Illinois
Early/Mid June 1992
Produced by David Bromberg.

1. I'll Rise Again (trad.)
2. Nobody's Fault But Mine (Blind Willie Johnson)
3. Lady Came From Baltimore (trad.)
4. Polly Vaughan (trad.)
5. Casey Jones (trad.)
6. Duncan And Brady (trad.)
7. Kaatskill Serenade (David Bromberg)
8. World Of Fools (David Bromberg)

1-2, 4-8 Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar) backed by David Bromberg (guitar) and his band.
2 Bob Dylan (vocal) and David Bromberg (acoustic guitar).
1-2 Chicago South Side Gospel Choir
Note. No known recording in general circulation from this session.
References.
Mix, November 1992.
Clinton Heylin: The Recording Sessions 1960-1994. St. Martins Press 1995, pp. 189– 91.
Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan: Behind The Shades. Take Two. Viking 2000, pp. 672–673.
Session info updated 26 February 1993.

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Therefore, these are the tracks known to have been recorded -

1. North East Texas Woman
2. Miss The Mississippi & You
3. Kaatskill Serenade
4. Sloppy Drunk
5. Polly Vaughn
6. I'll Rise Again
7. Nobody's Fault But Mine
8. Lady Came From Baltimore
9. Casey Jones
10. Duncan & Brady
11. World Of Fools


I've omitted 'Hey Joe' from the list since it was described as a 'warm up' and may or may not have been recorded.
Thanks to Emily for correcting some of the band member's names, and my spelling of 'Kaatskill Serenade'! ;-)

August 11th 2004 Update:

In 'The Recording Sessions', Clinton Heylin suggests that it could be very likely that 'Little Maggie' was also recorded, so I suppose it's worth mentioning here.

There was also mutterings of a video (!) from these sessions turning up. As of October 2005, nothing more has surfaced, sadly.


Complete tape, anyone...?

Fantasy Records Acetate

Updated 27th August 2004

This information, mainly from 2004 is reprinted here with permission kindly granted from Alan Fraser. Visit Alan's website Searching For A Gem http://www.searchingforagem.com/

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I've been very fortunate to receive a copy of a mystery acetate of "live" Dylan performances from Fantasy Records of Berkeley, CA.

The purchaser of this acetate has been in contact with Fantasy Records and they have confirmed that the acetate is genuine, and it was created from a tape between 1972 and 1980 by Ralph Gleason, who was then co-owner of Fantasy. The acetate was mastered by Fantasy's chief mastering engineer, David Turner. Fantasy also said they have the original tape in their vaults, along with a recording of Bob's show at Berkeley Community Theatre, 22 Feb 1964. Ralph Gleason attended that concert and reviewed it for the "San Francisco Chronicle". We now know he recorded it too!

Of special interest on the acetate are two "new" recordings of Mr.Tambourine Man and Eternal Circle!

Mr Tambourine Man - unknown live recording. Has the line "hidden leaves" instead of "frozen leaves". Bob said in an interview that this song was written on leaving New Orleans, which was 12 Feb 1964. The first known version up to now is the Eric von Schmidt home recording which is probably from late April 1964, but which this must predate. The Jun 1964 Witmark demo has "frozen leaves".

Eternal Circle - unknown live recording, dedicated by Bob to "...anybody who plays an instrument. It’s not so easy". The opening line is "I strummed" instead of "I sang" No live recording of this song has surfaced till now.

Songs known to have been performed at Berkeley, 22 Feb 1964, include: One Too Many Mornings, Restless Farewell, North Country Blues, Only A Pawn In Their Game, Who Killed Davey Moore, The Walls Of Red Wing, Eternal Circle and Chimes Of Freedom, plus With God On Our Side and Blowin' In The Wind with Joan. Not Mr. Tambourine Man, though... You'd think Ralph would have mentioned Mr Tambourine Man if it had been played! However, Eternal Circle could indeed be from Berkeley. When Mr. Tambourine Man is from can only be speculated. Two songs on this
acetate are known studio recordings with fake applause added, and it may not therefore be a live recording.

This is the acetate's content, some now released, some still unreleased tracks were on the unreleased 1964 "In Concert" album:

1) Who Killed Davey Moore: 10/26/63 Carnegie Hall, on Bootleg Series

2) Gates of Eden: 10/31/64 Philharmonic Hall, on Bootleg Series 6

3) Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag: 4/12/63 Town Hall, on "In Concert"

4) Seven Curses: 10/26/63 Has a slightly longer intro than version on "In Concert,"

5) Walls of Red Wing: 4/24/63 Studio outtake w/applause added on the end. On Bootleg Series

6) If You Gotta Go, Go Now: 10/31/64, on Bootleg Series 6

7) Mr Tambourine Man: ? Has the line "hidden leaves" instead of "frozen leaves" NEW

8) Hero Blues: Times outtake w/piano, w/applause added on the end. Laugh in the harmonica solo is reduced on acetate.

9) Percy’s Song: 10/26/63 No intro as on "In Concert," but has lots of audience coughing that is not on "In Concert" version.

10) Eternal Circle: ? Dedicated to, "anybody who plays an instrument. It’s not so easy". Opening line is "I strummed" instead of "I sang" NEW

Tracks 5 and 8 are studio out-takes with fake applause.

These two new recordings might actually be sourced from the London Royal Festival Hall, May 17, 1964, which was recorded and is in Columbia's vaults. Michael Krogsgaard mentioned in On The Tracks #8 that he had heard some of those master reels and a work tape consisting of "Eternal Circle" and "Mr Tambourine Man" taken from the Royal Festival Hall 1964 tape.


Clinton Heylin:

"I now know what it is – it’s an alternate (i.e. later) version of In Concert. The number on the acetate label, 77182, is surely a Columbia Job No. The first version of In Concert had a job no. of 77110, I believe. If my memory serves me at all, there was an article in an early "Look Back" that ‘showed’ that In Concert was originally scheduled for release between Another Side and Bringing It All Back Home. Well, I can check w/ my friend at Sony NY but I suspect Job No. 77182 will turn out to be winter 1965 – hence the cuts from Halloween. Curious that they should NOT use the Mr. Tambourine Man from there, but this performance is exquisite (clearly superior). The clear echo on Dylan’s voice could be electronically created, but very, very unlikely. So it’s an echoey room. Everything points to Royal Festival Hall. Listen to the way Dylan has to pick the melody line whilst taking a (superb, tingling) harmonica break. He’s hanging on every word. And we know Royal Festival Hall was taped for Columbia by Pye. It also explains why Mr. Tambourine Man and Eternal Circle appear ‘together’ . Also, the clumsy way that applause has been dubbed onto Hero Blues suggests that (i) Mr. Tambourine Man is live, because the applause sounds ‘natural’ and; (ii) that Dylan (presumably) had expressed dissatisfaction with the Town Hall version on the original In Concert, hence the ‘odd’ substitution.

The Gleason connection is easy on this. Gleason was commissioned by Columbia to write the sleeve-notes for In Concert (undoubtedly at Dylan’s request). So, if In Concert was reconfigured, Gleason would obviously have needed to revise those sleeve notes (seemingly now lost) – hence the need for another acetate. With a cover slick all ready, and Dylan’s new-found success, this album of largely unreleased ‘acoustic’ Dylan must have seemed an obvious stop gap measure for the label after Bringing It All Back Home. Little did Columbia expect Dylan to deliver a second studio album less than six months after Bringing It All Back Home!! The rest, as they say, is history. Another piece in the jigsaw, and a rather fine one."

Welcome to 'Skipping Reels Of Rhyme'

Hello!

There's a lot of information out there about Bob Dylan's recording sessions, most notably from Clinton Heylin and Michael Krogsgaard. It always struck me though how little is known publicly about what live material is officially recorded.
Some information has leaked out over the years about things that are in Columbias Iron Mountain vaults, and snippets of soundboards, like 'Idiot Wind' from 1992, turned up on the official bobdylan.com website.

There are rumours that every show is recorded. If so, where do they go? Does Bob Dylan himself hold onto these tapes? Are they in the posssession of Columbia records?
Some of the 1964-65 setlists (actually the majority of them)on bobdylan.com are incomplete or absent altogether, yet at least one complete 1965 soundboard (Hollywood Bowl) has turned up. We also know that the Royal Festival Hall performance in London in 1965 was officially recorded by Pye records for Columbia.
So...what's really out there? Does Columbia record every show? What 1965 performances really do exist in Columbia's vaults? Did they really master the Royal Festival Hall for possible cd release in 2004?

This is a very grey area in Bob Dylan's recording history, and one not properly documented by the maticulous work of the Heylins of the Dylan world.

The idea is to 'eventually' produce a small book(let) of some kind if enough material is forthcoming.

Any stories, rumours, inside knowledge, or more importantly, taped evidence is greatly recieved. Drop me an email - here

What's Real and what is not

Welcome to my new blog!


The items listed here may or may not see the light of day, they are simply listed here as
an indication of what is currently rumoured to exist out there at the moment.
If anyone has any further information, can set up a trade, knows of something not listed here, or has a tape of interest along similar lines to what's listed here in their
posession, please contact me here

Last updated:
13th April 2009

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?

Thanks for assistance with these pages - Les Kokay, Bill Laing, the late Pete Baker, Roberto and not forgetting Jonathan (of course).

The information here is just that: for information purposes. I don't have any rare recordings myself, nor am I implying that anyone directly conected me does either. Just sharing what I know.

The Missing Shows

If
you have any of these, as audience or soundboard
recordings, let us know here!

1 Nov 75, North
Darmouth, Massachusetts

2 Nov 75, Lowell, Massachusetts

15 Nov 75, Niagra Falls, New York (afternoon)

29 April 76, Mobile, Alabama (afternoon show)

3 May 76, New Orleans, Louisiana (afternoon show)

10 May 76, Corpus Christi, Texas

12 May 76, Austin, Texas

15 May 76, Gatesville, Texas

25 May 76, Salt Lake City, Utah

28 Mar
78, Perth, West Australia (Les
says - "This show, although widely reported,
didn’t actually take place, I understand.")

24 Oct 78, Louisville, Kentucky

6 Nov 78, Denver, Colorado

11 Jan 80, Portland, Oregon

12 Jan 80 ,Portland, Oregon

15 Jan 80, Seattle, Washington

17 Jan 80, Spokane, Washington

18 Jan 80, Spokane, Washington

12 May 80, Providence, Rhode Island

17 Feb 86, Perth, West Australia

25 Feb 91 Guadalajara, Mexico

27 Feb 91 Guadalajara, Mexico

1 Mar 91 Mexico City, Mexico

2 Mar 91 Mexico City, Mexico

6 Nov 92 Gainesville, FL

22 Feb 94 Kuala Lumpur

26 Feb 94 Hong Kong - Rumoured to exist - not
circulating

2 Feb 96 Phoenix, AZ - Private show

29 Oct
96 Oklahoma City, OK - Rumoured to exist - not
circulating

4 April 98 Buenos Aires, Brazil

5 April 98 Buenos Aires

7 April 98 Porto Alegre

11 April 98 Rio de Janerio

15 April 98 Santiago, Chile

30 Aug
98 Townsville, Aust

15 Oct 98 Calgary, Canada

16 Oct 98 Edmonton, Canada

18 Oct 98 Saskatoon, Canada

20 June 99 Anaheim - only a partial tape is
circulating

26 June
99 Las Vegas - exists but does not circulate

31 July 03 Atlanta, GA

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OLD TAPE RUMOURS

1997 "Rehearsals"
- Rumoured to be out there somewhere...No
further information at present.

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Dave Bromberg Sessions -
Slightly more information now. A 4-track 'sampler'
was put out. Sadly, it now seems that no more of a
complete tape will be forthcoming, despite it's
existance being known. Here's some session
information which I compiled a while back, taken from
ISIS magazine:

ISIS #85
TWM 1462: 4248 9th May 1999 Page 9



4248: THE ACME STUDIOS, CHICAGO, JUNE 1992 SESSIONS



These sessions with Dave Bromberg, have not been
mentioned in this column for some time, so here are
the various references: 2359, 2362, 2366, 2378 and
2445.



The musicians on these sessions included a horn
section of: Peter Ecklund (trumpet), Curtis Linberg
(trombone) and John Firmin (tenor saxaphone and
claranet). The rhythm section consisted of: Butch
Amiot (bass), Chris Cameron (keyboards) and Richard
Crooks (drums), who also played on 'Blood On the
Tracks'. Other musicians were: Jeff Wisor (fiddle and
mandolin), Dick Fegy (mandolin) and Glenn Lowe
(guitar). These are in addition to Dave Bromberg, of
course.There was a choir, as previously reported, but
this was only for one of the sessions. Also, a zydeco
accordian player came in for one song; this was NORTH
EAST TEXAN WOMAN. This title adds to previous
information, as do a few others below.

A number of chicago blues songs were done, mainly
Muddy waters material, as well as some Jimmie Rogers
material, such as MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU, and
some Dave Bromburg songs, such as KAATSKILL SERENADE
and SLOPPY DRUNK. HEY JOE was a warm-up song and, as
previously reported, POLLY VAUGHN was recorded.
Dylan, who drove out from Los Angeles in a
"truck" (prehaps a camper van?), is quoted
as saying, at one session, 'I've made too many
records". Dylan was looking for a
"live" sound, that is, all the musicians
playing together at one time in the same room. For at
least some of the recordings, the musicians sat in a
circle in the studio to record, including Dylan.
Though not too talkative, Dylan did hang out a bit
with the session musicians and the crew.



Ian Woodward.

------------------------------------



13265 Acme Recording

Chicago, Illinois

Early/Mid June 1992

Produced by David Bromberg.

1. I'll Rise Again (trad.)

2. Nobody's Fault But Mine (Blind Willie Johnson)

3. LadyCame From Baltimore (trad.)

4. Polly Vaughan (trad.)

5. Casey Jones (trad.)

6. Duncan And Brady (trad.)

7. Kaatskill Serenade (David Bromberg)

8. World Of Fools (David Bromberg)

1-2, 4-8 Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar) backed by
David Bromberg (guitar) and his band.

2 Bob Dylan (vocal) and David Bromberg (acoustic
guitar).

1-2 Chicago South Side Gospel Choir

Note. No known recording in general circulation from
this session.

References.

Mix, November 1992.

Clinton Heylin: The Recording Sessions 1960-1994. St.
Martins Press 1995, pp. 189– 91.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan: Behind The Shades. Take
Two. Viking 2000, pp. 672–673.

Session info updated 26 February 1993.

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Therefore,
these are the tracks known to have been recorded -

1.
North East Texas Woman

2. Miss The Mississippi & You

3. Kaatskill Serenade

4. Sloppy Drunk

5. Polly Vaughn

6. I'll Rise Again

7. Nobody's Fault But Mine

8. Lady Came From Baltimore

9. Casey Jones

10. Duncan & Brady

11. World Of Fools

I've
omitted 'Hey Joe' from the list since it was
described as a 'warm up' and may or may not have been
recorded.

Thanks to Emily for correcting some of the band
member's names, and my spelling of 'Kaatskill
Serenade'! ;-)



Complete tape, anyone...?

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Robert
Shelton Interviews Bob Dylan - A
collector has these and is apparently hanging on to
them until he can get a trade for another new tape.

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Paris 1966 Audience Tape -
Long rumoured, most likely exists. Hasn't turned up
yet.

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Additional 1974 'Blood On
The Tracks' outtakes - Including takes
of 'Idiot Wind'. Mentioned but can't get anymore
information at present.

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What's
Real and What Is Not

The following information is gathered
from a various sources, though mainly it's from
Michael Krogsgaard's 'Positively Bob Dylan' book.
Here's a list of material known to have been
recorded, but which for the most part is unavailable
to collectors.

1975
- All concerts were recorded by Bob Dylan's crew, and
some (Plymouth October 31, Providence November 4,
Springfield November 6, Worcester November 19,
Cambridge November 20, Boston November 21 evening,
Montreal December 4, Clinton December 7 and others)
were filmed.



1976 - All shows were
recorded and some (f.i. Clearwater April 33 and Ft.
Collins May 23) were filmed by Bob Dylan's crew.



Far East Tour 1978 (20th
Feb-1st April) All concerts recorded by Bob Dylan's
crew on 2-track 1/2", except Budokan Hall,
February 28 and March 1, which were recorded on
16-track 2".



Los Angeles/European Tour 1978
(1st June-15th July) All concerts recorded by Bob
Dylan's crew on 2-track 1/2".



American Tour 1978 (15th
Sept-16 Dec) All concerts recorded by Bob Dylan's
crew on 4-track 1/4", using two Pioneer RT-707
tape machines.



1984 - All shows from Paris
July 1 and on were recorded on multitrack by The
Rolling Stones Mobile Unit.



1987 - The four shows at
Wembley Arena (14,15,16,17 Oct) were recorded with
multitrack equipment

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The Stephen Pickering Collection

I
recently got hold of a second hand copy of Paul
Cable's book, "The Unreleased Recordings".
I've found it a fascinating read. This came out in
1979/80 - before 'The Telegraph'. before 'Biograph'
& 'The Bootleg Series', before the internet and
really organised tape trading. One of the most
fascinating things for me is on page 140- where Cable
mention's the Stephen Pickering collection -



============================================



It is rumoured that Stephen Pickering, the author,
claims to have in his collection the following items:



Dylan demos of "Love Is Just A Four Letter
Word", "Farewell Angelina" and
"Wanted Man";

"Planet Waves" outtakes of "Except
You" and "Forever Young";

A Canadian TV request programme.

"Billy The Kid" out-takes including
"Holly's Song and "Pico's Blues";

"New Morning" outtakes including
"Jamaica Farewell" and "Take A Letter
To Mary";

Dylan singing Hebrew religious songs;

The whole of a '66 Australian concert in excellent
sound quality;

A Dylan-Grateful Dead session reckoned to have taken
place in 1972;

Some additional "Blood On The Tracks"
outtakes with Eric Clapton;

"Desire" outtakes including "Golden
Loom" and "Seven Days"



Some of these, like the Grateful Dead session and
"Jamaica Farewell",

have been talked about for a long time now. It is
conceeded by some collectors that Pickering could
well be in posession of all these tapes; others think
he's living in a fantasy world. In an interview with
Dark Star magazine Joan Baez said that Dylan had
never made recordings of "Farewell
Angelina" or "Love Is Just A Four Letter
Word".



===========================================



In 1980, a collector looking at that list of stuff
mght well have thought that Pickering was indeed
living in a fantasy world. Looking at it now though,
it seems like he's spot on.

Baez was wrong, "Farewell Angelina" was
recorded, we now know, since it was released on The
Bootleg Series.

"Planet Waves" outtakes of "Except
You" and "Forever Young" have turned
up on "Biograph" and "The Bootleg
Series".

A Canadian TV request programme = Quest 1964

"Billy The Kid" out-takes including
"Holly's Song and "Pico's Blues". Yep.

Some additional "Blood On The Tracks"
outtakes with Eric Clapton. I'll bet this is the
recording from Eric's birthday where they did
"Idiot Wind".

"Desire" outtakes including "Golden
Loom" and "Seven Days". Yep.

The whole of a '66 Australian concert in excellent
sound quality. Well that's a bit vague, but we have
got stuff along those lines.



So that leave only a few. Clinton Heylin is also said
to have "Love Is Just A Four Letter Word",
so I'd bet that's correct. "Wanted Man" is
anyone's guess. It wouldn't surprise me though. We
thought there's no way "Farewell Angelina"
existed.



"New Morning" outtakes including
"Jamaica Farewell" and "Take A Letter
To Mary" - In 'The Recording Sessions' Heylin
mentions the bass player having an Acetate of
'Jamaica Farewell' made up. A 9 min. recording as
well. I think that's likely correct. If Pickering has
that, I guess he could have additional stuff from
these sessions as well.



"Dylan singing Hebrew religious songs"
& "A Dylan-Grateful Dead session reckoned to
have taken place in 1972" well who knows? Given
the fact that most of this list has surfaced, it
could well be true...



Anyone know where Pickering is now? :-)

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