Here's the rundown from Bjorner:
Columbia Studio ANashville, Tennessee17 October 19671st John Wesley Harding session, produced by Bob Johnston.1. Drifter's Escape2. Drifter's Escape3. Drifter's Escape4. Drifter's Escape5. Drifter's Escape6. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine7. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine8. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine9. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine10. The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest
Columbia Studio ANashville, Tennessee 6 November 19672nd John Wesley Harding session, produced by Bob Johnston.
1. All Along The Watchtower2. All Along The Watchtower3. All Along The Watchtower4. All Along The Watchtower5. All Along The Watchtower6. John Wesley Harding7. John Wesley Harding8. As I Went Out One Morning9. As I Went Out One Morning10. As I Went Out One Morning11. As I Went Out One Morning12. As I Went Out One Morning13. I Pity The Poor Immigrant14. I Pity The Poor Immigrant15. I Pity The Poor Immigrant16. I Pity The Poor Immigrant17. I Pity The Poor Immigrant18. I Pity The Poor Immigrant19. I Pity The Poor Immigrant20. I Pity The Poor Immigrant21. I Pity The Poor Immigrant22. I Pity The Poor Immigrant23. I Am A Lonesome Hobo24. I Am A Lonesome Hobo25. I Am A Lonesome Hobo26. I Am A Lonesome Hobo27. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
― tylerw, Friday, 7 December 2018 21:08 (five years ago) link
and then there's one more session with the pedal steel player, but I don't think there are outtakes from that? Anyway, not sure if there's going to be anything mindblowing, but I'd still like to hear these!
― tylerw, Friday, 7 December 2018 21:09 (five years ago) link
xps Alfred glad we agree on that late period peakI don’t want to hear outtakes from JWH - it’s a sealed enigma
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 7 December 2018 21:47 (five years ago) link
No interest in anybody's outtakes.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 December 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
god kenny buttrey was an *unbelievable* drummer
this is my favorite dylan album no contest
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 03:47 (four years ago) link
i think it's got some of dylan's most fascinating writing on it. just how the format of songs like "frankie lee" or "st. augustine" kind of set you up for a resolution that never comes, a really canny use of the folk song. even when he's like here's the moral of this story in "frankie lee" you're like, what? that's the moral? the songs kind of swallow themselves up in that way. it's cool. (don't know if that made any sense lol).
― tylerw, Monday, February 7, 2011 2:02 PM (eight years ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol earlier today i said that almost every song on this record is "the end! no moral" in song form
https://i.imgur.com/c6WKwQ4.png
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 03:56 (four years ago) link
the way this album flows fascinates me. it kicks off with some of bob's most genuinely anguished and ominous songs ("as i went out one morning," "st. augustine," and even "watchtower" even tho the lyrics are so overfamiliar it can be hard to hear them with fresh ears) and gradually the mood alters, bit by bit, until you get to the very last song, probably one of his happiest, simplest, and least troubled moments on record. feels like you've just emerged from days and days of total darkness into the sunlight. i love this album.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 04:09 (four years ago) link
23. I Am A Lonesome Hobo24. I Am A Lonesome Hobo25. I Am A Lonesome Hobo26. I Am A Lonesome Hobo27. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
lol
― j., Wednesday, 3 July 2019 04:10 (four years ago) link
Thought for a second I had clicked on a Whale thread.
― Vini C. Riley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 04:14 (four years ago) link
J.D. otm
brad otm re: KB
his drumming is so restrained on the title track right up until the end of the second verse when he opens up with this right tasty fill and then does this super groovy pattern throughout the second harmonica solo where he's hitting the snare on the & of 2 = amazing
― budo jeru, Thursday, 4 July 2019 04:29 (four years ago) link
Yeah the drums/bass on this album are great.The sound is a bit too dry for my taste though.Still, I love this album and "I dreamed I Saw St Augustine" in particular. Amazing song (and the drums breaks on "Arise, Arise" is one of my favourite moments on it).
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 4 July 2019 10:28 (four years ago) link
totally. he adds all these little touches but they really elevate the music so much.
― budo jeru, Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:14 (four years ago) link
yeah buttrey really is one of the great all-time drummers — and on these classic dylan recordings, he's pretty much just coming up with that stuff off the top of his head.
― tylerw, Thursday, 4 July 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link