Various Artists – Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands – 20 Great Versions

A song written by Bob Dylan, it occupied the whole B-side of disc 2 of his double LP “Blonde On Blonde” in June 1966.

It was written for his then-wife Sara Lownds (see similarity of her name and the song title).

The song is sometimes spelled “Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands” but I kept the original title as on the LP for all versions here, with no hyphen between “sad” and “eyed”.

However, the song is spelled “Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands” on the lyrics page of Dylan’s official website at:

http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/sad-eyed-lady-lowlands/

Dylan never performed the song in concert.

Disc 1

1. Bob Dylan - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (11:19)
2. Joan Baez - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (11:15)
3. Steve Howe with Jon Anderson - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (12:00)
4. The Walkabouts - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (5:51)
5. Old Crow Medicine Show - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (8:57)
6. Immaterial - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (12:05)
7. Julie Felix - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (8:12)
8. Jacob Madsen Kvols - Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (3:42)
9. R. Stevie Moore - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (12:11)
10. Joe Goldmark - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (3:46)

Disc 2

1. Junior Waysouth - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (8:51)
2. Richie Havens - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (7:45)
3. Eric-Scott Bloom - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (12:43)
4. Jim O'Rourke - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (12:56)
5. Phoenix - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (4:36)
6. Robyn Hitchcock - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (6:04)
7. Asher Quinn - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (4:51)
8. John Howard - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (10:15)
9. Bad News Reunion - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (6:59)
10. Bob Dylan - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (1966 rehearsal) (13:27)

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Various Artists – I Believe In You – 20 Great Versions

A song by Bob Dylan, it first appeared on his “Slow Train Comin” LP in August 1970, the first of his 3 “christian” LPs

1. Bob Dylan - I Believe In You (5:09)
2. Phoebe Snow - I Believe In You (5:01)
3. Dottie People - I Believe In You (5:25)
4. Sinéad O'Connor - I Believe In You (5:38)
5. The Five Blind Boys Of Alabama - I Believe In You (6:46)
6. Judy Collins - I Believe In You (5:21)
7. The Bo Katzman Chor - I Believe In You (5:57)
8. Anne Murray - I Believe In You (5:22)
9. Bob Rowe - I Believe In You (5:43)
10. Valdemar - I Believe In You (5:37)
11. Cat Power - I Believe In You (4:06)
12. Ava Wynne - I Believe In You (3:31)
13. Nik Rael - I Believe In You (4:25)
14. Jewels And Binoculars - I Believe In You (4:43)
15. Rosa Mannen - I Believe In You (6:00)
16. Alison Krauss - I Believe In You (4:35)
17. Don Sparks - I Believe In You (2:05)
18. Joanna Knitter Blues Folk Connection - I Believe In You (4:45)
19. Tom Jones - I Believe In You (4:53)
20. Bob Dylan - I Believe In You (live on Saturday Night Live 1979) (4:43)

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Various Artists – On The Road Again – 20 Great Versions

A song by Bob Dylan, from his March 1965 LP “Bring It All Back Home” (retitled “Subterranean Homesick Blues” in Europe to cash in on the success of the eponymous single).

It was released in Europe on CBS as the B-side of the “Maggie’s Farm” single.

1. Bob Dylan - On The Road Again (2:36)
2. Ben Sidran - On The Road Again (3:07)
3. The Missing Links - On The Road Again (2:28)
4. Ava Wynne - On The Road Again (2:43)
5. The Novas - On The Road Again (3:12)
6. Julie Doiron - On The Road Again (3:34)
7. J.J. Cale & Christine Lakeland - On The Road Again (3:23)
8. David Albion - On The Road Again (3:10)
9. Eric Frostic - On The Road Again (3:40)
10. Bob Dylan - On The Road Again (alternate take 1) (2:31)
11. Pat Guadagno & Tired Horses - On The Road Again (4:28)
12. László Majnik - On The Road Again (3:11)
13. Kåre Virud - På Kjøret Igjen (On The Road Again) (Norwegian) (2:13)
14. Johnny Dioxide - On The Road Again (2:54)
15. Nob Dylan And His Nobsoletes - On The Road Again (2:49)
16. Ron Talley - On The Road Again (4:48)
17. The Lords - On The Road Again (2:22)
18. The Deverons - On The Road Again (2:40)
19. David Lowe - On The Road Again (3:22)
20. Bob Dylan - On The Road Again (alternate take 2) (2:31)

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Various Artists – I’ll Keep It With Mine – 30 Great Versions

A song written and first recorded by Bob Dylan in 1964, it only appeared by its author in 1985 on the “Biograph” triple LP, in a second version recorded in 1965. The 1964 version appeared in 2010 on the “The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964”. It was recorded again in 1966 and that version appeared on “The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3” in 1991. Various rehearsals takes are also circulating.

Here are 30 versions by various artists, spread on two discs, each disc starting and ending with a version by the author.

The first released version of the song was by Judy Collins as a single in 1965.

Disc 1

1. Bob Dylan - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:45)

2. Judy Collins - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:01)

3. Fairport Convention - I'll Keep It With Mine (5:53)

4. Marianne Faithfull - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:46)

5. Mike Harrison - I´ll Keep It With Mine (4:18)

6. Dean & Britta - I'll Keep It With Mine (5:06)

7. Richard and Linda Thompson - I'll Keep It With Mine (5:44)

8. Oh Susanna - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:44)

9. Charley D. And Milo - I'll Keep It With Mine (5:06)

10. Rainy Day - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:21)

11. Nico - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:18)

12. Richard Barone - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:29)

13. Bettie Serveert - I'll Keep It With Mine (4:07)

14. Denison Witmer - I'll Keep It With Mine (4:12)

15. Bob Dylan - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:38)

 

Disc 2

1. Bob Dylan - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:35)

2. Rainer Maria - I'll Keep It With Mine (4:44)

3. Vanguart - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:36)

4. Jamie Block - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:52)

5. The Velvet Underground - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:42)

6. Penny Wager - I'll Keep It With Mine (4:17)

7. Nico and Lou Reed - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:18)

8. Yo La Tengo with David Mansfield - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:18)

9. Greg Trooper - I'll Keep It With Mine (4:09)

10. P.H. Fred And His Imaginary Friends - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:06)

11. The Cameron Blake Quartet - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:06)

12. L.S. XPRSS - I'll Keep It With Mine (3:10)

13. Blair Dunlop - Larkin Poe - I'll Keep It With Mine (5:15)

14. Janet Planet - I'll Keep It With Mine (4:36)

15. Bob Dylan - I'll Keep It With Mine (5:34)

 

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Various Artists – Pledging My Time – 20 Great Versions

A song by Bob Dylan, it was first released on a Columbia single (as the B-side of “Rainy Women N° 12 & 35”) in April 1966. Both songs were from the then-forthcoming “Blonde On Blonde” double LP which was released in June 1966.

1. Bob Dylan - Pledging My Time (second take - first released version) (3:48)
2. The Apryl Fool - Pledging My Time (3:43)
3. Jimmy LaFave - Pledging My Time (5:41)
4. My Darling Clementine - Pledging My Time (3:20)
5. Duke Robillard - Pledging My Time (4:44)
6. Old Crow Medicine Show - Pledging My Time (1:49)
7. Peter Parcek - Pledging My Time (4:06)
8. Peter Laughner - Pledging My Time (3:56)
9. Peter Case - Pledging My Time (4:15)
10. Randy Tessier - Pledging My Time (3:08)
11. Jean Rabouin - Pledging My Time (2:58)
12. Greg Brown - Pledging My Time (3:42)
13. Russ Tolman - Pledging My Time (2:51)
14. Freedom Train - Pledging My Time (5:25)
15. Steffen Brandt - Tidligt Om Morgenen Blues (Pledging My Time) (Danish) (4:09)
16. Richard Smerin - Pledging My Time (1:54)
17. The Prophets - Pledging My Time (2:56)
18. GT And The Bandits - Pledging My Time (3:20)
19. Big Brass Bed - Pledging My Time (4:13)
20. Bob Dylan - Pledging My Time (first take - alternate version) (3:21)

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Various Artists – Everything Is Broken – 25 Great Versions

A song by Bob Dylan, first released on his “Oh Mercy” LP in 1989.

1. Bob Dylan - Everything Is Broken (3:13)
2. Tim O'Brien - Everything Is Broken (2:55)
3. Kenny Wayne Shepard - Everything Is Broken (3:48)
4. Sheryl Crow with Jason Isbell - Everything Is Broken (4:33)
5. Mountain - Everything Is Broken (4:08)
6. R.L. Burnside - Everything Is Broken (4:51)
7. Bettye LaVette - Everything Is Broken (3:42)
8. Will T. Massey - Everything Is Broken (2:51)
9. Tony O'Malley & The Lockdown Band - Everything Is Broken (3:55)
10. The Fabulous Fleetwoods - Everything Is Broken (5:13)
11. Billy Burnette - Everything Is Broken (5:00)
12. Neil Young & Tom Petty with Sammy Haggar - Everything Is Broken (3:50)
13. North Country - Everything Is Broken (3:21)
14. The Waterboys - Everything Is Broken (3:28)
15. Louisa Bey - Everything Is Broken (4:44)
16. Alan Senauke - Everything Is Broken (4:31)
17. Larry Norman - Everything Is Broken (3:21)
18. Duke Robillard - Everything Is Broken (4:39)
19. Frenchy Burrito - Everything Is Broken (3:05)
20. Immaterial - Everything Is Broken (4:29)
21. Kimmie Rhodes - Everything Is Broken (3:38)
22. The Bel-Airs with Henry Clay and The Hennessy Brothers - Everything Is Broken (4:07)
23. Gina Aspenes - Everything Is Broken (3:12)
24. Lonesome Train - Everything Is Broken (3:50)
25. BJ Cooper & The Broken Heart Express Band - Everything Is Broken (2:47)

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Various Artists – 4th Time Around – 20 Great Versions

A song written by Bob Dylan, "4th Time Around" first appeared on his “Blonde On Blonde” double LP in 1966.

From Wiki:

It was commonly speculated to be a response to the Beatles' song "Norwegian Wood", written by John Lennon for the 1965 Beatles album “Rubber Soul”, as the two tracks share a reasonably similar melody, lyrical premise, and 3/4 time signature. "4th Time Around" has been seen as either a playful homage, or a satirical warning to Lennon about co-opting Dylan's well-known songwriting devices. Lennon expressed a range of opinions on this topic in interviews between 1970 and 1980. He initially felt it to be a somewhat pointed parody of "Norwegian Wood", but later he considered Dylan's effort to be more a playful homage. Still, the last line of "4th Time Around" ("I never asked for your crutch / Now don't ask for mine.") played into Lennon's apparent paranoia about Dylan in 1966–67, when he interpreted this line as a warning not to use Dylan's songs as a "crutch" for his own songwriting.

1. Bob Dylan - 4th Time Around (4:33)
2. The Brewster Brothers - 4th Time Around (3:56)
3. Calexico - 4th Time Around (4:07)
4. Robyn Hitchcock - 4Th Time Around (5:32)
5. Oren Lavie - 4th Time Around (4:21)
6. Steve Gibbons - 4th Time Around (4:24)
7. Old Crow Medicine Show - 4th Time Around (4:22)
8. Terry Melcher - 4th Time Around (2:26)
9. Yo La Tengo - 4th Time Around (5:07)
10. The Young Relics - 4th Time Around (3:54)
11. Michel Montecrossa - 4th Time Around (4:31)
12. Ryley Walker - 4th Time Around (4:20)
13. The Sports - 4th Time Around (2:57)
14. Chris Whitley - 4th Time Around (3:40)
15. Jewels & Binoculars - 4th Time Around (4:16)
16. Éclaire - 4th Time Around (3:55)
17. Arthur Gunn - 4th Time Around (3:27)
18. Serge Kerval - En Quatre Temps (4th Time Around) (French) (3:52)
19. Ed Morneau & Keira Flynn-Carson - 4th Time Around (3:18)
20. Bob Dylan - 4th Time Around (Melbourne 1966) (5:15)

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Various Artists – Restless Farewell – 18 Great Versions

A song written by Bob Dylan, it was first released on his « The Times They Are A-Changin’ » LP in 1964.

Restless Farewell is based on the Scottish ballad “The Parting Glass”.

1. Bob Dylan - Restless Farewell (5:35)
2. Mark Knopfler - Restless Farewell (5:50)
3. Norman Blake & Peter Ostroushko - Restless Farewell (5:33)
4. Joan Baez - Restless Farewell (5:46)
5. De Dannan - Restless Farewell (5:02)
6. Liam Clancy - Restless Farewell (3:13)
7. Vanguart - Restless Farewell (6:13)
8. The Singing Loins - Restless Farewell (4:18)
9. Redwing - Restless Farewell (4:59)
10. Lise Dellac - Restless Farewell (2:45)
11. Alan Rhody - Restless Farewell (6:14)
12. Ron Talley - Restless Farewell (6:46)
13. EricScottBloom - Restless Farewell (5:00)
14. Michel Montecrossa - Restless Farewell (4:59)
15. Gareth Scott - Restless Farewell (8:00)
16. Idea Ficus - Restless Farewell (Russian) (5:59)
17. Roger Holmroos - Restless Farewell (5:59)
18. Bob Dylan - Restless Farewell (live TV 1964) (5:03)

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Various Artists – Farewell (Fare Thee Well) - 25 Great Versions

A song written by Bob Dylan in January 1963 for his third album (The Times They Are A-Changin’), it didn’t make the final release and was only available on bootlegs until it was finally officially released in October 2010 on “The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964”, simply titled « Farewell ».

The first released version was by Anita (and Helen) Carter in February 1964 (track #2).

Depending on the artist and the release, the song is either titled “Farewell” or “Fare Thee Well”.

Dylan based the song on the traditional British folk ballad "Leaving Of Liverpool".

Not to be mistaken for another song titled “Fare Thee Well”, aka “Dink’s Song”, aka “If I Had Wings”, which was also sung by Bob Dylan but not written by him.

Some versions omit verses or have different lyrics.

1. Bob Dylan - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (The Witmark Demos 1963) (3:58)
2. Anita And Helen Carter - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:13)
3. Pete Seeger - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:13)
4. The Hillmen - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (2:58)
5. The Golden Gate Strings - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (2:24)
6. Lonnie Donegan - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:20)
7. Dion And The Wanderers - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:27)
8. Tony Rice - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:19)
9. Julie Felix - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (2:24)
10. The Modern Folk Quartet - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (2:53)
11. The Kingston Trio - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:15)
12. Liam Clancy - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:44)
13. Judy Collins - Farewell (Fare The Well) (3:28)
14. Nana Mouskouri - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (2:56)
15. Moni Arnon - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (2:40)
16. The Country Gentlemen - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (2:45)
17. Marcus Mumford - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (4:08)
18. Ed Driscoll - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:23)
19. Ken And Jane Brooks - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:09)
20. The Josh Williams Band - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:24)
21. Julie Felix and Manfred Mann with Mike D'Abo - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (live TV 1967) (2:49)
22. The Limeliters - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (2:13)
23. Aaron Ramsey - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:23)
24. Totta Näslund - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (3:47)
25. Bob Dylan - Farewell (Fare Thee Well) (Gaslight Tapes 1963) (2:28)

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Various Artists – Wallflower – 20 Great Versions

A song written and recorded by Bob Dylan in 1971, its writer’s version was only released 20 years later, in 1991, on the first “Bootleg Series” release (Vol. 1-3) (track #1 here).

The first released version was by Doug Sahm in 1972, on his first solo LP after leaving The Sir Douglas Quintet. Actually, it is a duet with Bob Dylan singing backing/second lead vocal on that version (track #2 here).

An alternate version by Bob Dylan from the 1971 sessions appeared in 2013 on “The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 – Another Self Portrait” (track #20 here).

1. Bob Dylan - Wallflower (2:48)
2. Doug Sahm & Friends - Wallflower (2:39)
3. Coffee Creek - Wallflower (2:42)
4. David Bromberg - Wallflower (2:56)
5. The Holmes Brothers - Wallflower (3:56)
6. Joe LaMay & Sherry Reese- Wallflower (2:53)
7. Uncle Earl - Wallflower (3:09)
8. Buddy & Julie Miller - Wallflower (2:55)
9. Diana Krall - Wallflower (3:04)
10. Nana Mouskouri - Wallflower (3:48)
11. Mulholland - Wallflower (3:42)
12. Margo Price - Wallflower (3:17)
13. Anna Elizabeth Laube - Wallflower (2:50)
14. Christophe Adam - Pot De Fleurs (Wallflower) (French) (2:55)
15. Bottle Rockets with Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar - Wallflower (2:21)
16. Regina Bauzá and Mariano Andrade - Wallflower (3:12)
17. Iron Weed - Wallflower (2:35)
18. Ron Talley - Wallflower (2:30)
19. Ellinor - Wallflower (1:53)
20. Bob Dylan - Wallflower (alternate version) (2:18)

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