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These are records that have been wrongly associated with Bob but which definitely have no connection with him!
"In literature, a red herring is a false clue that leads readers or characters towards a false conclusion." (Wikipedia)
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Revised 07 January, 2024.
Barry McGuire - "Eve Of Destruction" (1965)/Stealers Wheel - "Stuck In The Middle With You" (1972):
 Anthology, Barry McGuire, One Way Records (USA), 1993 |
Online sites where you can download music frequently show Eve Of
Destruction and Stuck In The Middle With You
(most recently famous from its use as soundtrack to the ear-cutting scene
in "Reservoir Dogs") as being by Bob Dylan. They're not,
they're by Barry McGuire and Stealer's Wheel respectively. Bob's recording and
performing career has been extensively documented by people like Michael
Krogsgaard and Glen Dundas, and he has never performed either song!
Both songs appear on many compilation CDs, the CDs shown are the only ones now available entirely by these artists. |
 The Best Of Stealers Wheel, Connoisseur (UK), 1993 |
Grupa Skifflowa with Piotr Janczerski - "No To Co" - 7" vinyl EP, Muza N 0520 (Poland), mid 1960s:
 Muza N 0520 (Poland) - front of EP scan by Manuel García Jara |
This Polish EP from the mid 1960s contains on the B-side a Polish language song called "Ballada Bez Tytulu [A Ballad Without Title]" credited to "B. Dylan - R. Tur". It's not a Dylan song at all, but a version with new Polish lyrics of The Universal Soldier, popularised by Donovan in 1965 but actually written by Buffy Sainte-Marie from her 1964 Vanguard US album It's My Way! |
 Muza N 0520 (Poland) - rear of EP scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Muza N 0520 (Poland) - EP B-side scan by Manuel García Jara |
 It's My Way! (Vanguard VSD-79142, USA, 1964) by Buffy Sainte-Marie with her version of The Universal Soldier, picture from wikipedia.com |
 The Universal Soldier (Pye NEP 24219, UK, 1965) by Donovan, picture from wikipedia.com |
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans, and to Anneke Derksen and Dag Braathen for further information.
Norma Tanega - "Walking My Cat Named Dog" - 7" vinyl single, NewVoice 14 20 (USA), Stateside S5496 (UK), 1966:
 NewVoice 14 20 (USA) |
Bob was reported as playing harmonica on the 1966 NewVoice single by Norma Tanega, Walking My Cat Named Dog. It is now generally accepted that this is not true. Her NewVoice album named after this single was re-released on CD by Collectables Records in 1999 and is still available. |
Tom Rush - "Take A Little Walk With Me" - vinyl LP releases, Elektra EKL 308 (mono)/EKLS 7308 (stereo), (USA), 1966/CD: Collector's Choice Music WWCCM0230 2 (USA), Sep 2001:
 Elektra EKL 308 (USA) - scan by Mike Silk (mono LP, 1966) |
Paul Cable says in his book "Bob Dylan: His Unreleased Recordings" (Scorpion/Dark Star, 1978) that the "Roosevelt Gook" who plays piano on all six tracks on side 1 of this album is thought to be Bob. However, both Tom Rush in an Oct 1999 interview and Al Kooper in his book "Back Stage Passes & Backstabbing Bastards" (Billboard Books, New York, 1998) say that the person using this pseudonym was actually Al Kooper. Al Kooper is credited with playing electric guitar and celesta as well as co-production on this album (as illustrated below from the rear sleeve), and apparently wanted a separate fee rather than just a payment for "doubling up"! These tracks are therefore included here for completeness, but also in Red Herrings. (Bob names a companion as "Roosevelt Gook" during a phone-in on the Bob Fass Show, WBAI radio, New York, 26 Jan 1966, and Clinton Heylin says this was definitely Al Kooper.) |
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 Elektra EKLS 7308 (USA) - musician credits from rear sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers (stereo LP, 1966) |
 Collector's Choice Music WWCCM0230 2 (USA) - 2001 CD front scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Collector's Choice Music WWCCM0230 2 (USA) - 2001 CD rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
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 Elektra 8122 73566-2 (Germany for Europe) - 2001 2CD set, slipcase front (my copy) |
Stereo versions
R-0056 You Can't Tell A Book By Its Cover (Willie Dixon)
R-0057 Who Do You Love? (Elias McDaniels - "Bo Diddley") - this track was also included on the 1974 triple LP compilation The Bitter End Years, Roxbury (USA) RXL 300, see 1974
R-0058 Love's Made A Fool Of You (Buddy Holly-Wes Montgomery)
R-0059 Too Much Monkey Business (Chuck Berry)
R-0060 Money Honey (Jesse Stone)
Thanks to Dean Chambers for reminding me that Bob recorded several takes of this song at Sony Studios, New York, 30 Sep 1994. Two takes are available on some bootleg recordings.
R-0061 On The Road Again (Tom Rush - not a cover of the Dylan song)
Mono versions
R-0056M You Can't Tell A Book By Its Cover (Willie Dixon) - mono version
R-0057M Who Do You Love? (Elias McDaniels - "Bo Diddley") - mono version
R-0058M Love's Made A Fool Of You (Buddy Holly-Wes Montgomery)
R-0059M Too Much Monkey Business (Chuck Berry)
R-0060M Money Honey (Jesse Stone)
R-0061M On The Road Again (Tom Rush - not a cover of the Dylan song)
This album was finally released on CD by
Collector's Choice in Sep 2001, and also as part of an Elektra Classics 2CD set
in Germany in 2001. Other Tom Rush original Elektra LPs are also being released by Collector's Choice,
see their website
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"Roosevelt Gook" also appears on the 1968 album The Live Adventures Of Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper, and was again thought to be Bob Dylan, see below.
Thanks to Mike Silk, Hans Seegers and Peter Oudejans for information and scans, and to Peter Gilmer for the 2CD set.
Tom Rush - "On The Road Again"/"Love's Made A Fool Of You" - 7" mono vinyl single, Elektra EKSN 45015 (USA), 1967:
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R-0061M-2 On The Road Again (Tom Rush) A-side (mono version) - Bob was once thought to be the "Roosevelt Gook" playing piano, see comments above R-0058M-2 Love's Made A Fool Of You (Buddy Holly-Wes Montgomery) - B-side (mono version), comments as for R-0061M Thanks to David Burgess for information about this single and the label scans - this single does not appear to have had a picture sleeve. |
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Various Artists - "The Bitter End Years" - 3LP set, Roxbury RLX 300 (USA), Oct 1974:
 Roxbury RLX 300 (USA) - picture from Wim van der Mark |
R-0057-2 Who Do You Love?
(Elias McDaniels - "Bo Diddley") - Bob was once thought to be the
"Roosevelt Gook" who plays piano for Tom Rush on this track taken from
Tom's 1966 Elektra album Take A Little Walk With Me, see
above.
Thanks to Wim van der Mark for information and picture. |
Tom Rush - "Tom Rush"/"Take A Little Walk With Me" - 2CD set, Elektra/Warner Strategic Marketing 8122 73566-2 (Germany for Europe), 2001:
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This 2CD set has the 1966 album on CD2 with R-0056 - R-0061. It comes in a 2CD slimline jewel case in a card slipcase. |
 Elektra/Warner Strategic Marketing 8122 73566-2 (Germany for Europe) - rear of slipcase |
 Elektra/Warner Strategic Marketing 8122 73566-2 (Germany for Europe) - front of insert |
 Elektra/Warner Strategic Marketing 8122 73566-2 (Germany for Europe) - rear insert |
 Elektra/Warner Strategic Marketing 8122 73566-2 (Germany for Europe) - CD2 with R-0056 - R-0061 |
I flattened the slipcase to scan it so the top and bottom edges and the rear flap can be seen. Thanks to Peter Gilmer for the copy of the set.
Earth Opera - "Earth Opera" - LP, Elektra EKS 74016 (USA/UK), 1968; "The Great American Eagle Tragedy" - LP, Elektra EKS 74038 (USA/UK), 1969:
The following tracks are shown in some collectors' reference books, such as the "'Music Master' Price Guide for Record Collectors" by Nick Hamlyn, published by MBC Information Services, London, as being unreleased acetates by Bob Dylan:
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 The Pizza Tapes (2000) - including David Grisman |
In fact, these acetates from Elektra USA are all tracks by EARTH OPERA,
and not by Bob Dylan. Earth Opera was a Boston rock group formed
in the late 60s (information from George Rothe
). Thanks also to Marc Blaker and
Rob
van Estrik for more information about Earth
Opera and the subsequent careers of members Peter Rowan and David Grisman. David
Grisman
has appeared as a guest musician at Bob shows, e.g.
playing mandolin on 4th December 1980 in Portland, OR,
and the David Grisman Quintet appear with Bob on the Grateful Dead
tribute album Stolen Roses, see 2000.
David Grisman also recorded with Jerry García of The Grateful Dead on albums
such as The Pizza Tapes (Acoustic Disc ACD-41, USA, 2000), which includes
a cover of Knockin' On Heaven's Door. The story goes that,
since Earth Opera follow Bob Dylan in alphabetical listings, one reference book omitted their name so these songs were shown as Bob's. Since then other
reference works such as the one above have reprinted this error!
All the songs listed except Celebration For A Passage Of Time appeared on the Elektra albums Earth Opera (1968) and The Great American Eagle Tragedy (1969):
Earth Opera: As It Is Before; Time And Again; Death By Fire; To Care At All; When You Were Full Of Wonder
The Great American Eagle Tragedy: Mad Lydia’s Waltz
Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper - "The Live Adventures Of Michael Bloomfield And Al Kooper" 2LP set, Columbia KGP 6 (USA)/CBS 66216 (UK), 1968:
 Columbia KGP 6 (USA) |
This album was recorded live at Bill Graham's Fillmore West, San Francisco,
CA, 26-28 Sep 1967, with star guests such as Elvin Bishop and Carlos Santana.
Overdubbing was carried out in the studio by Paul Simon on 59th Street
Bridge Song and on piano on a track called Together Till The End Of Time by "Roosevelt Gook", giving rise to speculation
this was Bob. However, it was definitely Al Kooper. For the appearance of "Roosevelt Gook" on Tom Rush's 1966 Elektra album Take A Little Walk With Me, see above. |
The Masked Marauders - "The Masked Marauders" - stereo vinyl release: Deity/Reprise RS 6378 (USA), Oct 1969; reel-to-reel tape release: Deity/Reprise RST 6378B (USA), Oct 1969:
Canada, Italy, US reel, US 8-trk.
 Deity/Reprise RS 6378 (USA) - front scan by Olav Langum (vinyl) |
This album was also released on vinyl in Canada and Italy and as an 8-track tape cartridge in the USA. |
 Deity/Reprise RS 6378 (USA) - rear scan by Olav Langum (vinyl, see text below) |
 Deity/Reprise RS 6378 (USA) - insert scan by Olav Langum - fake review from "Rolling Stone" |
 Deity/Reprise RS 6378 (USA) - insert scan by Olav Langum - fake review from "The San Francisco Chronicle" |
 Deity/Reprise RS 6378 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Olav Langum |
 Deity/Reprise RST 6378 (USA) - front scan by Doug Cline (reel-to reel tape) |
 Deity/Reprise RST 6378 (USA) - rear scan by Doug Cline (reel-to reel tape) |
 Deity/Reprise RST 6378 (USA) - tape reel scan by Doug Cline |
 Deity/Reprise RS 6378 (USA) - test pressing Side 1, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Deity/Reprise RS 6378 (USA) - test pressing Side 2, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Deity/Reprise RS 6378 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Olav Langum |
This was an album that appeared in October 1969 supposedly by a supergroup
consisting of Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, and others.
In fact it was a hoax cooked up by rock critic Greil Marcus. For more details,
see "Who's Who" on Expecting Rain
. Doug Cline has a copy of the
3¾"/sec reel-to-reel tape release.
Olav Langum adds: "This album, which I have in my possession, is definitely a fake. At the time I bought this record from my source in US, the press was pretty overwhelmed with the "fact" that a monster superstar album, where people like Dylan, Lennon, Jagger etc. secretly had teamed up, was surfacing to the record buying public. It was praised as the ultimate album of the decade, the 60s, that is. We have to remember that a lot of supergroups surfaced in those days, so someone took the opportunity to con us all. And they succeeded with me..."
Tracklist:
Side 1: I Can't Get No Nookie; Duke Of Earl [the 1962 Gene Chandler hit, written by Eugene Dixon/Earl Edwards/Bernice Williams]; Cow Pie; I Am The Japanese Sandman (Rang Tang Ding Dong); The Book Of Love [the 1958 Monotones hit, written by Warren Davis/George Malone/Charles Patrick].
Side 2: Later [also written by Warren Davis/George Malone/Charles Patrick]; More Or Less Hudson's Bay Again; Season Of The Witch [Donovan]; Saturday Night At The Cow Palace.
Cow Pie and More Or Less Hudson's Bay Again are spoof Dylan songs.
The insert reproduces the spoof album review from "Rolling Stone" magazine, 18 Oct 1969. This describes a 2LP set, with additional songs such as James Brown's Prisoner Of Love, Mammy, Kick Out The Jams and Oh, Happy Day, all covers.
Spoof text from the rear sleeve (scanned by Olav Langum):
THE MASKED MARAUDERS
Only once in a lifetime does an album like this appear. Only once in a millennium does it become possible at all. But like the return of Hegel's Comet every 738 years or the coming of fresh leaves in the icy breath of spring, it was inevitable. It had to happen. In a world shrouded in the pitch darkness of war and political strife, The Masked Marauders stand as a luminescent flashbulb of truth exploding before our eyes.
Super sessions come and super sessions go. Ever since Socrates jammed with Alcibiades and Anthony played with Cleopatra, they have been a mainstay of Western Civilization. All of them are memorable. All of them produce music beyond precedent. For when the gods meet and pool their talents, even if only for a few brief hours, the result is certain to be a monument to creativity itself.
Sly critics, of course, will continue to scoff. From their flimsy tin thrones of journalistic cynicism they will continue to exclaim “It's all a shuck” and “What can you expect from prima donnas who’ve never even rehearsed together?” But truly devout rock listeners will not be swayed by such bitterness. They know a super session when they hear one.
When I was asked to attend The Masked Marauders recording date several months ago, I couldn't believe it was true. A humble man like myself listening to the spontaneous creations of … of all those great performers! It was only as I mushed my dog sled that last two miles front the Hudson Bay Air Terminal to the basement studio of Igloo Productions that I was able to convince myself that a fantastic dream would become a reality. A meeting of the gods at last!
The session went quickly. After brief troubles with the magnificent 80 track tape machine and some minor adjustments to the microphones, we were off and rolling. Inspired by the peaceful glow of the aurora borealis overhead, the musicians seemed to merge into it single body. Seldom was more than one take needed to finish a given cut. Often it required less than that.
There is an unforgettable story behind each song on this epoch-making album. “I Can't Get No Nookie”, for example, was recorded at 4:00 in the morning after an all night party on the tundra with the local Eskimos. "Boy, those Eskimo women sure are something:' the lead guitarist said to me as he shook the snow from his parka. He was right. The title of the song actually refers to one of them – “Nookie”, the lovely girl friend of Nanook of the North who attended the sessions. Rumors that the title and lyrics contain an obscene reference are nothing more than a vile ethnic slur cooked up by some demented mind.
Looking back on it now, I am certain that the magical element which held it altogether was the incredibly solid rhythm section. We have all heard the great Memphis sidemen and their compelling beat. In recent months the Nashville rhythm sections have achieved a long-deserved acclaim. But compared to the distinctive groove of the Hudson Bay group, all of these seem weak and uninteresting. These men produce a rhythm which literally jolts the listener with the spirit of that simple, joyous early rock and roll. It is, unmistakably, the sound of the future - the Hudson Bay Sound.
Unfortunately, the musicians on this record must remain anonymous. The web of entangling legal commitments in which they have become enmeshed over the last few years prevents them from revealing their true identifies. But here they are, nonetheless. As strong as ever. That distinctive lead guitar. The haunting thump-thump-thump of the drums. The rippling chords of the piano. The moaning of the harp and dobro. The familiar voices which shook foundations of two continents. Yes, they are all here.
None of them is dead.
Leading experts now estimate that the music business is currently 90% hype and 10% bullshit. The Masked Marauders, bless their hearts, have gone far beyond that. Their music needs no hype. It transcends the very essence of the bullshit for which the public pays millions each year. Do not be fooled by gossip and idle rumors. In a world of sham. The Masked Marauders are truly the genuine article.
- T M. Christian
Thanks to Olav Langum and Doug Cline for information and scans.
The Ravers/The Kettles - "Teenager's Party" - mono vinyl LP, Triumph 240 031 (France), 1970:
 Triumph 240 031 (France) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
This compilation contains Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) from Self Portrait. However, this is not by Bob as originally reported, but in a version by the German group Die Kettels (The Kettles)! This cover version is also included on the German 2001 Bear Family compilation CD Die Kettels. |
 Triumph 240 031 (France) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Triumph 240 031 (France) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (The Ravers) |
 Triumph 240 031 (France) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (The Kettles including Dylan cover) |
 Die Kettels - 2001 Bear Family Germany compilation CD including their version of The Mighty Quinn |
The compilation actually is of songs by two groups only - Side 1 consists of folk songs by The Ravers, all traditional; and Side 2 consists of "pop" songs by The Kettles including The Mighty Quinn.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Manuel García Jara for further information and scans.
George Harrison - "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)"/"Miss O'Dell" - 7" stereo Apple/Capitol/Parlophone singles (various catalogue numbers) (Worldwide), 14 May 1973:
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Miss O'Dell (George Harrison) - Bob is rumoured to be the harmonica player on this B-side, although there is no corroborating evidence (currently listed as R-0273, see 1973). |
 Apple 1862 (USA) - B-side with R-0281, scan by Manuel García Jara (1973 release variant 2) |
 Apple 1862 (USA) - A-side scan by Manuel García Jara (1973 release variant 3 - no Dylan) |
 Capitol 1862 (USA) - B-side with R-0281, picture from www.discogs.com (1978 release) |
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 Capitol 1862 (USA) - B-side with R-0281, picture from www.discogs.com (1980s release) |
 Apple 1862 (Canada) - B-side with R-0281, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Apple R 5988 (UK) - B-side picture from www.discogs.com (promo copy - includes R-0281) |
 Apple R 5988 (UK) - B-side with R-0281, scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Parlophone R 5988 (Ireland) - B-side with R-0281, scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin |
 Apple R 5988 (Sweden) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
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 Apple R 5988 (Denmark) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
 Apple R 5988 (Greece) - B-side with R-0281, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Apple 5C006-5354 (NL) - B-side with R-0281, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Apple/Electrola 2C 006-05.354 (West Germany) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
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 Apple 3C006-5354 (Italy) - front picture from www.discogs.com (commercial release) |
 Apple 3C006-5354 (Italy) - B-side with R-0281, picture from www.discogs.com (jukebox release) |
 Apple J006-05.354 (Spain) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Apple 8E 006-05 354 F (Portugal) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
 Apple SAP-88681 (Yugoslavia) - B-side with R-0281, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Parlophone R-5988 (Israel) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Apple EAR-10383 (Japan) - front of insert, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Apple A-10230 (Australia) - B-side with R-0281, scan by Stuart Moore |
 Apple NZP.3455 (New Zealand) - B-side with R-0281, picture from www.45cat.com |
 Parlophone SPD 634 (South Africa) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
 Apple 8E 0006-05 354 F (Angola) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Apple 7357 (Mexico) - B-side with R-0281, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Apple S7 BT-68 (Brazil/Brazil for Paraguay) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Apple 1621 (Argentina) - B-side scan by Manuel García Jara (R-0281) |
 Apple 7XCE 21724 (Chile) - B-side scan by Manuel García Jara (first variant - R-0281) |
 Apple 7XCE 21724 (Chile) - B-side scan by Manuel García Jara (second variant - R-0281) |
 Apple AP.1829 (Venezuela) - B-side scan by Manuel García Jara (R-0281) |
If the harmonica solo is Bob's, it was possibly recorded at George's home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in early 1973. There is nothing in Clinton Heylin's "Day By Day" book mentioning a visit by Bob to England in this period. Beatles expert Christoph Maus says the harmonica player is in fact George, who can also be heard playing harmonica on Apple Scruffs on his 1970 3LP set All Things Must Pass. The A-side of the single comes from George's album Living In The Material World, which was reissued by Apple Records in 2006 with Miss O'Dell as a bonus track (both this B-side and an alternate take, R-0747, on which Bob may or may not play), see 2006. The harmonica player on Miss O'Dell is not credited on either the 1973 and 2006 album releases
(George is credited with guitar only).Thanks to Christoph Maus for information and to Manuel García Jara, Kenneth Robson,
Éamonn Ó Catháin, Wim van der Mark and Stuart Moore for further information and scans.Donnie Fritts - "Prone To Lean" - stereo vinyl LP, Atlantic SD 18117 (USA), Feb 1975; CD release: Atlantic/EastWest Japan AMCY-2605 (Japan), 25 Apr 1998:
 Atlantic SD 18117 (USA) |
In "The Bridge" #79, Summer 2021, Alan Hoaksey reports that the June 2021 issue of "Uncut" includes an 80th Birthday Special on Bob Dylan where Patterson Hood of the Drive-By Truckers is quoted as saying "Dylan made Slow Train Coming and Saved in Muscle Shoals... He had been in town about five or six years earlier to play on a Donnie Fritts record that he's not even credited on." A similar story is told by Hood in "The Bitter Southerner": "In 1974 Jerry Wexler signed Donnie Fritts to Atlantic Records and he and Kris Kristofferson produced Donnie's most infamous record Prone To Lean. (Legend has it there's an uncredited Dylan cameo on there.)" |
 Atlantic/EastWest Japan AMCY-2605 (Japan) |
Hood also said in "That Floating Bridge" edited by Benj DeMott: "Legend has it that when Bob Dylan came to Muscle Shoals to record for the first time (summer 1973) playing on Donnie Fritts' first album Prone To Lean, he spent most of his time under a tree conversing with Eddie Hinton." This may be the source of the rumour, because Bob did indeed come to Muscle Shoals in Aug 1973 to play on Barry Goldberg's self-titled album (see 1974), and guitarist Eddie Hinton, one of the original Muscle Shoals Swampers, played on both albums.
Thanks to Tim Dunn for trawling through US local newspapers to find the exact date of the Muscle Shoals recording sessions.
Dick Cooper, "Shoals Music," FLORENCE TIMES - TRI-CITIES DAILY, Sunday, 26 May 1974, p.55 (this paper included Muscle Shoals in its coverage area)
"Donnie Fritts...was in town last week getting ready for an upcoming recording session."The same paper, Sunday, 9 June 1974, p.30, "Southern Music's Best Gather For Fritts Session," by Dick Cooper.
"Session work began on Monday (which would be June 3)". There is no mention of Dylan or special guests being there although Kris Kristofferson said "He told everybody he wanted to play..." Cooper also wrote that Kristofferson had become "hot" about the album when Fritts was in Mexico for a cameo in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, adding that, according to Kristofferson "Sam asked Donnie if he could sing in the scene."
According to Clinton Heylin there is a gap in Bob’s 1974 calendar between May 10-11 when Bob was in New York with Phil Ochs, and June 20 when Before The Flood was released on Asylum, so he may have made it to Alabama in early June. However, I think it’s fair to assume that if he had been there, Dick Cooper would have reported it.
Although the album is dated 1974 on the sleeve and record labels, several songs from it were not copyrighted until Dec 1974. The release date must actually have been in Feb 1975.
FLORENCE TIMES TRI-CITIES DAILY, Sunday, 9 February 1975, p.37, "Shoals Music: Donnie Fritts Album Released," by Dick Cooper:
"The long awaited Donnie Fritts album has been released....The album was recorded....last summer..."
The first mention of it in "Billboard" was a review in the 8 Feb 1975 edition. The following edition, dated 15 Feb 1975, carried an Atlantic Records advertisement for that week’s new releases, including Prone to Lean, plus a mention of the album being added to the playlists of FM stations KBPI and KFMY. Fritts supported the album release by giving an interview for "The Tennessean" on 4 Mar 1975 at the Combine Music offices in Nashville, TN. He didn't mention Bob Dylan in the interview. The Tennessean.
Ian Woodward adds: "Dick Cooper took the photos at the Slow Train Coming and Saved sessions, as I recall. In the early 1960s, there was a group called Dick Cooper and his Stardusters playing in Alabama - probably the same guy. He was later the manager of four music publishing businesses, all operating from the Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. It looks like he did a bit of journalism on the side, too. Then, as far as I can make out, he became the assistant director of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, later taking up the top job. He retired from that about six years ago, by which time he was called its curator, saying that he had so much material about music making in that part of the world that he had enough for several books."
Although Bob is indeed uncredited and better ears than mine can hear no evidence of him on the album, Bob performed Fritts' We Had It All from this album, also recorded by Waylon Jennings and Dolly Parton, many times on the 1986 "True Confessions" tour.
Thanks to Tim Dunn, Ian Woodward, Bob Stacy and Steve Perrin for information.
Bob Neuwirth - "Bob Neuwirth" - stereo vinyl LP, Asylum 7E-1008 (USA), 20 Aug 1974; CD release: Water 109 (USA), 21 Feb 2003:
 Asylum 7E-1008 (USA) - picture from www.amazon.com |
Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that Al Aronowitz claims in his book
"Bob Dylan and The Beatles: Volume One of 'The Best of the
Blacklisted Journalist'" (1st Books, 2003) that an uncredited Bob
contributes harmonica to Bob Neuwirth's cover of Don Gibson's A Legend In
My Time, on which Bob (N) duets with Don Everly. However, other sources
state that although Bob was present in the studio and did play harmonica on
rehearsals of this song, his contribution was never taped. There is
harmonica present on the released take, but it may not be Bob (D). Thanks to Bob Stacy, Derek Barker and Ian Woodward for further information. |
Joan Baez - "Joan Baez Sings Dylan Vol. 1" - stereo vinyl LP, Vanguard VSD 7051 (NL)/VIP Records 101055 (NL), 1975
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With God On Our Side - this song is
just shown as "live". I originally listed this in 1975 thinking it might be the version with Bob from the Vanguard album Newport Broadside: Topical Songs (R-0818, see 1964). The cover of the VIP LP leads one to suspect Bob performs on the album, but he actually doesn't. Thanks to Tom Willems for confirming there's no Dylan involvement. |
 VIP Records 101055 (NL) - scan by Wim van der Mark |
Sammy Walker - "Broadside Ballads Vol. 8 - Song For Patty", LP, Broadside/Folkways BR5310 (USA), 1975:
 Broadside/Folkways BR5310 (USA) - front scan by Lars M. Banke |
The title track Song For Patty is shown on some record retailer web-sites as being by Bob Dylan - in fact it's a 1974 song about kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst by Sammy Walker from his first album produced by Phil Ochs. This song can today be found on the Broadside boxed set The Best Of Broadside 1962- 1988, see 2000. The confusion may have arisen because Patty Valentine is one of the people mentioned in Bob's 1975 song Hurricane, from Desire. She sued Bob because of it, and became the subject of an ironic bootleg album title Songs For Patty Valentine containing the withdrawn original version of Hurricane! |
 "Songs For Patty Valentine" |
 Epic EPC 34304 (USA) - front scan by Olav Langum |
Several people have asked me about this record
because the second track Sold American is a
live version recorded during the Rolling Thunder Revue, Fort Collins,
CO, 23 May 1976 (one of the dates recorded for Hard Rain) and
is credited as "Recorded live with Bob Dylan and The Rolling Thunder
Revue". Bob was not on stage when the song was recorded. There is also a cover of the then unreleased
Dylan song Catfish as well as The Ballad Of Ira
Hayes (for Bob's version on the 1973 Dylan album, see
1973). The book "Bob Dylan: An Illustrated Discography" by Stuart Hoggard and Jim Shields started a hare running by speculating about the identity of a certain "Little Jewford Shelby", who plays keyboards, co-wrote Bananas And Cream and plays the part of the camel in Ahab The Arab! In fact he's Jeff Shelby, a member of Kinky's band The Texas Jewboys, and who also worked with Kinky before in a band called the Carrons. (Information from "The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Popular Music".) Bob does not appear at all on the live track or anywhere else on the album. This album was released on CD on Uni/Varèse Sarabande Records in Mar 1999 - the credit for Sold American was changed to "Recorded live with The Rolling Thunder Revue". |
 Epic EPC 34304 (USA) - rear sleeve credits scan by Olav Langum ("Recorded live with Bob Dylan and The Rolling Thunder Revue") |
 Epic EPC 34304 (USA) - rear sleeve personnel scan by Olav Langum (Bob is not mentioned although The Rolling Thunder Revue is credited with background vocals) |
Laurent Voulzy - "Rockollection" - 12" single: RCA 8066 (France)/RCA Victor (catalogue number?) (Argentina), 1977; 7" single: RCA PB 8067 (West Germany), 1977:
 RCA 8066 (France) - 12" single front scan by Franck Faugere |
Rockollection (Laurent Voulzy) - 12" medley including a "disco" cover of Mr. Tambourine Man (11:42) It was originally reported that this medley included a sample of Bob's studio version of Mr. Tambourine Man from Bringing It All Back Home, but this does not seem to be true. There are at least four versions of this single: the original "Version Integrale Club Mix" is 11:42 and there is a live version at 18:19 (see below). Both include Mr Tambourine Man, although the 1977 French 7" single version at 4:08 doesn't. David Plentus has a West German 7" single which has a different selection: Part I (3:50)/Part II with Mr. Tambourine Man (3:40). Thanks to Franck Faugere, David Plentus and thanks to Argentinean radio DJ Alejandro Segura for information about these singles. There is also a Spanish 12" single with different artwork. |
 RCA PB 8067 (West Germany) - 7" single front scan by David Plentus |
 RCA PB 8067 (West Germany) - 7" single B-side scan by David Plentus |
Laurent Voulzy - "Voulzy Tour" - 2CD set, BMG France 74321 228232 (France), 1994:
 BMG 74321 228232 (France) - front scan by Franck Faugere |
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 BMG 74321 228232 (France) - CD2 scan by Franck Faugere |
Rockollection (Laurent Voulzy) - live medley single including a "disco" cover of Mr. Tambourine Man (18:19)
This live double album features the live version of the song at 18:19.
Thanks to Franck Faugere for information and scans.
Laurent Voulzy - "Rockollection"
- CD: BMG 74321 55995-2 (Argentina), 1998:
 BMG 74321 55995-2 (Argentina, 1998) - picture from eBay |
Rockollection (Laurent Voulzy) - 12" medley including a "disco" cover of Mr. Tambourine Man (11:42) Rockollection (Laurent Voulzy) - live medley including a "disco" cover of Mr. Tambourine Man (18:19) Thanks to Alejandro Segura for the information that this album contains the 1977 11:42 version, the 1994 18:19 live version and a Spanish language version. |
Laurent Voulzy - "Saisons" - 2CD compilation with
bonus CD single, BMG 28765 60152 (France), Nov 2003:
This album is in a slipcase containing the 30-track 2CD set in a
single-width jewel case plus the CD single in a card sleeve. The
barcode number on the slipcase is 28765 60152 and on the jewel case rear
insert is 28765 53362.
 BMG 28765 60152 (France) - album front insert, scan by Franck Faugere |
Rockollection (Laurent Voulzy) - 12" medley including a "disco" cover of Mr. Tambourine Man (11:42) The live 18:19 version isn't included here, the 11:42 version is on the CD single and the 4:08 version (which doesn't include the cover) is on the 2CD set. Thanks to Franck Faugere for information and scans. |
 BMG 28765 60152 (France) - sticker on front of slipcase, scan by Franck Faugere |
 BMG 28765 60152 (France) - rear of slipcase, scan by Franck Faugere |
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BMG 28765 60152 (France) - CD single sleeve front, scan by Franck Faugere |
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 BMG 28765 60152 (France) - CD single scan by Franck Faugere |
 BMG 28765 60152 (France) - album rear insert, scan by Franck Faugere |
 BMG 28765 60152 (France) - album CD1 scan by Franck Faugere |
 BMG 28765 60152 (France) - album CD2 scan by Franck Faugere |
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)" - stereo vinyl LP releases, MCA MCA-5836 (USA), MCA 254 721-1 (UK/West Germany/Greece), Apr 1987; MCA 5836-1 (Australia), 1987:
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Jammin' Me (Tom Petty/Mike Campbell/Bob Dylan) - Bob Dylan is rumoured to play guitar on this co-composition (R-0318, see 1987). This may however be true, but it's also listed here for completion. |
 MCA 254 721-1 (UK/West Germany) - LP front picture from Wim van der Mark |
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Thanks to Wim van der Mark, Manuel García Jara, and Stuart Moore for information and scans.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Let Me Up (I've Had
Enough)" - CD releases:
MCA 19141 (USA), 1987;
MCA DMCL 1905 (UK), 1987; MCA MCD 01905/DMCL 1905 (West Germany),
1987; MCA 254 721-2 (Germany), 1990;
Universal Special Products 5836 (USA), 2002; MCA/Universal MCAD-5836 (Canada), 2005:
 MCA DMCL 1905 (UK) - front picture from www.discogs.com (1987 release) |
This album was released on CD in 1987 in the USA and Europe, and again in 1990, MCA 19141 (USA), and MCA 254 721-2 (Europe) - more scans required. It was also reissued in 2002, Universal Special Products 5836 (USA), scans again required. |
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 MCA/Universal MCAD-5836 (Canada) - front scan by Jack from Canada (2005 release) |
Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scan.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Jammin'
Me"/"Make That Connection" - promo and commercial 7" singles,
MCA 53065 (USA/Canada), Jan 1987; promo 12" single MCA L33-17303
(USA), Jan 1987; promo and commercial 7" singles,
MCA 258 331-7 (West Germany), Jan 1987; MCA 25 8331-7 (Italy),
Jan 1987;
MCA/Warner Pioneer P-2258 (Japan),
Jan 1987; promo 7" single,
MCA 7-53065
(Australia), 1987; promo 7" single, MCA 837 (Spain),
1987; radio station promo 12" single, CBS DJ 854 (Israel), 1987::
 MCA 53065 (USA) - 7" promo single, A-side scan by Manuel García Jara (R-0318, same both sides) |
The US and Spanish promo singles have
Jammin'
Me on both sides. On the B-side of the commercial singles was an exclusive non-album
track, Make That Connection, subsequently released on their 1995 compilation, Playback. The very rare Israeli 12" promo single was manufactured by CBS on behalf of MCA, and has the two tracks on the A-side only with Band Of The Hand (R-0318, see 1987) as track 1 and Jammin' Me as track 2. The B-side is blank and has a plain white label. |
 MCA 53065 (USA) - 7" commercial single, front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 MCA L33-17303 (USA) - 12" promo single, front scan by Manuel García Jara (R-0318, same both sides) |
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 MCA DJ 854 (Israel) - front scan by Hans Seegers (rarity and R-0318 on the A-side, B-side blank) |
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Jammin'
Me"/"Let Me Up (I've Had Enough)" - promo and commercial 7"
and 12" singles, MCA 1148 (UK)/MCAT 1148 (UK), Jan 1987:
 MCA 1148 (UK) - 7" single front scan by Manuel García Jara |
The 7" single has the same picture
sleeve but a different B-side from the
American, Canadian, Japanese and German singles, here the B-side is the title track from the album. The 12"
single has this track plus the American, Canadian, Japanese and German B-side track Make That Connection,
see above. Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Anton Sylvain for information and scans. |
 MCAT 1148 (UK) - 12" single, picture found on eBay by Anton Sylvain |
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Anthology: Through The Years" - 2CD set,
MCA 088-170-177-2 (Canada), 2000:
 MCA 088-170-177-2 (Canada) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
This 2CD set also includes
Jammin'
Me on CD2. I assume there was a US release. Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scan. |
Scott McCaughey - "My Chartreuse Opinion" - East Side Digital 80382 (USA), 1989:
 East Side Digital 80382 (USA) - picture from allmusic.com |
On www.allmusic.com the performers listed for this album include
"Drums: Bob Dylan". This is because the information on the reverse
of the front insert is deliberately misleading! It says:
Thanks to Freddy Ordoñez Araque for pointing out this entry and to Peter Gilmer for the truth and the scan! |
 East Side Digital 80382 (USA) - rear of front insert scan by Peter Gilmer |
Bonnie Guitar - "Still The Same"/"If You Were Here" - 7" vinyl single, Playback Records B-75714 (USA), Dec 1989:
 Playback Records B-75714 (USA) - Side 1 (my copy) |
Thanks to Ian Woodward and Tim Dunn for information about Bonnie
"Guitar" Buckingham's 1989 US Playback Records 7" single Still The Same
which is credited to Bob Dylan and copyrighted to Dwarf Music. The single
does not have a picture sleeve. One country music web-site lists this single in their Bonnie Guitar discography as also being performed with Bob Dylan. In fact the song is by Bob Seger, from his 1978 Capitol album Stranger In Town (shown below right), so Bob Dylan did not write the song and also does not appear on Bonnie's performance. Bonnie's cover of Still The Same can also be found on her 1999 K-Tel compilation CD Dark Moon And Other Country Favorites (hopefully correctly credited). Information from Tim Dunn: "Bonnie Guitar’s version of "Still The Same" entered the "Billboard Hot Country Singles" chart at #83 on 2 Dec 1989 with "B. Dylan" as the songwriter, copyrighted to "Dwarf Music, ASCAP". The single was on the same chart at #79 on 9 Dec with the same information. Its final week on the chart @ #81 was 16 Dec 1989, again with the same information. The single was no longer on the chart of 23 Dec 1989." As can be seen, the record label is the source of the misinformation! Thanks to Ian Woodward for the single and the scan. |
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 Playback Records B-75714 (USA) - detail of Side 1 (my copy) |
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 Picture from www.amazon.com |
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "In The Hot Seat", Victor VICP-60646 (Japan), Sep 1994; Victory/PolyGram 828 554-2 (Europe), 2000:
 Victor VICP-60646 (Japan) - front with obi (my copy) |
R-0460 Man In The Long Black Coat - Bob is credited in the "Allmusic" online database with guitar and vocals and as arranger on this cover
version
This is almost certainly a mistake - he certainly doesn't appear on vocals, and the track is credited "Dylan, arrangement: Emerson". Thanks to Alex from Brazil for information about this item, thanks also to Olav Langum for scans of the European release. |
 Victor VICP-60646 (Japan)/Victory 828 554-2 (Europe) - front |
Delinquent Habits - "Delinquent Habits", RCA BG2-66929 (USA), 1996:
 RCA BG2-66929 (USA) - picture from www.amazon.com |
Good Times (Bob Dylan/Alex Martinez/Keimonti Thomas/Ives Martin) - this song contains an
"interpolation" of Lay, Lady, Lay.
This is not, as I originally reported, a sample of the Nashville Skyline original, but from the cover version by the Byrds. The Byrds version can be found on their 1969 album Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde (remastered reissue Columbia Legacy 486 753 2, which also contains a previously unreleased alternate take of the song). Thanks to Tim Dunn and Keith Venturoni for information. |
Beck - "Odelay", Uni/DGC DGCD-24823 (USA), 1996:
 Uni/DGC DGCD-24823 (USA) - picture from www.amazon.com |
Jack-Ass (Beck Hansen/Mike
Simpson/John King/Bob Dylan) - this song by Beck features a sample of It's
All Over Now, Baby Blue and has actually been copyrighted by Bob. Again this was previously misreported - this is not a sample of the Bringing It All Back Home original but from the cover version by Them. This song is also listed on the "J" page of Bob Dylan's Unreleased Songs. Thanks to Tim Dunn for information. Thanks to Lars-Arne Klintworth for reporting that he has a vinyl copy of Odelay, Bong Load Records BL 30. There is also a 2016 vinyl release on IMS-Geffen Records. |
Various Artists - "Diana Princess Of Wales: Tribute" - 2CD set, Columbia C2K 69012 (USA), 2 Dec 1997:
 Columbia C2K 69012 (USA) - picture from Sony Music Store |
Another misreporting! On this album Love Minus Zero/No Limit is sung by
Rod Stewart, not Bob! Thanks to Michele Simpson and David Plentus for information about this album. |
Various Artists - "The Annoying Music Show's The Annoying Music Show CD", The Annoying Music Show Records AMS 220820 (USA), Nov 1999:
 Annoying Music Show Records AMS 220820 (USA) |
This is one case where Bob is billed on an officially-released CD but
does not actually appear! This record (along with 21 other annoying songs
from NPR's "The Annoying Music Show") contains a
"duet" of Sonny and Cher's I Got You,
Babe, as performed by
"Tiny Tim and Bob Dylan". Inside the booklet is more honest
saying "OK, you're right. This song was recorded by Herbert Khaury
and Robert Zimmerman. Legend says Mr. Khaury sings both parts."
Herbert Khaury was Tiny Tim's real name, and he does indeed sing both parts!
(Thanks to Peter Stone Brown for the information that this version where Tim
sings both parts is from his first album.) There is, however, a strong Dylan connection, in that Bob and Tiny Tim were friends, and this song was recorded again by Tiny Tim and Eleanor Baruchian with The Band during the Basement Tapes sessions, at Big Pink, Woodstock, New York State, in Summer 1967. It and Be My Baby are included in the film by Peter Yarrow and Barry Feinstein, "You Are What You Eat". Bob may have been present at the session, although he definitely doesn't perform. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information about the record, and to Peter Stone Brown and Daniel Luth for further information. |
Elliott Murphy - "Coming Home Again" - Download: iTunes, 16 Jan 2007; CD: Last Call 3121482 (France), 26 Feb 2007/Blue Rose BLU DP 0416 (Germany); Last Call Records 312148 (USA), 13 Mar 2007; 2LP set with two bonus tracks: Blue Rose BLU LP 0416 (Germany), 15 Jan 2007:
 Last Call 3121482 (France) - picture from Elliott Murphy's web-site  |
R-0764 Mary Ann's Garage Sale (Elliott
Murphy) - Bob is rumoured to contribute backing vocals to this song by
Elliott Murphy This story appeared in "Expecting Rain" in early Mar 2007. Elliott Murphy is an American musician based in France, and the album was recorded at Studio Franklin, Le Havre, France, from 23 Oct 2006. Bob was touring in the USA until 20 Nov 2006, so his appearance is unlikely. He is not included in the credits for this track and Arie de Reus is convinced the performance is of Elliott Murphy duetting with himself! Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and picture, to Tim Dunn for details of the US release and to Arie de Reus for the final verdict. |
Kris Kristofferson - "Closer To The Bone" - New West Records (catalogue number?), Sep 2009:
 Picture from www.amazon.com |
Thanks to Harold Lepidus and Fred Muller for information that
allmusic.com claims that Bob makes an uncredited vocal appearance on the title track of Kris
Kristofferson's Sep 2009 New West Records album Closer To The Bone. Closer To The Bone was
produced by Don Was, who also produced Bob's 1990 album Under The Red Sky. Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for confirming that the singer on Kris Kristofferson's album is Stephen Bruton, not Bob after all. |
Rebecca Black - "Friday" - Ark Music Factory (catalogue number?), May 2011:
 Picture from www.amazon.com |
 Fake promo record picture from YouTube |
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 Rebecca Black - picture from YouTube |
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