"Starlight In The East"
Directory of Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Songs: T

Compiled by Alan Fraser


Pictures Of Dylan, the 2012 German album by The Song & Danceman Band including their cover of THIEF ON THE CROSS

Revised: 06 January, 2024

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(Indefinite and definite articles at the beginning of song titles are ignored, so A WOMAN LIKE YOU is on the "W" page, and THE KING IS ON THE THRONE is on the "K" page.)


 

TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1978 C (both dates)
Performed at soundchecks in New Haven, CT, on 17 Sep 1978, and again in Carbondale, IL, on 28 Oct 1978, but no known studio version and never performed live

 

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Peter, Paul & Mary's 1965 Warner Bros album A Song Will Rise with TALKIN' CANDY BAR BLUES

TALKIN’ CANDY BAR BLUES Bob Dylan/Noel "Paul" Stookey, 1965 N
Interviewed by Kathleen Mackay in her book "Bob Dylan: Intimate Insights from Friends and Musicians" (Omnibus Press, 2007), Noel "Paul" Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary said he wrote this song but wasn't happy with the ending, so Albert Grossman asked if he could show it to Bob. Bob wrote a final verse "that had wheat germ and health food in it" but Noel Stookey eventually devised his own ending. Therefore the version of the song released on  Peter, Paul and Mary's album "A Song Will Rise" (Warner Bros, 1965) has no Dylan input. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information

 

TALKIN’ CENTRAL PARK MUGGER BLUES Bob Dylan/Tom Paxton, 1962? N
According to Tom Paxton he and Bob composed this song off-the-cuff as they walked in Central Park in New York one day. It has never been performed or recorded to Tom's knowledge.

 


"Izzy Young: Talkin Folklore Center" (MVD Visual/Gazell Film MVD5215D, USA. 2015) - DVD documentary about Izzy Young with a cover of TALKIN' FOLKLORE CENTER by Eric Bibb

TALKIN’ FOLKLORE CENTER 1961 L
Only known performance is at Gerdes Folk City, New York, on 16 Apr 1962, as part of a medley with TALKIN’ NEW YORK - the lyrics to the song were published as a broadside by the New York Folklore Center in Summer 1962, now released on the 2012 limited edition 4CD-R set "50th Anniversary Collection", 2012. Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that the 2015 documentary DVD "Izzy Young: Talkin' Folklore Center" (MVD Visual/Gazell Film MVD5215D, USA, 2015) about Izzy Young includes a cover of TALKIN' FOLKLORE CENTER by Eric Bibb.

 

TALKIN’ HUGH BROWN 1960 D
Performed at Hugh Brown’s apartment, Minneapolis, MN, September 1960

 

TALKIN’ HYPOCRITE 1962 H
Performed at Tony Glover's home, Minneapolis, MN, May or June 1962

 

TALKIN’ LOBBYIST Tom Glazer, 1960 D
Song often attributed to Bob, performed at Hugh Brown’s apartment, Minneapolis, MN, September 1960. It's actually TALKIN' INFLATION BLUES by Tom Glazer

 

TANGO 1974 O
Recording session sheet title of TANGLED UP IN BLUE, released on "Blood On The Tracks"

 

TEEN LOVE SERENADE 1959 H
Song heard in part in the 2005 Martin Scorsese documentary "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home", from a tape recorded by Ric Kangas in Hibbing, MN, in May 1959. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information it is copyrighted by Bob Dylan. I GOT A NEW GIRL is probably this song

 

TELEPHONE RESPONSE SONG 1975 H
Taped from Bob’s answering machine at his home in Malibu, CA

 

TELEPHONE WIRE 1970 S
Alternate title of LAS VEGAS BLUES

 

TELL ME THE TRUTH ONE TIME Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1979 S
Recorded at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, October 1979, with vocal by Helena Springs

 

THAT CALIFORNIA SIDE 1962 N? Y
Lyrics published in issue #28 of the UK magazine "Isis" in the 90s, written in blue ballpoint pen on the back of a shop receipt dated 22 Jun 1962. No record of the song having been recorded is known - like the earlier reported CALIFORNIA BLUE-EYED BABY, this song ridicules the West Coast lifestyle. Also known as ON THAT CALIFORNIA SIDE

 

THAT WAS RIGHT    
Hoax title of a song supposedly rehearsed in 1998 included with a fake track listing of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 17" circulated 2022

 


FM FMLP309 (USA, 1963) - album with Fred Neil performing THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN live
 

Capitol T-2665
(USA, 1966) - album with Fred Neil performing THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN
 
THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN Fred Neill/Bob Dylan?, 1962 N?

On 22 May 2022 Tom Willems posted on Facebook:

In 1963 record company FM released the album 'Hootenanny Live At The Bitter End'. On this album is music by Bob Carey, Len Chandler, Jo Mapes and Fred Neil. I bought the album yesterday, just played it for the first time. The third song Fred Neil sings on this album is entitled THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN. As an introduction he says to the audience in The Bitter End: 'This is another work song I learned from Bobby Dylan'. That surprises me. I have never heard the song THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN before. According to the credits on the cover of 'Hootenanny Live At The Bitter End', the song was written by Fred Neil, no one else. In 1966 the album 'Fred Neil' appeared with THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN and also according to the credits on this album the song is written by Neil himself and nobody else. Would the melody of THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN come from an old folk song, a melody that Neil learned from Bob Dylan?

It gets even more confusing. During the playing of THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN, Fred Neil is assisted by a harmonica player. The cover of the record does not list the name of the player. A search on the internet does not provide any answers either. It is known that the young Bob Dylan played harmonica with Fred Neil a few times. Listening to the harmonica playing on THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN I would almost think that’s …, although I don't quite dare say it out loud yet. Could it be?

Tim Dunn has confirmed that this song was copyrighted with words and music by Fred Neil on 4 Oct 1962, there is no mention of Bob. However, it has been speculatively added here for information.

 

THERE AIN’T GONNA BE ANY NEXT TIME 1974 N? Y
Lyrics of this song are reported by Clinton Heylin to have been found in a notebook containing lyrics of the "Blood On The Tracks" songs, but no studio or live version is known. They are reproduced on page 316 of Bob Dylan's "Lyrics 1962-2001" (Simon & Schuster)

 

THEY TALK ABOUT ME 1980 C
Performed at soundcheck, Toronto, Canada, 17 Apr 1980, but no known studio version and never performed live

 


Pictures Of Dylan, the 2012 German album by The Song & Danceman Band including their cover of THIEF ON THE CROSS

THIEF ON THE CROSS 1981 L
Performed once only live, at Saenger Performing Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 10 Nov 1981 - no studio version is known. Now covered by the German Dylan tribute band Song & Danceman Band on their 2012 Hofa Musik album "Pictures Of Dylan" - thanks to Dirk Krah for the information. Released on the 8CD+DVD set "The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 - Trouble No More 1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition)", Nov 2017 (CD3)

 

THIS WAY, THAT WAY 1978 C
Performed at soundcheck, New Haven, CT, 17 Sep 1978, but no known studio version and never performed live

 

THREE OF US BE FREE 1989 O
According to Michael Krogsgaard, song recorded in two takes at Studio On The Move, New Orleans, LA, 14-15 Mar 1989, during the "Oh Mercy" sessions. This was originally identified as an alternate title for BROKEN DAYS, later released on "Oh Mercy" as EVERYTHING IS BROKEN, but in his book Still On The Road - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2: 1974-2008" (Constable, 2010), Clinton Heylin thinks it's is a different, still released, song

 

THREE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1969 M
No details available on this reported title, but Gil Walker suggests the name refers to a short interview video tape from the Isle of Wight Press Conference, 27 Aug 1969 described as "Three Questions and Answers" see

 

TILL IT FEELS LIKE CHEATIN' Bob Dylan, ? N
Thanks to Tim Dunn that this song, also listed as 'TIL IT FEELS LIKE CHEATING and TILL IT FEELS LIKE CHEATING, is listed on the SESAC catalogue, work no. 636930, as having been written by "Robert Dylan" and copyrighted by Special Rider Music. No other details are listed

 

TIME AND AGAIN Earth Opera, 1968 N
Actually a track by Earth Opera, not Bob Dylan - see AS IT IS BEFORE

 


A Box Of Rain (Rykodisc, 1990) - live album by Robert Hunter (it doesn't include TIOGA PASS, but the lyrics are included in Robert Hunter's 1991 "A Box Of Rain" book)

TIOGA PASS Bob Dylan/Robert Hunter, 1987 S
Recorded during "Down In The Groove" sessions, Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, 16 Jun 1987. Thanks to Gil Walker for the information that the lyrics of TIOGA PASS by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter are included in his book "A Box Of Rain: Collected Lyrics Of Robert Hunter" (Viking Penguin, 1991). "Down In The Groove" includes SILVIO and THE UGLIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD, both with music by Bob and lyrics by Robert Hunter, and this song was recorded at the same session as the second of these

 

TITUS ANDRONICUS Bob Dylan/Edgar Froese, early 80s  
Hoax 45 minute collaboration between Bob Dylan and avant-garde German musician Edgar Froese - the master was supposedly overdubbed by German "industrial" band Einstuerzende Neubauten. Invented by Tiernan Henry as part of a list of Bob's "Top Ten Scrapped Albums" in a post to rec.music.dylan in Jan 1998 (Information from Scott Brodie and Gil Walker)

 

TO CARE AT ALL Earth Opera, 1968 N
Actually a track by Earth Opera, not Bob Dylan - see AS IT IS BEFORE

 

TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU 1986 S
Out-take from "Hearts of Fire" sessions, recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, 27-28 Aug 1986

 

TOM TURKEY 1 1973 S
Alternate title of TURKEY 2, instrumental out-take from "Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid Original Soundtrack", recorded at CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City, 20 Jan 1973

 


The Man From Waco (Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers, USA, 2022) by Charley Crockett with Dylan co-composition TOM TURKEY

TOM TURKEY 2 Bob Dylan/Charley Crockett, 2022 C
This version of TOM TURKEY was released in 2022 on Charley Crockett's album "The Man From Waco" (Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers SOD 12CD, USA). This song is not the same as the instrumental above and includes both Dylan lyrics from BILLY from "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Original Soundtrack" and new lyrics written by Crockett. Thanks to Jack from Canada for information

 

TOO HOT TO DRIVE Bob Dylan?,1985 S
Out-take from "Knocked Out Loaded", recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, 17 Apr 1985

 

TOO LATE 1983 O
Recording session sheet title of FOOT OF PRIDE, out-take from "Infidels" released on "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3". TOO LATE (ACOUSTIC VERSION) (4:00), an early take recorded at The Power Station, New York, 23 Apr 1983, was released in Apr 2021 on "Dylan ...Revisited", a CD included with June 2021 issue of "Uncut" magazine (UK). The 2CD Standard Edition of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 - Springtime In New York 1980-1985", released in Sep 2021, contains both band and acoustic versions

 

TOO SOON AN' TIME BEHIND 1970s N
Lines of a poem reproduced on page 316 of Bob Dylan's "Lyrics 1962-2001" (Simon & Schuster). Antonio J. Iriate remarks they're written in the style of the liner notes of "Planet Waves"

 


Jack Savoretti "Singing To Strangers", BMG 639460202 (UK), 15 Mar 2019, with his cover of TOUCHY SITUATION

TOUCHY SITUATION Bob Dylan/Jack Savoretti, 2018 Y
Unreleased lyrics by Bob emailed to Jack Savoretti in 2018. Now released with music by Jack on his BMG UK album "Singing To Strangers", 15 Mar 2019

 

TOWN Bob Dylan/(Jacques Levy?), 1975 N?
Recorded during "Desire" sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 31 Jul 1975

 

TRAIN OF PAIN (?) Bob Dylan?, 1986 L
Unidentified concert opening song, performed with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Sydney, Australia, February 1986, also appears as ON THE TRAIN

 

TRAVELLIN' MAN 1979 O
Deliberately misleading song title used on an early vinyl bootleg - thanks to Gil Walker for informing me it was actually TROUBLE IN MIND, an out-take from "Slow Train Coming" released as a B-side, see "Searching For A Gem", 1979

 

TREES HANNIBAL ALPS Bob Dylan?, 1983 N?
Song recorded during the "Infidels" sessions at The Power Station, New York, 19 Apr 1983

 

TRY ME, LITTLE GIRL 1967 H
Basement Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, Jul-Oct 1967
Now released on CD2 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014

 


Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes [Various Artists], Electromagnetic Recordings/Harvest Records 2537950140 (USA/Europe)


Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued [Various Artists], Eagle Vision EVB 355079 (USA) - front of Blu-ray release (my copy)
 

TRYING TO CATCH THAT TRAIN

Bob Dylan/Marcus Mumford, 1967/2014 Y
T-Bone Burnett has produced an album called "Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes", released in Nov 2014, consisting of unreleased Bob songs from lyrics unused during the Basement Tapes sessions with The Band in Woodstock, New York in 1967, completed by Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James and Marcus Mumford. Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that a new song TRYING TO CATCH THAT TRAIN completed by Marcus Mumford is included in the Showtime documentary "Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued", although it's not listed on the DVD insert. Tim says that Marcus Mumford can be seen working on the song for some two minutes in the film, but with some voice-overs

 

TRYIN’ TO MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN ???? N?
No details available on this reported title, is it one of the hoax titles?

 

TUNE AFTER ALMOST 1981 S
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love " sessions (immediately after a song called ALMOST PERSUADED), Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, March 1981

 

TUNE J 1963 N?
Otherwise unidentified instrumental recorded during "The Times They Are A-Changin’" sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 23 Oct 1963 (CO79684)

 

TUNE Z 1963 O
Recording session sheet title for RESTLESS FAREWELL, released on "The Times They Are A-Changin'"

 

TURKEY 2 1973 S
Introduced by Bob as "TURKEY 2 OR TOM TURKEY", instrumental out-take from "Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid Original Soundtrack", recorded at CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City, 20 Jan 1973

 

TURKEY IN THE STRAW 1973 S
Alternate title noted by Paul Cable for one of the takes of TURKEY CHASE from the Pat Garrett soundtrack, not the traditional bluegrass number

 

TURNING POINT 1974 N?
Alternate title of WHERE DO YOU TURN

 

26 STOREYS HIGH Bob Dylan?, 1985 S
Previously unknown song possibly recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, May-Oct 1985.

 

TWO WAYS Bob Dylan?, 1981 C
Performed at soundcheck at Clarkston, MI, on 11 Jun 1981, but no known studio version and never performed live

 

TWO TRAINS RUNNING McKinley Morganfield [Muddy Waters], 1961 H L
Alternate title of STILL A FOOL, recorded at Bonnie Beecher's apartment in Minneapolis, MN, in May 1961, and also performed at the Finjan Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2 Jul 1962. Thanks to Jim O'Neal for correcting this entry and for the information that Mike Bloomfield recorded it under this title

 


RCA Victor 75-5092 (Canada, 1971) - 7" single A-side with Marie Jane's version of TU PEUX PARTIR, scan by Jack from Canada

TU PEUX PARTIR Pierre-René de Cotret/Bob Dylan, 1971 O
French translation of IF NOT FOR YOU from "New Morning", with lyrics by Pierre-René de Cotret. Recorded by French Canadian singer Marie Jeanne or Marie Jane on a 1971 RCA Victor single, PRO.1601 (promo) or 75-5092 (commercial) - promo scan required! Thanks to Tim Dunn and Jack from Canada for information and scan

 

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