As nice as the official ‘bootleg series’ releases have been over the past 10+ years, it’s the unofficial stacks I regularly find myself turning to when looking for an off-kilter Dylan fix. Long available in trading circles (at times known as the Yesterday bootleg) the following two sessions were cut in ’69 and ’70 at CBS studios in Nashville and New York City respectively. George Harrison guests on the NYC session, and it would not surprise me if this, or a session like it, were not the impetus for the inclusion of “If Not For You” on his 1970 solo debut All Things Must Pass.
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first Nighthawks Tom Waits and now Bob Dylan bootlegs with George Harrison. great start to 2010.
1 | Jonathan Zero January 5th, 2010 at 7:46 amThanks!
this collection really is a treasure
2 | jesselun January 5th, 2010 at 8:57 amWow! Fantastic. Thank you.
3 | Dexter January 5th, 2010 at 10:07 amIncredible…THANKS!!!
4 | Martin Van Nostrand January 5th, 2010 at 10:30 amwonderful
5 | J Thomas January 5th, 2010 at 10:31 amthanks AD, can’t wait to give these a listen!
6 | theMike January 5th, 2010 at 11:35 amThanks so much for sharing
7 | P Stout January 5th, 2010 at 11:50 amAwesome post. Keep this type of thing coming. The quality of the recordings is even great. It amazes me that I can get more information from a free blog than I could ever get from a paid subscription to a music magazine like SPIN or Rolling Stone.
8 | BuzzKillington January 5th, 2010 at 12:21 pm[...] Bob Dylan sings the Beatles and Sam Cooke via Aquarium Drunkard [...]
9 | Bob Dylan sings The Beatles’ Yesterday « la bird bohéme January 5th, 2010 at 1:14 pmThis is great. Thank you I can’t wait to listen to it.
10 | Legal Step January 5th, 2010 at 1:19 pmHeidiho, this is what I love about Aquarium Drunkard. Thanks for all the audible love. Hey, did you know Bob Dylan’s real name is “Robert Allen Zimmerman”? It’s not that surprising, but a fun fact. Happy New Decade, AD!
11 | KelliShives January 5th, 2010 at 1:39 pmLove me some Blind Boy Grunt. Cheers, AD.
12 | Henry Fix January 5th, 2010 at 2:48 pmHey these are awesome! I could only download like half of them though. Now I have a problem accessing the links. Anyone else having problems?
13 | Ken January 5th, 2010 at 3:32 pmHaving problems with the links :/
14 | Shawn Morones January 5th, 2010 at 4:14 pmThat’s Charlie Daniels he’s talking to at the beginning of Gates of Eden.
15 | RakeRocter January 5th, 2010 at 4:19 pmDid I miss the files or are they being restored as a zip? I’d love to get them.
16 | Sam January 5th, 2010 at 4:53 pmHANG tight. Zip on the way……
17 | Satisfied '75 January 5th, 2010 at 4:58 pmExcellent! Thank you so so much. I’m very excited.
18 | Sam January 5th, 2010 at 5:01 pmThat’s an awesome late Christmas gift. Thanks!
19 | Pop Librarian January 5th, 2010 at 8:30 pmnice. these tunes are much appreciated.
20 | corinna January 6th, 2010 at 10:30 amThanks. I am loving this. And the Tom Waits too!
21 | Paul January 6th, 2010 at 12:34 pmwhoah!
22 | george massouris January 6th, 2010 at 2:38 pmOutstanding stuff.
For the completists:
23 | Megary January 6th, 2010 at 3:35 pm“True Love” should be “Your True Love”…another Perkins cover.
A fantastic post. Borderline public-service. I’ve always thought Nashville Skyline was an underrated effort, and always loved the Bootleg Series version of “If Not for You” featuring George on slide.
24 | thegoodbyeradio January 6th, 2010 at 4:01 pmplease post the Dylan & Cash stuff Again! Thank you so much what you’re doing is great!
25 | Brandon January 6th, 2010 at 8:06 pmThanks for this! What a New Years’ present.
26 | George Jarrett January 6th, 2010 at 8:22 pmPossum Belly Overalls!
27 | Jamie January 6th, 2010 at 8:40 pm[...] it fuckin’ rules, download that shit HERE. AKPC_IDS += "13068,";Popularity: unranked SPREAD THE [...]
28 | Aquarium Drunkard posted the Bob Dylan – “Yesterday” Bootleg | BUDDYHEAD January 6th, 2010 at 9:23 pmthank you thank you thank you. an unheard bootleg from my favorite dylan era. the drunkard delivers again!
29 | Matt January 6th, 2010 at 11:16 pmSome interesting/dull facts (depeniding on your persuasion) on the Dylan/Harrison connection:
Harrison’s impetus for a version of “If Not For You” on ‘All Things Must Pass’ may well have come from this session. However they did also meet up in 1968 in Woodstock at Bob’s home a few times, I have recording from one meeting of them playing an early version of “I’d Have You Any Time” a co-compostion of which Harrison’s version is the opening song on All Things Must Pass. Also on the tape is “Nowhere To Go” (sometimes called “Everybody Somebody Comes To Town”) which I don;t think ever made it to an album for either Dylan or Harrison.
“Behind That Locked Door” a beautiful song from All Things Must Pass is thought to have been written about Dylan by Harrison.
30 | Jimmie Preston January 7th, 2010 at 6:32 amthat link ain’t working… for me anyway ;-(
31 | lulu January 7th, 2010 at 1:37 pmThank you so much for this! I’m in the air in Paris!
32 | Tibalt January 7th, 2010 at 1:42 pmi think the link is broken. i would love to hear these sessions. please please fix the link. thanx.
33 | joe g. January 7th, 2010 at 4:05 pmIt works. Mediafire was just down today
34 | Satisfied '75 January 7th, 2010 at 8:52 pmThanks for the great post and download. The versionof “If Not For You” is definitely the basis for the Harrison recording on “All Things Must Pass” – particularly George’s guitar coda. Compare the quicker tempo and church organ on Dylan’s studio version from “New Morning.”
35 | The Night Owl January 7th, 2010 at 9:32 pmThanks Drunkard! That’s Carl Perkins pickin’ it on the Nashville stuff BTW… From bobsboots.com: “Produced by Bob Johnson, this session was three days after the ‘Nashville Skyline’ LP was recorded in the same studio, with different musicians.
36 | Lubenow January 15th, 2010 at 2:20 pmThe 1970 material … was produced by Bob Johnson as well. This session also produced the “If Not For You” version that was released on the official CBS LP ‘The Bootleg Series 1-3″ The musicians include George Harrison (guitar), Charlie Daniels (bass & backing vocals), Billy Mundi (drums) & Bob Johnson (piano)
Schwing!
37 | Cal January 20th, 2010 at 10:15 amThis bootleg has been mislabled for years. All of these tracks are actually from the first session for “New Morning” on May 1st, 1970 in NYC at Columbia Studio B. check this link and click on May 1st.
http://www.bjorner.com/DSN01790%201970.htm#DSN01810
38 | chris February 5th, 2010 at 12:16 pmalso, alot of the info on “bobsboots.com” is bogus and sometimes completely incorrect as in this case. thanks for the tracks though, this album is great.
39 | chris February 5th, 2010 at 12:20 pmThanks for this jewel!
40 | Elly June 16th, 2010 at 9:57 amCan’t thank you enough!
41 | Jamie December 26th, 2010 at 2:19 pmThank you.Honestly.
42 | Ian January 31st, 2011 at 4:06 amIs there still a link for this?
43 | Brett June 11th, 2013 at 10:25 pm