STILL GOING BAREFOOT

Bob Dylan 1983

by

Olof Björner

A summary of recording & concert activities,

releases, tapes & books.

© 2004 by Olof Björner

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CONTENTS

1 Introduction.. 3

2 1983 At A Glance.. 3

3 The 1983 Calendar.. 3

4 Infidels. 4

5 Songs 1983. 13

6 Suggested Readings. 14

6.1 Articles. 14

6.2 Interviews. 14

6.3 Lyrics. 14

6.4 Reviews of Infidels. 14

7 SOURCES. 15

8 Bibliography.. 16

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Chronicles

1 Introduction

Another year without performing but with a lot of studio time resulting in the Infidels album. This time Dylan apparently also spends a lot of time remixing and dubbing the tracks recorded in April and May.

2 1983 At A Glance

3 The 1983 Calendar

16 February	Dylan appears at a Rick Danko/Levon Helm concert at the Lone Star Café in New York City, New York.
11 April – 17 May	The Infidels recording sessions in Studio A, Power Station, New York City, New York.
28 October	Release of Union Sundown/Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground single (in Europe only).
October	Dylan films the Sweetheart Like You video in Los Angeles.
1 November	Release of Infidels. The photo of Dylan on the hills above Jerusalem is taken by Sara Dylan during their visit there in September.
December	Release of Sweetheart Like You/Union Sundown single.

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4 Infidels

It took Dylan 19 recording sessions to complete Infidels. As was the case with Shot Of Love a number of great longs were left off, among them Lord Protect My Child, Foot Of Pride and, of course, Blind Willie McTell. These were all later released on The Bootleg Series.

Surprisingly a great number of covers were recorded, but none ended up on the final album, only one, Willie Nelson’s Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground, was used as single B-side on an European only release. During one session even a number of Christmas songs were attempted!

The sessions resulted in at least 244 recordings of 47 different songs and a number of unidentified jams.

Here’s a breakdown:

	#	takes
released songs	15	184
outtakes	14	30
covers	18	30
Total	47	244

The sessions were produced by Mark Knopfler and Bob Dylan. Here's a summary:

			# of		take released on
Date	Song	takes		INF[1]		DITG[2]	BOOT[3]	single
11 April	Blind Willie McTell	21
	Oh, Babe	2
	Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight	5
12 April	Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight	11		11
13 April	Jokerman	5		1
	Columbus Georgia	1
	Back To The Wall	1
	Oklahoma Kansas	1
	License To Kill	1
14 April	Clean-Cut Kid	3
	This Was My Love [4]	1
	Man Of Peace	3		3
	Jokerman	1		1				1
	Sweetheart Like You	2
15 April	Don't Fly Unless It's Safe	2
	Clean-Cut Kid	5
	Jesus Met The Woman At The Well [5]	1
	16 Tons [6]	1
	He's Gone (?)	1
16 April	Oh, Susannah! [7]	1
	Dark Groove	4
	Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart	6					4
18 April	Sweetheart Like You	20		9				9
	Blind Willie McTell	2
19 April	Neighborhood Bully	6		5
	Green Onions [8]	1
20 April	This Was My Love [9]	8
	Across The Borderline [10]	3
21 April	Tell Me	8					n [11]
22 April	Foot Of Pride	9
	Christmas Song [12]	1
	Choo Choo Ch'Boogie [13]	1
	Silent Night [14]	1
	Glory To The King [15]	1
	Lovers Concerto [16]	1
	Dark As A Dungeon [17]	1
23 April	Foot Of Pride	17
25 April	Foot Of Pride	9
	Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart	4
26 April	Foot Of Pride	3
	Prison Station Blues	1
	Forever My Darling	1
	Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart	3
	Choo Choo Ch'Boogie	2
	Cold Cold Heart [18]	1
	I’m Movin' On [19]	1
27 April	From Paul	1
	Foot Of Pride	5					5
	Union Sundown	2
	I And I	9		6
	Julius And Ethel	2
29 April	Don't Drink No Chevy (?)	3
	How Many Days (?)	2
	Home, Home On The Range [20]	1
	I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair [21]	1
	Foot Of Pride	1
2 May	Lord Protect My Child	10					10
	Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground [22]	12						12
	Union Sundown	5		5				5
	The Green, Green Grass Of Home [23]	2
	Death Is Not The End	1				1
5 May	Blind Willie McTell	2					1+2
17 May	Neighborhood Bully	1

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Songs in alphabetical order:

n	means session from which the released take was pulled, n = # of takes recorded

									April										May
	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	19		20	21	22	23	25	26	27	29	2		5	17	S
Blind Willie McTell	21						2													2		25
Oh, Babe	2																					2
Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight	5	11																				16
Jokerman			5	1																		6
Columbus Georgia			1																			1
Back To The Wall			1																			1
Oklahoma Kansas			1																			1
License To Kill			1																			1
Clean-Cut Kid				3	5																	8
This Was My Love				1																		1
Man Of Peace				3																		3
Sweetheart Like You				2			20															22
Don't Fly Unless It's Safe					2																	2
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well					1																	1
16 Tons					1																	1
He's Gone (?)					1																	1
Oh, Susannah!						1																1
Dark Groove						4																4
Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart						6								4	3							13
Neighborhood Bully								6													1	7
Green Onions								1														1
This Was My Love										8												8
Across The Borderline										3												3
Tell Me											8											8
Foot Of Pride												9	17	9	3	5	1					44
Christmas Song												1										1
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie												1			2							3
Silent Night												1										1
Glory To The King												1										1
Lovers Concerto												1										1

									April										May
	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	19		20	21	22	23	25	26	27	29	2		5	17	S
Dark As A Dungeon												1										1
Prison Station Blues															1							1
Forever My Darling															1							1
Cold Cold Heart															1							1
I’m Movin' On															1							1
From Paul																1						1
Union Sundown																2		5				7
I And I																9						9
Julius And Ethel																2						2
Don't Drink No Chevy (?)																	3					3
How Many Days (?)																	2					2
Home, Home On The Range																	1					1
I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair																	1					1
Lord Protect My Child																		10				10
Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground																		12				12
The Green, Green Grass Of Home																		2				2
Death Is Not The End																		1				1
Total # of songs	28	11	9	10	10	11	22	7		11	8	15	17	13	12	19	8	30		2	1	244

Released songs:

									April										May
	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	19		20	21	22	23	25	26	27	29	2		5	17	S
Blind Willie McTell	21						2													2		25
Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight	5	11																				16
Jokerman			5	1																		6
License To Kill			1																			1
Man Of Peace				3																		3
Sweetheart Like You				2			20															22
Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart						6								4	3							13
Neighborhood Bully								6													1	7
Tell Me											8											8
Foot Of Pride												9	17	9	3	5	1					44
Union Sundown																2		5				7
I And I																9						9
Lord Protect My Child																		10				10
Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground																		12				12
Death Is Not The End																		1				1
Total # of songs	26	11	6	6	0	6	22	6		0	8	9	17	13	6	16	1	28		2	1	184

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Outtakes:

									April										May
	11	12	13	14	15	16	18	19		20	21	22	23	25	26	27	29	2		5	17	S
Oh, Babe	2																					2
Columbus Georgia			1																			1
Back To The Wall			1																			1
Oklahoma Kansas			1																			1
Clean-Cut Kid				3	5																	8
Don't Fly Unless It's Safe					2																	2
He's Gone (?)					1