Still On The Road

1981 SHOT OF LOVE RECORDING SESSIONS

 

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March

  3

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios, preliminary Shot Of Love recording session

  4

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios, preliminary Shot Of Love recording session

10

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios, preliminary Shot Of Love recording session

11

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios, preliminary Shot Of Love recording session

20

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios, preliminary Shot Of Love recording session

21-24

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios, preliminary Shot Of Love recording session

26

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios, 1st Shot Of Love recording session

27

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios, 2nd Shot Of Love recording session

31

Los Angeles, California

Studio A, Studio 55, 3rd Shot Of Love recording session

April

  1

Los Angeles, California

Cream Studio, Shot Of Love recording session # 4

  2

Los Angeles, California

Studio A, United Western Studio. Shot Of Love recording session # 5

 

Los Angeles, California

Various Studios, Shot Of Love recording session # 6

23

Los Angeles, California

Clover Recorders, Shot Of Love recording session # 7

24

Los Angeles, California

Clover Recorders, Shot Of Love recording session # 8

27

Los Angeles, California

Clover Recorders, Shot Of Love recording session # 9

28

Los Angeles, California

Clover Recorders, Shot Of Love recording session # 10

29

Los Angeles, California

Clover Recorders, Shot Of Love recording session # 11

30

Los Angeles, California

Clover Recorders, Shot Of Love recording session # 12

May

  1

Los Angeles, California

Clover Recorders, Shot Of Love recording session # 13

early

Los Angeles, California

Clover Recorders, Shot Of Love recording session # 14

14

Los Angeles, California

Clover Recorders, Shot Of Love recording session # 15

15

Los Angeles, California

Clover Recorders, Shot Of Love recording session # 16

late

Los Angeles, California

Unidentified Studio

June

  1-7

Santa Monica, California

Rundown Studios, rehearsal sessions

 

 

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6124

Rundown Studios

Santa Monica, California

3 March 1981

 

 

 

Preliminary Shot Of Love recording session.

 

 

1.

Jim's Tune

2.

Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)

3.

Pretend I Never Happened (Willie Nelson)

4.

It's Alright

5.

Gonna Love You Anyway

6.

Israel

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Steve Ripley (guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 10. Running Back To Rundown, (March 3 – April 2, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

No tracks from this session are circulating.

Michael Krogsgaard does not merntion this session.

 

Session info created 24 October 2020.

 

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6125

Rundown Studios

Santa Monica, California

4 March 1981

 

 

 

Preliminary Shot Of Love recording session.

 

 

1.

Every Little Bit Hurts (Ed Cobb)

2.

Adelita (trad.)

3.

Dead Man, Dead Man

4.

Gonna Love You Anyway

5.

Need A Woman

6.

She's Already Gone (Ernest Tubb)

7.

In The Garden

8.

Solid Rock

9.

The Dark Road Is A Hard Road (trad.)

10.

Old Man (Neil Young)

11..

A Million Miles Away (Neil Diamond)

12.

You've Got A Friend (Carole King)

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Steve Ripley (guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 10. Running Back To Rundown, (March 3 – April 2, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

No tracks from this session are circulating.

Michael Krogsgaard does not merntion this session.

 

Session info created 11 August 2018.

 

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6126

Rundown Studios

Santa Monica, California

10 March 1981

 

 

 

Preliminary Shot Of Love recording session.

 

 

1.

You Changed My Life

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Steve Ripley (guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 10. Running Back To Rundown, (March 3 – April 2, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

The track from this session is not circulating.

Michael Krogsgaard does not merntion this session.

 

Session info created 12 August 2018.

 

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6127

Rundown Studios

Santa Monica, California

11 March 1981

 

 

 

Preliminary Shot Of Love recording session.

 

 

1.

Shot Of Love

2.

You Changed My Life

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Steve Ripley (guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).    

 

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 10. Running Back To Rundown, (March 3 – April 2, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

No tracks from this session are circulating.

Michael Krogsgaard does not merntion this session.

 

Session info created 12 August 2018.

 

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6128

Rundown Studios

Santa Monica, California

20 March 1981

 

 

 

Preliminary Shot Of Love recording session.

 

 

1.

Need A Woman

2.

Reach Out

3.

Heart Of Stone

4.

A Song For You

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Steve Ripley (guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 10. Running Back To Rundown, (March 3 – April 2, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

Gavin Selerie: The Opposite Of What The Experts Say: Springtime in New York 1980-1985. The Bridge issue 71, pages 47-79.

Derek Barker: Waiting For Spring To Come. Isis issue 216, pages 13-28.

Nicholas Birns: Review Of Springtime In New York. The Dylan Review Vol. 3.2, Fall/Winter 2021-2022.

 

Official release

1 released on Bob Dylan Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985, Disc 1, Columbia Legacy 1943986580201, 17 September 2021.

 

Notes

Only track1 is circulating.

Heart Of Stone is an early version of Property Of Jesus.

Michael Krogsgaard does not merntion this session.

 

Session info created 12 August 2018.

Session info updated 30 January 2022.

 

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6129

Rundown Studios

Santa Monica, California

21-24 March 1981

 

 

 

Preliminary Shot Of Love recording session.

 

 

1.

Bolero

2.

Every Grain Of Sand

3.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

4.

Is It Worth It?

5.

Let's Begin (Jim Webb)

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Steve Ripley (guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 10. Running Back To Rundown, (March 3 – April 2, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

No tracks from this session are circulating.

Bolera is an early version of Heart Of Mine.

Michael Krogsgaard does not merntion this session.

 

Session info created 12 August 2018.

 

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6131

Rundown Studios

Santa Monica, California

25-26 March 1981

 

 

 

1st Shot Of Love recording session. Produced by Jimmy Iovine.

 

 

1.

Angelina

2.

Angelina

3.

Shot Of Love

4.

Instrumental Jam

5.

Instrumental Jam

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Steve Ripley (guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Steve Ripley (guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

1 Bob Dylan (vocal & piano), Steve Ripley (guitar), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

                                                                       

Official releases

1 released on Bob Dylan Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985, Disc 2, Columbia Legacy 1943986580202, 17 September 2021.

2 released on THE BOOTLEG SERIES (RARE & UNRELEASED) 1961-1991, Volume 3, Columbia 468 086 2, 26 March 1991.

3 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Four: Rare and Unreleased, Columbia 88985454652-4, 3 November 2017

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 10. Running Back To Rundown, (March 3 – April 2, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

Gavin Selerie: The Opposite Of What The Experts Say: Springtime in New York 1980-1985. The Bridge issue 71, pages 47-79.

Derek Barker: Waiting For Spring To Come. Isis issue 216, pages 13-28.

Nicholas Birns: Review Of Springtime In New York. The Dylan Review Vol. 3.2, Fall/Winter 2021-2022.

 

Notes

Track 4, 5 are not in circulation.

Track 2 mixed 4 May 1981.

Track 2 used as a Special Rider demo.

Track 2 present on the first sequenced tape of Shot Of Love but later removed. .

Krogsgarrd has only the first two tracks.

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info created 12 August 2018.

Session info updated 30 January 2022.

 

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6132

Rundown Studios

Santa Monica, California

27-30 March 1981

 

 

 

2nd Shot Of Love recording session. Produced by Jimmy Iovine.

 

 

1.

Instrumental Jam

2.

Unidentified Song

3.

Jam

4.

Unidentified Song

5.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

6.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

7.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

8.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

9.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

10.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

11.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

12.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

13.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

14.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

15.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

16.

Every Grain Of Sand

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 10. Running Back To Rundown, (March 3 – April 2, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

There are no recordings in circulation from this session.

Heylin has only The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar amd Every Grain Of Sand from these sessions.

Krogsgaard does not have Every Grain Of Sand.

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info updated 12 August 2018.

 

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6133

Studio A

Studio 55

Los Angeles, California

31 March 1981

 

 

 

3rd Shot Of Love recording session. Produced by Jimmy Iovine.

 

 

1.

Caribbean Wind

2.

Caribbean Wind

3.

Caribbean Wind

4.

Caribbean Wind

5.

Caribbean Wind

6.

Caribbean Wind

7.

Caribbean Wind

8.

Caribbean Wind

9.

Dead Man, Dead Man

10.

A Song For You

11.

Cold Cold Heart

12.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), David Mansfield (violin), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Bobbye Hall (percussion), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Bootleg CD

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 1 (track 8)

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 10. Running Back To Rundown, (March 3 – April 2, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

1-5 are incomplete.

Only track 8 is circulating.

1–8 Caribbean Winds on recording sheets.

7 “w. electric guitar” on recording sheets.

8 “w. acoustic guitar” on recording sheets.

Krogsgaard has only Caribbean Wind from this session.

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info updated 12 August 2018.

 

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6134

Cream Studio

Los Angeles, California

1 April 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 4. Produced by Destiny Productions.

 

 

1.

Straw Hat

2.

Gonna Love You Anyway

3.

Gonna Love You Anyway

4.

Unidentified Song

5.

I Wish It Would Rain (Rodger Penzabene/Barrett Strong/Norman Whitfield)

6.

It's All Dangerous To Me

7.

Instrumental

8.

Need A Woman

9.

Well Water

10.

Instrumental

11.

Instrumental

12.

Instrumental

13.

My Girl (It's Growing)

14.

My Oriental House

15.

Wild Mountain Thyme (trad.)

16.

Borrowed Time

17.

I Want You To Know I That Love You

18.

I Want You To Know I That Love You

19.

Rockin' Boat

20.

I Wish It Would Rain (Rodger Penzabene/Barrett Strong/Norman Whitfield)

21.

Cold Cold Heart (Hank Williams)

22.

Need A Woman

23.

In The Summertime

24.

I Want You To Know I That Love You

25.

I Want You To Know I That Love You

26.

I Want You To Know I That Love You

27.

Instrumental

28.

Is It Worth It?

29.

Is It Worth It?

30.

Is It Worth It?

31.

Is It Worth It?

32.

Is It Worth It?

33.

You Changed My Life

34.

Almost Persuaded

35.

Almost Persuaded

36.

Almost Persuaded

37.

Need A Woman

38.

I Wish It Would Rain (Rodger Penzabene/Barrett Strong/Norman Whitfield)

39.

I Wish It Would Rain (Rodger Penzabene/Barrett Strong/Norman Whitfield)

40.

I Wish It Would Rain (Rodger Penzabene/Barrett Strong/Norman Whitfield)

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums).

7–18 William Smith (keyboards), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Bootlegs

Between Saved And Shot. Dandelion DL 105.

God Only Knows. Sunflower 001

 

Official releases

16, 21, 40 released on Bob Dylan Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985, Disc 2, Columbia Legacy 1943986580202, 17 September 2021.

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Tim Dunn: The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-1995. A Rolling Tomes/Not-A-CES Publication 1996.

Michael Krogsgaard: Twenty Years Of Recording. The Bob Dylan Reference Book. Scandinavian Institute For Rock Research, Copenhagen February 1981.

Michael Krogsgaard: Master Of The Tracks. The Bob Dylan Reference Book of Recording. Scandinavian Institute For Rock Research, Copenhagen October 1988.

Michael Krogsgaard: Positively Bob Dylan. A Thirty-Year Discography, Concert & Record Session Guide 1960-1991. Popular Culture, Ink. 1991.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan Stolen Moments. The Ultimate Reference Book. Wanted Man Publications, UK 1988.

Bob Spitz: Dylan. A Biography. McGraw-Hill, New York 1989.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 10. Running Back To Rundown, (March 3 – April 2, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

Gavin Selerie: The Opposite Of What The Experts Say: Springtime in New York 1980-1985. The Bridge issue 71, pages 47-79.

Derek Barker: Waiting For Spring To Come. Isis issue 216, pages 13-28.

Nicholas Birns: Review Of Springtime In New York. The Dylan Review Vol. 3.2, Fall/Winter 2021-2022.

 

Notes

1, 2, 7–13, 17, 18, 20, 25–36 are incomplete.

4, 13, 14 are instrumentals.

Song 14 also called My Oriental Home.

Song 2 also called Gonna Love Her Anyway.

6, 9 copied to copyright reel 12-3-84.

14, 24 copied to copyright reel 12-3-84.

3, 6, 9, 14, 16, 19, 24, 37 submitted to the Copyright Office as "Special Rider Music Compilation #2 - 1985", registered 29 January 1985.

Only tracks 6, 9, 14, 24, 40 are circulating.

The dating of this material has been highly uncertain as can be seen from this summary:

 

Ernst-Otto Begerau in Every Grain Of Sand

1981

 

Glen Dundas in Tangled Up In Tapes Revisited

1984

July-January 1985, Empire Burlesque outtake

Jeff Friedman in Spitz's Dylan. A Biography

1985

early

Clinton Heylin in Stolen Moments

1982

summer/fall

Clinton Heylin in The Recording Sessions

1981

Late March/early April

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind

1981

1 April

Michael Krogsgaard in Master Of The Tracks

1980

May/June

Michael Krogsgaard in Positively Bob Dylan

1981

August

 

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info created 12 August 2018.

Session info updated 30 January 2022.

 

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6135

Studio A

United Western Studio

Los Angeles, California

2 April 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 5. Produced by Destiny Productions.

 

 

1.

Unidentified Song

2.

Unidentified Song

3.

Unidentified Song

4.

Unidentified Song

5.

Unidentified Song

6.

Unidentified Song

7.

Unidentified Song

8.

Unidentified Song

9.

Unidentified Song

10.

Unidentified Song

11.

Unidentified Song

12.

Unidentified Song

13.

Unidentified Song

14.

Unidentified Song

15.

Unidentified Song

16.

Instrumental

17.

Instrumental

18.

Movin'

19.

Is It Worth It?

20.

Is It Worth It?

21.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

22.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

23.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

24.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

25.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

26.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

27.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

28.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

29.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

30.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

31.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

32.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

33.

Yes Sir, No Sir (Hallelujah)

34.

Singing This Song For You

35.

Singing This Song For You

36.

Is It Worth It?

37.

Singing This Song For You

38.

Singing This Song For You

39.

Singing This Song For You

40.

You Changed My Life

41.

Unidentified Song

42.

Reach Out

43.

Fur Slippers

44.

Let It Be Me (Delanoé/Becaud/Curtis)

45.

Let It Be Me (Delanoé/Becaud/Curtis)

46.

Let It Be Me (Delanoé/Becaud/Curtis)

47.

Let It Be Me (Delanoé/Becaud/Curtis)

48.

Is It Worth It?

49.

Instrumental

50.

Ah Ah Ah

51.

Ah Ah Ah

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), William Smith (keyboards), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King (background vocals).

 

Bootlegs

Between Saved And Shot. Dandelion DL 105.

God Only Knows. Sunflower 001

 

Official release

33, 48, 43 released on Bob Dylan Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985, Disc 2, Columbia Legacy 1943986580202, 17 September 2021.

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Tim Dunn: The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-1995. A Rolling Tomes/Not-A-CES Publication 1996.

Michael Krogsgaard: Twenty Years Of Recording. The Bob Dylan Reference Book. Scandinavian Institute For Rock Research, Copenhagen February 1981.

Michael Krogsgaard: Master Of The Tracks. The Bob Dylan Reference Book of Recording. Scandinavian Institute For Rock Research, Copenhagen October 1988.

Michael Krogsgaard: Positively Bob Dylan. A Thirty-Year Discography, Concert & Record Session Guide 1960-1991. Popular Culture, Ink. 1991.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan Stolen Moments. The Ultimate Reference Book. Wanted Man Publications, UK 1988.

Bob Spitz: Dylan. A Biography. McGraw-Hill, New York 1989.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 10. Running Back To Rundown, (March 3 – April 2, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

Gavin Selerie: The Opposite Of What The Experts Say: Springtime in New York 1980-1985. The Bridge issue 71, pages 47-79.

Derek Barker: Waiting For Spring To Come. Isis issue 216, pages 13-28.

Nicholas Birns: Review Of Springtime In New York. The Dylan Review Vol. 3.2, Fall/Winter 2021-2022.

 

Notes

1–5, 7–14, 15–17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25–27, 29, 34, 37, 44, 46, 49 are incomplete.

1–6 and 7–15 are probably two different tunes.

33, 48, 50 copied to copyright reel 11-29-84 and submitted to the Copyright Office as "Special Rider Music Compilation #2 - 1985", registered 29 January 1985.

Heylin calls A Song For You, Singing This Song For You in Trouble In Mind.

33, 48, 50 are the only tracks in circulation.

The dating of this material has been highly uncertain as can be seen from this summary:

 

Ernst-Otto Begerau in Every Grain Of Sand

1981

 

Glen Dundas in Tangled Up In Tapes Revisited

1984

July-January 1985, Empire Burlesque outtake

Jeff Friedman in Spitz's Dylan. A Biography

1985

early

Clinton Heylin in Stolen Moments

1982

summer/fall

Clinton Heylin in The Recording Sessions

1981

Late March/early April

Clinton Heylin in Trouble In Mind

1981

2 April

Michael Krogsgaard in Master Of The Tracks

1980

May/June

Michael Krogsgaard in Positively Bob Dylan

1981

August

 

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info created 12 August 2018.

Session info updated 30 January 2022.

 

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6136

Various Studios

Los Angeles, California

April 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 6.

 

 

1.

Child To Me

2.

Wind Blowin' On The Water

3.

All The Way Down

4.

More To This Than Meets The Eye

5.

Straw Hat

6.

Instrumental Calypso

7.

Walking On Eggs

8.

All The Way Down

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar) probably backed by Steve Ripley (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), William Smith (keyboards), Carl Pickhardt (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums).

 

1–3 probably Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Notes

Detailed recording sheets from this session are not available.

2, 3 and/or 8 mixed 5 May 1981.

31 March 1981

Submitted to the Copyright Office as "Special Rider Music Compilation #2 - 1985", registered 29 January 1985.

All tracks are in circulation.

The dating of this material has been highly uncertain as can be seen from this summary:

 

Ernst-Otto Begerau in Every Grain Of Sand

1981

 

Glen Dundas in Tangled Up In Tapes Revisited

1984

July-January 1985, Empire Burlesque outtake

Jeff Friedman in Spitz's Dylan. A Biography

1985

early

Clinton Heylin in Stolen Moments

1982

summer/fall

Clinton Heylin in The Recording Sessions

1981

Late March/early April

Clinton Heylin in Trouble In Mind

1981

This sessiuon is not covered!

Michael Krogsgaard in Master Of The Tracks

1980

May/June

Michael Krogsgaard in Positively Bob Dylan

1981

August

 

References.

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Tim Dunn: The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-1995. A Rolling Tomes/Not-A-CES Publication 1996.

Michael Krogsgaard: Twenty Years Of Recording. The Bob Dylan Reference Book. Scandinavian Institute For Rock Research, Copenhagen February 1981.

Michael Krogsgaard: Master Of The Tracks. The Bob Dylan Reference Book of Recording. Scandinavian Institute For Rock Research, Copenhagen October 1988.

Michael Krogsgaard: Positively Bob Dylan. A Thirty-Year Discography, Concert & Record Session Guide 1960-1991. Popular Culture, Ink. 1991.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan Stolen Moments. The Ultimate Reference Book. Wanted Man Publications, UK 1988.

Bob Spitz: Dylan. A Biography. McGraw-Hill, New York 1989.

 

Bootlegs

Between Saved And Shot. Dandelion DL 105.

God Only Knows. Sunflower 001

 

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info updated 12 August 2018.                       .

 

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6137

Clover Recorders

Los Angeles, California

23 April 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 7. Produced by Chuck Plotkin and Bob Dylan.

 

 

1.

Magic

2.

Trouble

3.

Trouble

4.

Trouble

5.

Trouble

6.

Trouble

7.

Bolero

8.

Bolero

9.

Don't Ever Take Yourself Away

10.

Don't Ever Take Yourself Away

11.

You Changed My Life

12.

You Changed My Life

13.

You Changed My Life

14.

Be Careful

15.

Be Careful

16.

You Changed My Life

17.

You Changed My Life

18.

You Changed My Life

19.

You Changed My Life

20.

You Changed My Life

21.

You Changed My Life

22.

You Changed My Life

23.

You Changed My Life

24.

Heart Of Mine

25.

Shot Of Love

26.

Mystery Train (Sam Phillips - Herman Parker)

27.

Half As Much (Hank Williams)

28.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

29.

Dead Man, Dead Man

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Bootleg CDs

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (track 1)

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (track 10)

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 3 (track 25)

Odds And Ends (track 26)

 

Official releases

10 released on Hawaii Five-O: Original Songs From The Television Series, CBS CBSR034, 4 October 2011.

10 released on Bob Dylan Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985, Disc 2, Columbia Legacy 1943986580202, 17 September 2021.

16 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Four: Rare and Unreleased, Columbia 88985454652-4, 3 November 2017

23 released on THE BOOTLEG SERIES (RARE & UNRELEASED) 1961-1991, Volume 3, Columbia 468 086 2, 26 March 1991.


References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 11. Covered In Clover, (April 23 – May 1, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

The song listing is probably incomplete.

1 mixed 5 May 1981.

1 Special Rider Music Compilation #2

26 mixed 19 May 1981.

1 present on the first sequenced tape of Shot Of Love but later removed.

24–29 suggested by Clinton Heylin in The Recording Sessions but they are omitted in Trouble In Mind.

5, 7, 24 instrumentals.

8 incomplete.

Only tracks 1, 10, 16, 23, 25 and 26 are in circulation.

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info updated 12 August 2018.

 

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6138

Clover Recorders

Los Angeles, California

24 April 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 8. Produced by Chuck Plotkin and Bob Dylan.

 

 

1.

Magic

2.

Magic

3.

Dead Man, Dead Man

4.

Need A Woman

5.

In The Summertime

6.

Watered-Down Love

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Official release

3 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Four: Rare and Unreleased, Columbia 88985454652-4, 3 November 2017

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 11. Covered In Clover, (April 23 – May 1, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

The song listing is incomplete.

First two tracks are  taken from Krogsgaard, not present in Heyiin.

Last four tacks are taken om Heylin, not present in Krogsgaard.

No tracks are in circulation.

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info updated 12 August 2018.

 

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6139

Clover Recorders

Los Angeles, California

27 April 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 9. Produced by Chuck Plotkin and Bob Dylan.

 

 

1.

Need A Woman

2.

Need A Woman

3.

Need A Woman

4.

Need A Woman

5.

Dead Man, Dead Man

6.

Dead Man, Dead Man

7.

Dead Man, Dead Man

8.

In The Summertime

9.

In The Summertime

10.

In The Summertime

11.

In The Summertime

12.

In The Summertime

13.

In The Summertime

14.

In The Summertime

15.

In The Summertime

16.

In The Summertime

17.

In The Summertime

18.

In The Summertime

19.

Watered-Down Love

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Mike Campbell (guitar), William Smith (keyboards), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums).

 

Official release

4 released on THE BOOTLEG SERIES (RARE & UNRELEASED) 1961-1991, Volume 3, Columbia 468 086 2, 26 March 1991.

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 11. Covered In Clover, (April 23 – May 1, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

Mixed 5 May 1981.

Only track 4 is in circulation.

4 used as a Special Rider demo.

Stereo studio recordings.

This session is not present in Heylin: Trouble In Mind.

 

Session info updated 12 August 2018.

 

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6140

Clover Recorders

Los Angeles, California

28 April 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 10. Produced by Chuck Plotkin and Bob Dylan.

 

 

1.

Watered-Down Love

2.

Watered-Down Love

3.

Watered-Down Love

4.

Watered-Down Love

5.

Heart Of Mine

6.

Dead Man, Dead Man

7.

Dead Man, Dead Man

8.

Blue T/L

9.

Dead Man, Dead Man

10.

Property Of Jesus

11.

Heart Of Mine

12.

Heart Of Mine

13.

Heart Of Mine

14.

Angelina

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Steve Douglas (saxophone), Carl Pickhardt (piano), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 11. Covered In Clover, (April 23 – May 1, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

2, 6, 7, 11 incomplete.

Heylin has Dead Man, Dead Man and Angelina recorded during this session.

Krogsgaard does not mention Angeina.

No tracks are in circulation.

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info updated 12 August 2018.

 

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6141

Clover Recorders

Los Angeles, California

29 April 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 11. Produced by Chuck Plotkin and Bob Dylan.

 

 

1.

Every Grain Of Sand

2.

Heart Of Mine

3.

Dead Man, Dead Man

4.

Dead Man, Dead Man

5.

The Girl From Louisville

6.

Lenny Bruce

7.

Lenny Bruce

8.

The Ballad Of Ira Hayes (Peter La Farge)

9.

Property Of Jesus

10.

The King Is On The Throne

11.

Fur Slippers

12.

Watered-Down Love

13.

You’re Still A Child To Me

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Steve Douglas (saxophone), Carl Pickhardt (piano), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Bootleg CD

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (track 2)

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 11. Covered In Clover, (April 23 – May 1, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

1, 3, 4, 6–8 incomplete.

Only track 2 is in circulation.

Krogsgaard has songs 1-11 from this session, Heylin has snogs 1, 2, 9, 12 and 13.

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info updated 12 August 2018.

 

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6142

Clover Recorders

Los Angeles, California

30 April 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 12. Produced by Chuck Plotkin and Bob Dylan.

 

 

1.

Dead Man, Dead Man

2.

Dead Man, Dead Man

3.

Dead Man, Dead Man

4.

Lenny Bruce

5.

Instrumental

6.

Dead Man, Dead Man

7.

Dead Man, Dead Man

8.

Dead Man, Dead Man

9.

Instrumental

10.

Caribbean Wind

11.

The Girl From Louisville

12.

The Ballad Of Ira Hayes (Peter La Farge)

13.

Heart Of Mine

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Steve Douglas (saxophone), Carl Pickhardt (piano), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Madelyn Quebec, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Official releases

5 released on Bob Dylan Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985, Disc 2, Columbia Legacy 1943986580202, 17 September 2021.

10 released on BIOGRAPH, Columbia C5X & C3K 38830, 28 October 1985.

10 released on SIDE TRACKS, DISC TWO, Columbia 88691924312-47 as part of the CD box THE COMPLETE ALBUM COLLECTION, VOL. ONE, 5 November 2013.

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 11. Covered In Clover, (April 23 – May 1, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

Gavin Selerie: The Opposite Of What The Experts Say: Springtime in New York 1980-1985. The Bridge issue 71, pages 47-79.

Derek Barker: Waiting For Spring To Come. Isis issue 216, pages 13-28.

Nicholas Birns: Review Of Springtime In New York. The Dylan Review Vol. 3.2, Fall/Winter 2021-2022.

 

Notes

1, 3, 6–8 incomplete.

10 mixed

Krogsgaard has tracks 1-10 from this session, Heylin has songs Dead Man, Dead Man, Lenny Bruce and tracks1, 11-13.

There are no unreleased tracks in circulation from this session

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info created 12 August 2018.

Session info updated 30 January 2022.

 

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6143

Clover Recorders

Los Angeles, California

1 May 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 13. Produced by Chuck Plotkin and Bob Dylan.

 

 

1.

It's All Dangerous To Me

2.

My Oriental House

3.

Caribbean Wind

4.

Ah Ah Ah

5.

Let It Be Me (Gilbert Bécaud / Manny Curtis / Pierre Delanoë)

6.

Dead Man, Dead Man

7.

Don't Let Her Know

8.

Watered-Down Love

9.

Property Of Jesus

10.

Trouble

11.

Is It Worth It?

12.

Wind Blowing On The Water

13.

Blues

14.

All The Way Down

15.

The Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar

16.

Heart Of Mine

17.

Don’Ever Take Yourself Away

18.

Mystery Train  (Sam Phillips - Herman Parker)

19.

The Price Of Love

20.

Work With Me, Annie

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Steve Douglas (saxophone), Carl Pickhardt (piano), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Madelyn Quebec, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Bootleg CD

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 3 (track 8)

 

Official releases

5 released on single CBS A 1406, September 1981 in Europe only.

5 released on Bob Dylan Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985, Disc 2, Columbia Legacy 1943986580202, 17 September 2021.

8, 9 released on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia TC-37496, 12 August 1981.

8, 9 released on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia TC-37496 (new version), 1986.

8, 9 released in remastered versions on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia 88691924312-28 as part of the CD box THE COMPLETE ALBUM COLLECTION, VOL. ONE, 5 November 2013.

15 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Four: Rare and Unreleased, Columbia 88985454652-4, 3 November 2017

19 released on Bob Dylan Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985, Disc 2, Columbia Legacy 1943986580202, 17 September 2021.

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 11. Covered In Clover, (April 23 – May 1, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

Gavin Selerie: The Opposite Of What The Experts Say: Springtime in New York 1980-1985. The Bridge issue 71, pages 47-79.

Derek Barker: Waiting For Spring To Come. Isis issue 216, pages 13-28.

Nicholas Birns: Review Of Springtime In New York. The Dylan Review Vol. 3.2, Fall/Winter 2021-2022.

 

Notes

8 mixed 5, 18, 26, 29, 31 May 1981.

One verse omitted on the released version of track 8.

8 is complete on The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 3.

Only the released tracks plus the extra verse of 8 are in circulation from this session.

9 mixed 4, 5, 6, 18 May 1981.

9 overdubbed 31 May 1981 with Andrew Gold on guitar.

Krogsgaard has tracks 1-10 from this session, Heylinhas tracks 3, 8, 10-20.

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info created 12 August 2018.

Session info updated 30 January 2022.

 

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6144

Clover Recorders

Los Angeles, California

Early May 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 14. Produced by Chuck Plotkin and Bob Dylan.

 

 

1.

Shot Of Love

2.

Every Grain Of Sand

3.

The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar

                     

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Steve Douglas (saxophone), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Carl Pickhardt (piano), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Madelyn Quebec, Regina McCrary & Clydie King (backing vocals).

 

Bootleg CD

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 2 (rough mix of track 1)

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 3 (rough mix of track 3)

The Genuine Bootleg Series Vol. 4 (rough mix of track 1)

 

Official releases

1, 2 released on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia TC-37496, 12 August 1981.

1, 2 released on DYLAN LONDON INTERVIEW JULY 1981, Columbia AS 1259 (promotional record), September 1981.

2, 3 released on BIOGRAPH, Columbia C5X & C3K 38830, 28 October 1985.

2 released in Sweden on THE VERY BEST OF BOB DYLAN, Columbia COL 498540 2, 5 May 2000.

2  released on CD PURE DYLAN – AN INTIMATE LOOK AT BOB DYLAN, Sony Music 8 86979 88082 5, 21 October 2011.

3 released on BOB DYLAN’S GREATEST HITS VOLUME 3, Columbia 477805 2, 15 November 1994.

3 released on single Columbia 18–02510, 11 September 1981.

3 released on 3 CD box set DYLAN, Columbia 88697114202-D2, 1 October 2007.

3 released on BLUES, Columbia/Legacy 88697009172, 19 December 2006.

3 released in the UK on BEYOND HERE LIES NOTHIN’, Sony Music 8 86979 83862, 24 October 2011

Released on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia TC-37496 (new version), 1986.

Released in remastered versions on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia 88691924312-28 as part of the CD box THE COMPLETE ALBUM COLLECTION, VOL. ONE, 5 November 2013.

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 12. D.N.U., (May 4 – June 4, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

1 mixed 7, 5, 24, 30, 31 May 1981.

1 available as rough-mix.

1 overdubbed 31 May 1981 with Andrew Gold on guitar, 15 and 16 June 1981 with Jim Keltner on drums and Tim Drummond on bass.

2 mixed 4, 5, 6, 18 May 1981.

2 overdubbed 31 May 1981 with Andrew Gold on guitar.

3 mixed 7 June 1981.

3 available as rough-mix with no fade out.

Heylin doesn’t mention this session.

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info updated 12 August 2018.

 

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6145

Clover Recorders

Los Angeles, California

14 May 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 15. Produced by Chuck Plotkin and Bob Dylan.

 

 

1.

Dead Man, Dead Man

2.

Lenny Bruce

3.

Trouble

4.

In The Summertime

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Steve Douglas (saxophone), Benmont Tench (keyboards), Stephen Eric Hague (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums).

 

Official releases

Released on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia TC-37496, 12 August 1981.

Released on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia TC-37496 (new version), 1986.

Released in remastered versions on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia 88691924312-28 as part of the CD box THE COMPLETE ALBUM COLLECTION, VOL. ONE, 5 November 2013.

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 12. D.N.U., (May 4 – June 4, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

1, 3 mixed 4, 6, 18 May 1981.

1 overdubbed 15 June 1981 with Jim Keltner on drums and Tim Drummond on bass.

2 mixed 4, 5, 6, 18, 29 May 1981.

2 overdubbed 31 May 1981 with Andrew Gold on guitar.

4 mixed 5, 6, 18, 31 May 1981.

Heylin doesn’t mention this session.

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info updated 12 August 2018.

 

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6146

Clover Recorders

Los Angeles, California

15 May 1981

 

 

 

Shot Of Love recording session # 16. Produced by Chuck Plotkin and Bob Dylan.

 

 

1.

Minute By Minute (Sam & Dave)

2.

Heart Of Mine

3.

Instrumental

4.

Instrumental

5.

Heart Of Mine

6.

Heart Of Mine

7.

Glory Of Love

8.

Heart Of Mine

9.

Heart Of Mine

10.

Heart Of Mine

11.

Heart Of Mine

12.

Watered-Down Love

13.

Watered-Down Love

14.

Watered-Down Love

15.

In A Battle

16.

Watered-Down Love

17.

Watered-Down Love

18.

Watered-Down Love

19.

Watered-Down Love

20.

Watered-Down Love

21.

Watered-Down Love

22.

Mystery Train (Sam Phillips - Herman Parker)

23.

J.A.C.

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Danny Kortchmar (guitar), Willie Smith (keyboards), Donald Dunn (bass), Ringo Starr (drums), Jim Keltner (drums), Carolyn Dennis & Madelyn Quebec (backing vocals).

 

22 Steve Douglas (saxophone)

 

Official releases

11 released on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia TC-37496, 12 August 1981.

11 released on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia TC-37496 (new version), 1986.

11 released in remastered version on SHOT OF LOVE, Columbia 88691924312-28 as part of the CD box THE COMPLETE ALBUM COLLECTION, VOL. ONE, 5 November 2013.

11 released on DYLAN LONDON INTERVIEW JULY 1981, Columbia AS 1259 (promotional record), September 1981.

21 released on Bob Dylan: Trouble No More. The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 1979-1981, Disc Four: Rare and Unreleased, Columbia 88985454652-4, 3 November 2017.

22 released on Bob Dylan Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980-1985, Disc 1, Columbia Legacy 1943986580201, 17 September 2021.

 

References

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 5). The Bridge #1, Summer 1998, pp. 31-57.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 12. D.N.U., (May 4 – June 4, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

Gavin Selerie: The Opposite Of What The Experts Say: Springtime in New York 1980-1985. The Bridge issue 71, pages 47-79.

Derek Barker: Waiting For Spring To Come. Isis issue 216, pages 13-28.

Nicholas Birns: Review Of Springtime In New York. The Dylan Review Vol. 3.2, Fall/Winter 2021-2022.

 

Notes

1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 18, 19, 24, 26, 28, 31 mixed May and 2, 7 June 1981.

11 overdubbed 15 and 16 June 1981 with Jim Keltner on drums and Tim Drummond on bass.

Krogsgaard dous not have track 23 and Heylin doues not have track1.

11, 21, 22 are the only tracks in circulation.

Stereo studio recordings.

 

Session info created 12 August 2018.

Session info updated 30 January 2022.

 

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6148

Rundown Studios

Santa Monica, California

1-7 June 1981

 

 

 

Rehearsals for the US and Europe Summer Tours

 

 

1.

I Don't Care

2.

Saving Grace

3.

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)

4.

Man Gave Names To All The Animals

5.

Ballad Of A Thin Man

6..

City Of Gold

7.

We Just Disagree (Jim Krueger)

8.

Just Like A Woman

9.

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)

10.

Like A Rolling Stone

11.

What Can I Do For You?

12.

When You Gonna Wake Up

13.

Shot Of Love

14.

Heart Of Mine

15.

All Along The Watchtower

16.

Solid Rock

17.

I Believe In You

18.

To Ramona

19.

I Don't Believe You

20.

Let It Be Me  (Delanoé/Becaud/Curtis)

21.

Leaving It All Up To You

22.

Dearest

23.

Your Cheatin' Heart (Hank Williams)

24.

Big River (Johnny Cash)

25.

Vaya Con Dios (Larry Russell/Buddy Pepper/Inez James)

2..

Guess Things Happen That Way

27.

Mansion Builder

28.

I Ain't Never (Mel Tillis/ Michael Pierce)

29.

Slowly

30.

Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (Otto Harbach/ Jerome Kern)

31.

Seven Days

32.

Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)

33.

Trouble

34.

Gotta Serve Somebody

35.

Rise Again

36.

In The Garden

37.

Lenny Bruce

38.

Simple Twist Of Fate

39.

Masters Of War

40.

I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

41.

Song To Woody

42.

Girl From The North Country

43.

Love Minus Zero/No Limit

44.

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

45.

It Ain't Me, Babe

46.

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

47.

Blowin' In The Wind

48.

Mr. Tambourine Man

49.

A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

50.

Forever Young

 

 

Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar), Fred Tackett (guitar), Steve Ripley (guitar), Willie Smith (keyboards), Tim Drummond (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Clydie King, Carolyn Dennis, Regina McCrary, Madelyn Quebec (background vocals).

 

Reference

Clinton Heylin: Trouble In Mind. Bob Dylan’s Gospel Years. What really happened. Chapter 12. D.N.U., (May 4 – June 4, 1981) & Appendix 1 The Gospel Years: A Chronology. Lesser Gods 2017.

 

Notes

These sessions was first documented by Clintob Heylin in Trouble in Mind.

Thre track listing was derived from a typed list made at the time by Artur Rosato.

The taes from this rehearsals appear to have been mislaid, no tracks are therefore circulating.

 

Session info created 13 August 2018.

 

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6150

Unidentified Studio

 

Los Angeles, California

 

Probably Late Spring 1981

 

 

1.

Let Me See

 

 

Bob Dylan solo on electric guitar.

 

References

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp 135–148.

Glen Dundas: Tangled Up In Tapes. A Recording History of Bob Dylan. SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999, pp 121-127.

 

Notes

Submitted to the Copyright Office as part of "Special Rider Music Compilation #1 - 1985", registered 29 January 1985.

Also available on “Special Rider Music Compilation #2”

Stereo studio recording.

 

Session info updated 27 October 2015

 

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