Jeff’s Playlist: Dylan

Dylan — Bob Dylan

To cel­e­brate Bob Dylan on his 83^rd birthday.

I had this album a long time ago. Thanks to YouTube and Wikipedia I can lis­ten to it again. It’s a very quirky record­ing from a very quirky guy.

Happy Birthday, Bob.

Album Information

“Mr. Bojangles” is list­ed as the first song on the sec­ond side of the album but is not includ­ed on the YouTube playback.

Track list­ing

Side one

No.      Title    Writer(s)         Recorded       Length
1.      “Lily of the West”      tra­di­tion­al     June 3, 1970    3:44
2.      “Can’t Help Falling in Love”    George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore June 3, 1970 4:17
3.      “Sarah Jane”    tra­di­tion­al     June 1, 1970    2:43
4.      “The Ballad of Ira Hayes”       Peter LaFarge   June 1, 1970 5:08

Total length:  15:52

Side two

No.      Title    Writer(s)         Recorded       Length
1.      “Mr. Bojangles” Jerry Jeff Walker       June 2, 1970    5:31
2.      “Mary Ann”      tra­di­tion­al     June 2, 1970    2:40
3.      “Big Yellow Taxi”       Joni Mitchell   June 4, 1970    2:12
4.      “A Fool Such as I”      Bill Trader     April 26, 1969  2:41
5.      “Spanish Is the Loving Tongue”  Billy Simon, Charles Badger Clark April 24, 1969 4:134:13

Total length:  17:17
Released   November 16, 1973
Recorded   April 24 & 26, 1969 June 1–4, 1970
Length       33:22
Label         Columbia
Producer   Bob Johnston