The song
The list of songs is taken from Olof Björner's website, chapter Still On The Road. Songs that are not on that list are taken from Clinton Haylin's books The Songs Of Bob Dylan Volumes 1 and 2.
Remaining songs, mainly those which are not written by Bob Dylan, are from the website Searching For A Gem, Bob Dylan's Officially Released Rarities and Obscurities
The full
text of each song is given at least once. It is taken from the first officially
released album, including Greatest Hits albums, the Bootleg Series or other
collections. Songs that are not on those albums are taken from bootlegs or from
internet. Sometimes other takes are very different than the original released
take and in that case that other text is also written down
The
variations
The main
song text is used as the base. All other takes from the song, being studio
outtakes or live recordings, are compared to this main song. In the case of
studio outtakes all variations in the lyrics, however small, are noted.
For
variations in the live recordings the very small variations are omitted for
obvious reasons
Lines
enclosed by (round brackets) are lines sung by other artists, as in duets
Words or
lines enclosed by [square brackets] are words or lines that are not really
clear or understandable but sounds like the enclosed words
Question
marks enclosed by square brackets [???] means that the words or lines are
unintelligible for my Dutch ears
The source
Next to
each line with alternate text is a code which tells the source of the recording
In case of
a live recording you'll find the date recording, followed by the city the event
took place
In the
section The tapes you can find more data about that concert
In case of
a studio recording, you'll find, after the date, the code of the recording
session
ASOBDRS =
Another Side Of Bob Dylan recording session
BDST = Bob
Dylan recordings session
BIABHRS =
Bringing It All Back Home recordings session
BOBRS =
Blonde On Blonde recordings session
BOTTRS =
Blood On The Tracks recordings session
CITHRS =
Christmas In The Heart recordings session
DITGRS =
Down In The Groove recordings session
DRS =
Desire recordings session
EBRS =
Empire Burlesque recordings session
GAIBTYRS =
Good As I Been To You recordings session
H61RS =
Highway 61 Revisited recordings session
IRS =
Infidels recordings session
JWHRS =
John Wesley Harding recordings session
KOLRS =
Knocked Out Loaded recordings session
LATRS =
Love And Theft recordings session
MTRS =
Modern Times recordings session
NMRS = New
Morning recordings session
NSRS =
Nashville Skyline recordings session
OMRS = Oh
Mercy recordings session
PG&BTKRS
= Pat Garreth & Billy The Kid recordings session
PWRS =
Planet Waves recordings session
RARWRS =
Rough And Rowdy Ways recordings session
SITH/FARS =
Shadows In The Night and Fallen Angels recordings session
SKRS =
Shadow Kingdom recordings session
SLRS =
Street Legal recordings session
SOLRS =
Shot Of Love recordings session
SRS = Saved
recordings session
SRS =
Selfportrait recordings session
STCRS =
Slow Train Coming recordings session
T3RS =
Triplicate recordings session
TBTRS = The
Basement Tapes recordings session
TFBDRS =
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan recording session
TOOMRS =
Time Out Of Mind recordings session
TRS =
Tempest recordings session
TTLRS =
Together Through Life recordings session
TTTAACRS =
The Times They Are A-Changin’ recording session
TTW1RS =
The Travelin' Wilburies Volume 1 recording session
TTW3RS =
The Travelin' Wilburies Volume 3 recording session
UTRSRS =
Under The Red Sky recordings session
WGWRS =
World Gone Wrong recordings session
Next to the
mentioned code there is the take number of that particular song. Usually, the
take number is shown like this, #1.
Sometimes
the take number is shown like $1. In that case the take number given by the
producer of the album does not match the take number Bjorner has given on his
website. $ is the take as mentioned on the album'. # is the take number as
mentioned in Bjorner's list.
Where it
says $R, $B, $C or $FS it means Rehearsal, Breakdown, Complete or False start
Songs
used
At the
bottom of each song there's a list of recording dates of songs I have used so
far. It's just a means for me to keep track of what I have done already.
Dates
written in italics are takes of poor quality, often too poor to be of use. More
information on the song is to be found in The Tapes
The Tapes
This is, as
I mentioned earlier, part of the list Olaf Bjorner collected on his website in
the chapter Still On The Road. Used here are only the recording sessions and
live performances I have in my collection. Each song is accompanied by the
album I have used. Usually this will be an officially released albums, either
being a Dylan album or someone else's album Dylan recorded a song for. But it
often will be a bootleg
When only a
date is mentioned, then the source is internet (often YouTube), copies of
bootlegs, tapes etc