date 31 Jan 1994
This is my first attempt to fully cross-reference *all* the freewheelin'
tracks. Please feel free to add, comment or whatever.
Accurate it is; gospel it is not - CH.
Freewheelin' Sessions Cross-reference:
PFW = Promo Freewheelin'
BS = Bootleg seriesVols 1-3
FWOT= Freewheelin' Outtakes CD
CRR = Columbia Reference Recording
Bio = Biograph
FW = Freewheelin' (Official Release)
PFW BS FWOT CRR Bio
19 March 1962 (Acoustic session)
Sally gal Co. 70086-4 x
House Carpenter x
(Note: I'm out on my own here. With the
Number of Sally Gal now known, it seems
to me that this earlier session *did* take
place. ie Telegraph #39 seems in error.)
See later for my reasoning.
PFW BS FWOT CRR Bio
24-25 April 1962 (Acoustic Session)
Rambling, Gambling, Willie (1) x x
Talkin Hava Negeliah Blues * x
Baby, please don't go * x
Milk Cow's Calf's blues Co.70100-3 x x
Milk Cow's Calf's blues Co.70100-4 x x
Witchia(Going to Louisana) Co.70101-1 x x
Witchia(Going to Louisana) Co.70101-2 x x
Talking Bear Mountain Picnic M. Blues * x
Let Me Die in My footsteps (2) x x x
Rocks and Gravel(Solid road) * x
(1) Recorded 24 April 1962
(2) One verse cut on Official release
* On the bootleg 'Talking Bear...' GWA #55
PFW BS FWOT CRR Bio
9 July 1962 (Acoustic Session)
Baby, I'm in the mood for you x x
Baby, I'm in the mood for you * x
Quit your low down ways * x
Corrina, Corrina * x
The death of Emmett Till * x
Worried Blues * x
Blowin' in the wind (1) x x
Down the Highway x
Honey, just allow me one more chance x
(1) released as a single
* On the bootleg 'Talking Bear...' GWA #55
26 October 1962 (with backup)
Langhorne:gtr, Collins:gtr
Gaskin:bass, Lovelle:drms
PFW BS FWOT CRR Bio
Corrina, Corrina x
Watcha gonna do x x
Sally gal x x
Going to New Orleans x x
(I heard that) Lonesome Whistle (1) x x
(I heard that) Lonesome Whistle *
(1) Different mix with bass added.
* On the bootleg 'Talking Bear...' GWA #55
14 November 1962 (with backup)
Barnes:bass gtr, Langhorn:gtr
Ramsey:bass, Wellstood:pno
Lovelle:drms
PFW BS FWOT CRR Bio
Mixed up Confusion (1) + x x
Mixed up Confusion (2) x x
Mixed up Confusion x x
Mixed up Confusion x x
Corrina, Corrina (1) + x
Rocks and Gravel(Solid road) (3) x x
That's alright Mama Co.76983-1 x x
That's alright Mama x x
Don't think twice, its all right (4) x
Talkin John Birch Paranoid Blues x x
Ballad of Hollis Brown x x
Kingsport Town x x
(1) Released as a single Dec 14, 1962
(2) Released on Masterpieces in mono
(3) Art Davis on bass
(4) Released as a single 1963
+ On the bootleg 'John Birch...' GWA #13
PFW BS FWOT CRR Bio
6 December 1962 (Acoustic)
Hero Blues Co.77020-1
Hero Blues Co.77020-2 ?
Hero Blues Co.77020-3 (frag)
Hero Blues Co.77020-4
Watcha Gonna do Co.77021-1 x
Oxford Town Co.77022-1 x
I Shall Be Free Co.77023-1
I Shall Be Free Co.77023-2 x
I Shall Be Free Co.77023-3
I Shall Be Free Co.77023-4 (frag)
I Shall Be Free Co.77023-5
A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall Co.77024-1 x
Bob Dylan's Blues x
FW BS FWOT CRR Bio
24 April 1963 (Acoustic)
Girl from the North Country x
Masters of War x
Bob Dylan's Dream x
Talking WWIII Blues x
Walls of Red Wing x
References Telegraph #8,#10,#39, Great White Answers, Positively Bob Dylan &TWM
Bootleg series booklet, Back to the Tapestry
..and my one tapes and ears.
Les
Craig asked a long time ago:
>The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Outtakes is a CD with a number of
>questions left unanswered.
>Would anyone care to comment on the session attributions
>(especially tracks 3, 6, 9, 14-17)?
[deleted]
>(1, ?3, 7, 11, 13, 21-22) Columbia Studios, New York City,
>New York, 24 & 25 April 1962. [019] Or is track 3 from 9
>July 1962 [023]? Cf WMM 022.
Yes, track 3 is from 9 July 1962
>(2, ?9, 24) Columbia Studios, New York City, New York, 9
>July 1962. [023] Or is track 9 from April 1962 [019]?
Yes, track 9 is from 9 April 1962
> Or is track 15 from 26 October 1962 [027]?
Yes, track 15 is from 26 Oct 1962
>Or is track 17 from April 1962 [019]?
No, track 17 is from 14 Nov 1962
>Or is track 23 from 26 October 1962 [027]?
No, track 23 is from 6 Dec 1962
>Track 14 - Sally Girl - is listed by both Krogsgaard and
>Vigotone as originating from the October 1962 [027] session.
>However, on the recording the song is introduced as "70086
>take 4". According to Krogsgaard the sessions occurring on
>24 and 25 April 1962 [019] includes catalogue numbers Co.
>70100-3, Co. 70100-4, Co. 70101-1, and Co. 70101-2. The next
>earlier catalogue numbers listed by Krogsgaard are Co.
>68743-2 and Co. 68745-3 on 22 November 1961 [011].
This was the important clue. If we accept that the 'Bootleg series'
liner notes are 'moderately' accurate then "70086" fits in with
'House Carpenter', and the rest of it all falls into place.
Finally 'Series of Dreams' issue 7 reviews the FWOT CD.
Unfortunately this article has introduced a few bits of miss-information
about the Freewheelin O/T's. I'll adddress them here.
The track listing has been misprinted, hopefully this post will sort
that bit out.
Secondly, the 'missing' tracks are not: 'Down the Highway' & 'Honey just..'
as these *were* officially released on the LP/CD.
There are a few missing tracks:
The different mix of 'Lonesome Whistle', and almost all
the 6th December session (8 tracks).
(not surprising as these were circulated after the CD was made I expect).
The earlier article:
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Outtakes is a CD with a number of
questions left unanswered.
Would anyone care to comment on the session attributions
(especially tracks 3, 6, 9, 14-17)?
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Outtakes / Bob Dylan [1962] {W}
{P}
Disc title: The Freewheelin' Outtakes
Vigotone, Vigo 115, 1993
Made in Australia
Matrix: VIGO 115
Total Running Time: 72:38
1. Baby Please Don't Go - studio outtake - 4/62 (Big Joe
Williams) [3]
2. Corrina, Corrina - alternate solo version - 7/62
(Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan) [4]
3. The Death Of Emmett Till - studio outtake - 4/62 [?]
4. Mixed Up Confusion - rare single version - 11/62 [1]
5. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle - studio outtake - 10/62
[Lonesome Whistle Blues] (Hank Williams/Jimmy Davies) [5]
6. Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues - from withdrawn Lp -
10/62 [Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues, Talking Communism]
[?] [B5]
7. Milkcow's Calf Blues - Take 3 - studio outtake - 4/62
[Milk Cow's Calf's Blues/Good Morning Blues] (Robert
Johnson/Traditional) [4]
8. That's All Right - Take 1 - studio outtake - 11/62
[That's All Right Mama] (Arthur Crudup) [7]
9. Solid Road (Rocks And Gravel) - alternate solo version -
7/62 [Solid Road (Brownie McGhee) / Alabama Woman Blues /
Leroy Carr] [?]
10. Going To New Orleans - studio outtake - 10/62 [Going To
New Orleans (Louisiana Blues)] (Traditional) [4]
11. Let Me Die In My Footsteps - unedited with extra verse -
4/62 [9]
12. The Ballad Of Hollis Brown - studio outtake 11/62 [11]
13. Wichita - Take 2 - studio outtake - 4/62 [Wichita (Going
To Louisiana)] (Traditional) [7]
14. Sally Girl - Take 4 - studio outtake - 10/62 (Woody
Guthrie) [?]
15. Whatcha Gonna Do - studio outtake - 11/62 [?]
16. Mixed Up Confusion - alternate version (a) - 11/62 [?2]
17. Solid Road (Rocks And Gravel) - from withdrawn Lp -
11/62 [Solid Road (Brownie McGhee) / Alabama Woman Blues /
Leroy Carr] [?]
18. That's All Right - Take 2 - studio outtake - 11/62
[That's All Right Mama] (Arthur Crudup) [8]
19. Mixed Up Confusion - alternate version (b) - 11/62 [?3]
20. Corrina, Corrina - rare single version - 11/62
(Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan) [5]
21. Milkcow's Calf Blues - Take 4 - studio outtake - 4/62
[Milk Cow's Calf's Blues/Good Morning Blues] (Robert
Johnson/Traditional) [5]
22. Wichita - Take 1 - studio outtake - 4/62 [Wichita (Going
To Louisiana)] (Traditional) [6]
23. Whatcha Gonna Do - studio outtake - 11/62 [?]
24. Baby, I'm In The Mood For You - alternate version - 7/62
[1]
25. Sally Girl - studio outtake - 10/62 (Woody Guthrie) [3]
(1, ?3, 7, 11, 13, 21-22) Columbia Studios, New York City,
New York, 24 & 25 April 1962. [019] Or is track 3 from 9
July 1962 [023]? Cf WMM 022.
(2, ?9, 24) Columbia Studios, New York City, New York, 9
July 1962. [023] Or is track 9 from April 1962 [019]?
(4, 8, 12, ?15, 16, ?17, 18-20, 23) Columbia Studios, New
York City, New York, 14 November 1962. [029] Tracks 4 and 20
were released as a single (Columbia 4-42656, 1962),
[Pirate!]. Or is track 15 from 26 October 1962 [027]? Or is
track 17 from April 1962 [019]? For track 18 cf T-231. Or is
track 23 from 26 October 1962 [027]?
(5, ?6, 10, 14, 25) Columbia Studios, New York City, New
York, 26 October 1962. [027] Or is track 6 from 14 November
1962 [029]? Track 6 was released on the promotional edition
of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963). For track 25 cf T-231.
All tracks mono except: 13, 17, 18, 21 in stereo.
Tracks 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24 are from acetate sources,
presumably Columbia Recording Studio's Reference Recordings.
All of these tracks would appear to come from four sessions
[019], [023], [027] and [029]. Precise attributions are not
easy to ascertain. The two listings of the tracks have tiny
unimportant differences in some small details.
Track 14 - Sally Girl - is listed by both Krogsgaard and
Vigotone as originating from the October 1962 [027] session.
However, on the recording the song is introduced as "70086
take 4". According to Krogsgaard the sessions occurring on
24 and 25 April 1962 [019] includes catalogue numbers Co.
70100-3, Co. 70100-4, Co. 70101-1, and Co. 70101-2. The next
earlier catalogue numbers listed by Krogsgaard are Co.
68743-2 and Co. 68745-3 on 22 November 1961 [011].
"How many roads must a man walk down...
Bob Dylan has walked down many roads. For most of his 22
years he "rode freight trains for kicks and got beat up for
laughs, cut grass for quarters and sang for dimes." And his
songs today are the sounds he sopped up all those years on
the road -- "the coyote's call and the train whistle's moan,
the ol' time pals an' first run gals, the faces you can't
find again." [Does anyone know the source of this quote?]
Bob does what a true folk singer is supposed to do -- sing
about the important ideas and events of the times. And he
does it better than anybody else.
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan Outtakes features seven of Bob's
own compositions, including both sides of his rare debut
single. Also classic interpretations of songs by icons
Robert Johnson, Hank Williams, and Elvis Presley. Includes
four songs in stereo and additional bonus tracks featuring
noteworthy alternate takes.
Hear it and you'll know why Bob Dylan is the voice of the
times."
csmsaxs@mvs.oac.ucla.edu (Arnie Stodolsky):
A great sounding CD. The studio tracks are all excellent and
(haven't A-B'ed them yet with other boots) are better than
anything else I've heard. The acetates are very good but
sound like acetates, i.e. surface noise.
The artwork is excellent too. The front piece is a picture
of Dylan and Suze Rotolo, arm in arm with Dylan pointing off
to the right. Seemingly this is an alternate picture from
the Freewheelin' album shooting. No one seems to have seen
this one before. The back piece has a studio session picture
of Dylan and John Hammond.
What else can I say, if you like this era, this is the best
that's out on CD that I'm aware of. This will be a classic
boot, up there with Manchester Prayer [T-120]. Unless you
already have this material in excellent sound (and I would
still give this an audition) don't pass it up, I don't think
it will be around long."
Let Me Die In My Footsteps (11) is available as a released
version with one less verse on the promotional edition of
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) and on The Bootleg Series
(1991).