Great changes took place in Dylan's life in 1973. After the filming of Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Dylan decides to relocate his home & family to Malibu, California. In the summer Dylan meets Robbie Robertson who also has moved to Malibu and plans for the first tour in seven years start to take shape. Dylan's contract with Columbia expires and instead of renewing, he signs with David Geffen's Asylum Records. A new album with The Band, Planet Waves is recorded is just over a week in November.

2 The Year At a glance

3 CALENDAR

20 January	1^st Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid session in Mexico City, Mexico
February	2^nd and 3^rd Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid sessions in Burbank, California
February	Dylan plays harmonica on The Crippled Crow recorded by Booker T & Priscilla Jones in Malibu. The song is later released on their album Chronicles, 1973.
February	Dylan decides to rent a home in Malibu, California.
February	The filming of Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid is finished.
May	Release of the movie Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid.
June	Dylan records a demo versions of Forever Young, Nobody 'Cept You and Never Say Goodbye. Forever Young is later released on Biograph.
July	The first collection of Dylan's lyrics and other piece, Writings & Drawings, is published.
13 July	Release of the album Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid.
August	Dylan appears as sideman on a Barry Goldberg recording session.
August	Release of the single Knockin' On Heaven's Door/Turkey Chase.
August	Rehearsals with The Band in Shangri-La Studios in Malibu for a possible "comeback" tour.
September	Dylan signs a recording contract with Asylum Records.
November	Recording of Planet Waves at the Village Recorder in Santa Monica with The Band.
16 November	Release of Dylan, consisting of outtakes from the Self Portrait sessions. The album is generally looked upon as Columbia's "revenge" for Dylan's signing with Asylum. When re-released on CD in 19xx it was renamed Dylan (A Fool Such As I) !
December	Release of the single A Fool Such As I/Lily Of The West.

4 RECORDINGS

January	Durango, Mexico	Sam Peckinpah's House
20 January	Mexico City, Mexico	1^st Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid session
February	Burbank, California	2^nd Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid session
February	Burbank, California	3^rd Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid session
February	Malibu, California	Booker T recording session
June	New York City, New York	Ram's Horn Music Publisher's Office
August	Sheffield, Alabama	Barry Goldberg recording session
2 November	Santa Monica, California	1^st Planet Waves session.
5 November	Santa Monica, California	2^nd Planet Waves session.
6 November	Santa Monica, California	3^rd Planet Waves session.
8 November	Santa Monica, California	4^th Planet Waves session.
9 November	Santa Monica, California	5^th Planet Waves session.
14 November	Santa Monica, California	6^th and last Planet Waves session.

For details please refer to the corresponding Still On The Road session pages.

5 Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid

The soundtrack to the film was recorded during one session in January in CBS Disco Studios in Mexico City, Mexico and two further sessions in February in Burbank Studios, Burbank, California. Here's a summary:

		# of	take released on
Date	Song	takes	MPG [1]	APG[2]
20 January	Billy	5
	Billy 4	1	1	1
	Turkey #1	1
	Turkey #2	2
	Billy Surrenders	2	2
	And He's Killing Me Too	4
	Goodbye Holly	1
	Peco's Blues	2
February	Billy	4		4
1^st session	Knockin' On Heaven's Door	4	2, 4 [3]	1 & 2
	Sweet Amarillo	1
	Final Theme	4	1	4
	Rock Me, Mama	2
	Instrumental	2
	Ride Billy	1
	Bunkhouse Theme	1	1	1
February	Main Title Theme (Billy)	1	1	1
2^nd session	Cantina Theme (Workin' For The Law)	2	1	1
	Billy	4	1-3, 4 3	1
	River Theme	3	2, 3	1
	Turkey Chase	1	1	1

For more details on these sessions please refer to the corresponding session page in Still On The Road.

Live history

Only Knockin' On Heaven's Door has been played live. The debut came during the second concert of the 1974 Tour with The Band in Chicago 4 January. Since then it has been performed on each and every tour except the Gospel concerts in 1979 1md 1980.

Officially released live versions of Knockin' On Heaven's Door:

Before The Flood	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 30 January 1974
Renaldo & Clara	Correctional Institution for Women, Clinton, New Jersey, 7 December 1975
At Budokan	Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 1 March 1978
Hard To Handle	Entertainment Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 February 1986
Dylan And The Dead	Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California, July 26, 1987
Live 1961-2000	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 30 January 1974

6 PLANET WAVES

This album was recorded during six different sessions in November at Village Recorder in Santa Monica, California. Here's a summary:

		# of	take released on
Date	Song	takes	PW[4]	BS[5]
2 November	Never Say Goodbye	7	7
	Crosswind Jamboree	2
	House Of The Risin' Sun	2
	Nobody 'Cept You	1		1
	Forever Young	1
5 November	You Angel You	4	4
	Going, Going, Gone	5	5
	Forever Young	2
	Nobody 'Cept You	1
	Something There Is About You	1
	Tough Mama	2
	Hazel	1
6 November	On A Night Like This	7
	Hazel	8	8
	Tough Mama	7	5
	Something There Is About You	3	3
8 November	Going, Going, Gone	3
	On A Night Like This	3	3
	Forever Young	5	5
9 November	Wedding Song	1	1
	Adalita	2
	Forever Young	1
14 November	Forever Young	5	2
	Dirge	1	1

For more details about some of these sessions please refer to the corresponding session page in Still On The Road.

Live history

Song	Debut
Forever Young	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, 3 January 1974
Going, Going, Gone	Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida, 18 April 1976
Hazel	Three live performances are known: Winterland Palace, San Francisco, California, 25 November 1976 and the MTV Unplugged sessions in Sony Music Studios, New York City, New York, 17-18 November 1994
Nobody 'Cept You	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, 3 January 1974
Something There Is About You	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, 3 January 1974
Tough Mama	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, 3 January 1974
Wedding Song	The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 7 January 1974
You Angel You	Two live performances are known: Recreation Hall, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, 14 January 1990 and Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, 8 February 1990.

Dirge, Never Say Goodbye and On A Night Like This have probably never been played live.

Officially released live versions:

At Budokan

Forever Young

Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 28 February 1978

Performances during The Never-Ending Tour:

Forever Young	1988-1990, 1993, 1995-2001
Going, Going, Gone	None!
Hazel	None!
Nobody 'Cept You	None!
Something There Is About You	None!
Tough Mama	1997-2000
Wedding Song	None!
You Angel You	1990

The liner notes to the original LP release were later withdrawn.

7 SONGS 1973

November 1972	Billy
	Goodby Holly
January	Billy
	Bunkhouse Theme
	Cantina Theme
	Knockin' On Heaven's Door
	Main Theme
	Peco's Blues
	River Theme
	Turkey Chase
	And He's Killing Me Too
July	Forever Young
	Never Say Goodby
	Nobody 'Cept You
November	Adalita
	Crosswind Jamboree
	Dirge
	Going, Going, Gone
	Hazel
	On A Night Like This
	Something There Is About You
	Tough Mama
	Wedding Song
	You Angel You

8 SOURCES

Tim Dunn	I Just Write 'Em As They Come. Annotated Guide to the Writings of Bob Dylan A Not-A-Ces Publishing Venture 1990.
Glen Dundas	Tangled Up In Tapes — 4th Edition A Recording History of Bob Dylan SMA Services, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 1999. Softcover 334 pages.
Clinton Heylin	A Life In Stolen Moments. Bob Dylan Day By Day 1941-1995. Schirmer Books 1996, 404 pages.
Clinton Heylin	Bob Dylan, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994 St. Martin's Press, 1995, 233 pages.
Michael Krogsgaard	Positively Bob Dylan. A Thirty-Year Discography, Concert & Record Session Guide 1960-1991. Popular Culture, Ink. 1991. 500 pages

9 SUGGESTED READINGS

9.1 General background

Michael Gray	Song & Dance Man III. The Art Of Bob Dylan Cassell 1999. Hardback 918 pages (!!)
Clinton Heylin	Behind The Shades. A Biography. Summit Books 1991, 500 pages.
Anthony Scaduto	Bob Dylan. An intimate biography. New American Library 1973
Robert Shelton	No Direction Home. The Life and Music of Bob Dylan. New American Library 1986.
Howard Sounes	Down The Highway. The Life Of Bob Dylan. Groove Press 2001.
Rudolph Wurlitzer	Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid. Signet Film Series, New York 1973.

9.2 Article compilations

Carl Benson (ed)

The Bob Dylan Companion — Four Decades of Commentary.

Schirmer Books, New York 1998. Softcover 306 pages.

Craig McGregor (ed)

Bob Dylan. A Retrospective. William Morrow 1972

Elizabeth M. Thomson (ed)

Conclusions On The Wall. New Essays On Bob Dylan.

Thin Man 1980

9.3 Selected articles

Alias – by Chris Whithouse, The Telegraph #19, pp20-37

Cast-Iron Songs And Torch Ballads - Planet Waves – by Robert Forryan, Dignity #11

Dirge and Wedding Song reconsidered in the Light of Time Out Of Mind – by Paul Williams, The Bridge No.4. Summer 1999

The True Story Of Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid – by Clinton Heylin, The Telegraph 37 (Winter 1990)

Rick Danko Interview – by Marjorie Kaufman, On The Tracks #10 (Spring 1997)

Rick Danko Interview – by Tony Norman, On The Tracks #16 (Spring 1999)

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1 INTRODUCTION

Debut

7 SONGS 1973

Bob Dylan, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994

Carl Benson (ed)