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JANUARY

6	New York City	1^st A. J. Weberman Telephone Conversation
9	New York City	2^nd A. J. Weberman Telephone Conversation

MARCH

16-19

New York City

1^st Greatest Hits recording session

AUGUST

1

New York City

Bangla Desh Concerts

SEPTEMBER

24

New York City

2^nd Greatest Hits recording session

OCTOBER

5	New York City	David Bromberg recording session
30	New York City	Allen Ginsberg TV program

NOVEMBER

4	New York City	George Jackson recording session
17, 20	New York City	Allen Ginsberg recording sessions

1885	A. J. Weberman Telephone Conversation New York City, New York
	6 January 1971

Telephone conversation between Bob Dylan and A. J. Weberman

Note. Full conversation printed in The Fiddler Now Upspoke, Volume 1, Desolation Row Promotions, page 137.

Mono telephone recording, 2 minutes.

Session info updated 7 August 2001.

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1890	A. J. Weberman Telephone Conversation New York City, New York
	9 January 1971

Telephone conversation between Bob Dylan and A. J. Weberman

Partly released on BOB DYLAN VS. A. J. WEBERMAN, Folkways Records FB 5322, 1977.

Note. Full conversation printed in East Village Other, 19 January 1971 and reprinted in The Fiddler Now Upspoke, Volume 1, Desolation Row Promotions, page 137.

Mono telephone recording, 52 minutes.

Session info updated 7 August 2001.

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1910	Blue Rock Studios
	New York City, New York
	16–19 March 1971
	Produced by Bob Johnston and Leon Russell.

1.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
2.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
3.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
4.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
5.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
6.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
7.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
8.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
9.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
10.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
11.	When I Paint My Masterpiece
12.	Watching The River Flow

Bob Dylan (vocal, guitar & harmonica), Leon Russell (piano), Jesse Ed Davis (guitar), Don Preston (guitar), Charlie Radie (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Claudia Linnear & Kathy McDonald (backup vocals).

1-3, 5 instrumental.

Notes.

· 5 and 6 are false starts.

· 1, 2, 9 are interrupted.

· Only released tracks are available.

· Details from only the first of two tapes are available.

· Heylin lists Spanish Harlem, That Lucky Ol’ Sun, Alabama Bound, Blood Red River and Rock Of Ages as having being recorded during these sessions.

CO-numbers:

CO117748 When I Paint My Masterpiece

CO110814 Watching The River Flow

Probably 11, 12 released on BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2, Columbia KG-31120, 17 November 1971.

12 released on single Columbia 4-45409, 3 June 1971.

References:

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 2). The Telegraph #53, Winter 1995, pp. 115-116.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp. 77–82.

Stereo studio recordings.

Session info updated 15 March 1996.

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1930	Madison Square Garden
	New York City, New York
	1 August 1971
	Rehearsals before the Bangla Desh Concert.

1.	If Not For You

Bob Dylan (guitar & vocal), George Harrison (guitar).

Released in the movie THE CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH, 23 March 1972 and on commercial video October 1983.

Mono film soundtrack, 1 minute.

Session info updated 9 August 2001.

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1940	Madison Square Garden
	New York City, New York
	1 August 1971
	Afternoon concert.

1.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
2.	Blowin' In The Wind
3.	It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
4.	Love Minus Zero/No Limit
5.	Just Like A Woman

Bob Dylan (guitar & vocal), George Harrison (guitar), Leon Russell (bass), Ringo Starr (tambourine).

1 and 4 broadcast by WNEW-FM radio, New York City, New York, August 1971.

Mono audience recording, 25 minutes.

1 and 4 mono PA recordings.

Session info updated 9 August 2001.

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1950	Madison Square Garden
	New York City, New York
	1 August 1971
	Evening concert.

1.	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
2.	It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
3.	Blowin' In The Wind
4.	Mr. Tambourine Man
5.	Just Like A Woman

Bob Dylan (guitar & vocal), George Harrison (guitar), Leon Russell (bass), Ringo Starr (tambourine).

Released on THE CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH, Apple STCX 3385, 20 Decemer 1971.

1-3, 5 released in the movie THE CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH, 23 March 1972 and on commercial video October 1983.

Stereo PA recording, 25 minutes.

Session info updated 9 August 2001.

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1960	Studio B
	Columbia Recording Studios
	New York City, New York
	24 September 1971

1.	Only A Hobo
2.	Only A Hobo
3.	Only A Hobo
4.	Only A Hobo
5.	Only A Hobo
6.	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
7.	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
8.	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
9.	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
10.	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
11.	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
12.	Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)
13.	Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)
14.	I Shall Be Released
15.	I Shall Be Released
16.	I Shall Be Released
17.	I Shall Be Released

Bob Dylan (vocal, guitar, harmonica & piano), Happy Traum (banjo, guitar, bass & back-up vocal).

Notes.

· 8 is a false start.

· 1, 9 are interrupted.

· Only released tracks and probably track 10 are available.

CO-numbers:

CO111058 Only A Hobo

CO111059 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

CO111060 Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)

CO111061 I Shall Be Released

11, 12 or 13, 17 released on BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS, VOL. 2, Columbia KG-31120, 17 November 1971.

11, 12 or 13, 17 released in the UK on THE ESSENTIAL BOB DYLAN, Columbia C2K 85168, 31 October 2000.

12 or 13 released on BLUES, Columbia/Legacy 88697009172, 19 December 2006.

17 released on MASTERPIECES, CBS/SONY 57 AP875-7, March 1978 in Japan, and later 1978 in Australia and New Zealand.

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

17 released on THE BEST OF BOB DYLAN, Columbia SONYTV28CD, 2 June 1997.

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

References:

Michael Krogsgaard: Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions (Part 2). The Telegraph #53, Winter 1995, pp. 116-117.

Clinton Heylin: Bob Dylan. The Recording Sessions [1960 – 1994]. St. Martin’s Press December 1995, pp. 77–82.

Stereo studio recordings.

Session info updated 10 February 2008..

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1965	Studio C Columbia Recording Studios New York City, New York
	5 October 1971
	David Bromberg recording session, produced by John Hill.

1.	Sammy's Song (David Bromberg)
2.	Sammy's Song (David Bromberg)
3.	Sammy's Song (David Bromberg)

David Bromberg (guitar & vocal), Bob Dylan (harmonica).

1, 2 or 3 released on DAVID BROMBERG, Columbia KC 31194, 1972.

Note. The unreleased takes are not in circulation.

Stereo studio recordings.

Session info updated 9 August 2001.

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1970	PBS-TV Studios
	New York City, New York
	30 October 1971

1.	Unidentified Song
2.	Nurse's Song (William Blake/Allen Ginsberg)
3.	September On Jessore Road (Allen Ginsberg)
4.	A Dream (William Blake/Allen Ginsberg)
5.	Mantra (?)

Allen Ginsberg (harmonium & vocal), Bob Dylan (guitar), Happy Traum (banjo & guitar), David Amram (french horn, flute), Gregory Corso (vocal), Peter Orlovsky (vocal), and others.

Note. The available tape contains about half of the show.

Broadcast in mid-November in FREETIME on PBS-TV, New York City, New York.

Incomplete mono TV broadcast, 20 minutes

Session info updated 9 August 2001.

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1980	Columbia Studio B
	New York City, New York
	4 November 1971
	Produced by Bob Dylan.

1. George Jackson

2. George Jackson

3. Wallflower

Bob Dylan (guitar, harmonica, vocal).

1, 3 backed by Kenneth Buttrey (drums), Ben Keith (steel guitar), Leon Russell (bass).

1 Joshie Armstead and Rosie Hicks (background vocals).

1, 2 released on single Columbia 4-45516, 12 November 1971.

1 released on MASTERPIECES, CBS/SONY 57 AP875-7, March 1978 in Japan, and later 1978 in Australia and New Zealand.

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