1956 - 1960 RECORDING SESSIONS
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1956 |
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24 December |
Terlinde Music |
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1958 |
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The Home of Bob Dylan |
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1959 |
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Unidentified Venue |
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May |
The Home of Ric Kangas |
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1960 |
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The Home Of Karen Wallace |
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June |
The
Purple Onion or Bastille |
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September |
The Home Of Bob Dylan |
Next 1961
Concerts and Recording Sessions
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Terlinde Music |
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St. Paul, Minnesota |
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24 December 1956 |
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1. |
Let The Good Times Roll (Shirley
Goodman & Leonard Lee) |
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2. |
Boppin' The Blues (Carl Perkins & Howard Griffin) |
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3. |
Won't You Be My Girl (?) |
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4. |
Lawdy, Miss Clawdy
(Lloyd Price) |
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5. |
Ready Teddy (John Marascalco
& Robert Blackwell) |
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6. |
Confidential (Dolinda
Morgan) |
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7. |
In The Still Of The Night (Cole Porter) |
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8. |
Earth Angel (Dootsie Williams/Curtis Williams) |
Bob Zimmerman (vocal & piano), Howard Rutman & Larry Kegan (shared vocals).
Notes
All songs are fragments.
No recording of this session is
circulating.
Session info updated 2 February 2021.
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The
Home of Bob Dylan |
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Spring
1958 |
1. Hey Little Richard
2. Buzz, Buzz, Buzz (Gray/Byrd)
3. Jenny, Jenny (
4. We Belong Together (Robert Carr/Johnny Mitchell/Sammy Weiss)
5. Lilly Lou (Joe T. Cook)
1, 3 Bob Zimmerman (vocal & piano), John Bucklen (vocal).
2, 5 Bob Zimmerman (vocal & guitar), John Bucklen (vocal).
4 Bob Zimmerman and John Bucklen
(vocals).
BobTalk
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Zimmerman: |
This is Little Richard...(fakes wild crowd noises into microphone) ...Little Richard's got a lot of expression. |
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Bucklen: |
You
think singing is just jumping around and screaming? |
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Zimmerman: |
You gotta have some kind
of expression. |
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Bucklen: |
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Zimmerman: |
There's no expression.
(sings in boring, slow and monotone voice): "I met her at a dance |
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Bucklen: |
You're
doing it wrong, you're just - |
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<end
of broadcast tape segment> |
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Bucklen: |
What's
the best kind of music? |
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Zimmerman: |
Rhythm and Blues. |
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Bucklen: |
State
your reason in no less that twenty-five minutes. |
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Zimmerman: |
Ah, Rhythm and Blues you see is something that you
really can't quite explain see. When you hear a song Rhythm and Blues - when
you hear it's a good Rhythm and Blues song, chills go up your spine... |
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Bucklen: |
Whoa-o-o! |
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Zimmerman: |
When you hear a song like that. But when you hear a
song like |
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<end
of broadcast tape segment> |
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after
Jenny Take A Ride: |
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Bucklen: |
Listen,
man you gotta to do it a little bit faster than
that. I mean I'm trying to cut a fast record here, that's right ... |
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Zimmerman: |
I can't help it. |
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Bucklen: |
I
know it ain't slow but it's not fast enough too. |
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Zimmerman: |
Whadaya talking about, man,
that's plenty fast! |
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Bucklen: |
No,
it isn't. |
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Zimmerman: |
That'll sell - that'll sell (clicks fingers) just
like that - ten million in a week! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllll!
(plays first note on piano) |
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Bucklen: |
What
are you trying to do man, coming in with 'weeelll'
like that? I mean .... |
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Zimmerman: |
Well that's for the new song and I'm starting
another one. |
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<end
of broadcast tape segment> |
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after
Blue Moon: |
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Zimmerman: |
Yeah, ah, Ricky Nelson. Now Ricky Nelson's another
one of these guys. See Ricky Nelson, Ricky Nelson - |
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Bucklen: |
Ricky
Nelson is out of the question. |
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Zimmerman: |
Well he copies Elvis Presley! Yeaah,
it's perfectly... |
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Bucklen: |
He
can't do like Elvis Presley. |
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Zimmerman: |
Well he can't sing at all, Ricky Nelson. So we may
as well forget him. See I mean - I mean, ya know
when you hear music like The Diamonds. For instance The Diamonds are
really cool, they're out on the street really popular, really record [?], you
know. So they're popular big stars but where, where do they get all the
songs? You know they get all their songs, they get all their songs from little
groups. They copy all the little groups. Same thing with Elvis Presley. Elvis
Presley, who did he copy? He copied |
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Bucklen: |
Wait
a minute, wait a minute! |
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Zimmerman: |
...he copied the Drifters |
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Bucklen: |
Wait
a minute, name, name, name four songs that Elvis Presley's copied from those,
from those little groups. |
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Zimmerman: |
He copied all the Richard songs - |
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Bucklen: |
Like
what? - |
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Zimmerman: |
"Rip It Up", "Long Tall Sally",
"Ready Teddy", err ... what's the other one... |
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Bucklen: |
"Money
Honey"? |
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Zimmerman: |
No, "Money Honey" he copied from |
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Bucklen: |
Er,
listen that song was written for him. |
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of last broadcast tape segment> |
Notes
All songs are
fragments.
The tape also contains
discussions between Dylan and Bucklen.
1-4
broadcast in the program HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED, the final part of the BBC ARENA
TV series called TALES OF ROCK 'N' ROLL, May 8, 1993.
Fragment of
1 appears on the DVD NO DIRECTION HOME,
October 2005.
5 released
on the DVD BIOGRAPHY - BOB DYLAN,
AMERICAN TROUBADOR, AAE 7295 October 2000.
Mono TV
recording, 5 minutes
Session info
updated 21 August 2015.
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Unidentified
venue |
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10
January 1959 |
1.
As
Time Goes By (Herman Humpfield)
2.
Swing
Daddy Swing (Jerry Hawkins)
Bob
Zimmerman (vocal & guitar), John Bucklen &
Bill Marinac (guitars), Kathy Dasovic,
Mary DeFonso & Franny Kay Matosich
(background vocals).
Notes.
A performance at the dance following the Hibbing International Falls
basketball game.
There is no circulating recording from this event,
1 given Time Goes By in the
newspaper article.
2 given as Swing, Dad, Swing
in the newspaper article.
Venue might be Hibbing High School.
Source. Hibbing Hi Times 23 January 1959.
Session info updated 3
October 2011.
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The
Home of Ric Kangas |
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May
1959 |
1.
When
I Got Troubles
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I
Wish I Knew (Ric Kangas)
3.
I
Got A New Girl (Teen Love Serenade)
4.
The
Frog Song
Bob Zimmerman (vocal
& guitar)
Official
releases
1 released
on THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL 7. NO
DIRECTION HOME: THE SOUNDTRACK,
Fragment of
3 released on the DVD BIOGRAPHY - BOB
DYLAN, AMERICAN TROUBADOR, AAE 7295 October 2000.
Notes
Recorded by
Ric Kangas.
Track 2 is
not in circulation.
Private mono
recording, 6 minutes
Session info
updated 2 February 2021.
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The
Home Of Karen Wallace |
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May
1960 |
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1. |
Gotta
Travel On (Paul Clayton - Larry Ehrlich -
David Lazar - Tom Six) |
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2. |
Doney
Gal (trad.) |
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3. |
Roving Gambler (trad.) |
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4. |
Go Down You Murderers (trad.) |
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6. |
The Two Sisters (trad.) |
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7. |
Go Way From My Window ( |
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This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie) |
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9. |
Go Tell It To The Mountain (trad.) |
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10. |
Fare Thee Well (trad.) |
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Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie) |
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12. |
Saro
Jane (trad.) |
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13. |
Take This Hammer (trad.) |
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14. |
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (Jimmie Cox) |
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Great Historical Bum (Woody Guthrie) |
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Mary Ann (trad.) |
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Every Night When The Sun Goes In (trad.) |
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18. |
Sinner Man (trad.) |
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Delia
(traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan) |
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20. |
Wop De Alano
(trad.) |
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21. |
Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty
Little Feet? (trad.) |
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Abner Young (?) |
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24. |
Blues Yodel No. 8 (Jimmie Rodgers - G. Vaughan) |
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25. |
One-Eyed Jacks |
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27. |
Payday At Coal Creek (trad.) |
Bob Dylan
(vocal & guitar).
Notes
Tracks 9,
10, 19-21 not included on the circulating samples tape 1979.
Tracks 6, 11,
24, 27 better quality samples circulated to prospective buyers in 1983.
Private mono
recording with many tracks cut, 30 minutes.
Bootleg
Track 6 available on Genuine Bootleg Series,Vol.2.
References
If You Can Tell A Bigger Lie - On The
The Continuing Story Of The St Paul 1960 Tape –
article by Gavin Diddle in Fourth Time Around $2 (1983).
Session info
updated 4 November 2016.
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The
Purple Onion or Bastille |
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June
1960 |
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1. |
Go Down You Murderers (trad.) |
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2. |
Sinner Man (trad.) |
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House Of The Risin'
Sun
(trad.) |
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Timber (trad.) |
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Jerry (trad.) |
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6. |
Another Man Done Gone (trad.) |
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7. |
Black Jack Blues (trad.) |
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8. |
Man Of Constant Sorrow (trad.) |
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9. |
One-Eyed Jacks |
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10. |
Greyhound Blues |
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11. |
Everytime I Hear The Spirit (?) |
Bob Dylan
(vocal & guitar).
Note. Date could be May 1960. There is no
circulating tape.
Session info
updated 31 August 2001.
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The
Home Of Bob Dylan |
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Minneapolis,
Minnesota |
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September 1960 |
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Red Rosey Bush (trad.) |
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Jesus Christ (Woody
Guthrie) |
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Streets Of Glory (trad.) |
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K.C. Moan (1927 |
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Blues Yodel No. 8 (Jimmie Rodgers - G. Vaughan) |
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I'm A Gambler
(trad.) |
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Talking |
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Talking Merchant Marine (Woody Guthrie) |
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Talking Hugh Brown |
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Talking Inflation (Tom Glazer) |
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Come See |
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Bob Dylan (vocal & guitar).
BobTalk
Oh that guy
McKenzie. I like it. I'll do a couple of verses. Sing that whole file if you
want me to do it. This is a Woody Guthrie song. (after Red Rosey Bush).
Cynthia: Do
"Talking Lobbyist".
A guy: Yeah, yeah. Do
"Talking Lobbyist". That’s a good song.
Dylan: Ahh. It’s not that good. It’s a... I gotta do a ... I can’t do a... I can’t do a Talkin’ if we’re on the tape recorder without... It has to
be Woody Guthrie. (almost to himself) It has to be Woody Guthrie.
Cynthia: Do
"Talking Lobbyist".
Dylan never stops
playing guitar throughout the following dialog. He starts Guthrie's Talking Columbia and almost finishes the
first verse before...
Unknown person: Yeee-hah! Girl laughs.
Dylan: Get
Dylan shifts the
lyrics over to Guthrie's "Talking Merchant Marine". He almost gets
through the 2nd verse before Cynthia shouts out something.
Dylan: Screw YOU Cynthia. And all you (????).
Dylan sings the 3rd
verse relatively uninterrupted. Right before the 4th verse Cynthia tries to
sing something, parodying him. Dylan ignores her and sings the verse, but in
the middle of the last line Cynthia shouts out something.
Dylan: Screw YOU Cynthia. (chuckles)
Cynthia again starts
singing a few lines of something, parodying the Talkin'
Blues format, ending with "Screw ya!".
Dylan: I said screw YOU. (almost laughing). I'm not done yet. (laughs)
He sings the 5th verse
(the song has 7), with Cynthia still randomly calling things out.
Dylan: You're gonna get
played right in the (????) tonight if
you don't shut your God Damn mouth. (Laughter from the room). Split you right in half.
He strums a few more
bars, then stops playing abruptly.
Dylan; Aw hell, I can't do it.
Cynthia: Do
"Talking Lobbyist".
Notes.
Recorded by Cleve
Pettersen at Bob Dylan’s apartment on 15th Avenue S.E. He donated
his original tape to the Minnesota Historical Society
Library in 2004.
Bonnie Beecher and
Cynthia Fisher were also there. Cynthia was a sorority sister of Bonnie's who
played banjo and performed with Dylan in the Fall of 1960.
Talking Inflation is also known as Talking Lobbyist.
This recording has
been circulating as the Minnesota Party
Tape
or The Red Rosey Bush Tape.
References
Private communication from Mick McLaughlin.
http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10453356&return=collection[]=mn_mhs-cms.
Unauthorized
Release
(The release is
unauthorized and is not associated with or approved by Bob Dylan or his current
recording label)
3 released on CD2 of All That Gospel,
3 CDs, Blind Willy Production BWR 116 2008.
Official releases
7 released
as Rambler, Gambler on THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL 7. NO DIRECTION HOME: THE
SOUNDTRACK,
Fragments of 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 appear on the DVD NO DIRECTION HOME, October 2005.
Private mono recording, 35 minutes.
Session info updated 27 January 2020.
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