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{{Infobox album
| Name = Dylan
| name = Dylan
| Type = [[Vinyl record|LP]]
| type = studio
| Artist = [[Bob Dylan]]
| artist = [[Bob Dylan]]
| Cover = Dylan1973.gif
| cover = Bob Dylan - Dylan (1973 album).jpg
| Background = Orange
| alt = A painting of the profile of Bob Dylan's face with red, yellow, purple, and black stripes
| Released = [[November 19]], [[1973]]
| released = {{Start date|1973|11|16}}
| Recorded = [[April 24]], [[1969]] &ndash; [[June 4]], [[1970]]
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Rock (music)|Rock]]
*April 24 & 26, 1969
| Length = 33:09
*June 1–4, 1970
| Label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| studio =
| Producer = [[Bob Johnston]]
| genre = *[[Rock music|Rock]]
| Reviews = <nowiki></nowiki>
*[[folk rock]]
*''[[All Music Guide]]'' ({{{1}}}/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:p7yvad1kv8wo link]
| length = 33:22
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| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| Last album = ''[[Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (album)|Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid]]''<br />(1973)
| producer = [[Bob Johnston]]
| This album = '''''Dylan'''''<br />(1973)
| prev_title = [[Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (album)|Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid]]
| Next album = ''[[Planet Waves]]''<br />(1974)
| prev_year = 1973
| next_title = [[Planet Waves]]
| next_year = 1974
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}}
'''''Dylan''''' is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter [[Bob Dylan]], which is made up of [[outtakes]] he recorded for earlier albums. [[Columbia Records]] compiled it with no input from Dylan and released it on November 16, 1973. The album followed the artist's departure from Columbia for [[Asylum Records]], and the announcement of [[Bob Dylan and The Band 1974 Tour|his first major tour since 1966]]. In Europe the album was re-released in January 1991 with the title ''Dylan (A Fool Such as I)''.<ref>[http://www.bjorner.com/DSN01679%201969.htm#DSN01714 Olof Bjorner About Bob website 1969 session pages retrieved 26 September 2013.]</ref>
'''''Dylan''''' is a [[Bob Dylan]] album, released on [[Columbia Records]] in [[1973]] , which compiles outtakes drawn mostly from Dylan's ''[[New Morning]]'' sessions in the spring of [[1970]]. It was issued shortly after Dylan's signing with [[Asylum Records]] and "comeback tour" with [[The Band]] had been announced, and was generally viewed as an attempt to capitalize on the anticipated demand for the as-yet-untitled ''[[Planet Waves]]''. (A week after Columbia released the record, Dylan and The Band announced their upcoming tour in support of ''Planet Waves''.)


==Composition and recording==
Although ''Dylan'' received very poor reviews, it managed to hit #17 in the US and become a gold record. It is the only non-compilation Dylan album not released on [[compact disc|CD]] in the North American market, but was released on CD under its original title for the Japanese market and as ''A Fool Such as I'' in the UK/European market. The cassette edition, however, is still offered in the North American market.{{Inote|Amazon ASIN:B00000252A|ASINB00000252A}}
The album is made up from studio outtakes from the previous Dylan releases ''[[Self Portrait (Bob Dylan album)|Self Portrait]]'' and ''[[New Morning]]''. The nine songs featured on the album consist of six [[Cover version|cover songs]] and three [[Folk music|traditional songs]], adapted and arranged by Dylan. The first seven tracks were recorded in June 1970 during the ''New Morning'' sessions, the last two were recorded in April 1969 during the ''Self Portrait'' sessions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepage.mac.com/danielmartin/Dylan/html/albums/1973-Dylan.html |title=DYLAN |access-date=2012-02-07 |archive-date=2003-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030624230106/http://homepage.mac.com/danielmartin/Dylan/html/albums/1973-Dylan.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album features a different recording of "[[Spanish Is the Loving Tongue]]" from the version previously issued as the [[B-side]] of Dylan's 1971 single "[[Watching the River Flow]]".


The album cover was designed by art director [[John Berg (art director)|John Berg]]. The original photograph featured on the album's front was shot by photographer [[Al Clayton]]. The [[Screen printing|serigraph]] was carried out by artist Richard Kenerson.<ref>[http://www.bobdylan.com/albums/dylan-0/ Dylan|The Official Bob Dylan Site]</ref>
==Track listing==


==Critical reception and reissues==
# "Lily of the West" (trad. arr. E. Davies/J. Peterson) - 3:44
{{Music ratings
# "Can't Help Falling in Love" ([[George David Weiss|George Weiss]]/Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore) - 4:17
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
# "Sarah Jane" (Dylan) - 2:43
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6428|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine}}</ref>
# "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" ([[Peter LaFarge]]) - 5:08
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# "Mr. Bojangles" ([[Jerry Jeff Walker]]) - 5:31
|rev2Score = E<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: D|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=D&bk=70|access-date=February 24, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref>
# "Mary Ann" (Traditional) - 2:40
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# "Big Yellow Taxi" ([[Joni Mitchell]]) - 2:12
| rev3Score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
# "A Fool Such as I" (Bill Trader; wrongly attributed to James Buford Abner, who wrote a gospel song with the same title) - 2:41
| rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
# "Spanish is the Loving Tongue" (alternate take) (Charles Badger Clark) - 4:13
| rev4Score = F<ref>{{cite web |last=Flanagan |first=Bill |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/03/29/bob-dylans-discography/ |title=Entertainment Weekly review |publisher=Ew.com |date=1991-03-29 |access-date=2012-02-07 |archive-date=2011-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928011525/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313768,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev6Score = (unfavorable)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/dylan-19731119 |title=Bob Dylan ''Dylan'' album review |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |author=Landau, Jon |date=November 19, 1973 |access-date=2013-11-03 |archive-date=2017-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912032927/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/dylan-19731119 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev5 = [[MusicHound]]
| rev5Score = '''woof!'''<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Graff|editor-first1=Gary|editor-last2=Durchholz|editor-first2=Daniel|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|edition=2nd|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/371 371]|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/371}}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|1|5}}<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&pg=PA262 |editor-last1=Brackett|editor-first1=Nathan|editor-last2=Hoard|editor-first2=Christian |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=Fireside|location=New York, NY |year=2004 |access-date=August 22, 2015|page=262|isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}</ref>
}}
Although ''Dylan'' received very poor reviews upon its release,<ref>Robert Shelton, 1986. ''No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylan.'' New York: William Morrow and Co., p. 428. {{ISBN|068805045X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Landau |first=Jon |date=1973-11-19 |title=Dylan |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/dylan-102801/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> it managed to reach {{thinspace|No.| 17}} in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swanson |first=Dave |date=2018-11-16 |title=45 Years Ago: Bob Dylan's Old Label Gets Revenge With 'Dylan' |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bob-dylan-dylan-album/ |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref> and was certified [[Music recording sales certification|gold]] by the [[RIAA]]. It became the first Bob Dylan album not to chart in the UK, where his albums generally charted higher than in the U.S.<ref>[http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/bob%20dylan/ UK chart history website retrieved 26 September 2013.]</ref><ref>[http://expectingrain.com/dok/cd/dylancharts.html Expecting Rain website Dylan US chart history retrieved 26 September 2013.]</ref>

''Dylan'' was the only Columbia Dylan album not to be reissued on [[compact disc]] in the North American market, until 2013 when it was included in the ''[[Bob Dylan: The Complete Album Collection Vol. One|Complete Album Collection]]'' box set.<ref>Michael Gray, 2006. ''[[The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia]].'' London: Continuum International, p. 194. {{ISBN|0826469337}}</ref>

Due to its lack of original material and 'bizarre' choice of tracks, ''Dylan'' is often considered one of Dylan's weakest albums.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Landau |first=Jon |date=1973-11-19 |title=Dylan |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/dylan-102801/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Songs==

=== Side one ===

==== "Lily of the West" ====
"[[Lily of the West]]" is a traditional British and [[Irish traditional music|Irish folk song]] which, in Dylan's adaptation, details the story of a man who travels to [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]] and stumbles upon a woman named 'Flora'. The man then falls in love with her, naming her the 'Lily of the West', though this love is found not to be mutual when she is [[Courtship|courted]] by another man. As a result, the protagonist confronts his 'rival' and stabs him in the chest in a fit of rage. Consequently, he is put on trial and found guilty of murder, though he maintains his love for Flora.

Dylan is likely to have known the song from at least as far back as the start of his relationship with [[Joan Baez]], as she released a version of her own with similar lyrics in 1961 on her second album, ''[[Joan Baez, Vol. 2]].''

==== "Can't Help Falling in Love" ====
"[[Can't Help Falling in Love]]" is a 1961 song recorded by [[Elvis Presley]], inspired by [[Plaisir d'amour]], an 18th-century French love song, and included on the soundtrack album ''[[Blue Hawaii (soundtrack)|Blue Hawaii]]''.

==== "Sarah Jane" ====
"Sarah Jane" is inspired by "Rock about my Saro Jane",<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-31 |title=Sarah Jane: the origin of Dylan's song and why he recorded it. {{!}} Untold Dylan |url=https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/1886 |access-date=2023-06-09 |language=en-GB}}</ref> written sometime around the turn of the 20th century and most notably performed by [[Uncle Dave Macon]] in 1927.

"Sarah Jane" is often mentioned among Dylan's worst recordings.<ref>[https://entertainment.time.com/2011/05/23/10-worst-bob-dylan-songs/slide/sarah-jane/ Ten Worst Bob Dylan Songs: Sarah Jane]</ref><ref>[https://bob-dylan.org.uk/archives/1886]</ref>

==== "The Ballad of Ira Hayes" ====
"[[The Ballad of Ira Hayes]]" is a song originally written by [[Peter La Farge]] and popularised by [[Johnny Cash]], which describes the life of [[United States Marine Corps|Marine]] [[Ira Hayes]] of the [[Akimel O'odham|Pima Indians]]. Hayes enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1942 and fought in the [[Pacific War|Pacific Theatre]] of [[World War II]], deployed in the [[Bougainville campaign]] before fighting in the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]]. Whilst serving in Iwo Jima, he was photographed by [[Joe Rosenthal]] alongside five of his comrades [[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima|raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi]]. After the [[Surrender of Japan|end of the war]] in 1945 and his subsequent discharge from the army, Hayes suffered from [[post-traumatic stress disorder]] and took to [[Alcoholism|heavy alcohol use]] to combat it (referenced by the recurring lyric "call him drunken Ira Hayes"). Attempting to reintegrate into civilian life, he struggled to maintain employment and was arrested a total of 52 times for offences relating to alcohol. Two months after attending the [[Marine Corps War Memorial]], Hayes was found dead near his residence in [[Sacaton, Arizona]] after spending the evening drinking with his closest friends. The cause of his death was given as [[Hypothermia|exposure]] and [[Alcohol intoxication|alcohol poisoning]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-16 |title=The Tragic Death Of WWII Corporal Ira Hayes |url=https://www.grunge.com/709501/the-tragic-death-of-wwii-corporal-ira-hayes/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Grunge |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Side two ===

==== "Mr. Bojangles" ====
[[Mr. Bojangles (song)|"Mr. Bojangles"]] was written by American country musician [[Jerry Jeff Walker]] in 1968 and recorded in 1970 by Dylan during the sessions for ''[[New Morning]].'' It tells the story of a homeless street performer that Walker had met in a [[New Orleans]] jail whilst imprisoned for public intoxication who used the moniker "Mr. Bojangles", likely taken from [[Bill Robinson|Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson]]. "Mr. Bojangles" and his cellmates conversed on many topics, at some point landing on the death of his dog who had become his only companion whilst travelling around the country. As the mood in the cell dampened, someone in the cell asked for something to lighten the mood, at which point "Mr. Bojangles" performed a [[tap dance]].

==== "Mary Ann" ====
"Mary Ann" is a folk song originating from at least as far back as the [[ethnomusicology]] of [[Marius Barbeau]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mary Ann {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mary-ann-emc |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref> a Canadian [[Folklore studies|folklorist]], and perhaps as far back as the mid 19th century. It describes the parting of a man from his love, "Mary Ann", to faraway at sea.

==== "Big Yellow Taxi" ====
"[[Big Yellow Taxi]]" is a song written by Joni Mitchell in 1970, released originally on the album [[Ladies of the Canyon (album)|''Ladies of the Canyon'']], reaching the top 20 in Canada, Australia and the UK and peaking at No. 67 in the United States. It is known famously as an early environmentalist song,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |date=2021-10-28 |title=The greatest songs about the climate crisis – ranked! |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/28/the-greatest-songs-about-the-climate-crisis-ranked |access-date=2023-06-09 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> with lyrics against [[consumerism]] and [[urban sprawl]]. In contrast, Dylan's version was criticised at release as a simple outtake from the ''[[Self Portrait (Bob Dylan album)|Self Portrait]]'' sessions, though retrospectively it has been given praise due to Dylan's vocal performance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-22 |title=A guide to Bob Dylan's 6 greatest covers of all time |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bob-dylan-6-greatest-covers/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref>

==== "A Fool Such As I" ====
[[(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I|"A Fool Such As I"]] is a [[Popular music|popular]] song written by [[Bill Trader]], copyrighted in 1952 and released by [[Hank Snow]] in early 1953 as "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I". Elvis Presley's 1958 version, which reached No. 2 in the US and went [[Music recording certification|platinum]], could have served as Dylan's inspiration.

==== "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" ====
"[[Spanish Is the Loving Tongue]]" is a song based on the 1907 poem "A Border Affair" written by [[Charles Badger Clark]], a [[Cowboy poetry|cowboy poet]]. Prolific Dylan scholar Eyolf Østrem nominated the 1973 release "a contender (for) Dylan's most tasteless arrangement."<ref>https://dylanchords.com/13_dylan/spanish_is_the_loving_tongue Dylan Chords: Spanish is the Loving Tongue</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{track listing
| headline = Side one
| extra_column = Recorded
| title1 = [[Lily of the West]]
| writer1 = traditional
| length1 = 3:44
| extra1 = June 3, 1970
| title2 = [[Can't Help Falling in Love]]
| writer2 = [[George David Weiss|George Weiss]], [[Hugo Peretti]], [[Luigi Creatore]]
| length2 = 4:17
| extra2 = June 3, 1970
| title3 = Sarah Jane
| writer3 = traditional
| length3 = 2:43
| extra3 = June 1, 1970
| title4 = [[The Ballad of Ira Hayes]]
| writer4 = [[Peter LaFarge]]
| length4 = 5:08
| extra4 = June 1, 1970
| total_length = 15:52
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Side two
| extra_column = Recorded
| title1 = [[Mr. Bojangles (song)|Mr. Bojangles]]
| writer1 = [[Jerry Jeff Walker]]
| length1 = 5:31
| extra1 = June 2, 1970
| title2 = Mary Ann
| writer2 = traditional
| length2 = 2:40
| extra2 = June 2, 1970
| title3 = [[Big Yellow Taxi]]
| writer3 = [[Joni Mitchell]]
| length3 = 2:12
| extra3 = June 4, 1970
| title4 = [[A Fool Such as I]]
| writer4 = Bill Trader
| length4 = 2:41
| extra4 = April 26, 1969
| title5 = [[Spanish is the Loving Tongue|Spanish Is the Loving Tongue]]
| writer5 = Billy Simon, [[Charles Badger Clark]]
| length5 = 4:13
| extra5 = April 24, 1969
| total_length = 17:17
}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000252A 'Dylan (ASIN:B00000252A)', ''Amazon.com'']. Retrieved [[July 22]] 2005.
*[http://www.searchingforagem.com/1973.htm#Promos, Bob Dylan's Officially Released Rarities and Obscurities].


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For Bob Dylan's 2007 greatest hits compilation, see Dylan (2007 album).
Dylan
A painting of the profile of Bob Dylan's face with red, yellow, purple, and black stripes
Studio album by
Bob Dylan
ReleasedNovember 16, 1973 (1973-11-16)
Recorded
  • April 24 & 26, 1969
  • June 1–4, 1970
Genre
Length33:22
LabelColumbia
ProducerBob Johnston
Bob Dylan chronology
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
(1973) 		Dylan
(1973) 		Planet Waves
(1974)

Dylan is the thirteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, which is made up of outtakes he recorded for earlier albums. Columbia Records compiled it with no input from Dylan and released it on November 16, 1973. The album followed the artist's departure from Columbia for Asylum Records, and the announcement of his first major tour since 1966. In Europe the album was re-released in January 1991 with the title Dylan (A Fool Such as I).[1]

Composition and recording

[edit]

The album is made up from studio outtakes from the previous Dylan releases Self Portrait and New Morning. The nine songs featured on the album consist of six cover songs and three traditional songs, adapted and arranged by Dylan. The first seven tracks were recorded in June 1970 during the New Morning sessions, the last two were recorded in April 1969 during the Self Portrait sessions.[2] The album features a different recording of "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" from the version previously issued as the B-side of Dylan's 1971 single "Watching the River Flow".

The album cover was designed by art director John Berg. The original photograph featured on the album's front was shot by photographer Al Clayton. The serigraph was carried out by artist Richard Kenerson.[3]

Critical reception and reissues

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [4]
Christgau's Record GuideE[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[6]
Entertainment WeeklyF[7]
MusicHoundwoof![9]
Rolling Stone(unfavorable)[8]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]

Although Dylan received very poor reviews upon its release,[11][12] it managed to reach No. 17 in the U.S.[13] and was certified gold by the RIAA. It became the first Bob Dylan album not to chart in the UK, where his albums generally charted higher than in the U.S.[14][15]

Dylan was the only Columbia Dylan album not to be reissued on compact disc in the North American market, until 2013 when it was included in the Complete Album Collection box set.[16]

Due to its lack of original material and 'bizarre' choice of tracks, Dylan is often considered one of Dylan's weakest albums.[17]

Songs

[edit]

Side one

[edit]

"Lily of the West"

[edit]

"Lily of the West" is a traditional British and Irish folk song which, in Dylan's adaptation, details the story of a man who travels to Louisville and stumbles upon a woman named 'Flora'. The man then falls in love with her, naming her the 'Lily of the West', though this love is found not to be mutual when she is courted by another man. As a result, the protagonist confronts his 'rival' and stabs him in the chest in a fit of rage. Consequently, he is put on trial and found guilty of murder, though he maintains his love for Flora.

Dylan is likely to have known the song from at least as far back as the start of his relationship with Joan Baez, as she released a version of her own with similar lyrics in 1961 on her second album, Joan Baez, Vol. 2.

"Can't Help Falling in Love"

[edit]

"Can't Help Falling in Love" is a 1961 song recorded by Elvis Presley, inspired by Plaisir d'amour, an 18th-century French love song, and included on the soundtrack album Blue Hawaii.

"Sarah Jane"

[edit]

"Sarah Jane" is inspired by "Rock about my Saro Jane",[18] written sometime around the turn of the 20th century and most notably performed by Uncle Dave Macon in 1927.

"Sarah Jane" is often mentioned among Dylan's worst recordings.[19][20]

"The Ballad of Ira Hayes"

[edit]

"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" is a song originally written by Peter La Farge and popularised by Johnny Cash, which describes the life of Marine Ira Hayes of the Pima Indians. Hayes enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1942 and fought in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, deployed in the Bougainville campaign before fighting in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Whilst serving in Iwo Jima, he was photographed by Joe Rosenthal alongside five of his comrades raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi. After the end of the war in 1945 and his subsequent discharge from the army, Hayes suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and took to heavy alcohol use to combat it (referenced by the recurring lyric "call him drunken Ira Hayes"). Attempting to reintegrate into civilian life, he struggled to maintain employment and was arrested a total of 52 times for offences relating to alcohol. Two months after attending the Marine Corps War Memorial, Hayes was found dead near his residence in Sacaton, Arizona after spending the evening drinking with his closest friends. The cause of his death was given as exposure and alcohol poisoning.[21]

Side two

[edit]

"Mr. Bojangles"

[edit]

"Mr. Bojangles" was written by American country musician Jerry Jeff Walker in 1968 and recorded in 1970 by Dylan during the sessions for New Morning. It tells the story of a homeless street performer that Walker had met in a New Orleans jail whilst imprisoned for public intoxication who used the moniker "Mr. Bojangles", likely taken from Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson. "Mr. Bojangles" and his cellmates conversed on many topics, at some point landing on the death of his dog who had become his only companion whilst travelling around the country. As the mood in the cell dampened, someone in the cell asked for something to lighten the mood, at which point "Mr. Bojangles" performed a tap dance.

"Mary Ann"

[edit]

"Mary Ann" is a folk song originating from at least as far back as the ethnomusicology of Marius Barbeau,[22] a Canadian folklorist, and perhaps as far back as the mid 19th century. It describes the parting of a man from his love, "Mary Ann", to faraway at sea.

"Big Yellow Taxi"

[edit]

"Big Yellow Taxi" is a song written by Joni Mitchell in 1970, released originally on the album Ladies of the Canyon, reaching the top 20 in Canada, Australia and the UK and peaking at No. 67 in the United States. It is known famously as an early environmentalist song,[23] with lyrics against consumerism and urban sprawl. In contrast, Dylan's version was criticised at release as a simple outtake from the Self Portrait sessions, though retrospectively it has been given praise due to Dylan's vocal performance.[24]

"A Fool Such As I"

[edit]

"A Fool Such As I" is a popular song written by Bill Trader, copyrighted in 1952 and released by Hank Snow in early 1953 as "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I". Elvis Presley's 1958 version, which reached No. 2 in the US and went platinum, could have served as Dylan's inspiration.

"Spanish Is the Loving Tongue"

[edit]

"Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" is a song based on the 1907 poem "A Border Affair" written by Charles Badger Clark, a cowboy poet. Prolific Dylan scholar Eyolf Østrem nominated the 1973 release "a contender (for) Dylan's most tasteless arrangement."[25]

Track listing

[edit]
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)RecordedLength
1."Lily of the West"traditionalJune 3, 19703:44
2."Can't Help Falling in Love"George Weiss, Hugo Peretti, Luigi CreatoreJune 3, 19704:17
3."Sarah Jane"traditionalJune 1, 19702:43
4."The Ballad of Ira Hayes"Peter LaFargeJune 1, 19705:08
Total length:15:52
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)RecordedLength
1."Mr. Bojangles"Jerry Jeff WalkerJune 2, 19705:31
2."Mary Ann"traditionalJune 2, 19702:40
3."Big Yellow Taxi"Joni MitchellJune 4, 19702:12
4."A Fool Such as I"Bill TraderApril 26, 19692:41
5."Spanish Is the Loving Tongue"Billy Simon, Charles Badger ClarkApril 24, 19694:13
Total length:17:17

References

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  1. ^ Olof Bjorner About Bob website 1969 session pages retrieved 26 September 2013.
  2. ^ "DYLAN". Archived from the original on 2003-06-24. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
  3. ^ Dylan|The Official Bob Dylan Site
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Dylan at AllMusic
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  6. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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