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Excellent Interactive timeline

Bob Dylan's life

by Ian Woodward at ISIS Magazine

BOB DYLAN TIMELINE


 
 

 

BEST OF BOB DYLAN'S THEME TIME RADIO HOUR - VOLUME 2  -Chrome Dreams

 

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This 2-CD set contains 52 tracks, one from each of the first season's shows, plus two bonus tracks. These tracks are all by the original artists. This compilation CD contains music tracks only and does not feature the voice of Bob Dylan.

The CDs are beautifully packaged in a slipcase and are accompanied by a 16-page booklet written by ISIS editor Derek Barker.

See Below For Volume 1

 

Disc 1

1. Jamaica Hurricane Lord Beginner / 2. Just Walking In The Rain The Prisonaires / 3. Mother Fuyer Dirty Red / 4. One Mint Julep The Clovers / 5. Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball Buddy Johnson / 6. Forty Cups Of Coffee Ella Mae Morse / 7. Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash / 8. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy Hank Williams / 9. Fannie Brown Got Married Roy Brown / 10. Divorce Me C.O.D. Merle Travis / 11. June-teenth Jamboree Fatso Bentley / 12. Bonny Bunch Of Roses Paul Clayton / 13. Every Woman I Know Billy The Kid Emerson / 14. Get Rich Quick Little Richard / 15. Must Have Been The Devil Otis Spann / 16. 20/20 Vision Jimmy Martin / 17. Ain’t Im a Dog? Ronnie Self / 18. My Friends Howlin Wolf / 19. Radio Boogie L.C. Smith and His Southern Playboys / 20. The Old Ark’s A Moving AA Gray & Seven Foot Dilly / 21. Take Me Back To Tulsa Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys / 22. Professor Bop Babs Gonzalez / 23. Atomic Telephone The Spirit of Memphis Quartet / 24. Water, Water Effie Smith and The Squires / 25. 24 Hours Eddie Boyd / 26. Shotgun Boogie Tennessee Ernie Ford 

 

Disc 2

1. Hoo-Doo Say The Sly Fox / 2. Back To Back, Belly To Belly (Zombie Jamboree) The Charmer / 3. I Can’t Dance (I’ve Got Ants In My Pants) Roy Newman / 4. A Man’s Best Friend Is a Bed Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five / 5. Hungry Man Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five / 6. Let’s Be Friends Billy Wright / 7. Tennessee Border Hank Williams / 8. Havana Moon Chuck Berry / 9. 3 x 7 = 21 Jewel King / 10. Christmas Morning Titus Turner / 11. Peggy Sue Buddy Holly / 12. Red Headed Woman Sonny Burgess / 13. Uncle Pen Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys / 14. Bad Luck Blues Guitar Slim / 15. I’ll Drown In My Own Tears Lula Reed / 16. I’ve Got The Last Laugh Now Roy Brown / 17. Hearts Of Stone The Jewels / 18. Paper In My Shoes Boozoo Chavis / 19. Pink Cadillac Sammy Masters / 20. Drifting Texas Sand Webb Pierce / 21. Still A Fool (Two Trains Running) Muddy Waters / 22. All Aboard Muddy Waters / 23. (Now And Then There’s) A Fool Such As I Hank Snow / 24. Let Me Off Uptown Anita O’Day & Roy Eldridge / 25. Tax Payin Blues JB Lenoir / 26. Bad, Bad Whiskey Amos Milburn 

 

 

BEST OF BOB DYLAN'S THEME TIME RADIO HOUR - VOLUME 1 - Chrome Dreams

 

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This 2-CD set contains 52 tracks, one from each of the first season's shows, plus two bonus tracks. These tracks are all by the original artists. This compilation CD contains music tracks only and does not feature the voice of Bob Dylan.

The CDs are beautifully packaged in a slipcase and are accompanied by a 16-page booklet written by ISIS editor Derek Barker.

See Above For Volume 2

 

Disc 1

1 Keep On The Sunny Side – The Carter Family / 2 (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean – Ruth Brown / 3 Ain’t Got No Money To Pay For This Drink – George Zimmerman and the Thrills / 4 The Ball Game – Sister Wynona Carr / 5 Java Jive – The Ink Spots / 6 Send Me To The ‘Lectric Chair – Bessie Smith / 7 Papa’s On The Housetop – Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell / 8 Married Woman – Big Joe Turner / 9 Alimony Blues – Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & His Orchestra / 10 Ice Cream Man – John Brim / 11 Tulip Or Turnip – Duke Ellington & His Orchestra / 12 No Money Down – Chuck Berry / 13 Brother Can You Spare A Dime? – Bing Crosby / 14 Race With the Devil – Gene Vincent / 15 Brown Eyed Handsome Man – Chuck Berry / 16 Hound Dog – Freddie Bell and the Bellboys / 17 Last Night – Little Walter / 18 Disc Jockey Blues – Luke Jones and His Orchestra / 19 John The Revelator – Blind Willie Johnson / 20 Louisiana – Percy Mayfield / 21 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl – Sonny Boy Williamson I / 22 Telephone Is Ringing – Pee Wee Crayton / 23 Jesus Gave Me Water – The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi / 24 All The Time – Sleepy LaBeef / 25 Midnight Hour – Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown / 26 Pistol Packin’ Mama – Al Dexter & His Troopers

 

DISC 2

1 I Put A Spell On You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins / 2 When You Dance – The Turbans / 3 When It’s Sleepy Time Down South – Louis Armstrong / 4 Matzoh Balls – Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys / 5 Let Me Play With Your Poodle – Tampa Red & Big Maceo / 6 Tennessee – Carl Perkins / 7 Blue Moon Of Kentucky – Bill Monroe / 8 Five Long Years – Eddie Boyd / 9 Christmas Is A-Comin’ – Lead Belly / 10 Zindy Lou – The Chimes / 11 Don’t Touch My Head – JB Lenoir / 12 Don’t Mess With My Ducktail – Joe Clay / 13 (Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone – Roy Montrell / 14 Alright, Okay, You Win! – Buddy & Ella Johnson / 15 I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams Sr / 16 Lose Your Blues And Laugh At Life – Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys / 17 Good Morning Heartache – Billie Holiday / 18 Blue Suede Shoes – Carl Perkins / 19 Deep Purple – The Ravens / 20 Blue Yodel # 1 (T For Texas) – Bob Downen / 21 Mystery Train – Little Junior Parker / 22 This Train – Sister Rosetta Tharpe / 23 Why Do Fools Fall In Love – Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers / 24 Take The ‘A’ Train – Duke Ellington / 25 Taxes, Taxes – Hank Penny / 26 Richest Guy In The Graveyard – Dinah Washington

 

 

BOB DYLAN - RE-TRANSMISSIONS  (Enhanced Audio CD + 72 page book)

 

 

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1. Gotta Serve Somebody / 2 I Believe In You / 3 When You Gonna Wake Up / 4 I'll Remember You / 5 Maggie's Farm / 6 Mr Tambourine Man / 7 Masters Of War / 8 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) / 9 My Back Pages / 10 All Along The Watchtower / 11 Seeing The Real You At Last / 12 Highway 61 Revisited  

 

There are two additional CD-ROM enhanced tracks which are Maggie's Farm  and  Mr Tambourine Man

 

 

 

Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan - Ace Records  

 

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A 2CD set featuring 50 tracks, representing the 50 shows of the first series of radio shows. The tracklisting reflects Dylan's wide taste and ranges from Billie Holiday and George Jones, through Aretha Franklin to the Clash and the White Stripes.

 

The luxury package contains a 2CD jewel case, with an accompanying 48-page full colour book, all in a cardboard slipcase. The sleeve notes include a track-by-track commentary by some of the world's great music writers including Barney Hoskyns, Colin Escott, Billy Vera and Fred Dellar. Each track, no matter how obscure, is illustrated with a sleeve, label shot or photo of the artist.        

 

Disc: 1

1. Turn Your Radio On - Grandpa Jones / 2. Papa’s On The Housetop - Leroy Carr And Scrapper Blackwell / 3. Shortnin’ Bread - Paul Chaplain & His Emeralds / 4. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes / 5. Gun Fever (Blam Blam Fever) - The Valentines / 6. Pistol Packin’ Mama - Al Dexter & His Troopers / 7. Pistol Packin’ Mama - The Hurricanes / 8. Homework - Otis Rush / 9. He Will Break Your Heart - Jerry Butler / 10. Take It Away Lucky - Eddie Noack / 11. Buddy, Stay Off The Wine - Betty Hall Jones / 12. Tears A Go-Go - Charlie Rich / 13. Rich Woman - Li’L Millet & His Creoles / 14. Laughin’ & Jokin’ - Ernie Chaffin / 15. Me And My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie Accompanied By Little Son Joe / 16. If I Lose - The Stanley Brothers / 17. I Sat And Cried - Jimmy Nelson / 18. Beatnik’s Wish - Patsy Raye & The Beatniks / 19. Devil In His Heart - The Donays / 20. Let’s Invite Them Over - George Jones & Melba Montgomery / 21. Don’t Take Ev’rybody To Be Your Friend - Sister Rosetta Tharpe / 22. Good Morning Heartache - Billie Holiday / 23. Pouring Water On A Drowning Man - James Carr / 24. I Drink - Mary Gauthier / 25. Mother Earth - Memphis Slim

 

Disc: 2

1. Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin / 2. Walk A Mile In My Shoes - Joe South & The Believers / 3. Cry Tough - Alton Ellis & The Flames / 4. Tommy Gun - The Clash / 5. (Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone - Roy Montrell / 6. Those DJ Shows - Patrice Holloway / 7. I Ain’t Drunk - Lonnie “The Cat”

8. Eat That Chicken - Charles Mingus / 9. Mama, Get Your Hammer - Bobby Peterson Quintet / 10. How High The Moon - Slim Gaillard / 11. Cool Water - The Sons Of The Pioneers / 12. Only A Rose - Geraint Watkins / 13. I Walk In My Sleep - Berna - Dean / 14. Stars Fell On Alabama - Jack Teagarden’S Chicagoans / 15. Mama Tried (The Ballad From Killers Three) - Merle Haggard & The Strangers / 16. Big Long Slidin’ Thing - Dinah Washington / 17. Black Coffee - Bobby Darin / 18. I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water - The Cats And The Fiddle / 19. Ain’t Got The Money To Pay For This Drink - George Zimmerman & The Thrills / 20. Bottle And A Bible - The Yayhoos / 21. Okie’s In The Pokie - Jimmy Patton / 22. If You’re So Smart, How Come You Ain’t Rich? - Louis Jordan / 23. Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Santiago Jimenez / 24. Mona - Bo Diddley / 25. Roadrunner (Twice) - The Modern Lovers

 

 

Bob Dylan's Jukebox - Chrome Dreams 

 

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“Those songs are my lexicon and prayer book”, Bob Dylan told an interviewer in 1997: “You can find all my philosophy in those old songs “. Dylan was talking about how traditional songs had shaped both his life and his own music. Some might find it a little strange that one of the greatest songwriters of the 20th century should rely so heavily on influences from a bygone age. “Strap yourself to a tree with roots” Dylan sang in 1967. After all, if you don’t know where you’re coming from how can you know where you’re going?

 

Over the years, Bob Dylan has been referred to variously as “a sponge” or as “the blotting paper man” and during his teenage years and throughout the 1960s he soaked up a plethora of influences. some knowingly and others unconsciously. His thirst to discover the origins of songs from a variety of musical genres including country, folk, blues and rock ‘n’ roll was unquenchable and remains so to this day.

 

This CD brings together a wide-ranging selection of Dylan’s pre and post war influences, his black and white roots - spiritual and secular - through a collection of songs that Dylan has covered on records or has performed live in concert.

 

From as far back as his early teens it was inevitable that Dylan would become a musician and in his final school yearbook he declared his intention was “To join Little Richard”, which is where this Cd begins....

 

This Cd comes complete with a 16-page booklet of notes illustrated with photographs throughout.

   

Tutti Frutti / Milk Cow Blues Boogie / That’s All Right / Mean Old 'Frisco / Automobile / Pretty Boy Floyd / 900 Miles / Candy Man / Stealin’, Stealin’ / Jesus Make Up My Dyin’ Bed / Wait For The Light To Shine / This World Can’t Stand Long / Mama Let Me Lay It On You / Delia / St James Infirmary / Little Moses / Little Maggie / I Got Blood In My Eyes For You / Midnight Special / The Wagoners Lad / Down On Penny's Farm / Lost Highway / James Alley Blues / Stones In My Passway / King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki – Me – O

 

 

The Classic Interview Series  -   Chrome Dreams 

 

BOB DYLAN: THE CLASSIC INTERVIEW - VOLUME 3, 1979-1981

 

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The interviews contained on this CD cover one of the most important and intriguing junctures in Bob Dylan’s entire career. 1978 had been a harrowing year for Dylan; his marriage had finally broken down and a painful divorce was followed by a long and bitter custody battle in which he lost guardianship of his children. Add to this both the critical and box office failures of his epic film “Renaldo and Clara” and it’s clear that events were not going Dylan’s way. His huge 1978 world tour was in part undertaken as a diversion from these frustrations, but the road brought him little solace and by the final stages of the tour he was at an ail time low - lower even than the time of his 1966 motorcycle accident and the temporary retirement that followed. It was against this background of disappointments and frustrations that one of America’s most celebrated Jews encountered Christ and became Born Again. This collection of interviews gives unique insights into Dylan’s thoughts during this pivotal and highly creative period. Most notably, his comments about the American Atheists Movement are unusually frank and make fascinating listening. This beautifully packaged CD (total playing time: 64 mins approx) is accompanied by a 16 page booklet plus liner notes written by Derek Barker. 

 

 

BOB DYLAN: THE CLASSIC INTERVIEW - THE WEBERMAN TAPES 

 

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The infamous 1971 A.J. Weberman interview with Dylan, complete with a 16-page booklet containing rare photographs including a front cover picture by Elliott Landy. A.J Weberman has written an introductory note especially for the CD and there are extensive sleeve notes written by Derek Barker.

 

BOB DYLAN: THE CLASSIC INTERVIEWS 1965 - 1966

 

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This CD, which brings together recordings of Press Conferences held in San Francisco and Los Angeles during late 1965, and the Martin Bronstein interview from February 1966, is a fascinating look at what Dylan was thinking during this evolutionary and pivotal stage in his career.

"Bob Dylan: The Classic Interviews 1965 - 1966" is released in association with ISIS Magazine by Chrome Dreams the premier name in music-related Interview CDs, Cassettes, Audio-Books and DVDs. This beautifully packaged CD (total playing time: 78 mins approx) is accompanied by a 16 page booklet containing numerous photographs plus liner notes written by Derek Barker. 

 

SONGS THAT DYLAN LOVED   Chrome Dreams in association with ISIS

 

 All songs on this CD are performed by the original artists as listed below.

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“Bob Dylan”

I’M A MAN OF CONSTANT SORROW - Stanley Brothers

FIXIN’ TO DIE BLUES - Bukka White

THE HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN - Josh White

SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN - Blind Lemon Jefferson

 

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan”

CORRINA, CORRINA - BO CARTER

HONEY WON’T YOU ALLOW ME ONE MORE CHANCE - Henry Thomas

 

A Tribute To Woody Guthrie”

I AIN’T GOT NO HOME - Woody Guthrie

GRAND COULEE DAM - Woody Guthrie

 

“Self Portrait”

I FORGET MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW - Davis Sisters

IT HURTS ME TOO - Tampa Red

 

“Good As I Been To You”

FRANKIE AND ALBERT - Leadbelly

SITTIN’ ON TOP OF THE WORLD - Mississippi Sheiks

TOMORROW NIGHT - Lonnie Johnson

STEP IT UP AND GO - Brownie McGhee 

 

“World Gone Wrong”

BROKE DOWN ENGINE - Blind Willie McTell

STACK-O-LEE - Tennessee Ernie Ford

 

“The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers - A Tribute”

MY BLUE EYED JANE - Jimmie Rodgers

I CAN’T GET YOU OFF OF MY MIND - Hank Williams

 

“Masked And Anonymous”

DIXIE - Riley Puckett and the Skillet Lickers

 

Friends of Mine

BABY PLEASE DON’T GO - Big Joe Williams

BLUES FOR SALE - Doc Pomus

 

Live On Stage

WE THREE - The Ink Spots SOON - Al Bowlly

DARK AS A DUNGEON - Merle Travis

THAT LUCKY OLD SUN - Frankie Laine