Various Artists
Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vol. 26: Festivus Was Over, the Boys Were All Plannin’ For a Fall – Various Artists MODIFIED

Happy Festivus everyone! Gather round the Festivus Pole and we’ll have the Airing of Grievances, Feats of Strength, and maybe even a Festivus Miracle. We’ve got NSD debuts by Jackson Browne, Los Lobos and The Ramones, among others. We’ve got The Roots’s epic version of “Masters of War.” And we’ve got “the only known Bob Dylan Christmas song.”

As always, thanks to the tapers, the original uploaders, the nice folks who’ve sent me recordings (especially Ramone-master Gaston, who responded to my plea for “My Back Pages”), the fine artists who’ve created cover artwork, and especially the performers and composer. Due to the many different sources, I am not including lineages. I have done nothing to the original files but normalize the levels and fade in and out on each track (using Cool Edit). If you’ve got something good, PM me. More volumes will follow in 2008.

Enjoy!

01 Desolation Row – Jackson Browne (Dec 15, 2007, Asheville Civic Center, Asheville, NC)
02 Outlaw Blues – Dream Syndicate (Sep 5, 1982, KPFK, Los Angeles, CA)
03 Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright – Bryan Ferry (Nov 22, 2002, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA)
04 Clothesline Saga – The Roches (Oct 19, 2007, Kent Stage, Kent, OH)
05 Went to See the Gypsy – Martha Scanlon (Oct 29, 2007, Folkscene, Los Angeles, CA)
06 Senor – Richard Shindell (Sep 4, 2007, La Pomme d’Eve, Paris)
*07 [DELETED DUE TO VHS RELEASE] Property of Jesus – The Pretenders (Feb 1986, Royal Albert Hall, London)
08 Tryin’ to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door – Peter Rowan (Sep 25, 1999, Freight and Salvage, Berkeley, CA)
09 Highway 61 Revisited – Los Lobos with Dave Alvin and John Doe (Oct 6, 2007, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, San Francisco, CA)
10 Meet Me in the Morning – Sloan Wainwright (Sep 8, 2007, Levin Music Performance Studio, Chicago, IL)
11 Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here with You – The Jayhawks (Oct 21, 1995, The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA)
12 Buckets of Rain – Martin Simpson (Jul 28, 2007, Cherry Hinton Hall, Cambridge, UK)
13 Farewell Angelina – Watkins Family Hour (May 8, 2004, Largo, Los Angeles, CA)
14 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Georgia Satellites (Feb 22, 1987, The Ritz, New York)
15 My Back Pages – The Ramones (Sep 25, 1994, London, England)
16 Masters of War – The Roots (Nov 15, 2007, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)