Various Artists
Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan – Varied Artists Vol. 01-02

Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan
The Dylan Covers, Vol. 1
Various Artists

As Columbia Records once advertised, “Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan.” Still, I always love to hear Dylan covers. Whenever one pops up, at a show or online, I listen attentively for something new the singer might bring to the song. For the last few years, I’ve been collecting them via bit torrent with an eye toward making a compilation. Here is the first volume of what may be many, if there is interest, and if I can find the time and energy. For now, I’ve avoided the Dead, the Byrds and some other usual suspects, but they may appear later. I have sequenced this for flow; total running time is 78:00. I’ve put the two longest tracks at the end, so those of you who don’t like jams or have short attention spans can avoid them. I haven’t done any artwork, but if there are any frustrated album cover designers out there, I would love to have some.

Due to the many different sources, I am not including lineages; soundboards and FMs have an asterisk, the rest are very good to excellent audience recordings. I have done nothing to the original files but normalize the levels and fade in and out on each track (using Cool Edit). Thanks, of course, to the tapers, and to the original uploaders. Enjoy! JS

1. Everything is Broken – Neil Young (10-28-89, Shoreline Amp., Mtn View, CA)
2. Dark Eyes – Alejandro Escovedo (10-1-04, Texas Union Hall, Austin, TX)*
3. When the Ship Comes In – Billy Bragg (9-26-05, Talking Bob Dylan Blues The Barbican Theatre, London)*
4. Hard Rain – Big Country w/Eddi Reader (5-31-99, Glasgow SECC, Glasgow, Scotland)*
5. Ring them Bells – Warren Zevon (10-13-96, The Bluebird, Denver, CO)
6. The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Alter – Steve Wynn (7-27-05, Molly Malone’s Irish Pub, Los Angeles)*
7. When I Paint My Masterpiece – Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, and Gillian Welch (10-6-06, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Golden Gate Gate Park, San Francisco, CA)
8. Girl From the North Country – The Eels (5-9-05, Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW – Santa Monica, CA)*
9. Love Minus Zero – Ron Sexsmith (10-24-97, The Milky Way, Amsterdam)*
10. Highway 61 Revisted – World Party (7-12-93, Summer Stage, Central Park, New York)
11. Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Soft Boys (October 27, 2002 ,The Mercury Lounge, NYC)
12. Fourth Time Around – Calexico (7-9-03 Zeltival am Tollhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany)*
13. Positively Fourth Street – X (8-2-86, The Ritz, New York City)*
14. Queen Jane Approximately – Mojave 3 (4-17-96, Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW – Santa Monica, CA)*
15. Hurricane – Phish (8-16-97, Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME)*
16. Blind Willie McTell – Mick Taylor (9-16-00, Jack Legg’s, Nashville, TN)*

Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan
The Dylan Covers, Vol. 2
Various Artists (Audience Recordings)

As Columbia Records once advertised, “Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan.” Still, I always love to hear Dylan covers. Whenever one pops up, at a show or online, I listen attentively for something new the singer might bring to the song. For the last few years, I’ve been collecting them via bit torrent with an eye toward making a compilation. Here is the second volume of what may be many, if there is continued interest, and if I can find the time and energy.

This time out, I have taken the advice of CHerrmann57, who suggested I segregate audience from soundboard recordings on separate volumes. Quality is generally VG to Exc, though not as good as the audience recordings on the previous volume. (Next up will be a ’70s volume, which will probably be all soundboard or FM recordings.) I have again sequenced this for flow rather than any sort of chronology; total running time is about 78 minutes. I’ve again put the long tracks at the end, so those of you who don’t like jams or have short attention spans can avoid them. I haven’t done any artwork, but again humbly request that if there are any frustrated album cover designers out there, have at it; pdiamond did a nice job last time!

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). Thanks, of course, to the tapers, and to the original uploaders. Enjoy! JS

1. Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You – Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (7-29-04, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England)
2. One Too Many Mornings – David Gray (3-13-06, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO)
3. Girl From the North Country – Robert Plant (10-24-02, Octagon Centre, Sheffield, England)
4. Tomorrow is a Long Time – Ben Harper (2-9-01, Jorgenson Auditorium, Storrs, CT)
5. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Matt Nathanson (2-22-05, Chris Knutzen Hall, University Center, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA)
6. I Thew it All Away – Lloyd Cole (12-27-01, Joe’s Pub, New York City)
7. Buckets of Rain – Beth Orton and M Ward (9-30-03, Cafe Largo, Los Angeles)
8. I’ll Keep it With Mine – Yo La Tengo w/ David Mansfield (12-30-05, Maxwell’s, Hoboken NJ
9. Gates of Eden – Robyn Hitchcock (3-26-05, Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ)
10. License to Kill – Cowboy Junkies (8-16-05, Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA)
11. It’s All Right Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Roger McGuinn (10-05-06, S¯nderborghus, S¯nderborg, Denmark)
12. Isis – The White Stripes (6-27-03, Coca-Cola Bricktown Event Center, Oklahoma City, OK)
13. It Takes a Lot to Laugh – Joe Ely (12-31-05, La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX)
14. Knockin on Heaven’s Door – Tom Petty (8-27-05, Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA)
15. Like a Rolling Stone – Phil and Trey (10-29-06, Vegoose, Las Vegas, NV)
16. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – Echo and the Bunnymen (12-5-85, SFX Hall, Dublin, Ireland)
17. Farewell Angelina – Jeff Buckley (4-5-92, Roulette Club, New York City)