It was 40 years ago this month that Bob Dylan walked off the set of the Ed Sullivan Show because they would not let him perform "Talking John Birch Society Blues".  Since you missed hearing it then, I have posted these recordings which include a take of that never released track.   I think this song says a lot about our habit of finding boogie-man scapegoats.  Perhaps it is ripe for an update.        

This is a rare and unusual Dylan recording, I hope you enjoy!  Part 2 to follow.




Bob Dylan - The Witmark Years - 1962-1964 - Studio *

For those who don't know all things Dylan:

* These are songs performed by Dylan for his publisher Witmark & Son, for copyright purposes in their offices.

(I don't know why Ric Von Schmidt's Baby, Let Me Follow You Down is here)

The songs were recorded on simple equipment and never intended for commercial release.

Though some of these 41 song titles may be familiar they are not the versions found on any legitimate releases,

the exceptions being the 4 from The Bootleg Series' which have been removed.

                                         
                        

                      


Tracklist.

1 Blowin' in the Wind   2.42 
2 Long Ago Far Away   2.29 
3 Tomorrow Is A Long Time   3.50 
4 Ballad of Hollis Brown   4.11 
5 The Death of Emmett Till  4.30 
6 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall  7.03 
7 Let Me Die in My Footsteps  1.36 
8 Quit Your Lowdown Ways   2.44 
9 Babe, I'm in the Mood For You  1.34 
10 Long Time Gone    3.47 
 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right Released on Bootleg Series 7
11 Oxford Town    2.30 
12 Masters of War    4.41 
 Walkin' Down the Line   Released on  Bootleg Series 1 - 3 version
13 Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues 3.17 
14 All Over You    3.45 
15 Bound To Lose, Bound To Win  1.22 
16 I'd Hate To Be You on That Dreadful Day 2.00 
17 I Shall Be Free    4.29 
18 Bob Dylan's Dream   3.56 
19 Bob Dylan's Blues   1.59