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Directory of Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Songs: G


Our Journey, 2010 album by the McCrary Sisters on their own McCrary Sisters label with their version of GIVE HIM MY ALL
 

Compiled by Alan Fraser

Revised: 17 September, 2024

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(Indefinite and definite articles at the beginning of song titles are ignored, so A WOMAN LIKE YOU is on the "W" page, and THE KING IS ON THE THRONE is on the "K" page.)


 

GAMBLER WILLIE [GAMBLIN' WILLIE'S DEAD MAN'S HAND] 1962 O
Alternate rejected titles of RAMBLING, GAMBLING WILLIE, released on "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3"

 

GAS STATION BLUES IN A 1975 M
Instrumental from the "Renaldo & Clara" Film Soundtrack, recorded either at Studio Instrumental Rentals, New York, October 1975, or somewhere in New England, 30 Oct - 19 Dec 1975

 

GATES OF HATE 1962 N?
Song about the case of John Henry Faulk , the American radio personality blacklisted during the McCarthy era. GATES OF HATE is mentioned in Gil Turner's profile "Bob Dylan - A New Voice Singing New Songs" in "Sing Out" as being written around May 1962. The chorus is reproduced in the article as:

"Go down, go down, you gates of hate,
You gates that keep good men in chains.
Go down and die the lowest death,
And never rise again."

There is no report of the song ever being performed or recorded. Phil Ochs also wrote a song called THE BALLAD OF JOHN HENRY FAULK in 1963. John Henry Faulk hosted the Westinghouse TV show "Folk Songs and More Folk Songs" on which Bob appeared in 1963, and from 1940-47 was also the husband of Harriet "Hally" Wood, the singer and musicologist credited with writing WORRIED BLUES, the 1962 out-take from "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" included on "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3" in 1991 and "The 50th Anniversary Collection" in 2012

 


The UK version of Lo And Behold from Coulson Dean McGuinness Flint (DJM DJLPS 424, 1972), scan by David Plentus
 

The US version of Lo And Behold, (Sire SAS 7405, 1972), scan by David Plentus


Australian CD reissue with three bonus tracks (Raven Records RV-CD 62, 1996), scan by David Plentus


Japanese CD reissue with three bonus tracks (Air Mail Recordings Archive AIRAC-1056, 2004), scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

UK CD reissue (Evangeline ACAM 8412, 2007), picture found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Something That Counts by Michel Montecrossa (Mira Sound Germany, 2011) with Michel's version of GET YOUR ROCKS OFF
GET YOUR ROCKS OFF! 1967 H
Basement Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, Jul-Oct 1967 - available as a cover by Manfred Mann and Coulson Dean McGuinness Flint. Lyrics on bobdylan.com are here. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that this album was released in Japan in 2004 with three bonus tracks (Air Mail Recordings Archive AIRAC-1056) and in 2007 in the UK (Evangeline ACAM 8412). Also covered by Italian "Cyber-rocker" Michel Montecrossa on his "Something That Counts: Climate Change Acoustic Concert - Michel & Bob Dylan Fest 2011" 2CD set (Mira Sound Germany, 2011), which also includes covers of COVER DOWN, BREAK THROUGH, YOU'VE BEEN HIDING TOO LONG and WELL, WELL, WELL - thanks to Tim Dunn for information
Now released on CD1 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Raw - 2CD Standard Edition" and CD4 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete" (6CD), Nov 2014

 

GIMME MY MONEY BACK Bob Dylan/Allen Ginsberg, 1971 N?
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, 17 Nov 1971 - intended for Ginsberg’s "Holy Soul Jelly Roll" album, but as yet unreleased

 


The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs - 3CD Expanded Edition which contains two versions of RED RIVER SHORE

GIRL FROM THE RED RIVER SHORE [RED RIVER SHORE] Bob Dylan, 1997 S
Out-take from the "Time Out Of Mind" sessions, which took place at Criterion Sound Studio, Miami, FL, in January 1997. It contains the line "She wrote me a letter, and she wrote it so kind", which Bob used in NOT DARK YET. Now released in 2008 on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs" with a second version on CD3 of the 3CD Expanded Edition

 


Regina McCrary, formerly Regina Havis - picture from b-dylan.com


Our Journey, 2010 album by the McCrary Sisters on their own McCrary Sisters label with GIVE HIM MY ALL

GIVE HIM MY ALL [GOT TO GIVE HIM MY ALL] [GOT TO GIVE HIM ALL MY LOVE] Bob Dylan/Regina McCrary, 1981 N?
Song co-written with Regina McCrary (then known as Regina Havis), recorded at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, 1981. Tim Dunn provides this information:

The new "On The Tracks" magazine (#23, Summer 2002) has an interview with Regina McCrary (conducted by the editors of "On The Tracks", pp.16-20) in which she says she has a tape of a song recorded "around 1981" in the studio with Dylan.

"The song is called 'GOT TO GIVE HIM MY ALL'. I wrote it -- actually Bob helped me write it... (We) were on the bus headed to another city... and I got stuck and I couldn't go any further with the song. I just couldn't, it was like the song needed something else and I didn't know where to take it. So I went up front on the bus and Bob was sitting there and I asked him would he listen to it, and he said 'Yeah!'" So I started singing the words... and then I said, 'But right here, I mean, I'm stuck, I don't know where to go with it!' So Bob took the pencil and pad and he wrote the bridge to the song, and it was awesome. As I was singing Spooner Oldham sat with an acoustic guitar and kind of played chords to match what I was singing and Bob Dylan came up with the chords to the bridge, how he thought it should go, and he put the lyrics to it.... Later Bob Dylan, Tim Drummond, Jim Keltner, Spooner Oldham, Smitty... went in the studio that Bob used to have in Santa Monica... and we did a rough demo of it."

In response to a question about McCrary making a gospel album and if the song will be on it she replied "Yes, definitely."

It was reported in 2007 that Bob and Regina McCrary would be recording a duet of this song for her solo album "I Made A Vow" but that has not appeared. Now officially released in a version by the McCrary Sisters including Regina on their album "Our Journey", released in the USA on their own McCrary Sisters label in Oct 2010. The song was copyrighted with BMI in 2010 by Bob Dylan and Regina Avonette McCrary, Gina Mac Publishing Co.

 

GLORY OF LOVE 1981 N?
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at Clover Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, 15 May 1981

 

GLORY TO THE KING Bob Dylan?, 1983 N?
Song recorded during the "Infidels" sessions at The Power Station, New York, 22 Apr 1983

 

GO AHEAD, BABY, GO AHEAD Bob Dylan?, 1987 R
Alternate title of DON’T KEEP ME WAITING TOO LONG

 


Sweet Sweet Baby I'm Falling (Geffen TX 6426, UK) - 1985 12" single by Lone Justice with their original version of GO AWAY, LITTLE BOY

The World Is Not My Home (Geffen (GEFD 25304, USA) - 1999 compilation by Lone Justice with their remixed version of GO AWAY, LITTLE BOY

Lone Justice: The Millennium Collection (Geffen B0000718-02, USA) - 2003 compilation by Lone Justice with their remixed version of GO AWAY, LITTLE BOY
GO AWAY, LITTLE BOY [GO 'WAY, LITTLE BOY] 1984 S
Out-take from "Empire Burlesque", recorded at Delta Sound Studios, New York, Sep 1984, lyrics are no longer on bobdylan.com. Available officially only as a cover by Lone Justice, originally available only on the B-side on a 1985 Geffen European/Australian 12" single, now available on CD in a version remixed by Bob Clearmountain on the 1999 Geffen compilation "The World Is Not My Home" and the 2003 Geffen compilation "Lone Justice: The Millennium Collection". As Bob plays on the track, information can be found on the "Searching For A Gem" 1985 page

 


Michel Montecrossa's Michel & Bob Fest 2008 (Mira Sound, Germany, 2008) - 6 CD/DVD boxed set with Michel Montecrossa's version of GO AWAY, YOU BOMB

GO AWAY, YOU BOMB Bob Dylan (1962)/Michel Montecrossa (2008) S
Not strictly a Dylan song, but a Broadside poem from 1962 published in "Izzy Young's Bomb Book", set to music by Michel Montecrossa in 2008 for his Mira Sound "Michel Montecrossa's Michel & Bob Fest 2008" set (6 CDs or 6 DVDs). Lyrics can by found here . Thanks to David Plentus and Jack from Canada for information

 

GO JOSHUA GO 1965 N?
Not strictly a Dylan song, but Poem #5 from "Some Other Kind Of Songs..." from the sleeve notes of "Another Side Of Bob Dylan", set to music along with Poem #4 JACK O' DIAMONDS by American actor Ben Carruthers for a BBC drama called "Man Without Papers", Jun 1965. Poem #4 was recorded by Ben Carruthers and The Deep as the A-side of a quickly-withdrawn JACK O' DIAMONDS 7" UK single, but as far as I know GO JOSHUA GO has never been released commercially

 

GOIN' ? ?
Otherwise unknown song copyrighted by Bob at ASCAP before he left for SESAC in 1997. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information

 

GOIN' DOWN SOUTH 1965 S
Alternate title of CALIFORNIA, first version of OUTLAW BLUES with different lyrics, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 13 Jan 1965 (CO85281) - the final version of OUTLAW BLUES was released on "Bringing It All Back Home"

 

GOING BACK TO ROME Bob Dylan, 1963 R
From the "Banjo Tape" rehearsal with Gil Turner and Happy Traum, Gerdes Folk City, New York, 08 Feb 1963 (see comments for ALL OVER YOU). This is believed to be a Dylan original, although again probably just an improvisation

 


Tape with GOING TO CHICAGO found on eBay by Gil Walker


The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 - Travelin' Thru 1967-1969, Nov 2019, with WESTERN ROAD, previously listed as GOING TO CHICAGO

GOING TO CHICAGO Bob Dylan, 1969 S
Song recorded during the "Nashville Skyline" sessions at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 14 Feb 1969, included on a tape with five takes of LAY, LADY, LAY which surfaced on eBay in 2008. This was believed to be a Dylan original and this was confirmed by the Nov 2019 release of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 - Travelin' Thru 1967-1969. where this song is officially titled WESTERN ROAD

 

GOING TO NEW ORLEANS Bob Dylan, 1962 O
Out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 24 Apr 1962, two takes of which were released on the very limited edition Columbia/Legacy 4CD-R set "The 50th Anniversary Collection", Dec 2012

 


Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes [Various Artists], Electromagnetic Recordings/Harvest Records 2537950140 (USA/Europe) containing the "lost" Dylan song GOLDEN TOM - SILVER JUDAS completed by Elvis Costello

GOLDEN TOM - SILVER JUDAS

Bob Dylan/Elvis Costello, 1967/2014 Y
T-Bone Burnett has produced an album called "Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes", released in Nov 2014, consisting of unreleased Bob songs from lyrics unused during the Basement Tapes sessions with The Band in Woodstock, New York in 1967, completed by Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James and Marcus Mumford. GOLDEN TOM - SILVER JUDAS has been completed by Elvis Costello

 

GOLDEN GATE 1967 Y
Lyrics of a previously unknown song in a box of unrecorded lyrics and song fragments from 1967 held at the Bob Dylan Archive, University of Tulsa, OK. Thanks to Derek Barker and "Isis" magazine for information

 


Bear And A Banjo by Bear and a Banjo (Jingle Punks Music/Anthem Entertainment/Empire, USA, 2019) with studio version of GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

Live From Winston House by Bear and a Banjo (Jingle Punks Music/Anthem Entertainment/Empire, USA, 2020) with live version of GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Bob Dylan/T-Bone Burnett/Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, 2017 Y
Song with lyrics contributed by Bob for project "Bear and a Banjo" (T-Bone Burnett and Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd), debuted in a live performance at the 2017 WPP Stream Conference in Ojai, CA, on 15 Nov 2017. This was released on an 8-track download-only album by Jingle Punks Music/Anthem Entertainment/Empire on 6 Dec 2019. A live version was released on a 4-track download called "Live From Winston House"  on 24 Jan 2020. Thanks to Harold Lepidus, Jack from Canada and Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information

 

GONNA GET YOU NOW 1967 H
Basement Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, Jul-Oct 1967
Now released on CD5 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014

 

GONNA LOVE HER ANYWAY [GONNA LOVE YOU ANYWAY] 1981 S
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at Cream Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 01 Apr 1981

 

GOODBYE HOLLY 1973 S
Out-take from "Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid Original Soundtrack", recorded at CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City, 20 Jan 1973, also known as HOLLY'S SONG

 

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Delinquent Habits' 1996 RCA album which contains the Dylan "co-composition" GOOD TIMES

GOOD TIMES Bob Dylan/Alex Martinez/Keimonti Thomas/Ives Martin, 1996 S
This song by Delinquent Habits on their 1996 album of the same name (RCA BG2-66929, USA) contains an "interpolation" of LAY, LADY, LAY from the cover version by the Byrds, so Bob gets a co-writing credit!  The Byrds version can be found on their 1969 album "Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde" (remastered reissue Columbia Legacy 486 753 2, which also contains a previously unreleased alternate take of the song)

 


Alabama 3's 2005 One Little Indian Records UK album OUTLAW which contains THE GOSPEL TRAIN

THE GOSPEL TRAIN Bob Dylan/Robert Spragg/Jon Delafons/Piers Marsh, 2005 S
This song by Alabama 3 on their 2005 album "Outlaw" (One Little Indian Records TPLP389CD, UK) contains a sample of LAY, LADY, LAY from "Nashville Skyline" looped throughout to form the melody. Bob gets a credit in the album booklet. Thanks to Tim Dunn for information

 

GRAVITY SONG Bob Dylan?, 1984 N?
Song recorded during the "Empire Burlesque" sessions, Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, 09 Dec 1984

 

GREASER JAM Bob Dylan/Allen Ginsberg, 1971 N?
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, 17 Nov 1971 - intended for Ginsberg’s "Holy Soul Jelly Roll" album, but as yet unreleased - also reported as not a song, but a description Ginsberg wrote in his journals of one session with Dylan

 

GREASY NELLIE 1967? N?
Reported by UK writer Nick Garrett as being mentioned in an interview with Robbie Robertson from an issue of the UK magazine "Rocker" from 1972 - Robertson names this as a "completely finished" but still unknown Basement Tapes song, recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, Jul-Oct 1967. "Up in Woodstock we got concerned with just making music, songs. Some fabulous stuff came out of those sessions - Tears of Rage, Orange Juice Blues, Greasy Nellie, Bob just improvised that on the spot." The journalist questions Robertson about Greasy Nellie. Robertson seems ignorant of the entire contents of the Basement Tapes because he says, "Greasy Nellie isn't on there? That's new on me, must've got left behind in the studio..." In April 2001 it was claimed an acetate of this song was in existence, however it seems likely that it is actually a hoax - thanks to Moise Potie for information

 

GREAT BUTTONS AGAIN Bob Dylan?, 1983 N?
Song recorded during the "Infidels" sessions at The Power Station, New York, 29 Apr 1983 - could be a reprise of the 1948 Oscar-winning song BUTTONS AND BOWS from "The Paleface" by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston, see BUTTONS + BUNS

 

THE GREAT CHICAGOAN 1961 N? Y
Lyrics in a manuscript left by Bob at the home of Eve and Mac McKenzie after staying there in Summer 1961 - information from Clinton Heylin's book "Revolution In The Air - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 1: 1957-73" (Constable, 2009). The song is a variant of PHILADELPHIA LAWYER by Woody Guthrie

 

GREYHOUND BLUES 1960 N?
Written May 1960. Clinton Heylin in "Revolution In The Air - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 1: 1957-73" (Constable, 2009) quotes Dinkytown folksinger Dave Morton as saying that Bob sang this just once at a university sorority house in Minneapolis and implying that he had co-written it (p. 31)

 

GROOVIN’ AT DELTA 1984 S
Alternate name for FIREBIRD, instrumental recorded during the "Empire Burlesque" sessions at Delta Sound Studios, New York, 26 July, 1984

 

GROUP THERAPY 1965 O
Name given by Bruce Springsteen to IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, IT TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY from "Highway 61 Revisited" when he performed the song in May 1971. This title appears on several Springsteen bootleg albums, and also on the Internet. Thanks to Gil Walker for information

 


Paths Of Victory by Hamilton Camp (Elektra EKS 7278, 1964), an album of Dylan covers which contains his versions of two still unreleased songs - GUESS I'M DOIN' FINE and LONG TIME GONE - album scan by David Plentus, CD scan from Collector's Choice website (see below)

GUESS I’M DOIN’ FINE 1964 O
Witmark demo, recorded Witmark offices, New York, January 1964 - a song short-listed for inclusion in 1991 on "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3" but originally available officially only as a cover by Hamilton Camp on his "Paths Of Victory" album, along with LONG TIME GONE This album, which contains seven Dylan covers in all, was released on CD in 2001 by Collector's Choice Music, WWCCM0232 2. Now officially released on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" in Oct 2010

 

GYPSY LOU 1963 D
Witmark demo, recorded at Witmark offices, New York, May 1963. Now officially released on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" in Oct 2010

 

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