"Starlight
In The East"
Directory
of Bob Dylans Unreleased Songs: I
Compiled by Alan Fraser |
Eric Clapton's 1978 Uni/A&M album Backless, which contains
his covers of the unreleased Dylan co-compositions IF I DON'T BE THERE BY
MORNING and WALK OUT IN THE RAIN. This album was
reissued in 1996 in a
digitally remastered edition.
Revised: 17 September, 2024
For the meanings of the song title colours and the circulation codes used in this directory, please see the header page for this section (click on "Up" below).
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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.)
I CANT COME IN WITH A BROKEN HEART | 1967 | H |
Basement
Tapes song recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West
Saugerties, NY, Jul-Oct 1967 Now released on CD6 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014 |
I CAN'T LEAVE HER BEHIND | 1966 | H |
Song seen being worked out with Robbie Robertson in a hotel room in Glasgow, Scotland, 18-19 May 1966, in "Eat The Document" - copyrighted under this title (Dwarf Music, 1978) and also known as DOES SHE NEED ME? - both phrases occur in the lyrics. See also ON A RAINY AFTERNOON (1), not the Basement Tapes song, which is often confused with this song - both songs are really part of the same work-in-progress. This clip is included in "Chronicle", a 1994 Robbie Robertson video documentary, see my VHS & DVD pages. Now included on CD18 of the Columbia/Legacy 18CD set "The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge Collector's Edition", Nov 2015 (two versions) |
I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU | ? | ? |
Deliberately misleading song title used on an early vinyl bootleg - I have no information on to which song it applies |
I CANT MAKE IT ALONE | 1967 | H |
Basement Tapes song
recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY,
Jul-Oct 1967 Now released on CD2 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014 |
It's Alright (Atlantic City, 2006) - solo album from Joakim Trastell with
this "co-composition"
I AIN'T GONNA PIN MY HOPES ON THAT | Bob Dylan/Joakim Trastell, 2006 | N? |
Thanks to Tim Dunn for finding this on SESAC. Joakim Trastell was a member of a Swedish group called Babalou Smith. He released this song on a solo album called "It's Alright" on Atlantic City Records in 2006. To hear the song, go here. The Dylan connection is that he uses two lines from the Dylan poem LAST THOUGHTS ON WOODY GUTHRIE |
I DONT CARE | 1981 | N? |
Believed to have been rehearsed at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, May-June 1981 |
I DON'T MIND | ? | ? |
Deliberately misleading song title used on an early vinyl bootleg - I have no information as to which song it actually is, probably DON'T THINK TWICE, IT'S ALL RIGHT released on "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" |
I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR PARTNER | 1965 | O |
Title used for alternate take of I WANNA BE YOUR LOVER, released on "Biograph", recorded with The Hawks at Columbia Studios, New York, 5 Oct 1965. Some classify this as a different song, but it's arguably just an earlier version of the released song |
The 1985 Columbia promo "Special AOR" 12" single (CAS 2034) from the Porky's Revenge soundtrack LP, including George Harrison's version of the unreleased Dylan song I DON'T WANT TO DO IT - the other songs on the single are by Dave Edmunds and Jeff Beck. The sleeve is plain black apart from the sticker shown and a gold "FOR PROMOTION ONLY" impressed stamp on the reverse (my copy) |
1985 Columbia single (38-04887, USA) with I DON'T WANT TO DO IT as the A-side, the B-side is by Dave Edmunds - picture by Richard Martens |
Porky's Revenge soundtrack album, Columbia JS 39983, LP (USA), 1985 - scan by David Plentus, also released on CD by Mobile Fidelity, MFCD 797, 1994 (USA) |
Porky's Revenge soundtrack album, Columbia/Legacy CK 090875, CD (USA), 2004 |
Current Region 2 DVD, picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
Porky's Collection 1 2 3 3DVD set, TVA/Maple TVA-00409 (Canada), 2006 |
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT | 1968 | N? |
There is reportedly a home recording of Bob and George Harrison performing this song at Woodstock, New York State in Nov 1968 but it is not known to circulate. The song is available only as a cover by George - the song was recorded for his triple album "All Things Must Pass", 1970 (for ID HAVE YOU ANY TIME see below on this page), but not released (or copyrighted by Bob) until the soundtrack album for "Porky's 3: Porky's Revenge", 1985, produced by Dave Edmunds. The song was also released on Columbia 7" and promo 12" singles, shown above. Sonny Boy McFitzson believes that Bob gave George a copy of his demo in New York on 1 May 1970 - George recorded the song for the first time in England on 27 May 1970, as dated in the "All Things Must Pass 50th Anniversary Edition". Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information that the "Porky's Revenge" soundtrack album was released in the USA as a gold CD in 1994 by Mobile Fidelity, MFCD 797. It has now been released in the USA on 27 Apr 2004 as Columbia/Legacy CK 090875. Thanks to Jack from Canada for the scan of the 2006 Canadian 3DVD set "Porky's Collection 1 2 3". Thanks to Moise Potie that the song is now available in remastered form on a 2009 Parlophone/Apple/Dark Horse compilation "Let It Roll: Songs By George Harrison". Thanks to Paul Pearson for information that the version actually used in the film is slightly different from the single/soundtrack album version! |
I GOT A NEW GIRL | 1959 | H |
Previously unknown song from a tape recorded by Ric Kangas in Hibbing, MN, in May 1959, supposedly written by Bob, probably the same as TEEN LOVE SERENADE |
I HEAR A TRAIN A'ROLLING | 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). Originally called THIS TRAIN AIN'T BOUND FOR GLORY, it reverses the theme of the spiritual THIS TRAIN IS BOUND FOR GLORY and describes the occupants of a train bound for Hell! |
I JUST HATE TO QUIT | 1967-68 | Y |
Lyrics from the "John Wesley Harding" period held at the Bob Dylan Archive, University of Tulsa, OK. Thanks to Derek Barker and "Isis" magazine for information |
I LOOKED AS FAR AS I COULD SEE | 1967 | H |
Basement Tapes song
recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY,
Jul-Oct 1967, usually known as BABY,
WON'T YOU BE MY BABY Now released on CD2 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014 |
Greg Lake's solo album Greg (Chrysalis CHR 1357, UK, 1981) with his
version of the unreleased Dylan/Springs song LOVE YOU TOO MUCH - the song was
also released as a single (Chrysalis CHS 2553, UK, 1981) - scans by David Plentus
I MUST LOVE YOU TOO MUCH | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1978 | C L |
Alternate title of LOVE YOU TOO MUCH, soundchecked and performed live in 1978, but no known Dylan studio version. Greg Lake released a cover with amended lyrics on his 1981 UK "Greg" album, |
Subterranean Jungle, the 1983 Sire/Warner album by the Ramones
featuring I NEED YOUR LOVE by Bobby Dee Waxman (who isn't Bob Dylan!)
I NEED YOUR LOVE | Bobby Dee Waxman, 1983 | |
Song released by the Ramones on their 1983 Sire album "Subterranean Jungle" (Sire/Warner 23800-2). Listed by Tim Dunn in his book "The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-2007" (AuthorHouse, 2008) because it's copyrighted with Special Rider Music that implies the song could have been written by Bob. However, I've been contacted by the real Bobby Dee Waxman, who was at that time in a group called the Boyfriends, and who actually wrote the song! There's no Bob connection apart from Special Rider |
I ONCE KNEW A MAN | Bob Dylan?, 1984 | R |
Recorded at rehearsals for the David Letterman Show in Bob's garage studio, Malibu, CA, March 1984, also at rehearsals at NBC studios, New York, 22 Mar 1984 |
I REALLY MISS MY BABY | ???? | N? |
No details available on this reported title, is it one of the hoaxes? |
I RODE OUT ONE MORNING | 1962 | H |
Recorded at the home of Eve and Mac McKenzie, New York, Fall 1962 - officially released on the very limited edition Columbia/Legacy 4CD-R set "The 50th Anniversary Collection", Dec 2012 |
I SEE FIRE IN YOUR EYES | Bob Dylan?, 1985 | N? |
Recorded during the "Empire Burlesque" sessions, Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, 14 Feb 1985 |
I SEE YOU ROUND AND ROUND (?) | Bob Dylan?, 1984 | R |
In Clinton Heylin's book
"Still On The Road - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2: 1974-2008"
(Constable, 2010) this is the title of a song rehearsed at the Beverley Theatre, Los
Angeles, CA, 23 May 1984 - not the Chuck Berry song, which Bob has also
performed. Query from Gil Walker: "In his autobiography (which seems
to contain more reliable information on the '84 tour than I've seen
elsewhere) - Ian McLagen reports that Dylan briefly rehearsed a cover
of a "naff" Jimmy Cliff song, at Carlos Santana's
suggestion. Any chance this is it?" Jimmy Cliff does not seem to have recorded or copyrighted a song with this title, but it may not be correct - for example the song listed in Dylan reference works as I'LL BE AROUND is actually called I'M GLAD I GOT TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN! Information please! ROUND AND ROUND is a song sung by Lionel Ritchie - is this it? Note to non-British readers: "naff" means "unfashionable, lacking in style", i.e. the opposite of hip or cool. |
I WANT YOU TO KNOW I LOVE YOU | 1981 | S |
Out-take from "Shot Of Love", recorded at Cream Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 01 Apr 1981 |
I WILL LOVE HIM | 1980 | L |
Performed live during the Spring 1980 tour of Canada, first at Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada, 19 Apr 1980, when the concert was recorded for a shelved live album. It was also recorded at Le Theatre Saint-Denis, Montreal, Canada, during soundchecks on 22 Apr 1980 and in the concert on 23 Apr 1980. No studio version is known. The live version from Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 19 Apr 1980 was released on the the 8CD+DVD set "The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 - Trouble No More 1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition)", Nov 2017 (CD3) |
I WISH IT WOULD RAIN, 1967 Tamla Motown US 7" single by The Temptations
I WISH IT WOULD RAIN | Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong/Roger Penzabene, 1967 | N? |
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at Cream Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 01 Apr 1981. In his book "Still On The Road - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2: 1974-2008" (Constable, 2010), Clinton Heylin identifies this as the Motown classic recorded by The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, etc. |
Warner Bros/7 Arts Music 10" acetate including I'D HATE
TO BE YOU ON THAT DREADFUL DAY, scan by A.J. LaRue
I'D HATE TO BE YOU ON THAT DREADFUL DAY | 1962 | O |
Witmark demo recorded Mar 1963, surfaced on a Warner Bros/7 Arts Music acetate LP, 1967, and also appeared in a different version from Nov 1962 on a Folkways album called "Broadside Reunion", 1971 (see "Searching For A Gem" 1967 and 1971) Illustrated is a scan of a Warner Bros/7 Arts Music 10" acetate including the Witmark demo. Now officially released on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964" in Oct 2010 |
ID HAVE YOU ANY TIME | Bob Dylan/George Harrison, 1968 | H |
Recorded with George Harrison at Woodstock, New York State, Nov 1968 - lyrics on bobdylan.com are here. George's officially released solo version is on his 3LP set "All Things Must Pass", Apple, 1970. A remixed/digitally remastered 2 CD set was reissued with bonus tracks on Capitol (USA), gn records/Parlophone (UK) on 23 Jan 2001 (UK catalogue number 7245 530474 2 9). Thanks to Harold Lepidus for news that the limited edition boxed set of the Martin Scorsese documentary "George Harrison: Living In The Material World", released in the UK by Lions Gate Entertainment on 10 Oct 2011, includes an early version of I'D HAVE YOU ANY TIME on a bonus CD, now released separately in May 2012 as "Early Takes Volume 1". ANY TIME, a missing Basement Tapes song listed in "Isis" 176, not included in the 6CD set "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014, may be an earlier recording of this song by Bob and The Band |
ILL BE A BACHELOR TILL I DIE | 1961 | N? Y |
Lyrics in a manuscript left by Bob at the home of Eve and Mac McKenzie after staying there in Summer 1961 (the title is the same as a Hank Williams song) |
ILL BE AROUND | Alex Wilder, 1988 | L |
Reference works list Bob as having performed a song with this title (with the writer at that time unidentified) at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 04 Aug 1988. However, Joy Munsey informs me it is not Alex Wilder's song, and she has positively identified it as a Hank Snow song called I'M GLAD I GOT TO SEE YOU ONCE AGAIN (see below) |
ILL GET WHERE IM GOING SOME DAY | 1961 | N? Y |
Lyrics in a manuscript left by Bob at the home of Eve and Mac McKenzie after staying there in Summer 1961 |
I'LL TELL A JOKE FOR YOU | 1967-68 | Y |
Lyrics from the "John Wesley Harding" period held at the Bob Dylan Archive, University of Tulsa, OK. Thanks to Derek Barker and "Isis" magazine for information |
IM A FOOL FOR YOU | 1967 | H |
Basement Tapes song
recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY,
Jul-Oct 1967 Two takes now released on CD1 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014 |
IM ALRIGHT | 1967 | H |
Basement Tapes song
recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY,
Jul-Oct 1967 - copyrighted under the title ALRIGHT,
also known as IT'S ALRIGHT. Now released as I'M ALRIGHT on CD3 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014 |
IM COLD | 1977 | N? |
Played by Bob in Steven Soles' apartment, Los Angeles, CA, Spring 1977, supposedly inspired by his divorce from Sara. Reported in interview with Robert Hilburn in May 1978 and confirmed by Steven Soles as one of ten or twelve songs played that evening to him and T-Bone Burnett. This is one of several songs played that have never been released. An incomplete take exists in the Bob Dylan Archives in Tulsa, OK, found by Terry Gans, information from "The Bridge" |
I'm Not There (Sony Music
Soundtrax, 2007) - album with previously unreleased Dylan song I'M NOT THERE
IM NOT THERE (1956) | 1967 | H |
Basement Tapes song
recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY,
Jul-Oct 1967. Thanks
to Tim Dunn for news that "Rolling Stone", 19 Oct 2006, reports that Bob
Dylan's unreleased Basement Tapes song
IM NOT THERE (1956)
was scheduled to be included in the soundtrack of the film "I'm Not There" directed by Todd Haynes
released in 2007 Now also released as I'M NOT THERE on CD3 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014 |
I'M READY FOR LOVE | Bob Dylan?, 1985 | S |
Previously unknown song possibly recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, May-Oct 1985. |
I'M SO GLAD ABOUT IT | 1967 | O |
Missing Basement Tapes song listed in "Isis" 176, not included in the 6CD set "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014 |
I'M SORRY TOO | 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 |
IM YOUR TEENAGE PRAYER | 1967 | H |
Basement Tapes song
recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY,
Jul-Oct 1967 Now released on CD2 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014 |
Three Eric Clapton compilations with IF I DON'T BE THERE BY MORNING. Thanks to Freddy Ordoņez Araque for pointing out these albums.
IF I DONT BE THERE BY MORNING | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1978 | S |
Out-take from "Street-Legal", recorded at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, 01 May 1978, lyrics are no longer on bobdylan.com. Covered by Eric Clapton on his "Backless" album (Uni/A&M, 1978 - for picture see the top of this page) along with WALK OUT IN THE RAIN. Also included on Eric's compilations "Timepieces Vol. 2: Live In The Seventies" and boxed set "Crossroads". Paul Cable reported in his book "Bob Dylan: His Unreleased Recordings" that a rough studio recording of Bob performing this song with Helena Springs was in circulation |
IF I WAS A KING | 1966 | H |
Song worked on in a hotel room in Glasgow, Scotland, 18-19 May 1996. Now included on CD18 of the Columbia/Legacy 18CD set "The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge Collector's Edition", Nov 2015 (two versions) |
IF YOU THINK I'VE LOST YOU (YOU'RE AS WRONG AS CAN BE) | Jerry West, 1962 | N |
This song is credited to "Bob
Dylan" on "Secret Weapon" (Antone's/Texas Music Group
TMG-ANT 0050), the 2001 album by Canadian blues singer Sue Foley. The
album, a compilation of out-takes from her first two albums, appeared
in the USA in 2000 with the same catalogue number under the title
"Back To The Blues", and where the song is credited to
"West" (a song by this title is copyrighted at BMI by Jerry
West). The credit on "Secret Weapon" is a misprint, as the song follows Sue's cover of POSITIVELY 4TH
STREET.
Thanks to Martin from Germany for bringing this item to my attention, also to Michele Simpson and Tim Dunn for checking the North American release. The song is included here for completeness, in case other Dylan fans see the album and think they have a find! |
Details from rear insert of Sue Foley's Secret Weapon CD showing
IF YOU THINK I'VE LOST YOU wrongly credited to "B. Dylan"
IF YOU WANT MY LOVE | 1966 | H |
Recorded in a hotel room in Denver, CO, 12-13 Mar 1966. Now included on CD18 of the Columbia/Legacy 18CD set "The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge Collector's Edition", Nov 2015 |
IN A BATTLE | 1981 | N? |
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at Clover Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, 15 May 1981 |
IN A PLACE (IN A PLACE LIKE THIS) |
1983 | O |
Recording session sheet titles of SWEETHEART LIKE YOU, released on "Infidels", also called BY THE WAY, THAT'S A CUTE HAT! |
THE INNER SANCTUARY | Bob Dylan/Scott Belanger, 1991 | S |
This is the title of an album by "Munesh" (Scott Michael Belanger) that contains a "revised version" of a song by Bob Dylan, copyrighted June 1991 - I have no information as to which song this is, and the CD appears to be out of print - information please! |
INSTRUMENTAL CALYPSO | 1981 | S |
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at United Western Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 2 Apr 1981 |
INTERFERE | ||
Hoax title of a song supposedly rehearsed in 1996 included with a fake track listing of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 17" circulated 2022 |
THE IRON LADY | Phil Ochs, 1964 | N |
Reported in "The Providence Journal" in a report about an afternoon workshop at the Newport Folk Festival on 24 Jul 1964 as a comical protest against capital punishment, played along with "HEY, MR TAMBARINE MAN" (sic). Dylan fans were excited at the report of a new song, but it was in fact written and performed by Phil Ochs |
The Bootleg Series
Vol. 16 - Springtime In New York 1980-1985 (Europe) - 5CD Deluxe Edition
with IS IT WORTH IT
IS IT WORTH IT? | 1981 | O |
Out-take from "Shot Of Love", recorded at Cream Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 01 Apr 1981. The 5CD Standard Edition of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 - Springtime In New York 1980-1985", released in Sep 2021, contains FUR SLIPPERS, recorded at United Western Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 2 Apr 1981 |
IT'S A LONG WAY TO MISSOURI TODAY | 1969 | Y |
Lyrics of a previously unknown song in a box of unrecorded lyrics and song fragments from 1969 held at the Bob Dylan Archive, University of Tulsa, OK. Thanks to Derek Barker and "Isis" magazine for information |
ITS ALL DANGEROUS TO ME | 1981 | S |
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at Cream Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 01 Apr 1981 |
ITS ALRIGHT | 1967 | H |
Basement Tapes song
recorded with The Band, Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY,
Jul-Oct 1967 - copyrighted under the title ALRIGHT,
also known as I'M ALRIGHT. Now released as I'M ALRIGHT on CD3 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014 |
ITS BREAKING ME UP | 1974 | N? Y |
Lyrics of this song are reported by Clinton Heylin to have been found in a notebook containing lyrics of the "Blood On The Tracks" songs, but no studio or live version is known |
Island Boy by Bankie Banx - his 1991 album (doesn't include
IT'S RIGHT)
ITS RIGHT | Bob Dylan/Bankie Banx, 1982 | N? |
Recorded at local singer Bankie Banx's home studio, Anguilla, Caribbean, Summer 1982, with Bob playing keyboards, but still unreleased |
IT’S SO EASY | Bob Dylan(?), 1987 | R |
Improvised song recorded on the so-called "G E Smith Audition Tape", 20 Nov 1987, also known as MUCH TOO EASY. Not EASY by Smokey Robinson |
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