"Starlight
In The East"
Directory
of Bob Dylans Unreleased Songs: M
Compiled by Alan Fraser |
Michel Montecrossa's 2002 Mira Sound Germany album Fieldmouse From
Nebraska, featuring "co-composition" MIRRORS OF
FLOWERS
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.)
MAD LYDIA'S WALTZ | Earth Opera, 1969 | N |
Actually a track by Earth Opera, not Bob Dylan - see AS IT IS BEFORE |
MAGIC | 1981 | S |
Song originally scheduled for "Shot Of Love", recorded at Clover Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, 23-24 Apr 1981 |
MAKING A LIAR OUT OF ME | 1980 | N? |
Played to Mark Knopfler in a hotel room in Los Angeles, CA, Sep 1980. According to Clinton Heylin's book "Still On The Road - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2: 1974-2008" (Constable, 2010) it was also rehearsed at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, in Oct 1980. Lyrics held at the Bob Dylan Archive, University of Tulsa, OK. The Rundown rehearsal is released on CD4 of the 8CD+DVD set "The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 - Trouble No More 1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition)", Nov 2017. Thanks to Derek Barker and "Isis" magazine for information |
MANY LOVES | Bob Dylan/Allen Ginsberg, 1971 | S |
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, 17 Nov 1971 - intended for Ginsbergs "Holy Soul Jelly Roll" album, but as yet unreleased |
MANTRAS | Bob Dylan/Allen Ginsberg, 1971 | N? |
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, 17 Nov 1971 - intended for Ginsbergs "Holy Soul Jelly Roll" album, but as yet unreleased |
MAP OF THE PROBLEMATIQUE | Bob Dylan/Matthew Bellamy, 2006 | N? |
Thanks to Tim Dunn for information about this SESAC copyrighted song by Matthew Bellamy of British group Muse which "incorporates elements of MAGGIE'S FARM written by Bob Dylan and published by Special Rider Music (SESAC)". The original studio version is on the Muse album "Black Holes And Revelations" (Helium 3 Records, UK/Warner Bros, USA, 2006) and there is a live version recorded at Wembley Stadium London, 16-17 Jun 2007on the Muse CD + DVD set "H.A.A.R.P." (Warner Bros, UK/USA, 2008) |
MARCH AROUND THE DINNER TABLE | Bob Dylan/The Band, 1973 | N? |
Instrumental recorded during "Planet Waves" sessions at The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, 02 Nov 1973 |
Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes
[Various Artists], Electromagnetic Recordings/Harvest Records 2537950140 (USA/Europe) containing
the "lost" Dylan song
MARRIED TO MY HACK
completed by Elvis Costello
MARRIED TO MY HACK |
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. MARRIED TO MY HACK has been completed by Elvis Costello |
MARY LOU, I LOVE YOU TOO | Bob Dylan/one or more members of The Band, 1969-71 | N? |
An otherwise unknown song listed by Tim Dunn in his book "The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-2007" (AuthorHouse, 2008) - no recording or performance is known, probably the same song as BABY LOU |
MATTHEW MET MARY |
Bob Dylan/Elvis Costello, 1967/2014 | Y |
This Basement Tapes song completed by Elvis Costello was not included in "Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes", released in Nov 2014, the album 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. Elvis said in an interview with the "Los Angeles Times" in 2014: "A kind of refrain is 'A thousand doors couldn't hold me back from you'. If you wrote that line, would you leave it in a drawer for 47 years?". "Elvis Costello has performed this song live several times in late 2014/early 2015. Thanks to Tim Dunn for information |
MAUREEN | Bob Dylan?, 1968 | N? |
Thanks to Gil Walker for passing on to me
this post to HWY-61L by Ray Schweighardt: "As some of you may know, I have been researching The Beatles' January 1969
"Get Back" sessions for many years. New tapes show up sporadically, and one
has just recently surfaced that contains a very interesting song. After
John completes a brief performance of "Annie", a song he wrote for Ringo to
perform in 1967 (it has never been released in any form), George states
"there's one Dylan wrote and it goes likes this ...". He then precedes to
perform a half-finished song apparently entitled "Maureen". The verse
begins "Everybody's finger-pickin', B and C and D and ...." and the chorus
is simply "Maureen, oh Maureen" over and over. See other pages of this directory for information about I'D HAVE YOU ANYTIME and NOWHERE TO GO. |
MAVIS |
1965 | Y |
Working title of unreleased song from the time of "Bringing It All Back Home", perhaps written for Mavis Staples. Thanks to Derek Barker and "Isis" magazine for information |
The Traveling Wilburys Collection - 2007 Rhino boxed set containing the previously
unreleased MAXINE
MAXINE | Bob Dylan/George Harrison/Jeff Lynne/Tom Petty, 1990 | S |
Out-take from "Travelling Wilburys Vol. 3", recorded at Wilbury Mountain Studio, Los Angeles, CA, Apr 1990, finally released on the 2007 Rhino boxed set, "The Traveling Wilburys Collection", see 2007 Wilburys |
MAYBE DARLING |
Bob Dylan/Taylor Goldsmith, 1967/2014 | Y |
This Basement Tapes song completed by Taylor Goldsmith was not included in "Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes", released in Nov 2014, the album 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. Thanks to Derek Barker and "Isis" magazine for information |
MEAN OL' MISSISSIPPI BLUES | 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) |
MEDICINE SHOW [MEDICINE SUNDAY] | 1966 | O |
Early incomplete take of TEMPORARY LIKE ACHILLES, released on "Blonde On Blonde" - this take contains the words "midnight train" in the first line, so it can also be found under that title. Recorded with The Band at Columbia Studios, New York, 05 Oct 1965 (CO87183) during the early "Blonde On Blonde" sessions. Short-listed for "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3", it appears on the "Highway 61 Interactive" CD-ROM. Frequently mis-dated as 30 Nov - 01 Dec 1965 and also misplaced as Sunset Studios, Los Angeles, CA. No longer an unreleased song since two takes were released in Nov 2015 on "The Best of The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12". |
This Is The Sea [The Waterboys],
Chrysalis Records (UK), 1985
MERIDIAN WEST | 1985 | C |
Thanks to Harold Lepidus for information that "1985", a new 6CD boxed set from The Waterboys covering the sessions for their album "This Is The Sea" will include their cover of MERIDIAN WEST, an instrumental by Bob they originally recorded with Bob at Dave Stewart's recording studio in London in 1985. The version with Bob remains unreleased. |
MEXICAN RAG | 1963 | O |
Alternate name for SUZE (THE COUGH SONG), instrumental recorded during the "Times They Are A-Changin'" sessions and released on "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3" |
MERRILY TO WELCOME IN THE NEW YEAR | Bob Dylan/Allen Ginsberg, 1971 | N? |
Recorded at The Record Plant, New York, 17 Nov 1971 - intended for Ginsbergs "Holy Soul Jelly Roll" album, but as yet unreleased |
MIDNIGHT TRAIN | 1966 | O |
Alternate title for MEDICINE SUNDAY, the early incomplete take of TEMPORARY LIKE ACHILLES, released on "Blonde On Blonde" - it contains the words "midnight train" in the first line. Recorded with The Band at Columbia Studios, New York, 05 Oct 1965 (CO87183). Frequently mis-dated as 30 Nov - 01 Dec 1965 and also misplaced as Sunset Studios, Los Angeles, CA, now included on CD9 of the 18CD set The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge Collector's Edition, Nov 2015 |
Pittsburgh Penguins/Kardaz Inc FS 759 (USA, 1993) - 7"
stereo single by Kardaz with their song THE MIGHTY GUINS, new lyrics to THE
MIGHTY QUINN
THE MIGHTY GUINS | Bob Dylan/Robert Kardasz/Christopher Kardasz/Chuck Guzelli, 1993 | O |
Version of THE MIGHTY QUINN with new lyrics by Kardaz, inspired by the Pittsburgh Penguins ice hockey team's attempt to repeat their Stanley Cup win in the National Hockey League in the 1992-93 season, released on a 7" stereo single in May 1993! Thanks to Tim Dunn for information |
Michel Montecrossa's 2002 Mira Sound Germany album Fieldmouse From
Nebraska, featuring this song and nine other "co-compositions"
MIRRORS OF FLOWERS | Bob Dylan/Michel Montecrossa, 2002 | O |
Like JACK O' DIAMONDS, not strictly a Dylan song, but a written lyric of Bob's set to music without authorisation by Italian "Cyber-rocker" Michel Montecrossa on his Mira Sound Germany album "Fieldmouse From Nebraska" (Germany, 2002), see - thanks to David Plentus for spotting this item! |
MISS TEA AND SYMPATHY | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1978 or 1979 | N? |
An otherwise unknown song listed by Tim Dunn in his book "The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-2007" (AuthorHouse, 2008) - a version may exist with vocals by Helena Springs |
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MISSIONARY MAN | Dave Stewart/Annie Lennox/Bob Dylan, 1985 | N? |
Thanks to Arie de Reus for this excerpt
from "Annie Lennox: The Biography" by Briony Sutherland and Lucy Ellis
(Omnibus Press, 2001, p.281)
referring to the "Knocked out Loaded" recording sessions at the
Eurythmics Church in London, 20-23 Nov 1985:
"Annie was there and we were all drunk on tequila", chuckles Dave.
"Dylan was reciting the lyrics to these songs as the backing tracks
played, but he was just making them up on the spot. And Annie was trying
to scribble them down as he went along. he did it for about nine songs
just singing these brilliant lyrics, completely off the top of his head.
It's then that you realise that someone like that probably never sits at
a typewriter for hours staring at a blank page." Thrilled with Dylan's
improvisation Annie raced home and created a poem from his words, which
eventually morphed into the lyrics for MISSIONARY
MAN." Thanks to Tim Dunn for further information: "The song originally appeared, including lyrics on the LP sleeve, on the Eurythmics' album "REVENGE" (RCA AJLI-5847), released on 19 June 1986 (date from the copyright registration for the album); the CD version is RCA PCD1-5847 and also includes the lyrics. The song also is on the single MISSIONARY MAN b/w TAKE YOUR PAIN AWAY (RCA PB-14414, released in mid July 1986. I could not locate a registration for the song but a copyright transfer recorded on 20 April 1987 says "By David Allen Stewart & Annie Lennox" and gives Red Network Music, Inc. as Party 1; the LP sleeve reads "All songs published by RCA Music Ltd." while the LP label reads "RCA Music Ltd./Red Network Music." The LP and CD lyrics state "Stewart/Lennox." There is no mention of Dylan or Special Rider Music in the album notes." |
The Globe Sessions by Sheryl Crow (A&M, 1998) with her version of the
then unreleased song MISSISSIPPI
MISSISSIPPI | 1997 | O |
Out-take from 1997's "Time Out Of Mind", given by Bob to Sheryl Crow for her "The Globe Sessions" album (A&M, 1998). Now released by Bob himself on "Love And Theft", 2001, and in three 1997 versions on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs", 2008 |
MISSISSIPPI FLOOD | John Lee Hooker, 1967 | H |
This song, listed as THE
BIG FLOOD on "The Genuine Basement Tapes", is
actually John Lee Hookers TUPELO Now released on CD2 of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete", Nov 2014 |
MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUES | 1961 | N? |
Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that the page with the handwritten lyrics of this song were auctioned on the Internet on 24 Jun 2006 - no recording or performance is known |
MR. MONEYBAGS | 1989 | Y |
Lyrics of a previously unknown song from the "Oh Mercy" sessions held at the Bob Dylan Archive, University of Tulsa, OK. Thanks to Derek Barker and "Isis" magazine for information |
MOLLY CLIFF | Bob Dylan/Kevin Colgan/Bob Patrick/Brooks McPhail/Alex Russell, 1993 | N? |
Kevin Colgan, Bob Patrick, Brooks McPhail and Alex Russell are members of a band called Molly Cliff. This item is described in the copyright entry as "re-arrangement of some Bob Dylan music and some additional words and music". Released on a CD, presumably of the same name, in October 1993 - more details required |
MONEY BLUES | Bob Dylan/Jacques Levy, 1975 | S |
Recorded during "Desire" sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 28 Jul 1975, lyrics on bobdylan.com are here - the recording was reportedly too chaotic to be used, but is in limited circulation. Jacques Levy sang it some years later on WBAI-FM in New York. In his book "Still On The Road - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2: 1974-2008" (Constable, 2010), Clinton Heylin says it was also rehearsed at a session in Minneapolis, MN, in Winter 1975 with a local band, Willie Murphy and The Bees |
The Masked Marauders (Deity/Reprise 6378, USA, 1969) - spoof album including
fake Dylan song MORE OR LESS HUDSON'S BAY AGAIN
MORE OR LESS HUDSON'S BAY AGAIN | 1969 | N? |
One of the songs supposedly by Bob on the 1969 spoof album "The Masked Marauders" (Deity/Reprise 6378, USA, 1969), who were supposed to be a secret supergroup including Bob Dylan, John, Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Mick Jagger. This was generated by a spoof album review in "Rolling Stone" magazine for 18 Oct 1969. See the "C" page for COW PIE |
Copenhagen Skyline (Bessie Productions, Denmark, 2022) - album by Dissing Las & Cross including
MORE THAN FLESH AND BLOOD CAN BEAR
MORE THAN FLESH AND BLOOD CAN BEAR | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1978 | R C |
Song rehearsed at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, Sep 1978 with vocals by Helena Springs. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information that the Rundown recording was copyrighted in 1979 and started circulating in 2002. Also thanks to Tobias Levander for pointing out that a previously unidentified performance by Bob at the soundcheck, New Haven, CT, 17 Sep 1978, is also this song with different lyrics - it was included on a tour playlist but never actually performed for an audience. This song was also performed at a soundcheck at Omaha, NB, 4 Nov 1978 when it was given the incorrect title of YOUR ROCKING CHAIR. Thanks to "The Bridge" magazine for information that this song has now been recorded by Bob's ex band member Billy Cross with Danish band Dissing Las & Cross, included in their Nov 2022 Bessie Productions Denmark album "Copenhagen Skyline". The album also includes a new version of LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE, previously recorded by Billy Cross with the Delta Cross Band in 1981 |
MORE TO THIS THAN MEETS THE EYE | 1981 | S |
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions, Cream Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 01 Apr 1981 |
Songs For Lonely Americans by "Sir Vincent Lone" (Return To Sender
Records, Germany, 2004/Cooking Vinyl Records, UK, 2006) containing the Dylan "co-composition"
MOSCOW TRAIN
MOSCOW TRAIN | Jackie Leven/Bob Dylan, 2006 | N |
In "The Telegraph", issue 51, Scottish singer Jackie Leven, former leader of punk band Doll By Doll, recounts how he met Bob Dylan in a Berlin hotel bar on 5 Oct 1988, and subsequently travelled with him by train from Berlin to St. Petersburg in Russia. For more details see AS WE SAILED INTO SKIBBEREEN. Leven has now written this second "co-composition", of which he claims in his introduction when performing live that Bob suggested the line "A closed-eyed woman is looking at me on a Moscow train". Bob is supposed to have said this when describing his experience on the Moscow subway system in Oct 1985. The song is included on a 2004 German album "Songs For Lonely Americans" (Return To Sender Records) which Leven recorded under the pseudonym of "Sir Vincent Lone" for copyright reasons. Bob is not credited. Thanks to Artur Jarosinski for all this information. Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that the album was released on Cooking Vinyl Records in the UK on 11 Sep 2006 |
MOST DEFINITELY NOT VAN GOGH | 1966 | H |
Song worked on in a hotel room in Denver, CO, 12-13 Mar 1966 - the definite title is unknown, and this is almost certainly a guess. Also known as POSITIVELY VAN GOGH and SPURIOUSLY SEVENTEEN WINDOWS (THE PAINTING BY VAN GOGH)! Now included as POSITIVELY VAN GOGH 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 (three versions) |
MOTHER LIONS | Bob Dylan/Willie Dixon/Clay Mitchell, 1981 | N? |
Described as "a rhythm and blues musical drama", this is a play by Clay Mitchell that incorporates some lyrics by Bob Dylan and some by Willie Dixon. |
MOTHER | 1963 | N? |
Early song mentioned by Bob during his interview with Studs Terkel on "The Studs Terkel Wax Museum" radio show, WFMT radio, Chicago, IL, recorded 26 Apr 1963, broadcast 3 May 1963. He apparently wrote in the 5th Grade at school for his mother. No recording is known. Thanks to Avery Holland for reminding me of this. This song isn't listed in Clinton Heylin's book "Revolution In The Air - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 1: 1957-73" (Constable, 2009), but he does mention in passing "some doggerel on Mother's Day and Father's Day" from Dylan's teens which may refer to the song in question |
MOTHER REVISITED | 1965 | O |
VISIONS OF JOHANNA, released on "Blonde On Blonde", was introduced by Bob with this title in Melbourne, Australia, April 1966. He may be referring to the previous song |
MOVIN | 1981 | N? |
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at United Western Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 02 Apr 1981, also known as WAIT AND SEE |
Boo! (Rykodisc, USA, 2008) from Was (Not Was) with MR. ALICE
DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANY MORE
MR. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANY MORE | Bob Dylan/Don Was/David Was, 1990 | N? |
Alternate title of a song recorded for the Don Was-produced album "Under The Red Sky", recorded at The Complex, Los Angeles, CA, 19-20 Apr 1990, and listed by Clinton Heylin as SHIRLEY TEMPLE DON'T LIVE HERE ANY MORE - see that entry. The Dylan version is not circulating, but the song was recorded by Was (Not Was) with this title in the early 1990s, although not released. They performed it live on radio as part of a Dylan tribute called "Oh Merci", broadcast on KCRW radio, Santa Monica, CA, on 04 Jul 1993. Thanks to Gil Walker for this quote from Don Was: "There's one song that we wrote with Bob Dylan when I was producing "Under the Red Sky." We were sitting around watching "I Dream of Jeannie" in the lounge, and I thought, 'This was kind of a waste. You work all your life to be able to hang out with your hero and then you end up watching "I Dream of Jeannie."' So at the time, my wife [then in A&R for Virgin Records] had signed Paula Abdul so she was about to record her second album. So I said, 'Let's write a song for Paula Abdul.' So Bob shut the TV off and he, David and I wrote "MR. ALICE DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANY MORE." It was released belatedly on their Rykodisc album "Boo!" (Rykodisc RCD-10943, USA, 2008) - thanks to Jack from Canada for the scan |
MR. RAGAMUFFIN MAN | ||
This is one of the titles on a hoax tape called "The Pittsburgh Radio Tape" listed by Paul Cable in his book "Bob Dylan - His Unreleased Recordings" - see DEATH LETTER BLUES. RAGAMUFFIN MAN was a hit for Manfred Mann in 1969, and they were known for recording unreleased Dylan songs like THE MIGHTY QUINN, so this may be the connection here |
MUCH TOO EASY | Bob Dylan(?), 1987 | R |
Improvised song recorded on the so-called "G E Smith Audition Tape", 20 Nov 1987, also known as IT'S SO EASY. Not EASY by Smokey Robinson |
MY GIRL | 1965 | O |
Recording session sheet title of SHE BELONGS TO ME, released on "Bringing It All Back Home" - also called WORSE THAN MONEY |
MY GIRL (ITS GROWING) | 1981 | N? |
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions at Cream Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 01 Apr 1981 |
MY LOVE WAITS LIKE SILENCE | 1965 | O |
Title used for alternate take of LOVE MINUS ZERO/NO LIMIT, official version released on "Bringing It All Back Home" |
MY ORIENTAL HOME [MY ORIENTAL HOUSE] | 1981 | S |
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love" sessions, Clover Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, 01 May 1981 |
MY OWN TRUE LOVE | 1962 | D M R |
Alternate title of FAREWELL, circulating in several performances from Dec 62 to May 63 |
MY PREVIOUS LIFE | Bob Dylan?, 1970 | N? |
Recorded during "New Morning" sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 05 Mar 1970 (no CO no.) |
MY LA-LA/MY TRUE LA LA | Ray Price/Leonard McRight, 1989 | L |
MY LA- LA is a title guessed by Clinton Heylin for HEY LA LA, a country cover performed in May-July 1989, sometimes also seen as MY TRUE LA LA (a phrase from the chorus) |
MY SWEET BABY (ROUND AND AROUND) | Bob Dylan?, 1984-5 | S |
Previously unknown song possibly recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, May-Oct 1985, possibly the same song as ROUND AND ROUND, rehearsed at the Beverley Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, 23 May 1984 |
MY WOMAN, SHE'S A-LEAVIN' | Bob Dylan/one or more members of The Band, 1966-68 | N? |
An otherwise unknown song listed by Tim Dunn in his book "The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-2007" (AuthorHouse, 2008) - no recording or performance is known. It was copyrighted under this name in 1976 but may be the same song as ON A RAINY AFTERNOON, which shares this theme |
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