"Starlight
In The East"
Directory
of Bob Dylans Unreleased Songs: T
Compiled by Alan Fraser |
Pictures Of Dylan, the 2012 German album by The Song & Danceman Band including their cover
of THIEF ON THE CROSS
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.)
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1978 | C (both dates) |
Performed at soundchecks in New Haven, CT, on 17 Sep 1978, and again in Carbondale, IL, on 28 Oct 1978, but no known studio version and never performed live |
Peter, Paul & Mary's 1965 Warner Bros album A Song Will Rise
with TALKIN' CANDY BAR BLUES
TALKIN CANDY BAR BLUES | Bob Dylan/Noel "Paul" Stookey, 1965 | N |
Interviewed by Kathleen Mackay in her book "Bob Dylan: Intimate Insights from Friends and Musicians" (Omnibus Press, 2007), Noel "Paul" Stookey of Peter, Paul and Mary said he wrote this song but wasn't happy with the ending, so Albert Grossman asked if he could show it to Bob. Bob wrote a final verse "that had wheat germ and health food in it" but Noel Stookey eventually devised his own ending. Therefore the version of the song released on Peter, Paul and Mary's album "A Song Will Rise" (Warner Bros, 1965) has no Dylan input. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information |
TALKIN CENTRAL PARK MUGGER BLUES | Bob Dylan/Tom Paxton, 1962? | N |
According to Tom Paxton he and Bob composed this song off-the-cuff as they walked in Central Park in New York one day. It has never been performed or recorded to Tom's knowledge. |
"Izzy Young: Talkin Folklore Center" (MVD
Visual/Gazell Film MVD5215D, USA. 2015) - DVD
documentary about Izzy Young with a cover of TALKIN'
FOLKLORE CENTER by Eric Bibb
TALKIN FOLKLORE CENTER | 1961 | L |
Only known performance is at Gerdes Folk City, New York, on 16 Apr 1962, as part of a medley with TALKIN NEW YORK - the lyrics to the song were published as a broadside by the New York Folklore Center in Summer 1962, now released on the 2012 limited edition 4CD-R set "50th Anniversary Collection", 2012. Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that the 2015 documentary DVD "Izzy Young: Talkin' Folklore Center" (MVD Visual/Gazell Film MVD5215D, USA, 2015) about Izzy Young includes a cover of TALKIN' FOLKLORE CENTER by Eric Bibb. |
TALKIN HUGH BROWN | 1960 | D |
Performed at Hugh Browns apartment, Minneapolis, MN, September 1960 |
TALKIN HYPOCRITE | 1962 | H |
Performed at Tony Glover's home, Minneapolis, MN, May or June 1962 |
TALKIN’ LOBBYIST | Tom Glazer, 1960 | D |
Song often attributed to Bob, performed at Hugh Browns apartment, Minneapolis, MN, September 1960. It's actually TALKIN' INFLATION BLUES by Tom Glazer |
TANGO | 1974 | O |
Recording session sheet title of TANGLED UP IN BLUE, released on "Blood On The Tracks" |
TEEN LOVE SERENADE | 1959 | H |
Song heard in part in the 2005 Martin Scorsese documentary "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home", from a tape recorded by Ric Kangas in Hibbing, MN, in May 1959. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information it is copyrighted by Bob Dylan. I GOT A NEW GIRL is probably this song |
TELEPHONE RESPONSE SONG | 1975 | H |
Taped from Bobs answering machine at his home in Malibu, CA |
TELEPHONE WIRE | 1970 | S |
Alternate title of LAS VEGAS BLUES |
TELL ME THE TRUTH ONE TIME | Bob Dylan/Helena Springs, 1979 | S |
Recorded at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, October 1979, with vocal by Helena Springs |
THAT CALIFORNIA SIDE | 1962 | N? Y |
Lyrics published in issue #28 of the UK magazine "Isis" in the 90s, written in blue ballpoint pen on the back of a shop receipt dated 22 Jun 1962. No record of the song having been recorded is known - like the earlier reported CALIFORNIA BLUE-EYED BABY, this song ridicules the West Coast lifestyle. Also known as ON THAT CALIFORNIA SIDE |
THAT WAS RIGHT | ||
Hoax title of a song supposedly rehearsed in 1998 included with a fake track listing of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 17" circulated 2022 |
FM FMLP309 (USA, 1963) - album with Fred Neil performing THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN live |
Capitol T-2665 (USA, 1966) - album with Fred Neil performing THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN |
THAT'S THE BAG I'M IN | Fred Neill/Bob Dylan?, 1962 | N? |
On 22 May 2022 Tom Willems posted on Facebook:
Tim Dunn has confirmed that this song was copyrighted with words and music by Fred Neil on 4 Oct 1962, there is no mention of Bob. However, it has been speculatively added here for information. |
THERE AINT GONNA BE ANY NEXT TIME | 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. They are reproduced on page 316 of Bob Dylan's "Lyrics 1962-2001" (Simon & Schuster) |
THEY TALK ABOUT ME | 1980 | C |
Performed at soundcheck, Toronto, Canada, 17 Apr 1980, but no known studio version and never performed live |
Pictures Of Dylan, the 2012 German album by The Song & Danceman Band including their cover
of THIEF ON THE CROSS
THIEF ON THE CROSS | 1981 | L |
Performed once only live, at Saenger Performing Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 10 Nov 1981 - no studio version is known. Now covered by the German Dylan tribute band Song & Danceman Band on their 2012 Hofa Musik album "Pictures Of Dylan" - thanks to Dirk Krah for the information. Released on the 8CD+DVD set "The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 - Trouble No More 1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition)", Nov 2017 (CD3) |
THIS WAY, THAT WAY | 1978 | C |
Performed at soundcheck, New Haven, CT, 17 Sep 1978, but no known studio version and never performed live |
THREE OF US BE FREE | 1989 | O |
According to Michael Krogsgaard, song recorded in two takes at Studio On The Move, New Orleans, LA, 14-15 Mar 1989, during the "Oh Mercy" sessions. This was originally identified as an alternate title for BROKEN DAYS, later released on "Oh Mercy" as EVERYTHING IS BROKEN, but in his book Still On The Road - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2: 1974-2008" (Constable, 2010), Clinton Heylin thinks it's is a different, still released, song |
TILL IT FEELS LIKE CHEATIN' | Bob Dylan, ? | N |
Thanks to Tim Dunn that this song, also listed as 'TIL IT FEELS LIKE CHEATING and TILL IT FEELS LIKE CHEATING, is listed on the SESAC catalogue, work no. 636930, as having been written by "Robert Dylan" and copyrighted by Special Rider Music. No other details are listed |
TIME AND AGAIN | Earth Opera, 1968 | N |
Actually a track by Earth Opera, not Bob Dylan - see AS IT IS BEFORE |
A Box Of Rain (Rykodisc, 1990) - live album by Robert Hunter (it doesn't
include TIOGA PASS, but the lyrics are included in Robert Hunter's 1991 "A
Box Of Rain" book)
TIOGA PASS | Bob Dylan/Robert Hunter, 1987 | S |
Recorded during "Down In The Groove" sessions, Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, 16 Jun 1987. Thanks to Gil Walker for the information that the lyrics of TIOGA PASS by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter are included in his book "A Box Of Rain: Collected Lyrics Of Robert Hunter" (Viking Penguin, 1991). "Down In The Groove" includes SILVIO and THE UGLIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD, both with music by Bob and lyrics by Robert Hunter, and this song was recorded at the same session as the second of these |
TITUS ANDRONICUS | Bob Dylan/Edgar Froese, early 80s | |
Hoax 45 minute collaboration between Bob Dylan and avant-garde German musician Edgar Froese - the master was supposedly overdubbed by German "industrial" band Einstuerzende Neubauten. Invented by Tiernan Henry as part of a list of Bob's "Top Ten Scrapped Albums" in a post to rec.music.dylan in Jan 1998 (Information from Scott Brodie and Gil Walker) |
TO CARE AT ALL | Earth Opera, 1968 | N |
Actually a track by Earth Opera, not Bob Dylan - see AS IT IS BEFORE |
TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU | 1986 | S |
Out-take from "Hearts of Fire" sessions, recorded at Townhouse Studios, London, 27-28 Aug 1986 |
TOM TURKEY 1 | 1973 | S |
Alternate title of TURKEY 2, instrumental out-take from "Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid Original Soundtrack", recorded at CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City, 20 Jan 1973 |
The Man From
Waco (Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers, USA,
2022) by Charley Crockett with Dylan co-composition
TOM TURKEY
TOM TURKEY 2 | Bob Dylan/Charley Crockett, 2022 | C |
This version of TOM TURKEY was released in 2022 on Charley Crockett's album "The Man From Waco" (Son Of Davy/Thirty Tigers SOD 12CD, USA). This song is not the same as the instrumental above and includes both Dylan lyrics from BILLY from "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Original Soundtrack" and new lyrics written by Crockett. Thanks to Jack from Canada for information |
TOO HOT TO DRIVE | Bob Dylan?,1985 | S |
Out-take from "Knocked Out Loaded", recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, 17 Apr 1985 |
TOO LATE | 1983 | O |
Recording session sheet title of FOOT OF PRIDE, out-take from "Infidels" released on "The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3". TOO LATE (ACOUSTIC VERSION) (4:00), an early take recorded at The Power Station, New York, 23 Apr 1983, was released in Apr 2021 on "Dylan ...Revisited", a CD included with June 2021 issue of "Uncut" magazine (UK). The 2CD Standard Edition of "The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 - Springtime In New York 1980-1985", released in Sep 2021, contains both band and acoustic versions |
TOO SOON AN' TIME BEHIND | 1970s | N |
Lines of a poem reproduced on page 316 of Bob Dylan's "Lyrics 1962-2001" (Simon & Schuster). Antonio J. Iriate remarks they're written in the style of the liner notes of "Planet Waves" |
Jack Savoretti "Singing To Strangers", BMG
639460202 (UK), 15 Mar
2019, with his cover of TOUCHY
SITUATION
TOUCHY SITUATION | Bob Dylan/Jack Savoretti, 2018 | Y |
Unreleased lyrics by Bob emailed to Jack Savoretti in 2018. Now released with music by Jack on his BMG UK album "Singing To Strangers", 15 Mar 2019 |
TOWN | Bob Dylan/(Jacques Levy?), 1975 | N? |
Recorded during "Desire" sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 31 Jul 1975 |
TRAIN OF PAIN (?) | Bob Dylan?, 1986 | L |
Unidentified concert opening song, performed with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Sydney, Australia, February 1986, also appears as ON THE TRAIN |
TRAVELLIN' MAN | 1979 | O |
Deliberately misleading song title used on an early vinyl bootleg - thanks to Gil Walker for informing me it was actually TROUBLE IN MIND, an out-take from "Slow Train Coming" released as a B-side, see "Searching For A Gem", 1979 |
TREES HANNIBAL ALPS | Bob Dylan?, 1983 | N? |
Song recorded during the "Infidels" sessions at The Power Station, New York, 19 Apr 1983 |
TRY ME, LITTLE GIRL | 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 |
TRYING TO CATCH THAT TRAIN |
Bob Dylan/Marcus Mumford, 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. Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that a new song TRYING TO CATCH THAT TRAIN completed by Marcus Mumford is included in the Showtime documentary "Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued", although it's not listed on the DVD insert. Tim says that Marcus Mumford can be seen working on the song for some two minutes in the film, but with some voice-overs |
TRYIN TO MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN | ???? | N? |
No details available on this reported title, is it one of the hoax titles? |
TUNE AFTER ALMOST | 1981 | S |
Instrumental recorded during "Shot Of Love " sessions (immediately after a song called ALMOST PERSUADED), Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, March 1981 |
TUNE J | 1963 | N? |
Otherwise unidentified instrumental recorded during "The Times They Are A-Changin" sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 23 Oct 1963 (CO79684) |
TUNE Z | 1963 | O |
Recording session sheet title for RESTLESS FAREWELL, released on "The Times They Are A-Changin'" |
TURKEY 2 | 1973 | S |
Introduced by Bob as "TURKEY 2 OR TOM TURKEY", instrumental out-take from "Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid Original Soundtrack", recorded at CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City, 20 Jan 1973 |
TURKEY IN THE STRAW | 1973 | S |
Alternate title noted by Paul Cable for one of the takes of TURKEY CHASE from the Pat Garrett soundtrack, not the traditional bluegrass number |
TURNING POINT | 1974 | N? |
Alternate title of WHERE DO YOU TURN |
26 STOREYS HIGH | Bob Dylan?, 1985 | S |
Previously unknown song possibly recorded at Cherokee Studios, Hollywood, CA, May-Oct 1985. |
TWO WAYS | Bob Dylan?, 1981 | C |
Performed at soundcheck at Clarkston, MI, on 11 Jun 1981, but no known studio version and never performed live |
TWO TRAINS RUNNING | McKinley Morganfield [Muddy Waters], 1961 | H L |
Alternate title of STILL A FOOL, recorded at Bonnie Beecher's apartment in Minneapolis, MN, in May 1961, and also performed at the Finjan Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2 Jul 1962. Thanks to Jim O'Neal for correcting this entry and for the information that Mike Bloomfield recorded it under this title |
RCA Victor 75-5092 (Canada, 1971) - 7" single A-side
with Marie Jane's version of TU PEUX PARTIR, scan by Jack from Canada
TU PEUX PARTIR | Pierre-René de Cotret/Bob Dylan, 1971 | O |
French translation of IF NOT FOR YOU from "New Morning", with lyrics by Pierre-René de Cotret. Recorded by French Canadian singer Marie Jeanne or Marie Jane on a 1971 RCA Victor single, PRO.1601 (promo) or 75-5092 (commercial) - promo scan required! Thanks to Tim Dunn and Jack from Canada for information and scan |
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