THE RECORDING SESSION DATES

"As I recall it was just on a kind of whim that Bob went down to Nashville. And there, with just a couple of guys, he put those songs down on tape… we did talk about doing some overdubbing on it, but I really liked it when I heard it and I couldn't really think right about overdubbing on it. So it ended up coming out the way he brought it back."

  
- Robbie Robertson.

 

Studio A
Columbia Recording Studios
Nashville, Tennessee
October 17, 1967, 9 pm - 12 midnight.

Produced by Bob Johnston

1. Drifter's Escape                           CO120927         Take 1C

2. Drifter's Escape                                            Take 2C

3. Drifter's Escape                                            Take 3b

4. Drifter's Escape                                            Take 4b

5. Drifter's Escape                                            Take 5C

6. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine              CO120928         Take 1B

7. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine                               Take 2C

8. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine                               Take 3C

9. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine                               Take 4C

10. The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest

CO120929         Take 1C

Musicians: Charlie McCoy (bass) and Kenneth Buttrey (drums).

2, 9 and 10 released on John Wesley Harding.

Studio A
Columbia Recording Studios
Nashville, Tennessee
November 6, 1967, 6:00 - 9:30 pm.

Produced by Bob Johnston

1. All Along The Watchtower                   CO120955         Take 1b

2. All Along The Watchtower                                    Take 2C

3. All Along The Watchtower                                    Take 3C

4. All Along The Watchtower (Insert)                           Take 1b

5. All Along The Watchtower (Insert)                           Take 2C

6. John Wesley Harding                        CO120956         Take 1C

7. John Wesley Harding                                         Take 2C

8. As I Went Out One Morning                  CO120957         Take 1C

9. As I Went Out One Morning                                   Take 2C

10. As I Went Out One Morning                                  Take 3B

11. As I Went Out One Morning                                  Take 4b

12. As I Went Out One Morning                                  Take 5C

13. I Pity The Poor Immigrant                 CO120958         Take 1b

14. I Pity The Poor Immigrant                                  Take 2C

15. I Pity The Poor Immigrant                                  Take 3b

16. I Pity The Poor Immigrant                                  Take 4C

17. I Pity The Poor Immigrant                                  Take 5B

18. I Pity The Poor Immigrant                                  Take 6B

19. I Pity The Poor Immigrant                                  Take 7b

20. I Pity The Poor Immigrant                                  Take 8B

21. I Pity The Poor Immigrant                                  Take 9B

22. I Pity The Poor Immigrant                                  Take 10C

23. I Am A Lonesome Hobo                      CO120959         Take 1C

24. I Am A Lonesome Hobo                                       Take 2b

25. I Am A Lonesome Hobo                                       Take 3C

26. I Am A Lonesome Hobo                                       Take 4C

27. I Am A Lonesome Hobo                                       Take 5C

Musicians: Charlie McCoy (bass) and Kenneth Buttrey (drums).

A splice of 3 and 5, and 7, 12, 22, 27 released on John Wesley Harding.

For the third session, the session tape has been located but not been available for examination yet.

Studio A
Columbia Recording Studios
Nashville, Tennessee
November 29, 1967, 6:00 - 9:00 pm and 9:00 - 12 midnight.

Produced by Bob Johnston

1. Wicked Messenger                           CO120960

2. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight                  CO120961

3. Down Along The Cove                        CO120962

4. Dear Landlord                              CO120963

6-9 pm: The Wicked Messenger and I'll Be Your Baby Tonight recorded.
9-12 pm: Down Along The Cove, and Dear Landlord recorded.

Musicians: Charlie McCoy (bass) and Kenneth Buttrey (drums).
9-12: Pete Drake (steel guitar).

Thanks to STILL ON THE ROAD and THE BOB DYLAN RECORDING SESSIONS - SEE LINKS.