Jim wrote: >Gil asked: > > Jim, did I read you right? Is McGuinn's version of "Up to Me" truly an >early draft of "Tangled Up in Blue"? Because the final versions of either >song are poles apart, and the extant earlier (and even later) versions of >"Tangled Up in Blue" betray no connection to "Up to Me". Please clarify. > > >Oops! I'm so sorry. You are quite right, Gil, and I apologize for not >double-checking my memory before sending that post. > >Instead of "Tangled Up In Blue," I should have written "You're Gonna Make Me >Lonesome When You Go." Dylan set aside "Up To Me" during the sessions for >"Blood On The Tracks," preferring to use the melody and the chord structure, >albeit with some revisions, as his vehicle for his lyrics to YGMMLWYG. He >was still writing the album as he was recording it, as is evident by >examining the outtakes and the session chronology.
Almost right. See my reply to your next post. >A fascinating and worthwhile excerise is to listen to the BOTT outtakes (for >example) while reading the corresponding chapters in Paul Williams' >excellent "Bob Dylan: Performing Artist, Vol. 1." Small-World Dept.: I proofread Volume 1, and I'm quoted on the back of the dust jacket of the first edition. >I'm currently in the >middle of a comprehensive study of Dylan's career to date, using the >Williams books as my guides. He writes wonderfully in terms of how specific >performances (including studio takes) move him or not, personally speaking, >and gets deeply into the various outtakes and concert performances which are >available to collectors. He has (or, perhaps, had) more of the same in Crawdaddy, which was still published a year or so ago. However, I was annoyed by his analysis of Dylan's 5-night stay at wherever it was in L.A. a few years ago. Few of us can afford that privilege, although of course now almost all of it is available if you hunt a bit. >I began last summer with "The Minnesota Tapes" >(1961), and am now in the middle of Dylan's overtly Christian period (1980, >at present), listening to the unreleased songs recorded for what was to have >been the follow-up to the album "Saved." The boot entitled "Between Saved and Shot" has some revealing stuff. Gil NP Lead Balloon, from Taming the Tiger
