Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings have announced the next installment in the ongoing Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, which offers outtakes from several late-’60s recording sessions, including Dylan’s 1969 collaboration with Johnny Cash in Nashville.
The focus of the release is the Cash recordings, which include recordings of the two American music legends playing together in the studio as well as live cuts from their performance at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on May 1, 1969, and on the premiere episode of The Johnny Cash Show that aired on June 7 of that year.
Along with those previously unreleased recordings with Cash, Travelin’ Thru, 1967 – 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 also features mostly unreleased material from Dylan’s studio sessions for his albums John Wesley Harding (released 1967), Nashville Skyline (1969), and Self Portrait (1970), along with studio sessions with bluegrass icon Earl Scruggs for the PBS special Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends.
Travelin’ Thru, set for release on Nov. 1, will be available digitally and in three-CD and three-LP versions. Check out the full tracklist below, and pre-order the collection here.
Bob Dylan (featuring Johnny Cash) – Travelin’ Thru, 1967 – 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15:
DISC 1:
October 17, 1967
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
John Wesley Harding sessions
1. Drifter’s Escape – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
2. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine – Take 2 (Alternate Version)
November 6, 1967
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
John Wesley Harding sessions
3. All Along the Watchtower – Take 3 (Alternate Version)
4. John Wesley Harding – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
5. As I Went Out One Morning – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
6. I Pity the Poor Immigrant – Take 4 (Alternate Version)
7. I Am a Lonesome Hobo – Take 4 (Alternate Version)
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar, harmonica
Charlie McCoy: bass
Kenneth Buttrey: drums
February 13, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
Nashville Skyline sessions
8. I Threw It All Away – Take 1 (Alternate Version), Previously released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait
9. To Be Alone with You – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
10. Lay Lady Lay – Take 2 (Alternate Version), Previously released as a digital download with iTunes pre-orders of Together Through Life
11. One More Night – Take 2 (Alternate Version)
12. Western Road – Take 1 (Outtake)
February 14, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
Nashville Skyline sessions
13. Peggy Day – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
14. Tell Me That It Isn’t True – Take 2 (Alternate Version)
15. Country Pie – Take 2 (Alternate Version)
Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Kelton D. Herston, Norman Blake, Charlie Daniels, Wayne Moss (10 & 12): guitars
Bob Wilson: piano, organ
Peter Drake: steel guitar (13-15)
Charlie McCoy: bass
Kenneth Buttrey: drums
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DISC 2:
February 17, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
1. I Still Miss Someone – Take 5, Written by Johnny Cash and Roy Cash, Jr.
2. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right/Understand Your Man – Rehearsal, Written by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash
February 18, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
3. One Too Many Mornings – Take 3
4. Mountain Dew – Take 1, Written by Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Scott Wiseman
5. Mountain Dew – Take 2
6. I Still Miss Someone – Take 2, Written by Johnny Cash and Roy Cash, Jr.
7. Careless Love – Take 1, Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash
8. Matchbox – Take 1, Written by Carl Perkins
9. That’s All Right, Mama – Take 1, Written by Arthur Crudup
10. Mystery Train/This Train Is Bound for Glory – Take 1, Mystery Train written by Junior Parker, This Train Is Bound for Glory written by Woody Guthrie
11. Big River – Take 1, Written by Johnny Cash
12. Girl from the North Country – Rehearsal
13. Girl from the North Country – Take 1
14. I Walk the Line – Take 2, Written by Johnny Cash
15. Guess Things Happen That Way – Rehearsal, Written by Jack Clement
16. Guess Things Happen That Way – Take 3
17. Five Feet High and Rising – Take 1, Written by Johnny Cash
18. You Are My Sunshine – Take 1, Written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell
19. Ring of Fire – Take 1
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DISC 3:
February 18, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
1. Studio Chatter
2. Wanted Man – Take 1
3. Amen – Rehearsal, Written by Jester Hairston
4. Just a Closer Walk with Thee – Take 1, Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash
5. Jimmie Rodgers Medley No. 1 – Take 1, Based on Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas), The Brakeman’s Blues (Yodeling the Blues Away), and Blue Yodel No. 5 (It’s Raining Here) written by Jimmie Rodgers
6. Jimmie Rodgers Medley No. 2 – Take 2, Based on Waiting for a Train, The Brakeman’s Blues (Yodeling the Blues Away), and Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas) written by Jimmie Rodgers
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Johnny Cash: vocals, guitar
Carl Perkins: guitar (08,10, 02, 04-06)
Bob Wootton: guitar
Marshall Grant: bass
W.S. Holland: drums
May 1, 1969
Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN
Live on The Johnny Cash Show
Originally broadcast on ABC-TV, June 7, 1969
7. I Threw It All Away, included on 2010 DVD The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969-1971
8. Living the Blues
9. Girl from the North Country, included on 2010 DVD The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969-1971
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Johnny Cash: vocals, guitar (09)
Norman Blake and Charlie Daniels: guitars
Peter Drake: steel guitar
Bob Wilson: piano
Charlie McCoy: bass
Kenneth Buttrey: drums
May 3, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
Self Portrait sessions
10. Ring of Fire (Outtake)
11. Folsom Prison Blues (Outtake), Written by Johnny Cash
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Fred F. Carter, Norman Blake: guitars
Charlie Daniels: guitar (11), bass (10)
Bob Wilson: piano
Peter Drake: steel guitar
Charlie McCoy: harmonica (10), bass (11)
Kenneth Buttrey: drums
Delores Edgin and Dottie Dillard: background vocals
May 17, 1970
The Home of Thomas B. Allen, Carmel, New York
With Earl Scruggs
12. Earl Scruggs Interview
13. East Virginia Blues, Written by A.P. Carter, Included in 1971 documentary Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends
14. To Be Alone with You
15. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance, Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan
16. Nashville Skyline Rag, Previously released on the album Earl Scruggs Performing with His Family and Friends
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Earl Scruggs: banjo
Randy Scruggs: acoustic guitar
Gary Scruggs: electric bass
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September 20, 2019 at 7:46 pmI’ve had the Dylan Cash sessions on bootleg forever. A little warbley but still priceless. Throw in Carl Perkins and it’s pretty perfect. This is one release that could be a goldmine. Just gotta dig a little.