Even more Polish translations

More Polish cover mp3s from Sylwek Szweda. See his list HERE.
#63. Farma Maggie (Maggie's Farm)
#64. Tej Nocy Zostaję z Tobą (Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You)
#65. Straciłem To Wszystko (I Threw It All Away)
#66. Ciemne Oczy (Dark Eyes)
Note: #65 & 66 are listed but not yet available for download.

Download covers by Susan Rarick

Susan Rarick has six Dylan covers available on her website suerarick.com: Positively 4th Street, Forever Young, Ballad of a Thin Man, Hollis Brown, Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35, and Knocking on Heaven's Door.
Also available for download are videos of Positively 4th Street and Knockin' On Heaven's Door.
The downloadable mp3's are in mono. Full quality stereo versions (except Thin Man) are available for purchase on CDR

Polish translation #62

• A new Polish cover mp3 from Sylwek Szweda:
#62. Kiedy Się Obudzisz (When You Gonna Wake Up)
See his list HERE.

Dylan Title Tracks: 7 new sleeves added

7 new sleeves have been added to Dylan Title Tracks, including this 1965 French EP with Écoute dans le Vent (Blowin' In the Wind) by Dany Claude & Orchestre Sylvio Nemo.
There are now 1,174 sleeves & albums displayed in Dylan Title Tracks.
Thanks to H.P. Bushoff for this week's additions.

New in the DylanCover.com collection: Martin Yarbrough

Farewell
Martin Yarbrough
Mixed Moods
LP: Argo LP-4043 (mono); 1965 (US)

Martin Yarbrough recorded two folk-jazz albums for Argo, the jazz susidiary of Chicago's famed Chess Records. 1963's "The Martin Yarbrough Showcase" included a cover of Blowin' In The Wind. 1965's Mixed Moods includes Farewell, a very nice rendition featuring Martin's rich tenor vocal & acoustic guitar. Recorded in Chicago during Setember 1964.

New in the DylanCover.com collection: Tony Mottola

Lay Lady Lay (instrumental)
Tony Mottola
Tony Mottola's Guitar Factory
LP: Project 3 PR 5044 SD; 1970 (US)

Nice cover.
The guitar instro of Lay Lady Lay isn't bad either. :)
Another of the "Enoch Light Presents" albums from Project 3. A mix of instrumental versions of the hits of the day plus a few originals. The album notes describe Mottola as "America's greatest popular guitarist." Tony was Perry Como's arranger in the '50s, recorded many albums for Command and Project 3 during the '60s & '70s, and was Frank Sinatra's guitarist for most of the 1980s. Lay Lady Lay also features guitarists Vinnie Bell and Jay Berliner.

Collector's Guide updates: Country

• COUNTRY:
+ 1977 live LP A Man Must Carry On by Jerry Jeff Walker with One Too Many Mornings.
+ 1982 LP CowJazz by Jerry Jeff Walker with Don't Think Twice, It's All Right.
+ video Live at The Bottom Line - June 22, 1991 by Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed with Don't Think Twice, It's All Right.

New "oldie" cover: Mike Berry & The Crickets

Take a British oldies singer, whose first recording success was in 1961 with the UK #24 single "Tribute to Buddy Holly," pair him with Holly's '50s band The Crickets to record an album of their favorites, and you get yet another version of the oft-covered Don't Think Twice, It's All Right. Mike Berry (not to be confused with UK '60s singer Dave Berry) also had several hits in the 1980s. Fans of the British BBC sitcom Are you Being Served? (seen on PBS in the US) will recognize Berry as Mr. Spooner, from the final years of the program. Berry & The Crickets have long planned to record together, and finally About Time Too! was recorded in Tennessee during November 2004, released in the UK in 2005 and now available in the US.

Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de

New Joker777 live covers on-line

Joker777 of Tokyo has added 5 Live Dylan covers to his SoundClick.com website. Recorded live in Tokyo with Shiva Rainbow Blues Band are: One More Cup of Coffee, Subterranean Homesick Blues, From a Buick 6, Maggie's Farm, and Like a Rolling Stone. Also included is a cover of Sweet Home Chicago. The tracks are available as listen-only audio streams or for-purchase mp3s.

New in the DylanCover.com collection: Vince Buffa

Like A Rolling Stone
Vince Buffa
Rosa
CD: P.Showletto Entertainment VB5105; 2001 (US)

Although several tracks here are about Los Angeles, Vince Buffa is from Georgia (I think) and that is all I know about him. Rosa is a mix of original songs, spoken monologues (some earning an "explicit" warning), and 2 covers: Everybody's Talkin' and Like A Rolling Stone in a 7-minute, slow paced acoustic arrangement. Available for less than $1 from Amazon Marketplace.

New download: Bye and Bye

Kurt Matthew has added a cover of Bye and Bye to his SoundClick.com website. This is the first cover of the Love And Theft track in my collection.

New addition to Dylan Covers on non-Dylan tributes

New to the Dylan Covers on non-Dylan Tributes page is Golden Hits of Peter Paul & Mary, a 1967 UK LP by The Cree, with a cover of Blowin' In The Wind.

New in the DylanCover.com collection: The Revelers

Blowin' In The Wind
The Revelers
The Revelers Sing
LP: Revelers Records AU-4668; 196? (US)

Not to be confused with The Revellers with 2-Ls from Ireland, who also covered Blowin' In The Wind, these 1-L Revelers were from New York. The four-man vocal group released this undated LP at the dawn of folk-rock as described on the sleeve:
“Sometimes referred to as the Civil Rights Movement's greatest Northern freedom song, Blowin' In The Wind is written in the new idiom called folk-rock, differentiated from the traditional folk song in that it is conciously composed rather than handed down over the years by word of mouth.”
I don't think that is an entirely accurate definition, but one look at these guys and you know there isnt much "rock" in their rendition!
The Revelers were Tom Edwards, Doc Savage, Ray Murcell, and Carl Olsen. Producer & music director was Milt Okun, who recorded several albums of his own and arranged for Harry Belafonte, the Chad Mitchell Trio, The Brothers Four, John Denver and others. The LP was available from their own label for only $5.25, postage and tax included.

New in the DylanCover.com collection: Push

Jokerman
Push
On The Run
CD: Z Records ZR1997025; 2000 (Denmark)

The Danish hard-rock band Push released four albums between 1996-2002. On The Run, their third, with their cover of Jokerman once again proves how Bob's songs can adapt to any style. More info about the band HERE.

Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

New in the DylanCover.com collection: A Whisper In The Noise

The Times They Are A-Changin'
A Whisper In The Noise
As The Bluebird Sings
CD: Transdreamer 2074; 2006 (US)

A Whisper In The Noise is a Minnesota-based band led by West Thordson. Terms they use to describe their music are: “dark and dynamic piano and strings-based project” and “bastardized orchestral garage rock.” Times is the closing song on this, their 2nd album. You can hear an audio stream of Times on their website.

Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

Billy Preston, R.I.P.

Billy Preston has died at the age of 59, after a long illness.
Preston recorded two Dylan covers, She Belongs To Me on 1969's That's The Way God Planned It, and It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) in 1973 on Everybody Likes Some Kind Of Music.

New covers: Druhá Tráva

Czech bluegrass band Druhá Tráva, led by Robert Krestan, has once again covered Dylan on their new album Good Morning, Friend. The soon to be released CD includes Ring Them Bells and Goin' To Acapulco.
Added to the Bluegrass Dylan Covers Collector's Guide



Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

Added to Translations: Gian Pieretti

Caro Bob Dylan, an Italian CD by Gian Pieretti has been circulating sine 1997, but I have previously resisted adding it to Dylan Cover Albums since the concensus was that it was a bootleg. The original CD was on the Pull label, and Italian collectors I had asked were of the opinion that it was not an official release. Recently it has reappeared, now on the Fuego label. This new incarnation appears to be more legit, as it includes mail & telephone info for Fuego (but still the same awful artwork!)
With Dylan in the title and 5 Dylan covers in Italian it qualifies for inclusion. The title-track is an original song by Pieretti. I have no links for the label or retailers, but the CD has been offered on Italian eBay.

The Dylan covers:
La Risposta (Blowin' In The Wind)
Mr. Tambourine Man
I Tempi Son Cambiati (The Times They Are A-Changing)
C'e' Una Pioggia (Rainy Day Women #12 & 35)
Bambina (It Ain't Me Babe)

Thanks to Lars M. Banke and Arie de Reus for info about this CD.

New downloads

Kurt Matthew has added two new Dylan cover MP3s to his SoundClick.com site:
Everything Is Broken
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

Dylan Title Tracks: updated with 4 sleeves

Four new sleeves have been added to Dylan Title Tracks, including this Italian Leon Russell sleeve of A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, the Portuguese sleeve of Just Like A Woman by Rod Stewart, and Mexican EPs that include Ferrante & Teicher's Lay Lady Lay and Bobby Sherman's One Too Many Mornings. Also, Sherman's German promo sleeve has been replaced by an improved scan.
There are now 1,167 sleeves & albums displayed in Dylan Title Tracks.
Thanks to H.P. Bushoff for this week's additions.

New in the DylanCover.com collection: Word of Mouth

The Times They Are A-Changin'
Word of Mouth
Somewhere in the World
CD: Trova TR-402; 1995 (US)

Word of Mouth was a bilingual Latin folk-rock band from California led by vocalist Libby Harding and Gary Johnson (who played keyboard on Del Shannon's 1961 classic hit Runaway.) The band later evolved into Conjunto Jardín. Times closes a three-song medley with Deportees and Pastures of Plenty, it's uptempo 2½ minute segment is sung in English and includes verses 1, 3 & 4 (as published at bobdylan.com) Used CDs can be found for as little as 1¢ at amazon.com!

Available from: amazon.com / amazon.co.uk / amazon.de / amazon.ca

First-of-month updates: June

The Dylan Covers DataBase has been updated, adding 350 new covers for a new total of 15,571.
Also 70 new images and many new links were added.
Click here to show New Additions Only.

Dylan Covers On-Line has been updated, adding 41 new cover links for a new total of 600.

Thanks to all who contributed to both sites during May.