Near Miss: Best of Folk Songs 10-LP box

The Best of Folk Songs is a 10-LP boxed set released in Taiwan that included 5 Simon & Garfunkel albums, 2 Carole King albums, and 3 Joan Baez albums. One of the Baez discs is all-Dylan with 14 covers. The Dylan disc does not have a separate title, all 3 Baez discs are titled “Golden Joan Baez Deluxe Package.”
Simon & Garfunkel's The Times They Are A-Changin' is also included on one of their discs.
The set has been added to the NEAR MISS page.
Thanks to Ger Hemel

The Dylan covers:
Joan Baez: Blowin' In The Wind / Farewell, Angelina / Daddy, You Been On My Mind / It's All Over Now, Baby Blue / Don't Think Twice, It's All Right / A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall / It Ain't Me, Babe / North Country Blues / I Pity The Poor Immigrant / I Shall Be Released / The Walls of Redwing / Boots of Spanish Leather / Love Is Just a Four Letter Word / Love Minus Zero/No Limit /
Simon & Garfunkel: The Times They Are A-Changin'

DataBase update: +93

Today's DataBase update added 93, new total 30,340.
Click the "UPDATE" link in the right sidebar to browse the new additions.

Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands: Round 5

Round 5 of DylanRadio.com's Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands is now open for voting: David Bertsch's If Not For You vs. Jacques Mees' One Too Many Mornings and Big Son's If Not For You vs. Zelda Michele's When The Deal Goes Down. The two winners will vie for 1st place.
[Round 5]
(Note that winners are chosen by the three judges. The public voting may influence their decisions but does not determine the winners.)

Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands: Round 4 complete

Round 4 of DylanRadio.com's Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands is now complete. Congratulations to the survivors:
David Bertsch - If Not For You
Big Son - If Not For You
Zelda Michele - When The Deal Goes Down
Jacques Mees - One Too Many Mornings
[Round 4 Results]
(Note that winners are chosen by the three judges. The public voting may influence their decisions but does not determine the winners.)

For Sale

See my eBay items for several rare Dylan cover singles & EPs (and some other records, too.)

Miscellaneous ramblings...

» There are now more than 1,000 posts here on the
Blog in Plain D, launched March 2006.

» The Indigo Girls' new live album Staring Down The Brilliant Dream includes Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, culled from their 2006-09 tours (if anyone knows the track details please advise.)
[amazon.com]

» Toronto folk/pop duo Dala (Amanda Walther and Sheila Carabine) perform Girl From The North Country on their live CD & DVD Girls From The North Country: Dala Live in Concert. In the US, the concert is being broadcast on PBS stations.
[Dala website][press release][CD: CD Baby][DVD: CD Baby]
Thanks to Michael Tearson

» Sarah Jarosz has been performing Ring Them Bells on her solo tour, some examples can be found at bt.etree.org: [5/20][6/16]

» Splintered Sunlight performed four Dylan covers (plus Wagon Wheel) at their June 17 show, available at Live Music Archive: Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again / It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry / Tangled Up In Blue / All Along The Watchtower

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Dylan: The Poetry and The Music

Dylan: The Poetry and The Music is a new Reader's Digest Music compilation available from iTunes. Many of the 11 tracks have appeared on earlier Reader's Digest albums. Released 5/25.
The album has been added to Dylan Cover Albums HERE.



The tracklist:
Blowin' In The Wind - Judy Collins
Mr. Tambourine Man - Gaynor Ellen
Forever Young - Mae McKenna
Forever Young - Wendy Quinlan & Lavender Hill Orchestra
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Voice Magic
Like A Rolling Stone - Steve Gray & The Robinsons
The Times They Are A-Changin' - Judy Collins
If Not For You - Jaki Graham
Long Time Gone - Louis Nunley
Farewell Angelina - Jaki Graham
Farewell Angelina - Wendy Quinlan & Ralph Benatar

Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands: Round 4

The 4 match-ups for Round 4 of DylanRadio.com's Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands are now open for voting. Congratulations to the survivors of Round 3: David Bertsch, Dusty Keleher, Blood On The Tracks, Big Son, Zelda Michele, Luigi Catuogno, Jacques Mees and The Highlights (wildcard).
[Round 4]
(Note that winners are determined by the three judges, but the public voting may influence their decisions.)

DataBase update: +54

Today's DataBase update added 54, new total 30,247.
Click the "UPDATE" link in the right sidebar to browse the new additions.

Weavers Green

Thanks to Peter Phelan, member of the UK folk trio The Weavers Green for providing scans of their original self-titled 1970 LP and reissue CD as mentioned in my previous post. The album includes You Ain't Going Nowhere and other '60s folk & pop songs.
CD and download (album or track) available at CD Baby

Miscellaneous ramblings...

» Canadian folksinger Kim Beggs covers I'll Be Your Baby Tonight on her upcoming album Blue Bones, to be released July 20.
Thanks to Michael Tearson

» The Dylan Night Band of Germany has several new tracks available for listening on their MySpace player: Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands / Don't Think Twice, It's All Right / 'Cross The Green Mountain / Girl From The North Country / Masters Of War / Sara

» Speaking of MySpace, as I find new covers that allow it, I add them to the "2010" Playlist on my MySpace player. (Some artists do not allow their tracks to be added to other players.) Go to DylanCover at MySpace, in the Player click on "Playlists" and choose "2010." Older covers are in the various other Playlists.

» Correction: I had previously listed the band Duke Junior & The Smokey Boots as being from Athens Georgia, but they are from Athens Ohio. I have corrected the error in all posts and DataBase listings.

» The Mud City Ramblers performed three Dylan songs at their May 21 show in Vermont, available at the Live Music Archive:
Oxford Town / Girl From The North Country / Shelter From The Storm

» The Weavers Green, a UK folk trio who released a self-titled LP in 1970, has reissued the album digitally and on CD, now titled Both Sides Now. Included is You Ain't Goin' Nowhere.
More info at: weaversgreen.co.uk
CD and download (album or track) available from CD Baby

» California bluegrass band The Hicktones cover I'll Be Your Baby Tonight on their new album Tellico Plains, available from CD Baby
More info at: thehicktones.com

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Please help support DylanCover.com (including Dylan Cover Albums, Dylan Title Tracks, The Blog in Plain D, and the 30,000+ Dylan Covers DataBase)
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New in the DylanCover.com collection:Riem de Wolff

I Shall Be Released (3:48)
Riem de Wolff
Back On Track
CD: Silver Star/ZYX Music SIS 1118-2 (Germany - 2008 reissue)

As The Blue Diamonds, brothers duo Ruud and Riem de Wolff were exponents of the Dutch Indonesian-rock scene. The de Wolffs had emigrated to Holland in 1949. Their first record was released in 1959, and they had several international hits through the '60s. After Ruud's passing in 2000, Riem first recorded I Shall Be Released in 2001 with his son Steffen as The New Diamonds. He recorded the song again for the 2005 solo album featured here.
Pictured is a 2008 German-issue CD. The original album read "Mr. Blue Diamond" in place of the "Blue Diamonds' " on this reissue.
More info about Riem and The Blue Diamonds at bluediamonds.nl
CDs available from:
amazon.com (reissue) or amazon.com (original)

Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands: Round 3

The 7 match-ups for Round 3 of DylanRadio.com's Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands are now open for voting.
Note that winners are determined by the three judges, but the public voting may influence their decisions.
[Round 3]

Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands: Round 2 Winners

Congratulations to the survivors of Round 2 of DylanRadio.com's Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands:
David Bertsch, A. Hill & R. Safier & Hard Rain, Dusty Keleher, Blood On The Tracks, Butchers Blind, BIG SON, Maggie’s Farm Southern Band, ROBOBOB, The Highlights, Renee Safier, Zelda Michele.

YouTube policy

Due to the ongoing purging of Dylan videos from YouTube - including many cover versions - I will no longer be adding any YouTube covers to the DataBase. It makes no sense to add covers that may be deleted soon after they are posted. Compounding the problem, some users are re-uploading their old covers with different descriptions, formats or credits, making it impossible to determine if they are new or the same as previously listed covers.

To continue being listed in the Dylan Covers DataBase, I urge performers to upload their covers to any of the many audio hosting websites and keep me informed.

Existing YouTube items in the DataBase will not be deleted, although it is likely many of the links are no longer valid.
--D.P.

Near Miss: William Hames & The Small Steps

Just Go For It Live by the Japan-based William Hames & The Small Steps (featuring Jeff Sato) has been added to the Dylan Cover Albums NEAR MISSES pages, with 7 Dylan covers of 11 tracks. The 2008 CD is listed but currently unavailable from amazon.co.jp. I was unable to find it listed at any US or Euro source.
Thanks to Anton Bohnen

The Dylan covers:
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat / It's All Over Now, Baby Blue / Knockin' On Heaven's Door / All Along The Watchtower / Forever Young / Blowin' In The Wind / Like A Rolling Stone
(The non-Dylan tracks: Stormy Monday / Key To The Highway / Little Red Rooster / Honky Tonk Women)

William Hames had provided guest vocals for Like A Rolling Stone on Jeff Sato's 2007 album Feedback!

"More" in DataBase

Users of the Dylan Covers DataBase will find a new field displayed at the bottom of each item's Detail View. The "More" field may contain additional information about each cover, including band info, additional links or images, or any overflow that will not fit in other fields.

To view each cover's Detail page, simply click on any Artist name in the List view.

Miscellaneous ramblings...

» Warren Haynes covers Masters Of War on The Benefit Concert Volume 3, a recent CD release of the 2001 edition of his annual Christmas Jam concert
[amazon.com]
The Benefit Concert Volume 8, a DVD of the 2006 Christmas Jam includes All Along The Watchtower and I Shall be Released performed by Haynes' band Gov't Mule with guests, including Dave Matthews and Branford Marsalis on Watchtower.
[amazon.com]

» A cover of Forever Young is included on the 2005 boxset anthology by Björgvin Halldórsson of Iceland. Unknown if the track is from an earlier album or was previously unreleased, if anyone knows the details please advise.
Thanks to Anton Bohnen

» Levi's Pioneer Sessions is a new series of free downloads that invites current artists to "re-craft the classic songs that inspired their sound." Included is a cover of I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine by The Dirty Projectors. Registration required.

» Covers from Daytrotter Sessions:
Nobody 'Cept You - Suzannah Johannes (a capella)
As I Went Out One Morning - Yoni Wolf
I Want You - The Tallest Man On Earth
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
Registration required, free download of complete EPs.

» The latest DataBase update includes several covers from various live CDs and DVDs by Moonalice, available from their website shop. There are probably others, but some titles available do not display tracklists.

» Australian band The Smokin' Crawdads cover It's all Over Now, Baby Blue and The Mighty Quinn of their CD Straight to the Pool Room. More info at their website
Thanks to Anton Bohnen

» The Garcia Birthday Band performed three Dylan songs at their May 27 show, available at Live Music Archive: Visions Of Johanna / Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall / The Mighty Quinn

» Cubensis performed three Dylan songs at their April 15 show, available at Live Music Archive: Queen Jane Approximately / All Along The Watchtower / Knockin' On Heaven's Door

» Recent "Oldie" discoveries:
- It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry - Lyle Swedeen - LP: Sunshine Inside (1974 - US) MySpace
- I Shall Be Released - Paul Hanks - single B-side (1969 - US)

» There continue to be many Dylan covers available from the Live Music Archive, all free downloads in various formats. The latest DataBase update includes covers from these bands:
7 Walkers, Bloodkin (2), John Butler Trio, Cosmic Railroad, Cubensis (5), Dark Star Orchestra (2), Duke Junior and The Smokey Boots (15), ekoostik Hookah, Drew Emmitt Band, Garcia Birthday Band (3), David Gray, Greensky Bluegrass, Jam Stampede, The Maykers, Del McCoury Band, Moonalice (2), Greg Peterson, The Radiators (2), The Snauzeberries (2), Splintered Sunlight (4), William Walter & Co., Xtra Ticket
Us the New covers at LMA link in the right sidebar to browse the new additions

DataBase update: +108

Today's DataBase update added 108, new total 30,193.
Click the "UPDATE" link in the right sidebar to browse the new additions.

All-Dylan set by Duke Junior & Smokey Boots

On April 17 Duke Junior and The Smokey Boots performed an all-Dylan set at a benefit show in their hometown of Athens, Ohio. A soundboard recording of the 9 song set is available for free download at Live Music Archive.
Simple Twist Of Fate / She Belongs To Me / The Man In Me / Tombstone Blues / If You Gotta Go, Go Now / Odds and Ends / You Ain't Goin' Nowhere / Walkin' Down The Line / I Shall Be Released

Robert Randolph: Shot Of Love

Robert Randolph and The Family Band cover Shot Of Love on their upcoming release We Walk This Road, to be released June 22.
[amazon.com]

Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands: Round 2

The 13 match-ups for Round 2 of DylanRadio.com's Battle of the Dylan Cover Bands are now open for voting. Some difficult decisions, with several friends of this site pitted against each other. Winners are determined by the three judges, but the public voting may influence their decisions.
More info

2 New in Dylan Title Tracks

The first-of-month update of Dylan Title Tracks added 2 items, for a new total of 1,657.