DataBase update: +61

Today's DataBase update added 61, new total 30,971.
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Stony Brook CD - UPDATE

9/8/10: I've received reports that the CD is now being shipped by Stony Brook/Shop SB.

Las canciones de Joan Baez by Reacciones

Added to the Non-Dylan Tributes page is Las canciones de Joan Baez, a 1978 Spanish LP by Reacciones with Farewell Angelina.
Thanks to Ger Hemel

Dolores Scozzesi sings Dylan

Jazz vocalist Dolores Scozzesi sings One More Cup Of Coffee and Just Like A Woman on her new release A Special Taste.
Demo versions can be heard on MySpace.
[amazon.com]
Will also be available from CD Baby soon

Jack of Hearts tribute show

The tribute band Jack of Hearts played a Dylan set at The Shore in Hermosa Beach California on August 23. The 9 track set is available free (VBR mp3 or Ogg Vorbis) from archive.org's Community Audio.
"Shore Mix" is a sampler with short clips of songs from the show.

Tombstone Blues / She Belongs To Me / All Along The Watchtower / Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again / Blowin' In The Wind / Knockin' On Heaven's Door / Tangled Up In Blue / Positively 4th Street / Like A Rolling Stone

Miscellaneous ramblings...

» Finnish band Hoedown covers I Shall Be Released on their new release Black & White
Thanks to Juhani Heino via Facebook

» Acoustic blues/rock band The Mojo Risers from Waiheke Island, New Zealand cover I Shall Be Released on their new CD Live at Artworks Theatre.
[bandcamp.com]
Thanks to Bill Hester

» Recent "Oldie" dis-cover-ies:
- Blowin' In The Wind by The Sounds of Youth, a Dayton Ohio youth chorus on their self-titled LP, ca. 1970(?)
- If You Gotta Go, Go Now by the duo Thomas Douglas (Thomas Willett + Douglas Rockwell) on the LP Sweet Land of Liberty (Freeway Records TDA1 - Las Vegas)
- El poderoso Quinn (Mighty Quinn) by The Sound and Company on a 1968 single from Argentinia. Performed in English.

» Yonder Mountain String Band performed Spanish Harlem Incident and It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry at their 8/15 show. Tracks or complete show download can be purchased from livedownloads.com

» Jeff Tweedy of Wilco played Simple Twist Of Fate at the Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts on 8/15. A torrent of his solo set is available at bt.etree.org

» Recent LMA 2-fers:
Bloodkin 8/20/10: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere + New Pony
Jemimah Puddleduck 8/6/10: Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You + It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
JGB 8/7/10: Simple Twist Of Fate + Tangled Up In Blue
Mark Paradis Band 8/21/10: Like A Rolling Stone + The Mighty Quinn
Shady Groove 8/13/10: Tangled Up In Blue + It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
The Thugz 8/2/10: Absolutely Sweet Marie + I Shall Be Released
Bob Walkenhorst 8/11/10: Like A Rolling Stone + The Times They Are A-Changin'

» CD Baby dis-cover-ies
- All Along The Watchtower - 46 Long on Off The Rack
- Forever Young - Martin Tallstrom on Acoustics
- Knocking On Heaven's Door - Lisa Chavous and the Philadelphia Blues Messengers on Blues Addiction
- Born In Time + Need A Woman - Doc Bones & The Rattlesnakes on Outlaws & Lovers

» See the DataBase update for many more new covers. News reports, comments and suggestions are always welcome.

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DataBase update: +103

Today's DataBase update added 103, new total 30,910.
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NEW: Gandalf Murphy does Dylan

The Circus Does Dylan is a collection of live covers by the Hudson Valley NY band Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams. Seven of the eleven tracks were recorded in May 2009 at Towne Crier Cafe, Pawling NY, the others at various venues 2005-2008.
The album will be added to Dylan Cove Albums when more details are available.
The album is available as a physical CD or mp3 download. More info and ordering at the band's on-line store
Thanks to Michael Tearson for the tip

The tracklist:
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 / Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again / Knockin' On Heaven's Door / I Want You / Subterranean Homesick Blues / All I Really Want To Do / Song To Woody / Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat / Just Like A Woman / Gates Of Eden / All Along The Watchtower

Johnny Desvan cassette

A scan of the Johnny Desvan Tributo a Bob Dylan cassette from Spain has finally been added to Dylan Cover Albums. This image has been missing since the early days of the website!
Follow the links to see the odd story of these 1970s tracks, released on LP and cassette mostly in Spain - but also US and UK - in at least nine different variations, under many different names.
Thanks to Lars M. Banke

NEW: Ernst Jansz: Dromen van Johanna

Dromen van Johanna is a new album of Dutch translations by Ernst Jansz, to be released by V2 Records Benelux on September 6.
The album will be added to Dylan Cove Albums when more details are available.
Ernst Jansz info at Wikipedia
Album page at V2 Records (Dutch)
The album will be available digitally beginning 9/06.
[amazon.com][amazon.co.uk][amazon.de]
CD available from Holland and Euro retailers.
Thanks to Anton Bohnen for the tip

The tracklist:
Corrina Corrina
Zware regen (A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall)
Uit Spanje Spaanse laarzen (Boots Of Spanish Leather)
Voor Ramona (To Ramona)
De Verlorenstraat (Desolation Row)
Als een vrouw (Just Like A Woman)
Dromen van Johanna (Visions Of Johanna)
Droeve dame van het Laagland (Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands)
Liefde min nul (Love Minus Zero/No Limit)
Huiswaarts (Tomorrow’s A Long Time)
Iedere korrel zand (Every Grain Of Sand)
Het meisje van de Rode Rivier (Red River Shore)

Japanese questions

1) Anyone know if Blowin' In The Wind by the Japanese band Judy and Mary on their album The Power Source is the Dylan song?

2) Anyone know if Blowin' In The Wind by the Japanese band Hi-Timez on their album In My Words is the Dylan song?

DylanCover.com at Facebook

If you haven't yet, check out the new DylanCover.com page at Facebook. Anyone can view the page, you need not be a Facebook member. Some of the content is repeated from here, but there are also links to favorite covers, comments by users and more. Facebook users who "Like" the page can post their own images or links to covers and videos, so it isn't just me adding to the page. Thanks to those who have been participating.

DylanCover.com at Facebook
(permanent link in right side bar)

3 added to Dylan Cover Albums

I have added these three recent releases (see previous posts) to Dylan Cover Albums. Some details are still unknown, if you can provide them (catalog numbers, playing time, etc.) please advise.

» Jacques Mees - Shooting Star (vocals)
» DylanGrass (instrumentals)
» Bob Dylan Birthday Celebration - 2008 and 2009 (various artist)

Dylan Mania promo bonus CD

There is a promotional version of the 2009 Dylan Mania CD that includes a bonus disc of the three tracks that are only available with the download version of the album. The bonus disc is shrink-wrapped together with the ordinary CD.
The albums listing at Dylan Cover Albums has been updated.
Thanks to John W. Bakke

Like A Rolling Stone - Grand David
Tombstone Blues - Hi Fi Klub
The Times They Are A-Changin' - GRS Club

How Many Roads: Black America sings Bob Dylanimage and link added

Several retail websites are listing a new Dylan cover compilation to be released by the UK's Ace Records on October 5. How Many Roads: Black America Sings Bob Dylan contains 20 classic R&B/Soul covers. More info will be posted when available.
Thanks to John W. Bakke


Pre-order from: [amazon.com][amazon.de]

The tracklist:
Blowing In The Wind - O.V. Wright
Girl From The North Country - Howard Tate
I Pity The Poor Immigrant - Marion Williams
Maggie's Farm - Solomon Burke
Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Brook Benton
From A Buick 6 - Gary Us Bonds
The Man In Me - The Persuasions
Like A Rolling Stone - Major Harris
With God On Our Side - The Neville Brothers
Mr. Tambourine Man - Con Funk Shun
Masters Of War - The Staple Singers
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Bill Brandon
Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine - Patti La Belle
Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Booker T Jones
All Along The Watchtower - Bobby Womack
Just Like A Woman - Nina Simone
I Shall Be Released - Freddie Scott
Lay Lady Lay - The Isley Brothers
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You - Esther Phillips
Emotionally Yours - The O'Jays

Miscellaneous ramblings...

» Antony & The Johnsons cover Pressing On on their upcoming EP Thank You For Your Love to be released September 7th.
[amazon.com][amazon.co.uk][amazon.de]

» The Blue Rose Rockestra covers three Dylan songs on the Blue Rose Records release The Blue Rose Christmas Party 2009: All Along The Watchtower (featuring Ben Arnold and Joseph Parsons) / Jokerman (featuring Joseph Parsons) / Like A Rolling Stone (featuring Jason Ringenberg, Scott Bricklin and Ben Arnold)
[bluerose-records.de]
Thanks to Dirk Krah

» Michael Weston King covers I Pity The Poor Immigrant on his new album I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier.
[amazon.co.uk][amazon.de]
Thanks to Dirk Krah

» Elkie Brooks covers Make You Feel My Love on her new album Powerless. CD is available from her website, digital version from various sources.
[amazon.com][amazon.co.uk][amazon.de]

» Two recently reported covers are the first Bengali translations listed in the DataBase, both by Suman Chatterjee (aka Kabir Suman.) Uttoro to Jana (Blowin' In The Wind) from the 1993 album Ichchhe Holo, and Biday Porichita (Farewell Angelina) from the 1997 album Jatishwar.
Note: album and song title spellings vary by source.
Thanks to Anton Bohnen

» The June 2, 2000 show by The Radiators recently posted on Live Music Archive includes 3 Dylan songs: You Ain't Goin' Nowhere / This Wheel's On Fire / Down In The Flood

» Local Band Uncle Shoehorn plays a set at the annual Warwick Valley Winery Dylan Fest 2010 in New York state, available at archive.org's Community Audio (formerly Open Source Audio)
Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again / Queen Jane Approximately / Maggie's Farm / Quit Your Lowdown Ways / Simple Twist Of Fate.
Also played are He Was A Friend Of Mine and The Band's Ophelia.

» The Last Waltz Ensemble played five Dylan songs at their August 6 show in Atlanta, torrent available at bt.etree.org
Like A Rolling Stone / It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry / Tangled Up In Blue / Forever Young / Positively 4th Street

» CD Baby dis-cover-ies
- Forever Young - Nina Ryne & Jan Grigsby on Lost and Found!
- I Shall Be Released + Forever Young - Blaire Reinhard Band on Concert For Lauren
- Make You Feel My Love - Alan Jarvis on Feathers
- Masters Of War - Matthew Dewey on HBC Live 2010 (v/a)
- Gotta Serve Somebody - Amy Carol Webb on Rhythm - Rhyme - Reason: Songs that Taught Me
- I Want You + Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Chad Fadely on The Back Room
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Terry Cassidy on Seagrass
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right- Gal Holiday & The Honky Tonk Revue on Set Two
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Jerry Brown on Can't Believe It's Been Sixty Years
- Not Dark Yet - Boo Ray on Bad News Travels Fast
- Lord, Protect My Child - R.X. Bertoldi on Frame Work Revisited
- Shelter From The Storm - Claude VinCent on I Ain't Pretty
- One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below) - Mocha Java on Mocha Java [EP]
- Outlaw Blues - Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles on Live Singles
- Maggie's Farm - Hot Doggin' on Back On The Road
- Blowin' In The Wind - Motuba on World Peace
- Blowin' In The Wind - Jim Buckner on Beginning Start
- Blowin' In The Wind - Folk n Roll on A Far Away Place
- It Ain't Me Babe + Blowin' In The Wind - Sean Treacy on My Celtic and Country Album
- Blowin' In The Wind - Dangerous Folk on Dangerous Folk!
- Blowin' In The Wind - Lilac Sheer with Shay Tochner on Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
- Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Brett Beardslee on Rubber Tramp Road

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» See the DataBase update for many more new covers. News reports, comments and suggestions are always welcome.

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Stony Brook University's Dylan Birthday Celebrations

Bob Dylan Birthday Celebrations / 2008 and 2009 are recordings from the annual event at The University Café of Stony Brook University.
Listed at Dylan Cover Albums HERE
[Shop SB]
There are unknown complications with this release. CDs were not being shipped as of 8/30/10




The tracklist:
Mississippi - Rod MacDonald
Bob Dylan's Dream - Rod MacDonald
[Rod MacDonald's Dylan Story]
Subterranean Homesick Blues - Rod MacDonald
Long Ago, Far Away - The Kennedys
Down The Highway - Pat Wictor
Oxford Town - Pat Wictor
Moonshiner - Johnny Cuomo
I Want You - Caroline Doctorow
[Russ Seeger's Dylan Story]
I Threw It All Away - Russ Seeger
Like A Rolling Stone - The Kennedys

DataBase update: +111

Today's DataBase update added 111, new total 30,809.
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DylanCover.com at Facebook

I have resisted until now, but DylanCover.com now has a page on Facebook. After many queries and suggestions, I got tired of saying I didn't have a page, and having to explain why not. :)
I don't know how much I will use it, I'd much prefer readers visit here, but perhaps it will attract some new visitors here.
Other Facebook users can "Like" the page. Feel free to leave comments, use the discussion board, suggest ways that the Facebook page would be useful to you, etc. A permanent link has been added to the right sidebar >
As I am a newbie to Facebook, advice of veteran users would be welcome.

DylanCover.com at Facebook
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Thank You

Thanks to all who contributed to the DylanCover.com Summer Fundraiser (see right sidebar.)
Unfortunately the reponse confirms that support for the site is limited to a small but generous group who donate regularly. This trend plus declining readership does not bode well for the future of the site.
Thanks also to those who continue to contribute their time and expertise to keep me well informed of Dylan cover news worldwide, your support is no less important.

Shooting Star: Jacques Mees sings Bob Dylan

Shooting Star: Jacques Mees sings Bob Dylan has been released in The Netherlands. The album can be purchased digitally from legaldownload.net. CDs can be ordered via the Webshop at bobdylanlookalike.nl (a PayPal ordering system is to be available soon.)
Jacques' One Too Many Mornings placed third in the recently concluded 2nd annual DylanRadio.com Battle of the Dylan Cover bands.
The album has been added to Dylan Cover Albums HERE

The tracklist:
As I Went Out One Morning / Buckets Of Rain / Don't Think Twice, It's All Right / Girl From The North Country / Ballad Of Hollis Brown / He Was A Friend Of Mine / One More Cup Of Coffee / One Too Many Mornings / Tomorrow Is A Long Time / You Ain't Goin' Nowhere / Shooting Star / If Not For You

2 new in Dylan Title Tracks

Two new addition to Dylan Title Tracks this month: this 1979 German sleeve with Love Minus Zero on the B-side by Lou James and Avignon and a rare 1966 Spanish EP by Els Corbs with El senyor del tambor.
Thanks to Ronald Born and Dirk Krah

There are now 1,660 items displayed in Dylan Title Tracks