A session featuring Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash has been dug up to appear on Dylan's forthcoming release Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15. Featuring an impressive 47 previously unreleased recordings, the expansive set is due out November 1 via Columbia/Legacy Recordings.
The session with Cash was recorded in over two days in Nashville in 1969 and consisted of recording "Girl from the North Country," jamming with Carl Perkins, covering "Mystery Train" and "You Are My Sunshine," and writing Cash's "Wanted Man."
The full recordings from that session appear on the latest installment of The Bootleg Series, which will arrive digitally and as 3-CD and 3-LP vinyl sets.
There are also a handful of Cash covers from the Self Portrait sessions and the soundtrack to Dylan's 1969 appearance on The Johnny Cash Show.
Also included on the upcoming release are outtakes from Dylan's 1967 John Wesley Harding sessions and Nashville Skyline, as well as home recordings with Earl Scruggs and his family.
Listen to Dylan's newly uncovered recording of "I Pity the Poor Immigrant (Take 4)," and see the full tracklisting and credits for The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 below.
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)
9. To Be Alone with You – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
10. Lay Lady Lay – Take 2 (Alternate Version)
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
DISC 2:
February 17, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
1. I Still Miss Someone – Take 5
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right/Understand Your Man – Rehearsal
February 18, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
3. One Too Many Mornings – Take 3
4. Mountain Dew – Take 1
5. Mountain Dew – Take 2
6. I Still Miss Someone – Take 2
7. Careless Love – Take 1
8. Matchbox – Take 1
9. That's All Right, Mama – Take 1
10. Mystery Train/This Train Is Bound for Glory – Take 1
11. Big River – Take 1
12. Girl from the North Country – Rehearsal
13. Girl from the North Country – Take 1
14. I Walk the Line – Take 2
15. Guess Things Happen That Way – Rehearsal
16. Guess Things Happen That Way – Take 3
17. Five Feet High and Rising – Take 1
18. You Are My Sunshine – Take 1
19. Ring of Fire – Take 1
DISC 3:
February 18, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
01. Studio Chatter
02. Wanted Man – Take 1
03. Amen – Rehearsal
04. Just a Closer Walk with Thee – Take 1
05. 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
06. 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
07. I Threw It All Away
08. Living the Blues
09. Girl from the North Country
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)
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
14. To Be Alone with You
15. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
16. Nashville Skyline Rag
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Earl Scruggs: banjo
Randy Scruggs: acoustic guitar
Gary Scruggs: electric bass
The session with Cash was recorded in over two days in Nashville in 1969 and consisted of recording "Girl from the North Country," jamming with Carl Perkins, covering "Mystery Train" and "You Are My Sunshine," and writing Cash's "Wanted Man."
The full recordings from that session appear on the latest installment of The Bootleg Series, which will arrive digitally and as 3-CD and 3-LP vinyl sets.
There are also a handful of Cash covers from the Self Portrait sessions and the soundtrack to Dylan's 1969 appearance on The Johnny Cash Show.
Also included on the upcoming release are outtakes from Dylan's 1967 John Wesley Harding sessions and Nashville Skyline, as well as home recordings with Earl Scruggs and his family.
Listen to Dylan's newly uncovered recording of "I Pity the Poor Immigrant (Take 4)," and see the full tracklisting and credits for The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 below.
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)
9. To Be Alone with You – Take 1 (Alternate Version)
10. Lay Lady Lay – Take 2 (Alternate Version)
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
DISC 2:
February 17, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
1. I Still Miss Someone – Take 5
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right/Understand Your Man – Rehearsal
February 18, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
3. One Too Many Mornings – Take 3
4. Mountain Dew – Take 1
5. Mountain Dew – Take 2
6. I Still Miss Someone – Take 2
7. Careless Love – Take 1
8. Matchbox – Take 1
9. That's All Right, Mama – Take 1
10. Mystery Train/This Train Is Bound for Glory – Take 1
11. Big River – Take 1
12. Girl from the North Country – Rehearsal
13. Girl from the North Country – Take 1
14. I Walk the Line – Take 2
15. Guess Things Happen That Way – Rehearsal
16. Guess Things Happen That Way – Take 3
17. Five Feet High and Rising – Take 1
18. You Are My Sunshine – Take 1
19. Ring of Fire – Take 1
DISC 3:
February 18, 1969
Columbia Studio A, Nashville, TN
The Dylan-Cash Sessions
01. Studio Chatter
02. Wanted Man – Take 1
03. Amen – Rehearsal
04. Just a Closer Walk with Thee – Take 1
05. 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
06. 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
07. I Threw It All Away
08. Living the Blues
09. Girl from the North Country
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)
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
14. To Be Alone with You
15. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
16. Nashville Skyline Rag
Bob Dylan: vocals, guitar
Earl Scruggs: banjo
Randy Scruggs: acoustic guitar
Gary Scruggs: electric bass
