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From '' Swamp Land In Heaven ''
Label: Cowtown – none
Format: Cassette, C62
Country: US
Released: 1988
Tracklist
This Side
A1 Can You Please Lend Me Your Crystal Ball?
A2 Everything Goes
A3 Swamp Land In Heaven
A4 I Want To Be A Yuppie
A5 Who'll Stop The Rain?
Featuring [With] – Walls Of Genius
Written-By – John Fogerty
Udder Side
B1 Denver (Deffer 'n Duller)
B2 The Stone Woman
B3 Tribute To Led Zeppelin
B4 Spank!
Featuring [With] – Walls Of Genius
B5 Mr. Tambourine Man
Featuring [With] – Walls Of Genius
Written-By – Bob Dylan
Notes
Recorded in Boulder, Colorado Feb-March, 1988 except A5 and B4, B5 with W.O.G. summer 1985.
Although this contains only approx. 40 minutes of music it was copied on a C62 white body cassette with hand-painted and -written stickers.
Released in a double-sided photocopied (on yellow paper) j-card with inner flap.
All compositions © 1988 Peter Tonks except where noted.
Copyright © – Peter Tonks
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"Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song written, composed, and performed by Bob Dylan, who released his original version of it on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home.
The Byrds also recorded a version of the song that they released in the same year as their first single on Columbia Records, reaching number 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart, as well as being the title track of their first album, Mr. Tambourine Man.
The Byrds' recording of the song was influential in initiating the musical subgenre of folk rock, leading many contemporary bands to mimic its fusion of jangly guitars and intellectual lyrics in the wake of the single's success.
This song has been covered by many artists, including Judy Collins, Odetta, Melanie, and William Shatner.
The song's popularity led to Dylan recording it live many times, and it has been included in multiple Dylan and Byrds compilation albums.
It has been translated into other languages, and has been used or referenced in television shows, films and books.
The song has a bright, expansive melody and has become famous in particular for its surrealistic imagery, influenced by artists as diverse as French poet Arthur Rimbaud and Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini.
The lyrics call on the title character to play a song and the narrator will follow.
Interpretations of the lyrics have included a paean to drugs such as LSD, a call to the singer's muse, a reflection of the audience's demands on the singer, and religious interpretations.
Dylan sings the song in four verses, of which The Byrds used only the second for their recording.
Dylan's and The Byrds' versions have appeared on various lists ranking the greatest songs of all time, including an appearance by both on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 best songs ever. Both versions also received Grammy Hall of Fame Awards.
Legacy
The Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was listed as the number 79 song on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and Dylan's version was ranked number 106.
It is one of three songs to place twice, along with "Walk This Way" by both Aerosmith and Run-DMC with Perry and Tyler, and "Blue Suede Shoes" by both Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley.
The Byrds' version was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998, and Dylan's version was honored with the same award in 2002.
In 1989 Rolling Stone ranked The Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" as the number 86 single of the prior 25 years.
That same year, music critic Dave Marsh listed it as number 207 in his list of the top 1001 singles ever made.
In 1999, National Public Radio in the United States listed this version as one of the 300 most important American records of the 20th century.
In the UK, music critic Colin Larkin listed The Byrds' version as the number 1 single of all time.
Other UK publishers that have listed this song as one of the top songs or singles include Mojo, New Musical Express, and Sounds.
Australian music critic Toby Creswell included the song in his book 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them.
In a 2005 reader's poll reported in Mojo, Dylan's version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was listed as the number 4 all-time greatest Bob Dylan song, and a similar poll of artists ranked the song number 14.
In 2002, Uncut listed it as the number 15 all-time Dylan song.
More info about the song on wikipedia ~
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Tambourine_Man
#experimentalmusic
#folkrock
#psychedelicrock
#indierock
📜 [PUBLISHING & PERMISSIONS]
Copyright music and lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Special Rider – for original, exclusive performances by Bob Dylan, check-out the official channel at youtube.com/BobDylan
From '' Swamp Land In Heaven ''
Label: Cowtown – none
Format: Cassette, C62
Country: US
Released: 1988
Tracklist
This Side
A1 Can You Please Lend Me Your Crystal Ball?
A2 Everything Goes
A3 Swamp Land In Heaven
A4 I Want To Be A Yuppie
A5 Who'll Stop The Rain?
Featuring [With] – Walls Of Genius
Written-By – John Fogerty
Udder Side
B1 Denver (Deffer 'n Duller)
B2 The Stone Woman
B3 Tribute To Led Zeppelin
B4 Spank!
Featuring [With] – Walls Of Genius
B5 Mr. Tambourine Man
Featuring [With] – Walls Of Genius
Written-By – Bob Dylan
Notes
Recorded in Boulder, Colorado Feb-March, 1988 except A5 and B4, B5 with W.O.G. summer 1985.
Although this contains only approx. 40 minutes of music it was copied on a C62 white body cassette with hand-painted and -written stickers.
Released in a double-sided photocopied (on yellow paper) j-card with inner flap.
All compositions © 1988 Peter Tonks except where noted.
Copyright © – Peter Tonks
------------------------
"Mr. Tambourine Man" is a song written, composed, and performed by Bob Dylan, who released his original version of it on his 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home.
The Byrds also recorded a version of the song that they released in the same year as their first single on Columbia Records, reaching number 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the UK Singles Chart, as well as being the title track of their first album, Mr. Tambourine Man.
The Byrds' recording of the song was influential in initiating the musical subgenre of folk rock, leading many contemporary bands to mimic its fusion of jangly guitars and intellectual lyrics in the wake of the single's success.
This song has been covered by many artists, including Judy Collins, Odetta, Melanie, and William Shatner.
The song's popularity led to Dylan recording it live many times, and it has been included in multiple Dylan and Byrds compilation albums.
It has been translated into other languages, and has been used or referenced in television shows, films and books.
The song has a bright, expansive melody and has become famous in particular for its surrealistic imagery, influenced by artists as diverse as French poet Arthur Rimbaud and Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini.
The lyrics call on the title character to play a song and the narrator will follow.
Interpretations of the lyrics have included a paean to drugs such as LSD, a call to the singer's muse, a reflection of the audience's demands on the singer, and religious interpretations.
Dylan sings the song in four verses, of which The Byrds used only the second for their recording.
Dylan's and The Byrds' versions have appeared on various lists ranking the greatest songs of all time, including an appearance by both on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 best songs ever. Both versions also received Grammy Hall of Fame Awards.
Legacy
The Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was listed as the number 79 song on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, and Dylan's version was ranked number 106.
It is one of three songs to place twice, along with "Walk This Way" by both Aerosmith and Run-DMC with Perry and Tyler, and "Blue Suede Shoes" by both Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley.
The Byrds' version was honored with a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998, and Dylan's version was honored with the same award in 2002.
In 1989 Rolling Stone ranked The Byrds' version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" as the number 86 single of the prior 25 years.
That same year, music critic Dave Marsh listed it as number 207 in his list of the top 1001 singles ever made.
In 1999, National Public Radio in the United States listed this version as one of the 300 most important American records of the 20th century.
In the UK, music critic Colin Larkin listed The Byrds' version as the number 1 single of all time.
Other UK publishers that have listed this song as one of the top songs or singles include Mojo, New Musical Express, and Sounds.
Australian music critic Toby Creswell included the song in his book 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them.
In a 2005 reader's poll reported in Mojo, Dylan's version of "Mr. Tambourine Man" was listed as the number 4 all-time greatest Bob Dylan song, and a similar poll of artists ranked the song number 14.
In 2002, Uncut listed it as the number 15 all-time Dylan song.
More info about the song on wikipedia ~
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Tambourine_Man
#experimentalmusic
#folkrock
#psychedelicrock
#indierock
📜 [PUBLISHING & PERMISSIONS]
Copyright music and lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Special Rider – for original, exclusive performances by Bob Dylan, check-out the official channel at youtube.com/BobDylan
