Outtakes of Bob Dylan's "One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)" [The Blonde on Blonde Sessions]

[@oliveeisner8964]

What a treasure! Thank God that Dylan's producer recorded literally every possible take and rehearsal. Just in case...

[@JimmyFranceable]

Bob Johnston.

[@artchem1]

I so agree with you Olive. Thank goodness, indeed 🌟🧡🌟🌸✨🎶🎵

[@jensjuhlnedergaard2107]

Beside there are all the unofficial recordings. Ups, l shouldn't mention that here 😉😚

[@imannonymous7707]

When Bob Johnston was interviewed he said that he just let two track tape run at all times. He said that Dylan wasn't one to labour over takes for too long...and studio musicians have said he'd try a song 3xs and often with randomly different feels . He liked random results when a track just worked with a band. This was the second album Bob produced Obviously this wasn't the case on blonde on blonde tho But then blonde on blonde was a labour of love

[@maryfulham1522]

YA! we'll all know GOD never throws HiS DIAMONDS out even if their raw an stillburried quite DEEP......"AL🎶 LLL🎶 that I heard."🎵 the title says it perfectly; "MASTER TAKE"🙃rough an rowdy ways

[@d_walsh]

He sure was dedicated in the studio. Working out his personal songs. He enjoyed it all, and had patient musicians as friends. Thanks Bob.

[@clambeandip]

My perception of Mr Dylan, at times, is he's a savant. There are occasional indications that his understanding of music is limited, but he follows his instincts. He certainly is one interesting and unpredictable cat. Obviously born with a gift. But he's also capable of some wacky choices (a number of tracks on his oddly titled "Self Portrait" album come to mind). Anyway, this is great, thanks for posting. The Bob Dylan of the mid to late 60s reigns supreme!

[@barbaralovenvirth8726]

Makes me appreciate the final version that was used even more.

[@wstacer]

Wow, that was great to listen to, I love how naked that was. 50 years ago I would listen a side of Blonde on Blonde each day when I got back to my apartment are a day in the college chemistry labs.

[@johnvoyce]

God. When I hear this stuff I see myself back in school. Dylan was what made the frustrations bearable.

[@katherinekirkwood9632]

I hated school was a huge struggle I didn't have 2 many records eather 2 distract me except 4 📻 & jutebox all is wonderful today you tube ear buds heaven.huge selections of 🎶 today I only listen 2 one of Vans songs. Tangled up in blue. Everyone else is Dylan & reggae music.

[@shiitakestick]

.. in the old days we had to carry a Wurlitzer juke box on our backs with thousand foot extension cords , in the snow .. uphill.

[@katherinekirkwood9632]

@@shiitakestick Oresome jute 📦 my granddaughtet wouldn't know what that was. I sent her lyrics 2 Every grain of Sand of sand & asked her if interested 2 try 2 lissen to it. Trying to get her 2 👂 Bob Don't know if she will but text me that the lyrics made her curious.🎧 that's good enough 4 me. Jute box oh yeah.🎶

[@katherinekirkwood9632]

I really forget I know I hated school tests were what I hated. Thrilled I don't have to study LOL Have other stiff 2 deal with not bad though.🎧🎶

[@shiitakestick]

katherine Kirkwood - well fine, but with Dylan I wouldnt separate the sound from the words !

[@benjaminmaharaj1243]

that first "me" in the second verse of the final take (12:11) has always stood out for me like the only clear window on a building with every other window tinted

[@clambeandip]

That's quite a metaphor!

[@marypulley6512]

Frustration is in Dylan 's voice, but he is really willing to do whatever it takes for it to be perfect and it always is. No can do it like he can. I love that harmonica.

[@arcitejack]

4:15 “I do want it, but not so specific”. The world might be shite but at least we got Dylan.

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[@Rachel-jt5cj]

I wish take 5 was a full version, it sounds so gorgeous. This has always been my favourite Dylan song 💛

[@PAFMHunink]

It is a full version (voice) !

[@vincentbrady9357]

Bob makes everything sound great

[@michaeldevlin79]

I sing in A. I've just discovered these gems. I'm in heaven.

[@triciamoore106]

I just loved Bob recording this fantastic song this one is one of my favorites one of must no but lessoning to Bob make this when he was young its very special thank you

[@richardhonour1522]

His voice was at it's all time best here.

[@mutboi9720]

God I love that last take, gotta be one of my favorite Dylan vocal performances

[@0otee]

My first time hearing Dylan practicing! Puzzling to get it exact right! Love text change and back again..All with patience just Doing it! Great! Lovely song only heard till now in old style! ❤️🌹👌Thanks Swingin’ pig🌺🌷👌

[@TheCaptainZodo]

"Robbie, can you do literally anything other than that?"

[@katherinekirkwood9632]

Yes LOL he just doesn't give up that's what makes him Bob. Robbie is the best also. Can u do this not that omg .

[@janetwebb1507]

Thank you Swinging Pig for this Treasure. xxx

[@TheClemcaster]

Marvelous. I'd always believed that Dylan had a short attention span where recording is concerned; here he stalks the song until he gets pretty close to the finished item. Amazing to hear the other musicians contribution, inching nearer to the realised version we know today - with not a great deal of guidance...but then that's what makes a good musician; the ability to turn on a sixpence, ditch what isn't working, and go somewhere completely different.

[@damien863]

my favorite album of all time and one of my favorite songs. poetry and that thin wild mercury sound

[@dasanii2467]

I absolutely love Bob Dylan, hes my greatest inspiration for writing

[@letsif]

If it's even possible to say, this is the most pure Dylan sound of all. OK, you can say that about many other periods and specific songs, but I think this voice and the song itself is perfecto Bob.

[@42awww]

Well, took my chance because One of Us Must Know is my favourite song on my 2nd favourite album. But all takes, Dylan's voice is so....warm. Like a dead man's last pistol shot, honey.

[@steviesevieria1868]

Also my favorite song on my second favorite album. Interesting coincidence… What’s my favorite song on my favorite album? Tangled up in Blue.

[@42awww]

@@steviesevieria1868 After 42 years of being lost in the Dylan landscape, I always have to go back to Like a Rolling Stone. It just gets better with every listen. That being said, my obvious 2nd comes from the same album as Tangled, and that is Idiot Wind.

[@steviesevieria1868]

@@42awww great song, love it every time!

[@susanatorrecilla6603]

Thank you from Madrid (Spain) I love Dylan forever!!! 💜💜💜💜

[@aerialtour]

Dylan accented his vocal phrasing to the max on these outtakes(makes you almost wince) but yet beautiful in its way. Amazing fly on the wall stuff to be hearing these takes. What a song man! Thanks again Swingin’ for this tape.

[@juanvarleta1842]

Knee-deep in Thin Wild Mercury!

[@Jupitervideovision99]

Intelligent love songs, now there's an idea

[@knockedoutloaded279]

It charted in the Uk, his most Dylan like song....brilliant...

[@woz1709]

The man just keeps giving. ❤️

[@ritahall6628]

Love hearing Bob singing with such clarity so beautiful

[@joankearns4490]

I'm fainting. Always loved this song and the outtakes are fabulous. Thanks so much swingin pig.

[@Manduoficial]

Profoundly inspiring! As a songwriter and arranger myself, it’s very important for me to listen to this and see how much time and effort they put into this song before it became the amazing piece of music it ended up becoming! Thanks a lot for posting Thank uou very very much! ❤️

[@ehabitation9213]

Genius at work

[@chrissavage1534]

Sweet to hear more of Bob's guitar. That's where the rhythm of the song comes from.

[@Janna52]

Love hearing the development in recording this song I listen to since 1968 from Blonde on Blonde 🎁

[@williamdunn2792]

LOVE all the versions of this song.

[@HelianaSuper]

"Take 25" is wonderful!

[@johannesfrost8720]

That's awesome! Thanks to give the possibility to be a fly on the studio wall.

[@yamapenny5960]

Great ❣❗🌿👍💜

[@flowermomma5337]

Love this song that piano and drum build gets me every time. Hearing him sing that blows me away . Thank you this is a real treat ! ❤️

[@flowermomma5337]

Wes Penre appoligies☮️❤️

[@katherinekirkwood9632]

💝💝💝💝 agreed

[@fredjumbof9859]

the creation in the pure condition; and the magnificent result!

[@ah13554]

Stunning swinging man just great 😎😎😎😎😎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@edicamon8486]

This is a musical historical document. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for uploading Swingin' Pig.

[@dixiefallas7799]

Great thanks!🇬🇧

[@resslerartstudios]

This definitely is the ultimate for a Dylan fan. And take 25 is not on the cutting edge release. To be in a room with musicians willing to work on a song like this would be a dream come true for sure. Nashville sessions musicans probably would the way to go...did anyone go see "Once were Brothers"? Forget the personal politics. The musicianship so wonderful...

[@artchem1]

Oh my, I’ve closed my eyes, & I’m visioning, ... sitting next to Rick, in the Sound Studio, and just listening to the most magical experience; as Bob and his Band, work on the Recording of this song; for the album “Blond on Blond “is an absolute treasure 💎. Thank you SP- so very much for this magnificent moment in time with Bob Dylan. Pure genius just listen🎶🎼

[@asmru6982]

Love out-takes: educational as well as entertaining.

[@mortimersnerd1]

His most perfect song

[@willdaugherty208]

Thanks, man! I really appreciate your channel!

[@maureennoble4292]

Goodness...what a great fly on the wall moment...thanks so much....

[@alias2364-t9y]

Bobs, perfect break up song to his folk followers, some still resisting his new folk, electric sound. Have to pay homage to Paul Griffen's piano playing, on this Masterpiece, he was the Band Leader after 25 takes, that infused and electrified such an important song in time.

[@pgiusto8189]

Perfect!

[@tommoran4457]

This is so cool. It's like a little peak into his writing process, at least at that point. Constantly experimenting with the words and phrasing. Thank you Swingin' Pig

[@1blindcommissioner]

Listening to this is likelooking through contact sheets of a master photographer say Henri Cartier Bresson (only he never released his) - absolutely fascinating !

[@onthewattle]

Henri never did his own printing, so any contact sheets would have been done by an assistant. he wasn't a darkroom bloke. His skill lay with his Leica and eyes

[@RobHollanderMusic]

Really an unjustly unrecognized classic.

[@babdillon3220]

Thanks! Always loved this song!

[@pekibuzz]

Thank you, Swingin', this is phantastic stuff! I already wrote today: Bob's leftovers of studio recordings are our pearls! 🌹

[@timothyryan6018]

Thank You for this Video- fantastic hearing Bobby building this great song slowly but surely. Great stuff

[@markbastow3426]

bob is so gooooood

[@EricScottBloom]

I'm four years old while he is playing his tricks with his genius cohorts!!!!!~E

[@jakezonis17]

This is really brilliant

[@janetwebb1507]

This most likely was about his 4 yr relationship w Suzi..composing lyrics & writing a song can be very cathartic-- especially w deep heartache & grief of a significant relationship..t be able t actually express ur grief, sadness & disappointment & express t Truth where ur able t Feel t pain & grief can be chathartic wen expressing t truth in t song...Hesring t process of pulling this song all together w t other musicians is wonderful & pure magic. BD's 'style' in t days of partially singing & partially proclaiming was so unique in style & especially with t added emotional content of his harmonica playing also. Just pure Magic. *He definitely had/has a conscience as well. "Love conquers (us) All"

[@carineattias5436]

Swingin' Pig, I won't even try to figure out how you grab hold of all these gems, just know that I'll be eternally grateful to you for sharing!! You rock and you swing! Thank you.

[@nitrousnine]

my god but this is so good.i wish john bauldie and paul williams were still alive to see the vaults cracked open like this.

[@josemanuelrr]

Tarde o temprana, uno de nosotros debe saber que es genial esta grabación ;)

[@justgeorgeous]

dylan is best singer of all time too

[@bryant4310]

Please do more like this, these are gems, giving insight into his thinking and the info you give also makes it more enjoyable.

[@shyjoshi7158]

Another gold mine. Cheers Swingin Pig. 🙏🙏

[@jimalice1]

Thanks Swingin' Pig, that was sooo great!

[@johnyoung418]

Thanks, very interesting and enjoyable.

[@henningandersen9027]

It would be great to hear outtakes from SAD-EYED LADY..!

[@wandaschmitz4775]

love this thanks sp

[@TheCaptainZodo]

"Christ, know anybody that sings in A?" I'm dead

[@frannybellotti4790]

Zodo12 yea it sounds like he say G . Like he wants to take it down 2 steps from A to G. Which makes sense because a lot of Dylan songs are in G. And it is good because it is on the third fret so there are open notes on guitar in the chords.

[@katherinekirkwood9632]

I loved that also WHO.SINGS IN A. ???? 😙😙😙😙

[@katherinekirkwood9632]

@@frannybellotti4790 u know your stuff 🎸 I loved the 👄 talking Its fun.

[@frannybellotti4790]

@katherine Kirkwood Thank you !

[@noelleeveland3291]

That caught my attention too

[@williamdunn2792]

Brilliant...like all the versions.......when he was at his peak..

[@carleenmejzastrumunderthes4130]

I enjoyed listening to his organic process.

[@nicholasfiona]

One of my favourites especially after the Bootleg Series!

[@xy3536]

The laaaaast version gives me chillllls allover..... So mooooooving Amaaazin bob

[@13loomisst73]

Wow . . . this is there --

[@rachelee73]

Glad I waited till all was quiet to hear this upload. The start said it all and your description was very informative and I laughed when it didn't make the charts. Such is life. Thank you so much for time to share and care the songs of Bob 🌝🖼 totally love the way the song forms more then words ta

[@christianfletcher7871]

Cant believe this was an outtake

[@ILoveEverything14]

10:19 my boy Rick got roasted

[@simonerusso6920]

Mate tears dawn my face wat song

[@carlacarnellizanin5153]

Perfect!!! Amazing!!!

[@carlacarnellizanin5153]

Wonderful ❤️❤️❤️

[@blackcrow7049]

... but he recorded ''Sad - Eyed Lady of the Lowlands'' with only 4 takes , two of them complete , another was a rehearsal and the fourth was released on Blonde on Blonde .

[@pabloblue999]

Interesting comparison. As great as The Band were as a unit the Nashville players were on a whole other level as studio players. Also the tempo and arrangement of SELotL was somewhat less challenging.

[@blackcrow7049]

That is part of the beauty that Sad-Eyed Lady contains ; Dylan needs a good rhythm base without fanfare to reel in all that barrage of adjetives and descriptions that make up the song . If he had recorded with more marked changes of rhythm , probably would not have achieved that hypnotic mysticism that causes the song . It's also an elegy , a praise , it needs that monotone rhythm that only cuts to make the chorus, the high point of the tune . I think if Dylan had played it live , it wouldn't have worked the same way , so he never did . It is made to be recreated in a studio , for me this is where the magic of the song lies .

[@blackcrow7049]

He never played Sad-Eyed Lady in concert , but two days after the 13th and last recording session for Blonde On Blonde , he played it again in a hotel room in Denver with Robbie Robertson together with Just Like a Woman and two other songs . Robert Shelton , the NY Times journalist , was there because Dylan wanted show him ''the best song I've recorded'' in his own words (Swingin' Pig posted this version a year ago) . But it isn't the last , in 1975 at S.I.R. in NYC , he made a rehearsal with members of the Rolling Thunder and played it again , but I think this was because he needed the song for Renaldo & Clara soundtrack with a different sound than studio version . In fact he released all this rehearsal session for Renaldo & Clara . According Joan Baez , Dylan played a piano version too but never was recorded or even pointed for one of the info sources or biographers . Highly recommended is the book ''And a Voice To Sing with Joan Baez . Memories'' 1988 Ed. Seix barral (in Spanish) ... There's life beyond internet. Un saludo .

[@pabloblue999]

@@blackcrow7049 I particularly enjoyed Bob's letter to Joan's mum in that book.

[@isidroguzman9815]

this was absolutely beautiful, one of my favorites of him dear Swingin'Pig, could you please post more Blonde on Blonde sessions pls? would love to hear the ones of Most likely go your way (and I'll go mine)

[@SwinginPig]

Isidro Guzman I’ll see what I can do!

[@Rocketman10057]

18 levels above Shakespeare at the very least ,a tornado of written English ,still amazes me how he makes me feel

[@eraldocolazzo6414]

shakespeare "with his pointed shoes and his bells" can't be compared to Dylan....he opened the door beyond the misery of the flat and meaningless poetry was then, he painted emotions which sting the soul and the fantasy, just like Dylan....but Shakespeare was the first.... it is like to compare Leonardo and Dali'.....

[@paulhardin9731]

Imagine being Bob Dylan.

[@ilovedylan3943]

Imagine being with Bob Dylan

[@henningandersen9027]

How haunting music is made - and rock-history written.

[@corneliakapelinski]

Amazing to follow him so close into the small inventor laboratory..

[@maggiebryan2355]

Got it how've wanted in end iis a great song always loved it

[@billcrotts5456]

This might be the best song ever

[@moondogaudiojones1146]

Love it!!!

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Does my heart in. Nearly 59. Ffs. Where’s this going? Too old for all this. Fed up doing what I have to do. Would be nice for a fuckin change if one of us could do what we wanna do.

[@adenauermarques2565]

Formidável, excepcional ,obrigado dylan

[@richardhannon5707]

Love that song.♥️

[@resslerartstudios]

Tom Wilson Produced and engineered. What a wonderful gentleman he was.

[@SwinginPig]

It is! From the collector's edition though.

[@resslerartstudios]

Swingin’ Pig where would I find that? Is it on CD?

[@pistachoone1958]

Actually the producer was Bob Johnston." Is it Rolling Bob?"

[@brianwolle2509]

nope. he's in nashville -shockeroonee

[@justgeorgeous]

dylan is pure genius

[@Anna-jl7gy]

Thank you for sharing this gem! Really want to hear what Bod said (at 2:25) when he says "there's one very important thing in this song.." but it cuts.. what was that thing?? I'm very curious to know🤔

[@skorecki7]

I added it onFACE..... .... KEEP THE GOOD WORK ... working ..

[@patriciathewisher2315]

She said when I was born the snow was outrageous. The winter well into March of 1963 was oh so snowy and cold. And it was on St Patrick’s Day. Her father’s 67th birthday too. And I was her first child to be born in the town. I think the Dylan Rotolo NYC pic with the VW van was around that time. Anyways, happy birthday to me. Tomorrow in the morning in velvet so green I will appear. My father had moss green eyes and I miss him so. He died 108 days ago. That’s not long.

[@haroldsteinblatt2567]

Listen to how “normal” Bob sounds. Completely debunks the claim made by Eric Weissberg and others that he just walks into a studio, plays his stuff and everybody has to just follow him. Like there was no hard work. It isn’t true.

[@pekibuzz]

Indeed, not true, like many other assumptions when it comes to him!

[@42awww]

Although he did that on a few songs after 1966. Oh, Another Side of Bob Dylan was recorded in one night, Planet Waves in 3 days...

[@haroldsteinblatt2567]

Planet Waves certainly sounds like it, rushed, not as tight as you’d wish - yet still with some great performances.

[@42awww]

@@haroldsteinblatt2567 Yes, you nailed it! Still one of my top....6(?) favourite albums from Bob. I was absorbed in that album. I wrote out Wedding Song to my girlfriend at the time. Had to tell her a couple of years later tho.....I always go to DIRGE first....that tune sleighs me!

[@haroldsteinblatt2567]

Those are my favorites, the most intense songs on the record. You can hear the buttons on Dylan’s jacket hit the guitar, and I think Robbie’s backup on acoustic is his best playing ever - including his electric playing with the Band. They were totally lucked in with each other. Decades after the album’s release, rushed playing and all, I can pretty much listen to any song and think this is great Bob. This will interest you: This is a clip of the end of a commencement speech delivered by Chief Justice John Roberts at his daughter’s graduation. If you google “John Roberts” along with “Bob Dylan,” you’ll discover that the most powerful judge in the US loves BD. Not what you’d expect. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYjRq3mCidGanZI