Olof Björner's
Yearly Chronicles
1973



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  1.  CALENDAR
 
  January 20   First PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID session in Mexico City
 
  February     Second PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID sessions in Burbank, Cal.
 
  "Early"      Dylan plays harmonica on 'The Crippled Crow' recorded by
               Booker T & Priscilla Jones in Malibu. The song is later 
               released on their album 'Chronicles', 1973.
 
  May          Release of the movie 'Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid'
 
  June         Dylan records a demo version of 'Forever Young' that is later
               released on BIOGRAPH
 
  July 13      Release of PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID
 
  August       Dylan appears as sideman on a Barry Goldberg recording session.
 
  August       Release of 'Knockin' On Heaven's Door/Turkey Chase'
 
  November     Recording of PLANET WAVES at the Village Recorder in Santa Monica
 
  November 16  Release of DYLAN
 
  December     Release of 'A Fool Such As I/Lily Of The West'
               
 
  2.  RECORDINGS
 
  Jan 20: First PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID session
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          CBS Discos Studios, Mexico City
 
          1. Billy 4
          2. Billy Surrenders
 
          1 with Terry Paul (guitar).
          2 with Mike Utley (organ), Sammy Creason (drums),
            Stephen Bruton (guitar) and Terry Paul (bass & shared vocal).
 
          1 released on PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID, July 13, 1973.
          2 released in the movie 'Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid', May 1973.
 
  Jan 20: Second PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID sessions
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Burbank Studios, Burbank, Cal.
 
           1. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
           2. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
           3. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
           4. Final Theme
           5. Billy 7 (instr.) 
           6. Bunkhouse Theme
           7. Main Theme (Billly) (instr.)
           8. Cantina Theme (Working For The Law) (instr.)
           9. Cantina Theme (Working For The Law) (instr.)
          10. Billy 1
          11. Billy
          12. Billy
          13. River Theme
          14. River Theme  (instr.)
          15. Turkey Chase (instr.)
 
          1-6 Terry Paul (bass)
          1-5,8,9 Roger McGuinn (guitar)
          15 Roger McGuinn (banjo)
          1-5 Jim Keltner (drums)
          1-4 Carol Hunter, Donna Weiss and Brenda Patterson (vocal)
          4,6 Carol Hunter (guitar)
          4 Gary Foster (flute), Carl Fortina (harmonium), Fred Catz and
            Ted Michel (cellos), Terry Paul (vocal)
          7-15 Bruce Langhorn (guitar) , Booker T (bass)
          7-9,11,12 Russ Kunkel (tambourine, bongos)
          13-15 Byron Berline (fiddle & vocal)
          7,8 Donna Weiss, Priscilla Jones (vocal).
 
          1,5-6,7,8,10,13,15 released on PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID,
                                                       July 13, 1973.
          2-4,6-15 released in the movie 'Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid', May 1973
          1 released on MASTERPIECES (CBS/Sony), 1978 in Japan and Australia.
          1 released on BIOGRAPH October 28, 1985.
 
  June    Demo-recording
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Ram's Horn Music Publisher's Office, New York.
 
          1. Forever Young
 
          Released on BIOGRAPH October 28, 1985. 
 
  Aug     The Barry Goldberg sessions
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama.
          Produced by Bob Dylan & Jerry Wexler.
 
          1. Stormy Weather Cowboy (Barry Goldberg)
          2. It's Not The Spotlight (Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg)
          3. Silver Moon (Barry Goldberg)
          4. Minstrel Show (Barry Goldberg)
          5. Big City Woman (Barry Goldberg)
          6. (I've Got My) Imagination (Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg)
 
          1,3-6 Bob Dylan background vocal
          2 Bob Dylan percussion
 
          1-5 released on 'Barry Goldberg', Atco, December 1973.
          6 released on single 1973.
 
  Nov     The PLANET WAVES sessions
  2-10    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Village Recorder, Santa Monica.
 
           1. On A Night Like This
           2. Going, Going, Gone
           3. Tough Mama
           4. Hazel
           5. Something There Is About You
           6. Forever Young
           7. Forever Young
           8. Dirge
           9. You Angel You
          10. Never Say Goodbye
          11. Wedding Song
 
          10 recorded November 2.
          3,4,6,7 recorded November 5 & 6.
          1,2,5,8,9 recorded November 9.
          11 recorded November 10.
 
          1.7,9,10 backed by The Band.
          8 Bob Dylan (piano), Robbie Robertson (guitar).
          11 Bob Dylan solo.
 
          All track released on PLANET WAVES, January 17, 1974.
          1,9 released on BIOGRAPH October 28, 1985.
 
 
  3.  DYLAN SONGS 1973
 
  Nov 1972  Billy
            Goodby Holly  (2) (9)
  January   Billy 1
            Billy 7
            Bunkhouse Theme
            Cantina Theme
            Knockin' On Heaven's Door  (1)
            Main Theme
            Peco's Blues  (2) (9)
            River Theme
            Turkey Chase
  July      Forever Young
            Never Say Goodby
            Nobody 'Cept You  (2)
  November  Crosswind Jamboree  (2) (3)
            Dirge
            Going, Going, Gone  (4)
            Hazel  (5)
            On A Night Like This
            Something There Is About You  (6)
            Tough Mama
            Wedding Song  (7)
            You Angel You  (8)
 
  Notes:
  ~~~~~~
  (2) No studio version known.
  (3) Rumored instrumental from the November 9 session.
  (9) Recorded during the second PAT GARRET sessions in February.
 
  Live performances:
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  (1) Played on EVERY tour since 1974 except the Gospel tour!
  (2) Performed solo in the first shows of the tour with The Band 1974.
  (4) Played in a new arrangement and with reworked lyrics 1978.
  (5) Only live version comes from The Band's farewell concert in 1976.
  (6) Performed in the first half of the tour with The Band 1974.
  (7) Performed solo in the tour with The Band 1974.
  (8) Made it's live debut in the Penn State concert January, 1990!
 
 
  4. REFERENCES
 
  Whithouse, Chris:   Alias
                      The Telegraph #19, pp20-37.
 
  Wurlitzer, Rudolph: Pat Garrett And Billy The Kid.
                      Signet Film Series, New York 1973.
 

  

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