Electric Gashcat (the Nite Crash Ballads) is an organized compilation of circulating Bob Dylan Columbia Studios Recording Session Outtakes for 1965-1966. As with the FSorJOTS project, alternate mixes and live performances are included for interest and comparison. In particular, the live performances were selected as a sampling of what the Nite Crash experience could be like outside the studio, mid-late 1965 and into 1966. Multiple stage band lineups were used with noticeable technical differences and contrasting playing styles. There was a world of evolution in presentation maturity, song tempo, and togetherness of vocals and support playing. Little surprise that the same could be said for the studio sessions themselves. Sometimes it makes sense to try and place things in time line order and then picture the music (and the musical processes) as the sessions came down individually and over a period of time. Hopefully, Electric Gashcat can be helpful in attaining such a goal. At the same time, we also appreciate the slightly improved sanity of having these classic takes located and arranged in a more accessible fashion! Maybe you will too. As always, ENJOY - and buy Bob Dylan's officially released recordings (you owe it to him; you owe it to yourself). The FSorJOTS comments regarding source quality and information accuracy likewise apply here. Please note that this collection is "approximately" chronological. One person's interpretation of the dating and numbering on specific takes may not always coincide with that of another, nor with what the discographers, or even Dylan's record company, sometimes tell us. Certain takes and sessions during this era have been notoriously difficult to pin down. They still are. Here we've tried to consider the best available published (or sometimes unpublished) information to make determinations where there have been major questions. Some explanations of the track placements are detailed in the supplemental notes for the discs. You may or may not agree. Remember, little about this has ever been cast on stone tablets. ------------------------------------------------------ Electric Gashcat Volume 1 - Disc 1 Song -- CO-take No. -- Track Sources/Notes (Sessions for Bringing It All Back Home) Jan 13, 1965 1 I'll Keep It With Mine -- 85271-1 -- Tape + Biograph 2 It's All Over Now, Baby Blue -- 85272-1 -- Bootleg Series Vol. 7 3 Subterranean Homesick Blues -- 85275-1 -- Tape (Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3) 4 California -- 85276-1 -- Tape 5 Farewell Angelina -- 85278-1 -- Tape (Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3) 6 You Don't Have To Do That -- 85280-1 -- Tape 7 Outlaw Blues -- 85281-2 -- Tape Jan 14, 1965 8 Love Minus Zero/No Limit -- 85270-(?) -- Tape 9 She Belongs To Me -- 85283 or 85274 -- Bootleg Series Vol. 7 (Remake Take 2) Jan 15, 1965 10 If You Gotta Go, Go Now -- 85291-(comp.1) -- Single (CBS-2921) 11 If You Gotta Go, Go Now -- 85291-(comp.2) -- Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 May 12, 1965 12 If You Gotta Go, Go Now (one verse) -- Tape (Sessions for Highway 61 Revisited) June 15, 1965 13 Phantom Engineer -- 86443-9 -- Bootleg Series Vol. 7 14 Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence -- 86444-(2 or 3) -- Acetate 15 Phantom Engineer -- 86445-1 -- Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 16 Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence -- 86444-6 -- Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 17 Like A Rolling Stone (fragment) -- 86446-1 -- H61 Interactive CD-ROM 18 Like A Rolling Stone (fragment) -- 86446-4 -- Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 19 Like A Rolling Stone (one verse) -- 86446-5 -- H61 Interactive CD-ROM June 16, 1965 20 Like A Rolling Stone (fragment) -- 86446-1 -- H61 Interactive CD-ROM Like A Rolling Stone (fragment) -- 86446-2 -- H61 Interactive CD-ROM 21 Like A Rolling Stone (complete) -- 86446-4 -- Released take w/extended ending 22 Like A Rolling Stone (fragment) -- 86446-6b -- H61 Interactive CD-ROM Like A Rolling Stone (fragment) -- 86446-6c -- H61 Interactive CD-ROM 23 Like A Rolling Stone (one verse) -- 86446-8 -- H61 Interactive CD-ROM Like A Rolling Stone (fragment) -- 86446-10 -- H61 Interactive CD-ROM Like A Rolling Stone (one verse) -- 86446-15 -- H61 Interactive CD-ROM 24 Why Should You Have To Be So Frantic? -- 86449 (?) -- Tape Live Nite Crash - pt 1 25 Maggie's Farm --Newport Folk Festival,Newport, RI -July 25, 1965 -- (Bootleg Series Vol. 7) ------------------------------------------------------ Electric Gashcat Volume 1 - Disc 2 Song -- CO-take No. -- Track Sources/Notes (Sessions for Highway 61 Revisited) (continued) July 29, 1965 1 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, -- 86837 or 86839 -- Film soundtrack: No Direction Home It Takes A Train To Cry (short) 2 Tombstone Blues -- 86838-9 -- Bootleg Series Vol. 7 3 Positively 4th Street -- 86840-12 -- Extended version of take released on Single 4-43389 July 30, 1965 4 From A Buick 6 -- 86843-4 -- Japanese H61 Revisited 5 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? -- 86844-12(?) -- Tape 6 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? -- 86844-17 -- Mistaken single release 7 Desolation Row -- 86845-1 -- Bootleg Series Vol. 7 Aug 2, 1965 8 Highway 61 Revisited -- 86846-1 (short) -- NDH: Bootleg Vol. 7 (radio promo sampler) 9 Highway 61 Revisited -- 86846-6 -- Bootleg Series Vol. 7 10 Highway 61 Revisited -- 86846-7 (short) -- NDH: Bootleg Vol. 7 (radio promo sampler) 11 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues -- 86847-5 -- Bootleg Series Vol. 7 Aug 4, 1965 12 Tombstone Blues -- 86838-(comp.2) -- Acetate - vocal overdub #3 Live Nite Crash - pt 2 13 Phantom Engineer -– Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI -– July 25, 1965 14 From A Buick 6 –- Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA -– Sept 3, 1965 15 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues -– Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA -– Sept 3, 1965 16 It Ain’t Me Babe –- Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA -– Sept 3, 1965 17 Long Distance Operator -- Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA -- Dec 4, 1965 18 Ballad Of A Thin Man -- Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA -- Dec 4, 1965 19 Positively 4th Street -– Berkeley Community Theater, Berkeley, CA -- Dec 4, 1965 ------------------------------------------------------ Electric Gashcat Volume 2 - Disc 1 Song -- CO-take No. -- Track Sources/Notes (NYC Sessions pre-Blonde On Blonde) Oct 5, 1965 1 Medicine Sunday -- 87183-1 -- Tape 2 Jet Pilot -- 87186-(?) -- Tape (Biograph) 3 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? -- 87184-(1 or 2) -- Tape - fragment 4 I Don’t Want To Be Your Partner -- 87185-(1) Tape - incomplete 5 I Wanna Be Your Lover -- 87185-(?) -- Tape 6 I Wanna Be Your Lover -- 87185-(?) -- Biograph 7 Number One (instrumental) -- 87187 (or 87192) -- Tape Nov 30, 1965 8 Seems Like A Freeze Out -- 88581-(4,5,or7) -- Acetate: fast, rough version 9 Seems Like A Freeze Out -- 88581-8 -- Bootleg Series Vol. 7 10 Seems Like A Freeze Out -- 88581-(13 or 14) -- Tape: slower, more developed version 11 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? -- 88582-(6,8,or10) -- Acetate (stereo mix) Jan 21-22, 1966 12 She’s Your Lover Now -- 89210-(?) -- Acetate - piano & vocal 13 She’s Your Lover Now -- 89210-19 -- Tape + Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 Jan 25-26, 1966 14 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat -- 89215-1 -- Bootleg Series Vol. 7 Jan 27, 1966 15 I’ll Keep It With Mine -- 89218-1 -- Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (Nashville Sessions for Blonde On Blonde) Feb 15-16, 1966 16 I’ll Keep It With Mine (instrumental) -- 83185-(8,9,or10) -- Acetate Feb 16-17, 1966 17 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The -- 83187-5 -- Bootleg Series Vol. 7 Memphis Blues Again Miscellaneous Mischief - pt 1 18 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? -- 88582-(6,8,or10) -- Mono mix (as on Single 4-43477) ------------------------------------------------------ Electric Gashcat Volume 2 - Disc 2 (Wolfman's Disguise) Song -- CO-take No. -- Track Sources/Notes Instrumentally BOB (no Dylan vocals) 1 I Want You -- 83279 -- 5.1 Multi-channel mix (L+R channels only) 2 Most Likely You Go Your Way -- 83274 -- 5.1 Multi-channel mix (L+R channels only) And I’ll Go Mine 3 Temporary Like Achilles -- 83275 -- 5.1 Multi-channel mix (L+R channels only) 4 Absolutely Sweet Marie -- 83259 -- 5.1 Multi-channel mix (L+R channels only) The Lost Songs *Sketches from outside the studio* 5 Positively Van Gogh - pt 1 Denver Hotel Tape – March 13, 1966 6 Positively Van Gogh - pt 2 Denver Hotel Tape 7 Positively Van Gogh - (the Camilla verses) Denver Hotel Tape 8 Don’t Tell Him Denver Hotel Tape 9 If You Want My Love Denver Hotel Tape 10 I Can’t Leave Her Behind Glasgow Hotel Tape – May 19, 1966 11 What Kind Of Friend Is This? Glasgow Hotel Tape 12 On A Rainy Afternoon/ Glasgow Hotel Tape Does She Need Me? - pts.1&2 Live Nite Crash - pt 3 13 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England – May 17, 1966 (Acetate: soundcheck) 14 Tell Me Mama – Odeon Theatre, Liverpool, England – May 14, 1966 (The Band: A Musical History) 15 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat – Adelphi Theatre, Dublin, Ireland – May 5, 1966 (Film: No Direction Home + streaming Internet) 16 Like A Rolling Stone – Odeon Theatre – Newcastle, England – May 21, 1966 (DVD: No Direction Home) Miscellaneous Mischief - pt 2 17 One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) -- 89216-24 -- Sundazed mono version 18 Most Likely You Go Your Way -- 83274 -- Canadian mono vinyl And I’ll Go Mine 19 Fourth Time Around -- 83182-19 -- French mono vinyl