The latest chapter in Columbia/Legacy’s highly acclaimed Bob Dylan Bootleg Series revisits Dylan’s pivotal musical journeys to Nashville, from 1967 to 1969, focusing on previously unavailable recordings made with Johnny Cash and unreleased tracks from the John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, and Self Portrait sessions.
Disc One of Travelin’ Thru, 1967 – 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 finds Dylan in Columbia’s Studio A in Nashville recording alternate versions of compositions written for John Wesley Harding (October 17 and November 6, 1967) and Nashville Skyline (February 13-14, 1969) while introducing a new song “Western Road” (a Nashville Skyline outtake).
Discs Two and Three of Travelin’ Thru are centered around Dylan’s collaborations with American music icon Johnny Cash including the much sought-after Columbia Studio A sessions and on-stage performances at the Ryman Auditorium (May 1, 1969) for the recording of the premiere episode of The Johnny Cash Show (originally broadcast on ABC-TV on June 7, 1969).
Disc Three closes with tracks recorded on May 17, 1970 with Grammy Award-winning bluegrass banjo legend Earl Scruggs for the PBS television special, “Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends” (originally aired January 1971).
John Wesley Harding Sessions – Alternate Versions
A1 –Bob Dylan Drifter's Escape (Take 1)
A2 –Bob Dylan I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine (Take 2)
A3 –Bob Dylan All Along The Watchtower (Take 3)
A4 –Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding (Take 1)
A5 –Bob Dylan As I Went Out One Morning (Take 1)
A6 –Bob Dylan I Pity The Poor Immigrant (Take 4)
A7 –Bob Dylan I Am A Lonesome Hobo (Take 4)
Nashville Skyline Sessions – Alternate Versions And Outtake
B1 –Bob Dylan I Threw It All Away (Take 1)
B2 –Bob Dylan To Be Alone With You (Take 1)
B3 –Bob Dylan Lay Lady Lay (Take 2)
B4 –Bob Dylan One More Night (Take 2)
B5 –Bob Dylan Western Road (Take 1)
B6 –Bob Dylan Peggy Day (Take 1)
B7 –Bob Dylan Tell Me That It Isn't True (Take 2)
B8 –Bob Dylan Country Pie (Take 2)
The Bob Dylan - Johnny Cash Sessions
C1 –Bob Dylan I Still Miss Someone (Take 5)
C2 –Bob Dylan Don't Think Twice, It's All Right / Understand Your Man (Rehearsal)
C3 –Bob Dylan One Too Many Mornings (Take 3)
C4 –Bob Dylan Mountain Dew (Take 1)
C5 –Bob Dylan Mountain Dew (Take 2)
C6 –Bob Dylan I Still Miss Someone (Take 2)
C7 –Bob Dylan Careless Love (Take 1)
D1 –Bob Dylan Matchbox (Take 1)
D2 –Bob Dylan That's All Right, Mama (Take 1)
D3 –Bob Dylan Mystery Train / This Train Is Bound For Glory (Take 1)
D4 –Bob Dylan Big River (Take 1)
D5 –Bob Dylan Girl From The North Country (Rehearsal)
D6 –Bob Dylan Girl From The North Country (Take 1)
D7 –Bob Dylan I Walk The Line (Take 2)
D8 –Bob Dylan Guess Things Happen That Way (Rehearsal)
D9 –Bob Dylan Guess Things Happen That Way (Take 3)
E1 –Bob Dylan Five Feet High And Rising (Take 1)
E2 –Bob Dylan You Are My Sunshine (Take 1
E3 –Bob Dylan Ring Of Fire (Take 1)
E4 –Bob Dylan Studio Chatter
E5 –Bob Dylan Wanted Man (Take 1)
E6 –Bob Dylan Amen (Rehearsal)
E7 –Bob Dylan Just A Closer Walk With Thee (Take 1)
E8 –Bob Dylan Jimmie Rodgers Medley No. 1 (Take 1)
E9 –Bob Dylan Jimmie Rodgers Medley No. 2 (Take 2)
Live On The Johnny Cash Show
F1 –Bob Dylan I Threw It All Away
F2 –Bob Dylan Living The Blues
F3 –Bob Dylan With Johnny Cash Girl From The North Country
Self Portrait Sessions – Outtakes
F4 –Bob Dylan Ring Of Fire (Outtake)
F5 –Bob Dylan Folsom Prison Blues (Outtake)
With Earl Scruggs
F6 –Bob Dylan With Earl Scruggs Earl Scruggs Interview
F7 –Bob Dylan With Earl Scruggs East Virginia Blues
F8 –Bob Dylan With Earl Scruggs To Be Alone With You
F9 –Bob Dylan With Earl Scruggs Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
F10 –Bob Dylan With Earl Scruggs Nashville Skyline Rag