I Shall Be Released
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| Song by The Band from the album Music from Big Pink | ||||
| Released | July 1, 1968 | |||
| Length | 3:19 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Writer | Bob Dylan | |||
| Producer | John Simon | |||
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| Song by Bob Dylan from the album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | ||||
| Released | November 17, 1971 | |||
| Genre | Folk Rock, Country | |||
| Writer | Bob Dylan | |||
| Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II track listing | ||||
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| "I Shall Be Released" | |
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| Song by The Heptones | |
| Released | 1969 |
| Recorded | 1969 |
| Genre | Reggae |
| Label | Coxsone/Studio One |
| Writer | Bob Dylan |
| Producer | C.S. Dodd |
"I Shall Be Released" is a 1967 song written by Bob Dylan.
The Band played it on their debut album, Music from Big Pink (1968), with Richard Manuel singing lead vocals, and Rick Danko and Levon Helm harmonizing in the chorus. A legendary performance of the song was performed near the end of The Band's farewell concert, The Last Waltz, in which all the night's performers (with the exception of Muddy Waters) plus Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood graced the same stage.
Dylan recorded two primary versions. The first is the Basement Tapes initial recording, recorded in 1967 and released on Bootleg Series 1-3 in 1991. Dylan recorded the song a second time in 1971, releasing this new recording on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II.
In 1969, the Jamaican harmony group The Heptones covered "I Shall Be Released" as a Reggae tune in 1969 for Studio One and then later on in 1976 at Lee "Scratch" Perry's Black Ark studio and label for the album Party Time.
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[edit] Other versions
"I Shall Be Released" has been covered many times by many different artists. It has been recorded by The Marmalade, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and Mary, Tremeloes, Bette Midler, The Box Tops, The Byrds, Rick Nelson, Melissa Etheridge,[1] Coheed and Cambria, Tom Robinson Band, Nina Simone, The Slackers Paul Weller, Jerry Garcia Band, Sting, The Deftones, The Hollies, Pearls Before Swine, OK Go, Beth Rowley, Big Mama Thornton, Chatham County Line, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Jack Johnson, Martin Harley, Kiosk and Maroon 5.
Jeff Buckley, Johnny Cash, Gene Clark, Jerry Garcia Band, The Magic Numbers, Martha Wainwright, Wilco, Fleet Foxes, Jack Johnson, Joe Cocker, Ben Harper, U2, Cass Elliot, Mary Travers, Joni Mitchell, The Who, Neil Young, Eddie Vedder, Chrissie Hynde, Zac Brown Band, The Band of Heathens, and the Wood Brothers have all performed the song live.
The Beatles performed it as an unreleased part of the Get Back/Let It Be sessions.
An unrehearsed spur of the moment inspired recording of this song in May 1971 by Elvis Presley was released in 1995
A recording by Mack James & Broadway Inspirational Voices featured in the film "A Home at the End of the World" (2004).
[edit] Personnel on The Band version
- Rick Danko – Bass guitar, backing vocal
- Levon Helm – Drums, strummed snare drum, backing vocal
- Garth Hudson – Roxochord organ
- Richard Manuel – Lead vocal, piano
- Robbie Robertson – Electric guitar
[edit] Published, print
- Rise Up Singing page 102, states copyright 1967 and 1976.
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