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The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969

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The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969
Compilation album by
ReleasedNovember 1, 2019 (2019-11-01)
Recorded
  • October–November 1967
  • February, May 1969
  • May 1970
Genre
Length133:44
LabelLegacy
Bob Dylan (featuring Johnny Cash) chronology
Bob Dylan – The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings
(2019)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969
(2019)
Rough and Rowdy Ways
(2020)
Bob Dylan Bootleg Series chronology
Vol. 14: More Blood, More Tracks
(2018)
Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969
(2019)
Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985
(2021)

The Bootleg Series Vol. 15: Travelin' Thru, 1967–1969 is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. The 13th installment in the ongoing Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, it was released by Legacy Records on November 1, 2019.[1][2][3] The compilation focuses on recordings Dylan made between October 1967 and May 1970 for his albums John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline, and appearances on The Johnny Cash Show and special Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends.[4]

Track listing

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All tracks written by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

Disc One: John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline sessions
No.TitleVersionLength
1."Drifter’s Escape"Take 1 (Alternate Version)2:32
2."I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine"Take 2 (Alternate Version)3:50
3."All Along the Watchtower"Take 3 (Alternate Version)2:31
4."John Wesley Harding"Take 1 (Alternate Version)2:47
5."As I Went Out One Morning"Take 1 (Alternate Version)4:22
6."I Pity the Poor Immigrant"Take 4 (Alternate Version)2:32
7."I Am a Lonesome Hobo"Take 4 (Alternate Version)2:56
8."I Threw It All Away" (Previously released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 10: Another Self Portrait)Take 1 (Alternate Version)2:23
9."To Be Alone with You"Take 1 (Alternate Version)2:26
10."Lay Lady Lay" (Previously released as a digital download with iTunes pre-orders of Together Through Life)Take 2 (Alternate Version)3:24
11."One More Night"Take 2 (Alternate Version)2:38
12."Western Road"Take 1 (Outtake)4:07
13."Peggy Day"Take 1 (Alternate Version)2:07
14."Tell Me That It Isn’t True"Take 2 (Alternate Version)2:07
15."Country Pie"Take 2 (Alternate Version)2:07
Total length:42:56
Disc Two: The Dylan-Cash Sessions
No.TitleWriter(s)VersionLength
1."I Still Miss Someone"
Take 53:35
2."Don't Think Twice, It's All Right/Understand Your Man"Bob Dylan/Johnny CashRehearsal2:21
3."One Too Many Mornings" Take 34:06
4."Mountain Dew"Take 12:34
5."Mountain Dew"
  • Bascom Lamar Lunsford
  • Scott Wiseman
Take 21:50
6."I Still Miss Someone"
  • Johnny Cash
  • Roy Cash, Jr.
Take 22:24
7."Careless Love"TraditionalTake 16:48
8."Matchbox"Carl PerkinsTake 13:05
9."That’s All Right, Mama"Arthur CrudupTake 12:41
10."Mystery Train/This Train Is Bound for Glory"Junior Parker/TraditionalTake 12:12
11."Big River"Johnny CashTake 12:03
12."Girl from the North Country" Rehearsal3:04
13."Girl from the North Country" Take 12:29
14."I Walk the Line"Johnny CashTake 22:40
15."Guess Things Happen That Way"Jack ClementRehearsal1:14
16."Guess Things Happen That Way"Jack ClementTake 31:45
17."Five Feet High and Rising"Johnny CashTake 11:36
18."You Are My Sunshine"
Take 13:16
19."Ring of Fire"Take 13:00
Total length:52:52
Disc three: The Dylan-Cash Sessions, Live on The Johnny Cash Show, Self Portrait sessions, and the Home of Thomas B. Allen, Carmel, New York with Earl Scruggs
No.TitleWriter(s)VersionLength
1."Studio Chatter"  0:20
2."Wanted Man" Take 13:11
3."Amen" Rehearsal1:39
4."Just a Closer Walk with Thee"TraditionalTake 12:36
5."Jimmie Rodgers Medley No. 1" (Based on "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)", "The Brakeman’s Blues (Yodeling the Blues Away)", and "Blue Yodel No. 5 (It’s Raining Here)")Jimmie RodgersTake 12:55
6."Jimmie Rodgers Medley No. 2" (Based on "Waiting for a Train", "The Brakeman’s Blues (Yodeling the Blues Away)" and "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)")Jimmie RodgersTake 23:35
7."I Threw It All Away" (included on 2007 DVD The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969–1971) Live on The Johnny Cash Show2:21
8."Living the Blues" Live on The Johnny Cash Show2:31
9."Girl from the North Country" (included on 2007 DVD The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show: 1969–1971) Live on The Johnny Cash Show3:19
10."Ring of Fire"
  • June Carter
  • Merle Kilgore
Outtake2:27
11."Folsom Prison Blues"Johnny CashOuttake3:46
12."Earl Scruggs Interview"  0:41
13."East Virginia Blues" (included in 1971 documentary Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends)Traditional 2:34
14."To Be Alone with You"  2:37
15."Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance"  1:52
16."Nashville Skyline Rag" (Previously released on the album Earl Scruggs Performing with His Family and Friends)  1:51
Total length:38:24

A one-disc sampler was also released on the same day consisting of a select number of performances from the three-disc set.

Sampler
No.TitleVersionLength
1."I Pity the Poor Immigrant"Take 42:32
2."I Am a Lonesome Hobo"Take 42:56
3."To Be Alone with You"Take 12:26
4."Lay Lady Lay"Take 23:24
5."Tell Me That It Isn't True"Take 22:07
6."Country Pie"Take 22:07
7."I Still Miss Someone"Take 53:35
8."Matchbox"Take 13:05
9."Big River"Take 12:03
10."Girl from the North Country"Rehearsal3:04
11."Guess Things Happen That Way"Take 31:45
12."Wanted Man"Take 13:11
13."Ring of Fire"Outtake2:27
14."East Virginia Blues" 2:34
15."All Along the Watchtower"Take 32:31

Charts

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Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 21
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 11
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 52
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[9] 85
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[10] 32
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[11] 11
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[12] 49
French Albums (SNEP)[13] 62
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[14] 11
Irish Albums (IRMA)[15] 12
Italian Albums (FIMI)[16] 27
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[17] 41
Scottish Albums (OCC)[18] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[19] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[20] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[21] 7
UK Albums (OCC)[22] 6
US Billboard 200[23] 27

References

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