Tuesday, April 3, 2018

11-13-14: Then You Better Start Swimmin' Or You'll Sink Like A Stone

"The Times They Are A-Changin'" is the title track to Bob Dylan''s 1964 album of the same name. A previous mix included a cover by Odetta. This mix includes a liver version by Josephine Baker and covers by Cher, Nina Simone and Brothers & Sisters featuring Merry Clayton.

"Behind That Locked Door" was written by George Harrison in August 1969 as encouragement to Bob Dylan while he made a public performing comeback with The Band. It appeared a year later on his debut album All Things Must Pass. That version has appeared on a previous mix. This mix features Harrison's demo version as well as covers by Olivia Newton-John, The Felice Brothers and My Morning Jacket singer Jim James under his alias Yim Yames.

One other song repeats this week: Bruce Springsteen's landmark album title track Born To Run from 1975, here with a cover by Frankie Goes To Hollywood off their 1984 hit debut album Welcome To The Pleasuredome.

The rest: an alternate first take of Bob Dylan's non-album 1965 single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?", the Gamble & Huff-produced "It's Forever" from the 1973 eponymous debut album by The Ebony's, a mixtape track credited to Childish Gambino that samples it with Ghostface Killah's lyrics in a track called "It May Be Glamour Life", Frank Sinatra's English language version of Harry Belafonte's "Manha De Carnaval" called "A Day In The Life Of A Fool", Miss Kittin The Hacker's odd "Frank Sinatra", the proto-punk track "Agitated" by Electric Eels, Junior Senior's ebullient "Move Your Feet", Wu-Tang Clan's hopeful "A Better Tomorrow" and Josephine Baker's live cover of George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord".

The Times They Are A-Changin'  (live )      Josephine Baker
Behind That Locked Door                           Olivia Newton-John
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (take 1)        Bob Dylan
The Times They Are A-Changin'                    Cher
Behind That Locked Door                       Yim Yames
It's Forever                                                The Ebonys
It May Be Glamour Life           Childish Gambino ft. Ghostface Killah
Born To Run                                             Bruce Springsteen
Behind That Locked Door                      The Felice Brothers
A Day In the Life Of A Fool                 Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra                               Miss Kittin & The Hacker
Area 54                                                   Dr. Octagon
Agitated                                                  Electric Eels
Move Your Feet                                    Junior Senior
A Better Tomorrow                              Wu-Tang Clan
The Times They Are A-Changin'          Brothers & Sisters
Behind That Locked Door  (demo)       George Harrison
My Sweet Lord (live )                 Josephine Baker
The Times They Are A-Changin'           Nina Simone