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I Shall Be Released
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Bob DylanI see my light I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now I shall be released
I see my light come shining
From the west down to the east
Any day now, any day now I shall be released Recorded:
1971/05/20, first released on
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I threw it all away would have been a great Dylan track for Elvis in the seventies. If someone would add a instrumental piece, this could be a hit.
There is an unofficial mix out there of I Shall Be Released, with added guitar backing, spliced with It's Only Love. It's fabulous !
This short version always gives me goosebumps. Wish Elvis had recorded the whole song. It's a statement from Elvis that he know the songs of Bob Dylan and that he liked it.
I like Dylan's original and the version that Rick Nelson did I think live at the Troubadour? In the late 1960s. I think Elvis should have done a studio version and even an album of songs written and recorded by contemporary artists of the day, and given it the Presley treatment without the strings and the barber shop singers he loved to employ.
Well now! You can´t change history, can you? We are the most privileged music fans in the world! So many fantastic recordings by the best song interpreter ever in spite of disastrous management and wasted years. And this is not a recording, but "a rolling tape" thing never meant for publication, and as a matter of fact he sings beautifully!
Boring song anyway ! Elvis' LPs in the later stage of his career where pretty much poor with one or two good song's within,he had gone back to C&W too much !
Happy new year to all Elvis fans around the world...Hopefully we all shall be released in 2009 from sarcastic comments towards one another...Well, If I can dream...
The people who dismiss this song because they only know if for the few lines Elvis sings obviously never heard this song performed by anyone else. It is one of Dylan's best. Check out a proper version before you put it down. There are a lot of versions out there. Too bad Elvis wasnt one of them.
Useless. If this is what writing a song is all about, than who cares who write it. Heard it once and never again.
The sad thing is that Dylan, Lennon, McCartney would have all jumped at the chance to write for Elvis or work with him. What a heartbreaking thought. Parker has a lot to answer for. Think how the '68 Special would have turned out if it wasn't for Steve Binder.
Yeah, happy new year with a few lines of a missed opportunity. This is one for good. The Gipsy
Man himself should have recorded it. But he was involved in B-movie-nonsens. Compared to Do The Clam one can't get help to get sad. This prophetic song is breathing the same spirit of those great Woody Guthrie Lyrics. It represents the heart of great north american music. Too much cash sometimes kills creativity and sens for real good music.
I don't think Ricky, Elvis, Lennon, whoever, could do much with this mess!
Rick Nelson has a great version of this song. A song Elvis should have recorded properly but he was too busy with Clambake I guess. Check out Rick's version.
Classic song.Shame Elvis didn't decide to record a proper version.It's one of many great songs I wish The King had recorded.
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