- The Annotated Recordings ofBob Dylan - 
NASHVILLE SKYLINE

1.   Girl From the North Country #2
2.   Nashville Skyline Rag.
3.   To Be Alone With You.
4.   I Threw It All Away #1. (#234)
5.   Peggy Day.
6. Lay Lady Lay #1.
7. One More Night.
8. Tell Me That It Isn't True.
9. Country Pie #1.
10. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You. 


RECORDING DETAILS
RELEASE DATE : April 9 1969
COMPANY: CBS
RECORD NUMBER: Columbia KCS 9825
CD NUMBER: CBS CDCBS 63601
RECORDED:  February 13 to February 18 1969
STUDIO/S: Columbia Music Row Studios, Nashville Tennessee USA
PRODUCER: Bob Johnson
ENGINEER/S: Charlie Bragg, Neil Wilburn
MUSICIANS:
Bob Dylan
Kenny Buttery Drums
Charles McCoy Bass
Pete Drake Steel Guitar
Norman Blake Guitar
Charlie Daniels Guitar
Bob Wilson Piano
Johnny Cash Guitar
UNCREDITED: (Track 1)
W. S. Holland Drums
Marshall Grant Bass
Bob Wotton Guitar
Carl Perkins Guitar

SOURCE/PRECEDENT/CONTEMPORARY RECORDINGS
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COMMENTS
1. Features the first recorded vocal duet (with Johnny Cash) and first alternative version of a previously released song,  Girl From the North Country #2.
2.  The first instrumental track, Nashville Skyline Rag.
3. Includes the widely covered  I'll Be Your Baby Tonight.
4. Each side includes an outstanding  love song,  I Threw It All Away (A) and Lay Lady Lay (B)
5. The album is noteworthy for the use of a softer/higher vocal style (attributed at the time to giving up smoking) that only lasted for the next release,  SELF PORTRAIT.
6. The sleeve cover is just that - a photograph of Bob Dylan- there is no text (artist or album title). This 'no-text'  feature continued on the next two releases; SELF PORTRAIT,using a painting by the artist, and NEW MORNING , a sepia photograph inside a plain border.
7. The cover photograph is a copy of  THE FOLK BLUES OF ERIC VON SCMIDT  Prestige 7717 196x, which appears with a pile of  records (Lotte Lenya, Robert Johnson, others) on the cover of the previously released BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME.
8. Johnny Cash
9. Carl Perkins

THE CRITICS
1. Heylin : Behind Closed Doors:  'mire of conventionality' pp 76 
2.

THE RECORD
TRACK LIST
SIDE ONE
1.   Girl From the North Country #2
2.   Nashville Skyline Rag.
3.   To Be Alone With You.
4.   I Threw It All Away #1. (#234) 
5.   Peggy Day.
SIDE TWO
1. Lay Lady Lay #1. 
2. One More Night. 
3. Tell Me That It Isn't True. 
4. Country Pie #1. 
5. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You. 
COVER
Front Close up photograph, Bob Dylan with guitar, hat and stubble.No text.
Back Hazy Nashville City skyline. Poem by Johnny Cash, Company Details.
A new collection of songs featuring the voice and guitar of BOB DYLAN
With KENNY BUTTERY,CHARLES McCOY, PETE DRAKE, NORMAN BLAKE, 
CHARLIE DANIELS and BOB WILSON and guest artist, JOHNNY CASH.
Insert n/a


THE COMPACT DISC
Front Close up photograph, Bob Dylan with guitar, hat and stubble.No text.
Back Cropped hazy Nashville City skyline. Company Details
Insert Eight (8) page booklet with Title, Track listing, Credits, Johnny Cash poem,  Company Details and centre double page skyline image (cropped?)

All compositions by Bob Dylan, except where noted.
All Recording Data usually from Record /Compact Disc Cover, or
Clinton Heylin, Dylan : Behind Closed Doors - The Recording Sessions 1960-1994
Penguin Books 1996
Home Catalogue Album Index Track 1

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