Inspirations - Borrowed By Bob Dylan

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As a devotee of the earliest blues and folk music, Bob Dylan honed his craft by absorbing all of the classics of those genres on which he could lay his hands. In his pre-internet era, that was no mean feat, with records of incredible rarity that were very difficult to find changing hands for what must have been relatively enormous sums at the time. Perhaps we forget how easy it is now as we have access to virtually any recording at the click of a mouse. 

DISC ONE

1.       House Of The Risin' Sun - Clarence 'Tom' Ashley And Gwen Foster, 2.       Let's Stick Together - Wilbert Harrison, 3.       Can't Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley, 4.       This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie, 5.       Train Of Love - Johnny Cash And The Tennessee Two, 6.       Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson, 7.       Boogie Woogie Country Girl - Big Joe Turner, 8.       Freight Train Blues - Roy Acuff, 9.       Let It Be Me - Jill Corey With Jimmy Carroll And His Orchestra, 10.   Man Of Constant Sorrow - Emry Arthur, 11.   My Blue Eyed Jane - Jimmie Rodgers, 12.   Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache - Bob Luman, 13.   Barbry Allen (Barbara Allen) - Bradley Kincaid, 14.   When Did You Leave Heaven? - Tony Martin, 15.   See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson, 16.   Corinne, Corinna - Bo Carter, 17.   Handsome Molly - Grayson And Whitter, 18.   The Gypsy Laddie (Blackjack Davey) - John Jacob Niles, 19.   Stack O' Lee Blues - Waring's Pennsylvanian's, 20.   Take A Message To Mary - Everly Brothers

DISC TWO

1.       Blue Moon - Glen Gray And His Casa Loma Orchestra, 2.       Cocaine Blues - Roy Hogsed, 3.       A Fool Such As I - Hank Snow, 4.       I Can't Get You Off My Mind - Hank Williams, 5.       Pretty Boy Floyd - Woody Guthrie, 6.       Fixin' To Die - Bukka White, 7.       Gotta Travel On - Billy Grammer, 8.       The House Carpenter - Pete Seeger, 9.       Cuckoo Bird - Clarence Ashley, 10.   Kentucky Moonshiner - Ed McCurdy, 11.   Tomorrow Night - Horace Heidt And His Orchestra, 12.   He Was A Friend Of Mine - Rolf Cahn And Eric Von Schmidt, 13.   Delhia - Jimmie Gordon, 14.   Sitting On Top Of The World - The Mississippi Sheiks, 15.   Froggie Went A-Courtin' - Bradley Kincaid, 16.   Broke Down Engine Blues - Blind Willie McTell, 17.   Roll And Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern, 18.   Mama Let Me Lay It On You (Baby Let Me Follow You Down) - Blind Boy Fuller, 19.   I Ain't Got No Home In This World Any More - Woody Guthrie, 20.   The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) - The Nat King Cole Trio