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Ballad for a Friend

by Bob Dylan · from The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964

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Review by lena★★★★Sample

Bob Dylan really said 'let me ruin your whole week' and then did it beautifully.

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Review by Yuki Tanaka★★★★Sample

this is what i'd put in a time capsule so aliens understand feelings

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Disc 1
1
Man On the Street (Fragment)
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1:06
2
Hard Times In New York Town
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1:56
3
Poor Boy Blues
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3:00
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Ballad for a Friend
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2:22
5
Rambling, Gambling Willie
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3:37
6
Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
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3:40
7
Standing On the Highway
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2:30
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Man On the Street
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1:29
9
Blowin' In the Wind
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2:36
10
Long Ago, Far Away
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2:28
11
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
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6:48
12
Tomorrow Is a Long Time
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3:45
13
The Death of Emmett Till
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4:30
14
Let Me Die In My Footsteps
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15
Ballad of Hollis Brown
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4:06
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Quit Your Low Down Ways
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2:48
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Baby, I'm In the Mood for You
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1:35
18
Bound to Lose, Bound to Win
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1:18
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All Over You
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3:51
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I'd Hate to Be You On That Dreadful Day
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1:59
21
Long Time Gone
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Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
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3:15
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Masters of War
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Oxford Town
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Farewell
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Disc 2
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Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
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Walkin' Down the Line
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I Shall Be Free
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Bob Dylan's Blues
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5
Bob Dylan's Dream
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3:50
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Boots of Spanish Leather
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5:47
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Girl from the North Country
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3:07
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Seven Curses
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Hero Blues
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Whatcha Gonna Do?
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Gypsy Lou
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Ain't Gonna Grieve
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John Brown
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Only a Hobo
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When the Ship Comes In
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The Times They Are A-Changin'
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Paths of Victory
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Guess I'm Doing Fine
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Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
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Mama, You Been On My Mind
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Mr. Tambourine Man
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I'll Keep It With Mine
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