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  1.  CALENDAR
 
  January 6,9  Telephone conversations between Dylan and A.J. Weberman
               about an intended article by Weberman. The conversation
               on the 9th is recorded. The date is given as 19th by
               Krogsgaard.
 
  February 8   Eat The Document is released and shown at the New York Academy of
               Music. This "documentary" was filmed and directed by 
               D.A. Pennebaker (director of Don't Look Back) during the
               European part of the 1966 world tour. It was later edited by 
               Dylan and Howard Alk.
 
  March 4      An edited transcript of the Dylan-Weberman conversations is
               published by Rolling Stone.
 
  March 16,17,18 Recording sessions at The Blue Rock Studios in New York
               with among others Leon Russell and Don Preston.
 
  Mid May      Rumored recording session with Elvis Presley at the RCA Studios
               in Nashville. A seventeen track listing exists, but is is most
               improbable that this session ever took place.
 
  August 1     The Concerts For Bangla Desh at the Madison Square Garden in NYC.
 
  October      The Happy Traum sessions in New York.
 
  October      Recording session with Allen Ginsberg & Friends.
 
  November 4   George Jackson recording session in New York.
 
  November 12  Release of the George Jackson single.
 
  November 17  Release of BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS VOL 2
 
  November 17, Recording sessions at The Record Plant in New York
           20  with Allen Ginsberg & Peter Orlovsky.
 
  December 20  Release of "The Concert For Bangla Desh" on Apple.
               
 
  2.  RECORDINGS
 
  Jan 19: A.J. Weberman Telephone Conversation
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          New York.
 
          Partly released on "Bob Dylan vs A.J. Weberman", 
          Folkways Records, 1977.
 
          52 minutes.
 
  March   The Leon Russell sessions
  16,17,18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Blue Rock Studios, New York
 
          1. Watching The River Flow
          2. When I Paint My Masterpiece
 
          Leon Russell (piano), Joey Cooper (guitar), Don Preston (guitar),
          Carl Radle (bass), Chick Blackwell (drums), Claudia Linnaer and
          Kathy MacDonald (background vocals).
 
          Released on BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS, November 17, 1971.
          1 also released on single June 3, 1971
 
          Rumored from these sessions are several covers, among them
          'That Lucky Old Sun' and 'Rock Of Ages'.
 
  Aug 1   The Bangla Desh Concert - rehearsal
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Madison Square Garden, New York
 
          1. If Not For You
 
          With by George Harrison (guitar). Fragment only!
 
          Released in the movie 'The Concert For Bangla Desh', March 23, 1972.
 
  Aug 1   The Bangla Desh Concert - afternoon
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Madison Square Garden, New York
 
          1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
          2. Blowin' In The Wind
          3. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
          4. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
          5. Just Like A Woman
 
          Backed by Leon Russell (bass), George Harrison (guitar)
          and Ringo Starr (drums).
 
          1 and 4 broadcast by WNEW-FM radio, NYC, August, 1971.
          1 and 4 mono PA, 2,3 and 5 mono audience rec.
 
  Aug 1   The Bangla Desh Concert - evening
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Madison Square Garden, New York
 
          1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
          2. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
          3. Blowin' In The Wind
          4. Mr Tambourine Man
          5. Just Like A Woman
 
          Backed by Leon Russell (bass), George Harrison (guitar)
          and Ringo Starr (drums).
 
          Released on 'The Concert For Bangla Desh', Apple, Dec 20, 1971. 
          1-3 and 5 released in the movie 'The Concert For Bangla Desh',
          March 23, 1972.
 
  Oct     The Happy Traum sessions
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Columbia studios, New York 
 
          1. I Shall Be Released
          2. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
          3. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
          4. Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)
 
          Happy Traum on bass, banjo, guitar and back-up vocal.
 
          1,2 and 4 released on BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS, November 17, 1971.
          1 released on MASTERPIECES (CBS/Sony), 1978 in Japan and Australia.
          1 released on BIOGRAPH October 28, 1985.
 
  Oct     Allen Ginsberg & Friends
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          PBS-TV Studios, New York
 
          1. ?
          2. Nurse's Song (William Blake/Allen Ginsberg)
          3. September On Jessore Road (Allen Ginsberg)
          4. A Dream (William Blake/Allen Ginsberg)
          5. Mantra (?)
 
          Allen Ginsberg (harmonium & vocal), Peter Orlovsky (vocal),
          David Amram (fr horn), Gregory Corso (vocal),
          Happy Traum (banjo & guitar), Bob Dylan (guitar) and others...
 
          Broadcast mid-november in Freetime on PBS-TV, New York.
 
  Nov 4   The George Jackson session
          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Blue Rock Studios, New York
 
          1. George Jackson (Big Band version)
          2. George Jackson (Acoustic version)
          3. Wallflower
 
          1 and 3 backed by Kenneth Buttrey (drums), Dan Keith (steel guitar)
          and Leon Russel (bass) - the Big Band!
          Joshie Armstead and Rose Hicks, background vocals on 1.
 
          1 and 2 released on single, November 12, 1971.
          1 released on MASTERPIECES (CBS/Sony), 1978 in Japan and Australia.
 
  Nov 17  The Allen Ginsberg sessions
  Nov 18  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
          Record Plant, New York.
 
           1. Vomit Express (Allen Ginsberg/Bob Dylan-Allen Ginsberg)
           2. Going To San Diego (Allen Ginsberg)
           3. Om My Soul Shalom (trad.)
           4. Nurse's Song (William Blake/Allen Ginsberg)
           5. Jimmy Berman (Allen Ginsberg/Bob Dylan-Allen Ginsberg)
           6. Many Loves (Allen Ginsberg)
           7. Prajnaparamitra Sutra (trad.)
           8. September On Jessore Road (Allen Ginsberg/Dylan-Allen Ginsberg)
           9. September On Jessore Road (Allen Ginsberg/Dylan-Allen Ginsberg)
          10. The Tyger (William Blake/Allen Ginsberg)
 
 
          Allen Ginsberg (harmonium & vocal), Peter Orlovsky (vocal),
          David Amram (fr horn), Artie Traum (banjo), John Sholle (guitar),
          Happy Traum (mandolin), Bob Dylan (guitar, piano & organ).
 
          9 released on a flexidisc in Sing Out!, Vol 21, No 2, 1972.
          1-8 were planned to be released on "Holy Soul & Jelly Roll", Apple.
          5 released on "Disconnected", Giorno Poetry Systems Records, 1974
          1,2 and 5 released on "Allen Ginsberg: First Blues", John Hammond
                                                     Records, February 1983.
 
 
  3.  DYLAN SONGS 1971
 
  March     Watching The River Flow  (3)
            When I Paint My Masterpiece  (4)
  November  George Jackson
            Wallflower  (2)
            Going To San Diego  (1)
            Jimmy Berman  (1)
            Many Loves  (1)
            September On Jessore Road  (1)
            Vomit Express  (1)
 
  Notes:
  ~~~~~~
  (1) Co-written with Allen Ginsberg.
  (2) Also recorded with Dough Sahm in October 1972.
 
  Live performances:
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  (3) Played off and on the 1978, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 tours.
  (4) Played during the first Rolling Thunder Revue in 1975 and twice in
      1987 in Europe with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.
 
  4. REFERENCE
 
  The Wanted Man Interview: Allen Ginsberg interviewed by M. Krogsgaard on
  January 10, 1983.  The Telegraph No 11. 
 

  

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