In three or four different threads on the forum people are talking about putting together lists and a collection for distribution via ftp or cd or other ways. To help me keep this strait, and hopefully others on the list, I have aggregated all covers I have seen discussed in the various threads. I also used Ger's list and notes from his Nashville to Kentucky Archive (let me know if this is not okay with you Ger). I have put all of this into a spreadsheet for those who want to keep track as well. If people will cooperate with this project, I will convert it into a web page as well at a later date (perhaps with links to each track if it is placed on an ftp server).
The spreadsheet has columns for documenting the covers, including original date, if recorded, if available for sharing, title, original artist, song writer, performance notes, and original version notes.
If anyone can add information into the spreadsheet and email it back to me, I'll keep making updated versions available until we have a comprehensive resource. Email it back to me at "mmjfansATyahoo.com".
I have 90 tracks listed so far, multiple versions of a few. The spreadsheet can be downloaded here (from Savefile, they'll bug you with popups but it's free storage):
http://www.savefile.com/files/2829532.
The list so far is:
A Quick One
All Things Must Pass
Always On My Mind
Angel Of Harlem
Attitude
Be Here To Love Me
Behind That Locked Door
Billy #4 (w M Ward)
Black Sabbath
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Dance The Night Away
Dark End of the Street
Don't Fear the Reaper(w/ Wilco)
Don't Stop Believin'
Downtown
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Easy
Every Rose Has It's Thorn
Everybody's Talkin'
Fairies Wear Boots
Freaks Of The Industry
Girl From the North Country
Girl of the North Country
Glycerine
Good Til Now
Head Held High
Honesty (very short piece)
Hot Burrito #1
Hot Legs
How The Gods Kill
I Could Never Take the Place of Man
I Still Miss Someone
I'm On Fire
It Makes No Difference
It Makes No Difference (w. Eddider)
Jeremy
Jump
La Bamba
Lead Me Father
Loving Cup
Make it With You
Man in Me (full band)
Miss You
Mother
My Morphine
Never Tear Us Apart
New Morning
Northern Sky
O Holy Night (Jim solo '01)
Peaceful, Easy Feeling
Principal's Office
Race For The Prize
Ring Of Fire
Rocket Man (full band version)
Rocket Man (live, acoustic)
Rocket Man (session)
Rocket Man (studio)
Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Silent Night
Sleepwalker
Spanish Pipedream
Still Feeling Blue
Suspicious Minds
Take My Breath Away
Tequila Sunrise
That's All Right
The Dark End of the Street
The End
The Man In Me
The Same in Any Language
This Magic Moment
Time Of The Season
Time of the Season
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here Wiu
Touch Too Much
Trouble Sleep, Yanga Wake Am
Tyrone
Up On Cripple Creek
Wear Your Love Like Heaven
West End Girls
White Rabbit
Why Don't We Do It In The Road
Why Don't You Love Me?
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
You're a Big Girl Now
wow
I Love MMJ Fans
Lookin pretty good. I like your idea of setting up links to downloads for each track. That way we can provide a link to amazon.com or something for the tracks that are widely available in stores like Same in Any Language or the Early Recordings, but the list will be complete.
I've been in contact with management but still awaiting word on how far we can take this endeavor.
Also, George Savage has found some more covers and is sending them along to me soon. So add La Bamba, How the Gods Kill, Dark End of the Street, Spanish Pipedream, and Every Rose Has Its Thorn to the list of covers that I have to offer to this compliation.
they covered "The End"? has this been recorded?
Quotethey covered "The End"? has this been recorded?
that was jim solo in diksmuide, belgium, 2000.
I remember someone videotaping it but nobody has been able to find it.
Whoa! The End, Angel of Harlem, Jeremy, The Dark End of the Street, etc. etc. :o
Signed, Jealous
I'd really like to hear Why Don't We Do It In The Road.
I love that song.
You guys are AWESOME archivists!!
Every Rose Has It's Thorn!?
CC Deville guesting on Chocolate and Ice and now this! ;)
I should have added that the performance notes should explain whether it was MMJ or Jim James solo. Later I can mark the song titles with asterisks or such to designate this.
Also, I suppose the Monster's of Folk tour and Jim's collaborations with M. Ward, Bright Eyes and other such covers will be included if Jim is lead vocalist or shares the honors. Such collaborartions are a bit of a grey area.
p.s. I'll try to add George's additional songs later today and I guess I can keep editing the list above so everyone can find it quickly. In my original post on this thread, I tried hard to use pre-formatted text, the "add table" and the "add code" functions to put the song/original artist on here in a neat format but couldn't get them to work. When I have time, I'll give that another try.
Yep, I say a covers compilation is long overdue for these guys 8)
Hot Burrito #1 has surfaced!!!! It sounds great!
Also, a little birdie told me that "Dondante" from Bonnarooo and one from "HighSierra" is mixed in with a cover of Fela Kuti's- "Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake AM" its the intro and outro and rhythmic basis of that version of "Dondante." So add it to the list, I have both versions, I'll have to listen and try to figure out which version would be the best to use.
Now all we need is "You're a Big Girl Now" and the tracks that Ger has and I believe we'll have all the cover songs that have been recorded and circulated. There are still some ultra-rare tracks floating around and others that are documented but weren't recorded. This is going to be an amazing compliation!. And we can always add to it as we go along.
aMD, did you get HB#1 from the folks at KCRW?
QuoteaMD, did you get HB#1 from the folks at KCRW?
My source didn't want to be revealed. Let's just say that the internet is a beautiful thing!
I love the fact that you guys are working on this and it seems to be taking hold. Don't give up. I would love to help in any way I can.
QuoteI love the fact that you guys are working on this and it seems to be taking hold. Don't give up. I would love to help in any way I can.
You could email Ger and let him know how much it would mean to you and the rest of us if he got in touch with me (Dylan/aMD) about this compiliation. Here's his email:
mymorningjacket@gerpotze.com
Ger is a busy guy and I don't want to bug him but I do want to get in touch with him.
Also, George Savage has found some more covers and is sending them along to me soon. So add La Bamba, How the Gods Kill, Dark End of the Street, Spanish Pipedream, and Every Rose Has Its Thorn to the list of covers that I have to offer to this compliation.[/quote]
These are Louisville bound as of yesterday to Dylan. Three of these five are partial/subjective interpretation! By that I mean that while Jim and the band were playing the music to La Bamba, they 1) only played about a minute of it, and 2) probably a third of the lyrics were "Benicio del Toro"!
Jim perpetuating his comic side here, I guess!? (Austin, Oct 17, 2003)
He also only played the chorus to Spanish Pipedream - "Blow up your T.V. throw away your paper, go to
the country, build you a home, plant a little garden, eat a lot of peaches, try an find Jesus on your own" - and then he went into "At Dawn they ride again" - it was awesome, big surprise! (Atlanta, March 21, 2002)
He only played about a minute of Every Rose has its Thorn. Apparently someone in the audience hollered out for it; he and/or the band has reportedly performed it live prior to this date but I am not sure if any of those full-length versions were ever recorded (Greensboro, NC, March 24, 2002)
The other songs I sent were full-length, but Dylan had some of those already. I sent Dark End of the Street from the Gram concert (House of Blues, Los Angeles, July 10, 2004) and How the gods Kill (Danzig), from The Nick, Birmingham AL, Sept 4, 2002). Anyway, thanks to Dylan and all of the others who are helping with this compilation.
Low Dog
Just a heads up, I'm going on vacation for about a week so I probably won't be posting or checking email, but hopefully when I get back Ger will have received my email, George's CDs will have arrived, and maybe "You're a Big Girl Now" will have surfaced and we can go forward with our little project here.
this is unbeleiveable
Echoing aMD, I'll be away from the 'puter till July 20. Will have the new and improved list then.
I think we can make this definitive with so many helping. The spreadsheet format will allow us to sort by performance date and alphabetically by the song title and original artist. Makes it easier to see if one of your faves has been covered.
I want Angel of Harlem so badly.
Like, now.
QuoteI want Angel of Harlem so badly.
Like, now.
move to new york then, jackass. ::)
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move to new york then, jackass. ::)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y126/captain_mail/root/april/homo.jpg)
:D
Can we get an estimate as to how much MB we have here, worth of rare covers? I'm curious.
Just got back in town and the wheels are back in motion. I got the discs from Lowdog, thanks again George!
I have a list I'm working with, I'm starting to compile the actual mp3s, looks like we're going to be at around 400mb with what we have so far (we could probably say 500MB to be safe), to answer your question, Ewok.
Still no word from Ger but we can always go forward with this thang and add his tracks later. These are the tracks that he has that I don't (that I'm aware of):
2000-01-29 Tuning guitars + White Rabbit
2000-04-15 Hot Legs
2000-04-15 Honesty (very short piece before Honest Man)
2000-04-15 Tequila Sunrise
2002-03-18 I'm On Fire
I'm still waiting on some clarification on which tracks we can actually offer up for download. For now let me say that though I have been critical of mmj's management in the past, they have been very helpful and cool about us throwing this thing together. Thanks to them and the boys as always!
Also, we ought to start thinking about how we want to host this. Any ideas?
My vote is for either the Archive or dimeadozen. The obvious benefit with the Archive being that it would not be a limited offering. I don't think that either have any stipulations against compilations because I believe that I downloaded the Mofro - Southern Fried Music Compliation from one of these.
what about savefile?
If archive.org allows compilations, I say go with that. It will always be there and it will expire on places like savefile. Same thing with torrents. If there are no seeders, then there is no way to get the files.
Dylan, it looks like the archive is out...
Files must be in lossless format (.flac or .shn), from lossless parent source material; we will optionally create the extra "lossy derivative" copies (.mp3, .ogg) onsite.
From following your earlier posts I believe I read that you were compiling MP3 files.
I checked dimeadozen and bt.etree.org and found the compilation I mentioned earlier listed on bt.etree.org. That may be the way to go.
I would say that the people who want it badly enough will get it in the first couple of weeks anyway even if it does expire. A permanant home would be better of course but not necessary.
it'd be nice to host it on a webpage somewhere, but at 500MB, it may be hard to do so without acruing too much of a cost. hmmm.... this is a thinker. ???
so here's where we stand as of now. I have all of the covers in my collection converted to mp3 and in one place. Except for the two tracks from the planetarium, I hope to get in contact with Brad about those or I'll splice them myself in a few days with a little help from whoever knows how to splice mp3s. Also, haven't heard from Ger but we'll just go ahead with this and add the tracks he's holding onto later (hopefully). It's only 5 tracks, but I'd love to have them.
I also have a complete list of covers including the songs that will be available for download and those not. I will post the list (probably) tomorrow once I finalize a few things.
Word has come from above that I can offer up live audience recordings as well as rarities that didn't make it on the Early Recordings CDs (good news). I will list the songs from ER and label them as officially released.
you rock my world dude. seriously. i am salivating at the thought. i already have about 15-20 of these spread around but this will be something special. that's very cool that the band is cool with mother and things like that. mother should be in the hands of every mmj fan!
Quoteso here's where we stand as of now. I have all of the covers in my collection converted to mp3 and in one place. Except for the two tracks from the planetarium, I hope to get in contact with Brad about those or I'll splice them myself in a few days with a little help from whoever knows how to splice mp3s. Also, haven't heard from Ger but we'll just go ahead with this and add the tracks he's holding onto later (hopefully). It's only 5 tracks, but I'd love to have them.
I also have a complete list of covers including the songs that will be available for download and those not. I will post the list (probably) tomorrow once I finalize a few things.
Word has come from above that I can offer up live audience recordings as well as rarities that didn't make it on the Early Recordings CDs (good news). I will list the songs from ER and label them as officially released.
Cheers MD, excellent work!
Okay, a lot has happened to our covers comp project in the past couple of days. First of all, You're a Big Girl Now has surfaced! I figured out how to splice so all the tracks are ready to go with the exception of Ger's tracks and a couple others I may be able to get to the surface. Also, I finished the list. Please note the addition of some covers previously not known to have existed including the rumored, yet-unreleased George Harrsion album.
Here is the track list for the George Harrison album:
(1) behind that locked door
(2) long, long, long
(3) if not for you
(4) love you to
(5) my sweet lord
(6) let it roll
(7) all things pass
The following list is songs not previously listed as covers done by mmj:
3 speed- by the eels
stir it up-bob marley
spooky-classics 4
all the best- john prine
i'll be your baby tonite- Dylan
Here is the complete list of covers including indications of what tracks will be available for download etc:
- = in circulation and available on compilation
* = officially released, not on compilation
@= not in circulation, not on compilation (some of these were recorded, some were not)
-3 Speed (Eels)
-All the Best (Prine)
@All Things Must Pass (George Harrison)(live)
@All Things Must Pass (from the unreleased George Harrison album)
-Always on My Mind (with M Ward and Mike Mogis, Ridglea Theatre, Fort Worth, TX, Oct 8, 2004)
@Angel Of Harlem
-Attitude (06-16-06 Bonaroo)
-Be Here to Love Me (Townes Van Zant cover)
-Behind that Locked Door (George Harrison)
-Billy #4 (with M Ward and Mike Mogis, Ridglea Theatre, Fort Worth, TX, Oct 8, 2004)
-Black Sabbath (10-09-02)
-Blue Moon
-Blue Moon of Kentucky
@Dance The Night Away
-Dark End of the Street (Penn/Oldham) - July 10, 2004
-Don't Fear the Reaper (Wilco w/ Jim on guitar, rest of mmj on cowbell) (06-30-05)
@Don't Stop Believin'
-Dream a Little Dream of Me (Jim Solo, WFPK broadcast)
*Dream a Little Dream of Me (studio version) (Early Recordings)
-Easy (04-16-00)
@The End
-Every Rose has its Thorn (partial) - (Poison) (3/24/02)
@Every Rose has its Thorn (full song)
-Everybody's Talkin
-Fairies Wear Boots (12-15-00)
@Freaks Of The Industry
-Girl from the North Country (Dylan) with M Ward and Bright Eyes with M Ward and Mike Mogis, Ridglea Theatre, Fort Worth, TX, Oct 8, 2004
@Glycerine
@Good Til Now
-Head Held High (06-16-06 Bonaroo)
@Honesty (very short piece)
-Hot Burrito #1 (Jim solo, KRCW live 07-08-04)
@Hot Legs
-How the Gods Kill (Danzig) (The Nick, Birmingham AL, Sept 4, 2002)
-I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
-I Still Miss Someone (Cash) (09-12-03)
@If Not For You (from the unreleased George Harrison album)
@I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
@I'm On Fire
-It Makes No Difference (05-20-06, w. Eddie Vedder)
-It Makes No Difference (06-16-06 Bonaroo)
@It Makes No Difference (Studio, unreleased)
@Jeremy
@Jump
-Labamba (partial) (Valens) (10/17/03)
*Lead Me Father (At Dawn Demos)
@ Let It Roll (from the unreleased George Harrison album)
@Long, Long, Long (from the unreleased George Harrison album)
@Love You To (from the unreleased George Harrison album)
-Loving Cup (06-16-06 Bonaroo)
-Make it With You (Bread) – (Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, Oct 6, 05)
-Man in Me (acoustic from Live Lunch) (06-18-04)
-Man in Me (full band) (06-18-04)
@Miss You
-Mother
@My Morphine
@My Sweet Lord (from the unreleased George Harrison album)
-Never Tear Us Apart (INXS cover, Jim solo '02)
-New Morning (MMJ Does Xmas Fiasco)
-Northern Sky (2005-10-10)
-O Holy Night (12-21-01)
-Older guys (06-16-06 Bonaroo)
-Peaceful Easy Feeling (1/23/02)
@Principal's Office
@Race For The Prize
-A Quick One (06-16-06 Bonaroo)
-Ring of Fire (Cash) (09-12-03)
*Rocket Man (studio) (Early Recordings)
-Rocket Man (live, Jim acoustic) (01-26-00 VPRO Radio)
-Rocket Man (live, full band) (09-08-01)
*The Same in Any Language (Elizabethtown Soundtrack)
-Santa Claus is Back in Town (live)
*Santa Claus is Back in Town (MMJ Does Xmas Fiasco)
-Silent Night
*Sleepwalk (intro to Old Sept Blues (ga-ed out version)) (Early Recordings)
-Spanish Pipedream (partial) - (John Prine) - The Earl, Atlanta, 3/21/02
@Spooky (Classics 4)
-Still Feeling Blue (July 10, 2004)
@Stir It Up (Marley)
-Suspicious Minds (Elvis, Jim solo '01)
*Take My Breath Away (Early Recordings)
@Tequila Sunrise
-That's Alright
-This Magic Moment (06-03-05)
-Time of the Season (Zombies cover) (09-27-03)
-Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
@Touch Too Much
-Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake AM (Fela Kuti) (intro and outro parts of dondante) (06-16-06 Bonaroo)
*Tyrone (Early Recordings)
-Tyrone (full band)
-Tyrone (Jim Solo)
-Up on Cripple Creek > Blue Moon of Kentucky 12-15-00)
-Wear Your Love Like Heaven (from Donavan Tribute album)
*West End Girls (Early Recordings)
@White Rabbit (Live)
*White Rabbit (Early Recordings)
*Why Don't You Love Me? (Early Recordings)
@Why Don't We Do It In The Road
-Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (partial song, intro to The Bear, 09-08-01)
-You're a Big Girl Now (09-29-05)
Ger's gems(songs that Ger Potze has and I do not yet):
2000-01-29 Tuning guitars + White Rabbit
2000-04-15 Hot Legs
2000-04-15 Honesty (very short piece before Honest Man)
2000-04-15 Tequila Sunrise
2002-03-18 I'm On Fire
I'm sorry. Did I read that correctly? You got the George Harrison album? Really?
(If so, HOLY FUCKING SHIT!)
I can confirm its existence. :)
Is this also a "source wishes to remain anonymous" thing? :)
Fucking wow aMD, the George Harrison album? I thought that was just a myth ;)
QuoteIs this also a "source wishes to remain anonymous" thing? :)
yep.
It won't be available for download but a working version of an album of Harrison covers DOES exist and this is the first time a track list has been documented.
What a list...wow, just wow!
One can only hope that the reason you're not allowed to put the George Harrison album up is because they plan to release it one day? Shit I hope so...
Oh lord!
I wish you were hear so I could hug you.
This list is going straight to a word document for printing and analyzing.
Holy shit.
Are you talking Harrison studio recordings that may be actually released by the band? or live covers on a disc that may be released by the band? neither? would you have to kill me? still, let me know, I wil think about it.
oh, and do we have to hire a private investigator to look for this Ger fellah? ;)
Quoteoh, and do we have to hire a private investigator to look for this Ger fellah? ;)
maybe, he's hard to get a hold of. I've traded with him in the past and it took him months to get back to me. I'm sure he'll come through when he gets around to checking his email.
Re the Harrison album, I'm not sure how much more I should tell. I may have more info on it later.
That George Harrison album must be amazing. All things must Pass is one of my all time favorite albums, and the version of Behind That Locked Door just makes me want more. Ive decided i hate waiting for things.
I now have Jim's cover of All the Best by John Prine. I've updated the list. It sounds good, too. More to come, hopefully. I'm still looking for an attack plan on how to host this. I'm thinking I'll make a website for the compilation. Anyone want to help me pay for it? Or does anyone know of any good sites that will host over 600MB for pretty cheap?
QuoteI now have Jim's cover of All the Best by John Prine. I've updated the list. It sounds good, too. More to come, hopefully. I'm still looking for an attack plan on how to host this. I'm thinking I'll make a website for the compilation. Anyone want to help me pay for it? Or does anyone know of any good sites that will host over 600MB for pretty cheap?
i would definitely contribute some cash for this...
me too.
Thanks guys. Okay so it looks like I'll be setting up a website to host the collection and the list (pending approval from above). It'll be a little more work and cost a bit to maintain but it'll probably be better than anyother option because I can edit the list and add songs as they come in. Speaking of which, I just got 3 speed by the Eels to the surface.
Can you set up a paypal account or something & everyone pays a few bucks? Happy to contribute MD, keep up the good work :)
QuoteCan you set up a paypal account or something & everyone pays a few bucks? Happy to contribute MD, keep up the good work :)
Yeah, that's kind of what I was thinking. I found a site that will host up to 1gig for the year for $5 a month with no sign up fee if you pay for the year. So sixty dollars would get this thang on the web for a year. I would appreciate a few small donations to help out. Thanks again guys, I'll keep yas updated.
Just a quick technical question:
Are all of the mp3s gonna be the same bitrate? I know that's probably a nerdy question, but I'm curious. I'm looking forward to it either way.
woah. aahhh... right right.
it looks like they are at a variety of bitrates. Does it matter? This probably isn't what you want to hear, corey, but I'm not too picky about audio formats or bitrates in that I don't really think about it. I was actually thinking about having some in mp3 format and others in m4u, instead of convert m4us over. Should I be thinking more about this kind of stuff?
It's no big deal, really. It's just me being picky. But you may consider it (if you are like me) once I point out my reason for asking.
If they are different bitrates, it may cause some volume discrepancies if someone makes a mixed CD out of a bunch of the songs. For example, Song 1 may be at 128 kbps and Song 2 may be at 320 so there will probably be a noticeable volume change from one to the next that can be kind of distracting and disrupt the flow of the mix....
But like I said, that was just me being picky and wondering.* I know I sure wouldn't want to convert them all to one constant bitrate. That's a lot of damn work. :)
*Also, the mastering level on the mp3s and tracks that you have collected are all going to be different to begin with because they are all coming from different sources. It may be worth it to try to contrast 2 completely different bitrates just to see if it's gonna make that much of a difference.
(But like I said, I'm excited either way). Just wanted to throw that out there.
Dylan, you should change your forum name to "Hunting Food" (as in Two-Tone's mantra). ;)
This is so cool A Million Dreams. Cheers!
Yeah, Nice Job Dylan!!!!! The tab site is looking AWESOME these days as well. I stopped in the other day and you have continued to make it better and better. Thanks,
Brian
QuoteYeah, Nice Job Dylan!!!!! The tab site is looking AWESOME these days as well. I stopped in the other day and you have continued to make it better and better. Thanks,
Brian
yeah...i love the tab site...i'm on it at least once a day learning new Jacket songs!
QuotePlease note the addition of some covers previously not known to have existed including the rumored, yet-unreleased George Harrsion album.
Here is the track list for the George Harrison album:
(1) behind that locked door
(2) long, long, long
(3) if not for you
(4) love you to
(5) my sweet lord
(6) let it roll
(7) all things pass
Watching The Concert For Bangladesh right now with a couple of beers in me (Leon Russell is kicking out JJF as I write) I have to express again how excited I am to know this is out there!
I remember chatting to you about this nearly a year ago aMD (back when you were Homer Simpson (wasn't Primushead Homer too?!!))
I HAVE to hear this!!! Man, oh man, the MMJ legend lives on...
thanks for the kind words guys. I actually need to update the tabs page but I'm so wrapped up in this covers comp it might be a bit before I get around to it. Right now I'm still waiting for an okay to go ahead with the website. If the okay comes I'll get started on creating the page and I'll post info for my paypal account for those of you who are nice enough to help a brother out. Thanks again, I'll keep yas posted when I know something else.
Just tell me who to pay... i'm so totally down with this!!! Just a minute ago, I thought it was my bright idea... Should'a known. you guys rule!!!
I really would like to contribute as well with a couple of bucks :). Those rare coversongs need to be spread all over the world ;)
QuoteI really would like to contribute as well with a couple of bucks :). Those rare coversongs need to be spread all over the world ;)
save your bucks ;)
just check the last post in this thread:
http://www.mymorningjacket.com/cgi-local/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=themusic;action=display;num=1154140025;start=60#60
that's crazy. unfortunately I exceeded my downloadlimit :'(