bertus99 schreef:
Dignity was overigens toch al eerder uitgebracht, ik ken het van The Essential Bob Dylan. Maar dat is ook in de productyie van Lanois.
Je hebt gelijk. Bertus. De Lanois-mix staat op
The Essential Bob Dylan.
Hieronder het volledige verhaal van Dignity:
"Dignity" is a song by Bob Dylan, first released on
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 in 1994. It was recorded during the
Oh Mercy studio sessions, but the version released on
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 was remixed and overdubbed by Brendan O'Brien (who also played organ on the song on
MTV Unplugged the same year). A new rhythm track was recorded and electrical guitar and organ were added to the mix. The slide guitar from the original mix was mixed out.
The original Daniel Lanois mix has been released on later compilations. The difficulties recording it are described by Dylan in
Chronicles, Vol, 1. It was originally recorded with Dylan, Stoltz, and Green. Though they managed to complete a polished performance, Lanois suggested something more ambitious with a Cajun band. Curious to see what Lanois had in mind, Dylan agreed to recut the song. The next evening, a session was held with Rockin' Dopsie and His Cajun Band, but the results were disastrous. The group experimented with different keys and tempos, but according to Dylan, everyone was frustrated with the results.
Dylan still preferred the original version recorded the previous day, but it wasn't considered finished by Dylan or Lanois. The next day, they listened to every take of "Dignity" recorded with Dopsie and his band, and all of them were rejected. "Whatever promise Dan had seen in the song was beaten into a bloody mess", Dylan recalled. "Where we had started from, we'd never gotten back to, a fishing expedition gone nowhere. In no take did we ever turn back the clock. We just kept winding it. Every take another ball of confusion." "Dignity" was set aside, never to be revisited for the remainder of the sessions.
A 2 minute demo-version is included as part of a six-song sampler in promo editions of
Chronicles Vol. 1. An alternate, almost reggae version can be found on Dylan's eighth installment of The Bootleg Series (
Tell Tale Signs).