| "I'll Keep It with Mine" | |
|---|---|
| Song byBob Dylan | |
| from the albumThe Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 | |
| Released | March 26, 1991 |
| Recorded | January 27, 1966 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 3:39 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Songwriter | Bob Dylan |
| Producer | Bob Johnston |
| "I'll Keep It With Mine" | |
|---|---|
| Song byNico | |
| from the albumChelsea Girl | |
| Released | October 1967 |
| Recorded | April 4, 1967 |
| Studio | Mayfair Sound, New York City |
| Length | 3:17 |
| Songwriter | Bob Dylan |
| Producer | Tom Wilson |
| "I'll Keep It With Mine" | ||||
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| Single byFairport Convention | ||||
| from the albumWhat We Did on Our Holidays | ||||
| B-side | "Fotheringay" (Sandy Denny) | |||
| Released | July 1969 | |||
| Length | 3:01 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Songwriter | Bob Dylan | |||
| Producer | Joe Boyd | |||
| Fairport Convention singles chronology | ||||
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"I'll Keep It with Mine" is a song written byBob Dylan in 1964,[1] first released byfolk singerJudy Collins as a single in 1965. Dylan attempted to record the song for his 1966 albumBlonde on Blonde.
Dylan recorded a vocal-and-piano demo of the song for publishing companyM. Witmark & Sons in June 1964, which was released by Columbia in 2010 onThe Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964.
In mid-January 1965, during sessions for theBringing It All Back Home album, Dylan again recorded the song solo, on piano. This version, with the working title "Bank Account Blues", was released in 1985 on theBiograph retrospective. (The album notes contradictorily indicate that this performance was recorded in June 1964 and that it was recorded in January 1965. The latter is correct.[2])
A full-band rehearsal of the song, recorded during the earlyBlonde on Blonde sessions on January 27, 1966 (per album booklet), was released onThe Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3. The rehearsal is rough and the recording starts well into the first verse, which is briefly interrupted by producer Bob Johnston on a talkback speaker, saying, "What you were doing".
During the seventh session forBlonde on Blonde – on February 15–16, 1966, at the Columbia Music Row Studios, Nashville, Tennessee – ten instrumental takes of the song were recorded. Takes 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are false starts, and takes 1 and 3 are interrupted.[3] Dylan is not present on these recordings, as he was late to the session. While they waited, Johnston had the musicians lay down through instrumental takes of the song - presumably either as rehearsals or to have Dylan overdub his parts later. When Dylan arrived at the studio he opted instead to focus on "Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands". The song was not revisited during the Nashville sessions.
Dylan can be seen performing the song on piano in the film65 Revisited, which was made during his tour of England in May 1965.
The Bootleg Series version
Unreleased version
Rolling Stone rated the song #41 on its list of 100 Greatest Bob Dylan Songs, calling it a "ballad of friendship" featuring "a sweet, plaintive vocal."[4]
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