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Thanks Brian.. Any details on when or where for that one?

Justin is right, Shake Sugaree from the TOOM sessions was on some kind of promotional working tracklist for Tell Tale Signs that also had TV Talkin' Song and Polly Vaughn. I always thought the longer version of Highlands was one of those apocryphal "oh that Bob" stories, but who knows.

the longer version is about 26 minutes....contains another scene like the boston restaurant....it circulates.

the longer version is about 26 minutes....contains another scene like the boston restaurant....it circulates.

the longer version is about 26 minutes....contains another scene like the boston restaurant....it circulates.

I never saw that tracklist. If you find it, please post a link.

Problem is, people will believe you!

If Tedham is who i think he is - than he knows who has a tape of not only the longer "Highlands" but a few other songs that were originally cut in oxnard. A very early Not Dark Yet is on it - and it is astounding.

I'm intrigued... Who has this Oxnard tape? How does one gain admittance to this inner sanctum of collectors?

I, too, doubt that there's a longer version of "Highlands." Like another poster already suggested, that rumor got going as the result of the alleged "that WAS the short version" retort. I've never heard of this "Shake Sugaree" but I'm going to check it out because like Nate8 (welcome to the boards, Nate8), Time Out of Mind is my favourite record.

Before Time Out of Mind came into play, we had been asked to mix this live show that Dylan had did. It was recorded for the Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he played The House of Blues, and they wanted to mix the recording for a Japanese release. And that was where a little bit of the sound of Time Out Of Mind began to become apparent.

On those recordings, I’d mixed the whole live show for them, and on the last song I was mixing, Dylan plays harmonica, and he says, “Hey, Mark, d’ya think you can make my harmonica sound electric on this one?” So I said, yeah, sure, and I took the harmonica off the tape and ran it through this little distortion box, and I played it, and he said, “Wow, that’s great.” So we’re mixing away, and, after he stops playing harmonica, he starts singing into the same mic, and Dylan hears his voice going through this little vocal amp, and he gets really excited about it. “Wow! This is great!” And so I had to remix the whole record, putting this little vocal amp on all of his vocals for the whole show. And that sound became the sound of Time Out Of Mind.