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Bob Dylan & The Band

All Along the Watchtower

1967 · via XTC

Bob Dylan & The Band’s recording of “All Along the Watchtower” came out in 1967, the earliest year on file; The Alan Bown!’s came out the same year. Bob Dylan wrote it. Also recorded by Dave Matthews Band (released 1992), Grateful Dead (released 1993) and U2 (released 1988), among 1041 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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XTC's take lands in a crowded room, with U2, the Grateful Dead and Dave Matthews Band all having had a go at it. Start with the writer's own version alongside The Band, then come back and hear what XTC did to it.

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Credited writer: Bob Dylan.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1967, the same year as The Alan Bown!.

Other recordings on file · first release year

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XTC put out All Along the Watchtower in 1978, and The Alan Bown! had it on record before them. Who wrote the song?Bob Dylan
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