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Bob Dylan

All Along the Watchtower

1982 · via XTC

Bob Dylan’s earliest release of “All Along the Watchtower” on file came out in 1982. Bob Dylan wrote it. The earliest release on file is The Alan Bown!’s, from 1967. Also recorded by Dave Matthews Band (released 1992), Grateful Dead (released 1993) and U2 (released 1988), among 1041 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Bob Dylan – All Along the Watchtower
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Here is the writer's own take, so you can hear what XTC were working from when they cut it in 1978. His shelf runs long, and this song is a fine way in.

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Credited writer: Bob Dylan.

Earliest release on file: The Alan Bown!, 1967.

Other recordings on file · first release year

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XTC put "All Along the Watchtower" on record in 1978, and The Alan Bown! cut it before them. Who wrote the song they were both chasing?Bob Dylan
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