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Bob Dylan

I Shall Be Released

1969 · via Nina Simone

Bob Dylan’s earliest release of “I Shall Be Released” on file came out in 1969. Bob Dylan wrote it. The earliest release on file is The Band’s, from 1968, along with Joan Baez’s. Also recorded by Wilco (released 2017), Joe Cocker (released 1969) and Jerry Garcia Band (released 1991), among 439 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

Bob Dylan – I Shall Be Released
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The Band cut it before she did, but the song is Dylan's, and his own version sits nicely beside hers. Pull on his name and the thread starts running in a lot of directions.

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Credited writer: Bob Dylan.

Earliest release on file: The Band, 1968, the same year as Joan Baez.

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Nina Simone sang "I Shall Be Released," and The Band had it on record before her. Who actually wrote the song?Bob Dylan
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