All Along the Watchtower

(Bob Dylan)

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White Music

 Recordings
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Art
Chords and Tablature
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Recordings

  1. Album version, 5'40.
    Recorded live in studio at The Manor, Oxfordshire, England.
    Released on White Music.

  2. Live version.
    Recorded live 9 March 1978 at The Hippodrome, Golders Green, London, for Sight & Sound in Concert.
    Produced by Jeff Griffin for the BBC.
    Released on 16 November 1998 on Transistor Blast in the U.K.

Art

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“All Along The Watchtower”, live on BBC Sight & Sound In Concert, March 1978

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Chords and Tablature

Guitar & Bass (UK)
May 2005

Generally Major: Colin Moulding Workshop
by Gareth Morgan

Ex. 1

QUIRKY TOWER
XTC have only ever recorded one cover version — a frenetic rendition of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower (White Music, 1977). Partridge's vocal delivery is stutteringly pneumatic and Barry Andrews' cheap organ sound throws a legato blanket over the whole affair. We've given you a taste of Moulding's contribution here; the space is crucial but the real gem is the chromatic pull-off from the octave D down to C. Try using a 4-2-1 fingering for this and concentrate on getting it to sound smooth and flowing.

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