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Bob Dylan

All Along the Watchtower

1985 · via XTC

Bob Dylan recorded “All Along the Watchtower” in 1985. Bob Dylan wrote it. An earlier recording by The Alan Bown! in 1967 is on file. Also recorded by Dave Mason (1974), Jimi Hendrix (1978) and U2 (1988), among 1041 recordings on file.

Bob Dylan – All Along the Watchtower
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Written by Bob Dylan.

Recorded earlier by The Alan Bown! in 1967; whether that was the first recording is not on file.

Other recordings on file

1041 recordings of “All Along the Watchtower” on MusicBrainz in all.

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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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