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Bob Dylan

I Shall Be Released
via Nina Simone
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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Liner notes

Written by Bob Dylan.

Recorded earlier by The Band in 1968.

Also recorded by The Band (1968), Joan Baez (1968), Bob Dylan & The Band (1974), Wilco (2017).

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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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