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Originals
I Shall Be Released by The Band (covered by Damon & Naomi with Tom Rapp)

I know, it's a Dylan track - but (apparently) Dylan never released a version of it until 1971 whereas The Band's version of I Shall Be Released was on their debut album Music From The Big Pink in 1968.

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It's possibly most famously performed by (almost) everyone in The Last Waltz

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Damon & Naomi played it at the first Terrastock with Tom Rapp and that version was released on the All Access CD released with the commemorative edition of Ptolemaic Terrascope.

Damon & Naomi with Tom Rapp - I Shall Be Released

Even Tom Rapp had released a version before His Bob-ness, on 1969's Pearls Before Swine LP - These Things Too

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And loads of other folk have covered it too - here's Nina Simone

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