Bob Dylan's First Song - "Hey Little Richard"

Bob Dylan's First Song - "Hey Little Richard" - Recorded in 1958

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3 жыл бұрын

Bad sound quality, bad lyrics, questionable singing, and an out-of-tune piano, but it's still fantastic to be able to hear this piece of history. This is a part of a 5-minute tape that I will upload soon. The tape was recorded in the garage of 16-year-old Bob Dylan (then Zimmerman) by his friend and peer, John Bucklen, who can be heard singing with Bob. The Zimmerman residence was 2425 7th Ave. E., Hibbing, MN., now a pilgrimage destination for some fans. The tape, referred to by enthusiasts as the Bucklen Tape, is the earliest circulating recording of Bob, and this is the only original song on the tape, making it Bob's first recorded original song.
Love & Peace,
~SP

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@SwinginPig 3 жыл бұрын

The complete Kangas Tape is here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f72WYNZzs9W4lKs.html

@calvinpanini 3 жыл бұрын

I relate to the near-vicseral yelling on a level that can only be described as spiritual

@pekibuzz 3 жыл бұрын

right, calvin! 😘

@shuddupeyaface 3 жыл бұрын

Heard this 20 years ago in a BBC documentary. Sounds so much like the early Beatles stuff recorded in the late 50s. Must have been something in the air.

@Bootrosgali 3 жыл бұрын

As someone said on the last early recording.. 6 years later and... Subteraneann Homesick Blues!

@jamesthomson9525 3 жыл бұрын

Young Robert A' hammerin' away on the piano. He said once that he wouldn't have got into the music biz if not for Little Richard.

@asitis56 3 жыл бұрын

Visiting the Swinging Pig channel is like finding new and otherwise undiscovered treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamen.

@dwaynewladyka577 3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing to hear some of the earliest Bob Dylan. So cool. Cheers!

@jamesbradshaw3389 3 жыл бұрын

Who is this young boy that you talk about, He has got a great singing voice, I feel that this boy will go far if he sticks to playing his guitar, writing and singing his own songs, I am going to keep an eye out for this fine young fellow

@jonn.6325 3 жыл бұрын

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha... stfu

@Rascarrr 3 жыл бұрын

why do people always have to make the same fucking jokes on videos like this.

@jamesbradshaw3389 3 жыл бұрын

@@Rascarrr I am sad that you are having a bad moment and feeling angry at the world, If you were nearby I would give you a big hug, I would make you a nice cook of tea that came all the way from China, I would tell you a few funny stories, I would cheer you up, clap you on the back and let you know that everything will be fine and brink that smile of yours back on your face

@Rascarrr 3 жыл бұрын

thats very nice of you, sir! sounds like a lot of effort, though. especially when the same effect can be achieved by just not making the same tired old copied and pasted jokes that are on every youtube video. but you do you

@jamesbradshaw3389 3 жыл бұрын

@@Rascarrr thank you for your reply, take care, all the best to you

@joostkoppenaal5835 3 жыл бұрын

one of the best artists of all time. what you just heard is historical footage. how on earth does a KZfaq channel named "Swinging' Pig" GOT THIS where did he find it ??????

@michele-33 3 жыл бұрын

"No Direction Home" Documentary. I subbed to Netflix temporarily to watch it and ROLLING THUNDER REVIEW. Still available there :)

@SwinginPig 3 жыл бұрын

There's a bootleg tape of the Bucklen Tape in circulation. Just have to look around eBay :)

@michele-33 3 жыл бұрын

@@SwinginPig,. Wish I had all the old bootlegs my older brothers had years ago. First remember hearing Bob in Kindergarten, his is a voice one doesn't forget ; )

@mario7frankielee 3 жыл бұрын

💃🏻 🐖 IS a historical institution ☝️

@nelsonx5326 3 жыл бұрын

Cool.

@karmenjazbec7743 3 жыл бұрын

YEAH YOUNG BOB

@0otee 5 ай бұрын

I love it🎉🎶😍🌹🌺💃🕺🎶🌹🌺

@RobHollanderMusic 3 жыл бұрын

We'll call you... Next!

@dmlevitt 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for this post. what a gem to find.

@TylerShackleford 3 жыл бұрын

I’m frightened that the day this was uploaded I was thinking to myself why I couldn’t find this recording anywhere.

@ryan_deakin 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been wanting to hear this properly for years! Thanks :D

@andrewdavison3293 11 ай бұрын

Little Richard in a two-storey house Hey Little Richard, poor Little Richard Little Richard’s gonna climb on out Hey Little Richard, poor Little Richard Little Richard’s gonna climb with me Hey Little Richard, poor Little Richard Little Richard is fine with me (Bob Dylan: Hey Little Richard)

@aerialtour 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah real young Robert Zimmerman could rock! Can hear his later Bob Dylan incantation voice slightly coming through at this early age. Thanks again Swingin’

@teddyquinn7704 2 жыл бұрын

Great song. Great performance. Great find. Thanks, SP!

@oliveeisner8964 3 жыл бұрын

Best channel on KZfaq! Thanks for everything Swingin.

@aronhallam6449 3 жыл бұрын

He should revisit this chestnut!

@fallinditch8886 3 жыл бұрын

Was he attempting a Howlin Wolf impression or what is going on here? Really cool to hear nontheless, oughta start somewhere

@michele-33 3 жыл бұрын

It was during a high school talent show, the principal pulled the curtain on him 😆 PS: Said it wasn't appropriate music for a school audience. High school, Junior high, I forget which. U can hear a schoolmate describe it on "No Direction Home" Documentary.

@Anthony-hu3rj 3 жыл бұрын

@@michele-33 This was pretty clearly recorded at his home, with his buddy Bucklin (sp).

@BillKinsman Жыл бұрын

Who could see the future from this one?

@albertomartinez2479 3 жыл бұрын

Great catch. Thanks Pig.

@thescoobymike 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating

@jaw444 3 жыл бұрын

the song that comes right after this one on the Bucklen tape, 1958, dylan 16-17, continues on with another little richard demonstration, the name of the track is 'Dylan and Bucklen debate Little Richard". there's a rock music instrumental playing and Dylan starts singing/screaming expressively, with a couple of "ooooohs!!!" thrown in, like Little Richard taught Paul McCartney to do when the Beatles were opening for Little Richard in early 1963, and he says to John Buckley, "that's little richard, he has so much expression", something like that, he and John are debating this, John said "you think music is just about screaming and jumping on the piano??" and Dylan says the thing is, Little Richard has EXPRESSION, and Bucklen says "Johnny Cash has expression," and Dylan is really intense and he starts making fun of Johnny Cash, imitating Cash's singing in an exaggerated slow boring style, and then that clip ends. i don't remember how i got the Bucklen tapes recording, i think it was floating around on you tube, i'm sure that's where i was hearing it, it might have been back when you could download whatever you wanted from You Tube. a long time ago.

@pekibuzz 3 жыл бұрын

wow, thanks jaw, for all this lovely information! 💓 there was something similar on yt (i think uploaded in 2020, if i'm not mistaken), sounded as if it could be from the same tape. where the heck did i put it? my bob playlists are exploding ... 😇

@ForbiddenHaze 3 жыл бұрын

I live in Hibbing, MN. This means I drive passed the house this was recorded in every day on my way to work. Very rarely are there not tourists taking pictures of the house on my way home.

@pekibuzz 3 жыл бұрын

nice! 🥰

@RhysPitman94 3 жыл бұрын

Foetus Zimmerman

@kathyannunzio3294 3 жыл бұрын

Incredibly impressive. Swingin' Pig had to dig real deep to find this gem.

@Brewens 3 жыл бұрын

When this first started playing... I thought it was the real thing! Young Bob had it!

@pekibuzz 3 жыл бұрын

yeah, and he still has it - isn't that amazing? 💓 🎶 💃

@nissi.k 3 жыл бұрын

I commented as soon as you posted but I guess I didn’t hit send! Lol this is so sweet to hear Bob so young! He was already quite emphatic! Lol Thanks Swingin 𓃟 ♡♫

@pekibuzz 3 жыл бұрын

💓 there must have been a good fairy at bob's crib after he was born, giving him this talent with her magic wand ... 💫🧚‍♀️

@nissi.k 3 жыл бұрын

@@pekibuzz Yes Lol I can see that and perhaps Peki and also some ancient balladeer DNA 🧬 💖✨🤍✨💖✨🤍✨💖

@pekibuzz 3 жыл бұрын

@@nissi.k from good old germany, my home country, lol! 💞

@nissi.k 3 жыл бұрын

@@pekibuzz LOL I had a feeling something German would come into play! Bob is just the best dream and reality combo!♫\㋛/♫♥

@pekibuzz 3 жыл бұрын

@@nissi.k Very well said, he truely is! 🥰

@dadisaliveandwell 3 жыл бұрын

Far out rarity! Thanks for putting it up. Are you connected to the "Swinging Pig" records that did some really cool Beatles rarities onto Compact Disc. I think it was from Luxembourg (?) I bought those in Spain in like, 1987--89, or somewhere in those years--but they were GREAT!

@DudeRevolution 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like that version of like a rolling stone he did in 66' at royal albert hall

@not2tees 3 жыл бұрын

It came from a garage!!!

@eNeEGee70 3 жыл бұрын

It sounds like the Basement Tapes.

@LemoTetson Жыл бұрын

Before New York City, before even Dinkytown in Minneapolis, there were Dylan's late '50s recordings in Hibbing. Pretty amazing stuff. Was this before The Golden Chords or during?

@pekibuzz 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely, Swingin', thank you! 💓 Can someone decipher what he says in the end?

@William35401 3 жыл бұрын

see above William35401

@pekibuzz 3 жыл бұрын

@@William35401 yes, thank you so much! 😘

@takingiteasy17 8 ай бұрын

He hasn’t changed a bit.

@svenknutsen8937 3 жыл бұрын

Not so far from "Black Crow Blues".

@davidb7825 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, like an early rock and roll piano style.

@jilliannovak5189 3 жыл бұрын

Who sings with Bob on ‘Hey little Richard’

@ajfrost3382 3 жыл бұрын

What does he say at the end? "Let's turn this thing off, we're -"?

@pekibuzz 3 жыл бұрын

i would love to know too ...

@William35401 3 жыл бұрын

I think it's "we're clippin' too much", recording engineering term for overdriving the input to the tape recorder so that the high peaks of the audio are 'clipped' (truncated). The needle would be pegging into the red and the audio would be distorting (as it is). -- from an old audio engineer of the 70s. I recorded the "Buckingham Nicks" Live in Tuscaloosa that you can find on the interwebs.

@omniversiddhialterdestiny 3 жыл бұрын

i think he says "we're crippin too much" which since crip means where you live maybe means we're sounding too much like i'm recording this where i live rather than a studio haha, esoteric interpretation !!!

@omniversiddhialterdestiny 3 жыл бұрын

"we're crooning too much" !?!?!

@ajfrost3382 3 жыл бұрын

@@William35401 I think you're bang on. Thanks