The Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour
2007 compilation album by Various artists
The Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour is a series of four compilation albums featuring songs Bob Dylan played on his shows as a deejay on the XM Satellite Radio and Sirius XM Satellite Radio program, Theme Time Radio Hour , from May 2006 through April 2009. Each album in the series includes 52 songs on two CDs . The tracks cover the range of genres Dylan highlighted on the program, including blues , R&B , rockabilly , doo-wop , soul , jazz , rock-and-roll and country .
Track listings
Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, Volume 1
Disc one
"Keep on the Sunny Side ", The Carter Family (Show 1, Weather ) - 2:51
"(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean ", Ruth Brown (Show 2, Mothers ) - 2:59
"Ain't Got No Money to Pay for This Drink", George Zimmerman & The Thrills (Show 3, Drinking ) - 2:33
"The Ball Game", Sister Winona Carr (Show 4, Baseball ) - 3:09
"Java Jive ", The Ink Spots (Show 5, Coffee ) - 3:05
"Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair ", Bessie Smith (Show 6, Jail ) - 3:22
"Papa's on the Housetop", Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell (Show 7, Father ) - 2:59
"Married Women", Big Joe Turner (Show 8, Wedding ) - 2:48
"Alimony Blues", Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (Show 9, Divorce ) - 2:24
"Ice Cream Man", John Brim (Show 10, Summer ) - 2:48
"Tulip or Turnip", Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (Show 11, Flowers ) - 3:12
"No Money Down", Chuck Berry (Show 12, Cars ) - 2:57
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ", Bing Crosby (Show 13, Rich Man Poor Man ) - 3:10
"Race with the Devil", Gene Vincent (Show 14, The Devil ) - 2:03
"Brown Eyed Handsome Man ", Chuck Berry (Show 15, Eyes ) - 2:19
"Hound Dog ", Freddy Bell & the Bell Boys (Show 16, Dogs ) - 2:39
"Last Night", Little Walter (Show 17, Friends & Neighbors ) - 2:43
"Disc Jockey Blues", Luke Jones & His Orchestra (Show 18, Radio ) - 3:02
"John the Revelator ", Blind Willie Johnson (Show 19, Bible ) - 3:18
"Louisiana", Percy Mayfield (Show 20, Musical Map ) - 2:04
"Good Morning Little School Girl ", Sonny Boy Williamson (Show 21, School ) - 3:01
"Telephone Is Ringing", Pee Wee Crayton (Show 22, Telephone ) - 3:07
"Jesus Gave Me Water", The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi (Show 23, Water ) - 2:48
"All the Time ", Sleepy LaBeef (Show 24, Time ) - 1:52
"Midnight Hour", Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (Show 24, Time ) - 2:43
"Pistol Packin' Mama ", Al Dexter & His Orchestra (Show 25, Guns ) - 2:47
Disc two
"I Put a Spell on You ", Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Show 26, Halloween ) - 2:25
"When You Dance, The Turbans (Show 27, Dance ) - 2:57
"When It's Sleepy Time Down South ", Louis Armstrong (Show 28, Sleep ) - 2:47
"Matzoh Balls, Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys (Show 29, Food ) - 2:38
"Let Me Play with Your Poodle ", Tampa Red & Big Maceo (Show 30, Thanksgiving Leftovers ) - 2:39
"Tennessee", Carl Perkins (Show 31, Tennessee ) - 3:04
"Blue Moon of Kentucky ", Bill Monroe (Show 32, Moon ) - 3:03
"Five Long Years ", Eddie Boyd (Show 33, Countdown ) - 2:42
"Christmas Is A-Comin'", Leadbelly (Show 34, Christmas/New Year ) - 1:08
"Zindy Lou", The Chimes (Show 35, Women's Names ) - 3:08
"Don't Touch My Head", J.B. Lenoir (Show 36, Hair ) - 2:17
"Don't Mess with My Ducktail", Joe Clay (Show 36, Hair ) - 2:27
"(Everytime I Hear) That Mello Saxophone", Roy Montrell (Show 37, Musical Instruments ) - 2:25
"Alright, Okay, You Win !", Buddy & Ella Johnson (Show 38, Luck ) - 2:48
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry ", Hank Williams (Show 39, Tears ) - 2:48
"Lose Your Blues and Laugh at Life", Jimmie Rev & His Oklahoma Playboys (Show 40, Laughter ) - 3:18
"Good Morning Heartache ", Billie Holiday (Show 41, Heart ) - 3:12
"Blue Suede Shoes ", Carl Perkins (Show 42, Shoes ) - 2:17
"Deep Purple ", The Ravens (Show 43, Colour ) - 2:48
"Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)", Bob Downen (Show 44, Texas ) - 2:34
"Mystery Train ", Little Junior Parker (Show 45, Trains ) - 2:23
"This Train ", Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Show 46, More Trains ) - 2:53
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love ", Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers (Show 47, Fools ) - 2:18
"Take the "A" Train ", Duke Ellington (Show 48, New York ) - 2:54
"Taxes, Taxes", Hank Penny (Show 49, Death and Taxes ) - 2:48
"Richest Guy in the Graveyard", Dinah Washington (Show 50, Spring Cleaning ) - 2:54
Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, Volume 2
Disc one
"Jamaica Hurricane", Lord Beginner (Show 1, Weather )
"Just Walkin' in the Rain " (Bragg, Riley), The Prisonaires (Show 1, Weather )
"Mother Fuyer", Dirty Red (Show 2, Mothers )
"One Mint Julep " (Rudy Toombs ), The Clovers (Show 3, Drinking )
"Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball", Buddy Johnson (Show 4, Baseball )
"Forty Cups of Coffee", Ella Mae Morse (Show 5, Coffee )
"Folsom Prison Blues " (Cash), Johnny Cash (Show 6, Jail )
"My Son Calls Another Man Daddy", Hank Williams (Show 7, Father )
"Fannie Brown Got Married", Roy Brown (Show 8, Wedding )
"Divorce Me C.O.D. " (Travis), Merle Travis (Show 9, Divorce )
"June-teenth Jamboree", Fatso Bentley (Show 10, Summer )
"Bonny Bunch of Roses", Paul Clayton (Show 11, Flowers )
"Every Woman I Know", Billy "The Kid" Emerson (Show 12, Cars )
"Get Rich Quick", Little Richard (Show 13, Rich Man, Poor Man )
"Must Have Been The Devil", Otis Spann (Show 14, The Devil )
"20/20 Vision", Jimmy Martin (Show 15, Eyes )
"Ain't I'm a Dog?", Ronnie Self (Show 16, Dogs )
"My Next Door Neighbor", Jerry McCain & His Upstarts (Show 17, Friends & Neighbours )
"Radio Boogie" (Mayo, Smith), L.C. Smith & His Southern Playboys (Show 18, Radio )
"The Old Ark's A'Moving", A.A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly (Show 19, Bible )
"Take Me Back to Tulsa " (B. Wills, T. Duncan), Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (Show 20, Musical Map )
"Professor Bop", Babs Gonzales (Show 21, School )
"Atomic Telephone", The Spirit of Memphis Quartet (Show 22, Telephone )
"Water, Water", Effie Smith & The Squires (Show 23, Water )
"24 Hours", Eddie Boyd (Show 24, Time )
"Shotgun Boogie", Tennessee Ernie Ford (Show 25, Guns )
Disc two
"Hoo-Doo Say", The Sly Fox (Show 26, Halloween )
"Back To Back, Belly To Belly (Zombie Jamboree) " (Conrad Eugene Mauge Jr.), The Charmer (Show 26, Halloween )
"I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)", Roy Newman (Show 27, Dance )
"A Man's Best Friend Is a Bed", Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (Show 28, Sleep )
"Hungry Man", Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (Show 29, Food )
"Let's Be Friends", Billy Wright (Show 30, Leftovers )
"Tennessee Border", Hank Williams (Show 31, Tennessee )
"Havana Moon", Chuck Berry (Show 32, Moon )
"3 x 7 = 21", Jewel King (Show 33, Countdown )
"Christmas Morning", Titus Turner (Show 34, Christmas/New Year )
"Peggy Sue " (Holly, Allison, Petty), Buddy Holly (Show 35, Women's Names )
"Red Headed Woman", Sonny Burgess (Show 36, Hair )
"Uncle Pen", Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys (Show 37, Musical Instruments )
"Bad Luck Blues", Guitar Slim (Show 38, Luck )
"Drown in My Own Tears ", Lula Reed (Show 39, Tears )
"I've Got The Last Laugh Now", Roy Brown (Show 40, Laughter )
"Hearts of Stone " (Rudy Jackson), The Jewels (Show 41, Heart )
"Paper in My Shoes", Boozoo Chavis (Show 42, Shoes )
"Pink Cadillac", Sammy Masters (Show 43, Colour )
"Drifting Texas Sand", Webb Pierce (Show 44, Texas )
"Still A Fool (Two Trains Running)", Muddy Waters (Show 45, Trains )
"All Aboard", Muddy Waters (Show 46, More Trains )
"(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I " (Bill Trader), Hank Snow (Show 47, Fools )
"Let Me Off Uptown", Anita O'Day & Roy Eldridge (Show 48, New York )
"Tax Payin' Blues", J.B. Lenoir (Show 49, Death & Taxes )
"Bad, Bad Whiskey " (Milburn), Amos Milburn (Show 50, Spring Cleaning )
Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, Volume 3 (Best of the Second Series)
Disc one
"Hello Stranger" (Carter), The Carter Family - 2:48
"Young Man's Blues" (Allison), Mose Allison - 1:26
"Young Fashioned Ways" (Dixon), Muddy Waters - 3:02
"Lucy Mae Blues" (Sims), Frankie Lee Sims - 2:32
"Blue Monday " (Domino, Bartholomew), Smiley Lewis - 2:42
"California Blues" (Rodgers), Webb Pierce - 3:02
"Rollin' Stone " (Waters), Muddy Waters - 3:05
"Mr. Thrill" (Jones), Mildred Jones - 2:34
"Speedo " (Navarro), The Cadillacs - 2:23
"Dry Bones" (Traditional), The Delta Rhythm Boys - 3:31
"Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms " (Trad., Arr. Monroe), The Monroe Brothers - 2:30
"Big Legs" (Phillips, Taub), Gene Phillips - 2:58
"Brain Cloudy Blues" (B. Wills/T. Duncan), Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - 2:47
"Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) " (Travis, Williams), Tex Williams & His Western Caravan - 2:54
"Cigareets, Whuskey and Wild, Wild Women" (Spencer), Red Ingle & The Natural Seven - 2:38
"Reefer Man" (Razaf, Robinson), Baron Lee - 2:50
"All I Have To Do Is Dream " (Bryant), The Everly Brothers - 2:20
"Sh-Boom " (Feaster, Feaster, Keyes, Edwards, McRae), The Chords - 2:28
"Let's Have a Party" (Robinson), Wanda Jackson - 2:11
"Caldonia's Party" (Bartholomew), Smiley Lewis - 2:10
"One Bad Stud" (Leiber, Stoller), The Honey Bears - 2:26
"Dedicated to the One I Love " (Bass, Pauling), The "5" Royales - 2:44
"One Night" (Bartholomew, King), Elvis Presley - 2:32
"Walking By Myself" (Rogers), Jimmy Rogers & Big Walter Horton - 2:48
"The Walk " (McCracklin, Bob Garlic), Jimmy McCracklin - 2:42
"Down in Mexico " (Leiber, Stoller), The Coasters - 3:14
Disc two
"All Around The World" (Turner), Little Willie John - 2:58
"Ubangi Stomp " (Underwood), Warren Smith - 2:00
"The Key (To Your Door)" (Williamson), Sonny Boy Williamson - 3:17
"Key To The Highway" (Broonzy, Segar), Little Walter - 2:57
"Write Me a Letter" (Biggs), The Ravens - 2:52
"I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter " (Ahlert, Young), Fats Waller - 3:30
"I Feel That Old Age Coming On" (Sherman, Mann, Harris, Burns), Wynonie Harris - 2:47
"(Gotta Go) Upside Your Head" (Johnson), Buddy & Ella Johnson - 2:46
"Gloomy Sunday" (Seress, Javor, Lewis), Billie Holiday - 3:13
"Send For The Doctor" (Pomus), Doc Pomus - 2:14
"Dr. Kinsey Report" (Williams), Lord Lebby - 3:13
"Hadocal Boogie", Bill Nettles & The Dixie Blue Boys - 2:46
"Better Beware" (Otis, Darnell), Esther Phillips - 2:38
"You're The Dangerous Type" (Dorough), Bob Dorough - 4:20
"Be Careful (What You Say and Do)" (Brim), John Brim - 2:41
"The Rooster Song" (Domino, Bartholomew), Fats Domino - 2:06
"Bird Gets The Worm " (Parker), Charlie Parker - 2:37
"White Dove" (Carter Stanley ), The Stanley Brothers - 3:17
"Hold 'Em Joe" (Thomas), Andre Toussaint - 1:25
"Where's Joe?" (Barker), Blue Lu Barker - 2:49
"Diamond Joe" (Trad., Arr. Houston), Cisco Houston - 2:25
"Red Hot" (Emerson), Billy Lee Riley - 2:32
"Great Balls Of Fire " (Blackwell , Hammer), Jerry Lee Lewis 1:53
"Hot Little Mama" (Watson, Davis, Taub), Johnny "Guitar" Watson - 2:42
"Cold Cold Feeling" (Robinson), T-Bone Walker - 3:10
"Stone Cold Man" (The Charmer), The Charmer - 2:32
Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Third Series
Disc one
"Greenbacks", Ray Charles
"My Baby's Just Like Money", Lefty Frizzell (Show 1, Money )
"Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash", The Clovers (Show 1, Money )
"Money Honey " (Clyde McPhatter ), The Drifters (Show 1, Money )
"Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?", Zuzu Bollin (Show 3, Night )
"In the Night", Professor Longhair (Show 3, Night )
"Don't Start Me to Talkin'", Sonny Boy Williamson (Show 4, Beginnings, Middles, Ends )
"In the Middle of the Night", Amos Milburn (Show 4, Beginnings, Middles, Ends )
"Flesh, Blood and Bone", Little Esther (Show 5, Blood )
"She Made My Blood Run Cold", Ike Turner (Show 5, Blood )
"Searching for a Soldier's Grave", The Bailes Brothers (Show 6, War )
"Drive Soldiers Drive", Little Maxie Bailey (Show 6, War )
"Peaches in the Springtime", Memphis Jug Band (Show 7, Fruit )
"W-P-L-J ", The Four Deuces (Show 7, Fruit )
"The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) ", Harry Belafonte (Show 7, Fruit )
"Straight Street", The Pilgrim Travelers (Show 8, Street Map )
"Lost Highway", Hank Williams (Show 8, Street Map )
"Route 90", Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow (Show 8, Street Map )
"Jack Palance", Mighty Sparrow (Show 9, Famous People )
"My Boy Elvis", Janis Martin (Show 9, Famous People )
"Forty Days and Forty Nights ", Muddy Waters (Show 10, Numbers 11 & Up )
"Girl Fifteen", Floyd Dixon (Show 10, Numbers 11 & Up )
"Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)", T-Bone Walker (Show 11, Work )
"Nice Work If You Can Get It", Sarah Vaughan (Show 11, Work )
"That Ain't Nothin' But Right", Mac Curtis (Show 12, Nothing )
"She's Got Something", Jimmy Ballard (Show 13, Something )
Disc two
"Dead Cats on the Line", Tampa Red & Georgia Tom (Show 14, Cats )
"It's Fun to Be Livin' in the Crazy House", Redd Foxx (Show 15, Madness )
"Lost Mind", Mose Allison (Show 15, Madness )
"I Want to Be Happy", Ella Fitzgerald (Show 16, Happiness )
"Happy Home", Elmore James (Show 16, Happiness )
"Feelin' High And Happy", Hot Lips Page (Show 16, Happiness )
"Dirty People", Smiley Lewis (Show 17, Cops & Robbers )
"Sugar Coated Love", Lazy Lester (Show 18, Sugar & Candy )
"Big Rock Candy Mountain", Harry McClintock (Show 19, Questions )
"Who Do You Love? " (Diddley), Bo Diddley (Show 19, Questions )
"Whadaya Want?", The Robins (Show 19, Questions )
"What Is This Thing Called Love?", Billie Holiday (Show 19, Questions )
"True Blue Papa", Leon Chappel (Show 20, Truth & Lies )
"Your True Love", Carl Perkins (Show 20, Truth & Lies )
"It's Only Make Believe", Conway Twitty (Show 20, Truth & Lies )
"I'm My Own Grandpa", Lonzo & Oscar (Show 21, Family Circle )
"The Seventh Son ", Willie Mabon (Show 21, Family Circle )
"Barnyard Boogie", Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (Show 22, Noah's Ark )
"Fattening Frogs For Snakes", Sonny Boy Williamson II (Show 22, Noah's Ark )
"Calling All Cows", Lazy Bill Lucas & the Blues Rockers (Show 23, Noah's Ark )
"Little Sadie", Clarence Ashley (Show 24, Big Clearance Sale )
"Bon Ton Roula", Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow (Show 24, Big Clearance Sale )
"Ain't Got No Home ", Clarence "Frogman" Henry (Show 24, Big Clearance Sale )
"Much Later", Jackie Brenston (Show 25, Goodbye )
"So Long, I'm Gone", Warren Smith (Show 25, Goodbye )
"So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust)", Woody Guthrie (Show 25, Goodbye )
References
Barker, Derek (2007). The Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour (Media notes). Various artists. Bedworth, Warwickshire, England: Chrome Dreams.
Matos, Michaelangelo (2008-02-13). "Roots and Branches: Bob Dylan and The Climax Golden Twins Go Crate Digging". Baltimore City Paper . Baltimore, Maryland.
Matteo, Steve (2008-07-09). "Album Review: Various Artists, The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, Volume 2". Crawdaddy . New York City.
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