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Two years later, back in the studios in London on July 27–28, 1986 for a Dylan session intended to provide fresh material for his ill-advised film Hearts of Fire—material that Dylan had signally failed to compose—the musicians assembled behind him included Clapton on guitar, RON WOOD on bass and guitar and several others. They managed to get through some takes of John Hyatt’s song ‘The Usual’, a ‘Ride This Train’, some stabs at Dylan’s anyone-could-havewritten- this-song ‘Had a Dream About You Baby’, some of Billy Joe Shaver’s ‘Old Five & Dimers Like Me’, a ‘To Fall in Love’, a ‘Night After Night’ and a pleasant cut of Shel Silverstein and Dennis Locorriere’s ‘A Couple More Years’. Several of these made it onto the soundtrack album, several made it into the film, one made it onto Down in the Groove and one further cut even made it onto the Argentine Down in the Groove release. ~Michael Gray (The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia: Revised and Updated Edition)

Townhouse Studio
London, England
27 & 28 August 1986
Hearts Of Fire recording session, produced by Beau Hill

1. The Usual (John Hiatt)
2. The Usual (John Hiatt)
3. The Usual (John Hiatt)
   
4. The Usual (John Hiatt)
   
5. The Usual (John Hiatt)
   
6. Ride This Train
   
7. Had A Dream About You, Baby
8. Had A Dream About You, Baby
9. Had A Dream About You, Baby
10. Had A Dream About You, Baby
11. Had A Dream About You, Baby
    
12. Old Five And Dimer (Like Me) (Billy Joe Shaver)
    Great version!
    
13. Old Five And Dimer (Like Me) (Billy Joe Shaver)
    
14. Old Five And Dimer (Like Me) (Billy Joe Shaver)
    
15. Had A Dream About You, Baby
16. Had A Dream About You, Baby
17. To Fall In Love With You
    
18. Night After Night
19. Had A Dream About You, Baby
20. Had A Dream About You, Baby
21. Had A Dream About You, Baby
22. Night After Night
23. A Couple More Years (Shel Silverstein – Dennis Locorriere)
    
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• 1-22 backed by Eric Clapton (guitar), Ron Wood & Kip Winger (bass), Beau Hill (keyboards) and Henry Spinetti (drums)
• 23 Bob Dylan solo with acoustic guitar

 

In 1987, Columbia released the soundtrack to the film. Dylan was apparently originally contracted to write and contribute four new original recordings to the album, but would only turn in two original songs and one cover tune. The tracks included a cover of John Hiatt’s “The Usual,” along with the Dylan originals “Night After Night” and “Had a Dream About You Baby.” Dylan would later release an alternate version of “Had a Dream About You Baby” on the 1988 album Down in the Groove. ~Wikipedia

 

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-Egil