Intriguing thought: should the title of "Never Trust A Woman" really be "Goin' To The Country"?!
I've been browsing round the copyright section of the Library of Congress. The Brent Mydland stuff is pretty confusing, but I've tried to make sense of it in the extracts below. I'm not clear about the significance of titles registered with the Library of Congress for copyright as compared to those registered with ASCAP/BMI or indeed those used on CDs. My layman's suspicion is that what is significant for copyright is the work itself, rather than the title. There's also the oddity that in some cases the title in the Library of Congress database is different from the title on the copyright application (for reasons that aren't clear to me). All in all, I'm not sure this is of any relevance for deadlists: it seems best to stick to the titles used on CDs etc (though there are a couple of Brent songs that haven't made it to CD). But I'd love to hear some of these cassettes! While I was at it, I went through all the Ice Nine songs, without finding anything of particular interest to this list (quite a few of Hunter songs that either didn't get included in "Box Of Rain" or were written afterwards). Email me if you want more info. Alex Extracts from Library of Congress Copyright Database http://www.copyright.gov/records/cohm.html NB: This is just songs by Brent which were (possibly) played by the Grateful Dead - there are a lot of others in the LoC database (eg those recorded for an unreleased solo album) which I have omitted. >From a cassette registered on 5 Jan 1979 Title: "You Don't Know How Easy It Is" Title on copyright application: "Sunny Mornin'" Comment by AA: This must be the song "Easy To Love You." I suppose the original first line might have been "Sunny morning ..." instead of "Good, good morning ..." [From same cassette] Title: "So Hard On Me" Title on copyright application: "So Far From Me" Comment by AA: released as "Far From Me" >From a cassette registered on 9 Feb 1979 Title: "Goin' To The Country" Title on copyright application: "Gonna See Some Good Times" Comment by AA: this is the one that might be "Never Trust A Woman," though where "Goin' To The Country" comes from I don't know ("I'm gonna leave this town"?!) >From a cassette registered on 11 Aug 1981 Title: "Maybe You Know" or "Maybe You Know How I Feel" Title on copyright application: "Maybe You Know How I'm Feelin'" Comment by AA: deadlists has this as "Maybe You Know" - no recordings have been issued >From a cassette registered on 19 Jun 1983 Title: "Tons Of Steel" Title on copyright application: "Made To Role" <sic> >From a cassette registered on 19 Apr 1988 "Blow Away" "Start Your Engines" "I Will Take You Home" Comment by AA: the title used on the "So Many Roads" box set is "Gentlemen, Start Your Engines" >From a cassette registered on 18 Apr 1984 (by Ice Nine, but not credited to Brent Mydland or anyone else) "I Don't Need Love" "Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues" Comment by AA: deadlists has "Don't Need Love." [This cassette also has a number of other songs I don't recognise (eg "Lady Of The Night")] >From a cassette registered on 19 Apr 1984 (by Ice Nine, no author credits) "Maybe Someday" [Others songs on cassette are Keep Your Day Job, West L.A. Fadeaway, My Brother Esau, Hell In A Bucket, Throwing Stones, Touch Of Grey] Comment by AA: I'm not sure what "Maybe Someday" is. It looks as if it must have been recorded by the Grateful Dead around the time of "In The Dark" but not released. It might be "Maybe You Know" although the words don't quite fit. >From a cassette registered on 12 Sep 1989 "We Can Run, But We Can't Hide" "Just A Little Light" Comment by AA: title on "Built To Last" was "We Can Run"
