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Great White Wonder
- UNCUT - source: Various 

Side one: 
Baby please don't go 
Interview by Pete Seeger 
Dink's song 
See that my grave is kept clean 
East Orange New Jersey 
Man of constant sorrow 

 Side two:
Candy Man 
Ramblin' 'round 
Black cross 
Ain't got no home 
Death of Emmett Till 

Side three: 
New Orleans rag 
If you gotta go, go now 
Only a hobo 
Sitting on a barbed wire fence 
Mighty Quinn (take 1) 
This wheel's on fire 


Side four: 
Open the door, Homer (take 1) 
Too much of nothing (take 2) 
Nothing was delivered (take 1) 
Tears of rage (take 2) 
Living the blues 
Mixed up confusion

Sources:
Sides 1 & 2: All 'Minnesota Hotel tape' material (Minneapolis, Dec. '61) except: 
Interview from Broadside show 3-62 
Side 4: All Basement tape material except: 
'Living' - Johnny Cash Show May 1 1969 
'Mixed up' '62 outtake (Released as 45 rpm) 
Side 3: The six songs here, in order, are from: 
'Another Side' outtake June '64 
'65 outtake released as single 
'Times' outtake '63 
'Highway 61' outtake '65 
Basement tape '67 
Basement tape '67
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 This LP is a true enigma wrapped in a mystery! It was most likely produced in England in 1971, however, it may also have come out of the USA. It could also have surfaced early as 1970. There is uncertainty to it's origins. Of course, the manufacturer is unknown. Everything about this piece is strange! First off is the title. It is not known why the LP is subtitled 'Uncut'. Most probably, it was released after the English single LP version, therefore claiming to be the full, original release; or the 'Uncut' version. The matrix is also an oddity.
The LPs were pressed from an original set of master plates that were created from a taped copy of the TMQ version of GWW. The quality suffers because of the fact of the vinyl being recorded.
Now things get even stranger! Even though this is a taped copy, It has been slightly altered! Side two omits 'Poor Lazarus'. Side four omits 'I shall be released'... but adds the official CBS 45 release of 'Mixed up confusion' that itself had been an outtake from the 1962 recording sessions. Why pirate the 45 rpm? This would again point to an English release where the 45 would not have been as common.
'Mixed up confusion' would have been a much better title for this strange and unique LP!
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