In February, CBS’s top-rated crime procedural NCIS released a soundtrack with previously unreleased new material from, among others, Jakob Dylan, Oasis and Dashboard Confessional.
Now comes news of NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack, Vol. 2, featuring a never-before-heard song from Papa Dylan himself (his 1999 Oscar winner “Things Have Changed” appeared on Volume 1).
The album will reportedly contain the Bob original “California,” dating from his 1965 Bringing It All Back Home sessions and has been “locked in the vaults” ever since (where exactly are these mysterious vaults? Somewhere deep beneath the waters of Blood-On-the-Tracks-istan? Sounds like a job for … the Naval Criminal Investigative Service!).
Anyway, see the full track listing after the jump to see who else contributes (hint: a mid-century soul legend and an NCIS cast member are among them. But not together.)
NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack – Vol. 2
- Bob Dylan, “California”
- Norah Jones, “That’s What I Said”
- Joss Stone, “Every Time I Turn Around”
- Sick Puppies, “That Time Of Year”
- Sharon Little, “Genie In My Dreams”
- John Mellencamp, “Someday The Rains Will Fall”
- Sheryl Crow, “Murder In My Heart”
- Keaton Simons, “Grim Reaper”
- Otis Redding, “I’ve Got Dreams To Remember”
- Michael Weatherly, “Bitter And Blue”
- Saosin, “ Move Slow”
- Tom Lehrer, “The Elements”
What do you think, Bob lovers? What with his upcoming Yuletide album, this fall seems like, well, a veritable Christmas for Dylan fans.
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Janelle Monae, ‘Come Alive (The War of the Roses)’: Stream it here
Holy crap, Bob Dylan on the soundtrack to a TV show. Re-frickin’-diculous. Next thing you know Eric Clapton will be pimping beer or Pearl Jam will do a commercial for a department store.
hey there EW…Amazon says the Dylan tune dates back to his Freewheelin’ sessions, not Bringing It All Back Home.
Actually Bob Dylan was featured on the first NCIS soundtrack too.
Bob & Jakob Dylan are on the same album? Interesting.
Eagle eye, couchgrouch! So we checked the Dylan song’s provenance with the album’s rep. Here’s what they say: “It’s definitely from ‘Bringing It All Back Home.’ CBS is in the process of correcting Amazon, but it takes 2-3 days (just so you know).”
Tom Lehrer?! Outstanding.
i suspect there a lot more unreleased dylan stuff out there with dylan himself deliberately holding them in escrow so as to keep his legacy alive and relevent for many years to come. plus, when you think about it, the recent rockets sent to the moon by nasa to crash land there were alo deliberate acts. so, dylan is entitled to do such deliberate acts…eh?
thanks Leah…Bringing It All Back Home is more my style.
I’m very excited to hear Michael Weatherly….a non musical type….I can’t wait. Good stuff.