Drifter's Escape

"Drifter's Escape"
West German picture sleeve
Single by Bob Dylan
from the album John Wesley Harding
A-side"I Threw It All Away"
Released
  • December 27, 1967 (1967-12-27) (album)
  • 1969 (US & UK single)
RecordedOctober 17, 1967
StudioColumbia Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)[1]
GenreFolk rock
Length2:52
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Bob Dylan
Producer(s)Bob Johnston
Bob Dylan US & UK singles chronology
"Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat"
(1967) 		"Drifter's Escape"
(1969) 		"Lay Lady Lay"
(1969)

"Drifter's Escape" is a song written by Bob Dylan that he recorded for his 1967 album John Wesley Harding. Columbia Records released it as a single in the US and the UK in 1969 as the B-side to "I Threw It All Away".[2] The song was recorded in four takes on October 17, 1967.[3] CBS Records International also issued the song paired with "John Wesley Harding" in some markets.

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  2. ^ Krogsgaard, Michael (1991). Positively Bob Dylan. Popular Culture, Ink. p. 66. ISBN 1-56075-000-6.
  3. ^ Heylin, Clinton (2009). Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan, 1957–1973. Chicago Review Press. pp. 361–362. ISBN 978-1-55652-843-9.