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==Recordings by other artists==
 
*[[Junior Parker|Little Junior's Blue Flames]], single, 1953
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*[[Elvis Presley]], single, 1955
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*[[Scotty Moore]], on '''The Guitar That Changed The World!''', 1964
| year = 1953
*[[The Paul Buttersfield Blues Band]], on '''The Paul Buttersfield Blues Band''', 1965
| band = [[Junior Parker|Little Junior's Blue Flames]]
*[[Rick Nelson]], on '''Country Fever''', 1967
| info = B-side of single "Love My Baby"
*[[James Burton]], on '''The Guitar Sounds Of James Burton''', 1971
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Little-Juniors-Blue-Flames-Love-My-Baby-Mystery-Train/master/578043 Discogs] }}
*[[Jerry Reed]] & [[Chet Atkins]], on '''Me & Chet''', 1972
 
*[[The Band]], on '''Moondog Matinee''', 1973
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*[[Tom Fogerty]], on '''Deal It Out''', 1981
| year = 1955
*[[The Soft Boys]], on '''Two Halves For The Price Of One''', 1981
| band = [[Elvis Presley]]
*[[Neil Young]], on '''Everybody's Rockin'''', 1983
| info = single
*[[The Flying Burrito Brothers]], on '''Live From Amsterdam 1985''', 1985
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Elvis-Presley-Mystery-Train-I-Forgot-To-Remember-To-Forget/master/107319 Discogs] }}
*[[Emmylou Harris]], on '''Thirteen''', 1986
 
*[[Jerry Garcia]] & [[Merl Saunders]], on '''Keystone Encores, Volume 2''', 1988
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*[[Fairground Attraction]], on the "Perfect" single, 1988
| year = 1964
*[[Dwight Yoakam]], on '''It's Now Or Never: The Tribute To Elvis''', 1994
| band = Scotty Moore
*[[Leon Russell]], on '''Live At Gilley's''', 2000
| info = ''The Guitar That Changed The World!''
*[[Wanda Jackson]], on '''I Remember Elvis''', 2006
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Scotty-Moore-The-Guitar-That-Changed-The-World/master/431025 Discogs] {{-}} {{Amazon|asin=B014I6HWNO}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B00000IXXW}} }}
 
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| year = 1965
| band = The Paul Buttersfield Blues Band
| info = ''The Paul Buttersfield Blues Band''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/The-Paul-Butterfield-Blues-Band-The-Paul-Butterfield-Blues-Band/master/76225 Discogs] }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1967
| band = Rick Nelson
| info = ''Country Fever''
| link = {{Amazon|asin=B000007O74}} {{-}}  {{AmazonUK|asin=B000007O74}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1971
| band = [[James Burton]]
| info = ''The Guitar Sounds Of James Burton''
| link = {{Amazon|asin=B000024R2T}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1972
| band = Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins
| info = ''Me & Chet''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Jerry-Reed-And-Chet-Atkins-Me-And-Chet/master/398406 Discogs] {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B00000JZZJ}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1973
| band = [[The Band]]
| info = ''Moondog Matinee''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/The-Band-Moondog-Matinee/master/14486 Discogs] {{-}} {{Amazon|asin=B00005B4G9}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1981
| band = Tom Fogerty
| info = ''Deal It Out''
| link =  {{Amazon|asin=B00000JJ98}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B00000JJ98}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1981
| band = [[The Soft Boys]]
| info = ''Two Halves For The Price Of One''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/The-Soft-Boys-Two-Halves-For-The-Price-Of-One/master/1034519 Discogs] {{-}} {{Amazon|asin=B0000009OG}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1983
| band = [[Neil Young]]
| info = ''Everybody's Rockin'''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Neil-Young-The-Shocking-Pinks-Everybodys-Rockin/master/38589 Discogs] {{-}} {{Amazon|asin=B00004VW34}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B000025MUS}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1985
| band = [[The Flying Burrito Brothers]]
| info = ''Live From Amsterdam 1985''
| link =  {{Amazon|asin=B000000SV2}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B000000SV2}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1986
| band = [[Emmylou Harris]]  
| info = ''Thirteen''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Emmylou-Harris-Thirteen/master/266196 Discogs] {{-}} {{Amazon|asin=B01977H036}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B01977H036}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1988
| band = [[Jerry Garcia]] & Merl Saunders  
| info = ''Keystone Encores, Volume 2''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Merl-Saunders-Jerry-Garcia-John-Kahn-Bill-Vitt-Keystone-Encores-Volume-II/master/481236 Discogs] {{-}} {{Amazon|asin=B0098WX1E8}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B01L22Y7XU}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1988
| band = Fairground Attraction
| info = "Perfect" single
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Fairground-Attraction-Perfect/master/122443 Discogs] }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 1994
| band = Dwight Yoakam
| info = ''It's Now Or Never: The Tribute To Elvis''
| link = {{Amazon|asin=B000008O07}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B000008O07}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 2000
| band = [[Leon Russell]]
| info = ''Live At Gilley's''
| link = {{Amazon|asin=B07NRF9S42}} {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B07NRF9S42}} }}
 
{{rboa
| year = 2006
| band = [[Wanda Jackson]]
| info = ''I Remember Elvis''
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/Wanda-Jackson-I-Remember-Elvis/master/223312 Discogs] {{-}} {{Amazon|asin=B000CEV4M2}}  {{-}} {{AmazonUK|asin=B000CEV4M2}} }}


==Internal links==  
==Internal links==  
*[[Template:Mystery Train|Lyrics]]
*[[Template:Mystery Train|Lyrics]]
==External links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Train Wikipedia]


[[Category:2005]]
[[Category:2005]]

Latest revision as of 15:36, 4 February 2021

As performed 2008-04-09 on Spectacle: Elvis Costello with...

Train arrive 16 coaches long
Train arrive 16 coaches long
Well that long black train
Got my baby and gone

Train train rolling down the track
Train train rolling down the track
Don't want no ride
Just want my baby back

Got down to the station
I was waitin' at the gate
I asked the station master
If the train is running late
He said "If you're a-waiting
On the 444
I hate to tell you son
That train don't stop here anymore"

Mystery train rolling down the bend
Train train rolling round the bend
Don't want no ride
Want my baby back home again

Train train rolling down the track
Train train rolling down the track
Don't want no ride
Just want my baby
Just want my baby
Just want my baby back
Just want my baby back

Alternate verses performed 2009-08-28, Toronto:

Got down to the station
It was the middle of the night
When I got down to the station
The train was pulling out of sight

Mystery train windows painted red
Mystery train windows painted red
Death black train has
Got my baby and fled
Mystery Train (unreleased cover)
Written byHerman Parker Jr. (Junior Parker) and Sam Phillips
Performed byElvis Costello & The Imposters (2005)
 - with Emmylou Harris & Larry Campbell (2005)
 - with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (2005-08-07)
 - with friends (2008-05-28)
 - with The Lovell Sisters (2009-07-08)
EC, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings (2006-02-18)
EC, Larry Campbell, Jim Lauderdale, Jerry Douglas, etc. (2007-04-27)
EC, James Burton, Davey Faragher & Pete Thomas (2008-04-09)
Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello & Robyn Hitchcock (2008-04-09)
Elvis Costello & The Sugarcanes (2009-2010)

First known performance:
 July 23, 1989, Tokyo, Japan - snippet in medley with Uncomplicated
 February 12, 2005, Bristol, UK - first full performance - dedicated to Joe Strummer
Last known performance:
 October 3, 2010, San Francisco, CA
     (70 known performances, 1 as a snippet)


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Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
 Little Junior's Blue Flames  1953  B-side of single "Love My Baby"  Discogs
 Elvis Presley  1955  single  Discogs
 Scotty Moore  1964  The Guitar That Changed The World!  Discogs  •  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk
 The Paul Buttersfield Blues Band  1965  The Paul Buttersfield Blues Band  Discogs
 Rick Nelson  1967  Country Fever  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk
 James Burton  1971  The Guitar Sounds Of James Burton  Amazon
 Jerry Reed and Chet Atkins  1972  Me & Chet  Discogs  •  Amazon.uk
 The Band  1973  Moondog Matinee  Discogs  •  Amazon
 Tom Fogerty  1981  Deal It Out  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk
 The Soft Boys  1981  Two Halves For The Price Of One  Discogs  •  Amazon
 Neil Young  1983  Everybody's Rockin'  Discogs  •  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk
 The Flying Burrito Brothers  1985  Live From Amsterdam 1985  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk
 Emmylou Harris  1986  Thirteen  Discogs  •  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk
 Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders  1988  Keystone Encores, Volume 2  Discogs  •  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk
 Fairground Attraction  1988  "Perfect" single  Discogs
 Dwight Yoakam  1994  It's Now Or Never: The Tribute To Elvis  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk
 Leon Russell  2000  Live At Gilley's  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk
 Wanda Jackson  2006  I Remember Elvis  Discogs  •  Amazon  •  Amazon.uk

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External links

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