Bob Dylan has released a new song, “Melancholy Mood“.

The track is taken from his forthcoming album, Fallen Angels.

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“Melancholy Mood” was written by Vick R. Knight, Sr. and Walter Schumann and recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1939 as the B-side of his very first single, “From the Bottom of My Heart”.

Dylan first played the song live on October 15, 2015 at the Volkswagen Halle in Braunschweig, Germany.

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The track has been released on a four track EP to promote Dylan’s current 2016 Japan tour, which began on April 4. He will play 16 dates in total, including six nights at Osaka‘s Festival Hall.

The red vinyl limited edition 7” vinyl also includes “All Or Nothing At All”, “Come Rain Or Come Shine” and “That Old Black Magic”.

Limited edition copies of the EP will be available for this year’s Record Store Day.

The May 2016 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – featuring our cover story on PJ Harvey’s new album, Brian Wilson, The National’s all-star Grateful Dead tribute, Jack White and T Bone Burnett’s American Epic, Cate Le Bon, Donovan, Jean-Michel Jarre, Cheap Trick, Graham Nash, Heartworn Highways, Sturgill Simpson and more plus 40 pages of reviews and our free 15-track CD

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