It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry

~ Song

Annotation

Work status:

  • Had the temporary working title "Phantom Engineer"
  • This song was rehearsed and recorded as "Phantom Engineer" through at least July of 1965, though the song gradually changed over that time. The released album version was itself recorded as "Phantom Engineer". The song's name was only changed on or about July 29, 1965.
  • First copyright date: 1965-09-13
  • Copyright renewed in 1993
Annotation last modified on 2012-01-09 01:16 UTC.

Relationships

lyricist and composer:Bob Dylan (from 1965-01 until 1965-07-29)
publisher:Ram’s Horn Music
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Warner/Chappell (from 1965 until 1993)
Special Rider Music (from 1993 to present)
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/2571 [info]
Wikidata:Q4355197 [info]
later translated versions:Allting syns på svart (Swedish version)
version of:Phantom Engineer
Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1965-06-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryBob Dylan3:23
1965-06-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (alternate take, 6/15/65)Bob Dylan3:34
1965-06-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (alternate take)Bob Dylan3:35
1965-06-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1, 6/15/1965, complete)Bob Dylan2:41
1965-06-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 4, 6/15/1965, breakdown)Bob Dylan1:53
1965-06-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 5, 6/15/1965, false start)partialBob Dylan0:17
1965-06-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 6, 6/15/1965, breakdown)Bob Dylan1:47
1965-06-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 7, 6/15/1965, insert)Bob Dylan0:57
1965-06-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 8, 6/15/1965, complete)Bob Dylan3:29
1965-06-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (takes 2–3, 6/15/1965, fragments)partialBob Dylan0:18
1965-07-25It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (1965-07-25: Main Stage, Newport Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, RI, USA)liveBob Dylan?:??
1965-07-25It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryliveBob Dylan1:53
1965-07-25It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live at Newport Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island - July 25, 1965)liveBob Dylan3:34
1965-07-25It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI – July 1965)liveBob Dylan3:32
1965-07-29It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (officially released stereo studio recording)Bob Dylan4:09
1965-07-29It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry ("Original Mono Recordings" remaster)Bob Dylan3:30
1965-07-29It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (studio: 1965-07-29)Bob Dylan?:??
1965-07-29It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1, 7/29/1965, breakdown)Bob Dylan1:51
1965-07-29It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1, 7/29/1965, complete)Bob Dylan3:51
1965-07-29It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 2, 7/29/1965, false start)partialBob Dylan0:24
1965-07-29It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 2, 7/29/1965, false start)partialBob Dylan0:24
1965-07-29It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 3, 7/29/1965, complete)Bob Dylan3:42
1965-07-29It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (take 3, 7/29/1965, incomplete)partialBob Dylan3:13
1965-08Phantom Engineer ...Train To Crycover and partialBob Dylan3:22
1968-05It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CrycoverStephen Stills & Al Kooper3:30
1971-05-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1971‐05‐15: Newark State College, Union, NJ, USA)cover and liveDr. Zoom & The Sonic Boom7:40
1971-08-01It Takes a Lot to Laugh / It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1971-08-01: Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York; original mix)liveBob Dylan3:09
1971-08-01It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (2005 remix)liveBob Dylan3:07
1972-01-19It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveJerry Garcia & Merl Saunders8:36
1972-02-06It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Live)cover and liveJerry Garcia & Merl Saunders7:50
1972-06-30It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveJerry Garcia & Merl Saunders8:16
1972-11-23It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveDoug Sahm, Jerry Garcia & Leon Russell?:??
1973-01-19//It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Crycover and liveJerry Garcia & Merl Saunders8:25
1973-01-23It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveJerry Garcia Band8:17
1973-01-25It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveGarcia-Saunders8:12
1973-06-10It Takes a Lot to Laugh (live, 1973‐06‐10: Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, DC, USA)cover and liveGrateful Dead8:06
1973-06-10It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveGrateful Dead8:12
1973-06-10It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveGrateful Dead7:36
1973-07-10It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveJerry Garcia & Merl Saunders6:22
1973-07-10It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Crycover and liveMerl Saunders & Jerry Garcia6:21
1973-07-11It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveSaunders / Garcia / Kahn / Vitt7:03
1973-07-11It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Crycover and liveMerl Saunders & Jerry Garcia7:06
1975-11-19It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1975-11: Memorial Auditorium, Worcester, MA, USA)liveBob Dylan3:19
1975-11-20It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1975-11: Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA, USA)liveBob Dylan3:26
1975-11-21It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryliveBob Dylan3:12
1975-11-21It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1975-11-21 (evening): Boston Music Hall, Boston, MA, USA)liveBob Dylan3:29
1975-11-26It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1975-11-26: The Civic Center, Augusta, ME, USA)liveBob Dylan & GUAM?:??
1975-12-08It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1975-12: The Night of the Hurricane, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)liveBob Dylan3:32
1982-04-10It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Crycover and liveJerry Garcia5:02
1982-05-05It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveJerry Garcia & John Kahn5:31
1982-05-05It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveGrateful Dead5:13
1982-05-05It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveJerry Garcia with John Kahn5:13
1982-06-28It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveJerry Garcia & John Kahn5:48
1986-01-28It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Take a Train to Crycover and liveJerry Garcia & John Kahn6:21
1989-06-15It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (1989-06-15: Palacio de Los Deportes, Madrid, Spain)liveBob Dylan?:??
1990-02-24It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveThe Radiators6:14
1991-05-12It Takes a Lot to Laugh (live, 1991‐05‐12: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA)cover and liveGrateful Dead?:??
1991-06-24It Take a Lot to Laugh (live, 1991‐06‐24: Sandstone Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, KS, USA)cover and liveGrateful Dead?:??
1991-08-18Medley: C.C. Rider / It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover, live and medleyGrateful Dead?:??
1991-09-10It Takes a Lot to Laugh (live, 1991‐09‐10: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA)cover and liveGrateful Dead4:27
1991-09-10It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveGrateful Dead4:59
1991-09-22It Takes a Lot to Laugh (live, 1991‐09‐22: Boston Garden, Boston, MA, USA)cover and liveGrateful Dead?:??
1992-03-04Dylan Medley: Tears of Rage / Desolation Row / It Takes a Lot to Laugh / Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues (live, 1992-03-04, late show: The Bottom Line, New York, NY, USA)cover, live, medley and partialRichard Thompson2:28
1993-02-21It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryliveBob Dylan6:10
1993-04-21It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (1993-04-21: Civic Center Theatre, Monroe, LA, USA)liveBob Dylan?:??
1994-08-14It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1994-08-14: Woodstock 1994, Saugerties, NY, USA)liveBob Dylan7:01
1994-08-14Ridin' on the A-Train (1994-08-14: Woodstock '94, North Stage, Saugerties, NY, USA)liveBob Dylan7:34
1995-03-29It Takes a Lot to LaughliveBob Dylan7:04
1995-06-25It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (1995-06-25: RFK Stadium, Washington, DC, USA)liveBob Dylan & Jerry Garcia?:??
1996-05-08It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (1996-05-08: The Palace, Columbus, OH, USA)liveBob Dylan?:??
1996-05-12It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1996-05-12: York Barbican, York, UK)cover and liveSteve Earle3:51
1996-08-07It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1996-08-07: Champoeg State Park Amphitheatre, Newberg, OR, USA)cover and liveSteve Earle & the Dukes4:14
1996-08-17It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1996-08-17: Cold Creek Correctional Facility, Henning, TN, USA)cover and liveSteve Earle?:??
1996-08-17It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1996-08-17: Cold Creek Correctional Facility, Henning, TN, USA)cover and liveSteve Earle?:??
1997-04-20It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (1997-04-20: William T. Boylan Gymnasium-Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, USA)liveBob Dylan?:??
1999-05-01Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (1999-05-01: Silvretta Ski and Funsport Arena, The Idalpe, Ischgl, Austria)liveBob Dylan?:??
2002-08-09It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 2002-08-09: Home Farm, Cropredy, UK)liveFairport Convention5:44
2004-11-05It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Crycover and liveThe Radiators & David Bromberg7:00
2005-04-17It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryliveBob Dylan6:28
2013-07-31It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryliveJimmy LaFave4:47
It Takes a Lot to LaughBob Dylan4:04
It Takes a Lot to LaughBob Dylan4:02
It Takes a Lot to Laugh (live)liveBob Dylan5:33
It Takes a Lot to Laugh (demo)coverBoz Scaggs3:12
It Takes a Lot to Laugh (feat. Guitar Jerry Garcia)liveBob Dylan8:14
It Takes a Lot to Laugh (It takes a Train to Cry)Belle Monroe and Her Brewglass Boys2:54
It Takes a Lot to Laugh (studio: 1976-04-15: "The Trio Tape": Bellevue Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, FL, USA)Bob Dylan, Rob Stoner, Howard Wyeth & Scarlet Rivera?:??
It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (mono mix) (1965-06-29: Columbia Recording Studios, Studio A, New York City, NY, USA)Bob Dylan?:??
It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1) (mono mix with intro) (1965-06-15: Columbia Recording Studios, Studio A, New York City, NY, USA)Bob Dylan?:??
It Takes a Lot to Laugh It Takes a Train to Cry (take 1) (stereo mix #2) (1965-06-15: Columbia Recording Studios, Studio A, New York City, NY, USA)Bob Dylan?:??
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Take a Train to CryLittle Feat8:15
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry (live)Bob Dylan with Joan Baez, Mick Ronson (David Bowie) and Roger McGuinn (The Byrds)2:36
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryBob Dylan3:30
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryBob Dylan?:??
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CrycoverSteve Earle & the Dukes (& Duchesses)3:48
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CrycoverTaj Mahal4:32
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry (live, 1996‐08‐21: Andy Kershaw session, BBC, London, UK)coverRobyn Hitchcock3:21
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CrycoverMartha Veléz3:00
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CryAl Kooper3:32
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to CrycoverYo La Tengo2:58
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