Matchbox

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lyricist and composer:Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)
publisher:Carl Perkins Music Inc.
Carlin Music Corp.
Knox Music, Inc.
MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company)
Unichappell Music
lyrics page:https://genius.com/The-beatles-matchbox-lyrics [info]
SecondHandSongs:https://secondhandsongs.com/work/28374 [info]
Songfacts:http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=37 [info]
Wikidata:Q693046 [info]
version of:Match Box Blues
arrangements:Matchbox (Bob Dylan arrangement)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1956-12-04MatchboxCarl Perkins2:09
1957-01Matchbox (master)Carl Perkins2:10
1958-02 – 1958-03Matchbox (take named (2) on BCD 17254)coverJerry Lee Lewis1:49
1958-02 – 1958-03Matchbox (chat & undubbed master)coverJerry Lee Lewis1:53
1958-04-04Matchbox (master)coverJerry Lee Lewis1:41
1960-03 – 1960-04MatchboxcoverThe Beatles?:??
1960Matchbox (You Might as Well Call Us the Quarrymen)coverThe Beatles?:??
1962-12Matchbox (live, 1962-12: Star Club, Hamburg, Germany)cover and liveThe Beatles2:39
1962-12Matchbox (live, 1962-12: Star Club, Hamburg, Germany)cover and liveThe Beatles2:33
1962-12Matchboxcover and liveThe Beatles2:40
1962-12Matchboxcover and liveThe Beatles2:40
1962-12Matchboxcover and liveThe Beatles2:39
1962-12Matchbox (live, 1962-12: Star Club, Hamburg, Germany)cover and liveThe Beatles2:36
1962-12Matchbox (live, 1962-12: Star Club, Hamburg, Germany)cover and liveThe Beatles2:39
1962-12Matchbox (live, 1962-12: Star Club, Hamburg, Germany)cover and liveThe Beatles2:35
1963-07-10Matchbox (live, 1963‐07‐10: Aeolian Hall, London, UK)cover and liveThe Beatles1:57
1963-07-10Matchbox (live, 1963‐07‐10: Aeolian Hall, London, UK)cover and liveThe Beatles2:00
1963-07-10Matchbox (live, 1963‐07‐10: Aeolian Hall, London, UK)cover and liveThe Beatles2:22
1964-04-05Matchbox (live, 1964-04-05: The Star Club, Hamburg, Germany (mono))cover and liveJerry Lee Lewis2:47
1964-06-01Matchbox (original mono studio mix)coverThe Beatles1:59
1964-06-01Matchbox (original stereo studio mix)coverThe Beatles1:59
1968-01-13Matchbox (live, 1968-01-13: Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA, USA (show 2))liveCarl Perkins2:41
1969-02-18Matchbox (rehearsal)coverBob Dylan0:52
1969-02-18Matchbox (take 2)coverBob Dylan3:06
1969-09MatchboxcoverRonnie Hawkins3:06
1970-05-01Matchbox (take 1)coverBob Dylan3:22
1970-11-05Matchbox (live, 1970-11-05: The Johnny Cash TV Show; 40th anniversary deluxe edition remix)cover and liveDerek and the Dominos with Johnny Cash & Carl Perkins3:57
1971-09-14Matchbox (live, 1971-09-14: TV-Byen, Gladsaxe, Denmark)cover and liveJohnny Cash2:14
1971-09-14MatchboxliveJohnny Cash?:??
1976-01-18MatchboxcoverSonny Burgess2:01
1978-10-26Matchbox (live, 1978-10-26: My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY)liveCarl Perkins4:39
1980-02-14Matchbox (live, 1980-02-14: University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA)cover and liveCarl Perkins and The C.P. Express2:41
1981-04-23Matchbox (live, 1981-04-23, Sportshalle Boeblingen, Stuttgart, West Germany)liveCarl Perkins3:18
1981-04-23Matchbox (live, 1981-04-23, Sportshalle Boeblingen, Stuttgart, West Germany)liveCarl Perkins2:54
1983-05-23Matchbox (live, 1983-05-23: Guild 1983: Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK)liveEric Clapton?:??
1985-10-20Matchbox (live, 1985-10-20: Guild 1985: Civic Hall, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK)liveEric Clapton?:??
1990-01-21Matchbox (live, 1990‐01‐21: Wembley Arena, London, UK)livePaul McCartney3:10
1990-04-04MatchboxcoverPaul McCartney2:40
1990-04-04MatchboxcoverPaul McCartney3:04
1990-10-26Matchboxcover and livePaul McCartney0:56
1991-01-25Matchboxcover and livePaul McCartney3:29
1993-11-12 – 1993-11-15Matchboxcover and livePaul McCartney3:20
1996-03MatchboxcoverCarl Perkins & Van Morrison4:09
2002Matchbox (live, 2002: USA Tour)cover and livePaul McCartney?:??
2007-11-30Matchbox (live, 2007-11-30: Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, UK)cover and liveJeff Beck with The Big Town Playboys2:40
Match BoxcoverThe Beatles1:59
Match BoxCarl Perkins2:10
Match BoxCarl Perkins?:??
Match BoxliveCarl Perkins4:05
Match BoxCarl Perkins?:??
Match BoxCarl Perkins?:??
Match BoxCarl Perkins & Scotty Moore3:20
Match Box (Columbia)Carl Perkins2:21
Match BoxCarl Perkins3:14
Match BoxCarl Perkins?:??
Match Box (Rock)Carl Perkins2:09
MatchboxcoverJerry Lee Lewis1:51
MatchboxcoverJerry Lee Lewis1:43
MatchboxcoverThe Head Cat2:33
MatchboxcoverThe Beatles?:??
MatchboxcoverJerry Lee Lewis1:43
MatchboxJerry Lee Lewis1:43
MatchboxJerry Lee Lewis1:44
MatchboxcoverThe Beatles1:59
MatchboxcoverClive Gregson & Christine Collister2:51
MatchboxcoverWillie Nelson and Family2:40
Matchboxcover and liveThe Beatles2:05
MatchboxcoverThe Beatles1:59
MatchboxcoverThe Beatles2:01
Matchbox (stereo)Carl Perkins2:41
MatchboxCarl Perkins2:10
MatchboxCarl Perkins2:56
MatchboxcoverThe Beatles0:24
Matchboxcover and livePopa Chubby8:23
MatchboxCarl Perkins2:10
MatchboxcoverThe Beatles1:02
MatchboxcoverThe Beatles1:59
Matchbox (undubbed master)coverJerry Lee Lewis1:44
Matchboxcover and liveThe Beatles2:23
MatchboxcoverThe Beatles1:00
MatchboxcoverThe Beatles?:??
MatchboxcoverThe Paramounts2:34
MatchboxCarl Perkins2:40
Matchboxcover and liveThe Beatles3:22
MatchboxcoverThe Beatles1:58
MatchboxcoverJerry Lee Lewis1:41
MatchboxCarl Perkins4:26
MatchboxCarl Perkins2:38
Matchbox (overdubbed as vocal duo)Jimmy Ellis with Carl Perkins2:09
MatchboxCarl Perkins2:40
MatchboxCarl Perkins2:12
MatchboxCarl Perkins2:44
MatchboxCarl Perkins4:09
MatchboxCarl Perkins2:25
MatchboxCarl Perkins2:09
MatchboxcoverDerek and the Dominos3:06
MatchboxcoverJerry Lee Lewis1:44
MatchboxcoverWild Angels3:01
MatchboxcoverJohnny Rivers2:15
MatchboxcoverCarl Perkins, Duane Eddy & The Mavericks6:24
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