"Abandoned Love" is a song written by Bob Dylan, recorded in 1975 but not released until 1985, on his compilation album Biograph. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Biograph is a 53-track compilation spanning the career of Bob Dylan, from his 1962 debut album to the 1981 LP Shot It was originally recorded for inclusion on his 1976 album Desire, but was dropped in favor of Joey. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Desire is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan 's 17th studio album released by Columbia Records in 1976 Abandoned Love was written during Dylan's breakup with his then-wife Sara Lownds. Sara Dylan (born October 28, 1939 in Wilmington Delaware) born as Shirley Marlin Noznisky and later known as Sara Lownds, was the Only one live performance of this song is known of, at the "Other End" on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village on July 3, 1975, during a show with Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Greenwich Village (ˌgrɛnɪtʃ ˈvɪlɪdʒ often simply called the Village, is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern Manhattan Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ramblin' Jack Elliott (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer Paul Cable, in his book Bob Dylan: His Unreleased Recordings (New York: Schirmer Books, 1980), described this live version of the song as "Beautiful, eerie, easily as good as Blonde on Blonde lyrics and a tune that is unusual and perfect. Blonde on Blonde is Singer-songwriter Bob Dylan 's seventh Studio album, released in 1966 by Columbia Records. "