"Searching For A Gem"

Bob Dylan's Officially Released Rarities and Obscurities

Audio: 1963

All the songs listed in the Official Rarities section are cross-referenced by song title in these alphabetical pages.
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Bottom of withdrawn Freewheelin' album sleeve showing the track listing that was quickly to be replaced. They show the withdrawn tracks in the correct order - see below (although Don't Think Twice, It's All Right is incorrectly shown as the last track on Side 1, not the first track on Side 2).
These are actually from the Canadian releases of the regular album (Columbia CL 1986/CS 8786) - top first release scan by Hans Seegers with long copyright text on left, bottom second release scan by Jo Slater with shorter copyright text on left

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This yearly page now contains only the main Rarities List! Mono 7" Singles & EPs (up to 1976) are now here, and Promotional Items (Albums and Singles) are now here. All Honourable Mentions are now here.

If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to existing entries, please let me know! Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities - see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the dealers on my Trading page for assistance!

Revised: 16 September, 2024.

Titles in red are not available on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com )

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"Songs By Bob Dylan" - unreleased 12" mono vinyl LP, Sound Makers Inc. (no catalogue number) (USA), 1963:

Suze Rotolo's personal copy, picture from Christie's New York web-site found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux	A copy of this pre-Freewheelin' album of Witmark demos came up for auction in Dec 1992, when it fetched $1,000. Thanks for Gerd Rundel for finding a copy for sale on eBay in Oct 2016 for $200,000! These discs were created by Sound Makers Inc., 6 West 57th Street, New York, on behalf of Columbia Records for distribution to other artists who might record Dylan songs. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding the copy from Suze Rotolo's personal collection for auction at Christie's, New York, in Nov 2006. The album is housed in a buff paper sleeve with a sticker giving Albert Grossman's then postal address in New York. It has generic labels with typed title and tracklists. Thanks to Arie de Reus for further information, especially that it is a mono vinyl LP, not an acetate as previously reported, and for the label scans. The Oct 2016 eBay copy has slightly different typed labels, without track numbers, but with the addition of "Side A" and "Side B" to the right of the centre hole.			Detail of front, Columbia address label	"Bob Dylan Song Book" - 1965 Witmark song book which includes these unreleased songs plus Let Me Die In My Footsteps - scan by David Burgess
Side 1 scan by Arie de Reus (track numbers; no "Side A")	Side 2 scan by Arie de Reus (track numbers; no "Side B")	Second copy - picture from eBay (no address label)	Side 1 of second copy - picture from eBay ("Side A" but no track numbers)	Side 2 of second copy - picture from eBay ("Side B" but no track numbers)

Side 1

R-0286 Baby, I'm In The Mood For You - Witmark demo recorded Dec 1962, different from the Freewheelin' out-take released on Biograph

R-0287 Quit Your Lowdown Ways - Witmark demo recorded Dec 1962, different from the Freewheelin' out-take released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3

R-0288 Hard Rains Are Gonna Fall [A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall] - Witmark demo recorded Dec 1962, different from the regular Freewheelin' version

R-0289 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Witmark demo recorded Mar 1963, different from the the regular Freewheelin' version
Now released in stereo on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005. Thanks to Rob Carson for pointing out this is in mono, so was therefore still a rarity until its release in 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964.

R-0290 Oxford Town - Witmark demo recorded Mar 1963, different from the regular Freewheelin' version

R-0539 Walkin' Down The Line - Witmark demo recorded Mar 1963 (mono version)
Now released in stereo on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991. Thanks again to Rob Carson for pointing out this is in mono, so was therefore still a rarity until its release in 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964.

Side 2

R-0030 Long Time Gone - Witmark demo of this still unreleased song, recorded Mar 1963

R-0029 Long Ago, Far Away - Witmark demo of this still unreleased song, recorded Nov 1962

R-0291 Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Witmark demo, recorded Dec 1962, different from the version released on Greatest Hits Vol. 2/More Greatest Hits, 1971, which is a live performance from New York Town Hall, 12 Apr 1963. Bob later recorded a version at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, during the New Morning sessions, but that is still unreleased.

R-0292 Masters Of War - Witmark demo, recorded Mar 1963, different from the regular Freewheelin' version

R-0293 Farewell Pamilina [Farewell] - Witmark demo, recorded Mar 1963 - this performance was short-listed for The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3, 1991

The last track is not a mistitled Farewell Angelina, this was actually the earliest title of the unreleased song called Farewell (see my "Starlight In The East" Directory of Bob Dylan's Unreleased Songs, page F - information from Tim Dunn). Bob recorded the song at Columbia Studios, New York, on 6 Aug 1963, during the Times They Are A-Changin' sessions, although the four takes are listed as incomplete.

All these tracks were officially released in mono in Oct 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, so have ceased to be rarities.

"Long Ago, Far Away" - 8" metal acetate, Music Publishers Holding Corp. for Witmark Publishing Company (USA), 1963:

A-side of acetate (B-side is blank), scan by Gil Walker

R-0029-2 Long Ago, Far Away - Witmark demo of this still unreleased song, recorded Nov 1962 Now officially released in mono in Oct 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, so no longer a rarity. This single-sided acetate came in a plain sleeve, with a sheet containing the music and lyrics. Like the LP above and the two acetates below, this acetate was cut for promotion to other artists who might record Dylan songs. Long Ago, Far Away was subsequently recorded by The Brothers Four and Odetta, see my "Starlight In The East" Directory of Bob Dylan's Unreleased Songs, page L. For a 1963 MPHC acetate of Paths Of Victory which surfaced in 1992, see 1992. For other MPHC acetates, see Mono Singles & EPs 1962-64. Thanks to Gil Walker for information and scans.

A-side label of acetate, scan by Gil Walker

Song sheet scan by Gil Walker

"(I'd Hate To Be You) On That Dreadful Day" - 8" metal acetate, Music Publishers Holding Corp. for Witmark Publishing Company (USA), 1963:

A-side of acetate (B-side is blank), picture from eBay

R-0036 (I'd Hate To Be You On That) Dreadful Day - demo recorded Mar 1963 For a Warner Bros 1967 acetate LP with this track, see 1967. For the Nov 1962 Broadside recording (R-0081), not released until the 1970s, see 1972. The lyrics of this song have now disappeared from bobdylan.com! Now officially released in mono in Oct 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, so no longer a rarity. This single-sided acetate came in a plain sleeve, with a sheet containing the music and lyrics. Like the LP and acetates above and below, this acetate was cut for promotion to other artists who might record Dylan songs. For a 1963 MPHC acetate of Paths Of Victory which surfaced in 1992, see 1992. For other MPHC acetates, see Mono Singles & EPs 1962-64. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding this item on eBay.

A-side of acetate, picture from eBay

Song sheet picture from eBay

"Quit Your Lowdown Ways" - 8" metal acetate, Music Publishers Holding Corp. for Witmark Publishing Company (USA), 1963:

A-side of acetate (B-side is blank), picture from eBay

R-0287-2 Quit Your Lowdown Ways - Witmark demo recorded Dec 1962, different from the Freewheelin' out-take released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 Now officially released in mono in Oct 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964., so no longer a rarity. This single-sided acetate came in a plain sleeve, with a sheet containing the music and lyrics. Like the LP and acetates above, this acetate was cut for promotion to other artists who might record Dylan songs. For a 1963 MPHC acetate of Paths Of Victory which surfaced in 1992, see 1992. For other MPHC acetates, see Mono Singles & EPs 1962-64. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding this item on eBay.

A-side of acetate, picture from eBay

"Farewell" - 8" metal acetate, Music Publishers Holding Corp. for Witmark Publishing Company (USA), 1963:

Picture from Dennis Rooney

R-0293 Farewell - Witmark demo, recorded Mar 1963 - this performance was short-listed for The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3, 1991 Now officially released in mono in Oct 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964., so no longer a rarity. This single-sided acetate came in an audiodisc generic sleeve. Thanks to Bruce Mulle for finding this item and to Dennis Rooney for the photo.

"Hobo [Only A Hobo]" - 8" metal acetate, audiodisc for Witmark Publishing Company (USA), 1963:

Picture from Dennis Rooney

R-0034 Only A Hobo - Witmark demo, recorded Aug 1963 The version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 is an out-take from The Times They Are A-Changin', recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 12 Aug 1963 (CO78982, 3:28). For the Jan/Feb 1963 Broadside recording (R-0027) and a May 1963 radio broadcast on The World Of Folk Music (Starring Oscar Brand) (R-0317), see below. Now officially released in mono in Oct 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964., so no longer a rarity. This single-sided acetate had an audiodisc label and came in an audiodisc generic sleeve. Thanks to Bruce Mulle for finding this item and to Dennis Rooney for the photo.

"John Hammond Acetate" - 12" acetate, Columbia (USA), 1963(?):
Is this acetate mono or stereo?

R-0584    You're No Good (Jesse Fuller) - alternate take recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 20 Nov 1961 (CO68726), with intro frequently listed as the first lines of an otherwise unreleased song Connecticut Cowboy R-0017 Rocks And Gravel [Solid Road] (Brownie McGhee-Leroy Carr) - lyrics on bobdylan.com here, from the withdrawn version of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, see below, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Nov 1962 (take 1). This would be R-0017M if mono. This song includes lyrics that Bob would later reuse in 1965 in It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry from Highway 61 Revisited. All tracks on this acetate are from the Freewheelin' sessions, the rest are reportedly officially released (details required).

"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - test pressings and promotional albums, Columbia CL 1986 (mono)/CS 8786 (stereo) (USA), Apr 1963:

This original withdrawn version of the album had four tracks that were quickly replaced before the album was commercially released. A mint stereo version of this album (CS 8786) is the highest-priced Bob Dylan rarity - mono versions (CL 1986) are more common. For more information about the Canadian release shown at the top of the page, see Mono Album Releases. Unlike the Canadian copy above, no known US copies list the withdrawn tracks on either the front or rear sleeves. Jeff Gold has a paper printer's proof for the rear sleeve with liner notes that include the withdrawn tracks, but there's no evidence that this was ever made up into an actual sleeve. This was reproduced in Ian Woodward's article "Dylan's 1962 Columbia Records Recording Sessions" in "Isis" 167 (with help from Bob Stacy and Roger Ford). The accepted release date of the commercial album is 27 May 1963, although it's odd that the withdrawn album is listed in a Columbia Records release schedule for July 1963.

Stereo release - Columbia CS 8786 (USA)

Columbia CS 8786 (Canada) - front scan by Hans Seegers (stereo release showing withdrawn tracks)

Printer's proof of liner notes for withdrawn album, picture from "Isis" 167

Columbia Records release schedule, July 1963, listing the withdrawn album, picture from eBay

"TV Guide" for 12 May 1963, scan by Keith Venturoni

Detail of "TV Guide" for 12 May 1963 with "Ed Sullivan Show", scan by Keith Venturoni

"Record Collector" (UK), Aug 1994, with "The World's Rarest Album", picture from eBay

Columbia Records release schedule, July 1963, listing the withdrawn album, picture from eBay

The Canadian sleeve is shown because the US stereo sleeve with the withdrawn record inside always showed the replacement tracks.

R-0017-2 Solid Road [Rocks And Gravel] Lyrics on bobdylan.com here (where it's copyrighted by Bob Dylan, although other authorities list the song writers as Brownie McGhee and Leroy Carr - Glen Dundas and Michael Gray list it as "Traditional") - still unreleased performance (stereo), recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Nov 1962 (CO 76986 take 1)
For a performance live at the Gaslight Café, New York, Oct 1962, from Bob Dylan Live At The Gaslight 1962, Starbucks/Hear Music/Sony Music Custom Marketing Group (USA), see 2005. R-0017 was not released on the Sony Music Europe 4CD-R set The 50th Anniversary Collection in Dec 2012, although two alternate takes were. A version of Rocks And Gravel appears in episode 1 of the HBO US TV series True Detective, released on Blu-ray and DVD in the USA and UK in Jun 2014 (see VHS & DVD 2010s) and the Harvest Records soundtrack album True Detective: Music From The HBO Series, see 2015. Thanks to Bob Stacy for his extensive analysis of the performance in the TV episode and his decision that this is the take used for the withdrawn The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (R-0017) but with extra instrumentation! This leads Bob to the conclusion that here we have another track from the "electric" overdub session held by Tom Wilson without Bob at Columbia Studios, New York, 8 Dec 1964 (CO 84439 take 10), previously unreleased! The "electric" version of House Of The Risin' Sun comes from this session, and was not finally officially released until 1993 on the CD-ROM Highway 61 Interactive, see 1993. David Goldsmith is of the opinion that this track has not been overdubbed, but it has been remastered and remixed, so it deserves a new R-number.

R-0018    Talkin' John Birch Society Blues - still unreleased studio version (stereo), the one released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 in 1991 is a live performance from Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963
This performance also appears on a Columbia stereo acetate that surfaced in 2005. R-0018 was not released on the Sony Music Europe 4CD-R set The 50th Anniversary Collection in Dec 2012.

Thanks to Keith Venturoni for a scan of the US "TV Guide" for 12 May 1963, the day that "folksinger Bob Dylan" was listed to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show, but walked out because they wouldn't let him sing this song.

R-0551     Let Me Die In My Footsteps - unedited original version (stereo), the version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 in 1991 has a verse missing
R-0551(M) was included on a 1962 Columbia acetate that surfaced in Nov 1983, but was not released on the Sony Music Europe 4CD-R set The 50th Anniversary Collection in Dec 2012.

The other replaced track was Gamblin' Willie [Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie], the only one released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 in 1991 in the same form that it appeared on the withdrawn stereo album. (Gamblin' Willie is also shown on some copies as Gamblin' Willie's Dead Man's Hand.).

Columbia CS 8786 (USA) - front picture from eBay (same as commercial stereo release - lists the replacement tracks)

The withdrawn album has a regular stereo sleeve as shown but plays the withdrawn tracks. It has red Columbia commercial labels which also list the withdrawn tracks. The whereabouts of only two copies are known. Unlike the mono album below, there were no promo copies. The matrix numbers for the stereo withdrawn album are: Side 1 - XSM-58719-1A, Side 2 - XSM-58720-1A.

Columbia CS 8786 (USA) - rear picture from eBay (same as commercial stereo release - lists the replacement tracks)

Columbia CS 8786 (USA, stereo) - Side 1 picture from eBay (this record lists and plays the withdrawn tracks)

Columbia CS 8786 (USA, stereo) - Side 2 picture from eBay (this record lists and plays the withdrawn tracks)

Withdrawn label pictures courtesy of Forever Young Records were also published in "Goldmine" magazine, issue 564, 8 Mar 2002, in the article by Tim Neely, "Talkin' Freewheelin' Alteration Blues". Thanks to Arie de Reus for finding colour scans of one of the only two copies known, which came up for sale on eBay in Oct 2015 for $100,000!

Columbia CS 8786 (Singapore/Malaysia, stereo) - Side 1 photo from David Slater (this record lists the withdrawn tracks but plays the regular tracks)

Columbia CS 8786 (Singapore/Malaysia, stereo) - detail of Side 1, photo from David Slater (the withdrawn tracks)

Columbia CS 8786 (Singapore/Malaysia, stereo) - Side 2 photo from David Slater (this record lists the withdrawn tracks but plays the regular tracks)

Columbia CS 8786 (Singapore/Malaysia, stereo) - detail of Side 2, photo from David Slater (the withdrawn tracks)

There is also a Singapore/Malaysia copy in the US Columbia Records sleeve where the record labels list the first version of the song titles as on the front of the Canadian releases as shown above. The record plays the regular songs.

Mono release - Columbia CL 1986 (USA)

R-0017M Solid Road [Rocks And Gravel] Lyrics on bobdylan.com here (where it's copyrighted by Bob Dylan, although other authorities list the song writers as Brownie McGhee and Leroy Carr - Glen Dundas and Michael Gray list it as "Traditional") - still unreleased performance (mono), recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Nov 1962 (take 1)
R-0017(M) was not released on the Sony Music Europe 4CD-R set The 50th Anniversary Collection in Dec 2012 but a version re-engineered by Ben Tanner/T-Bone Burnett appeared on the Harvest USA/Europe TV series soundtrack album True Detective: Music From The HBO Series in 2015.

R-0018M Talkin' John Birch Society Blues - still unreleased studio version (mono), the one released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 in 1991 is a live performance from Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963
This performance also appears on a UK Emidisc mono test pressing from the late 1960s, see Questionable Releases. R-0018(M) was not released on the Sony Music Europe 4CD-R set The 50th Anniversary Collection in Dec 2012.

R-0551M-2 Let Me Die In My Footsteps - unedited original version (mono), the version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 in 1991 has a verse missing (this also appeared on a May 1962 Columbia acetate, see 1962 and on a 1962 Columbia acetate that surfaced in Nov 1983)
R-0551(M) was not released on the Sony Music Europe 4CD-R set The 50th Anniversary Collection in Dec 2012.

R-0550 Gamblin' Willie's Dead Man's Hand [Rambling Gambling Willie] - mono version, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 24 Apr 1962 (take 4). This mono version of Gamblin' Willie also appeared on a UK Emidisc test pressing from the late 1960s, see Questionable Releases, and on a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in Nov 1983.
 

Columbia CL 1986 (USA) - radio station mono promo copy of withdrawn album, scan by Hans Seegers (the timing strip has tracks 3 and 6 on Side 1 swapped)	Apart from the regular mono release, this album is available in three rare formats: A white label promo which lists the withdrawn tracks on timing strip and labels, but plays the regular tracks A white label promo which lists withdrawn tracks on timing strip, the regular tracks on the labels, and plays the regular tracks (i.e. there are no white label promo copies that play the withdrawn tracks) A red label copy which lists the regular tracks but plays the withdrawn tracks (i.e. the only mono copies that play the withdrawn tracks have red labels as shown below).		Columbia CL 1986 (USA) mono promo - Side 2 timing strip showing "Gamblin' Willie's Dead Man's Hand", photo by "Truman Peyote"
Columbia CL 1986 (USA) mono promo - Side 1 (this record lists the withdrawn tracks but plays the replacements), scan by Arie de Reus (matrix number XLP-58717-3A)	Columbia CL 1986 (USA) mono promo - Side 2 (this record lists the withdrawn tracks but plays the replacements), scan by Arie de Reus (matrix number XLP-58718-2A)	Promo note scan by Hans Seegers	Columbia CL 1986 (USA) mono promo - Side 1 (this record lists and plays the replacement tracks), scan by Arie de Reus (matrix number XLP-58717-3A)	Columbia CL 1986 (USA) mono promo - Side 2 (this record lists and plays the replacement tracks), scan by Arie de Reus (matrix number LP-58718-2A)

Shown above is a note that was distributed in error with promo copies of the replacement record, not the withdrawn record to which it refers. When the withdrawn album was pressed Band 3 (track 3) and Band 6 (track 6) were reversed on the vinyl itself, so that A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall was the third track and Let Me Die In My Footsteps was the sixth (on the first white promo labels illustrated above Let Me Die In My Footsteps is the third track and A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall is the sixth, but as far as I know there are no records in existence with the tracks in this order). This is one sure way of identifying the withdrawn album without playing it - on Side 1 of the withdrawn disc A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall is track 3 and by far the widest track on the side. On all replacement records it's at the end of Side 1. The Canadian sleeve issued with the regular release at the top of this page actually shows the order of tracks on the withdrawn album in the correct order - it must have been printed after the distribution of the promo items shown here and thus be the front of the intended production sleeve.
 

Columbia CL 1986 (USA) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (release with withdrawn tracks)	The mono labels shown here are genuinely of the withdrawn release, although those of the first commercial release are the same. Gerd Rundel's copy looks in every way like the first commercial release with a record with "GUARANTEED HIGH FIDELITY" labels, although it plays the withdrawn tracks. The sleeve has the replacement track listing on front and rear. "6" on the rear sleeve at bottom right indicates that the sleeve was fabricated by Imperial Paper Box Corp. of Brooklyn, NY. Matrix numbers for the withdrawn mono album with commercial red labels are: Side 1 - XLP-58717-1A, Side 2 - XLP-58718-1A, see detail scans below.				Columbia CL 1986 (USA) - detail of front, scan by Gerd Rundel (release with withdrawn tracks)
Columbia CL 1986 (USA) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel (release with withdrawn tracks)	Columbia CL 1986 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (release with withdrawn tracks)	Columbia CL 1986 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel ("Guaranteed High Fidelity" release with withdrawn tracks)	Columbia CL 1986 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel ("Guaranteed High Fidelity" release with withdrawn tracks, matrix number XLP-58717-1A)	Columbia CL 1986 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel ("Guaranteed High Fidelity" release with withdrawn tracks)	Columbia CL 1986 (USA) - detail of Side 2, scan by Gerd Rundel ("Guaranteed High Fidelity" release with withdrawn tracks, matrix number XLP-58718-1A)

Columbia CL 1986 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (release with withdrawn tracks - "6" at bottom right)

Thanks to Jeff Gold of Record Mecca, Gary Johnson of Rockaway Records and Michael Perri for information. Thanks to Hans Seegers, Arie de Reus, "Truman Peyote", Gerd Rundel and David Slater for further information and pictures.

"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - fake test pressing, Columbia CL 1986 (mono) (USA), Dec 2011:

Record and sleeve photo from eBay

This at first convincing "test pressing" with the withdrawn tracks for auction on eBay from an Italian seller is actually a fake. The information sheet glued to the white card sleeve is nothing like a Columbia US information sheet of the time, and labels like these were not used for test pressings. Thanks to Renaud Depierreux for information about this item, and to Jeff Gold of Record Mecca, Arie de Reus and Hans Seegers for confirming it's a fake.

White card sleeve with glued information sheet, photo from eBay

Side 1 photo from eBay

Side 2 photo from eBay

Various Artists - "The World Of Folk Music Starring Oscar Brand - Show #96 Guest Stars Bob Dylan/The New Christy Minstrels" - radio station disc, Warner Bros XGPB 508 (USA), broadcast May 1963:
This disc contains the whole show, but only the Dylan tracks on Side 1 are listed below. Side 2 featured The New Christy Minstrels. The show was broadcast on WNBC public service radio, New York, May 1963.

Warner Bros XGPB 508 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (includes R-0316 and R-0317)

R-0316 Girl Of The North Country - live performance of song from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan R-0317 Only A Hobo (1:58) - live performance of out-take from The Times They Are A-Changin’, studio version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991 For a Feb 1963 Broadside performance of this song, see below. For the Aug 1963 Witmark demo, now released in Oct 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, see 1967 These two songs were recorded at WNBC Studios, New York, Mar 1963, especially for the Oscar Brand radio show. Both have now been released in Dec 2013 on The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963, see 2013.

Warner Bros XGPB 508 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (no Dylan)

Thanks to Yoshihiko Satake for clearing up the long-standing query about this disc - the answer was under my nose in Dundas' "Tangled" all the time! Thanks to Hans Seegers and Gerd Rundel for the scans.

"Ain't Gonna Grieve" - 10" acetate, Columbia (no catalogue number) (USA), Aug 1963:

"1963" acetate scan by Hans Seegers

R-0031    Ain't Gonna Grieve - Witmark demo recorded Aug 1963 Now officially released in mono in Oct 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964., so no longer a rarity. This acetate has a generic Columbia promo white label with typewritten title "Ain't Gonna Grieve No More" and handwritten "23591" in red. This performance later appeared with eight other Witmark demos on a US Warner Bros/7 Arts Music 12" singled-sided acetate LP in 1967. It also surfaced in a set of US Music Publishers Holding Corporation acetates, see 2004. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. Thanks to Jeff Gold for information that this "1963" acetate is a fake, one of several that were made in the USA around 2000, also for other artists, and is now listed in Questionable Releases.

Warner Bros. XTV 221567 (USA) - 1967 label scan by Hans Seegers

2004 acetate scan by A J LaRue

Various Artists - "Broadside Ballads Vol. 1" - mono vinyl LP, Broadside Records BR 301 (USA), Oct 1963, re-released 1964;  Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA), 1964 onwards; Cassette release: Smithsonian Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA), 1980s:

Broadside Records BR 301 (USA), Oct 1963, re-released 1964:

Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - front of first release, scan by Hans Seegers (1963)	All tracks were recorded Jan/Feb 1963 at the Broadside offices in New York. Bob appears as "Blind Boy Grunt". The album came with an eight page booklet.	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - detail of front of first release, scan by Hans Seegers (1963 - "Broadside Records")	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - alternate colour, front  scan by Wim van der Mark	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - booklet front page photocopy by Paul Shenton (both releases - "Broadside Records" at top)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - booklet inside page with music and lyrics of R-0027 and R-0028, scan by Kenneth Robson (both releases)
Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - rear of first release, scan by Hans Seegers (continuation of wrap-around covering sheet from front)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - detail of rear of first release, scan by Hans Seegers (no catalogue number to left of track list, "JON BROWN" error)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - detail of rear of first release, scan by Hans Seegers (no bottom text)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (first release, dated 1963)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (first release, dated 1963)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson (first release, dated 1963)
Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - front of second release, scan by Hans Seegers (1964)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - detail of front of second release, scan by Hans Seegers (1964 - still "Broadside Records")	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - rear of second release, scan by Hans Seegers (1964)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - detail of rear of second release, scan by Hans Seegers (BR 301 to left of track list, "JON BROWN" error)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - detail of rear of second release, scan by Hans Seegers (text "Descriptive Notes are Inside Pocket" below catalogue number)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - alternate colour, front scan by David Plentus
Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - rear of alternate second release, photocopy by Paul Shenton (1964)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - detail of rear of alternate second release, photocopy by Paul Shenton (1964, "JON BROWN" error)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - detail of rear of alternate second release, photocopy by Paul Shenton (1964)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - Side 1 photocopy by Paul Shenton (second release, dated 1964)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - detail of Side 1, photocopy by Paul Shenton (second release, dated 1964)	Broadside Records BR 301 (USA) - Side 2 photocopy by Paul Shenton (second release, dated 1964)

R-0025 Talkin' Devil - otherwise unavailable performance, Jan 1963

R-0026 John Brown - original version, Feb 1963, now also on the Smithsonian Folkways boxed set The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988, 2000 (misspelled as "JON BROWN" on both the front and rear of the sleeve, but not the Side 1 label)

R-0027 Only A Hobo - otherwise unavailable performance, Feb 1963
The version relesed on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 is an out-take from The Times They Are A-Changin', recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 12 Aug 1963 (CO78982, 3:28). For a May 1963 radio broadcast recording from The World Of Folk Music (Starring Oscar Brand), see above. For the Aug 1963 Witmark demo, now released in Oct 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, see 1967.

R-0028 I Will Not Go Down Under The Ground [Let Me Die in My Footsteps] - Bob accompanies Happy Traum, Jan 1963, otherwise unavailable different performance from the one released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3

There was also a cover version of Blowin' In The Wind by The New World Singers.

The sleeve is actually made of black card with a covering sheet pasted over the front and wrapping around to coverpart of the back. Broadside had a very small budget, and the first coverings sheets were printed in black and white because that was cheapest. The explanation for the later cover colour variations was kindly provided for me by Jeff Place of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: "Actually there is no such thing as a standard color on a Folkways cover. Each run has the color of the paper that was on the printer's machine the day the cover slicks were run. Moses Asch saved a few cents by not having the printer change the paper. Of the records I have here in the Folkways archive, many of them have many colors for the cover." The sleeve variations shown apply also to the Folkways releases below and the 1972 retrospective album Broadside Ballads Vol. 6: Broadside Reunion, see 1972.

Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA), 1964 onwards:

Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers	This album was re-released as Folkways Records FH 5301, still with the same sleeve construction with covering sheets in various colours wrapped round black card. The record labels are the same as the 1964 Broadside Records release, again dated 1964. The record of Paul Shenton's copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - B301A, Side 2 - B301B. These numbers have been scratched out but are still readable.			Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers (now "Folkways Records")	Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (continuation of wrap-around covering sheet from front)
Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers ("FOLKWAYS FH 5301" to left of track list, still "JON BROWN" error)	Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (different text from 1964 Broadside release below new catalogue number)	Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - front of booklet, photocopy by Paul Shenton ("Folkways Records" at top	Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - Side 1 photocopy by Paul Shenton (dated 1964)	Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - detail of Side 1, photocopy by Paul Shenton (dated 1964)	Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - Side 2 photocopy by Paul Shenton (dated 1964)
Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - alternate front photocopy by Paul Shenton	Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - detail of alternate front, photocopy by Paul Shenton ("Folkways Records")	Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - alternate rear photocopy by Paul Shenton	Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - detail of alternate rear, photocopy by Paul Shenton	Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - detail of alternate rear, photocopy by Paul Shenton (different bottom text from green copy)	Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA) - alternate front picture from www.amazon.com

This album was apparently also released in the UK as Folkways Records F-05301 - scans required!

Cassette release, 1980s:

Outside of cassette release, picture found of eBay by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding a Smithsonian cassette version on eBay. It comes in a black plastic case with the booklet folded in four inside. This includes the same Folkways Records booklet as the FH 5301 release above.

Inside of cassette release with leaflet, picture found of eBay by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Various Artists - "Broadside Vol.1: Protest Songs" - mono vinyl LP, Le Chant Du Monde/Folkways FWX 55301 (France), 1964 (recorded Jan/Feb 1963):
Bob appears as "Blind Boy Grunt". This is the Broadside/Folkways album Broadside Ballads Vol. 1 from Oct 1963 with a new title and cover

More scans of this album required!

Various Artists - "Broadside Ballads Vol. 1" - mono vinyl LP, Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan), Oct 1976:

Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers	This extremely rare mono release was made by Nippon Columbia on behalf of Folkways Records. Nippon Columbia has no link to Columbia US and indeed Sony still do not have the rights to use the Columbia name in Japan. The record comes in a black card sleeve with the Broadside cover slick in green pasted over the front and part of the back. The sleeve has the price ¥1,500. There is a red paper obi, also with price ¥1,500, and a double-sided insert in Japanese. The rear of the insert has the date "76.10" (Oct 1976). The record has orange Nippon Columbia labels.		Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers	Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers
Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers	Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers	Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan) - detail of rear of insert, scan by Hans Seegers	Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan) - front of insert, scan by Hans Seegers
Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan) - rear of insert, scan by Hans Seegers	Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers	Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers		Nippon Columbia/Folkways Records YW-7017-FW (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers

Various Artists - "Broadside Ballads Vol. 1" - mono vinyl LP, Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain), 1983:

Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain) - front scan by Manuel García Jara	Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara	Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara	Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara	Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara	Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain) - booklet front scan by Manuel García Jara
Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain) - booklet rear scan by Manuel García Jara	Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain) - detail of booklet rear, scan by Manuel García Jara	Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara	Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara		Folkways Records/Discoplay DP 54.9227 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara

The publishing of this album is complicated: it is a Folkways record, manufactured in Spain by Iberofón S.A., released by Dial Discos S.A. and distributed exclusively by Discoplay of Madrid, the most important mail order store in Spain specialising in records. This album also includes a 12-page booklet with lyrics in Spanish and English and description of the songs. For the equivalent Spanish release of Broadside Ballads Vol. 6 - Broadside Reunion, see 1972.

Various Artists - "Broadside Ballads Vol. 1" - CD-R releases: Smithsonian Folkways Records FH 5301 (USA), 2000s:

Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - CD-R slipcase front, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux	This album is now available by mail order from Smithsonian Folkways They can only supply CD-R copies of the original albums. Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the original CD-R release in a jewel case with only a printed rear insert. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that the CD-Rs were subsequently housed in a Folkways slipcase (the same for each title), and come with photocopies of the original artwork, such as the examples shown above. Jean-Pol also informs me that much of the Broadside/Folkways music is now downloadable from the Smithsonian Folkways site. However, none of the tracks by Blind Boy Grunt and R-0028 with Happy Traum are included.			Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - detail of CD-R slipcase rear, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - CD-R rear insert scan by Jack from Canada (there is no front insert)	Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - CD-R scan by Jack from Canada	Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - detail of page 2 of booklet, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux	Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - detail of page 3 of booklet, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux	Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - detail of page 5 of booklet, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux	Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - page 1 of booklet, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Smithsonian Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - front scan by Andrew Wellman	Smithsonian Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - outside of folder, scan by Andrew Wellman		Smithsonian Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - inside of folder, scan by Andrew Wellman (generic)		Smithsonian Folkways FH-5301 (USA) - CD-R scan by Andrew Wellman

Thanks to Freddy Ordoñez Araque and David Plentus for information that the album is now on sale from Amazon with the catalogue number FH 5301, both as a CD and for download for US residents only (you can just download the Dylan tracks if preferred). Thanks to Andrew Wellman for scans of his copy bought from Amazon, which comes in a generic dark grey card folder with the original artwork and track listing pasted to the outside. The inside has pockets for the CD-R and a booklet.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Kenneth Robson, Wim van der Mark, David Plentus, Jack from Canada, Jean-Pol Hiernaux, Paul Shenton, Manuel García Jara, Andrew Wellman, Freddy Ordoñez Araque and David Plentus for information and pictures.

Mono Singles & EPs for 1963

Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1962-64

These are now here: Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1962-64. Mono LPs have their own pages, see International Mono Releases.

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963, mono)

Promotional/Regular Items for 1963

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