A-E
F-J
K-O
P-S
T-ZAll the songs listed in the Official
Rarities section are cross-referenced by song title in these
alphabetical pages.
A-E
F-J
K-O
P-S
T-Z
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. Because of the length of this page, detailed information about the cancelled 1964 Columbia album "Bob Dylan In Concert" is 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: 02 May, 2008.
Titles in red are not available
on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com
)
Key to symbols used:
Links to other World Wide Web pages -
Links to email addresses -
Links to bobdylan.com for song lyrics -
Performances currently available on commercial CD are marked by
(these are the ones that count as obscurities
rather than as rarities)
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More details of these acetates are required! Are they mono or stereo? R-0390 Hero Blues - lyrics on bobdylan.com
This is the version with Bob on piano, one of the two complete takes recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, on 12 Aug 1963 (CO78980). The Witmark demo version which also circulates unofficially has Bob on guitar, as do the out-takes from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, on 6 Dec 1962 (CO77020). This song was replaced by One Too Many Mornings on the final album. These 12" acetates are owned by a former music reviewer of the "Village Voice" in New York. They are in the original brown paper dust jackets, with various notes and routing info, including John Hammond's name. Also, there is a copy of the Columbia Records album cover plus a mastering page with a wealth of information as to contents, recording dates, release dates, etc. There is also a note on the letterhead of producer Tom Wilson addressed to the reviewer, instructing her to not mention Hero Blues in her review! This version of Hero Blues also appeared (titled The Gal I Love) on a 4-track Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1980, and which must predate this album, and again on eBay on a Columbia US acetate in Jul 2007. |
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More details of these acetates are required! Are they mono or stereo? R-0022 Blowin' In The Wind - recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, released in 1964 on the Vanguard LP Evening Concerts At Newport Vol. 1, see below (stereo version) If mono this would be R-0022M. R-0024 Only A Pawn In Their Game - from the March On Washington, Washington, DC, 28 Aug 1963, included on the Folkways album We Shall Overcome (see below) |
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More details of these acetates are required! Are they mono or stereo? R-0219 Troubled And I Don't Know Why (with Joan Baez) - live Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, New York, 17 Aug 1963 (released in 1994 on the Joan Baez Vanguard boxed set Rare, Live & Classic, see 1994) R-0377 Blowin' In The Wind (with Joan Baez) - live as R-0219 (still otherwise unreleased) |
The Broadside Singers - "Broadside Ballads Vol. 3: The Broadside Singers" - vinyl LP, Broadside BR 303/Folkways F-05303 (USA), 1964
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R-0458
Paths Of Victory - Bob is rumoured to sing backup vocals on this cover
version by The Broadside Singers of the Dylan song eventually released on The
Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991. Patrick Sky takes the lead vocal.
This track is now collected on the boxed set The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988,
Smithsonian Folkways Records, 2000. It is not
listed by either Glen Dundas or Michael Krogsgaard as having Dylan
involvement, but I am including it here since it was reported to me. Both Broadside Ballads Vol. 3 and The Best Of Broadside
1962-1988 are available by mail order from Smithsonian Folkways
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Richard Fariña/Eric von Schmidt - "Dick Fariña & Eric von Schmidt" -
vinyl LP, Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK), early 1964:
Recorded at Dobell's Jazz Record Shop in London on 14-15 Jan 1963, Bob
(as "Blind Boy Grunt"), who was present on 15 Jan 1963 only, supplied harmonica and back-up vocals to
the tracks listed below. This
album, which was released in mono only, was reissued several times with label and/or cover variations. Jean-Pol Hiernaux reports that
Douglas Cooke, webmaster of the Richard and Mimi
Fariña fan site, gives this album a release
date of May 1963, see
. The date I've used comes from Glen
Dundas - there is no date on the record sleeve or labels.
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R-0011 Glory, Glory (traditional) - Bob isn't listed in the 2007 booklet as a contributor here but his voice can be heard on the released take R-0012 You Can Always Tell (Furry Lewis) - Bob's contribution here is not confirmed, there is a prominent harmonica player, but it could be Richard Fariňa R-0013 Xmas Island (Richard Fariña) R-0014 Cocaine [Cocaine
Blues] (traditional) R-0015 London Waltz (Richard Fariña) - Bob's contribution here is not confirmed. again there is a prominent harmonica player, but it could be Richard Fariňa R-0016 Overseas Stomp (Jab Jones/Will Shade) - although Bob played on takes 5, 6 and 7 on 15 Jan 1963, the booklet states the released take is take 3 from 14 Jan 1963 when Bob wasn't present |
 Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK) - rear of sleeve (my copy) |
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 Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK) - front of sleeve (alternate colour), photo from eBay |
 Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson (original design) |
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 Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson (original design) |
 Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Kenneth Robson (original design) |
 Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK) - Side 1 scan from "Expecting Rain" web-site (replaced design) |
 Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan from "Expecting Rain" web-site (replaced design) |
 Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK) - Side 2 scan from "Expecting Rain" web-site (replaced design) |
Above is the commonly accepted view of Bob's contribution and the writer credits (all the tracks previously listed have prominent harmonica). However, Gil Walker comments: "In "Positively 4th Street," David Hajdu reports that London Waltz, on the 1963-recorded Fariña/von Schmidt LP, is actually a song that Dylan, Fariña, and von Schmidt improvised together two days before it was recorded. It is, of course, impossible to determine how much (if any) of Dylan's contribution survives on the recorded song. Hajdu also had access to the master tapes and session logs for the album, and declares that standard reports of Dylan's contribution to the LP are incorrect. (Notes to p.141, US edition) He says that London Waltz, Overseas Stomp, and You Can Always Tell were recorded on January 14, without Dylan. He also notes that the January 15 recording of Xmas Island, with Dylan, is missing from the master tapes (implying, I guess, that a different take was released). Finally, he reports that three out-takes of Overseas Stomp with Dylan backup were recorded, and remain unreleased."
The illustrations of the session recording sheets in the 2007 CD reissue (see below) show this is not quite correct - Bob (listed as Bob "Diglan") was indeed present on 15 Jan 1963, and played on Glory, Glory, Christmas Island, Overseas Stomp and Cocaine. I have now changed the entries for London Waltz, You Can Always Tell and the released take of Overseas Stomp to show Bob's contribution is not confirmed. The album also contains several songs with quotes used in songs on Time Out Of Mind and "Love And Theft".
Don Cohen has a copy of the LP that Hans Seegers informs me was reissued in 1974, which he describes as follows: "The one I purchased has a black 'Folklore' logo, black ink throughout the label, the newspaper the rider holds says 'Made in England', songs are listed horizontally, not stacked vertically as on other versions I've seen online, and the laminated cover color is a bright yellow. Here are the some of the key differences between my LP label and the label on eBay:
My copy's label: *White label. All ink is in black. *Even the Folklore name is black. *The newspaper the rider figure is holding out contains the words "Made in England" *Song titles on each side are displayed horizontally, that is, some lines have 2 songs titles *Farina has three parenthetical attributions. No other track has a credit, not even Trad. *Serial number is F/Leut 7 *Matrix number in the trailoff on Side 1 is DW+133+3. On Side 2: DW+134+3. Both are hand-etched.
eBay label: *White label. Ink for the rider and legal info around the perimeter appears to be a sepia-toned brown. *Looks like Farina and Von Schmidt's name are in black ink and the songs are in black ink, too. *The Folklore name is in blue *The newspaper the rider is holding out has the words "Limited Edition" *Song titles are stacked vertically with no parenthetical credits *Serial number is F/Leut 7."
Thanks to Kenneth Robson for scans of the "Made In England" and "Limited Edition" versions. As explained in the sleeve notes by Tom Costner to the 2CD 2007 edition, the label design had to be changed to add "MADE IN ENGLAND" because the US Customs would not allow import into the USA of records that did not show the country of origin (the first 500 copies imported by Costner into the USA were destroyed by US Customs for this reason - they unreasonably would not allow Costner to add a stamp or sticker with "MADE IN ENGLAND" to the sleeve or labels).
Richard Fariña/Eric von Schmidt - "Dick Fariña & Eric von Schmidt" - 2CD set: Solano Records 1772 (USA), 2007:
Thanks to Peter Gilmer for news that this album was released in Jul 2007
as a 2CD set by Solano Records, Vallejo, CA
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is still in mono. The Solano Records web-site lists Bob as
playing only on three of the tracks below, omitting You Can
Always Tell, London Waltz and Overseas
Stomp. The first CD
in the set consists of the original album, the second CD of out-takes, none of
which feature Bob. I now have the set, thanks to Jean-Pol
Hiernaux for saving me the task of scanning it! Thanks to Larry Crum for further
information. For two albums by Eric von Schmidt with liner notes by Bob, see Honourable
Mentions.
 Solano 1772 (USA) - 2007 CD reissue front, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Solano 1772 (USA) - 2007 CD reissue outside of booklet, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Solano 1772 (USA) - 2007 CD reissue booklet page showing Bob's involvement, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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 Folklore F-LEUT/7 (UK) - detail from front of sleeve (my copy) |
 Solano 1772 (USA) - 2007 CD reissue front detail, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Solano 1772 (USA) - 2007 CD reissue rear insert, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Solano 1772 (USA) - 2007 CD reissue CD1 scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Solano 1772 (USA) - 2007 CD reissue CD2 scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (no Dylan) |
Various Artists - "We Shall Overcome: Documentary Of The March On Washington" - vinyl LP, Council for United Civil Rights Leadership UCR-1 (USA), 1964:
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R-0024-2 Only A Pawn In Their Game (wrongly
listed as "The Ballad Of Medgar Evers", which is a song
by Phil Ochs) Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information that this was the first commercial appearance of this material. The Council of United Civil Rights Leadership was a small students label. They handed the recordings over to Sis Cunningham, one of the founders of Broadside, who then produced the wider circulation album below. |
 UCR-1 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson (no Dylan) |
 UCR-1 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson (includes R-0024) |
Various Artists - "We Shall Overcome: Documentary Of The March On Washington" - vinyl LP, Folkways FD 5592/FH 5592 (USA), 1964/Folkways F-05592 (USA), (date?):
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This album was also released as Broadside Records BR 592 with the same sleeve. For information on Folkways/Broadside cover colour variations, see 1963. In this case the cover appears to be printed on a sheet of paper of various colours which was then pasted over the front and part of the back of a plain black sleeve. There was a four page typed booklet with a transcript of the speeches. R-0024-3 Only A Pawn In Their Game (still wrongly
listed as "The Ballad Of Medgar Evers") This album (along with all the other Folkways albums mentioned in these
pages) is now available
on CD by mail order from Smithsonian
Folkways
Thanks to Rob van Estrik for information that Smithsonian CDs are not mass produced, but are individually burned on to plain CD-Rs to order, and the cover art of the original Folkways LP was not included. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for new information that the original artwork can now be downloaded from the Smithsonian Folkways site in PDF form. This US Folkways album was reissued in the 1990s on CD, see below. Thanks to David Plentus and Kenneth Robson for scans - Kenneth Robson's copy has the same UCR-1 labels as the release above, Folkways FD 5592 on the booklet and FH 5592 on the sleeve! The eBay copy shown below has Folkways FD 5592 on the cover. Thanks to Jean-Pol Heirnaux for finding a Smithsonian cassette version on eBay. It comes in a black plastic case with the booklet folded in four inside. |
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 Folkways FH 5592 (USA) - front scan by Kenneth Robson (second alternate colour cover) |
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 Folkways FH 5592 (USA) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Folkways FH 5592 (USA) - detail of page 3 of booklet, scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Outside of cassette release, picture found of eBay by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Inside of cassette release with leaflet, picture found of eBay by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
Various Artists - "We Shall Overcome: Documentary Of The March On Washington" - CD reissue, Folkways F-05592 (USA), early 1990s:
Various Artists - "USA: Integration" - radio disc, BBC 12FRM 1 38603 (UK), 1964:
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R-0561 Keep Your Eyes On The Prize (Len Chandler) - Bob and Joan Baez accompany Len Chandler, also live from the March on Washington, Washington, DC, 28 Aug 1963 These two songs are the complete performance by Bob on this day - there is presumably an original US radio station disc from which these have been taken - details required! |
Various Artists - "Newport Broadside: Topical Songs At The
Newport Folk Festival 1963" - mono vinyl LP, Vanguard
VRS-9144 (USA), Fontana TFL.6038 (UK), released early 1964:
Songs recorded at the Newport Folk Festival, Jul 1963.
Thanks to HwyCDRrev and Tim Dunn for
information that four reel-to-reel tapes of the Newport Folk Festival 1963
including Bob and Joan Baez were being auctioned on eBay in Aug 2006. The Dylan performances available on
Vanguard for this festival are Blowin' In The Wind, Ye
Playboys And Playgirls (duet with Pete Seeger) and With God On Our Side
(duet with Joan Baez). Also released on Vanguard are We
Shall Overcome and This Land Is Your Land
(ensemble performances on which Bob may be present). These tapes may contain
other Dylan performances - more information required.
 Fontana TFL.6038 (UK - mono) - front scan by Kenneth Robson |
R-0020M Ye Playboys
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 Fontana TFL.6038 (UK - mono) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
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R-0311M With God On Our Side
- with Joan Baez,
recorded during the afternoon workshop on 26 Jul 1963 (mono version)
This is now known not to be the performance from Joan's set at the evening
concert on 28 Jul 1963 (mono version, R-0021M)
Thanks to Kenneth Robson for information and scans. Scans of the US mono release required.
Various Artists - "Newport Broadside: Topical Songs At The Newport Folk Festival 1963" - stereo vinyl LP, Vanguard VSD 79144 (USA), released early 1964:
R-0020 Ye Playboys & Playgirls - with Pete Seeger, recorded at
the afternoon workshop on 27 Jul 1963 (stereo version), now also on Vanguard Sessions: Folk Duets CD,
see 1998
R-0311 With God On Our Side
- with Joan Baez (stereo
version), this version is now known to have been
recorded during the afternoon workshop on 26 Jul 1963 and is not the performance
from Joan's set at the evening concert on 28 Jul 1963 (R-0021) or
the version released in 1997 on the Joan Baez Live At
Newport CD, which is from 1964 (R-0253, see 1997)
For video footage of this performance see
both the
2005 US Columbia/Legacy DVD No Direction Home - Bob Dylan (see
VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3) and the 2007 US Columbia/Legacy DVD The Other Side Of The Mirror: Bob
Dylan Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965 (see VHS
& DVD 2000s Part 4).
Thanks to Kenneth Robson and Olav Langum for information and scans.
 Vanguard VSD-79144 (USA stereo) - front scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Vanguard VSD-79144 (USA stereo) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Vanguard VSD-79144 (USA stereo) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Vanguard VSD-79144 (USA stereo) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Vanguard VSD 79144 (USA stereo), detail from rear sleeve with tracklist - scan by Olav Langum |
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Various Artists - "Newport Broadside: Topical Songs At The Newport Folk Festival 1963" - stereo vinyl LP, Vanguard/Amadeo AVRS 9162 (Austria), 1964:
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Various Artists - "Newport Broadside: Topical Songs At The Newport Folk Festival 1963" - stereo vinyl LP, Vanguard/Orrizonte ORL 8196 (Italy), 1964:
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Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. More scans of this release required. |
Various Artists - "Les Rois Du Folk Song [Kings Of Folk Song]" - stereo vinyl LP, Amadeus AVRS 9162 (France), 1964:
 Amadeus AVRS 9162 (France, stereo) - scan by Hans Seegers |
This is Newport Broadside (Topical Songs) with a different title and cover, including R-0020 and R-0311 as above. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Various Artists - "Newport Broadside: Topical Songs At The Newport Folk Festival 1963" - CD reissue: Vanguard KICP 2112 (Japan), 1991:
 Vanguard KICP 2112 (Japan) - 1991 CD reissue (obi), scan by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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 Vanguard KICP 2112 (Japan) - 1991 CD reissue, scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "Newport Broadside: Topical Songs At The Newport Folk Festival 1963" - CD reissue: Vanguard/FNAC 662127 (France), 1992:
 Vanguard/FNAC 662127 (France) - 1992 CD reissue (front insert unfolded), scan by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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Various Artists - "Newport Broadside: Topical Songs At The Newport Folk Festival 1963" - CD reissue: Vanguard VCD 770003-2 (USA), 1997:
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 Vanguard VCD 770003-2 (USA) - 1997 CD reissue, rear insert |
 Vanguard VCD 770003-2 (USA) - 1997 CD reissue |
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This 1997 US CD release has a single card as the front insert, folded twice. |
Various Artists - "Newport Broadside: Topical Songs At The Newport Folk Festival 1963" - CD reissue - Vanguard VCD 77003 (UK), 2005:
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The 2005 UK CD reissue was released for Vanguard by Ace Records, London.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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 Vanguard VCD 770003 (UK) - 2005 CD reissue, CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 1" -
mono vinyl LP,
Vanguard VRS-9148 (USA), Fontana TFL.6041 (UK), May 1964:
More songs recorded at the Newport Folk Festival, Jul 1963. Thanks to Hans Seegers for the various catalogue
numbers and to Gord Pugh for the typo correction.
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R-0022M Blowin' In The Wind
R-0023M We Shall
Overcome (Zilphia Horton/Frank Hamilton/Guy Carawan/Pete Seeger)
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 Vanguard VRS-9148 (USA mono) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
 Vanguard VRS-9148 (USA mono) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Fontana TFL.6041 (UK - mono) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Fontana TFL.6041 (UK - mono) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Fontana TFL.6041 (UK - mono) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson |
This album also includes Ramblin' Jack Elliott singing
Diamond Joe, recorded by Bob on Good As I Been To You (1992) and
Mississippi John Hurt singing Stagolee, recorded by Bob as Stack A Lee on
World Gone Wrong (1993). The dark maroon mono US labels shown are
very rare and are of the first US pressing,
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson for information and scans. |
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Various Artists - "The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 1" - stereo vinyl LP, Vanguard VSD-79148 (USA), Vanguard VTC 1688 (USA - stereo reel-to-reel tape), May 1964:
R-0022-2 Blowin' In The Wind
- performed live with Joan
Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI,
26 Jul 1963 (stereo version)
For video footage of this performance see the 2007 US
Columbia/Legacy DVD The Other Side Of The Mirror: Bob Dylan Live At The
Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965, VHS
& DVD 2000s Part 4.
R-0023 We Shall
Overcome (Zilphia Horton/Frank Hamilton/Guy Carawan/Pete Seeger)
- Bob performs with ensemble
at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963 (stereo version)
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson for information and scans.
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 Vanguard VSD-79148 (USA - stereo) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Vanguard VSD-79148 (USA - stereo) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Vanguard VSD-79148 (USA - stereo) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Vanguard US inner sleeve, scan by Kenneth Robson (back is the same) |
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Various Artists - "The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 1" - stereo vinyl LP, Vanguard/Orizzonte ORL 8197 (Italy - stereo), May 1964:
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Various Artists - "The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 1" - CD reissue - Vanguard/FNAC 662085 (France), 1992:
 Vanguard/FNAC 662085 (France) - 1992 CD reissue (front insert unfolded), scan by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Vanguard/FNAC 662085 (France) - 1992 CD reissue (rear insert), scan by Hans Seegers |
 Vanguard/FNAC 662085 (France) - 1992 CD reissue, scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 1" - CD reissue - Vanguard VCD 77002 (USA), 1997:
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The 1997 CD reissue also came in a "long box" in the USA, thanks to Hans Seegers for scans. My copy was bought in the USA in 1998 and did not have a long box. This album was released on CD in Japan twice - scans required. (Information from Hans Seegers.) |
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 Vanguard VCD 77002 (USA) - 1997 CD reissue, my copy |
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Various Artists - "The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 1" - CD reissue - Vanguard VCD 770002-2 (Germany), (date?):
 Vanguard VCD 77002-2 (Germany) - CD reissue, front insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans of the German CD release, distributed by ZYX-Music with a very different CD design. |
 Vanguard VCD 77002-2 (Germany) - CD reissue, rear insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Vanguard VCD 77002-2 (Germany) - CD reissue, disc scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
Various Artists - "The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 2" - vinyl LP, Vanguard VRS-9149 (USA - mono), VSD 79149 (USA - stereo), May 1964:
 Vanguard VRS-9149 (USA - mono) - scan by Hans Seegers of reproduction of LP cover on 1990 Japanese CD reissue (actually stereo) |
R-0607
This Land Is Your Land [incorrectly titled This Land
Is
My Land] (Woody Guthrie) - live with Pete Seeger and ensemble,
Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 28 Jul 1963 (stereo version) R-0607M This Land Is Your Land [incorrectly titled This Land Is My Land] (Woody Guthrie) - live with Pete Seeger and ensemble, Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 28 Jul 1963 (mono version) Bob may be included in this performance. The sleeve notes say: "At the 1963 Folk Festival, Pete Seeger called on to the stage all the festival singers he could find, and led them in the singing of a song by another great contributor to American folk music, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie. The song was the inevitable one with which to conclude the Newport Folk Festival, Woody's Guthrie's This Land Is My Land, known to many as 'The American Folk National Anthem'." This was on 28 Jul 1963, and Bob had previously performed on stage that evening, with Joan Baez on With God On Our Side (R-0021, see above), so he may be singing on this recording (he isn't one of the artists who sing a verse, but he may be in the chorus). Confirmation required! There was also an LP called The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 3, but Bob is definitely not on it. Only Vol. 1 is available today as a US Vanguard CD. Thanks to Anthony Bush for informing the stereo performance is now available on the compilation CD The Essential Pete Seeger, see 2005. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Various Artists - "Newport Folk Festival 1963" - three 7" mono EPs,
Fontana TFE 18009/10/11 (UK), 1964:
In the 1960s US Vanguard records were released in the UK on
the Fontana label (part of Philips, now PolyGram/Universal). The songs below were
released on three EPs extracted from the Vanguard LPs above: Ye Playboys &
Playgirls, With God On Our Side and Blowin' In The Wind.
However, the EPs were quickly withdrawn from sale because of legal problems with
CBS Records (the then trading name of Columbia in the UK) who had licensed Bob's
appearances on the LPs only. They now command high prices!
 Fontana TFE 18009 (UK) - front scan by Norman Barrett |
R-0311M-2 With God On Our Side
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 Fontana TFE 18010 (UK) - front scan by Norman Barrett |
R-0022M-2 Blowin' In The Wind (TFE18010) recorded live at the Newport Folk
Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from The Newport Folk Festival
- 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 1,
see above (mono version)
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I also have heard of a UK 3LP set called Newport Folk Festival, Fontana TLF 6038/6041/6042 which contains these four songs - more information and scans required! This name and content appear again in the early 1990s as the name of a Vanguard CD compilation, again more details required! Thanks to Sam C. Visser, David Burgess, Norman Barrett and Kenneth Robson for information and scans. |
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"With God On Our Side, Parts 1 & 2" - 7" (promo?) single, Columbia or Vanguard (catalogue number?) (USA), 1964:
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I previously listed this just as R-0039, but to achieve consistency in the list I have now allocated a separate R-number to Part 2. I assume this is mono. R-0039 With God On Our Side - Part 1: A-side (time?) R-0594 With God On Our Side - Part 2: B-side (time?) This seems to be a different split of the song (approx. 50-50) from the version given for R-0048/R-0595 (see 1966). Conflicting information is that this is a Vanguard single with a cover version by Joan Baez only! More information required. |
"Bob Dylan In Concert" - Columbia acetates 77110 (mono) and 77182 (stereo), LPs: Columbia CL-2302 (USA - mono)/Columbia CS-9102 (USA - stereo), 1964:
 Columbia CS-9102 (USA) - stereo front cover (no mono front cover has yet surfaced), picture from Jeff Gold, recordmecca.com |
Detailed information about this cancelled album and its two proposed tracklists is now here. |
Various Artists - "The Blues Project" - mono vinyl LP, Elektra EK-7264 (USA), Elektra EKL-264 (UK), Vogue MDEKL 9459 (France), Jun 1964:
 Vogue MDEKL 9459 (France mono) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0038M Downtown Blues (Geoff Muldaur) - Bob plays piano as "Bob Landy" for Geoff Muldaur (mono version) Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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Various Artists - "The Blues Project" - stereo vinyl LP, Elektra EKS-7264 (USA), Jun 1964/Edsel ED 248 (UK), 1987:
 Elektra EKS-7264 (USA stereo) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0038 Downtown Blues
(Geoff Muldaur) - Bob plays piano as "Bob Landy" for Geoff Muldaur
(stereo version)
Information from Rob van Estrik: "The Blues Project LP originally was issued with a separate insert with detailed liner notes by Paul Nelson. Later pressings omitted the insert. About Bob Landy the notes say: 'To musicians, his piano playing is almost legend. On Downtown Blues, we have a rare recording of him playing treble piano with Eric Von Schmidt.' On the stereo mix (Elektra EKS-7264) you can hear Von Schmidt’s playing on one channel and Dylan’s typically hammering style of playing on the other." The stereo US record was re-released twice in the 1970s, when Elektra Records had new New York addresses in each case. The address on the 1960s album is 51 West 51st Street, on the early 1970s re-release 15 Columbus Circle, and on the late 1970s release it is 1855 Broadway. The 1960s release came with a booklet also showing the 51 West 51st Street address. The 1960s release shown has plain buff Elektra labels with a white "E" logo, and the stereo LP has "STEREO" printed twice. The 1970s release labels have a butterfly design. This Blues Project album was also released on vinyl in the UK in 1987 by Edsel, but it has not yet been reissued on CD. R-0038 is now included in the 5CD Rhino compilation Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra Records 1963-1973, see 2006. Thanks to Hans Seegers, Olav Langum, Alan Tautfest, Peter Gilmer and Colin Baker for information and scans. |
 Elektra EKS-7264 (USA stereo), detail from rear sleeve showing "Bob Landy" as an assisting musician - scan by Olav Langum |
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 Elektra EKS-7264 (USA stereo) - rear scan by Olav Langum |
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 Elektra EKS-7264 (USA stereo) - Side 1 scan by Alan Tautfest (1960s release) |
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 Elektra EKS-7264 (USA stereo) - front of booklet, scan by Alan Tautfest (1960s release) |
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 Elektra EKS-7264 (USA stereo) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (1970s re-release) |
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 Elektra EKS-7264 (USA stereo) - detail of rear, scan by Alan Tautfest (1966 re-release) |
 Elektra EKS-7264 (USA stereo) - insert scan by Kenneth Robson |
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Thanks to Hans Seegers for pointing out that the Alan Tautfest's stereo copy must
be a reissue from 1966 or later, because in 1964 Elektra in the USA used
the same label style as shown on the mono UK label above, with a logo of a guitar
player. The "white E" logo labels were not introduced until 1966, and were
replaced in the 1970s by the butterfly logo labels. Scans of an original
1964 release with guitar player labels needed!
Kenneth Robson's late 1970s US copy comes with photocopied inserts as shown. |
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 Elektra EKS-7264 (USA stereo) - insert scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Elektra EKS-7264 (USA stereo) - insert scan by Kenneth Robson |
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 Edsel ED 248 (UK stereo) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - "Jack Elliott" - mono vinyl LP, Vanguard VRS 9151 (USA), Jun 1964 (recorded Jun 1963); Fontana TFL.6044 (UK), 1964:
 Vanguard VRS 9151 (USA - mono) - front scan by Kenneth Robson |
R-0019M Will The Circle
Be Unbroken (traditional) This is the only occurrence of the mono version, for the stereo version see below. The UK mono release on the Fontana label (the Philips imprint that released Vanguard recordings in the UK at the time, see above) is extremely rare. Thanks to Kenneth Robson and Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Vanguard VRS 9151 (USA -mono) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
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 Fontana TFL.6044 (UK - mono) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Fontana TFL.6044 (UK - mono) - Side 1 with R-0019M, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Vanguard VRS 9151 (USA - mono) - Side 1 with R-0019M, scan by Kenneth Robson |
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - "Jack Elliott" - stereo vinyl LP, Vanguard VSD 79151 (USA), Jun 1964 (recorded Jun 1963):
 Vanguard VSD 79151 (USA - stereo) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0019 Will The Circle
Be Unbroken (traditional) - Bob appears as
"Tedham Porterhouse" playing harmonica (stereo version)
This album itself has not been reissued on CD in this form, but
R-0019 is now readily available
on CD on the Vanguard Jack Elliott compilation albums The Essential Ramblin' Jack
Elliot (1976) and Best Of The Vanguard
Years (2000) and on the various artists compilation Vanguard
Sessions: Folk Hits (1998). These and all other Vanguard records
mentioned in these pages can easily be ordered on-line directly
from Vanguard Records
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 Vanguard VSD 79151 (USA - stereo) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 Vanguard VSD 79151 (USA - stereo) - Side 1 with R-0019, scan by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for the information that Ramblin' Jack's 2000 Vanguard album Best Of The Vanguard Years in fact contains all 12 tracks of this album!
R-0019 is also on a 1990 Japanese CD called Jack Elliott Plus Live, which includes this album plus 1965's Essential Jack Elliott, recorded live (King Records KICP-2027) - scans required. There are also reports of this song appearing as a Vanguard single - catalogue number?
Thanks to Wim van der Mark for initial information, and to Hans Seegers for scans.
"It Ain't Me, Babe" - 7" promo single, Columbia (catalogue number?) (USA), 1964:
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R-0040 It Ain't Me, Babe - different mix from album version The existence of this item is disputed by Hans Seegers, can anyone confirm it? It was certainly never released commercially. |
Victoria Spivey, Roosevelt Sykes, Big Joe Williams & Lonnie Johnson -
"Three Kings And The Queen" - vinyl LP, Spivey LP 1004 (USA), Oct 1964 (recorded
Mar 1962):
Vol. 2, which contains two further Dylan rarities with Victoria Spivey and Big
Joe Williams, R-0086 and
R-0087, was not released until Jul 1972, see 1972.
As far as I know, these albums are mono only.
 Spivey LP 1004 (USA) - 1964 front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0005 Sitting
On Top Of The World (Walter Jacobs/Lonnie Chatman) - Bob supplies harmonica
and backup vocals for Victoria Spivey and Big Joe Williams R-0006 Wichita Blues (Big Joe Williams) - Bob plays harmonica for Victoria Spivey and Big Joe Williams On the rear sleeve it states "BOB DYLAN, the young folk singer poet of Columbia Records, is the harmonica accompaniment on A-3, B-2. His voice is also heard on A-3." The 1972 re-release has a printed insert in the top left hand corner with "Historic tracks - Bob Dylan appears with Big Joe Williams" and the cover is black/white as opposed to the original release of brown/yellow. Thanks to Keith Venturoni for scans of a 1972 re-release without the Dylan insert. The photograph on the back cover of New Morning is young Bob with Victoria Spivey, taken at Cue Recording Studio, New York, 2 Mar 1962. Thanks to Hans Seegers for the 1964 scans and the information that the original cover scan shown here was that of the 1972 reissue and not of the original album!
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux, Peter Gilmer and Jack from Canada for news that Spivey Records has
remastered its archives and is reissuing this album amongst others by Victoria
Spivey on CD for the first time, for more details, see here
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 Spivey LP 1004 (USA) - 1964 rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Spivey LP 1004 (USA) - 1964 Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (with R-0005) |
 Spivey LP 1004 (USA) - 1964 Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (with R-0006) |
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 Spivey LP 1004 (USA) 1972 re-release - Side 2 scan by Keith Venturoni (with R-0006) |
 Bob with Victoria Spivey - New Morning rear cover |
 Spivey LP 1004 (USA) 1972 re-release - detail of Side 1, scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Spivey LP 1004 (USA) 1972 re-release - alternate Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson (with R-0005) |
 Spivey LP 1004 (USA) 1972 re-release - alternate Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson (with R-0006) |
Thanks to Kenneth Robson for scans of his reissue LP which has a different label design. |
Various Artists - "All Star Hootenanny" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia CL 2122 (USA), CBS BPG 62217 (UK), CBS BP 473129 (New Zealand), CBS 62217 (Israel), Nov 1964:
R-0004M-2 Swing And Turn
Jubilee (traditional) - Bob plays harmonica for Carolyn Hester, from her first Columbia
album Carolyn Hester (see 1962) (mono version)
This album also contains Blowin' In The Wind, the Freewheelin' mono version. For a New Zealand mono EP without rarities taken from this album, see Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1963-64.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. Scans of the UK album required.
 Columbia CL 2122 (USA, mono) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia CL 2122 (USA, mono) - commercial release Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers with R-0004M |
 CBS 62217 (Israel, mono) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS BP 473129 (New Zealand, mono) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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Various Artists - "All Star Hootenanny" - stereo vinyl LP, Columbia CS 8922 (USA) CBS SBPG 62217 (UK), CBS SBP-233111 (Australia), Nov 1964:
 Columbia CS 8922 (USA, stereo) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0004-2 Swing And Turn
Jubilee (traditional) This album also contains Blowin' In The Wind, the regular Freewheelin' stereo version. There is a 1962 American album with the title Zenith Presents... All Star Hootenanny that has three tracks from Bob but none of them are rarities - for more details see International Compilations: Various Artist Albums 1962-69. Thanks to Sergio Magnacca and Mark Booth for information and to Hans Seegers, Wim van der Mark and Stuart Moore for scans. |
 Columbia CS 8922 (USA, stereo) - detail from front cover, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia CS 8922 (USA, stereo) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers ( with R-0004) |
 CBS SBPG 62217 (UK, stereo) - front scan by Wim van der Mark |
 CBS SBP-233111 (Australia, stereo) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS SBP-233111 (Australia, stereo) - rear scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS SBP-233111 (Australia, stereo) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS SBP-233111 (Australia, stereo) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (with R-0004) |
Various Artists - "Hummin' And Strummin' - Folk And Country Hits" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products CSP 208 (USA), 1964:
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R-0004M-3 Swing And Turn
Jubilee (traditional) This album also contained Freight Train Blues and House Of The Rising Sun, the regular Bob Dylan versions, a cover of Blowin' In The Wind by the Village Stompers, and several other traditional songs since performed by Bob. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Various Artists - "Hootenanny '64" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products
CSP-128/XTV 88744 (USA), 1964:
This US album is very similar in content to the Canadian Let's Sing Out
album below.
 Columbia Special Products CSP-128/XTV 88744 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0002M-2 I'll Fly Away (Albert E. Brumley)
- Bob plays harmonica for Carolyn Hester, from her first Columbia
album Carolyn Hester, see 1962 (mono version) For a complete list of all the compilations this track has appeared on, also see 1962. |
 Columbia Special Products CSP-128/XTV 88744 (USA) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
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 Columbia Special Products CSP-128/XTV 88744 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (with Freight Train Blues) |
This album also contains Freight Train Blues from Bob's first album on Side 2. He is billed as "Bob Dylan" on the sleeve but "Bobby Dylan" on the label!
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Oxydol Presents 'Let's Sing
Out'" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products XTV 88805 (Canada), 1964:
"Let's Sing Out" was a popular folk music programme on Canadian TV in the
early 60s, this LP was a special offer from the sponsor Oxydol Detergents. Other artists
featured are Pete Seeger, the New Christy Minstrels, The Travellers, Leon Bibb,
Flatt & Scruggs, Halifax Three, and the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. The
tracks are regular album versions, not live from the TV programme.
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R-0002M-3 I'll Fly Away (Albert E. Brumley)
For a complete list of all the compilations this track has appeared on, also see 1962. This album again also contained Freight Train Blues, the regular version from Bob Dylan. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Christine Consolvo for information. |
 Columbia Special Products XTV 88805 (Canada) - Side 1 photo from eBay, thanks to Christine Consolvo |
Harry Belafonte - "Zombie Jamboree"/"The Midnight Special" - 7" mono single, RCA Victor 47-9532 (West Germany), 1964:
 RCA Victor 47-9532 (West Germany) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0001M-2 Midnight Special
(Huddie Ledbetter - "Leadbelly") - Bob plays harmonica on the
B-side of this single (mono version), the track originally being the title track from Harry Belafonte's
The Midnight Special
album, see 1962 As far as I know this is the only mono appearance of this track outside the original mono LP and a possible 1962 7" mono single. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Mono 7" Singles & EPs for 1964//Promotional Items for 1964
These are now here: Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1962-64. Mono LPs have their own pages, see International Mono Releases. There are as yet no non-rarity promotional items for 1964. For later promotional albums, EPs and singles see International Promotional Releases.
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