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
The poster for the Isle of Wight Festival, 1969, some performances by Bob
and The Band turned up on 1970's Self Portrait - scan by Olav Langum
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: 22 April, 2008
Titles in red are not available
on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com
)
Key to symbols used:
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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)
Various Artists - "Sad Eyed Radio Of The Lowlands" - single-sided radio station LP, Mirrosonic CS-7225 (USA), 1970:
 Mirrosonic CS-7225 (USA) - label scan by Hans Seegers (the other side is blank, and has a plain pink label) |
R-0280 The Story Of East Orange,
New Jersey - monologue from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", recorded at
Bonnie Beecher's apartment, Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961 This is reportedly based on a monologue called "State Of Arkansas" by Lee Hays of the Almanac Singers and the Weavers. Hans Seegers says: "This is a vinyl "prototype" demonstration for a proposed progressive radio show made by RBC Radio networks (USA) in 1970. This vinyl LP was made in order to find financiers for the show. The "idea" of the show was to create a kind of "collage" of sounds, music, experiences and as a matter of fact the introduction features mixes of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, sound effects, The Rolling Stones' 20,000 Light Years From Home , and a collage of The Beatles' Let It Be with the MC5's Kick Out The Jams! This demo LP also features clips of songs by Joan Baez, The Who and The Band , interviews with Bill Graham and Alvin Lee, and a special short spotlight on BOB DYLAN with the famous East Orange, New Jersey monologue (to my knowledge this has never been featured on a official record) and a 27 seconds excerpt of Country Pie. Note also the nice title of the radio show as homage to Bob. The record label has the text "PILOT PROGRAM - NOT FOR BROADCAST" and the disc comes in an audiodiscs, New York sleeve (this company specialized in acetates)." This item is mega rare, as only a few copies were ever produced! As far as I know the show was never actually broadcast. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Mirrosonic CS-7225 (USA) - sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - mono LP, CBS 37653 (Brazil), 1970:
 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This mono album has a unique cover design with a picture by Daniel Kramer and
also a unique tracklist. The record has orange CBS labels. There was no
stereo counterpart.
R-0007-2 Mixed Up Confusion - mono version, A-side of US Columbia single, 1962
- a stereo version is now on the 1997 release of Biograph Side 1: I Want You; The Times They Are A-Changin'; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Mr. Tambourine Man; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You. Side 2: Mixed Up Confusion; Blowin' In The Wind; Like A Rolling Stone; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35; It Ain't Me, Babe. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers with R-0007 |
"All The Tired Horses" - mono 8" 45RPM acetate,
Columbia NCO 101488/ZSP 154035 (USA), 19 Aug 1970:
"NCO 101488" is a studio session number for Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN.
(The song was recorded in New York on 5 Mar 1970 with session number "CO
101488", but dubbed and remixed in Nashville - information from Michael
Krogsgaard.) "ZSP 154035" is the pressing number.
 Columbia NCO 101488 (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0689 All The Tired Horses - mono version of track
from Self Portrait (stereo version is not a rarity) This and the 7" promo single below are the only appearances of this song in mono, as it was not released as a commercial single. This acetate is very rare. The mono version again could be a reduction from stereo, not true mono - for the Self Portrait mono LP, see Mono Album Releases. Mark Easter informs me that Columbia mixed tracks from stereo-only albums in mono specially for singles up to 1970, so this mono track could be an exclusive mix for a 7" single release. The copy owned by Arie de Reus has a different catalogue number but the same date. Both have a sticker with the same Staten Island, New York, address. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Arie de Reus for information and scans. |
 Columbia ZSP 154035 (USA) - scan by Arie de Reus |
"All The Tired Horses" - 7" mono/stereo promo single, Columbia AE 25 (USA), Aug 1970:
 Columbia AE 25 (USA), promo single mono side - scan by Martin Hoefermann |
R-0689-2 All The Tired Horses - mono version of track from Self Portrait (stereo version is not a rarity) This single has the mono version (as above) on one side, and the regular album stereo version on the other. See above for a comment about whether these tracks are mono reductions from stereo or mono mixes exclusive to these 7" singles - for the Self Portrait mono LP, see Mono Album Releases. The mono side has a white promo label with red lettering, the stereo side has a blue and yellow promo label with "BOB DYLAN" in black lettering printed vertically. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and Martin Hoefermann for scans. |
 Columbia AE 25 (USA), promo single stereo side - scan by Martin Hoefermann |
 Columbia AE 25 (USA), promo single stereo side in orange sleeve - scan by Martin Hoefermann |
"New Morning" - vinyl album, Columbia KC 30290 (USA)/CBS S 69001 (UK/NL/Greece), Oct 1970:
 Columbia KC 30290 (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0071 New Morning - early copies of
the album have Bob saying "OK, here we go" at start of
title track, this was later deleted from the US album, foreign releases
retained it. For details of vinyl releases with R-0071, see the New Morning page of International Album Releases. CD copies of New Morning don't include the intro - R-0071 appeared for the first time on CD on a six song promo CD released by Columbia Records to promote the publication of the first part of Bob's autobiography "Chronicles Volume One" by Simon & Schuster in the USA, see 2004. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 CBS S 69001 (NL) - front with French sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "The Sounds Of The 60's In Pitman" - vinyl promotional album, Columbia PA-10 (USA), 1970:
 Columbia PA-10 (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0509 Like A Rolling Stone - 25 second excerpt of the Highway
61 Revisited album track used in a special CBS album for internal
circulation only, :released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the CBS
pressing plant in Pitman, New Jersey, 1970
For the 20th anniversary record released in 1980, see 1980. For the 30th anniversary CD released in 1980, see 1990. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Various Artists - "I Can Hear It Now: The Sixties" - 3LP mono set,
Columbia M3X 30353 (USA), Nov 1970; 2CD set, Columbia Legacy C2K 65907
(USA)/Columbia Legacy 494476 2 (UK), 1999:
This is a documentary of voices from the 1960s, narrated by Walter Cronkite, with
speeches from John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, etc.
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R-0367 The Times They Are A-Changin' -
excerpts from the album version, used twice on Side 4 of the LP set and what is now CD2, once in a medley with I Left My
Heart In San Francisco by Tony Bennett and I Want To Hold Your Hand by the
Beatles (the start of the "Come writers and critics" verse), and
a 35 second excerpt on its own (the whole "Come senators,
congressmen" verse)
Note the picture of Bob on the inner side of the CD insert. Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans of the US LP and CD releases. The UK CD release is my copy. |
 Columbia M3X 30353 (USA): LP (1970) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia M3X 30353 (USA): LP (1970) - Side 4 scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia Legacy C2K 65907 (USA) - CD2 scan by Hans Seegers |
 Detail of Bob from rear of CD front insert booklet |
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 Columbia Legacy 494476 2 (UK): CD (1999) - CD2 |
 Columbia Legacy 494476 2 (UK): CD (1999) - rear insert |
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 Columbia Legacy 494476 2 (UK): CD (1999) - reverse of rear insert |
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Various Artists - "Hits Of The Great American Folksingers" - 2LP
set, Bel
Air COD2 (France), early 1970s:
The material was licensed from Vanguard in the USA.
 Bel Air COD2 (France) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0022-3 Blowin' In The Wind
- recorded live at the Newport Folk
Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from the Vanguard album Evening
Concerts At Newport Vol. 1, see 1964 Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
Various Artists - "The Best Of The Newport Folk Festivals" - vinyl album, Vanguard VSD 8003 (West Germany), early 1970s:
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R-0020-2 Ye Playboys
& Playgirls R-0311-2 With God On Our Side
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R-0022-4 Blowin' In The Wind
- recorded live at the Newport Folk
Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from the Vanguard album Evening
Concerts At Newport Vol. 1, see 1964 (stereo
version)
R-0023-2 We Shall
Overcome (Zilphia Horton/Frank Hamilton/Guy Carawan/Pete Seeger)
- Bob performs
with ensemble, recorded live at the Newport Folk
Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from the Vanguard album Evening Concerts At Newport Vol. 1,
see 1964
(stereo version)
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. Hans Seegers also has two Japanese Vanguard album with these tracks called The Newport Folk Festival 1963 Vol. 2 (Vanguard SH 114) and Golden Folk Festival Double Deluxe (Vanguard GW-81-20). The latter has a red obi. More information and scans required!
Various Artists - "Golden Folk Festival" - vinyl
album, ANT
TD-1158159 (NL?), early 1970s?:
This album may be a version of The Best Of The Newport Folk Festivals
above.
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R-0020-3 Ye Playboys
& Playgirls R-0311-3 With God On Our Side
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R-0022-5 Blowin' In The Wind
- recorded live at the Newport Folk
Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from the Vanguard album Evening
Concerts At Newport Vol. 1, see 1964 (stereo
version)
R-0023-3 We Shall
Overcome (Zilphia Horton/Frank Hamilton/Guy Carawan/Pete Seeger)
- with ensemble, recorded live at the Newport Folk
Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from the Vanguard album Evening Concerts At Newport Vol. 1,
see 1964 (stereo version)
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information.
These are now here: Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76. Mono LPs have their own pages, see International Mono Releases. (The last Dylan album to be released in mono was 1970's New Morning.)
Stereo promo items for 1970 which don't contain rare material but which are still very collectable are now here: International Promotional Releases. Promo releases of regular albums and commercially released singles are now located on the appropriate page in International Stereo Releases.
For the US and UK promo stereo singles of Wigwam/Copper Kettle previously listed here, see US & International 7" Singles & EPs 1970-73.
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- 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