All 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. For details of all 1973-74 Columbia/CBS 7" single releases of A Fool Such As I, now see 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: 21 June, 2009
Titles in red are not available
on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com
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Key to symbols used:
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Performances currently available on commercial CD are marked by
(these are the ones that count as obscurities
rather than as rarities)
Steve Goodman - "Somebody Else's Troubles" -
vinyl LP: Buddah
Records BDS-5121
(USA)/Buddah Records 2318 079 (UK), 1973; CD
reissue: Buddah Records BDK-5121 (Canada), 1992; promo CD reissue: Buddha
Records BUADV 99626-2 (USA)/commercial CD reissue: Buddha Records 74465-99626-2
(USA), 27 Jul 1999:
Bob appears under the name of "Robert Milkwood
Thomas" (one of Dylan Thomas' best-known works is his
verse play "Under Milk Wood"). The tracks were recorded in
Sep 1972.
![]() Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - front scan by Kenneth Robson |
R-0093 Somebody's
Else's Troubles (Steve Goodman)
This track had previously been released on a mono US single, Buddah Records BDA-326, in Oct 1972, see 1972. This album was re-released on CD by Sequel in the UK with a bonus Dylan track in 1990, and in a remastered version with two bonus non-Dylan tracks by Buddha Records in July 1999. I've included the 1999 release here because the Dylan content is the same, For Election Year Rag from this 1972 session featuring Bob, see 1972 and The Essential Steve Goodman Buddah Records US 2LP compilation, 1976. Thanks to Hans Seegers, Kenneth Robson and Ian Woodward for information and scans. |
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![]() Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
![]() Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - lyrics insert by Kenneth Robson |
![]() Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - inner sleeve scan by Kenneth Robson (same both sides) |
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![]() Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson |
![]() Buddha Records 74465-99626-2 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Buddha Records 74465-99626-2 (USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Buddha Records 74465-99626-2 (USA) - sticker scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Buddah Records BDK-5121 (Canada) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Buddha Records BUADV 99626-2 (USA) - promo release card sleeve front, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Buddha Records BUADV 99626-2 (USA) - promo release card sleeve reverse, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Buddha Records BUADV 99626-2 (USA) - promo release card sleeve and CD, scan by Ian Woodward |
![]() Buddah Records BDK-5121 (Canada) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Buddah Records BDK-5121 (Canada) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() 1970s Buddah Records logo |
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There's some confusion about the spelling of the name of the record company. It was spelled as "Buddah" Records in the 1970s, but this spelling is in fact wrong. In the 1990s, when it was acquired by the BMG group, the label was given a new logo and its name was changed to "Buddha" Records. This new spelling is correct! Thanks to Hanns Peter Buschoff of BMG for information. | ||
Steve Goodman - "Somebody Else's Troubles" - 7" mono/stereo promo and commercial singles - Buddah Records BDA-369 (USA)/Buddah Records 2318079 (UK), 1973:
"Just Like A Woman"/"I Want You" - 7" mono single in "Hall Of Fame" series, Columbia 4-33108 (USA), 25 Apr 1973/Columbia 13-33108 (USA), 1975, reissued early 1980s and 1987:
![]() Columbia 4-33108 (USA) - A-side (R-0323, 2:56 edit), scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
R-0323-2 Just Like A Woman - edit of album track from mono release of Blonde On Blonde (2:56) For an appearance of R-0323 on a Japanese 7" acetate, see below. I Want You was previously reported to be the edited version R-0322 (see 1966), but here it is actually the standard mono album version at 2:57, see Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1966-68. There were three label variations of Columbia 4-33108: without original release dates, with release dates in lower case, and with release dates in capitals. The third variant came with the jukebox strip illustrated. Unlike the UK single below, this single had no picture sleeve and used "Columbia Hall Of Fame" generic sleeves. All three variants came in shiny gold Columbia Hall Of Fame sleeves (see 7" Single Sleeves). Columbia 13-33108 is much more easy to find and was first released in 1975: there were four label variants: with red labels and a sunburst to the right of the centre hole, with red labels without the sunburst to the right of the centre hole, with grey labels without a "Collectables" logo to the left of the centre hole, and in 1987 with grey labels with a "Collectables" logo to the left of the centre hole (not shown - a scan of another Collectables record label is shown for information). Earlier pressings came in non-shiny gold Columbia Hall Of Fame sleeves, later pressings came in yellow sleeves. For the 1987 Columbia Hall Of Fame sleeves and the Collectables sleeves, see 7" Single Sleeves. For locations of other "Hall Of Fame" singles: those containing rarities, those in mono, and those in stereo, see "Hall Of Fame". Please note that the black plastic clip shown in the scans by Kenneth Robson of Columbia 13-33108 is not an official CBS accessory. These clips were sold in record shops so that ex-jukebox records that had had their push-out centres removed could be played on standard turntables, especially automatic turntables that could play multiple singles or LPs (as an alternative to the plastic rings that could be placed on the turntable spindle in order to play ex-jukebox records). Thanks to Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson for information and scans. |
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![]() Columbia 4-33108 (USA) - detail of A-side (R-0323, 2:56 edit), scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
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![]() Columbia 4-33108 (USA) - A-side (R-0323, 2:56 edit), scan by Hans Seegers (second variant) |
![]() Columbia 4-33108 (USA) - A-side (R-0323, 2:56 edit), scan by Hans Seegers (third variant) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - A-side (R-0323), scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - A-side (R-0323), scan by Hans Seegers (second variant) |
![]() Columbia 4-33108 (USA) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
![]() Columbia 4-33108 (USA) - detail of A-side (R-0323, 2:56 edit), scan by Hans Seegers (second variant) |
![]() Columbia 4-33108 (USA) - detail of A-side (R-0323, 2:56 edit), scan by Hans Seegers (third variant) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - detail of A-side (R-0323), scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - detail of A-side (R-0323), scan by Hans Seegers (second variant) |
![]() Columbia 4-33108 (USA) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (second variant) |
![]() Columbia 4-33108 (USA) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (third variant) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
![]() Columbia 4-33108 (USA) - jukebox strip, scan by Hans Seegers (third variant) |
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![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (second variant) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (second variant with demo stamp) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - A-side (R-0323) with unofficial centre plastic clip, scan by Kenneth Robson (first variant) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - B-side with unofficial centre plastic clip, scan by Kenneth Robson (first variant) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - single with unofficial centre plastic clip in generic Columbia Hall Of Fame sleeve, scan by Kenneth Robson (first variant) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - detail of B-side, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant with demo stamp) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - A-side (R-0323), scan by Hans Seegers (third variant, 1987 release) |
![]() Columbia 13-33108 (USA) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (third variant, 1987 release) |
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Just Like A Woman"/"I Want You" - 7" stereo single in "Hall Of Fame Hits" series, CBS 1158 (UK), Apr 1973/S CBS 1158 (UK), 1980s:
For locations of other "Hall Of Fame" singles: those containing rarities, those in mono, and those in stereo, see "Hall Of Fame".
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Kenneth Robson and Manuel Garcia Jara for information and scans.
George Harrison - "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)"/"Miss O'Dell" - 7" stereo EMI singles (UK/France/Spain/Ireland/Australia), May 1973:
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R-0281 Miss O'Dell
(George Harrison) - Bob is rumoured to be the harmonica player on
this B-side, although there is no corroborating evidence If the harmonica solo is Bob's, it was possibly recorded at George's home in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in early 1973. There is nothing in Clinton Heylin's "Day By Day" book mentioning a visit by Bob to England in this period. The reverse of the French sleeve is plain black apart from the words "PATHE MARCONI EMI" and "Made in France" on the bottom and right edges. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information about the Irish Parlophone single, which does not have a picture sleeve. Thanks to Kenneth Robson for scans of his copy of the UK single, which does not have the UK picture sleeve shown but comes in a generic black Apple sleeve. Thanks to Stuart Moore for the scan of the Australian single, which also comes in a generic sleeve. Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara for scans of the Spanish single, where the B-side title is translated as "Señorita O'Dell". The A-side of the single comes from George's album Living In The Material World, which was reissued by Apple Records in 2006 with Miss O'Dell as a bonus track (both this B-side and an alternate take on which Bob may or may not play), see 2006. The harmonica player on Miss O'Dell is not credited. |
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![]() Apple R 5988 (UK) - B-side with R-0281, scan by Kenneth Robson |
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![]() Apple R 5988 (UK) - generic Apple sleeve scan by Kenneth Robson |
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![]() Apple J006-05.354 (Spain) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara |
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![]() Apple A-10230 (Australia) - B-side with R-0281, scan by Stuart Moore |
"Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Original Soundtrack" - vinyl album, Columbia KC 32460 (Canada), 13 Jul 1973:
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - 7" mono/stereo promo single, Columbia 4-45913 (USA), 8 Aug 1973:
![]() Columbia 4-45913 (USA) - mono side of promo single, scan by Hans Seegers (R-0536) |
This white label promo 7" single has the rarity mono version on one
side, and the stereo album version on the other. R-0536 Knockin' On Heaven's Door - mono version of song from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid soundtrack album on Columbia 7" singles, 1973 For US stereo releases of this single with Turkey Chase on the B-side, see US & International 7" Stereo Singles & EPs 1973. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
![]() Columbia 4-45913 (USA) - stereo side of promo single, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"/"Just Like A Woman" - 7" metal acetate, CBS/Sony (no catalogue number) (Japan), Aug 1973:
![]() Front of sleeve, scan by Wil Gielen |
This extremely rare acetate in a plain white sleeve has the stereo album
track from Pat Garrett &
Billy The Kid on the A-side and the 2:56 edit of the mono version of Just
Like A Woman (see above for its appearance on a Columbia US Hall of Fame 7"
single) on the B-side. The front of the sleeve has "NOT-FOR-SALE" and "DJ
COPY" in English and then three lines of Japanese: "Knockin' On Heaven's
Door", "Just Like A Woman" and "Bob Dylan". The record itself has plain
white labels with handwritten text in Japanese, the song title above the
centre hole and "Bob Dylan" below. This single was never released
commercially, the eventual commercial single had Billy 4 on the B-side, see
International Singles & EPs 1973. R-0323-3 Just Like A Woman - edit of album track from mono release of Blonde On Blonde (2:56) Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
![]() A-side scan by Wil Gielen |
![]() B-side scan by Wil Gielen |
The Sir Douglas Band - "Texas Tornado" - stereo LP, Atlantic SD 7287
(USA), Oct 1973; CD reissue: Collector's Choice Music (catalogue number?) (USA), 31 Oct
2006:
This album will be re-released by
Collector's Choice on 31 Oct 2008.
For the original Doug Sahm & Band album, see 1972.
R-0151 Ain't That Loving You (Deadric Malone) - Bob is reputed to play on this track although he's not credited
R-0152 I'll Be There (Dave Burgess) - Bob plays guitar (uncredited here)
All these tracks also appear on the 2003 Rhino Handmade 2CD compilation The Genuine Texas Groover, see 2003. That album credits Bob on Tennessee Blues and I'll Be There.
Thanks to Glen Dundas for the initial information and Hans Seegers for scans. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information about the 2006 Collector's Choice Music US release.
"Dylan" - stereo LP: Columbia and CBS worldwide releases,
16 Nov 1973; stereo CD: Sony Records SRCS 6163 (Japan),
1990/"(A Fool
Such As I)"/Columbia COL CD 32286 (NL), 1991:
Full details of individual releases have now been moved to the
appropriate page in International
Album Releases.
![]() Columbia PC 32747 (USA) - LP front with red sticker, scan by David Burgess |
This album (nicknamed "Columbia's Revenge") was issued by Columbia without Bob's authorisation during the period when Bob was with Asylum/Island, and consists entirely of covers, out-takes from Self Portrait and New Morning. It has never been issued on CD in the USA or UK, although CD versions were released in Japan in 1990 and mainland Europe in 1991 (now deleted). A cassette version was still available in the USA until the early 2000s. CD copies of this album command a very high price, despite the perceived poor quality of its material. The CD release of this 1973 album was renamed Bob Dylan (A Fool Such As I) in Europe, but remained Dylan in Japan. This deleted album was surprisingly included for download with the Aug 2006 iTunes Bob Dylan Collection, see Online Performances (Other). All of these tracks except Spanish Is The Loving Tongue
(R-0096) can be listened to on bobdylan.com
R-0097 Lily Of The West (Traditional, arranged E. Davies/J. Peterson) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 3 Jun 1970 R-0100 Can't Help Falling In Love (H. Peretti/L. Creatore/Donna Weiss) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 3 Jun 1970, this track was reportedly also the A-side of a South Korean single, see Questionable Releases R-0098 Sarah Jane (traditional) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Jun 1970 R-0104 The Ballad of Ira Hayes
(Peter La Farge) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
1 Jun 1970 R-0101 Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Jun 1970 R-0103 Mary Ann (traditional) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Jun 1970 R-0102 Big Yellow Taxi
(Joni Mitchell) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
4 Jun 1970 R-0099 A Fool Such As I
(Bill Trader) - Self Portrait
out-take recorded at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 26 Apr 1969 R-0096 Spanish Is The
Loving Tongue (Charles Badger Clark/Billy Simon) -
lyrics on bobdylan.com
Thanks to David Burgess, Jack from Canada and Ian Stewart for information and scans. |
![]() Columbia PCA-32747 (Canada) - 8-track tape cartridge, front scan by Jack |
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![]() Columbia COL CD 32286 (NL) - CD front insert (my copy) |
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![]() Sony Records SRCS 6163 (Japan) - CD front insert scan by Ian Stewart (no tracklisting at bottom right) |
Bob Dylan - "Dylan"/Rory Gallagher - "Tattoo" - radio station LP, American Forces Radio & Television Service RL 28-4 (USA), 1973:
![]() AFRTS RL 28-4 USA) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (Dylan) |
This
very rare radio station LP has a selection of songs from the 1973
Dylan album (see above) on Side 1,
and songs from Rory Gallagher on Side 2. It came in a plain white sleeve. R-0100-2 Can't Help Falling In Love (Peretti/Creatore/Donna Weiss) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 3 Jun 1970 R-0098-2 Sarah Jane (traditional) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Jun 1970 R-0101-2 Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Jun 1970 R-0102-2 Big Yellow Taxi
(Joni Mitchell) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
4 Jun 1970 R-0096-2 Spanish Is The
Loving Tongue (Charles Badger Clark/Billy Simon) - lyrics on bobdylan.com
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
![]() AFRTS RL 28-4 USA) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (non-Dylan) |
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - 8" 45RPM acetates, Columbia ZSS 15922/ZSS 15923 (USA), 19 Nov 1973:
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ZSS 15922 (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers |
For details of all 1973-74 single and EP releases of A Fool Such As I, now see here. |
"Eleven Years In The Life Of Bob Dylan"- 3LP set, CBS/Sony SOPI
11-13 (Japan), Dec 1973:
This set unique to Japan included three selections from the Dylan album above.
It had a unique triple fold-out cover, a poster and a red/gold/white obi. The
poster has the lyrics and four smaller photos of Bob on the reverse. The three records have
orange/grey labels.
![]() CBS/Sony SOPI 11-13 (Japan), front with obi - scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS/Sony SOPI 11-13 (Japan) - fold-out scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS/Sony SOPI 11-13 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0099-2 A Fool Such As I (Bill Trader) - stereo version, for the mono version R-0099M, see 1974 R-0101-3 Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker) R-0100-3 Can't Help Falling In Love (Peretti/Creatore/Donna Weiss) Complete tracklisting: Side 1: Blowin' In The Wind; Talkin' New York; Song To Woody; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Masters Of War; Ballad Of Hollis Brown; North Country Blues Side 2: The Times They Are A-Changin'; The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll; I Don't Believe You; Chimes Of Freedom; It Ain't Me, Babe Side 3: Mr. Tambourine Man; Maggie's Farm; It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding); Ballad Of A Thin Man; Highway 61 Revisited Side 4: Like A Rolling Stone; Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35; Just Like A Woman; One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later); Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine Side 5: John Wesley Harding; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; I Threw It All Away; Lay, Lady, Lay; Living The Blues; New Morning; Billy 4; Knockin' On Heaven's Door Side 6: Early Morning Rain; Blue Moon; The Boxer; A Fool Such As I; Mr. Bojangles; Can't Help Falling In Love Information from Hans Seegers, Wim van der Mark, Anthony Perry and Ulf Gyllenspetz. |
![]() CBS/Sony SOPI 11-13 (Japan) - poster scan by Wim van der Mark |
Various Artists - "Unnamed EP" - 7" stereo EP, Royal Records MTR-635 (Thailand), 1973:
![]() Royal Records MTR-635 (Thailand) - front scan by Dag Braathen |
R-0097-2 Lily Of The West
(Traditional, arranged E. Davies/J. Peterson) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
3 Jun 1970 This EP was legal in Thailand, but is also listed in Questionable Releases. Thanks to Dag Braathen for information and scans. |
![]() Royal Records MTR-635 (Thailand) - rear scan by Dag Braathen |
![]() Royal Records MTR-635 (Thailand) - A-side with R-0097, scan by Dag Braathen |
Booker T. and Priscilla Jones - "Chronicles" - vinyl LP, A&M SP-4413 (USA), 1973:
Booker T. and Priscilla Jones - "The Crippled Crow"/"Wild Fox" - stereo 7" vinyl single, A&M 1487-S (USA), 1973:
Roger McGuinn - "Roger McGuinn" - vinyl LP, Columbia KC 31946 (USA)/CBS S65274 (UK)/CBS SBP 234331 (Australia)/CBS SBP 474144 (New Zealand), 1973; CD reissue: Sony Music A53397/Sundazed SC 6201 (USA), 2004:
| R-0095 I'm So Restless
(Roger McGuinn) I'm So Restless is also on the 1974 Japanese promo LP Mr. D's Collection # 1 (see 1974) and on the 1991 McGuinn solo Columbia compilation CD Born To Rock And Roll (see 1991). |
![]() CBS S65274 (UK) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
![]() CBS S65274 (UK) - front of insert with lyrics to R-0095, scan by Kenneth Robson |
![]() CBS S65274 (UK) - Side 1 with R-0095, scan by Kenneth Robson |
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This album was released on CD in the USA as Columbia CK 47494 in 1991 but is now out of print. It was released on CD in the UK (Edsel EDCD 281) and in remastered form by Sony Music/Sundazed in the USA in 2004. Bill Hester has a New Zealand pressing of this album, CBS SBP 474144. The record has orange CBS labels. Scans of the original US LP plus details of other worldwide releases, and scans of the Edsel CD required. Thanks to Wim van der Mark for initial information, to Kenneth Robson
for scans of the UK LP and to Peter
Coulthard for scans of the US Sundazed CD. It has two bonus tracks, neither
of which include Bob. Thanks to Stuart Moore for scans of the Australian
LP. |
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![]() Sony Music A53397/Sundazed SC 6201 (USA) - front scan by Peter Coulthard |
![]() Sony Music A53397/Sundazed SC 6201 (USA) - detail from front insert booklet, scan by Peter Coulthard |
![]() CBS SBP 234331 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
![]() CBS SBP 234331 (Australia) - rear scan by Stuart Moore |
![]() CBS SBP 234331 (Australia) - Side 1 with R-0095, scan by Stuart Moore |
![]() Sony Music A53397/Sundazed SC 6201 (USA) - rear insert scan by Peter Coulthard |
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![]() Sony Music A53397/Sundazed SC 6201 (USA) - reverse of rear insert (under clear CD tray), scan by Peter Coulthard |
![]() Sony Music A53397/Sundazed SC 6201 (USA) - CD scan by Peter Coulthard |
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Bob Dylan/Miles Davis - "Educational Filmstrip Soundtrack" - 7" single (mono/stereo?), Keyboard Publications/Columbia Records #73-6771 (USA), 1973:
These are now here: Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76.There were no mono Dylan LPs released in 1973.
All Stereo promo items for 1973 which don't contain rare material but which are still very collectable are now located on the appropriate Albums or Singles page in International Stereo Releases.

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