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 (this year excluding Hurricane items - 1976 items with the split versions of Hurricane are now here). 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:
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)
Various Artists - "Popular 'Best 101' Vol. 1" - promo compilation LP, CBS/Sony YAPC 77 (Japan), 1976:
 CBS/Sony YAPC 77 (Japan) - front scan by Hanns Peter Bushoff |
R-0734 Dylan Selection 1 -
five
minutes of excerpts from the album versions of Hurricane (1:40), Tangled Up In Blue
(1:01), Like A Rolling Stone (1:25) and
Blowin' In The Wind (1:02) Each song is faded out, with a five second gap before the next song starts. The track promotes the four Dylan albums from which the excerpts are taken. The text is all in Japanese - the Dylan selection is track 4 on Side 2. For two Japanese promo CD compilations with similar selections, see 1987. Thanks to Hanns Peter Bushoff for information and scans and to Hans Seegers for further information. |
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 CBS/Sony YAPC 77 (Japan) - rear scan by Hanns Peter Bushoff |
 CBS/Sony YAPC 77 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Hanns Peter Bushoff (no Dylan) |
 CBS/Sony YAPC 77 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Hanns Peter Bushoff (R-0734 is track 4) |
"Desire" - Quadraphonic vinyl releases, Columbia PCQ 33893
(USA)/CBS Q 86003 (Spain)/CBS SBPQ 234778 (Australia/NZ), Jan 1976:
For full details of these quadraphonic
releases see the Desire
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This album was created using the Columbia "SQ" quadraphonic system and has mistakes in: R-0124 Joey - at the end of verse three there is a vocal mistake - "to the boss I say he said" - this must have been edited out on the regular release R-0125 Romance In Durango - again at the end of verse three there is a vocal mistake - "In the face of God will appear" - this too must have been edited out on the regular release. It's also reported there is an outstandingly bad trumpet track that was also removed from the regular stereo release! Another lesser difference is that in One More Cup Of Coffee there is apparently an intrusive scraping sound just before the third verse, again something that was edited out of the regular stereo release Rob van Estrik: "The entire album was drastically remixed by Don DeVito from the master session tapes for quadraphonic replay. The resulting LP sounds entirely different from the regular release and is consequently one of the most collectable Dylan albums. Contrary to what was stated in Isis #50, the CD version of the album is NOT the Quadraphonic remix." This is confirmed by Les Kokay, who has sent me a detailed analysis of the differences between the current CD version and the Quadraphonic mix. Thanks to Olav Langum for the scans and further information. The very rare Dutch release has a similar rear sleeve to the regular release and the same inner sleeve. The Spanish release has a distinctive gold border, and extra printing on the right centre of the front cover "NO. UNO EN USA" [#1 IN USA]. The rear sleeve has the song titles in Spanish and English with pictures of six other quadraphonic releases including Nashville Skyline. Matrix numbers: QAL/P BL 33893-1A. The labels translate the album title as "Deseo" and also have the song titles in Spanish and English. (Information and scans from Hans Seegers.) |
 CBS Q 86003 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers ("Quadraphonic" at bottom centre) |
 CBS Q 86003 (Spain) - front scan by Hans Seegers (gold border, "Quadraphonic" at top centre) |
 CBS SBPQ 234778 (Australia/NZ) - front photo by Peter Lindberg ("Quadraphonic" at lower left) |
Thanks to Bill Hester for information about the Australian release and Peter Lindberg for photos. This release is in a gatefold sleeve with a laminated front cover and buff quadraphonic SQ labels. It is dated 1975 (the copyright year). Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information that the very rare New Zealand quadraphonic release had the same catalogue number, CBS SBPQ 234778, but had a different cover and labels. Scans will be added as soon as possible.
There must be other international quad releases to list here! None of them were ever reissued as far as I know.
"Mozambique" - stereo/mono 7" promo single, Columbia 3-10298 (USA), 17 Feb 1976:
 Columbia 3-10298 (USA 7" promo single) - mono side scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0455 Mozambique - mono version on B-side of 7" promo
single
This unique promo single had the stereo album version from Desire on the A-side, see Promotional Singles 1970-79. The side shown here will have been a mono reduction, since no mono version of the Desire album was released. For a West German stereo 7" promo single and UK and Spanish commercial releases of Mozambique with Oh Sister on the B-side, see US & International 7" Stereo Singles & EPs 1974-76. As far as I'm aware there was no US commercial single release. Information and scan from Hans Seegers. |
"Greatest Hits" - stereo LP, CBS 62847 (Greece), 1976/CBS 4630881 (Greece), 1988:
 CBS 62847 (Greece) - front scan by Ronald Born |
R-0656-2 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - shorter single edit (2:02) Hans Seegers reports the front cover is "a bad copy of the 'Leonardo Da Vinci' cover"! This Greek LP has the 1967 UK cover and the UK 12-song tracklist (see International Compilations (Dylan-only) 1960s). This edit first turned up on a Dutch cassette copy in 1974. The rear cover shows two contemporary Dylan albums - The Basement Tapes and Desire. This was the same on the 1988 release - the cover was not changed. One of the producer credits on cover and Side 2 label is incorrectly shown as "Bob Johnson" instead of Bob Johnston. The 1976 record has orange/yellow CBS labels with matrix numbers: Side 1- 62.847-A (written), Side 2 - 01-62847-1B-1 HP-GRIEKENLAND (stamped). "Griekenland" is Dutch for Greece, and shows the album was sourced from Holland. The 1988 record has red labels with a white CBS logo and the same matrix numbers: Side 1 - 62.847-A (written), Side 2 - 01-62847-1B-1 HP-GRIEKENLAND (stamped). The "Bob Johnson" error is repeated on the new Side 2 label. Information and scans from Ronald Born and Hans Seegers. |
 CBS 62847 (Greece) - rear scan by Ronald Born |
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 CBS 62847 (Greece) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born (1976 release) |
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 CBS 4630881 (Greece) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (1988 release) |
 CBS 4630881 (Greece) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (1988 release) |
Various Artists - "Exitos De Ayer Vol. VII [Hits Of Yesterday Vol. VII]" - compilation stereo LP, CBS CS-10.210 (Venezuela), 1976:
 CBS CS-10.210 (Venezuela)- front scan by Hans Seegers |
This very rare LP from Venezuela features a Dylan rarity: R-0084-7 George Jackson - "Big Band" version from 1971 single (see 1971), also on Mr. D's Collection # 1 (see 1974), Mr. D's Collection # 2 (see 1977) and Masterpieces (see 1978) For this performance on a Venezuelan 7" single and on another exclusive Venezuelan compilation, see 1972. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 CBS CS-10.210 (Venezuela)- rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS CS-10.210 (Venezuela)- Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "U.S.
Story" - 2LP set (mono/stereo), Le Chant Du Monde/Folkways FWX 50107/8
(France), 1976:
This 2LP set is an attractive gatefold sleeve with a "mural" type
design.
 Le Chant Du Monde/Folkways FWX 50107/8 (France) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0026-3 John Brown R-0027-3 Only A Hobo Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information and scans. Kenneth Robson has a copy in a plastic wallet with printed text commemorating the bicentennial of the USA (1776-1976). |
 Le Chant Du Monde/Folkways FWX 50107/8 (France) - front scan in wallet by Kenneth Robson |
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 Le Chant Du Monde/Folkways FWX 50107/8 (France) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 Le Chant Du Monde/Folkways FWX 50107/8 (France) - booklet page scan by Kenneth Robson with lyrics of R-0026 |
 Le Chant Du Monde/Folkways FWX 50107/8 (France) - booklet page scan by Kenneth Robson with lyrics of R-0027 |
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 Le Chant Du Monde/Folkways FWX 50107/8 (France) - Disc 2 Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers with R-0026 |
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - "The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott" -2LP set - Vanguard VSD-89/90 (USA), 1976, single CD reissue - Vanguard VCD-89/90 (USA), 1998:
 Vanguard VSD-89/90 (USA) - original 2LP set, front scan by Jack from Canada |
R-0019-2 Will The
Circle Be Unbroken (traditional)  -
recorded Jun 1963, Bob plays harmonica, from the 1964 Vanguard album Jack
Elliott, see 1964Here Bob is uncredited, his original pseudonym of "Tedham Porterhouse" is not repeated! This double album was released on a single CD as a Vanguard "Twofer" in 1998 (not 1994 as previously listed). Thanks to Peter Gilmer for the information and to Jack from Canada for further information and scans. |
 Vanguard VSD-89/90 (USA) - original 2LP set, rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Vanguard VSD-89/90 (USA) - original 2LP set, Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Vanguard VCD-89/90 (USA) - single CD 1998 reissue, front scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Vanguard VCD-89/90 (USA) - single CD 1998 reissue, CD scan by Jack from Canada |
Steve Goodman - "City Of New Orleans"
- vinyl 2LP set,
Buddah Records 6.28428 (Yugoslavia)/Buddah Records 87.001-2 (West Germany), 1976; CD compilation, Buddah/Pair
Records PCD-2-1233 (USA), 1989:
Bob appears under the name of "Robert Milkwood
Thomas" (one of Dylan Thomas' best-known works is his
verse play "Under Milk Wood").
 Buddah Records 6.28428 (Yugoslavia) - photo from www.tradera.com |
R-0093-2 Somebody's
Else's Troubles (Steve Goodman)
- Bob plays piano and provides harmony vocals - from the
1973 album of the same name (see 1973) This 19-track album was released as a 2LP set in 1976 and re-released as a single CD in 1989. The 2LP set uses the same cover as The Essential Steve Goodman below but has a different track selection. Thanks to Ole Lien for finding the 1976 2LP set and Ronald Born for the West German scan. Thanks also to Hans Seegers for information and scans of the 1989 single CD release. Thanks to Larry Crum for information that Buddah 6.28428 was released in Yugoslavia, not the USA, and manufactured by Helidon Records. Scans of this 2LP set required! |
 Buddah Records 87.001-2 (West Germany) - front scan by Ronald Born |
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 Buddah Records 87.001-2 (West Germany) - rear scan by Ronald Born |
 Buddah Records 87.001-2 (West Germany) - Side 3 scan by Ronald Born |
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 Buddah/Pair Records PCD-2-1233 (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Buddah/Pair Records PCD-2-1233 (USA) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
 Buddah/Pair Records PCD-2-1233 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
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Steve Goodman - "The
Essential Steve Goodman" - vinyl 2LP set, Buddah BDS-5665-2 (USA),
1976; Buddah BDC 68005 (USA), 1986; CD:
Kama Sutra 5665 (USA), 1992:
This album uses the same front and rear cover design as the LP version of previous one!
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R-0093-3 Somebody's
Else's Troubles (Steve Goodman)
R-0111M-2 Election Year
Rag (Steve Goodman)
This track was recorded at the Somebody Else's Troubles sessions, Sep 1972, and released as a single in Oct 1972. It was also included as a bonus track on the 1990 Sequel UK reissue of the Somebody Else's Troubles album, and is now included as a bonus track on the remastered Buddha CD Steve Goodman, July 1999, see 1999. (Note the 1999 remastered Buddha version of Somebody Else's Troubles doesn't include it.) This two LP 20-track set was released on CD from Buddah in two versions, one on two CDs with 24 tracks, and another on a single CD with just 19 tracks (catalogue numbers required!). Both of these items included the two tracks above, but neither is now in print. The 1989 compilation The Original Steve Goodman, is a different set, see 1989. Election Year Rag was released as a 7" single in the USA (Buddah Records BDA-326), see 1972. Thanks to Hans Seegers, Kenneth Robson and Larry Crum for information and scans. Scans of the 1986 release required. |
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 Buddah Records BDS-5665-2 (USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Buddah Records BDS-5665-2 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (includes R-0111) |
 Buddah Records BDS-5665-2 (USA) - Side 3 scan by Hans Seegers (includes R-0093) |
 Buddah Records BDS-5665-2 (USA) - alternate Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson (includes R-0111) |
 Buddah Records BDS-5665-2 (USA) - alternate Side 3 scan by Kenneth Robson (includes R-0093) |
 Buddah Records BDS-5665-2 (USA) - inside of gatefold sleeve unfolded, scan by Kenneth Robson |
Steve Goodman - "Election Year Rag" - 7" stereo single, Buddah Records 37.004 (West Germany), 1976:
 Buddah Records 37.004 (West Germany) - front scan by Ronald Born |
R-0111-2 Election Year
Rag (Steve Goodman)
Bob appeared originally as "Robert Milkwood Thomas", but is here credited openly as Bob Dylan. The B-side of this 7" single is City Of New Orleans (no Bob participation). Thanks to Ronald Born for information about this single and scans. Larry Crum queries whether Election Year Rag on this set is really in stereo (although it says "Stereo" on the label), in which case this would be a further occurrence of R-0111M (the mono version). |
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Various Artists - "The Natural Sound" - vinyl 2LP set, Double R Records, NY, Double R 1001 (USA), 1976:
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R-0020-5 Ye Playboys
& Playgirls R-0311-4 With God On Our Side
R-0022-7 Blowin' In The Wind
R-0607-3 This Land is Your Land [as This Land is My Land] (Woody Guthrie) - with Pete Seeger and ensemble, recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 28 Jul 1963, from The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 2, see 1964 (stereo version) Thanks to Dave Plentus for information and scan. |
Eric Clapton - "No Reason To Cry" - vinyl LP, RSO 1-3004 (USA)/RSO 2470
179 (UK), Sep 1976; RSO/RTB LP 54642 (Yugoslavia), 1976/CD:
RSO 813 582-2 Y-1 (Germany), 1987; Polydor/RSO
[various catalogue numbers]
(Japan), 1987-2002:
The UK record itself was manufactured
in Austria.
A remastered version of this album was released in the USA and Europe on CD in 1996
- catalogue number?
 RSO 2470 179 (UK) - front scan by Kenneth Robson |
R-0122 Sign Language
- lyrics on bobdylan.com
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Bob duets with Eric Clapton on this version of his otherwise unreleased song, recorded
at Shangri-La Studios, Malibu, CA, late March, 1976
This track is also available on a Czech Supraphon Eric Clapton compilation (see 1979), and on Eric's 6LP/4CD boxed set Crossroads, released in 1988 (LP), 1990 (CD), see 1988 In an interview with Roger Gibbons in May 1987 published in the UK Dylan fanzine "The Telegraph", Eric claimed to have co-written this song, providing the chords while Bob provided the words. Eric is not, however, listed on the copyright record. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson for information and scans. |
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 RSO 2470 179 (UK) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
 RSO 2470 179 (UK) - inner sleeve front, scan by Kenneth Robson |
 RSO 2470 179 (UK) - inner sleeve rear, scan by Kenneth Robson |
 RSO 2470 179 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson (includes R-0122) |
 RSO 2470 179 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson (no Dylan) |
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 RSO/RTB LP 5642/2394 172 (Yugoslavia) - Side 1 scan by Ronald Born |
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 Polydor 531 824-2 (NL) - front scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Polydor 531 824-2 (NL) - "Eric Clapton Remasters" front sticker, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Polydor 531 824-2 (NL) - rear insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Polydor 531 824-2 (NL) - reverse of rear insert (under clear CD tray), scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (generic for "Eric Clapton Remasters" series) |
 Polydor 531 824-2 (NL) - CD scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 RSO 2394 172 (Uruguay) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
 RSO 2394 172 (Uruguay) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 RSO 2394 172 (Uruguay) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (includes R-0122) |
Ronald Born's Yugoslavian LP has the regular sleeve, no inner sleeve
and only a couple of distinguishing marks: there is a stamp with "ZLATNA"
(translation?) on the front cover, and there is a stamped price of KCS
100 (100 Czech Krona), on the rear cover, showing that the LP was also
for sale in the then Czechoslovakia. Ronald actually bought it in the
then East Germany.
The 1978 Uruguayan RSO release comes with a very thin paper sleeve protected in a plastic wallet. The album title is translated as "No Hay Razón Para Llorar" and the song title as "Lenguaje De Señas". |
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Thanks to Nol Grint for information about three other European LP releases (scans required):
The 1987 RSO European CD was manufactured in West Germany for the European market. Jean-Pol Hiernaux's Dutch Polydor CD copy is part of the "Eric Clapton Remasters" series.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Ronald Born and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and scans.
Eric Clapton - "No Reason To Cry" - CD: Polydor/RSO [various catalogue numbers] (Japan), 1987-2002:
 Polydor/RSO P33W 25006 (Japan) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers |
This album was released on CD in Japan five times as shown below:
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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 Polydor/RSO P20W 22018 (Japan)- obi scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Polydor POCP-2278 (Japan) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Polydor POCP-2278 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
 Polydor POCP-2278 (Japan) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Polydor POCP-9122 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Polydor POCP-9122 (Japan) - rear of promo card sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Polydor UICY-9161 (Japan) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Polydor UICY-9161 (Japan) - detail of rear card sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Polydor UICY-9161 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
 Polydor POCP-9122 (Japan) - detail of promo rear insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Polydor UICY-9161 (Japan) - inner sleeve front, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Polydor UICY-9161 (Japan) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
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Bette Midler - "Songs For The New Depression" - album, LP: Atlantic
SD 18155 (USA), Atlantic K 50212 (UK), 1976/CD: Atlantic AMCY-114 (Japan), 1990/Atlantic 82784-2 (USA), 1997/BMG
Record Club D-111653 (USA), 1997/Atlantic
7567-82784-2 (Germany for Europe), 1997:
Scans of original US LP required!
 Atlantic 82784-2 (USA) - 1997 CD front (my copy) |
Ronald Born has a promo copy of Atlantic SD 18155 with the
sticker shown below on the front cover. It does not have any other
indication that it's a promo. R-0123 Buckets Of Rain
This song also appeared on the 1978 Atlantic US/UK LP The Best of Bette (see 1978) and an associated UK single (also see 1978). The UK LP (and presumably the US LP also) has a picture inner sleeve with details of the tracks. The front insert of the 1997 US CD is a single sheet folded into four parts along the centre. The reverse is plain white with the details of the tracks - an excerpt is shown on the right. The US CD design is a reproduction of the old Atlantic LP labels. Thanks to Jack from Canada for his BMG Record Club copy - it has a sticker over the barcode on the rear insert and extra text on the CD itself. Thanks to Stanislav Tomik for scans of the German CD release - this was sold throughout Europe. The Japanese CD release had an 8-page front insert in English with a second 8-page folded insert with the same information in Japanese - thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. Thanks to Kenneth Robson for scans of the UK LP. Bob Dylan and The Band performing On A Night Like This from Planet Waves (then on Asylum, part of the same group as Atlantic) appeared on a Japanese promo 7" with In The Mood from Bette Midler on the other side (see Promotional Singles 1970-79). Bette Midler also appears as part of the ensemble USA For Africa on the charity single We Are The World, see 1985. |
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 Atlantic SD 18155 (USA) - sticker from front of promo copy, scan by Ronald Born |
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 Atlantic K 50212 (UK) - front scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Atlantic K 50212 (UK) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Atlantic K 50212 (UK) - inner sleeve front, scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Atlantic K 50212 (UK) - inner sleeve rear, scan by Kenneth Robson |
 Atlantic K 50212 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson (includes R-0123) |
 Picture of Bette and Bob at the recording sessions - scan by David Burgess |
 Atlantic 82784-2 (USA) - 1997 CD, detail from reverse of front insert |
 Atlantic 82784-2 (USA) - 1997 CD (my copy) |
 Atlantic 82784-2 (USA) - 1997 CD rear insert |
 BMG Record Club D-111653 (USA) - detail from rear, scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Atlantic AMCY-114 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Atlantic AMCY-114 (Japan) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
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"One More Cup Of Coffee"/"Romance In Durango" - 7" stereo single, CBS/Sony 06SP 1 (Japan), Apr 1976:
 CBS/Sony 06SP 1 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0519 Romance In Durango - slightly shorter version on B-side
of 7" vinyl single, fades out before the point at which the segue into Black Diamond Bay
occurs on the album The rear sleeve has the lyrics in English and Japanese of One More Cup Of Coffee, but not Romance In Durango. Thanks to Keith Venturoni, Manfred Endtner and Larry Crum for the information and Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson for the scans of all the releases. |
 CBS/Sony 06SP 1 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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"Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again"/"Rita
May" - 7"
promo and commercial stereo singles, Columbia 3-10454 (USA/Canada), Nov 1976:
Information on the different edits of Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The
Memphis Blues Again from Stefan:
 Columbia 3-10454 (USA) - promo single A-side (R-0128), scan by Hans Seegers (first label variant) |
R-0128 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The
Memphis Blues Again: A-side - 3:35 edit of live version from the
Hard Rain album: "This starts with a pretty
rough cut, then gives us the two first verses
("Ragman" and "Shakespeare"), omits the "Mona"
verse, continues
with the "Grandpa" verse, a shortened guitar solo, the
"Ruthie" verse, and the album version ending with
applause faded out." It's reported that Bob himself supervised this edit!
R-0130 Rita May
The US promo single exists in four variations:
The US commercial single exists in two variations:
Thanks to Hans Seegers for detailed information and scans. |
 Columbia 3-10454 (USA) - promo single B-side (R-0130), scan by Hans Seegers (first label variant) |
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 Columbia 3-10454 (USA) - promo single A-side (R-0128), scan by Hans Seegers (second label variant) |
Columbia 3-10454 (USA) - promo single B-side (R-0130), scan by Hans Seegers (second label variant) |
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 Columbia 3-10454 (USA) - promo single A-side (R-0128), scan by Hans Seegers (third label variant) |
 Columbia 3-10454 (USA) - promo single B-side (R-0130), scan by Hans Seegers (third label variant) |
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 Columbia 3-10454 (USA) - commercial single A-side (R-0128), scan by Hans Seegers (first label variant - this is also the same as the A-side of the fourth promo single) |
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 Columbia 3-10454 (USA) - commercial single B-side (R-0130), scan by Hans Seegers (second label variant) |
 Columbia 3-10454 (Canada) - commercial single A-side (R-0128), scan by Hans Seegers |
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"Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again"/"Rita
May" - 7"
singles, CBS 4859 (Mainland Europe)/CBS BA 222268 Australia)/ CBS/Sony 06SP 126
(Japan), Nov 1976:
CBS 4859 is unusual in that there are two different edits of the A-side,
and also because the A and B-sides were
switched in France!
Information on the different edits from Stefan: For details of the Jan 1977 UK and Spanish releases of this
single,
see 1977.
 CBS 4859 (West Germany/NL/France) - front scan by Yan Friis |
All other European countries except Italy - CBS 4859/Australia
- CBS BA 222268/Japan -
CBS/Sony 06SP 126:
R-0128-2 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again: A-side - 3:35 edit of live version from the Hard Rain album (as for the USA and Canadian singles above) Italy - also CBS 4859):R-0129
Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The
Memphis Blues Again: A-side - 3:35 edit of live version from the
Hard Rain album: "This starts with a quick
fade-in, gives us four out of the six verses we get on the album
(1 - 4; "Ragman", "Shakespeare', "Mona",
and "Grandpa"), and fades out during the guitar solo." There was a promo release of the German version with the text "Unverkäufliches Muster [Sample Not For Sale]" stamped on the rear sleeve. The Italian single came in three minor sleeve variations: the first (my copy) has the bottom text on the rear sleeve printed on the fold-over flap; the second has the text printed above the rear fold-over flap. The third variation (not shown) is without fold-over flaps. The Greek and Australian singles came without a picture sleeve. All singles: R-0130-2 Rita May
Both the Japanese promo and commercial releases have an insert (not shown) with the lyrics. The single-sided metal acetate shown has R-0128 and came in a plain white sleeve. Thanks to Hans Seegers
and Kenneth Robson for
information and scans. Thanks to Giuseppe Gazerro for the information that
a promo copy of this single with Rita May was
given away on the front of an issue of the Italian magazine "Music" -
this was one of the sleeve variants of the standard single with a label
from the magazine. |
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 CBS 4859 (West Germany) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (R-0128) |
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 CBS 4859 (NL) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS 4859 (Portugal) - a unique photo, front scan by Hans Seegers |
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R-0130 appeared on the Sony Music Bob Dylan Custom Mix CD web-site, Apr 2003, see Online Performances (Other). Some say this sounded like an alternate version, but it's possible it's been remastered. It was also one of the 42 rarities included for download with the Aug 2006 Apple iTunes Bob Dylan Collection, see Online Performances (Other). A cover of Rita May by Jerry Lee Lewis can be found on the 1989 UK 2LP 32-track compilation The Songs Of Bob Dylan (Start Records STDL 20 - below). In addition, this set contains four still unreleased Dylan songs, but all four of them are only on the vinyl and cassette releases, not the CD release (which was trimmed down to a single CD)! |
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"Rita May"/"Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again" - 7" single, CBS 4859 (France), Nov 1976:
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The CBS 4859 single was also released in France with Rita May
as the A-side! Thanks to Bill Hester for
information about the New Zealand release, CBS BA 461735, which also has
Rita
May as the A-side. The UK single has Rita May
as the A-side of the record, but the sleeve shows Stuck Inside Of Mobile With
The Memphis Blues Again as the A-side (see 1977).
R-0130-3 Rita May
R-0128-3 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again: B-side - 3:35 edit of live version from the Hard Rain album The French single also exists as a misprint with the B-side blank. Information and scans from Hans Seegers. |
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These are now here: Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76. This was the last year in which Dylan Mono Singles were released. There were no mono Dylan LPs released in 1976.
Stereo promo items for 1976 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 West German promo 7" single of Mozambique/Oh, Sister from Desire previously listed here, see US & International 7" Singles & LPs 1974-76.
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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 
