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.
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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.
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: 12 April, 2008
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:
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)
"Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again"/"Rita May"
- 7" single,
S CBS 48659 (UK)/CBS 4859 (Spain), Jan 1977:
For USA/European Nov 1976 releases of this single, see 1976.
The UK single (S CBS 4859) is a mystery! The sleeve clearly shows Stuck
Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again as the A-side, but there is
actually no 7" record like that in existence. All the singles that were
released - a promo and three different commercial pressings - have Rita
May as the A-side. There is no UK picture sleeve showing Rita
May as the A-side.
 S CBS 4859 (UK) - front cover of all commercial singles, scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0130-4 Rita May
: A-side of UK single, B-side of Spanish single Desire out-take, recorded Jul 1975 (also on the 1978 Australian compilation Masterpieces, see 1978), lyrics on bobdylan.com
It was also one of the 42 rarities included for download with the Aug 2006
Apple iTunes Bob Dylan
Collection, see Online Performances
(Other).R-0128-4 Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again: B-side of UK single, A-side of Spanish single - 3:35 edit of live version from the Hard Rain album Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information and scans. |
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 S CBS 4859 (UK) - rear cover of all commercial singles, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS 4859 (Spain) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
The Spanish CBS 4859 single, which occurs in two label variants, is dated 1977 on the rear sleeve and on all record labels. On the first label variant the producer credit under "B. Dylan - J. Levy) is "Producción de Don De Vito y Bob Dylan" - on the second variant this is reduced to "Prod. de Don De Vito y Bob Dylan". | |||
 CBS 4859 (Spain) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS 4859 (Spain) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (R-0130 - second variant) |
"Bob Dylan In Concerto" - 7" EP given away with issue
of "Gong" magazine, Gong 5A/6B (Italy), Mar 1977:
This EP was given away with the Mar 1977 issue of the Italian rock music magazine
"Gong". The rear of the sleeve is
plain white, Bob Dylan is not mentioned on the record labels. The sleeve states
that all the tracks were recorded live in Boston, MA - in fact none come from
there. There's some debate about whether this item should be classified as "Questionable", but
it was certainly sold legally in Italy at the time - the Side 1 label
has the approval stamp of "SIAE", the Italian copyright control organisation.
 "Gong" magazine (Italy), Mar 1977 issue - front cover scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0131 Simple Twist of Fate - live from the
John Hammond tribute programme, WWTW TV, Chicago, IL, 10 Sep 1975
- this version has rewritten lyrics R-0132-2 Hurricane - live as R-0131, this is a splice of two performances. This had already appeared on a radio broadcast acetate, see 1975-76 Hurricane Singles R-0133 Just Like a Woman - live with the Rolling Thunder Review, Providence, RI, 4 Nov 1975 R-0134 Knockin' on Heaven's Door - live as R-0133 Thanks to Hans Seegers and Mauro for information and scans. |
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 Gong 5A/6B (Italy) - front scan by Mauro |
 Gong 5A/6B (Italy) - A-side scan by Mauro |
 Gong 5A/6B (Italy) - B-side scan by Mauro |
 Gong" magazine (Italy), Mar 1977 issue - inside page scan by Hans Seegers |
 Gong" magazine (Italy), Mar 1977 issue - inside page scan by Hans Seegers |
Harry Belafonte - "Harry Belafonte" - compilation 2 LP set, RCA CL 42216 (France), 1977:
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R-0001-2 Midnight Special
(Huddie Ledbetter - "Leadbelly") - Bob plays harmonica on the
title track of Harry Belafonte's 1962 The Midnight Special album (stereo
version) For details of the original album, see 1962 |
Leonard Cohen - "Death Of A Ladies' Man" - vinyl LP: Columbia
PC 44286 (USA)/CBS 86042 (UK/West Germany)/Prix D'Ami 32661 (France), Nov 1977;
CD: Columbia CK 44286 (USA), 1986/Columbia WCK 44286 (Canada), 1986/CBS CD 86042
(UK), 1995/Sony SRCS 6645 (Japan), 2000:
The catalogue number WB 3125 has been listed against this album for the USA, but as far as I know this album
has always been released on Columbia, not Warner Brothers.
 CBS 86042 (UK) - front (the famous Suzanne is the woman on Leonard's Cohen's left) (my copy) |
R-0135 Don't Go Home
With Your Hard On (Leonard Cohen) - Bob contributes backup vocals to the
chorus (full version 5:34) The back-up chorus to this song includes Allen Ginsberg, Ronee Blakley (from the Rolling Thunder Revue) and Clydie King (one of Bob's backing singers). This track was also released as the B-side of the single Memories in both complete and edited versions, see below. |
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 CBS 86042 (UK) - back |
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 CBS 86042 (UK) - inside of gatefold sleeve |
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 CBS 86042 (UK) - Side 2 with R-0135 |
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The Dec 1980 issue of UK "Record Collector" magazine reported
in an article on Bob's 1970s recordings that Bob also appeared on this
album uncredited
on the track Iodine (see left), but I have not seen this
confirmed anywhere else. Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the Canadian CD release. More scans of CD releases of this album required! |
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 Columbia WCK 44286 (Canada) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Columbia WCK 44286 (Canada) - inside of insert, scan by Jack from Canada |
Leonard Cohen - "Memories"/"Don't Go Home With Your Hard On (edited version)" - 7" single, CBS 5882 (NL/Italy)/CBS S 5882 (West Germany), 2 Dec 1977:
 CBS 5882 (NL)/CBS S 5882 (West Germany) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0625 Don't Go Home
With Your Hard On (Leonard Cohen) - Bob contributes backup vocals to the
chorus (edited version - 4:08) This single is an edited version of the track from the Columbia album Death Of A Ladies' Man, see above. The Dutch and German commercial singles had the same front cover, but slightly different rear covers. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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 CBS S 5882 (West Germany) - promo front scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS 5882 (NL) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS S 5882 (West Germany) - promo B-side scan by Hans Seegers with R-0625 |
 CBS 5882 (Italy) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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Leonard Cohen - "Memories"/"Don't Go Home With Your Hard On (full version)" - 7" promo and commercial singles, S CBS 5882 (UK), 2 Dec 1977:
 S CBS 5882 (UK) - promo B-side with R-0135, scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0135-2 Don't Go Home
With Your Hard On (Leonard Cohen) - Bob contributes backup vocals to the
chorus (full version 5:34) These singles had a similar catalogue number to the West German release. They had no picture sleeve and had the complete 5:34 track from the Columbia album Death Of A Ladies' Man, see above. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson for information and scan. |
 S CBS 5882 (UK) - commercial B-side with R-0135, scan by Kenneth Robson |
Leonard Cohen - "Recuerdos [Memories]"/"No Vuelvas Cachondo A Casa [Don't Go Home With Your Hard On]" - 7" single, CBS 5882 (Spain), 2 Dec 1977:
 CBS 5882 (Spain) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0135-3 No Vuelvas Cachondo A
Casa [Don't Go Home With Your Hard On] (Leonard Cohen)
- Bob contributes backup vocals to the
chorus (full version 5:34) This release of CBS 5882 had the full album version of the song, a different picture sleeve and translated titles. Information and scans from Hans Seegers. |
 CBS 5882 (Spain) - B-side with R-0135, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Mr. D's Collection # 2" - promo stereo 7" EP, CBS/Sony YBPB
3 (Japan), Dec 1977:
This EP was also given away to Japanese fans in exchange for tokens collected from
CBS/Sony albums, and has four songs that originally appeared on the limited
edition LP Mr. D's Collection #1. Paradoxically, it
commands a higher price to collectors than the LP! This LP was previously listed for
1977 also. However, Hans Seegers has confirmed it is definitely from 1974,
so Mr. D's Collection #1 is now listed there. This EP was not released at the same time, but three
years later. As can be seen, the rear of the picture sleeve features a 1976
Rolling Thunder Revue photograph. The front picture was originally used for the
1966 Dutch release of an album called Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits but with
a non-standard tracklist see International
Album Releases (Dylan-only Compilations).
 CBS/Sony YBPB 3 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0145-2 Mixed Up Confusion - alternate take (probably still
mono), not 1962 US
Columbia 7" single
mono version R-0054-5 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues- live at
Liverpool, May 1966, B-side of I Want You single (see 1966) R-0084-8 George Jackson - "Big Band" version, see 1971, also on the Australian 3LP set Masterpieces, see 1978 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?: I am now positively informed that the version of Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? in this set is in mono, and not the stereo version unavailable on commercial CD. The version available as on Masterpieces (1978) and Biograph (1985, remastered CD reissue 1997) and the 2001 Essential Bob Dylan/Ultimate Bob Dylan compilations is also from the original single and still in mono! The stereo version can only be found on a CBS stereo acetate (see 1965), the CBS Spanish 7" EP and single with Positively 4th Street (see 1972) had it in a mispressed version, not stereo as previously reported. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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 CBS/Sony YBPB 3 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony YBPB 3 (Japan) - insert scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony YBPB 3 (Japan) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? and R-0084 |
Stereo promo items for 1977 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.
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