A-E
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Rarities section are cross-referenced by song title in these
alphabetical pages.
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F-J
K-O
P-S
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This yearly page now contains only the main Rarities List! 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 -
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Revised: 08 March, 2010
Titles in red are not available
on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com
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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)
"Mixed Up Confusion etc." - 1962 Columbia acetate (USA),
surfaced early 1984:
This is the first of two Columbia 1960s acetates which surfaced in 1984, for
the other, see below.
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R-0575 Mixed Up Confusion - different mono mix, unique to this acetate, of R-0007 (original US single, see 1962) R-0576 Mixed Up Confusion - different mono mix to R-0145 (alternate take which runs 10% slow found on the Japanese compilations Mr. D's Collection #1 (LP, see 1974) and Mr. D's Collection #2 (EP, see 1976), and the 1978 Australian compilation Masterpieces (see 1978) and the speed-corrected stereo remix of it found on the 1985 original Biograph (R-0748, see 1985). R-0577 Mixed Up Confusion - second different mono mix to R-0145, unique to this acetate |
R-0578 Mixed Up Confusion - third different mono mix to R-0145, unique to this acetate
For details of another Columbia acetate with a different take of Mixed Up Confusion, see below. For details of the four released alternate takes of this song, see 1962. Many thanks to Les Kokay for all his information about these alternate takes, and for permission to reproduce his findings.
This acetate also contained:
R-0583 Baby, I'm In The Mood For You - out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, alternate take to the one released on Biograph in 1985, unique to this acetate, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 9 Jul 1962 (CO75717)
I don't have details of the other tracks on this acetate, but I assume they're released versions of the songs. Thanks to Les Kokay for information on this item.
"Jokerman"/"License To Kill" - 7" promo singles, CBS A 4055 (UK/Spain), Apr 1984:
 CBS A4055 (Spain) - front of sleeve (my promo copy) |
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 CBS A4055 (UK) - promo A-side with full-length version |
R-0161 Jokerman - single edit, faded out at 4:30
CBS A4055 promo 45 (Spain) has radio edit (4:30) on one side, with the album version of Licence To Kill (3:31) from Infidels on the other. The Jokerman song length is misprinted as 4:00 but it is the 4:30 edit (I played it and timed it!). I can only assume that the intention was to use the 4:05 edit (R-0605, see the US, Dutch and Italian singles below). The Spanish label does not have the catalogue number, it's part of the matrix number on the vinyl itself.
CBS A4055 promo 45 (UK) has the radio edit (4:30) on one side (ADJ), with the full album version (6:12) on the other side (A). The song length is shown correctly at 4:30. It doesn't have a picture sleeve.
Thanks to David Burgess for clarifying that the UK commercial single is not a rarity, as previously misreported! (I was told it had R-0161 as the A-side, whereas it actually has the full album version.) For a picture of the regular UK single CBS A4055, see International Singles & EPs 1984-86. Thanks also to Magnus Sjöberg.
"Jokerman"/"License To Kill" - 7" promo single, CBS SSC 5581 (Zimbabwe), 1984:
 CBS SSC 5581 (Zimbabwe) - A-side scan by Nol Grint (R-0775) |
R-0775 Jokerman - unique edit, faded out at 5:09 This edit is listed on the record label as 5:00, but is timed at 5:09. This very rare record, issued after the country formerly known as Rhodesia had gained independence, had a generic sleeve and orange/yellow CBS labels. Thanks to Nol Grint for information and scans. |
 CBS SSC 5581 (Zimbabwe) - B-side scan by Nol Grint |
"Jokerman"/"Isis" - 7" stereo promo and commercial singles, Columbia 38-04425 (USA), 1 Jun 1984:
 Columbia 38-04425 (USA) - promo single A-side scan by Hans Seegers (first label variant) |
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 Columbia 38-04425 (USA) - jukebox strip scan by Hans Seegers (this strip lists the wrong B-side) |
 Columbia 38-04425 (USA) - commercial single A-side scan by Hans Seegers (third label variant) |
 Columbia 38-04425 (USA) - commercial single B-side scan by Hans Seegers (third label variant) |
R-0605 Jokerman - second single edit (4:05)
On the US single (which had no picture sleeve) this edit is timed on the label as 4:05, and Hans Seegers assures me this is the correct timing. Hans Seegers has this single in three label variants.
This single and the Dutch/Italian singles below had the 1975 live version of Isis from the 1978 promo EP 4 Songs From "Renaldo And Clara" as the B-side (see 1978). This was then a rarity as it was not released on Biograph until 1985 (see 1985). Biograph mistakenly claims that this version "was issued only on a promotional sampler issued to radio", the compiler of the notes having overlooked this US single and the Dutch/Italian singles below! This performance of Isis has now also been released in a new mix on the bonus DVD with the Limited Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue (see 2002).
The promo single shown has normal labels but with "DEMONSTRATION - NOT FOR SALE" stamped over the barcode on the A- and B-sides. The jukebox strip for "Columbia 4425" wrongly shows Licence To Kill as the B-side (as the Spanish and UK singles above), so is extremely collectable. That combination of tracks was not actually released as the US single, which implies the B-side was changed to Isis in a last minute decision.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information and to Hans Seegers for scans.
"Jokerman"/"Isis" - 7" stereo single, CBS A 4402 (NL/Italy), 1 Jun 1984:
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R-0605-2 Jokerman - second single edit (4:05) This single is the same as the US single above with the 1975 live version of Isis from the 1978 promo EP 4 Songs From "Renaldo And Clara" as the B-side (see 1978), also released on Biograph (see 1985) and on the bonus DVD with the Limited Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue (see 2002). The commercial UK single, CBS A4055, had the full length version of Jokerman (6:12) on the A-side and the album version of License To Kill on the B-side (see US & International 7" & 12" Stereo Singles & EPs 1984-86). Thanks to Hans Seegers, Yan Friis, Nol Grint for information and scans. Thanks to Michael Palinkas for pointing out this single A-side is R-0605 and not R-0161 as previously listed. |
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 CBS A 4402 (Italy) - B-side scan by Nol Grint |
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Unreleased 1962 6-track Columbia acetate (USA), surfaced Jun 1984:
This is the second of two Columbia 1960s acetates which surfaced in 1984,
for the other, see above.
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R-0574 Mixed Up Confusion - third alternate take to the original US single (R-0007, see 1962), with an opening harmonica solo as R-0007 but with different lyrics, unique to this acetate For details of the four released alternate takes of this song, see 1962. Many thanks to Les Kokay for all his information about these alternate takes, and for permission to reproduce his findings. |
R-0581 Ballad Of Hollis Brown - early version, 1962 out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (the final version was released in Feb 1964 on The Times They Are A-Changin'), unique to this acetate, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 14 Nov 1962 (CO77003)
R-0582 That's All Right, Mama (Arthur Crudup) - unreleased 1962 out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (this is what is known as the "electric" version), unique to this acetate, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 26 Oct 1962 (CO76983)
I don't have details of the other tracks on this acetate, but I assume they're released versions of the songs. Thanks to Les Kokay for information on this item.
"Blood On The Tracks" - vinyl LP, CX-encoded version, Columbia (catalogue number?) (USA), mid-1980s:
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R-0165 Special mixes on all tracks (not separately listed) Richard Feirstein: "I have a CX-encoded version of Blood On The Tracks. CX was a record and laserdisc noise reduction system Columbia tried to introduce just before CDs were introduced. It is very quiet and a bit compressed from the normal version when not played through a CX expander." |
Promotional/Regular Items for 1984
| Stereo promo items for 1984 which don't contain rare material but which are still very collectable are now included with promo releases of regular albums and commercially released singles on the appropriate page in International Stereo Releases. |
Real Live (1984) |
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