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! 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: 21 March, 2008
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)
Various Artists "Folk Classics (Roots Of American Folk Music)" - promo LP , Columbia CAS 1689 (USA)/promo cassette, Columbia FCT 45026 (USA), 1989:
![]() Columbia CAS 1689 (USA) - sleeve sticker scan by Hans Seegers |
This LP has a plain white sleeve with a sticker in the top right hand
corner. The cassette insert has a gold promo stamp and liner notes by Jeff
Rosen (Bob Dylan's business manager then and now) and Tim Goodkind. R-0004-3 Swing And Turn
Jubilee (traditional) Thanks to Hans Seegers and Ian Woodward for information and scans. |
![]() Columbia FCT 45026 (USA) - cassette insert scan by Ian Woodward |
Steve Goodman - "The Original Steve Goodman", CD compilation, Buddah Records SCD-4923 (USA), 1989:
![]() Buddah SCD-4923 (USA) |
R-0093-5 Somebody's
Else's Troubles (Steve Goodman)
This song was recorded in late 1972 and was the title track of Steve's 1973 Buddah album, which was itself re-released by Buddah on CD, July 1999. Note this 8-track set is not the same as The Essential Steve Goodman, 1976. It was re-released in 1993 by Special Music (Special Music 4923). I had the wrong album cover pictured here for some time - this is definitely right! |
"Everything Is Broken" - CD and 12" European
singles: CBS 655358 6 (UK 12")/CBS 655358 8 (UK Limited
Edition 12"
with sticker and free print), CBS 655358 2 (UK CD single in card sleeve), CBS 655358 3
(Austria 3" CD single), 23 Oct 1989/Cassette: Columbia 38T 73062 (USA), Oct
1989:
This single was only issued in the USA as a cassette single (Columbia
38T 73062, see below). For pictures of two 7" test pressings of Everything Is Broken from
CBS UK and France, plus a Spanish single-sided promo 7" single, see
Promotional Singles 1980-89.
For the commercial 7" single, which has Death Is Not The End from Down In The Groove as the
B-side, see US & International 7" & 12"
Stereo Singles & EPs 1980-89.
![]() CBS 655358 6 (UK) - acetate of 12" single, A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0205 Dead Man, Dead Man - live version from
New Orleans, 10 Nov 1981
Information from Rob van Estrik: "The complete 1981 New Orleans concert was recorded and remixed by Daniel Lanois. This track is taken from that remix." This live performance is also on the B-side of a 1989 Japanese cassette single (scan required), on the 1993 Japanese promo CD Mr. D's Collection # 3 (see 1993), and on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001) The UK and Dutch 12" single has I Want You live from Dylan And The Dead as the third track. The UK single has a blue sleeve, while the Dutch single has a black sleeve. The top left and right pictures show the A- and B-sides of the original 12" UK acetate, stock labels with handwritten song titles. R-0205 is not shown as live (see comments below). The vinyl singles themselves have red labels with the white CBS logo. The Dutch single label identifies the source of R-0205, but the UK label does not. There was also a UK "Limited Edition" 12" single (CBS 655358 8) with free numbered print and sticker on cover. The labels of the record were still 655358 6. |
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![]() CBS 655358 6 (UK) - acetate of 12" single, B-side scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() CBS 655358 6 (UK) - 12" single front (my copy) |
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![]() CBS 655358 6 (UK) - 12" single rear with promo sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() CBS 655358 6 (UK) - 12" single, A-side |
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![]() CBS 655358 6 (NL) - 12" single, B-side scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() CBS 655358 2 (UK) - 5" CD single, scan by David Plentus |
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Instead of the live I Want You, the 4 track CD single has Where Teardrops Fall
from Oh Mercy and The Ugliest Girl In The World from Down In The
Groove. Alan Hoaksey also reports a 12" single release with this
tracklist but Hans Seegers says no such item was produced. The UK 5" CD single came in a card sleeve with a detail from the album cover picture. The 3" CD single and the vinyl singles have the full picture. The 3" card sleeve is the only CD sleeve that actually identifies the performance of Dead Man, Dead Man - "Recorded live in New Orleans, November 10, 1981"! The 3" CD (right) is red, while the 5" CD (above right) is silver. The US cassette single in a card sleeve (Columbia 38T 73062) has Everything Has Broken plus R-0205, also identified as "Recorded live in New Orleans, November 10, 1981". This is the last commercial (i.e. on direct sale to the public) Dylan single in any format issued in the USA! It uses the same cover design as the US promo CD single, see Promotional Singles 1980-89. Thanks to Hans Seegers and John Howells for information and scans. The UK 12" single, UK 5" CD single and Austrian 3" CD single are my copies, although Dave Plentus was able to make a much better scan of the silver 5" CD single than I could! |
![]() CBS 655358 3 (Austria) - 3" CD single |
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![]() Columbia 38T 73062 (USA) - cassette single front scan by John Howells |
![]() Columbia 38T 73062 (USA) - cassette single rear scan by John Howells |
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"Up Close: Bob Dylan" - 2 radio broadcast CDs, MediaAmerica Up Close #89-23 (USA), broadcast 31 Oct 1989:
![]() Up Close #89-23 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0336-2 Tweeter And The Monkey Man - from The Travelling Wilburys Vol. 1 (for more Travelling Wilburys rarities for 1989 see here) R-0205-2 Dead Man, Dead Man - live version from
New Orleans, 10 Nov 1981, B-side of 1989 Columbia single (see above) R-0427 Interview segments with Bob The full list of songs is: Disc 1: Everything Is Broken; Political World; What Was It You Wanted?; Blowin' In The Wind; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Tweeter And The Monkey Man (R-0336); Like A Rolling Stone; Rainy Day Women #12 & 25; Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again; Positively 4th St. Disc 2: I Want You (from Dylan & The Dead); Silvio; Knockin' On Heaven's Door; Lay, Lady, Lay; Gotta Serve Somebody; Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?); Dead Man, Dead Man (R-0205); Man In The Long Black Coat; Where Teardrops Fall; Most Of The Time. The primary purpose of the broadcast is to showcase Oh Mercy, and there are also interviews with Daniel Lanois, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Mark Knopfler, etc. Thanks to Ole Lien, John Gaylor and Hans Seegers for all the information about these radio show CDs. |
Up Close #89-23 (USA) - Cue sheet page 1, photocopy by Ole Lien |
![]() Up Close - front generic sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
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Up Close #89-23 (USA) - Cue sheet page 2, photocopy by Ole Lien |
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![]() Up Close - Rear generic sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "The Live Show" - radio station CD, Radio Today/ABC Radio Networks show #72 (USA), broadcast 20-26 Nov 1989:
![]() The Live Show - generic CD front insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob's contribution was a rarity, from The Last Waltz (see 1978):
R-0140-2 Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Rev Gary Davies, arr. Eric von Schmidt)
For other radio station CDs from "The Live Show", see Radio Station Albums 1980-89 and Radio Station Albums 1990 onwards.. Information and scans from Hans Seegers. |
![]() The Live Show #89-72 cue sheet, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() The Live Show #89-72 CD, scan by Hans Seegers |
Stereo promo items for 1989 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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