Video and DVD: 1980-89

All the songs listed in the Official Rarities section are cross-referenced by song title in these alphabetical pages.
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This third part of the list collects non-album song performances and interviews by Bob Dylan on VHS video and DVD (and laserdisc where I have information) from 1980 to 1989. I would be grateful for any additional information on these items and other material to place here. Video material included on CD-ROMs or CD Plus discs is still in the main directory in the appropriate part. For 1980s films with Dylan album tracks, see VHS & DVD: Films with Dylan Album Tracks 1980s.

Films are listed by date of original appearance (in theatres or on TV), not when the VHS video or DVD came out, often some years later. This page does not include songs from regular albums that appear in films or videos without performance footage, nor do I include music videos of standard album tracks - for a full Dylan filmography, see "Expecting Rain" or "TV Talkin'"

For informed discussion of all Bob's screen appearances, see C.P. Lee's well-received book "Like A Bullet Of Light ".

Thanks to Jean-Pierre Mercier for laserdisc details and catalogue numbers and Michel Pomarede for scans. Thanks also to Larry Crum for checking these entries against his own collection, "Positively Bob Dylan" by Michael Krogsgaard, "Bob Dylan on Video" (article in "Record Collector" magazine, Sep 1992), and several other sources. All scans that aren't credited are from my own collection or amazon.com

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!

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Some studios are fortunately realising that they can maximise sales of individual DVD releases by making them region-free instead of having to manufacture multiple region-specific copies- click on the picture on the right to see the text.

Revised: 11 March, 2010.

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 -
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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)

1984

Various Artists: "The Other Side Of Nashville" - Jul 1984, VHS video: MGM/UA Home Video UMV 10351 (USA), Aug 1984, MGM/UA Home Video SMV 10351 (UK), Oct 1986, Channel 5/Polygram CFM 02542 (UK), Jul 1990; Laserdisc: UMLV 10351 (Japan), Jul 1984:

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VHS front scan by Manfred Helfert

R-0069-3 A Thousand Miles Behind [One Too Many Mornings] - Bob duets with Johnny Cash on this out-take from the Nashville Skyline sessions, 1969

This film included footage from the 1969 film Johnny Cash: The Man, His World, His Music (see VHS & DVD 1960s), and also included interviews with Bob's Columbia producer Bob Johnston and the former janitor at Nashville’s Columbia Studios during the Blonde On Blonde sessions Kris Kristoffersen. It is now out of print.

Thanks to Manfred Helfert for the VHS scans, additional information and corrections to this entry (it is not a reissue of the Johnny Cash film as originally reported). For a real audio excerpt, visit Manfred's site

Thanks to Larry Crum for extra release information.

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VHS spine and rear scan by Manfred Helfert 		nashvilleLD.jpg (30428 bytes)
Laserdisc scan by Michel Pomarede for Jean-Pierre Mercier

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - "The Story Of The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem" - VHS: Third Floor/Warner Home Video ZZV 9 (UK/Ireland), late 1984; Koch Vision/Shanachie Video (catalogue number?) (USA), 1991/DVD: Koch Entertainment D (catalogue number?) (USA), 20 May 2003:

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Third Floor/Warner Home Video ZZV 9 (UK/Ireland) - front/spine scan by Manfred Helfert		 R-0500 Excerpt of interview with Bob talking about the Clancy Brothers by Derek Bailey (director of this film) from Slane Castle, Dublin, 8 Jul 1984

Thanks to Manfred Helfert for this transcript and information: "Well, I'd never heard those kind of songs before. I'd heard them on record but I hadn't heard them close up. All the legendary people they used to sing about -- Brennan on the Moor or Roddy McCorley -- I wasn't aware of them when they existed... but it was as if they'd just existed yesterday."

The documentary ends with The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem singing "The Parting Glass", which inspired Bob's Restless Farewell from The Times They Are A-Changin'.

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Third Floor/Warner Home Video ZZV 9 (UK/Ireland) - rear scan by Manfred Helfert
US 2003 DVD release

The text of the complete 1984 Derek Bailey interview is included in "All Across The Telegraph: A Bob Dylan Handbook" by Michael Gray and John Bauldie (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1987, page 20). It also appears in "Wanted Man: In Search of Bob Dylan" by John Bauldie (Penguin paperback edition, 1992, pages 46-48), but not the hardback edition of this book (Black Spring Press, 1990). The Penguin paperback edition must be compiled from the two earlier hardbacks.

Thanks to Freddy Ordoñez Araque for information about the 2003 US DVD release.

1985

USA For Africa (Various Artists) - "We Are The World - The Story Behind The Song" Apr 1985 - VHS: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video 60475 (USA), Feb 1986; "We Are The World - The Making Of" - Picture Music International MVP 99 1106 2 (UK), Nov 1985; reissued on PMI's Price Attack label MVA 004, May 1990 (UK); Pony Canyon V30M1818 (Japan), 14 Dec 1988:
This charity song is Bob's only collaboration with Michael Jackson, who died on Friday 26 Jun 2009 at the early age of 50. Thanks to Larry Crum for catalogue numbers. For the USA For Africa audio album and singles, see 1985. For a 2DVD set released in 2005 with extra material, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3.


Pony Canyon V30M1818 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen

R-0164-3 We Are the World (Michael Jackson-Lionel Ritchie) - Bob contributes vocals to charity single (6:22)

R-0358 We Are the World (Michael Jackson-Lionel Ritchie) - Bob contributes vocals to charity single (rehearsal)

The commercial video was immediately deleted after stocks ran out. Apart from the full length video, it contains the process of recording the song including Dylan rehearsing his vocal with Stevie Wonder (information from Rob van Estrik).

The Japanese release has a price of ¥3,000 and has an eight-page insert in English and Japanese.

Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. Scans of the US and UK releases required.
Pony Canyon V30M1818 (Japan) - insert scan by Wil Gielen
Pony Canyon V30M1818 (Japan) - case insert scan by Wil Gielen

Pony Canyon V30M1818 (Japan) - tape scan by Wil Gielen


Pony Canyon V30M1818 (Japan) - tape spine scan by Wil Gielen

USA For Africa (Various Artists) - "We Are The World - The Story Behind The Song" Apr 1985 - Laserdisc: Pony Video G38M0037 (Japan), 1985, reissued as Pony Video G58M0050 (Japan), also 1985; Pioneer Video/Pioneer Artists PA-85-M025 (USA), Apr 1985; VHD disc: Pony Video H58M3016 (Japan), 1985:
 For the USA For Africa audio album and singles, see 1985. For a 2DVD set released in 2005 with extra material, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3.


Pony Canyon G38M0037 (Japan) - Laserdisc front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen (first 1985 release)

This double-sided 34 min 8" laserdisc has the Video Event documentary on Side 1, on Side 2 there is a short documentary on Artist Involvement, followed by the single video.

Thanks to Wil Gielen for scans of a unique Japanese VHD release. VHD was a very short-lived format with a magnetic disc similar to a then computer "floppy disc". Thanks also to Wil for scans of the two 1985 Japanese Laserdisc releases - both had a two-sided insert in English and Japanese. Both have price ¥3,800. Thanks to Ted Harrington for scans of the US laserdisc.

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Pioneer Video/Pioneer Artists PA-85-M025 (USA) - front scan by Ted Harrington


Pony Canyon G38M0037 (Japan) - Laserdisc rear with obi, scan by Wil Gielen (first 1985 release)
Pony Canyon G38M0037 (Japan) - Laserdisc scan by Wil Gielen (first 1985 release)
Pony Video G58M0050 (Japan) - Laserdisc front with obi (second 1985 release)
Pony Video G58M0050 (Japan) - Laserdisc rear with obi (second 1985 release)
Pony Video G58M0050 (Japan) - Laserdisc scan by Wil Gielen (second 1985 release)
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Pioneer Video/Pioneer Artists PA-85-M025 (USA) - rear scan by Ted Harrington


Pony Video H58M3016 (Japan) - VHD disc front scan by Wil Gielen
Pony Video H58M3016 (Japan) - VHD disc rear scan by Wil Gielen
Pony Video H58M3016 (Japan) - VHD disc front of insert, scan by Wil Gielen
Pony Video H58M3016 (Japan) - VHD disc rear of insert, scan by Wil Gielen
Pony Video H58M3016 (Japan) - VHD disc front of disc, scan by Wil Gielen

USA For Africa ( Various Artists) - "We Are The World - The Story Behind The Song" - DVD release: Dream Time Video DEBR-13601 (Japan), 4 Dec 2002
 For the USA For Africa audio album and singles, see 1985. This DVD contains exactly the same material as the 1985 VHS tapes and laserdiscs above. For a 2DVD set released in 2005 with extra material, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3.


Dream Time Video DEBR-13601 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen		 This DVD release of the original video has a four-page insert in English and Japanese. The orange obi has price ¥3,600. The copy shown is a promo and has a "SAMPLE" sticker on the rear of the case insert and "SAMPLE" in the clear centre of the DVD itself.

Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans.
Dream Time Video DEBR-13601 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen

Dream Time Video DEBR-13601 (Japan) - detail from rear of DVD insert, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy)


Dream Time Video DEBR-13601 (Japan) - DVD insert scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy)


Dream Time Video DEBR-13601 (Japan) - DVD scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy)


Dream Time Video DEBR-13601 (Japan) - detail of DVD, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy)

Various Artists - Audix Soundware Laserdisc Jukebox Music Video T-06195, 1985:

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Picture from eBay		 R-0166-2 Tight Connection To My Heart (edit) - video performance

This laserdisc for video jukeboxes had a white paper sleeve with the track listing on a card as shown.

Artists United Against Apartheid [Various Artists] - "Sun City", VHS: Karl-Lorimar Home Video 012 (USA), Dec 1985; Laserdisc: Karl-Lorimar Home Video SM058-3050 (Japan), Dec 1985:


Karl-Lorimar Home Video 012 (USA) - VHS front scan by Jack from Canada


Karl-Lorimar Home Video SM058-3050 (Japan) - Laserdisc front scan by Wil Gielen


Karl-Lorimar Home Video SM058-3050 (Japan) - Laserdisc rear scan by Wi Gielen


Karl-Lorimar Home Video SM058-3050 (Japan) - Laserdisc scan by Wil Gielen


Karl-Lorimar Home Video 012 (USA) - VHS rear scan by Jack from Canada
Karl-Lorimar Home Video 012 (USA) - VHS cassette scan by Jack from Canada

The video comes in a card slipcase and is now out of print. The Japanese laserdisc has a black obi with price ¥5, 800. It had two inserts, one double-sided and one single-sided, both in English and Japanese. For album and single audio releases see 1985.

R-0171-2 (Ain't Gonna Play) Sun City (Miami Steve Van Zandt) - album version (Side 1 - 7:09)
Thanks to Jack from Canada for information that this is the version included, and not the single version as previously listed, also for the scans.

Part of this video comes from The Making Of Sun City, broadcast on MTV in the USA, 13 Nov 1985. Larry Crum adds: "Dylan appears miming his line in Sun City (which is the same as album and single version) and briefly without sound walking down the street in The Making Of Sun City".

Thanks to Jack from Canada and Wil Gielen for information and scans.

1986

"Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid" - Director's Cut of 1973 film directed by Sam Peckinpah released 20 Apr 1986, MGM/UA Home Video M201567 (USA, VHS)/ML 102238 (USA, Laserdisc), May 1989; MGM/UA Home Video PES 050159 (UK, VHS), Sep 1991: MGM/UA Home Video SO 50159 (UK, VHS), 1997:
The original 1983 video of this 1972 film (see VHS & DVD 1970s) was withdrawn in 1987 in favour of this "Director's Cut", released to theatres in 1986.


MGM/UA Home Video M201567 (USA) - VHS release of 1986 Director's Cut, front scan by Jack from Canada		 R-0505 Original music by Bob Dylan (not listed separately) from the Director's Cut not included in the 1973 Columbia soundtrack album

The Director's Cut uses Bob's music very differently from the original theatrical version - for example the vocal version of Knocking On Heaven's Door used in a death scene in the original film is replaced by an instrumental version and is missing from this release!

Only the Director's Cut is available on VHS video today, and nothing is available on DVD. Thanks to Jean-Pierre Mercier for the information that the Director's Cut on laserdisc includes the original theatrical trailer, which has a 30 sec approx excerpt of a version of Billy with Terry Paul on harmony vocals unavailable elsewhere.

Larry Crum adds: "I have a slightly different cover than your scan, with a 1 1/4 inch silver band at the top. I believe this is the original release-package design copyright 1989."

Thansk to Jack from Canada for the US VHS release scans. Thanks to Freddy Ordoñez Araque for information that a 2DVD set was released in the USA on 10 Jan 2006 with a "2005 Special Edition" version of the film on disc 1 and a "1998 Turner Preview Version" on disc 2  (see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3). Exactly what Dylan music these two versions contain will be added when information is available.

The UK VHS release is 116 mins long, while the US release is 122 mins long. The original cinema release was 103 mins.
MGM/UA Home Video M201567 (USA) - VHS release of 1986 Director's Cut, rear scan by Jack from Canada

Warner Home Video PES 50159 (UK): 1991 UK VHS release of 1986 Director's Cut, insert scan by Hans Seegers


Warner Home Video PES 50159 (UK): 1991 UK VHS release of 1986 Director's Cut, label scan by Hans Seegers


Warner Home Video SO 50159 (UK): 1997 UK VHS release of 1986 Director's Cut, insert scan by Hans Seegers (my copy is the same)


Warner Home Video SO 50159 (UK): 1997 UK VHS release of 1986 Director's Cut, inside of insert scan by Hans Seegers (my copy is the same)
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Laserdisc, also of the 1986 Director's Cut - MGM/UA Home Video ML 102238 - scan by Michel Pomarede for Jean-Pierre Mercier


MGM/UA Home Video M201567 (USA) - VHS release of 1986 Director's Cut, cassette scan by Jack from Canada


Warner Home Video SO 50159 (UK): 1997 UK VHS release of 1986 Director's Cut, alternate label (my copy)
Warner Home Video SO 50159 (UK): 1997 UK VHS release of 1986 Director's Cut, label scan by Hans Seegers

Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans of the two UK VHS releases. My copy has the same insert as the 1997 copy submitted by Hans. The 1991 and 1997 dates can be discerned from the date the packaging is copyrighted. Only the 1997 release has the text "Director's Cut", but the earlier release is the same length. My copy of the 1997 UK release of SO 50159 has a different label from the copy owned by Hans. As my copy's label is closer to the 1991 label in design I'd guess Hans' copy is newer than mine - confirmation required.

"Band Of The Hand" - feature film, VHS video release: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video 60709 (USA), Apr 1986; Columbia Tristar Home Video/Sovereign Multi-Media SOV1 (UK), May 1998; DVD: Columbia Tristar Home Video 08565 (USA), 2003; Tristar Pictures/Sony Pictures/Delphi DNS 11009 (Benelux), 2006:
For the Band Of The Hand soundtrack album and associated singles, see 1986. Thanks to Larry Crum for the US VHS catalogue number.


US VHS release, 1986		 R-0360 Band Of The Hand - with The Heartbreakers, produced by Tom Petty, movie version
The lyrics have disappeared from bobdylan.com!

The version of the song that plays over the film credits is longer and has a different mix from the single and soundtrack album version (R-0182). There is also a reprise in the middle of the film, and the song plays again over the closing credits.


Columbia Tristar Home Video/Sovereign Multi-Media SOV1 (UK) - VHS cassette (my copy)

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Columbia Tristar Home Video/Sovereign Multi-Media SOV1 (UK) - VHS release insert (my copy)

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 Columbia/Tristar 08565 (USA) - 2003 DVD release, front scan by Jack from Canada
Columbia/Tristar 08565 (USA) - DVD rear scan by Jack from Canada
Columbia/Tristar 08565 (USA) - 2003 DVD scan by Jack from Canada		 BandOfTheHandDVDBenelux2006Disc.jpg (28056 bytes)
Tristar Pictures/Sony Pictures/Delphi DNS 11009 (Benelux) - 2006 DVD release, disc scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux		 BandOfTheHandDVDBenelux2006Insert.jpg (52729 bytes)
Tristar Pictures/Sony Pictures/Delphi DNS 11009 (Benelux) - 2006 DVD release, insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

This film, set in Florida, was produced by "Miami Vice" producer Michael Mann and directed by "Starsky & Hutch" actor Paul Michael Glaser.

The US NTSC VHS release has been out of print for some years, the UK budget PAL VHS release was only deleted in Jun 2002.

 This film, now described as an "infamous 1980s crime thriller" was released on DVD in the USA in 2003. The liner notes say: "Producer Michael Mann (Ali, The Insider) delivers an action-packed dose of high-octane fun in this infamous 1980s crime thriller, Band Of The Hand. Directed by Paul Michael Glaser (TV's Starsky & Hutch), the cast features awesome performances by future stars Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Lauren Holly (What Women Want), Leon (Above the Rim), James Remar (TV's Sex and the City), and James Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig and the Angry Inch). The killer retro soundtrack features the title track performed by Bob Dylan backed by Tom Petty's Heartbreakers

While serving time in a grueling rehab program in Florida's Everglades, five young felons bond together to form an unlikely union. When they return to Miami's dangerous ghetto, the five former criminals wage a lethal war on the drug kingpins who rule the underworld of murder and mayhem. Band Of The Hand goes for the jugular, never once loosening its grip until its heart-stopping climax!"

Thanks to Tim Dunn for information about the USA DVD and to Jack from Canada for the scans. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans of the 2006 Benelux release, the DVD itself has catalogue number E-11009-ST and is dated 2005.

Bob Dylan with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - "Hard to Handle" - HBO TV broadcast (USA), 20 Jun 1986; Laserdisc: CBS/Sony 78 LP 106 (Japan), Jun 1986/ CBS/Sony 35 LP 118 (Japan), 1989; VHS: CBS/Fox Music Video 3502 (USA), Oct 1986/Virgin Music Video VVD 182 (UK), Feb 1987; CBS/Sony 35 ZP 118 (Japan) (date?):
This HBO Special from the 1986 Australian tour with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers was recorded in Sydney, Australia, 24 & 25 Feb 1986, broadcast 20 Jun 1986, and also released on VHS and on laserdisc. Thanks to Larry Crum for the US catalogue number and release dates. For details of the associated Westwood One radio broadcast, see 1986. For probably unauthorised DVD releases from Brazil, etc., see Questionable Video Releases.


CBS/Fox Music Video 3502 (USA) - VHS release

R-0172 In The Garden - 24 Feb 1986

R-0173 Just Like A Woman - 24 Feb 1986

R-0174 Like A Rolling Stone - 25 Feb 1986

R-0175 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - 25 Feb 1986

R-0176 Girl Of The North Country - 24 Feb 1986

R-0177 Lenny Bruce - 25 Feb 1986

R-0178 When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky - 24 Feb 1986

R-0179 Ballad Of A Thin Man - 24 Feb 1986

R-0180 I'll Remember You - 24 Feb 1986

R-0181 Knockin' On Heaven's Door - 25 Feb 1986
 
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 CBS/Sony 35 LP 118 laserdisc (Japan, 1989) - black/white obi scan by Hans Seegers

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 CBS/Sony 78 VP 106 VHD format disc (Japan, 1986) - front scan by Hans Seegers

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 CBS/Sony 78 VP 106 VHD format disc (Japan, 1986) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

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 CBS/Sony 78 VP 106 VHD format disc (Japan, 1986) - disc jacket scan by Hans Seegers

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 CBS/Sony 78 LP 106 laserdisc (Japan, 1986) - scan by Michel Pomarede for Jean-Pierre Mercier (red/blue obi)


CBS/Sony 35 ZP 118 (Japan) - VHS release scan found by Moise Potie

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 CBS/Sony 35 LP 118 laserdisc (Japan, 1989) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

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 CBS/Sony 35 LP 118 laserdisc (Japan, 1989) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

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 CBS/Sony 35 LP 118 laserdisc (Japan, 1989) - front scan by Hans Seegers

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 Virgin Music Video VVD 182 (UK) - VHS release (my copy)


Virgin Music Video VVD 182 (UK) - VHS release tape label


Virgin Music Video VVD 182 (UK) - VHS release tape

Shown are scans of two Japanese laserdiscs: CBS/Sony 78 LP 106 from 1986, and CBS/Sony 35 LP 118 from 1989. Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans of a unique Japanese VHD format disk. For a picture of the spine of this disc, see here. For another VHD disc, see We Are The World above. VHD was a very short-lived format with a magnetic disc similar to a then computer "floppy disc".

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Michel Pomarede, Jean-Pierre Mercier and Moise Potie for information and scans.

1987

"The Fabulous 60s Vol.7 - 1966" - VHS: MPI Media MP 1337 (also available as part of 10 tape boxed set MP 7114) (USA), 1987:
This video can be purchased from MPI Home Video


MPI Media MP 1337 (USA) - picture from MPI Home Video

R-0506-2 Excerpt from interview with Bob at Columbia Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 16 Dec 1965, also used in the 1979 video Heroes Of Rock & Roll (see VHS & DVD 1970s)

For the complete interview, R-0608, see Interviews with Bob. Excepts from this interview (all listed as R-0506) were used in these video documentaries:

Thanks to Larry Crum for information about this item. I previously listed R-0319, the 1966 live performance with The Hawks of I Don't Believe You, as part of this documentary - thanks to Larry I now know this is not included : "This contains NO Dylan music (my copy at least), only the interview segment (R-0506) about the number of protest singers where Dylan answers "about 136" and "either 136 or 142"."

Bob Dylan, Fiona and Rupert Everett - "Hearts Of Fire" - Lorimar feature film, 9 Oct 1987, VHS video release: Warner Home Video (USA);Lorimar/Guild Home Video 8519 (UK), Apr 1988, reissued May 1989:
This VHS video is still available in the USA, although it has not been released on DVD. The film was sadly the last by acclaimed director Richard Marquand - it's by no means up to his usual standards, but Bob acquits himself well enough as an ageing rock star! For the audio soundtrack see 1987.

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US VHS release, Warner Home Video

R-0557 The Usual (John Hiatt) - version exclusive to the feature film (R-0191 soundtrack album version has horns overdubbed and is slightly longer)

R-0558 Had A Dream About You, Baby - Bob shares verses with Fiona (R-0193 soundtrack album version has Bob only)

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Guild Home Video 8519 (UK) - VHS release insert (my copy)
Guild Home Video/Sovereign Multi-Media SOV1 (UK) - VHS release cassette (my copy)

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 Lorimar West German VHS release - scan by Manfred Helfert

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Japanese laserdisc Warner Home Video ID5252LO (same design as US VHS release) - scan by Michel Pomarede for Jean-Pierre Mercier
Guild Home Video 8519 (UK) - insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Guild Home Video 8519 (UK) - cassette scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

R-0559 The Usual (John Hiatt) - second appearance in the film, played while auditioning the drummer who appears on the cover of the West German VHS copy (below right)

R-0451 When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky - excerpt from 1985 promo video for Empire Burlesque single directed by Dave Stewart, for more information see  

R-0192-2 Night After Night - same version as soundtrack album

R-0361 A Couple More Years (Shel Silverstein/Dennis Locorierre) - about a minute of this cover of a Dr Hook song is used in the film (with clucking chickens!)

Thanks to Harold Lepidus for the information the film also contains a short excerpt from the 1972 release Concert For Bangladesh, see VHS & DVD 1970s.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans of his UK VHS copy, which has a barcode on the insert, mine doesn't. Thanks also to Larry Crum pointing out the differences between the versions of The Usual and Had A Dream About You, Baby in this film and the soundtrack album, resulting in new R- numbers.

Thanks to Manfred Helfert for the scan of the "truly awful" cover of the West German VHS release! (Thanks too to Larry Crum for reminding me it depicts the actor playing Bob's drummer.)

1988

Various Artists - "Sixties Mix USA", Stylus Video SV 0855/2 (UK), May 1988:
This video was deleted in 1990.

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 Stylus Video SV 0855/2 (UK) - scan by Barry Dunnings

This video contains a clip of Bob singing Mr. Tambourine Man. Larry informs me that the sound is from the album version, while the visuals look as if they're from Don't Look Back. He adds: "The audio is not quite perfectly in sync with the video. Also the video cuts away to stills of Bob from different eras while some lines of trivia appear on the screen.  There is even some polite applause dubbed over the end of the song. The live footage only lasts about 1 minute 20 seconds."

Thanks to Larry Crum for information about this item and to Barry Dunnings for the scan.

Various Artists - "Rock 'N' Roll - The Greatest Years: 1963 - Buy It And Boogie", VHS: The Video Collection VC 4054 (UK)/Laserdisc: Videoarts VAL-3106 (Japan), Sep 1988:
Scans of the UK release required!

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 Videoarts VAL-3106 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers		 R-0077-3 Blowin' In The Wind - from the 1972 release The Concert For Bangladesh (see VHS & DVD 1970s), recorded live with George Harrison, Leon Russell and Ringo Starr, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 Aug 1971 (evening show)

This is obviously a wrong year recording that has been used in this video - photos from the packaging shown in the Sep 1992 "Record Collector" article mentioned at the top of this page include a picture of Bob from this performance!

Thanks to Dag Braathen and Larry Crum for information about this item. Larry says: "I have a US video from 1992 with this same title (different packaging) that contains no Dylan but does have 11 out of 16 tracks in common with the UK version. Perhaps copyright problems prevented the Dylan track from being included. However, I have now seen the Japanese release of this video, and it does contain the Bangladesh version of Blowin' In The Wind."

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans of the Japanese laserdisc, which also contains Blowin' In The Wind, and has a yellow front information sticker but no obi. The artwork doesn't include the 1971 picture of Bob.

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 Videoarts VAL-3106 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

Various Artists - "Rolling Stone: 20 Years Of Rock 'N' Roll", VHS: MGM/UA (USA), 1988/"Rolling Stone: 20 Years Of Rock" Castle Hendring CASH 5022 (UK), Oct 1989/Polygram Video (mainland Europe), 1989/Castle Hendring HEN 2 315 (UK), 1991/Laserdisc: Toshiba-EMI TOLW-3036 (Japan), 1988:
 UK video scans required! This release is in mono, even the laserdisc! The European VHS release was retitled just Rolling Stone: 20 Years Of Rock.

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 Toshiba-EMI TOLW-3036 Laserdisc (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers

R-0245 Tangled Up in Blue - video clip of live version from Renaldo and Clara, Boston, MA, 21 Nov 1975, evening show
This video clip later appeared in the CD+ version of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 3, 1995, and on a bonus DVD included with the Limited Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue, see 2002.

According to Artur Jarosinski, the clip is edited to around 2 minutes, with a voice over during the instrumental parts and harmonica solo, and between the verses you can see Lou Reed talking.

The other Dylan content in this video consists of the chorus lines of Like A Rolling Stone, with about 30 seconds of an instrumental version specially done for the film (presumably with no involvement by Bob), and a cover of Maggie's Farm by U2.

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Toshiba-EMI TOLW-3036 Laserdisc (Japan) with obi - scan by Michel Pomarede for Jean-Pierre Mercier

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 Toshiba-EMI TOLW-3036 Laserdisc (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers

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MGM/UA M201454 (USA/NTSC) -VHS insert
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 Toshiba-EMI TOLW-3036 Laserdisc (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers		 20YsRSLDJpnSide1.jpg (23991 bytes)
 Toshiba-EMI TOLW-3036 Laserdisc (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers


Polygram Video 632 648 3 (Europe/PAL) - scan by Artur Jarosinski

Thanks to Larry Crum for VHS catalogue numbers. Larry's US copy is MGM/UA M201454 as shown above, which dates the film as 1987, and has packaging copyright 1990, so what's shown above may not be the original US release - more information on copies required! Thanks to Hans Seegers for the further information and scans of the Japanese laserdisc.

John Lennon - "Imagine: John Lennon - The Definitive Film Portrait" - VHS release: Warner Home Video (catalogue number?) (USA), 1988; DVD release: Warner Home Video 72655 (USA), 2005:


Warner Home Video 72655 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada

There are three clips of Bob in the video of John Lennon's song God. These are from a 1966 interview, on stage in 1966 from Eat The Document (see VHS & DVD 1960s) and on stage at the 1969 Isle Of Wight Festival. The clips are minus their original sound.

For the 1992 John Lennon Video Collection which also includes this song, see VHS & DVD 1990s.

Thanks to Freddy Ordoñez Araque for information and to Jack from Canada for scans.
Warner Home Video 72655 (USA) - rear scan by Jack from Canada
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US VHS release
US VHS release - alternate cover

Various Artists - 1988 documentary film "A Vision Shared: A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly"- VHS release: Sony Music Video 490062 (USA), 1988/CMV Enterprises 01-049006-81 (UK), 1989; Laserdisc release: CBS/Sony 42LP 114 (Japan)/Columbia Music Video CMV 6632CB (USA), 1988; DVD release: CMV/Legacy CVD-49006 (USA), Oct 2000:
This documentary film is narrated by Robbie Robertson. Unaccountably, Bob's performance of Woody's Pretty Boy Floyd from the 1988 Columbia soundtrack album (see 1988) is missing!


CMV/Legacy CVD-49006 (USA) - US DVD release

R-0315-2 Song To Woody - excerpt from album version
Bob does not actually appear in the film performing this song, it plays over a series of stills in disc chapter 18 "Bob Dylan & Woody" as part of an interview recorded for this project with Bob talking to Ralph Rinzler about Woody Guthrie. Thanks to Larry Crum for the Sep 1992 UK "Record Collector" article listing this item. For a Columbia US audio promo album containing R-0315, see 1988.

Before the song Bob says: "Woody was like a particular sound and besides that he said something that seemed to be needed to be said, to go along with his sound. I like the way he played to say and I like the things that he said when he sang".

Over the complete version of the song, Bob says: "I started singing his songs. There was a time I did nothing but his songs. He's written so many and I knew them all! I think I  was a Woody Guthrie jukebox! I was completely taken over by him. By the spirit or whatever. I mean, he had so much to give, you know. He was like a link in the chain for me. You could listen to his songs and actually learn how to live. I think he did a whole lot more then he ever knew he did" (Thanks to Hans Seegers for transcript.)
CMV/Legacy CVD-49006 (USA) - front with sticker, scan by Jack from Canada

CMV/Legacy CVD-49006 (USA) - rear scan by Jack from Canada
US VHS release - front scan by David Plentus
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Columbia Music Video CMV 6632CB Laserdisc (Japan for USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers

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Columbia Music Video CMV 6632CB Laserdisc (Japan for USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers


CMV/Legacy CVD-49006 (USA) - front sticker scan by Jack from Canada

CBS/Sony 42LP 114 Laser disc (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen
CBS/Sony 42LP 114 Laser disc (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release)
CBS/Sony 42LP 114 Laser disc (Japan) - detail of rear, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release)
CBS/Sony 42LP 114 Laser disc (Japan) - disc scan by Wil Gielen (promo release)


CBS/Sony 42LP 114 Laser disc (Japan) - detail of disc, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release)
CMV/Legacy CVD-49006 (USA) - DVD scan by Jack from Canada

The UK VHS release was deleted in 1992. The US laserdisc shown was manufactured in Japan for release in the USA and Canada. The Japanese laserdisc shown is a promo, with a pink promo sticker on the rear sleeve and Japanese characters indicating a promo on the disc itself below "CD VIDEO LD" and "JASRAC". There is a buff coloured obi with black text with price ¥4, 200 (this is the meaning of the "42" in the catalogue number "42LP 114"). It has a four-page insert in English and Japanese.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Ole Lien and Paul Read for information and to David Plentus, Hans Seegers, Wil Gielen and Jack from Canada for scans.

Traveling Wilburys - "Handle With Care" - promo NTSC VHS video, Warner Bros (no catalogue number) (USA), 24 Oct 1988:

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Front of slipcase, photo by Jon McAuliffe		 R-0328-3 Handle With Care (The Traveling Wilburys) - album version of track from The Traveling Wilburys Volume One on  promo video

This promo NTSC VHS video in a generic slipcase from Warner Bros has the date "10-24-88". The slipcase is cut away to show the tape label.

For more occurrences of this Wilburys rarity see The Traveling Wilburys.

Thanks to Jon McAuliffe for information and photos.

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Tape label photo by Jon McAuliffe

1989

"Backtrack" also known as "Catchfire" (UK) and "Do It The Hard Way" (Australia) - feature film (USA), 1989; VHS video: Avid Home Entertainment (catalogue number?) (USA), 1990/"Director's Cut" by Dennis Hopper, Vestron Video (catalogue number?) (USA), 1992/First Independent VA 20125 (UK), May 1991; reissued as VA 30226, Apr 1992 (UK); DVD: Artisan Entertainment 11711 (USA), Apr 2001/Columbia Tri-Star Home Video ARD 11015 (UK), Jun 2001/Columbia Tri-Star 786673 (France), Sep 2002:


US VHS release (theatrical version)

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 US VHS release (1992 "Director's Cut" by Dennis Hopper)


UK VHS release "Catchfire" (now deleted)

Bob makes an uncredited cameo appearance as an chainsaw wielding "sculptor" in this film starring Dennis Hopper and Jodie Foster (see the top pf this page for picture). He is on screen for only a couple of minutes, although he has a few lines of dialogue.

The film was directed by Dennis Hopper, although the theatrical version is now credited to "Alan Smithee" because of disputed cuts made by the studio. In the UK and USA Hopper had his name now only on the out-of-print "Director's Cut". The UK DVD is sadly the edited version, although Bob's contribution remains in full!

Thanks to Larry Crum for the information.

Thanks also to Franck Faugere for the scans of the French DVD, which is 101 mins as opposed to 95 mins for the UK version. Dennis Hopper is listed as the director, and Bob is credited on the front of the jacket! I'm told the original Hopper version was substantially longer than this, however.

For Bob's appearance in another Dennis Hopper film, see Flashback below.
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Artisan 11711 (US) DVD release, picture from amazon.com

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Artisan ARD 11015 (UK) - DVD release "Catchfire" (95 mins) (my copy)


Artisan ARD 11015 (UK) - reverse of insert
Artisan 11711 (US) - DVD rear scan by Jack From Canada
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French DVD release "Catchfire" (front of insert) - scan by Franck Faugere

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French DVD release "Catchfire" (101 mins), Bob is credited on the front cover - scan by Franck Faugere

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French DVD release "Catchfire" (rear of insert) - scan by Franck Faugere


Artisan ARD 11015 (UK) - DVD


Artisan 11711 (US) - DVD scan by Jack From Canada

"Tour Europeo - Arena Di Verona" - live performance broadcast by Italian TV, Retequattro, June 1984, Italian commercial video (studio?) (catalogue number?), Jun 1989:
Information from Glen Dundas. This video was legal in Italy at the time of release; however Larry Crum informs me it is almost certainly unauthorised. For a longer entry, see Questionable Video.

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"Bob Dylan" - Avofilm release without R-0355, scan by Andrea Brillo		 The first two songs on this video were recorded at the Arena Di Verona, Italy, on 28 May 1984, the remaining four on the following night, 29 May 1984.

R-0350 Jokerman

R-0351 All Along The Watchtower

R-0352 Like A Rolling Stone

R-0353 The Times They Are A-Changin'

R-0354 Blowin' In The Wind

R-0355 Tombstone Blues

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