A-E
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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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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: 08 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 -
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)
"Desire" - "Nice Price" UK reissues, CBS 32570 (LP), CBS 40-32570 (cassette), early 1990s:
 CBS/Columbia 40-32570 (UK) - front of cassette with "Nice Price" sticker, scan by Kenneth Robson |
R-0208 Oh, Sister - unfaded version with an uncensored exchange between Emmylou Harris and Bob
(this is cut on the normal LP and CD version)
Note the different track order from the LP/CD - Oh Sister is the final track on Side 2 of the cassette instead of Sara, which is the final track on Side 1. Kenneth Robson's copy has "Columbia" on the cassette inlay card, but "CBS" on the cassette itself. Thanks to Artur Jarosinski and Kenneth Robson for information and scans. |
 CBS 40-32570 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson |
 CBS/Columbia 40-32570 (UK) - front of cassette inlay with "Nice Price" catalogue, scan by Kenneth Robson |
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 CBS 40-32570 (UK) - Side 2 with R-0208, scan by Artur Jarosinski |
I'm informed by Ole Lien, who bought the cassette version of Desire on the strength of this listing, that the cassette currently available has the same catalogue number (40-32570) but a third running order - One More Cup Of Coffee is the last track on side 2 instead of Oh Sister shown above; Sara replaces it as the fourth track on Side 1, with Oh Sister in its expected place at the end of Side 1. Sadly Oh Sister on the current cassette release is no longer the unfaded version R-0208, so only a cassette with the running order shown has the rarity.
Thanks to Keith Venturoni for the information about the vinyl Nice Price release of Desire, from "On The Tracks", 15 Sep 2000, in the article "Foreign Editions Of Bob Dylan Albums" by Lars M. Banke (page 40). The LP must have a hand-written matrix number of "CBS 32570-A 5". Keith bought a copy in the UK with the matrix number "CBS 32750-A" (without the "5"). This does not have the uncut version of the track, nor to my knowledge does any other vinyl version. Scans required!
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - "Jack Elliott Plus Live" - stereo CD, King Records KICP-2027 (USA), 1990:
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R-0019-3 Will The Circle
Be Unbroken (traditional)  - Bob appears as
"Tedham Porterhouse" playing harmonica (stereo version)
For the original 1964 Vanguard album Jack Elliott, see 1964. The release includes the 1964 album plus 1965's Essential Jack Elliott, recorded live. R-0019 is also available on CD on the Vanguard Jack Elliott compilation albums The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliot (1976), Best Of The Vanguard Years (2000) and Vanguard Visionaries: Ramblin' Jack Elliott (2007), and also on the various artists compilation Vanguard Sessions: Folk Hits (1998). The album also includes Ramblin' Jack Elliott singing Diamond Joe, recorded by Bob on Good As I Been To You (1992). |
Various Artists - "Flashback: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'" -film soundtrack album, CD: WTG Records NK 46042 (USA); Cassette: WTG Records NT 46042 (USA), 1990:
 WTG Records NK 46042 (USA) - long box front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0201 People Get Ready
(Curtis Mayfield) - new performance recorded
especially for this soundtrack at New Belmont Studios, Bloomington, IN, 20
Nov 1989 This is not the same performance as R-0136 from the Columbia USA 4 Songs From Renaldo & Clara promo 12" single, 1978. For details of releases of Flashback on VHS and DVD, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 WTG Records NK 46042 (USA) - long box rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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Thanks to Jack from Canada for the scan of his CD which has a longer title. Hans Seegers' copy just has the title "FLASHBACK", while Jack's copy has the title "MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK 'FLASHBACK'". Thanks also to Jack for the scans of the cassette release.
Various Artists - "CBS Records Celebrates 30 Year In Pitman" - promo CD, CBS (no catalogue number) (USA), 1990:
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R-0462-2 The Times They Are A-Changin' - 35 second excerpt (the first verse) used in a special Columbia CD for internal circulation only (employees of CBS Records and Columbia House), released to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the CBS pressing plant in Pitman, New Jersey. The CD has 91 different clips of all kinds of music from CBS/Columbia/Sony (and small labels distributed by CBS) since the 1960s including crooners, country and western, jazz rock, folk rock rock, disco, soul etc. The length is about 62 minutes. The CD comes in a jewel case with no front insert. For the 10th Anniversary record released in 1970, see 1970. For the 20th anniversary record released in 1980, see 1980. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 30 Years In Pitman, CBS Records (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists -
"The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vols. 1 & 2"
- CD reissue,
Vanguard
KICP 2039 (Japan), 1990:
This
album is a single-CD 25-track compilation of the original stereo Vanguard albums
(Vol. 1 - VSD-79148, Vol. 2 - VSD-79149), see
1964. The CD front insert actually shows the covers of the two mono LPs,
Vanguard VRS-9148 and VRS-9149). It was released as part of the "Vanguard Folk
Revival 20" series. This material was released again the following year with
both albums in full in a 2CD set, Vanguard KICP 2110/1, see
1991.
 Vanguard KICP 2039 (Japan) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0022-8 Blowin' In The Wind
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 Vanguard KICP 2039 (Japan) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0023-3 We Shall
Overcome (Zilphia Horton/Frank Hamilton/Guy Carawan/Pete Seeger)
- Bob performs
with ensemble at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963
R-0607-5 This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie) - live with Pete Seeger and ensemble, Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 28 Jul 1963
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Doug Sahm - "The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975",
Mercury 846 586-2 (USA), 1990:
Recorded Oct
1972 at Doug Sahm & Band sessions.
 Mercury 846 586-2 (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0090-3 (Is Anybody
Going To) San Antone (Dave Kirby-Glen Martin) |
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 Mercury 846 586-2 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Also released on CD as follows:
Doug Sahm & Friends: The
Best Of Doug Sahm (Atlantic Sessions) - see 1992
Promo compilation CD Wex On Wax: A Tribute To Jerry Wexler, see 1999
Jesus' Son - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, see
2000 and VHS
& DVD 1990s Part 2
Rhino Handmade 2CD compilation
The Genuine Texas Groover, see 2003
Nascente Records UK 2CD
compilation
Bar Nashville: Classic & New Country
Flavours, see 2008
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Olav Langum for information and scans.
Steve Goodman - "Somebody Else's Troubles" - CD reissue, Sequel NEM CD 607 (UK), 1990, recorded Sep 1972:
Bob appears under the name of "Robert Milkwood
Thomas". For the original album without the bonus track see
1973.
 Sequel NEM CD 607 (UK) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0093-4 Somebody's
Else's Troubles (Steve Goodman)
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 Sequel NEM CD 607 (UK) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0111M-3 Election Year
Rag (Steve Goodman)
- Bob plays piano and provides harmony vocals (mono
version)
This track from the original 1972 sessions was included on this release as a bonus
track. For its original release as a single see 1972
and for The Essential Steve Goodman
2LP compilation see 1976. Thanks to Larry
Crum for the information that this track is in mono and therefore
R-0111M, not the stereo version R-0111 as originally listed.
This album was re-released by Buddha Records in 1999 in a remastered edition with different bonus tracks not including Election Year Rag!
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Most Of The Time" - promo CD single, Columbia CSK 73326 (USA), Apr 1990:
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CSK 73326 (USA) - front scan by David Plentus |
R-0209 Most Of The Time - not the 1989 Oh Mercy
version but a new version recorded for the promo video at the Record Plant, Hollywood,
CA, 16 Mar 1990, produced by Don Was (4:55) R-0362 Most Of The Time - radio edit of 1989 Oh Mercy
version (3:55) This promo single also contained the complete 1989 Oh Mercy version (5:01). |
 CSK 73326 (USA) - rear scan by David Plentus |
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 CSK 73326 (USA) - insert scan by David Plentus |
Thanks to Stuart Sonshine for correcting the recording date. Thanks to David Plentus for information and scans.
The Byrds - "Back Pages" - promo CD, Columbia Legacy CSK 2239 (USA), 1990:
This sampler contains 20 tracks from the 4CD boxed set below.
 Columbia Legacy CSK 2239 (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia Legacy CSK 2239 (USA) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia Legacy CSK 2239 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia Legacy PRO 621 (NL) - front scan from Steve Joyce |
R-0217 Mr. Tambourine Man
- with the Byrds,
recorded at the Roy Orbison Tribute Concert, Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA,
24 Feb 1990
Bob and The Byrds also performed He Was A Friend Of Mine (Bob's studio version from 1961 was released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991) and Roy Orbison's Only The Lonely, which were included in a TV broadcast in the USA on the Showtime Network, 30 Oct 1990, but are not officially released.
Sadly, the Dutch promo 7" single Columbia Legacy PRO 621 by The Byrds of Love That Never Dies and Mr. Tambourine Man contains the regular Byrds version of the B-side, not R-0217 - thanks to Nol Grint for information and to Steve Joyce for the scan.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
The Byrds - "The Byrds" - 4CD boxed set, Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA), 1990:
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - sticker on front of box (my copy) |
R-0217-3 Mr. Tambourine Man
- with the Byrds,
recorded at the Roy Orbison Tribute Concert, Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA,
24 Feb 1990 The set also includes the Byrds performing their version of Pete Seeger's Turn! Turn! Turn! from this concert as well as many Dylan covers. |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - detail from page 11 of booklet with picture of Bob at the Roy Orbison Tribute (my copy) |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - detail from page 11 of booklet with two more pictures, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773/CK 46965 (USA) - CD4 scan by Jack from Canada (orange) |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773/CK 46965 (USA) - CD4 scan (my copy, red) |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - top of booklet front (lower half is plain black) |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - front insert of CD4 "Final Approach" with R-0217 (reverse is plain white) |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - rear insert of CD4 |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773 (USA) - detail from page 16 of booklet with the Byrds and Bob live in 1965 (my copy) |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773/CK 46965 (USA) - detail of CD4, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia Legacy C4K 46773/CK 46965 (USA) - detail of CD4 (my copy) |
The 12" x 6" box itself is plain black, with an (unscannable) impressed Byrds logo. There is a 12" x 6" 56-page booklet, part of which is shown below. The CDs are in standard jewel cases. Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans. His CD4 is slightly different from mine, both in colour and in the different placing of the text "DIDP 074016" at the bottom.
Various Artists - "The Live Show" - radio station CD, Radio Today/ABC Radio Networks show #108 (USA), broadcast 30 Jul - 5 Aug 1990:
 The Live Show - generic CD front insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob's contribution was Mr.
Tambourine Man
- the live 1971 version from
The Concert For Bangladesh.
For the original 1972 Apple 3LP set and the original 1991 Epic 2CD release, see
1972.
For the remastered CD version with a bonus track, see
2005, (This performance is not in any of the video releases.) R-0078-3 Mr. Tambourine Man
For other programmes of The Live Show with Dylan album tracks, see 1980s and 1990s pages of International Alum Releases (Various Artists Compilations). Information and scans from Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson. |
 The Live Show #90-108 - cue sheet scan by Kenneth Robson |
 The Live Show #90-108 - CD scan by Kenneth Robson |
Various Artists - "The Live Show" - radio station CD, Radio Today/ABC Radio Networks show #117 (USA), broadcast 1 Oct 1990:
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The Live Show - generic CD front insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0209-2 Most Of The Time - not the 1989 Oh Mercy version but the new version recorded for the promo video at the Record Plant, Hollywood, CA, 16 Mar 1990, produced by Don Was This show was broadcast on 1 Oct 1990, duration one hour including commercials. The Live Show was produced by Radio Today Entertainment and was aired on ABC Radio Networks. For a Columbia promo CD with this version, see Apr 1990 above. For other programmes of The Live Show with Dylan album tracks, see 1980s and 1990s pages of International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 The Live Show #90-117 - cue sheet, scan by Hans Seegers |
 The Live Show #90-117 - CD, scan by Hans Seegers |
Promotional/Regular Items for 1990
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Stereo promo items for 1990 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. |
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