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: 01 January, 2012
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 - "Double Impact" - compilation CD, Dino Records DIN 213D
(Australia), 1992?:
Dino Records was an Australian budget label similar to K-Tel in the UK that
released unique compilations - this one features duets, as the title Double
Impact suggests. Another track on the
album is a version of Mr. Tambourine Man by Crowded House and Roger McGuinn.
![]() Dino Records DIN 213D (Australia) - front insert scan by Neale Judd |
R-0122-4 Sign Language (with
Eric Clapton) The lyrics have now been removed from bobdylan.com! This track is credited to "Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan & Robbie Robertson" - Robbie Robertson and the other Band members were present at the session. Other instances of R-0122 don't credit Robbie Robertson. Thanks to Neale Judd for information and scans. |
![]() Dino Records DIN 213D (Australia) - rear insert scan by Neale Judd |
![]() Dino Records DIN 213D (Australia) - inside of front insert scan by Neale Judd |
![]() Dino Records DIN 213D (Australia) - CD scan by Neale Judd |
Various Artists - "Guitar Legends In Concert" - 3CD radio station
disc set, Global Satellite
Network (no catalogue number) (USA), for broadcast 16-22 Mar 1992:
From the concert at Expo '92 in Seville, Spain, 17 Oct 1991, Bob appears on CD1 only.
![]() Scan of CD1 by Hans Seegers |
R-0432 All Along The Watchtower - with Jack Bruce R-0433 Shake, Rattle & Roll (Charles Calhoun) - with Keith Richards This concert including R-0432, R-0433 and more performances by Bob is now on an unauthorised 2008 DVD, Sunshine Of Your Love, see Questionable Video. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
![]() Cue sheet for disc 1 with track list showing Dylan songs - scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "Troubadours Of The Folk Era Volume One" - compilation CD, Rhino R2 70262 (USA), 1992:
![]() Rhino R2 70262 (USA) - long box front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0002-5 I'll Fly
Away (Albert E. Brumley) For a complete list of the compilations on which this track has appeared, also see 1962. Wil Gielen has a copy of the US release without the long box imported into Japan with an obi from MSI Tokyo record distributors. The black/white obi is dated 25 Apr 1996 and has price ¥2,500 (¥2,427 plus sales tax). As well as the 12 page stapled booklet in English there is a 12-page folded insert in English and Japanese. The rear insert of the US release has a "Rhino Incredible Collections" sticker missing from the copy imported into Japan. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
![]() Rhino R2 70262 (USA for Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
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![]() Rhino R2 70262 (USA for Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
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![]() Rhino R2 70262 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
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Various Artists - "Train Tunes" - promo compilation CD, Capitol DPRO-79317 (USA), 1992:
![]() Capitol DPRO-79317 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0077-5 Blowin' In The Wind
Capitol is part of EMI, as is Apple. For the original Apple album release and subsequent CD releases, see 1972. It's a stretch of the imagination to think of this song as a "train tune", unless the compiler was thinking of a train whistle! Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
![]() Capitol DPRO-79317 (USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Capitol DPRO-79317 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Doug Sahm - "Doug Sahm & Friends: The Best Of Doug
Sahm's Atlantic Sessions" - compilation CD, Rhino R2 71032 (USA), Aug 1992/Sequel
RSA-CD 813 (Germany), 1994:
All tracks recorded Oct
1972 at the Doug Sahm & Band album sessions (see
1972).
The US CD, now discontinued, came in a long box (this copy is still sealed); the
German CD was distributed throughout Europe.
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R-0090-4 (Is Anybody
Going To) San Antone (Dave Kirby-Glen Martin) R-0638-2 Poison Love (Elmer Laird) - Bob plays guitar (uncredited before 2003) R-0088-3 Wallflower R-0214-2 Dealer's Blues
(Doug Sahm) R-0151-2 Ain't That Loving You (D. Malone) - Bob is reputed to play on this track, first released on the Sir Douglas Band's Atlantic album Texas Tornado, 1973 R-0105-2 Tennessee
Blues (Robert Guidry - "Bobby Charles")
All of these tracks additionally appear on the 2003 Rhino Handmade 2CD compilation The Genuine Texas Groover, see 2003. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Nol Grint for information and scans. Nol Grint's copy came without the long box. |
![]() Rhino R2 71032 (USA) - long box rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Rhino R2 71032 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Rhino R2 71032 (USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Rhino R2 71032 (USA) - CD scan by Nol Grint |
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![]() Sequel RSA-CD 813 (Germany) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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The Beastie Boys - "Check Your Head", LP release: Grand Royal/Capitol 164-7 989 39 1 (USA), 1992; CD release: Grand Royal/Capitol CDP 7989 382 (USA), 1992:
"Paths Of Victory" - 8" acetate of Witmark demo, MPHC Reference Recording (no catalogue number) (USA), recorded 1963, offered for sale by auction, Dec 1992:
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Picture from "Isis" 46, Dec 1992/Jan 1993 |
R-0465 Paths Of Victory - Witmark demo (different from
version released in 1991 on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, see
International Album Releases) This is no longer a rarity because it was released officially in 2010 on the Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music set The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964. "MPHC" stands for “Music Publishers Holding Corporation,” of which Witmark was a part. Some sources give the date of this Witmark demo as Dec 1963, although the Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 version was recorded on Columbia Studios, New York, on 12 Aug 1963, which would place any publishing company demo somewhat earlier. This single-sided 8" acetate is housed in an "audiodisc" generic sleeve, see 7" Single Sleeves. Thanks to Derek Barker of "Isis" magazine for the information. For three 1963 MPHC acetates of Long Ago, Far Away, Quit Your Lowdown Ways and I'd Hate To Be You On That Dreadful Day, see 1963. For a 1964 MPHC acetate of I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met), see Mono Singles & EPs 1962-64. For a 1965 Columbia acetate of Positively 4th Street in an "audiodisc" sleeve, see Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1965. Tim Dunn saw an MPHC acetate with Let Me Die In My Footsteps at the Bob Dylan exhibition at the Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA, in Jan 2005. |
Promotional/Regular Items for 1992
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Stereo promo items for 1992 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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