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

Bob with Willie Nelson from the booklet with Willie's Columbia album
Across The Borderline
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!
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Revised: 22 April, 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 - "Superstar Concert Series"
- 2 radio station discs, Westwood One Radio Broadcast, Westwood One Show 93-01 (USA), broadcast
2-3 Jan 1993:
These two songs are also on the 1986 video Hard
To Handle, see VHS & DVD
1980s, and the
Westwood One Aug 1986 radio broadcast LPs, see 1986.
![]() Westwood One Show 93-01 (USA) - cue sheet scan by Franck Faugere |
R-0174-3 Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Sydney, Australia, 25 Feb 1986 R-0181-3 Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Sydney, Australia, 25 Feb 1986 (also on the 1986 video Hard To Handle, see VHS & DVD 1980s, and the 1986 Westwood One radio broadcast, see 1986) Thanks to Franck Faugere for information and scans. |
![]() Westwood One Show 93-01 (USA) - CD1 scan by Franck Faugere |
![]() Westwood One Show 93-01 (USA) - CD2 scan by Franck Faugere |
Various Artists - "Folk Generation - The Vanguard History Of American
Folk Music 1960/1978" - 2CD set: FNAC Music/Vanguard 662254 (France)/Cassette: FNAC
Music/Vanguard 664253, 1993:
FNAC is a record store chain in France/Belgium. The album tracks are all Newport Folk Festival live recordings.
The 2CD set contains 40 tracks, and all the tracks including Bob are on CD2. The
cassette contains 20 tracks, and has only R-0311 (previously thought to be
R-0021) and R-0022.
![]() FNAC Music/Vanguard 662254 (France) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0020-6 Ye Playboys
& Playgirls R-0311-5 With God On Our Side
R-0022-10 Blowin' In The Wind
These are the same three songs that appeared on several Vanguard and other LPs in the early 1970s - apparently they also appear on a European CD called Newport Folk Festival, more details of that required. (This name and content appeared in 1964 as the name of a Fontana UK 3LP set also called Newport Folk Festival and having the same three songs, again I need more information on that). I previously reported that We Shall Overcome (R-0023) was also on this album. In fact it's a version by Joan Baez, recorded at Miles College, Birmingham, AL, from her 1963 Vanguard album Joan Baez In Concert, Part 2. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Antoine Glemain for information and scans. |
![]() FNAC Music/Vanguard 662254 (France) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() FNAC Music/Vanguard 662254 (France) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() FNAC Music/Vanguard 664253 (France) - cassette inlay scan by Antoine Glemain (front) |
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![]() FNAC Music/Vanguard 664253 (France) - cassette inlay scan by Antoine Glemain (inside) |
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Harry Belafonte - "Gold: 20 Super Hits" - compilation CD, BMG/RCA 74321 15598 2 (Germany), 1993:
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(Huddie Ledbetter - "Leadbelly") Note Bob is actually credited on this release - see detail below! For details of the original album, see 1962. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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![]() BMG/RCA 74321 15598 2 (Germany) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() BMG/RCA 74321 15598 2 (Germany) - detail of rear insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
Harry Belafonte - "Simply The Best" -
compilation CD,
BMG/RCA 74321 147802 2 (France), 1993:
Hans Seegers informs me this CD was made in Germany for the French
market.
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R-0001-9 Midnight Special
(Huddie Ledbetter - "Leadbelly") For details of the original album, see 1962. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Harry Belafonte - "The Wonderful World Of Harry Belafonte" - compilation CD, Remember RMB 75632 (Portugal), 1993:
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(Huddie Ledbetter - "Leadbelly") For details of the original album, see 1962. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Nanci Griffith - "Other Voices, Other Rooms", Elektra CD 6144-2 (USA)/7599-61464-2 (Germany), Mar 1993:
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The US CD version of this album was originally released in a "long box". The Canadian release was in a regular jewel case. The German CD was distributed throughout Europe. R-0215 Boots Of Spanish Leather
The Dylan picture is from Auckland, New Zealand, in 1986, and is the one used for the covers of the various Band Of The Hand singles, see 1986. This track also appears on the Columbia Australia compilation Doin' Dylan (see 1995), the US Shout! Factory compilation Dylan Country (see 2004) and the US Putumayo compilation American Folk (see 2005). Thanks to Hans Seegers and Jack from Canada for information and scans. |
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Nanci Griffith - "Present Echoes"- promo CD, Elektra PRCD 8711-2 (USA), 1993:
Nanci Griffith - "Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness" - CD single, Elektra/MCA MCSTD 1743, CD single (UK), 1993:
Willie Nelson - "Across The Borderline", Columbia CK 52752 (USA)/BMG Record Club D-122205 (USA)/Columbia 472942 2 (UK), Mar 1993:
![]() Columbia 472942 2 (UK) - front (my copy) - Columbia CK 52752 (USA) is the same |
R-0216 Heartland
(Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson) Heartland also appeared on the US Columbia Legacy 1995 Willie Nelson boxed set Revolutions Of Time: The Journey 1975-1993 (see 1995). There is also an edit of the song on the VHS promo video of this album featuring Bob, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1. Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the US BMG Record Club edition - the only difference from the regular US edition CK 52752 is the sticker over the barcode on the rear insert (the picture CD is the same). The UK CD has black text only and two red panels. Across The Borderline was also included in
a 2004 Columbia Germany 7CD boxed set called Singer Songwriter
produced in association with magazine "Der Spiegel" which also contained
Blonde On Blonde (see below left). Thanks to Peter Schoefboeck for information. |
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![]() BMG Record Club D-122205 (USA) - rear scan by Jack from Canada |
![]() BMG Record Club D-122205 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Jack from Canada |
![]() Columbia CK 52752 (USA) - CD scan by Jack from Canada (BMG Record Club D-122205 is the same) |
![]() Columbia 472942 2 (UK) - rear insert (my copy) |
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![]() 2004 German Singer Songwriter boxed set - picture from "Der Spiegel" online shop |
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Carlene Carter - "Sweet Meant To Be" - limited
edition CD single, Giant Records
74321 17682 2 (West Germany),
Jun 1993:
Carlene Carter is the daughter of June Carter by her first marriage,
and stepdaughter of Johnny Cash.
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R-0218 Trust Yourself This non-album track was released only on a CD single Sweet Meant To Be (a track from her album Little Love Letters) distributed with the album in some European countries and sold separately in others. R-0218 also appeared on the 1996 Carlene Carter compilation CD Hindsight 20/20 (see 1996), and later on the 1997 BMG Various Artists compilations What's New Vol. 16.and May Your Song Always Be Sung (for both see 1997) Thanks to Wim van der Mark for initial information and to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for further information and scans. |
![]() Giant Records 74321 17682 2 (West Germany) - front sticker ("Gold or Love"), scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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![]() Giant Records 74321 17682 2 (West Germany) - CD scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
![]() Giant Records 74321 17682 2 (West Germany) - insert unfolded, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
![]() Giant Records 74321 17682 2 (West Germany) - detail from insert, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
![]() Giant Records 9 24499-2 (USA) - album front scan from amazon.com (no Dylan) |
Joan Baez - "Rare, Live & Classic" - 3CD boxed set, Vanguard VCD3 125-127 (USA), 31 Aug 1993:
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R-0219-2 Troubled And I
Don't Know Why This previously appeared on an acetate from late 1963/early 1964, see 1964. The performance is also included on the CD Songs From Sing Out! which accompanies Vol. 45 #3 (Fall 2001) issue of "Sing Out!" magazine (see 2001). R-0220-2 Mama, You've Been On My Mind
This previously appeared on a Columbia acetate (one of the "Goldmine acetates") which surfaced in 1980, see 1980. It was officially released for the first time on a Dylan album in Mar 2004 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Live 1964. R-0221-2 Blowin' In The Wind R-0219 and the former R-0220 are on CD1, R-0221 is on CD3. |
![]() Vanguard VCD3 125-127 (USA) - box back |
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Vanguard VCD3 125-127 (USA) - CD1 front insert |
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Vanguard VCD3 125-127 (USA) - CD1 |
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Vanguard VCD3 125-127 (USA) - CD3 front insert |
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Vanguard VCD3 125-127 (USA) - CD3 |
Joan Baez - "Selections from 'Rare, Live & Classic' " -
promo CD, Vanguard PRO-705 (USA), Aug 1993:
Even though this very rare promo
sampler is CD length with 11 tracks, it comes in a thin CD single jewel case,
with a single folded insert.
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R-0220-3 Mama, You've Been On My Mind
This previously appeared on a Columbia acetate (one of the "Goldmine acetates") which surfaced in 1980, see 1980. It was officially released for the first time on a Dylan album in Mar 2004 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Live 1964. R-0221-3 Blowin' In The Wind Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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![]() Vanguard PRO-705 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Vanguard PRO-705 (USA) - front insert unfolded, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Mr. D's Collection # 3" - promo compilation CD, SME (Sony Music Enterprises) XDCS 93133 (Japan),
1993:
Like the 1970s LP Mr. D's Collection
#1 (see 1974) and EP Mr. D's
Collection
#2 (see 1977), this limited release Japanese CD was given away
in a Sony album promotion, in this case by buying ten current Sony CDs within a
month and sending in the obis. It's one of
the highest priced Dylan CD collectables, though not as expensive as Dylan Ga
Rock (see below). Every track on this CD was a Dylan rarity until Nov 2002,
and even now only one track is released on CD in the USA.
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R-0054-7 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues- live at Liverpool, May
66, B-side of US 7"single I Want You (see 1966) R-0064-3 I Ain't Got No
Home (Woody Guthrie) - from Tribute To Woody Guthrie, 1972,
recorded Jan
1968, see 1972 R-0066-4 The Grand
Coulee Dam (Woody Guthrie) - from Tribute To Woody Guthrie, 1972,
recorded Jan 1968, see 1972 R-0084-10 George Jackson
("Big Band" version) - from 7" single, see 1971 R-0085-3 George Jackson
(Acoustic version) - 1971 single, see 1971 R-0130-5 Rita May - Desire out-take, released on singles Nov 1976/Jan
1977, see 1976/1977 R-0136-2 People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield) - - rehearsals, Studio Instrumental Rentals, New York, October 1975, from 4 Songs from "Renaldo & Clara" promo 12" single, 1978 R-0138-2 Never Let Me Go (Joseph Wade Scott) - version from 4 Songs from "Renaldo & Clara" promo 12" single, 1978, live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, The Forum, Montreal, Canada, 4 Dec 1975 R-0205-3 Dead Man, Dead Man - live from New Orleans, 10 Nov 1981, B-side of 1989 Columbia single (see 1989). Now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001) R-0191-5 The Usual (John Hiatt) - from the Hearts Of Fire soundtrack, 1987 R-0202-2 Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie) - from the Columbia Woody Guthrie/Leadbelly tribute album Folkways: A Vision Shared, see 1988. For the video and DVD releases see VHS & DVD 1980s |
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![]() SME XDCS 93133 ( Japan) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers (right spine pink) |
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![]() SME XDCS 93133 ( Japan) - rear insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (right spine red) |
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![]() SME XDCS 93133 ( Japan) - inside of rear insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() SME XDCS 93133 ( Japan) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
This CD also included:
R-0137-2 It Ain't Me Babe - live version from 4 Songs from "Renaldo & Clara" promo 12" single (see 1978), also released on European Dignity CD singles (see 1995). Finally released in the USA in Nov 2002 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue, see 2002
Don Handy considers that this performance is different from the Harvard performance which is on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue, and he suggest it actually comes from The Forum, Montreal, Canada, 4 Dec 1975. Both Glen Dundas and Olof Björner confirm the 20 Nov 1975 date, not 4 Dec 1975.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Les Kokay for information and to Hans Seegers and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans.
"Dylan Ga Rock [Dylan 'N' Rock]" - 2CD promo set in digipak,
SME (Sony Music Enterprises) XDCS 93111-2 (Japan), 1993:
Thanks to Anthony Perry for the digipak scans.
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This 28 track compilation over 2 CDs focuses on Bob's rock side and is cased in a superb 3 panel fold-out digipak with illustrations by popular Japanese cartoonist and Dylan fan Jun Miura, who also selected the tracks. The release was cancelled and only promotional copies were manufactured. Very few copies exist outside Japan and they fetch a high price if they become available. One of the most attractive and expensive Dylan rarities! The set includes three tracks from singles that were contained on the Japanese promo CD Mr. D's Collection # 3 (see above) and which were also on the 1978 Australian compilation Masterpieces (see 1978), plus the alternate take of From A Buick 6 from the original US and Japanese stereo pressings of Highway 61 Revisited (see 1965): R-0130-6 Rita May - Desire out-take released on 7" singles Nov 1976/Jan 1977, see 1976/1977 R-0054-8 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues- live at Liverpool, May 1966, B-side of 7" singles, see 1966. For more information about appearances of this performance, see Mr. D's Collection #3 above. R-0084-10 George Jackson ("Big Band" version) - from 7" singles, see 1971 R-0046-2 From A Buick 6 - alternate take with
harmonica intro (3:06),
see 1965 I am now positively informed that the version of Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? in this set is in mono, and not the stereo version unavailable on commercial CD. The version available as on Masterpieces (1978) and Biograph (1985, remastered CD reissue 1997) and the 2001 Essential Bob Dylan/Ultimate Bob Dylan compilations is also from the original single and still in mono! The stereo version can only be found on a CBS Spanish 7" single with Positively 4th Street (see 1972), and that is in a mispressed form. Thanks to Anthony Perry and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans. |
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![]() SME XDCS 93111-2 (Japan) - digipak scan by Anthony Perry |
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Jun Miura also created artwork for the Japanese edition of The Essential Bob Dylan, see 2000.CBS/Sony Japan limited edition LP Mr. D's Collection #1 (see 1974), and the CBS/Sony Japan limited edition EP Mr. D's Collection #2 (see 1977). This is its only appearance on CD!
Full tracklisting (thanks to Hans Seegers and Jean-Pol Hiernaux):
CD1 - Tombstone Blues; Subterranean Homesick Blues (original album version); Subterranean Homesick Blues (version from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I Go Mine) (live performance from Before the Flood); Maggie's Farm (live performance from Hard Rain); Outlaw Blues; It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat; I Wanna Be Your Lover (from Biograph); One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later); Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) (live performance from Self Portrait); Idiot Wind; If You Gotta Go, Go Now (from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); Odds And Ends (from The Basement Tapes); Highway 51; It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (live performance from Before the Flood); She Belongs To Me (live performance from Self Portrait); Rita May (B-side of single, R-0130); Union Sundown.
CD2 - Obviously 5 Believers; Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live version, B-side of single, R-0054); Absolutely Sweet Marie; George Jackson ("Big Band" version, R-0084); One Too Many Mornings (live performance from Hard Rain); Neighbourhood Bully; Foot Of Pride (from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); Unbelievable; Highway 61 Revisited; Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?; Political World; Jet Pilot [from Biograph); From A Buick 6 (alternate take with harmonica intro, R-0046); Frankie And Albert; Seven Days (from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); On A Night Like This; All Along The Watchtower; Bob Dylan's 115th Dream; I Threw It All Away (live performance from Hard Rain).
The Mystery Tramps - "Like A Rolling Stone" - CD single & 12" single, CD single: ä/Imago 72787 25037-2 (USA), Oct 1993:
Various Artists - "Club Series - October 1993" - promo compilation CD, Club 1993-10 (USA), 1993:
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R-0457-2 Like A Rolling Stone - rap version by the Mystery Tramps Thanks to Artur Jarosinski for this information. |
Stereo promo items for 1993 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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