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.
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Revised: 16 September, 2024
Titles in red are not available on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com )
Key to symbols used:
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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-0181-4 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) |
Westwood One Show 93-01 (USA) - CD1 scan by Franck Faugere |
Westwood One generic paper sleeve - front scan by Gerd Rundel (rear is plain white) |
The two discs come in generic Westwood One paper sleeves, plain white on the rear.
Thanks to Franck Faugere and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
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 Music/Vanguard 662254 (France) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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. R-0020-6 Ye Playboys
And Playgirls - with Pete Seeger, recorded live
at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 28 Jul 1963, from the Vanguard album Newport Broadside (Topical Songs),
see 1964 (stereo version) |
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FNAC Music/Vanguard 662254 (France) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
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FNAC Music/Vanguard 662254 (France) - front insert unfolded, scan by Hans Seegers |
FNAC Music/Vanguard 664253 (France) - cassette insert scan by Antoine Glemain (front) |
FNAC Music/Vanguard 664253 (France) - cassette insert scan by Antoine Glemain (front continued) |
FNAC Music/Vanguard 664253 (France) - cassette insert scan by Antoine Glemain (inside) |
FNAC Music/Vanguard 664253 (France) - cassette insert scan by Antoine Glemain (inside continued) |
R-0311-5 With God On Our Side
- with Joan Baez (stereo version), from the
Vanguard album Newport Broadside (Topical Songs), see
1964
This performance is now known to have been recorded during the morning workshop
on 27 Jul 1963 and is not the performance from Joan's set at the evening concert
on 28 Jul 1963 (R-0021), and also not the performance from the afternoon
workshop on 26 Jul 1963 as originally stated here. The real R-0021 was not
actually released until 2005 - for video footage of this performance see
both the
2005 US Columbia/Legacy DVD No Direction Home - Bob Dylan (see
VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3) and the 2007 US Columbia/Legacy DVD The Other Side Of The Mirror: Bob
Dylan Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965 (see VHS
& DVD 2000s Part 4). The performance released in 1997 on the Joan Baez Live At
Newport CD is from 1964 (R-0253, see 1997). The
performance from the Newport Broadsides (Topical Songs) album (see
1964) has been renumbered R-0311. Thanks to Larry Crum and Bob Stacy for
information.
R-0022-11 Blowin' In The Wind - recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from the Vanguard album Evening Concerts At Newport Vol. 1, see 1964 (stereo version)
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 (my UK stereo copy is Fontana STFL 6035). |
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Antoine Glemain for information and scans.
Harry Belafonte - "Gold: 20 Super Hits" - compilation CD releases: BMG/RCA 74321 15598 2 (Germany), 1993 (Regular Edition)/ BMG/RCA 79 696 1 (Germany), 1993 (Club Edition); compilation cassette release: BMG/RCA 74 628 9 (Germany), 1993:
CD releases: BMG/RCA 74321 15598 2 (Germany), 1993 (Regular Edition)/ BMG/RCA 79 696 1 (Germany), 1993 (Club Edition):
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R-0001-12 Midnight Special (Huddie Ledbetter "Lead Belly") - Bob plays harmonica on the title track of Harry Belafonte's 1962 The Midnight Special album (stereo version) Bob is actually credited on both the CD and cassette inserts of this TV advertised release - see detail scans. As well as the regular CD edition there was a Club Edition with a different catalogue number. For details of the original album, see 1962. |
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BMG/RCA 74321 15598 2 (Germany) - CD scan by Hans Seegers (regular edition) |
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BMG/RCA 79 696 1 (Germany) - CD front scan by Peter Oudejans (Club Edition) |
BMG/RCA 79 696 1 (Germany) - CD rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans (Club Edition) |
BMG/RCA 79 696 1 (Germany) - detail of CD rear insert, scan by Peter Oudejans (Club Edition) |
BMG/RCA 79 696 1 (Germany) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans (Club Edition) |
BMG/RCA 79 696 1 (Germany) - detail of CD, scan by Peter Oudejans (Club Edition) |
BMG/RCA 74321 15598 2 (Germany) - detail of CD, scan by Hans Seegers (regular edition) |
Cassette release:
BMG/RCA
74 628 9
(Germany), 1994
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Ronald Born and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
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-0001-13 Midnight Special
(Huddie Ledbetter "Lead Belly") - Bob plays harmonica on the
title track of Harry Belafonte's 1962 The Midnight Special album (stereo
version) For details of the original album, see 1962. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Peter Oudejans for information and scans. |
BMG/RCA 74321 147802 2 (France) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
BMG/RCA 74321 147802 2 (France) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
Harry Belafonte - "The Very Best Of Harry Belafonte" - compilation 4CD set, Reader's Digest/BMG B 93001 BB/3 (France), 1993:
Reader's Digest/BMG B 93001 BB/3 (France) - front insert scan by Ger Hemel |
This 4CD set from Reader's Digest has discs
that were made in France by PDMC. It comes in a double-width jewel case with
an eight-page stapled booklet. The four CDs contain two Belafonte albums
each. CD1 has Belafonte's Greatest Hits
and Try To Remember,
which includes R-0001.
R-0001-14 Midnight Special
(Huddie Ledbetter "Lead Belly") - Bob plays harmonica on the
title track of Harry Belafonte's 1962 The Midnight Special album (stereo
version) |
RCA Victor 91399-6 (West Germany, 1982) - picture from www.discogs.com (no Dylan, but cover of Mr. Bojangles) |
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Reader's Digest/BMG B 93001 BB/3 (France) - rear insert scan by Ger Hemel |
Reader's Digest/BMG B 93001 BB/3 (France) - outside of unfolded booklet, scan by Ger Hemel |
Reader's Digest/BMG B 93001 BB/3 (France) - inside pages of booklet, scan by Ger Hemel |
Reader's Digest/BMG B 93001 BB/3 (France) - CD1 scan by Ger Hemel (includes R-0001) |
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Reader's Digest/BMG B 93001 BB/3 (France) - detail of CD1, scan by Ger Hemel ("MADE IN FRANCE BY PDMC") |
Reader's Digest/BMG B 93001 BB/3 (France) - inside pages of booklet, scan by Ger Hemel |
Reader's Digest/BMG B 93001 BB/3 (France) - CD2 scan by Ger Hemel (no Dylan) |
Reader's Digest/BMG B 93001 BB/3 (France) - CD3 scan by Ger Hemel (no Dylan) |
Reader's Digest/BMG B 93001 BB/3 (France) - CD4 scan by Ger Hemel (no Dylan) |
The only Belafonte album I can find called Try To Remember was released in West Germany by RCA Victor in 1982. It doesn't contain R-0001, but it does have Mr. Bojangles, covered by Bob on the 1973 Dylan album. CD1 also includes Mr. Bojangles in the Try To Remember tracks.
Thanks to Ger Hemel for information and scans.
Harry Belafonte - "The Wonderful World Of Harry Belafonte" - compilation CD, Remember RMB 75632 (Portugal), 1993:
R-0001-15 Midnight Special
(Huddie Ledbetter "Lead Belly") - Bob plays harmonica on the
title track of Harry Belafonte's 1962 The Midnight Special album (stereo
version) For details of the original album, see 1962. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Nanci Griffith - "Other Voices, Other Rooms"
- CD releases: Elektra CD 61464-2
(USA/Canada), Mar 1993; MCA MCD 10796 (UK), Mar 1993; Elektra 7599-61464-2 (Germany),Mar
1993, re-released 1995; Elektra 61464-2 (Australia), 1993:
Nanci sadly died on 13 Aug 2021 aged only 68.
Elektra CD 61464-2 (USA/Canada), 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. |
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Elektra CD 61464-2 (USA) - long box rear, scan by Hans Seegers |
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Elektra CD 61464-2 (USA) - detail of rear insert, scan by Hans Seegers
(long box edition)
Elektra CD 61464 (USA) - detail of rear insert, picture from
www.discogs.com
Elektra CD 61464-2 (Canada) - detail of rear, scan by Jack from Canada
R-0215 Boots Of Spanish Leather - Bob plays harmonica on Nanci's cover of his composition from The Times They Are A-Changin'. 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).
The Dylan picture in the front insert booklet (see German release below) is from Auckland, New Zealand, in 1986, and is the one used for the fronts of the various Band Of The Hand singles, see 1986.
MCA MCD 10796 (UK), Mar 1993:
MCA MCD 10796
(UK) - detail of rear insert
Elektra 7599-61464-2 (Germany), Mar 1993, re-released 1995:
Elektra 7599-61464-2 (Germany) - detail of rear insert, scan by Hans Seegers
(1993 release - "Made in Germany")
Elektra 7599-61464-2 (Germany) - detail of rear of card sleeve, scan
by Manuel García Jara (1995 release - "Made in Germany")
Omagatoki SC 2134/Elektra 7599-61464-2 (Germany for Japan), Mar 1993:
This copy sold in Japan is the 1993 German release in a jewel case with a wrap-around obi. The obi was made by the Japanese record label Omagatoki (Dusk) and has price ¥2,500 (¥2,427 plus tax) and is dated 1993. Omagatoki was a subsidiary label of the Japanese record store chain Shinseido, who also imported US CDs into Japan and added obis.
Elektra 61464-2 (Australia), 1993:
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Elektra 62235-2 (USA, 1998) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for information that Nanci's 1998 follow-up album Other Voices Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful) contains three covers of songs associated with Bob Dylan: He Was A Friend Of Mine (released on The Bootleg Series Vols.1-3), Hard Times (released on Good As I Been To You) and Deportees (sung live with Joan Baez during the 1976 leg of the Rolling Thunder Revue).
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Jack from Canada, Manuel García Jara, Stuart Moore and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Nanci Griffith - "Other Voices, Other Rooms" - stereo cassette release: MCA 10796 (Australia), Mar 1993:
Nanci Griffith - "Present Echoes"- promo CD, Elektra PRCD 8711-2 (USA), 1993:
Elektra 62235-2 (USA) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for information that Other Voices, Present Echoes, the promo 2CD version of Nanci's 1998 follow-up album Other Voices Too (A Trip Back To Bountiful) also contains three covers of songs associated with Bob Dylan: He Was A Friend Of Mine (released on The Bootleg Series Vols.1-3), Hard Times (released on Good As I Been To You) and Deportees (sung live with Joan Baez during the 1976 leg of the Rolling Thunder Revue). Note the 1993 album on the left of the picture (not present on the commercial front)! CD1 contains original versions of some of the songs including He Was A Friend Of Mine performed by Dave van Ronk, CD2 is the commercial album. |
Nanci Griffith - "Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness" - CD single, Elektra/MCA MCSTD 1743, CD single (UK), 1993:
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This CD single has a fold-out cover with two folds.
R-0215-3 Boots Of Spanish Leather - Bob plays harmonica on this cover of his composition included on the single from the Other Voices, Other Rooms album.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Willie Nelson - "Across The Borderline", promo and commercial CD releases: Columbia CK 52752 (USA/USA for Canada)/BMG Record Club D-122205 (USA)/Columbia 472942 2 (UK), Mar 1993; Columbia/Gallo Records CDCOL 4058 K (South Africa), 1993:
Columbia CK 52752 (USA/USA for Canada)/BMG Record Club D-122205 (USA):
Columbia CK 52752 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada (BMG Record Club D-122205 is the same) |
R-0216 Heartland
(Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson) - Bob duets with Willie on this co-written song, lyrics
on
bobdylan.com
here. Heartland also appeared on the Norwegian Polydor compilation CD The Country Collection (see below), on the US Columbia Legacy 1995 Willie Nelson boxed set Revolutions Of Time: The Journey 1975-1993 (see 1995), on the 2CD Universal Holland compilation That's Country (see 1998), on the 2CD Universal Holland compilation That's Country (see 1998) and on the Sony Music/Reclam Music Edition Germany compilation CD All About Americana (see 2015). There is also an edit of the song on the VHS promo video of this album featuring Bob, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1. |
Columbia CK 52752 (USA for Canada) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
Columbia CK 52752 (USA for Canada) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
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Columbia CK 52752 (USA for Canada) - rear insert sticker scan by Peter Oudejans |
Columbia CK 52752 (USA for Canada) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
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Columbia CK 52752 (USA) - detail of rear of promo digipak, scan by Jack from Canada |
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 |
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Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the US Columbia promo CD release in a digipak (the standard US release is in a jewel case) plus 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 release sold in Canada is the US release imported by Sony Music Canada Inc. with a sticker on the rear insert.
Columbia 472942 2 (UK):
Columbia/Gallo Records CDCOL 4058 K (South Africa):
Thanks to Jack from Canada, Peter Schoefboek and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Willie Nelson - "Across The Borderline", stereo cassette release: Columbia 472942 4 (NL), Mar 1993:
This cassette release has a long folded insert with the lyrics on the inside. The cassette is clear grey with red Columbia paper labels.
Thanks to Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
Various Artists - "4 Albums Pour Une Écoute [4 Albums For A Listen]", promo CD release: Versailles SAMPCD 1796 (France), 1993:
Versailles SAMPCD 1796 (France) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
This promo CD compilation exclusive to France contains two tracks from each of four contemporary Versailles/Columbia CDs. The artists are Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Rosanne Cash and Mary Chapin Carpenter. The Willie Nelson tracks include the Dylan rarity from Across The Borderline above. The CD was made in Austria. R-0216-2 Heartland (Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson) - Bob duets with Willie on this co-written song, lyrics on bobdylan.com here. |
Versailles SAMPCD 1796 (France) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
Versailles SAMPCD 1796 (France) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "The Country Collection" - compilation CD release: Polydor 516 242-2 (Norway), 1993:
Polydor 516 242-2 (Norway) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
This CD compilation exclusive to Norway
again includes the Dylan rarity from
Across The Borderline above. R-0216-3 Heartland (Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson) - Bob duets with Willie on this co-written song, lyrics on bobdylan.com here. Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans. |
Polydor 516 242-2 (Norway) - rear scan by Peter Oudejans |
Polydor 516 242-2 (Norway) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
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,
stepdaughter of Johnny Cash and stepsister of Roseanne Cash.
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R-0218 Trust Yourself - Bob contributes backing vocals for Carlene Carter on her version of the song from Empire Burlesque, recorded at Huh Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Jan 1993 This non-album bonus 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). The CD single has a blue circular sticker with white text "Geld oder Liebe [Money or Love]". Thanks to Dr. Hanns Peter Bushoff for information that "Geld oder Liebe" was a German TV show with musical guests that ran from 1989 to 2001. The sticker implies that Carlene had performed on the show around the time the single was released. |
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Giant Records 74321 17682 2 (West Germany) - front sticker ("Money or Love"), 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 of insert, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
Giant Records 74321 17682 2 (West Germany) - CD scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
Giant Records 9 24499-2 (USA) - album front picture from www.amazon.com (no Dylan) |
Thanks to Wim van der Mark for initial information and to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for further information and scans.
Joan Baez - "Rare, Live & Classic" - 3CD boxed sets, Vanguard VCD3 125/127 (USA), 31 Aug 1993; Vanguard/ZYX Music VCD 125/127 (Germany), 1993:
Vanguard VCD3 125/127 (USA):
This Vanguard 3CD retrospective compilation from Joan Baez includes three duets with Bob, two of which are incorrectly dated. R-0219-2 Troubled And I Don't Know Why - guesting at a Joan Baez concert, Forest Hills, New York, 17 Aug 1963 - this is the one track that is correctly dated! 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). |
Vanguard VCD3 125/127 (USA) - sticker from box front |
Vanguard VCD3 125/127 (USA) - booklet inside page showing Bob |
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Vanguard VCD3 127 (USA) - outside of unfolded CD1 front insert (inside is blank) |
Vanguard VCD3 125 (USA) - CD1 (with R-0219 and the former R-0220) |
Vanguard VCD3 125 (USA) - CD2 rear insert (no Dylan) |
Vanguard VCD3 125 (USA) - CD2 |
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Vanguard VCD3 127 (USA) - outside of unfolded CD3 front insert (inside is blank) |
Vanguard VCD3 127 (USA) - CD3 (with R-0221) |
Two solo songs by Bob from the 1973 Forest Hills show, Only A Pawn In Their Game (R-0891) and A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (R-0892), appeared on a Riverside Records 12" acetate LP, see 2011. The acetate LP also has Joan singing All My Trials and We Shall Overcome. The 1964 acetate above also includes Bob and Joan duetting on Blowin' In The Wind (R-0377).
R-0220-2 Mama, You've Been On My Mind - with Joan Baez guesting at a Dylan concert, Philharmonic Hall, New York City, 31 Oct 1964 (wrongly dated as Forest Hills, New York, 8 Aug 1964, where Bob guested at Joan's concert)
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 Blowin' In The Wind
- with Joan Baez in the Rolling Thunder Revue, Fort
Collins, CO, 23 May 1976 (wrongly dated as Fort Worth, TX, 16 May
1976)
This performance appeared in the Hard Rain TV special but was reportedly
not included on the Columbia album because of contractual difficulties, see
VHS & DVD 1970s.
R-0219 and the former R-0220 are on CD1, R-0221 is on CD3. CD1 also contains House Of The Risin' Sun and Joan's cover of With God On Our Side. CD3 also contains Diamonds And Rust, Joan's song about Bob, plus her covers of Forever Young, Farewell Angelina and A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall.
I Pity The Poor Immigrant, also performed by Bob Dylan with Joan Baez in the Rolling Thunder Revue, Fort Collins, CO, 23 May 1976, is now officially released on the Joan Baez CD and DVD How Sweet The Sound, 2009 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4 (R-0757). For the Vanguard release Joan Baez Live At Newport with two more duets with Bob and two more Dylan covers, see 1997.
Vanguard/ZYX Music VCD 125/127 (Germany):
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
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.
R-0220 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
- with Joan Baez in
the Rolling Thunder Revue, Fort Collins, CO, 23 May 1976
For full details see Rare, Live & Classic above.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Dylan Ga Rock [DylanがRock/Dylan
'N' Rock]" - 2CD promo set in digipak, Sony Records XDCS 93111-2 (Japan), 1993:
Thanks to Anthony Perry for the digipak scans.
This 28 track compilation over 2 CDs focuses on Bob's rock side and is cased in a superb three 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 below) 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-0130-8 Rita May
(Bob Dylan/Jacques Levy) - Desire out-take released on 7" singles Nov 1976/Jan 1977, see
1976/1977,
lyrics on bobdylan.com
here
R-0130 is also on PRG 52, an Italian promo
compilation
(see 1977), on the 1978 Japanese/Australian compilation Masterpieces,
see 1978, and the Japanese release
Mr. D's Collection #3 below. R-0130 appeared on the Sony Music Bob Dylan Custom Mix
CD web-site, Apr 2003, see Online Performances (Other). It was also one of the 42 rarities included
for download with the Aug 2006 Apple iTunes Bob Dylan
Collection, also see Online Performances
(Other). It is now also released on the 2010 version of Dylan
Ga Rock (see 2010)
R-0054-7 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - live at
Liverpool, May 1966 (5:41), B-side of 7" singles, see 1966.
This live version, never released on a regular Columbia album, is also on the Japanese promo LP Mr. D's Collection #1 (see
1974), the Japanese
promo EP Mr. D's Collection #2 (see
1976), the 1978 Australian set Masterpieces
(see 1978), and the
Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History (see
2005). It's also on Dylan Ga
Rock (see below and 2010). Sadly, it does not appear on the B-side of a withdrawn CBS
Spanish EP (see 1972), because the record was
mispressed with It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry from Highway
61 Revisited instead! This track is now one of the 42 rarities included for download with the Aug 2006 Apple
iTunes Bob Dylan
Collection, see Online Performances
(Other), and is also on
the Columbia/Legacy USA/Europe 36CD set
The 1966 Live Recordings, Nov
2016.
All versions are still in mono as originally recorded.
Fred Muller says the version
on the Columbia/Legacy USA/Europe 36CD set
The 1966 Live Recordings
is not only longer at 6:51, but slightly clipped at the beginning when compared with the versions on Masterpieces and The Band: A Musical History.
This is confirmed by Peter Coulthard and Roger Ford, who say that the first two
bars of the performance on the 1966 mono single and subsequent releases of
R-0054 up to 2016 were spliced in from the
performance of Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues from the ABC Theatre, Belfast,
Northern Ireland, 6 May 1966!
This was however not
done by Richard Alderson who recorded both shows.
In a Jan 2017 email conversation between Richard and Peter Coulthard, Richard
said that he handed all his 7" Nagra reels over to Howard Alk at the end of the
tour and never saw them again. It's possible that the splice was done by
Mike Claydon of I.B.C. Recording Studios, London, who was contracted by Columbia
to make four recordings from
Sheffield, 16 May 1966,onwards, or maybe by
Columbia engineers in the USA, although the time scale is unbelievably short. This means that track 8 on CD14 of
The 1966 Live Recordings
is not the same as R-0054, and now has a new R-number, R-1906.
R-0084-11 George Jackson
("Big Band" version)
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lyrics on bobdylan.com
here,
from 7" singles,
see 1971
This track is not on the 2010 release of Dylan Ga Rock. For other
appearances of R-0084 on LP and CD compilations, also see 1971.
R-0046-2 From A Buick 6
- alternate take 4 with
harmonica intro (3:06),
see 1965
This is this track's only appearance on an officially released CD. It was, of
course, the "standard release" of the track in Japan, so not a Japanese rarity!
This track is not on the 2010 release of Dylan Ga Rock.
Take 4 has now been released on The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg
Series Vol. 12 (6CD Deluxe Edition) CD2, track 19, and The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg
Series Vol. 12 (18 CD Collector's Edition) CD6, track 4. Because the 6CD
Deluxe Edition is widely available, R-0046 is no longer a rarity.
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 R-0513 unavailable on commercial CD until 2015. The version available as on Masterpieces (1978) and Biograph (1985, remastered CD reissue 1997) and the 2000/2001 Essential Bob Dylan/Ultimate Bob Dylan compilations is also from the original single and still in mono! The single version released in Nov 2015 on the 18CD Collector's Edition of The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 (CD10, track 12) is in stereo and has been remixed from the original tapes. R-0513 will still remain a rarity, because of the limited availability of this massive set.
Thanks to Moise Potié for information and to Anthony Perry, Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Wil Gielen for scans. Thanks to Michio Kinoshita for news that Sony Music Japan are planning to release a new version of this 2CD compilation on 10 Mar 2010! Full details are included in 2010.
Sony Records XDCS 93111-2 (Japan) - inside of digipak, scan by Anthony Perry |
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Jun Miura photo from secondhandsongs.com |
As can be seen in 1993 Jun Miura also created extremely collectable Dylan memorabilia such as posters using the design from the Dylan Ga Rock booklet and a "One More Cup of Coffee" coffee mug. Jun Miura also drew the artwork for the 2003 Japanese edition of The Essential Bob Dylan, see International Album Releases (Regular) and the 2004 Japan-only Dylan compilation Iden & Tity, see International Album Releases (Dylan-Only Compilations) 2000s. He uses the same Bob in hat and shades image for all three and in his "Iden & Tity" comic books! There is also a "Dylan Ga Rock" book, published in Japan by Byakuya Shobo on 20 Aug 2006. It's actually called the "Miura Jun Magazine Vol. 1" but there have been no subsequent issues. |
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Sony Records MHCP 166 (Japan, 2004) - "Iden & Tity" film soundtrack album (my copy) |
1993 Dylan coffee mug by Jun Miura, photo by Wil Gielen (other side) |
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Sony Music House MHCP 30-31 (Japan, 2003) - wrap-around obi with drawing by Jun Miura for The Essential Bob Dylan (my copy - note Jun Miura pictured at bottom left) |
2006 "Dylan Ga Rock" book by Jun Miura, front scan by Wil Gielen |
2006 "Dylan Ga Rock" book by Jun Miura, rear scan by Wil Gielen |
2006 "Dylan Ga Rock" book by Jun Miura, page 77 scan by Wil Gielen |
2006 "Dylan Ga Rock" book by Jun Miura, page 97 scan by Wil Gielen |
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).
"Mr. D's Collection # 3" - promo compilation CD,
Sony Records XDCS 93133 (Japan),
1993:
Like the 1970s LP Mr. D's Collection
#1 (see 1974) and EP Mr. D's
Collection
#2 (see
1976), 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 above). 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-0054-8 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
(5:39) - live at Liverpool, May
66, B-side of US 7"single I Want You (see 1966) |
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Sony Records XDCS 93133 (Japan) - inside of rear insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
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Sony Records XDCS 93133 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers (right spine pink) |
Sony Records XDCS 93133 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (right spine red) |
Sony Records XDCS 93133 (Japan) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0064-3 I Ain't Got No
Home (Woody Guthrie) (3:44) - from Tribute To Woody Guthrie, 1972,
recorded Jan
1968, see 1972
This performance also appears on the Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History (see
2005).
R-0066-4 The Grand
Coulee Dam (Woody Guthrie) (2:56) - from Tribute To Woody Guthrie, 1972,
recorded Jan 1968, see 1972
Now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob
Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances,
see 2001.
R-0084-12 George Jackson
("Big Band" version) (5:32) -
lyrics on bobdylan.com
here, from 7" single, see 1971
For other appearances of R-0084 on LP and CD compilations, also see 1971.
R-0085-3 George Jackson
(Acoustic version) (3:38) - 1971 single, see 1971
This was the first CD appearance of this rarity! It was released on the 1974 Japanese limited release LP Mr D's Collection #1
(see 1974).
It has since been released on a "Limited
Tour Edition Bonus Disc" with the 3CD compilation The Essential Bob Dylan
in Holland (see 2003), and is now
also included on the Light In The Attic US
release Listen, Whitey! The
Sounds Of Black Power 1967-74 (see
2012), on Side Tracks, the
bonus 2CD set of previously released non-album tracks with The Complete Album Collection Vol. One
(see 2013), and on
the Sony Music Holland 2CD release Top 40 Bob Dylan (see
2019).
R-0130-9 Rita May
(Bob Dylan/Jacques Levy) (3:11) - Desire out-take, released on singles Nov 1976/Jan
1977, see 1976/1977,
lyrics on bobdylan.com
here
This track also appears on PRG 52, an Italian promo
compilation
(see 1977), on the 1978 Japanese/Australian compilation Masterpieces
(see 1978).
It's also on the 1993 Japanese promo-only release Dylan Ga
Rock (see below). R-0130 also appeared on the Sony Music Bob Dylan Custom Mix
CD web-site, Apr 2003, see Online Performances (Other). It was also one of the 42 rarities included
for download with the Aug 2006 Apple iTunes Bob Dylan
Collection, also see Online Performances
(Other). It is now also released on the 2010 version of Dylan
Ga Rock (see 2010)
R-0136-3 People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield) (2:45) - rehearsals, Studio Instrumental Rentals, New York, October 1975, from 4 Songs from "Renaldo & Clara" promo 12" single, 1978
R-0137-3 It Ain't Me Babe (5:14) - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Harvard Square Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 20 Nov 1975, from 4 Songs from "Renaldo & Clara" promo 12" single (see 1978), also released on European Dignity CD singles (see 1995). The version released in Nov 2002 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue, is a remix, so R-0137 remains a rarity. Thanks to Larry Crum for pointing this out.
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 suggests 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.
R-0138-2 Never Let Me Go (Joseph Wade Scott) (2:49)- 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 (3:55) - live from Saenger Performing Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 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) (3:33) - from the Hearts Of Fire soundtrack, 1987
R-0202-2 Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie) (4:36) - from the Columbia Woody Guthrie/Lead Belly tribute album Folkways: A Vision Shared, see 1988. For the video and DVD releases see VHS & DVD 1980s
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Les Kokay for information and to Hans Seegers and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans.
The Mystery Tramps - "Like A Rolling Stone" - CD single: ä/Imago 72787 25037-2 (USA), Oct 1993; 12" single: ä/Imago 25037-1DJ (USA), Oct 1993
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R-0457 Like A Rolling Stone
- this rap version contains
several samples of the original song from Highway 61 Revisited. The 12" and CD singles contain four different mixes of the track (scans of the 12" single required!) The versions are:
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ä/Imago 72787 25037-2 (USA) - CD single rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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ä/Imago 25037-1DJ (USA) - 12" single A-side photo from www.discogs.com |
Bob was played this at an interview and said "That's not me!"
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Jack from Canada for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Club Series - October 1993" - promo compilation CD, Club Series 1993-10 (USA), Oct 1993:
Promotional/Regular Items for 1993
Stereo promo items for 1993 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. |
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (1993) |
World Gone Wrong (1993) |
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