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: 02 April, 2008
Titles in red are not available
on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com
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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)
Carolyn Hester - "Carolyn Hester" - CD reissue of her 1962 self-titled
Columbia album with bonus tracks, Columbia/Legacy CK 57310 (USA), Jan
1994:
Ian Woodward gives the US cassette release as Columbia/ Legacy CT 57310.
For the original US/UK and later Japanese LP releases see 1962.
For a German Bear Family 2CD compilation containing all these five tracks, see
1995. The 1994 CD insert uses the original 1962 US cover
from the stereo LP release - the text in the bottom right-hand corner is "A
classic album reissue with unreleased bonus tracks".
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Bob plays harmonica on five tracks recorded Sep 1961. I'm informed by Rob van Estrik that the album has not only been remastered, but also remixed, so that Bob's harmonica contribution on R-0002/3/4 is now more prominent than on the original album. R-0002-5 I'll Fly Away (Albert E. Brumley)
R-0222 I'll Fly Away (Albert E. Brumley)
R-0003-2 Come Back, Baby (traditional) R-0223 Come Back, Baby (traditional)
R-0004-4 Swing And Turn
Jubilee (traditional) Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for further information and scans. |
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| Jack from Canada has a promo copy of this CD released to radio stations. It has a hole punched through the rear insert obscuring the barcode, and a sticker from MJI Broadcasting Inc. |
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![]() Columbia/ Legacy CK 57310 (USA) - promo copy rear scan by Jack from Canada |
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![]() Columbia/ Legacy CK 57310 (USA) - rear insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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Stevie Nicks - "Street Angel", Modern 92246-2 (USA), EMI/Modern CDEMC 3671 (8
28642 2) (UK), May 1994:
This was also released in Japan in 1996, EMI TOCP-8162 - scans
required, especially of obi. The CD for the UK release was made in Holland.
Various Artists - "Bakhålls
Litterära Röster" (The
Ambush's Literary Voices), BAKCD 9403 (Sweden),
1994:
This was a compilation CD included with an issue of the literary
magazine "Bakhåll" (The Ambush),
but which was also sold separately in some record and book stores in Sweden. All
the other tracks on
the CD are of authors reading from their works -
they include Allen Ginsberg, Ezra Pound, Dylan Thomas, Jack Kerouac and T. S.
Eliot.
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BAKCD 9403 (Sweden) - front insert |
R-0240 Wade In The
Water (traditional) - from the "Minnesota Hotel
Tape", recorded at Bonnie Beecher's apartment, Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961.
A short excerpt was also included in the Highway 61
Interactive CD-ROM, see 1995.
Now also available in full on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob
Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances,
see 2001
Thanks to Ole Lien for lending me this CD insert to scan and for providing information. |
BAKCD 9403 (Sweden) - page from booklet showing Bob |
"Dignity "- "Greatest Hits Vol. 3" CD singles,
Columbia (USA/Europe), mid 1994:
(See 1995 for the Europe/Australia
Columbia MTV Unplugged Dignity singles)
The two rare tracks listed below are included on the various singles illustrated:
R-0238 Dignity - radio edit of Greatest Hits Vol. 3 version (4:38) - Oh Mercy out-take remixed by Brendan O'Brien in 1994, album version is 6:00
R-0239 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (7:23) - live at the Great Music Experience with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen, Naira City, Japan, 22 May 1994 (this was a concert of Sony artists broadcast on Japanese TV)
Allen Ginsberg - "Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems And Songs 1949-1993" - 4CD boxed set, Rhino Word Beat R2 71693 (USA), 6 Sep 1994:
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This set is in a box with a 64-page booklet. It has four CDs in jewel cases, each of which has a uniquely idiomatic Ginsberg title:
R-0224 is on CD 3 and R-0159, R-0235 and R-0226 are on CD4. R-0224 A Dream
(William Blake-Allen Ginsberg) R-0159-2 Vomit Express (Allen
Ginsberg-Bob Dylan) R-0235 September On
Jessore Road (Allen Ginsberg-Bob Dylan) R-0226 Airplane Blues (Allen
Ginsberg) Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. The picture of Bob with Allen Ginsberg during the Rolling Thunder Revue tour in 1975 is by Ellie Dorfman, and first appeared on Allen Ginsberg's US John Hammond Records 2LP set First Blues, see 1982. |
![]() Rhino Word Beat R2 71693 (USA) - box rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Rhino Word Beat R2 71693 (USA) - booklet front scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Rhino Word Beat R2 71693 (USA) - booklet inside page scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Rhino Word Beat R2 71693 (USA) - sicker from front of box, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Rhino Word Beat R2 71693 (USA) - CD3 front insert scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Rhino Word Beat R2 71693 (USA) - CD3 rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Rhino Word Beat R2 71693 (USA) - CD3 scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Rhino Word Beat R2 71693 (USA) - CD4 front insert scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Rhino Word Beat R2 71693 (USA) - CD4 rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Rhino Word Beat R2 71693 (USA) - CD4 scan by Hans Seegers |
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Bob Dylan
with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers/Various Artists - "Woodstock Blocks" -
5 radio broadcast CDs, Westwood One show 94-33 (USA),
broadcast 8-14 Aug 1994:
The Dylan contribution was recorded live in Sydney, Australia, 24 & 25 Feb 1986. For details of the
original Westwood One radio broadcast, see 1986. This
show with the same number also appears on 3 CDs as 25th Anniversary Woodstock
Special (scans required).
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Westwood One show 94-33, cue sheet and CDs photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz |
This broadcast was put out to cash in on the upcoming "Woodstock
'94" 25th Anniversary Festival, and features artists who appeared at
the original Woodstock such as Jimi Hendrix. Bob's contribution is on CD 3
of 5, and is from a completely different place and time! He didn't appear
at the original Woodstock, but he did appear at "Woodstock '94",
see below.
R-0185-2 Masters Of War - 24 Feb 1986 R-0174-4 Like A Rolling Stone - 25 Feb 1986 (also on the 1986 video Hard To Handle, see VHS & DVD 1980s) R-0187-2 Blowin' In The Wind - 25 Feb 1986 This set also contains You Ain't Going Nowhere with The Band from The Basement Tapes Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz for information and photo and to Hans Seegers for further information. |
Various Artists - "Woodstock '94: The Radio Show" - radio stations discs
(4CD), MediaAmerica Inc/Neer Perfect Productiosn (no catalogue number) (USA), Aug 1994:
For the A&M Woodstock 94 album and singles, see below. For the Woodstock 94
VHS video release, see VHS
& DVD 1990s Part 1.
Various Artists - "Woodstock '94: The Best Of The Rest" - radio stations discs
(4CD),
MediaAmerica Inc/Neer Perfect Productions (catalogue number?) (USA), Aug 1994:
Recorded live at the "Woodstock '94 Festival", Winston Farm, Saugerties, NY, 14
Aug 1994. For the A&M Woodstock 94 album and singles, see below. For the Woodstock 94
VHS video release, see VHS
& DVD 1990s Part 1.
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - "In The Hot Seat", Victor VICP-60646 (Japan), Sep 1994; Victory/Polygram 828 554-2 (Europe), 2000:
Various Artists - set of "Woodstock 94" set of four CD
singles, A&M WOODSTO-2/WOODST2-2/WOODST3-2/WOODST4-2 (Spain),
Nov 1994:
For the A&M Woodstock 94 album and singles, see below. For the Woodstock 94
VHS video release, see VHS
& DVD 1990s Part 1.
Various Artists - "Woodstock 94" - 2CD set, A&M
31454-0289-2 (USA)/A&M 540 322-2
(Austria for Europe), Nov 1994/A&M POCM-1100/1 (Japan), 12 Nov 1994:
Details of the US release required. For the Woodstock 94 VHS video release, see
VHS
& DVD 1990s Part 1. For an unauthorised 2007 DVD containing Bob's
complete set, see Questionable Video.
Various Artists - "Natural Born Killers OST" - film
soundtrack CD, Nothing/Interscope
INTD-92460 (USA),
Nothing/Interscope
6544-92460-2 (Germany),
Dec 1994:
This album was also released on vinyl in the UK in 1999 by Simply Vinyl -
SVLP 118, scans required! For details of VHS and DVD releases of this Oliver Stone film, see
VHS
& DVD 1990s Part 1. Thanks to David Plentus for the US catalogue number
- scans of that release required. Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the
Canadian release.
![]() Nothing/Interscope INTD-92460 (Canada) - front scan by Jack |
![]() Nothing/Interscope INTD-92460 (Canada) - rear scan by Jack |
![]() Nothing/Interscope INTD-92460 (Canada) - CD scan by Jack |
![]() Nothing/Interscope 6544-92460-2 (Germany) - front with French sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Nothing/Interscope 6544-92460-2 (Germany) - front with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
The German release was distributed throughout Europe with
the same front info sticker in English, except in France, where a French sticker was
used. R-0231 You Belong To Me (Pee Wee King-Red Stewart-Chilton Price)
This was one of the songs listed as being on the hoax album Stormy Season, details of which circulated round the Internet in October 1996, see my Directory of Unreleased Dylan Songs, page S - Dylan fans hoped that a complete version would be released! You Belong To Me was previously a big hit for Patti Page (#1), Jo Stafford (#7) and Dean Martin (#12) in 1952. Many other artists have also recorded it. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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![]() Nothing/Interscope 6544-92460-2 (Germany) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Nothing/Interscope 6544-92460-2 (Germany) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Nothing/Interscope 6544-92460-2 (Germany) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Patti Page: The Mercury Years Vol. 1 (Uni/Mercury, 1991) with her #1 recording of You Belong To Me |
![]() Jo Stafford: You Belong To Me (1989) with her #7 recording of the title track |
![]() Nothing/Interscope PRCD 5895 (USA) - promo sampler CD photo by "HwyCDRrev" |
"HwyCDRrev" adds: "There was also a promo only "edited" version of the CD for in-store play (I believe) with generic packaging including the Dylan track. All potentially offensive material (i.e. Patti Smith's Rock & Roll Nigger) were removed. (The "offensive" dialogue over the end of the Dylan track remained. J)" The CD came in a standard jewel case with no rear insert and is edited to 1:06:16. | |
Promotional Items for 1994
Stereo promo items for 1994 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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