A-E
F-J
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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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: 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)
Articolo 31 - "Nessuno", Best Sound/Ricordi 74321584442 (Italy), 1998:
 Best Sound/Ricordi 74321584442 (Italy) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
R-0442 Come Una Pietra Scalciata [Like A Rolling Stone] (Dylan/Aleotti/Perrini)
cover version in Italian
with parts of Bob's original version included This track was also included on the May 2001 BMG Germany compilation May Your Song Always Be Sung Again: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, see 2001. Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans. |
 Best Sound/ Ricordi 74321584442 (Italy) - rear insert scan by Jack from Canada |
 Best Sound/ Ricordi 74321584442 (Italy) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
David Bromberg - "The Player: A Retrospective", Columbia Legacy CK 65263 (USA), 1998:
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R-0073-2 Sammy's Song
(David Bromberg) - Bob plays harmonica Recorded 1971, from David Bromberg's first self-titled album, 1972. Bob is credited on this album, although he wasn't mentioned on the original. This version is remastered/remixed and, according to Rob van Estrik, a considerable improvement over the original release. For details of the original album, see 1972. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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 Columbia Legacy CK 65263 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia Legacy CK 65263 (USA) - text about Bob from booklet, scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "And The Times They Were A-Changin’" - Dylan covers compilation, Débutante DeLuxe 555 431-2 (UK), 1998:
 Débutante DeLuxe 555 431-2 (UK) - picture from amazon.co.uk |
R-0123-3 Nuggets Of Rain [Buckets Of Rain]
- recorded Oct 1975,
Bob shares vocals with Bette Midler, from her Atlantic album Songs For The
New Depression For details of the original album, see 1976. |
Harry Belafonte - "The Folk Standards" BMG 7551 7446-2 (USA), 1998:
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R-0001-15 Midnight Special
(Huddie Ledbetter - "Leadbelly") - 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. |
"Not Dark Yet" - 4-track CD single, Columbia COL 665443-2 (Scandinavia), Feb 1998; 2-track CD single, Columbia COL 665443-1 (Austria for Europe), Feb 1998:
 Columbia COL 665443-2 (Scandinavia) - front of CD with sticker (my copy) |
The title track of this CD single is the album version from Time Out Of Mind. The CD is silver/red with black text and comes in a slimline CD single jewel case. R-0260-2 Tombstone Blues - live, House of Blues, Atlanta, Aug 1996, from the Columbia US promo CD single Live '96, see 1997 R-0261-2 Ballad Of A Thin Man - live as R-0260 R-0262-2 Boots Of Spanish Leather - live as R-0260. Note the
Japanese version of this single from Apr 1999 has a different performance of
Boots - R-0276, see 1999 |
 Columbia COL 665443-1 (Austria for Europe) - front of card sleeve, scan by Szymon Struzyna |
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 Columbia COL 665443-2 (Scandinavia) - front sticker |
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 Columbia COL 665443-2 (Scandinavia) - CD |
 Columbia COL 665443-1 (Austria for Europe) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Szymon Struzyna |
 Columbia COL 665443-1 (Austria for Europe) - CD scan by Szymon Struzyna |
Thanks to Brian Clarke for information about the European 2-track CD single Columbia COL 665443-1 in a card sleeve with the same front design. It has just the title track and R-0260. Thanks to Szymon Struzyna for scans.
Ronnie Wood - "Wood On Canvas: Every Picture Tells A Story" - book with bonus 4-track CD, Genesis Publications GENWOODCD1 (UK), Mar 1998:
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R-0264 Interfere
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 Genesis GENWOODCD1 (UK) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
For more information on this (very expensive) book, see the web-site of Genesis Publications. It is housed in a slipcase, and the CD is in a card sleeve. The back of the slipcase is plain black and the back of the book is plain blue. The song was re-released in a longer, overdubbed version on Ronnie Wood's compilation CD Not For Beginners, see 2001.
Thanks to Mike Koshitani for information and to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Vanguard Sessions: Folk Hits", Vanguard 79510 2 (USA), Apr 1998:
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R-0019-4 Will The
Circle Be Unbroken (traditional) R-0597 It Ain't Me, Babe (3:35) 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). Thanks to Ole Lien for information and scan. |
Various Artists - "Vanguard Sessions: Folk Duets", Vanguard 79511 2 (USA), Apr 1998:
 Vanguard 79511 2 (USA) - front insert folded (my copy) |
R-0020-7 Ye Playboys
& Playgirls R-0265 It Ain't Me, Babe (3:56) An even shorter edit of this performance was included on the 2002 3CD set Vanguard Roots Of Folk (see 2002). The CD front insert is a single sheet folded twice - there's no Bob-related material on the reverse. |
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 Vanguard 79511 2 (USA) - front of CD with sticker |
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Ralph Stanley - "Clinch Mountain Country" - 2CD set, Rebel Records REB-511 (USA), May 1998:
 Rebel Records REB-511 (USA) - front insert (my copy) |
R-0266 The Lonesome
River (Ralph & Carter Stanley) - duet with Ralph Stanley, same as BDC25
(see
Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ) This 2CD set contains new performances by Ralph Stanley of his best known songs with many guest artists including Bob. |
 Rebel Records REB-511 (USA) - rear insert |
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 Rebel Records REB-511 (USA) - CD1 with R-0266 |
The Lonesome River was released in Oct 2008 on CD2 of The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, see here. This means R-0266 has ceased to be a rarity and this set is now listed in International Album Releases - Other Artists' Compilations with Dylan Album Tracks .
"Love Sick" - promo CD single, Columbia XPCD 1015 (UK), May 1998:
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R-0263 Love Sick -
live, Grammy Awards, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 25 Feb
1998, same as BDC18, see
Online Performances (bobdylan.com) This single also contains the regular album version. There was also a Columbia Love Sick promo gold CD-R "acetate", no catalogue number, with just R-0263. Thanks to Stuart Sonshine for the scan. |
 Columbia XPCD 1015 (UK) - rear of card sleeve including June 1998 UK tour dates |
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 Grammys CD-R - scan by Stuart Sonshine |
"Love Sick" - 2-track CD single, Columbia COL 665997 1 (Europe), Jun
1998:
This 2-track CD single comes in a card
sleeve. As it is shown as "CD1" there must be a CD2!
 Columbia COL 665997 1 (Europe) - front of card sleeve, scan by Gerd Rundel |
R-0263-2 Love Sick - live, Grammy Awards, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 25 Feb 1998 - same as BDC18 (see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ) R-0267 Cold Irons Bound - live, El Rey
Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997 - same as BDC7 (see
Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ), and now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob
Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances,
see 2001 |
 Columbia COL 665997 1 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia COL 665997 1 (Europe) - CD scan by Gerd Rundel |
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Love Sick" - two 4-track CD singles, Columbia COL 665997 2/5 (Europe), Jun
1998:
The CDs of these releases in thin CD
single jewel cases have designs
from Columbia Record vinyl singles from the 1930s. The reverses of the folded CD
single inserts are blank.
 CD1: Columbia COL 665997 2 (Austria for Europe) - front of insert with 1998 German tour dates sticker, scan by Andrew Wellman |
CD1 (Columbia COL 665997 2) has four live rarities: R-0263-3 Love Sick - live, Grammy Awards, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 25 Feb 1998 - same as BDC18 (see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ) R-0267-2 Cold Irons Bound - live, El Rey
Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997 - same as BDC7 (see
Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ), and now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob
Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances,
see 2001 |
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 CD2: Columbia COL 665997 5 (Austria for Europe) - CD single insert unfolded, this has the album version of the title track, plus R-0270, 271 & 272 (my copy) |
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R-0268 Cocaine Blues (traditional) - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997
R-0269 Born In Time - live, New Jersey Center
for the Performing Arts, Newark, NJ, 1 Feb 1998 - same as BDC21
(see
Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ) - now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob
Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances,
see 2001
This performance is misdated "Aug 1997" and was therefore wrongly
identified by some as from Scranton, PA, 12 Aug 1997 - the above date is
correct! (Listening to audience tapes from Scranton and Newark confirms this. the Scranton Aug 1997 performance is immediately
different – it starts with several guitar chords before launching into the
song proper, whereas the Newark Feb 1998 version goes straight in after an
audible count.)
CD2 (Columbia 665997 5) has the album version of the title track plus three live rarities:
R-0270 Can't Wait - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 20 Dec 1997
R-0271 Roving Gambler (traditional) - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 17 Dec 1997
R-0272 Blind Willie McTell - live, Jones Beach, NY, 17 Aug 1997 - same as BDC2 (see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ) - this performance is misdated "Feb 1998", the dates for R-0269 on CD1 and R-0272 on CD2 were therefore mixed up. This is a very easily identifiable audience recording, Bob performed Blind Willie McTell three times in Feb 1998 - at Springfield, MA, 2 Feb; at St. Louis, MO, 17 Feb; and at Fairfax, VA, 22 Feb, but this isn't any of those performances.
These singles were also released in Japan with different artwork at the end of 1998 (see below).
R-0267 and R-0268 appeared on the Sony Music Bob Dylan Custom Mix CD web-site, Apr 2003, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) . They are both misdated 20 Dec 1997!
Thanks to Andrew Wellman for the scan.
"Time Out Of Mind - Australian Tour Special Limited
Edition" - 2CD set, Columbia 491660 2 (Australia), Aug 1998:
The same seven songs as on the Love Sick singles are included
on a 2nd "bonus" CD, Bob Dylan Live '97 & '98, catalogue number
Columbia SAMP 2004.
For more scans of the Limited Edition set and the regular CD, see International
Albums (Regular).
 Columbia 491660 2 (Australia) - front insert with sticker on jewel case (my copy) |
The front CD insert and the album CD itself are numbered 486936 2 - the regular album catalogue number. The rear insert is numbered 491660 2. Thanks to Christopher Dunn for pointing this out. Thanks also to "Les Memory" for pointing out that this was a re-release of Time Out of Mind in Australia - it had already been released in 1997 as a single album. |
 Columbia 491660 2 (Australia) - inside rear cover of the 2CD set listing live rarities |
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 Columbia SAMP 2004 (Australia) - alternate bonus disc, scan by Gerd Rundel |
The contents of the bonus disc SAMP 2004 are:
R-0263-4 Love Sick - live, Grammy Awards, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 25 Feb 1998
R-0267-3 Cold Irons Bound - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997 - now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, see 2001
R-0268-2 Cocaine Blues (traditional) - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997
R-0269-2 Born In Time - live, New Jersey
Center for the Performing Arts, Newark, NJ, 1 Feb 1998, and now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob
Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances,
see 2001
This performance is again misdated "Aug 1997", see Love Sick
singles above.
R-0270-2 Can't Wait - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 20 Dec 1997
R-0271-2 Roving Gambler (traditional) - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 17 Dec 1997
R-0272-2 Blind Willie McTell - live, Jones Beach, NY, 17 Aug 1997 (correctly dated - see Love Sick singles above)
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for the scan of a different disc for SAMP 2004 with a different text layout. My disc is titled "BOB DYLAN LIVE '97 & '98" on one line, Gerd's disc is just titled "LIVE '97" (incorrect since R-0263 is from 1998) with "Bob Dylan" on a second line. This could be an incorrect early release that was quickly corrected.
"Love Sick/Dylan Alive" - 2CD single set, SME (Sony Music Entertainment)
Records SRCS 8760-8761 (Japan), end 1998:
Yet again the same seven songs as the European Love Sick singles (see
above), three on
the first CD with the Love Sick album track, four on the second CD. Keith
Schweiger's copy is a promo, with a numbered promo sticker on the rear insert,
and the text "SAMPLE" in the clear centres of the CDs. Thanks to Sonny
Boy McFitzson for information that the right and left stereo channels have been
reversed on all audience recordings released in Japan since this single. This
may be to present the recording from Bob's band's point of view rather than the
audience's. I am not allocating separate R-numbers for each live performance.
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 SME Records SRCS 8760-8761 (Japan) - obi scan by Jack from Canada |
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 SME Records SRCS 8760 (Japan) - CD1 scan by Keith Schweiger (promo release) |
 SME Records SRCS 8761 (Japan) - CD2 scan by Keith Schweiger (promo release) |
 SME Records SRCS 8760 (Japan) - CD1 scan by Jack from Canada (commercial release) |
 SME Records SRCS 8761 (Japan) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada (commercial release) |
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R-0263-5 Love Sick - live, Grammy Awards, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 25 Feb 1998
R-0267-4 Cold Irons Bound - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997 - now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, see 2001
R-0268-3 Cocaine Blues (traditional) - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997
R-0269-3 Born In Time - live, New Jersey Center for the Performing Arts, Newark, NJ, 1 Feb 1998, and now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, see 2001
R-0270-3 Can't Wait - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 20 Dec 1997
R-0271-3 Roving Gambler (traditional) - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 17 Dec 1997
R-0272-3 Blind Willie McTell - live, Jones Beach, NY, 17 Aug 1997
Thanks to Jack from Canada and Keith Schweiger for scans.
Various Artists - "Touched By An Angel: The Album" - TV Series soundtrack compilation, 550 Music/Sony Music Soundtrax BK 68971 (USA), 3 Nov 1998; Epic/550 Music/Sony Music Soundtrax 491828 2 (France/NL), Nov 1998; Epic Records ESCA 7446 (Japan), 20 Feb 1999:
 550 Music/Sony Music Soundtrax BK 68971 (USA) - front of jewel case with sticker (my copy) |
R-0273 Dignity - original Oh Mercy out-take
produced by Daniel Lanois - not the 1994 Brendan O'Brien remixed
version for Greatest Hits Vol. 3, which retained only
Bob's vocal and piano and added new backing. This version is included on the 2000 European/Japanese Columbia compilations The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2 (see 2000), and and the UK/French release of The Essential Bob Dylan (see 2001) and now on the 2007 3CD compilation Dylan, see International Albums (Regular). As it's no longer a rarity, full details of this album have been moved to Released Rarities. |
 Epic/550 Music/Sony Music Soundtrax 491828 2 (France/NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
 Epic Records ESCA 7446 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
This song appeared in the 100th episode of this US drama series broadcast in 1998 - for the 1999 VHS tape of the episode, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2.
Promotional/Regular Items for 1998
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Stereo promo items for 1998 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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