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.
A-E
F-J
K-O
P-S
T-Z
Masked And Anonymous - the
Jul 2003 Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax film soundtrack album with four new Dylan performances, a
previously released Dylan rarity, and nine Dylan covers
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)
"Waitin' For You" - one-track promo CD-R, Columbia (no catalogue number), (USA), Jan 2003:
 Picture from eBay - full page ad for the film in US "Variety" magazine, 6 Jan 2003 |
This promo CD-R single was sent out to voters for the 2003 Oscar Academy
Awards for the category of "Best Original Song". Both the CD-R and
insert read "FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION" (the traditional phrase
used for Academy Award candidate items). The CD-Rs are individually
numbered, Hervé from France's copy is "ML 253A03815780", John Gaylor's is
"ML 253A0520880". R-0552-3 Waitin' For You
Thanks to Tim Dunn, Hervé from France and John Gaylor for information, also to Sam C. Visser for scans. Sadly Bob's song wasn't nominated in the end for a 2003 Oscar. |
 Columbia ML 253A03815780 (USA) - insert scan by Sam C. Visser |
 Columbia ML 253A03815780 (USA) - disc scan by Sam C. Visser |
Various Artists - "Little Steven's Underground Garage Show #42" - 3 radio station discs, Renegade Nation (USA), original broadcast 17-19 Jan 2003, updated repeat 2 Mar 2003:
 Picture from eBay found by Tim Dunn |
R-0140-5 Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Rev Gary Davies, arr. Eric von Schmidt)
- by Bob Dylan and The Band from The Last Waltz,
recorded live, Winterland, San Francisco, CA, Nov 1976. For the original 3LP release, see 1978; for the remastered 4CD release, see 2002. The theme of this radio show was "Martin Scorsese", and the show also included Theme From "The Last Waltz" by The Band. Thanks to Tim Dunn for finding this on eBay. |
Bob Dylan/Mary Fahl - "Gods And Generals Original Soundtrack" -
promo CD single from film soundtrack album, Sony Classical YL254B0155880 - 2003 (USA),
Jan 2003:
This promo CD single is in a clear plastic jewel case with a rear insert but
no front insert.
 Sony Classical YL254B0155880 - 2003 (USA) - rear insert scan by Sam C. Visser |
This CD promo has four tracks: two radio edits of songs from the film
soundtrack, and then the two full versions of the songs. Mary Fahl's song
is Going Home.
R-0601 'Cross The Green Mountain - edit of original song from video (3:10) R-0586 'Cross The Green
Mountain Thanks to Hervé from France for the information and Sam C. Visser for the scans. |
 Sony Classical YL254B0155880 - 2003 (USA) - disc scan by Sam C. Visser |
The full version of 'Cross The Green Mountain was released in Oct 2008 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, see here. This means R-0586 has ceased to be a rarity. R-0601 remains a rarity.
"'Cross The Green Mountain" - single-track promo CD, Columbia (no catalogue number) (Canada), Jan 2003:
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R-0601 'Cross The Green Mountain -
edit of
original song from video (2:57) This track is listed as 2:57, but I assume it is in fact the same as R-0601, normally listed as 3:10. The CD comes in a plain sleeve with only the Canadian pressing plant address, no track details, etc. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Various Artists - "Gods And Generals Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" -
Limited Edition of film soundtrack album with bonus DVD, Sony Classical/Sony
Music Soundtrax SK 87891 (USA); Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax S2K 87891
(Europe), 4 Feb 2003:
"Gods And Generals" is the prequel to
"Gettysburg" by the same director, Ron Maxwell, based on the
novel by Jeff M. Shaara. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the catalogue number
and release date. For more information about the film, see
 Sony Classical/Sony Music Soundtrax SK 87891 (USA) - front insert (my copy) |
R-0586-2 'Cross The Green
Mountain - original song from film soundtrack,
played over the closing credits (8:12), now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased
1989-2006 (2008) The version played over the closing credits in the film itself is edited to about 5 minutes in length, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2. R-0586 is one of the 42 rarities included for download with the Aug 2006 Apple iTunes Bob Dylan Collection, see Online Performances (Other). R-0601-2 'Cross The Green Mountain - edit of original song from video on DVD with Limited Edition (3:10) The full version of 'Cross The Green Mountain was released in Oct 2008 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, see here. This means R-0586 has ceased to be a rarity. R-0601 remains a rarity. |
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 Warner Bros 7706-WBGODS 111503 (USA) - Oscar promo CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob took part in a shoot for the video of this song in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA, on 23 Nov 2002. He appears in period dress with a wig and beard similar to the ones he wore at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, on 3 Aug 2002! This video, 3:10 in length, is included as a bonus DVD in the Limited Edition of the soundtrack album. Scans required of the standard edition without the bonus DVD!
The bonus DVD is NTSC, but region-free and will certainly play on a Region 2 DVD player. For details of the US DVD and VHS releases of the film itself, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2.
Jack from Canada has two copies of this set, one of which has the bonus DVD made in the USA, and the other has the bonus DVD made in Mexico! Scans of both are shown for comparison - the colours are slightly different with the Mexican copy being browner. My copy is the same as his USA-made version. Thanks also to Jack of Canada for scans of the Canadian regular release without the bonus DVD. The soundtrack CD is brown rather than yellow-green.
The Warner Bros promo was sent only to members of the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the hope of obtaining Oscar nominations for Jeff Frizzell for composition of the Best Original Score and to Bob Dylan for Best Original Song. Unfortunately this did not happen. The European release was made in Austria and has a slightly smaller front sticker than the US release - the text is exactly the same. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
In the UK the US import Limited Edition can be obtained from Badlands, see my Trading page for contact details.
Various Artists - "Gods And Generals Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" - Limited Edition of film soundtrack album with bonus DVD, Sony Classical SICP 376-7 (Japan), 16 Jul 2003:
 Sony Classical SICP 376-7 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
This release has a white obi with dark blue and red panels and black and white text. The obi has price ¥3,780 (¥3,600 before tax) and release date "03-7-16" (16 Jul 2003). The original release date is shown as "03-2-4" (4 Feb 2003) and the withdrawal date as "04-1-15" (15 Jan 2003). The copy shown is a promo, with a numbered promo sticker over the barcode on the rear insert. It also has "SAMPLE LOANED" in red in the clear centres of both the CD and the DVD. The front insert is a 10-page folded sheet in English and there is also a 12-page stapled booklet in English and Japanese. |
 Sony Classical SICP 376-7 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Classical SICP 376-7 (Japan) - rear with promo sticker, scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Classical SICP 376-7 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Sony Classical SICP 376-7 (Japan) - rear promo sticker scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Classical SICP 376-7 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
 Sony Classical SICP 376-7 (Japan) - detail of CD, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
 Sony Classical SICP 376-7 (Japan) - DVD scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
 Sony Classical SICP 376-7 (Japan) - detail of DVD, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
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The discs come in a design of 2CD jewel case introduced before the slimline design (slimmer than a double-width 2CD jewel case but not as thin as the single-width slimline 2CD jewel case).
Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs Of Bob
Dylan" - Columbia/Legacy CK 89015 (USA), 1 Apr 2003/Columbia COL 511126 2
(UK), 24 Mar 2003:
This album was released in a digipak in both the US and the UK. There is a 16
page booklet with essays from Tom Piazza and Joel Moss.
 Columbia/Legacy CK 89015 (USA) - Digisonics test CD, scan by David Plentus |
R-0602 Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
This recording is from 4 Mar 2002, in Bob's home studio in Malibu, with Bob's band plus Mavis and Yvonne Staples. All the tracks have a Biblical reference, this one is Mark 10:49. Other artists appearing include Shirley Caesar, Aaron Neville, Billy Preston and the Chicago Mass Choir. The US test pressing shown of Columbia/Legacy CK 89015 is by Digisonics of Northridge, CA, and dated 3 Feb 2003. Thanks to Gil Walker for finding this on eBay and to David Plentus for scans. Two copies of this test pressing have the identical handwritten text with later date 7 Feb 2003, so the insert has been photocopied. The CD-R just has the Columbia catalogue number and title. Thanks to Harold Lepidus for further information, and to Jack from Canada for scans of the Canadian release, which comes in a regular jewel case and not a digipak. |
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Various Artists - "Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan" - Sony Music MHCP 8 (Japan), 21 May 2003:
 Sony Music MHCP 8 (Japan) - front of digipak with obi and sticker, scan by Wil Gielen |
This album was also released in a digipak in Japan. There is a 12
page booklet in English attached to the digipak and a separate 20-page stapled
booklet in English and Japanese. There is a white obi with black text,
price ¥2,520 and date "03-5-21" (21 May 2003). The original release date is
"03-4-1" (1 Apr 2003) and the withdrawal date is "03-11-20" (20 Nov 2003).
The copy shown is a promo with a numbered promo sticker on the rear insert
and the text "SAMPLE LOANED" in the clear centre of the CD itself. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
 Sony Music MHCP 8 (Japan) - front sticker scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Music MHCP 8 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Sony Music MHCP 8 (Japan) - detail from rear of digipak, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
 Sony Music MHCP 8 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
 Sony Music MHCP 8 (Japan) - detail of CD, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
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Various Artists - "Let Freedom Sing: This Land Is My Land II" - Vanguard 79731-2 (USA), 11 Apr 2003:
 Vanguard 79731-2 (USA) - front scan by Franck Faugere |
R-0020-8 Ye Playboys & Playgirls
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R-0020 has always been thought to have been recorded at the afternoon
workshop on 27 Jul 1963, but sources such as Glen Dundas and Derek Barker (in
Appendix 1 to his 2008 Chrome Dreams book "The Songs He Didn't Write: Bob Dylan
Under The Influence") now think it took place on the following day.
The lyrics to this song have disappeared from bobdylan.com, but can be found
here
R-0022-11 Blowin' In The Wind
- recorded live at the
Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, originally released on
the Vanguard album Evening
Concerts At Newport Vol. 1, see 1964
This album also contains a performance by Joan Baez of A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, again live at Newport. For the first album in this Vanguard series, This Land Is Your Land: Songs Of Freedom, see 2002.
Thanks to Bob Stacy and Franck Faugere for information and scans.
Various Artists - "May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs
Of Bob Dylan Vol. 3" - 2CD set: BMG 82876 50567-2; 3LP set: BMG 82876 50567-1 (Germany),
26 May 2003:
The CD release of this set is housed in a three panel
card sleeve in a card slipcase.
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 BMG 82876 52712 2 (Germany) - front of card sleeve (promo sampler) |
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R-0452-2 Rising Sun (Hufsteter/Larriva/Marsico/Quintana)
- Bob plays harmonica for the
Cruzados, 1983 (5:42)
The version from the
privately-produced album released in 2000, Cruzados -
Unreleased Early Recordings, is timed at 4:40, see 2000. This version
at the end of CD2 has a long pause after the end of the music,
followed by a voice saying "Hi! This is Bob...", thanks to Jean-Pol
Hiernaux for spotting this. Thanks to Hanns Peter Bushoff for confirming that
this version is indeed exactly the same as R-0452, and was sent to him by Tony
Marsico. The spoken fragment is actually taken from the Columbia 1965 Miami
Sales Convention message, see 1965.
Thanks to Ole Lien for information and thanks to Hanns Peter Bushoff of BMG Germany for his sterling work in compiling yet another album in this series, which was released both on CD and on vinyl, and for the promo CD-R copy. This 2CD set is a mixture of established and new (and sometimes unsigned) artists, ranging artistically from Rick Danko and the Cruzados to Eric Andersen and Onelinedrawing, and geographically from Norway via Romania to Japan. Eight tracks were recorded exclusively for this compilation.
For the previous May Your Song Always Be Sung collections see 1997 and 2001. For a Japanese single disc compilation with tracks from the first and second collections, see 2006.
There is also a 7-track single CD promotional sampler in a card sleeve, BMG 82876 52712 2, which includes R-0473. Thanks to Hanns Peter Bushoff for the sampler.
Ronald Born from Jena in Germany, who covers Black Diamond Bay on May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 3, has also contributed many scans of rarities to this site! In fact, all of the people named in the acknowledgments have contributed to this site except Jeff Rosen!
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan SA-CD Sampler" -
6-track Multichannel SA-CD, Columbia CSH 55838 (USA), 6 Jun 2003:
This was originally listed as a Dylan
album tracks compilation, but was moved here when it was announced that The Bootleg
Series Vol. 6: Live 1964 would be released in CD stereo only, turning
the SA-CD versions of All I Really Want To Do into rarities! See below for a
seven-track sampler from Oct 2003 with the same catalogue number.
 Sony SA-CD May catalogue announcing the fifteen Dylan SA-CD releases |
At the Home Entertainment Show in San Francisco, CA, to provide members of the media with a flavour of the Columbia/Legacy Dylan Remastered material, Columbia handed out a six track hybrid SA-CD for reporters who were at the event. Each of the six tracks is available on the disc in three formats: CD Stereo, SA-CD Stereo and SA-CD Surround Sound. The CD is in a clear plastic wallet without artwork. This sampler was exclusive to the Home Entertainment Show, although a new version with an extra track was also released with the limited edition of the Masked And Anonymous soundtrack - see below. R-0635 All I Really Want To Do - live from Philharmonic Hall, New York City, 31 Oct 1964, version in SA-CD stereo R-0636 All I Really Want To Do - live from Philharmonic Hall, New York City, 31 Oct 1964, version in SA-CD 5.1 surround sound The tracks on the sampler are: |
 Columbia CSH 55838 (USA) (my copy) |
Leading off the demonstrations, Steven Berkowitz (Senior Vice President A&R, Legacy Recordings) played track one which is from a previously unreleased Bootleg Series album recorded live in 1964. He told the group that this Dylan Remastered SA-CD would be coming out in October and would be the 16th disc in the series. The song features a 22 year old Dylan, singing with some enthusiasm and raw energy. This track is also interesting since it sounds like Dylan may have had a drink or two before the performance. (There was some talk in the listening session about Dylan being "a bit tipsy").
Various Artists - "The Essentials X Star Box" - promo compilation CD, Sony SDCS 83001 (Japan), 2003:
 Sony SDCS 83001 (Japan) - front insert scan by Wil Gielen |
This CD was issued to promote two series of Sony compilations: the
international Essential series (including The Essential Bob Dylan,
see below,
International Album Releases and 2001)
and the Japan-only Star Box series. Bob's contribution is a unique
edit of Like A Rolling Stone. The CD comes in a slimline CD single jewel
case with a single-sided card insert. R-0352 Like A Rolling Stone - 2:03 edit of album track from Highway 61 Revisited Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
 Sony SDCS 83001 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen |
Various Artists - "Music From The Motion Picture 'Masked And Anonymous'"- film soundtrack album, CD: Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax CK 90536 (USA); Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax COL 512556 2 (UK); Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax 5125562000 (Australia), 22 Jul 2003; Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax 2 512556 (Brazil/Argentina), Oct 2003; 2LP set: Classic Records/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax C2K 90618-1 (USA), Oct 2003:
 Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax CK 90536 (USA) - regular CD front with sticker (my copy) |
This album comes with a Reissue Series hybrid SA-CD sampler. For details of the Masked And Anonymous film see
VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2. For the official movie
web-site, see here
. For an unofficial movie web-site
by Trevor Gibb, see here
. Thanks to Gil Lamont for information that the US
limited edition of this release is Columbia C2K 90618, the soundtrack CD inside
the set is CK 90536, while the sampler CD is CSH 55847 R-0612, R-0615, R-0616 and R-0617 are part of the 42 rarities included for download with the Aug 2006 Apple iTunes Bob Dylan Collection, see Online Performances (Other). R-0615
Down In The Flood
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 Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax 30C 90618 (USA) - front of long box, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Classic Records/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax C2K 90618-1 (USA) - LP front scan by Hans Seegers |
 Classic Records/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax C2K 90618-1 (USA) - LP rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 Classic Records/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax C2K 90618-1 (USA) - 140gm sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Classic Records/Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax C2K 90618-1 (USA) - 200gm sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
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R-0616 Dixie (Daniel Decatur
Emmett)
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live from Jack Fate and his band, recorded as R-0615
R-0617 Cold Irons Bound - live from Jack Fate and his
band, recorded as R-0615
This performance is also available to download on the Apple iTunes Online Music
Store, see
Online Performances (Other).
R-0442-3 Come Una Pietra Scalciata [Like A Rolling Stone] (Dylan/Aleotti/Perrini)
- cover version in Italian by Articolo 31 with excerpts from Bob's original version, from their 1998 Ricordi
(Italy) album Nessuno (see 1998), and on the May 2001 BMG Germany compilation May Your Song Always Be Sung
Again: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2 (see 2001)
Also included are Gotta Serve Somebody - cover by Shirley Caesar from the Columbia album Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan (see above) and City Of Gold - cover by the Dixie Hummingbirds from their 2003 album Diamond Jubilation (see Bob Dylan's Unreleased Songs "C" and "Covers" pages). These tracks are not in the film. Thanks to Harold Lepidus for pointing out that City Of Gold here has a spoken intro by Bob (dialogue from the film by Jack Fate).
This album has also been released as a 2CD limited edition (USA: Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax C2K 90618/UK: Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax 512556 6), including a 7 track version of the SA-CD sampler listed above. The extra track over the 6 listed below is R-0617 from the Masked And Anonymous soundtrack, but included not just in CD Stereo, but in SA-CD Stereo and SA-CD Surround Sound also. The "Reissue Series Sampler" CD design is that of a vinyl Columbia white label promo LP and the sampler CD catalogue number is the one shown on the spine of the digipak. For a separate promo release of this sampler, see below. The front insert of the regular album is a 16 page booklet with liner notes by Alan Light. In the Limited Edition the booklet is located in a pocket on the right of the digipak.
R-0635-2 All I Really Want To Do - live from Philharmonic Hall, New York City, 31 Oct 1964, version in SA-CD stereo (this is now a rarity as the album released in Mar 2004 was in stereo only)
R-0636-2 All I Really Want To Do - live from Philharmonic Hall, New York City, 31 Oct 1964, version in SA-CD 5.1 surround sound (this too is now a rarity as the album released in Mar 2004 was in stereo only)
R-0659 Cold Irons Bound - live from Jack Fate and his band, recorded as R-0615, version in SA-CD stereo
R-0660 Cold Irons Bound - live from Jack Fate and his band, recorded as R-0615, version in SA-CD 5.1 surround sound
The Argentinean release shown is still sealed. The release from Taiwan also distributed in mainland China may not be authorised. It comes in a card slipcase.
The Classic Records 2LP vinyl release comes in two weights - "Regular" at 140gm and "Super Vinyl Profile" at 200gm. Both copies are still sealed, so I don't have label scans.
Thanks to Alexandre Froemming for information and scans of the Brazilian release. Thanks to David Plentus for information about the 2LP vinyl release of Masked And Anonymous by Classic Records under licence from Columbia, CK-90536-1-R. This release is housed in a gatefold sleeve with printed inserts. Thanks to Jack from Canada for the scan of the Canadian CD (from the Standard Edition with the soundtrack CD only). Thanks to Hans Seegers for further information and scans.
Various Artists - "Music From The Motion Picture 'Masked And Anonymous'"- film soundtrack album, CD: Sony Music Soundtrax SICP 430 (Japan), 27 Aug 2003; reissue: Sony Music MHCP 817-18 (Japan), 20 Jul 2005:
 Sony Music Soundtrax SICP 430 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (2003 release) |
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 Sony Music Soundtrax SICP 430 (Japan) - booklet front scan by Hans Seegers (2003 release) |
 Sony Music Soundtrax SICP 430 (Japan) - promo CD scan by Hans Seegers (2003 release) |
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 Sony Music Soundtrax SICP 430 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers (2003 release) |
 Sony Music MHCP 817-18 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen (2005 release) |
 Sony Music MHCP 817-18 (Japan) - front of digipak, scan by Wil Gielen (2005 release) |
 Sony Music MHCP 817-18 (Japan) - wraparound obi with promo sticker, scan by Wil Gielen (2005 release) |
 Sony Music MHCP 817-18 (Japan) - promo sticker on wraparound obi, scan by Wil Gielen (2005 release) |
 Sony Music Soundtrax SICP 430 (Japan) - CD scan by Hans Seegers (2003 release) |
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 Sony Music MHCP 817-18 (Japan) - rear of digipak with promo sticker, scan by Wil Gielen (2005 release) |
 Sony Music MHCP 817-18 (Japan) - promo sticker on rear insert, scan by Wil Gielen (2005 release) |
 Sony Music MHCP 817 (Japan) - promo CD1 scan by Wil Gielen (2005 release) |
 Sony Music MHCP 817 (Japan) - detail of promo CD1, scan by Wil Gielen (2005 release) |
 Sony Music MHCP 818 (Japan) - promo CD2 scan by Wil Gielen (2005 release) |
 Sony Music MHCP 818 (Japan) - detail of promo CD2, scan by Wil Gielen (2005 release) |
The 2003 Japanese release has a red, white and blue obi with price ¥2,520 (¥2,400 before tax). The release date is "03-8-27" (27 Aug 2003) and the original release date is "03-7-22" (22 Jul 2003). The withdrawal date is "04-2-26" (26 Feb 2004). As well as the US booklet there was a second 28-page booklet, the front page of which is shown. The only difference between the promo 2003 release and the commercial release is the text "SAMPLE LOANED" in the clear centre of the CD, there is no promo sticker on the rear insert.
The 2005 Japanese release in a three part digipak has a white wraparound obi with price ¥3,150 (¥3,000 before tax). The release date is "05-7-20" (20 Jul 2005) and the original release date is again shown as "03-7-22" (22 Jul 2003). The withdrawal date is "06-1-19" (19 Jan 2006). As well as the 16-page stapled booklet in English there was a single-sided insert in English and Japanese and a 36-page stapled booklet in English and Japanese. The copy shown is a promo, with numbered promo stickers on both the rear insert and the obis, and the text "SAMPLE LOANED" in the clear centre of both CDs.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Wil Gielen for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan SA-CD Sampler" -
7-track Multichannel SA-CD, Columbia CSH 55838 (USA), Aug 2003/Columbia CSH 55838000
(Europe), Oct 2003:
This was originally listed as a Dylan album tracks compilation, but was
moved here when it
was announced that The Bootleg
Series Vol. 6: Live 1964 would be released in CD stereo only, turning
the live 1964 SA-CD versions of All I Really Want To Do into rarities! See above
for a six-track sampler from Jun 2003 with the same catalogue number.
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R-0635-3 All I Really Want To Do - live from Philharmonic Hall, New York City, 31 Oct 1964, version in SA-CD stereo (this is now a rarity as the album released in Mar 2004 was in stereo only)
R-0636-3 All I Really Want To Do - live from Philharmonic Hall, New York City, 31 Oct 1964, version in SA-CD 5.1 surround sound (this too is now a rarity as the album released in Mar 2004 was in stereo only)
This SA-CD sampler has the same catalogue number as the previous one, but is actually the 7-track sampler included with the Limited Edition of Masked And Anonymous (see above) in a gatefold card sleeve. Cold Irons Bound from Masked And Anonymous is the seventh track. This CD design is different from the sampler CD.
The inside of the gatefold sleeve has a pocket on the right for the CD. On the left are the pictures of the fifteen Dylan albums being released on hybrid SA-CD in Sep 2003, on the right is a plug for The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Live 1964 with a first look at the cover design. There is also a version of the US sampler with a slightly different rear design that was being given away with Sony SA-CD and DVD players at Christmas 2003. This has the same catalogue number but new text on the back: "CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLAYER, YOU DESERVE A SPECIAL DISC". This was available both in a card sleeve and in a jewel case.
The European version of this sampler has the identical card sleeve but a different CD (silver instead of white). The CD is made in Austria.
Thanks to Peter Good for finding the US sampler on eBay, to Hervé from France, Pachi Becerril
and Ian Woodward for pictures.
Lone Justice - "The Best Of Lone Justice: The Millennium Collection", Geffen B0000718-02 (USA), 20 Oct 2003:
 Geffen B0000718-02 (USA) - front (my copy) |
R-0274-2 Go Away Little
Boy The front insert is a single sheet folded into four sections. For The World Is Not My Home: The Best Of Lone Justice, the US Geffen compilation on which this remix first appeared, see 1999. Thanks to Ole Lien for the information. |
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 Geffen B0000718-02 (USA) - detail from front insert listing Dylan involvement |
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 Geffen B0000718-02 (USA) - rear insert |
 Geffen B0000718-02 (USA) - CD |
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Doug Sahm - "The Genuine Texas Groover" - 2CD set,
Rhino Handmade RHM2 7845 (USA), Nov 2003:
This set is released as a limited numbered edition of 5,000 copies. Of the
42 tracks, 19 are previously unreleased. It includes all the eleven tracks on
which Bob is known or reputed to play, plus five more, so is an essential purchase for Dylan
fans. The set consists of the 1972 album Doug Sahm & Band plus ten unreleased
tracks from the sessions on CD1, together with the 1973 album Texas Tornado plus nine
unreleased tracks from the sessions on CD2. Each CD is in the style of the
original 1970s Atlantic albums, and is in a digipak reproducing the original
Atlantic artwork. There is also a 32-page booklet.
 Rhino Handmade RHM2 7845 (USA) - front of slipcase |
 Rhino Handmade RHM2 7845 (USA) - front of booklet with illustration of US Atlantic promo 7" single of R-0090 |
R-0090-8 (Is Anybody
Going To) San Antone (Dave Kirby-Glen Martin)
- Bob plays guitar, organ and provides backup vocals For details of the original release on the Atlantic album Doug Sahm & Band, see 1972 Also released on CD as follows: The Best Of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975, see 1990 Doug Sahm & Friends: The Best Of Doug Sahm (Atlantic Sessions) - see 1992 Promo compilation CD Wex On Wax: A Tribute To Jerry Wexler, see 1999 Jesus' Son - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, see 2000 and VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2 Nascente Records UK 2CD compilation Bar Nashville: Classic & New Country Flavours, see 2008 R-0637-2
It's Gonna Be Easy (Atwood Allen)
R-0638 Poison Love (Elmer Laird)
R-0088-5 Wallflower
R-0214-3 Dealer's Blues
(Doug Sahm) R-0092-2 Faded Love
(John Wills/J R "Bob" Wills/Billy Jack Wills)
R-0089-2 Blues Stay Away
From Me (Alton & Rabon Delmore-Wayne Raney-Henry
Glover) R-0091-2 Me And Paul
(Willie Nelson) R-0105-2 Tennessee Blues
(Robert Guidry - "Bobby Charles") R-0151-2 Ain't That Loving You
(Deadric Malone) R-0152-2 I'll Be There (Dave
Burgess) There are five previously unreleased tracks on which Bob appears (all 1972 out-takes from Doug Sahm & Band): R-0639 On The Banks Of The Old Pontrachain
(Hank Williams/Ramona Vincent) R-0640
Hey, Good Lookin' (Hank Williams)
R-0641 Please Mr. Sandman (Huey P.
Meaux) R-0642 Columbus
Stockade (Woody Guthrie) R-0643
The Blues Walked On In (Joey Longoria)
The outsides of the digipaks show the original albums' front and rear. The insides of the digipaks show the German Philips 7" single of R-0090 for CD1, and a German Philips single without Bob for CD2. Thanks to David Plentus for finding this item and to Peter Gilmer for additional information. Thanks also to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for pointing out that amazon.com have a Doug Sahm title for sale with the name The Complete Atlantic Recordings with the same 2CD tracklist, so it must be a mistitling of this set. |
 Rhino Handmade RHM2 7845 (USA) - rear of slipcase |
 Rhino Handmade RHM2 7845 (USA) - rear of booklet, copy 0770/5000 |
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 Rhino Handmade RHM2 7845 (USA) - CD2 (Texas Tornado), inside of digipak with CD tray |
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"The Essential Bob Dylan: Limited Tour Edition" - 3CD set, Columbia 503133 0 (NL), 13
Nov 2003:
For the 30-track US/Japanese release, see
International Album Releases. For
the German/UK/French 36-track releases (same as this but without the bonus disc), see 2001. This
"Limited Tour Edition" Dutch set has a 6-track Bonus Disc featuring a further
rarity! This album is housed in a double-width jewel case with a purple/white
sticker with white/black text. There are two booklets - a 20-page booklet in
Dutch reprinting Bob's entry from a Dutch pop encyclopaedia, a discography,
Dutch chart hits and an advertisement for the fifteen albums reissued on hybrid
SA-CD, plus a 12-page booklet in English with notes by Patrick Humphries.
 Columbia 503133 0 (NL) - front of jewel case with sticker (my copy) |
CD1 has no rarities. On CD2: R-0299 Things Have
Changed R-0273 Dignity
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On CD3:
R-0085-4 George Jackson
(Acoustic version) - 1971 single, see 1971,
lyrics on bobdylan.com
Also on the Japanese limited edition compilation CD Mr. D's Collection #3,
see 1993
Thanks to Hans Seegers for this set!
Track listing:
Disc 1: Blowin' In The Wind; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; The Times They Are A-Changin'; It Ain't Me, Babe; Maggie's Farm; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Mr. Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Like A Rolling Stone; Positively 4th Street (3:54 stereo version from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits and Biograph); Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (from Biograph); I Want You; Just Like A Woman; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; All Along The Watchtower; Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) ("Basement Tapes" version with The Band from Biograph); I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Lay, Lady, Lay; If Not For You; I Shall Be Released (1971 version with Happy Traum from Greatest Hits Vol. 2/More Greatest Hits); You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (1971 version with Happy Traum from Greatest Hits Vol. 2/More Greatest Hits); Knockin' On Heaven's Door. [Thanks to David Goldsmith for correcting the origin of the Mighty Quinn version!]
Note that Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? is still in mono, as on Masterpieces (1978) and Biograph (1985).
Disc 2: Forever Young (slow version from Planet Waves), Tangled Up In Blue; Shelter From The Storm; Hurricane; Changing Of The Guards (1978 version, as above); Gotta Serve Somebody; Blind Willie McTell (from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); Jokerman; Tight Connection To My Heart; Silvio; Everything Is Broken; Dignity (Original Version) (R-0273 as above); Not Dark Yet; Things Have Changed (R-0299 as above).
Disc 3 ("Limited Tour Edition Bonus Disc"): John Wesley Harding; I Threw It All Away; Wigwam; Watching The River Flow; George Jackson (Acoustic Version) (R-0085 as above); On A Night Like This.
This is one of a series of 2003 "Essential" collections using the same artwork style marketed by Columbia, including Bruce Springsteen, Simon & Garfunkel, Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand:
For The Essential Johnny Cash, which contains Girl Of The North Country, the 1969 duet with Bob, see International Album Releases (Other Artists' Albums).
For The Essential Country Album, which contains I'll Be Your Baby Tonight, see International Album Releases (Various Artist Compilations) 2003.
"Custom Mix CD" - CD-R rarities compilation, Newbury Comics (USA), Dec 2003 onwards:
 Newbury Comics Custom Mix CD - front with sticker, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
The Sony Custom Mix CD facility was discontinued in Dec
2003, but Newbury Comics in
the USA have copies of a twelve track all rarity Custom Mix CD for sale
for $14.95, see here
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 Newbury Comics Custom Mix CD - reverse of front insert (my copy) |
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 Newbury Comics Custom Mix CD web page, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that this CD-R is now offered by Newbury Comics as a permanent item with the same fixed twelve tracks and artwork. The front insert and rear insert are always the same. The tracks are listed on a separate A4 sheet. Note that the timing of George Jackson (5:53) is a mistake. It's 3:38 and is the acoustic version (R-0085) and not the "Big Band" version (R-0084).
For full details of the rarities, see Online Performances (Other).
Thanks to David Plentus and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and scans.
Promotional/Regular Items for 2003
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