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

Cate Blanchett in her Oscar-nominated role as the 1965-66 Bob in "I'm
Not There"!
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: 11 May, 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:
Links to other World Wide Web pages - ![]()
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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)
Audience recordings are indicated by (A).
Rod Stewart - "Have You Ever Seen The Rain"/Bob Dylan - "Someday Baby" - two-track promo CD-R single, Sony/BMG (no catalogue number) (Argentina), Jan 2007:
![]() Front of card sleeve - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0741-3 Someday Baby - edited version of track (3:03) from Modern
Times (the album version is 4:55) This single comes in a card sleeve - the reverse is plain white. The CD-R itself has a generic Sony/BMG label with no handwriting, but is genuine. For previous promo CD singles with this edit, see 2006. For promo CD singles with the full album version from 2006 and 2007, see Promo Singles 2000s. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
![]() CD-R scan by Hans Seegers |
Elliott Murphy - "Coming Home Again" - Download: iTunes, 16 Jan 2007; CD: Last Call 3121482 (France), 26 Feb 2007/Blue Rose BLU DP 0416 (Germany); Last Call Records 312148 (USA), 13 Mar 2007; 2LP set with two bonus tracks: Blue Rose BLU LP 0416 (Germany), 15 Jan 2007:
![]() Last Call 3121482 (France) - picture from Elliott Murphy's web-site |
R-0764 Mary Ann's Garage Sale (Elliott
Murphy) - Bob is rumoured to contribute backing vocals to this song by
Elliott Murphy This entry has now been moved to "Red Herrings"! This story appeared in "Expecting Rain" in early Mar 2007. Elliott Murphy is an American musician based in France, and the album was recorded at Studio Franklin, Le Havre, France, from 23 Oct 2006. Bob was touring in the USA until 20 Nov 2006, so his appearance is unlikely. He is not included in the credits for this track and Arie de Reus is convinced the performance is of Elliott Murphy duetting with himself! Unless you're an Elliott Murphy fan, you are advised to listen to the track online before purchasing this album. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and picture, to Tim Dunn for details of the US release and to Arie de Reus for the final verdict. |
"Thunder On The Mountain" - two-track promo CD-R single, Sony BMG/Columbia (no catalogue number) (UK), Feb 2007:
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Front of insert - photo by Steve Wilson |
This CD-R single contains two versions of this track from Modern Times,
the full album version (5:55)and an edit. It comes in a plastic wallet with
a paper insert and a front sticker giving UK promotional information. For
a Sony/BMG Irish promo CD with just the album version, see
Promo Singles 2000s. R-0760-2 Thunder On The Mountain - edited version of track (3:59) from Modern Times For a mainland Europe glass mastered CD version of this single in a picture sleeve, see 2006. For a video viewable at the Sony Music Box web-site with a different edit and an iTunes UK download of this radio edit, see Online Performances (Other). In the video version, the "art of love/fit me like a glove" verse is missing; in this radio edit version, it is present but the later "tough sons of bitches/orphanages" verse is cut out. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and to Steve Wilson for the photos. |
CD in wallet with sticker - photo by Steve Wilson |
CD-R photo by Steve Wilson |
"Thunder On The Mountain" - one-track promo CD-R single, Sony BMG/Columbia (no catalogue number) (France), Feb 2007:
"Someday Baby" - one- and two-track promo CD and CD-R singles, Sony/BMG (no catalogue number) (Europe/France), Feb 2007:
"Sidewalks, Fences And Walls" - promo cassette (no catalogue number) (USA), surfaced on eBay Mar 2007:
"Blowin' In The Wind" - 10" acetate, Liberty Records (no catalogue number) (USA), surfaced on eBay Mar 2007:
Various Artists - "Lucky You: Music From
The Motion Picture" -
original soundtrack album for feature film released Apr 2007, Columbia/Sony Music
Soundtrax 82876 89625 2 (USA/Canada), 24 Apr 2007:
This album was originally scheduled for Sep 2006. For the DVD release see
VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - "Vanguard Visionaries: Ramblin' Jack Elliott" - compilation CD, Vanguard 73153-2 (USA), 12 Jun 2007:
![]() Vanguard 73153-2 (USA) - front of digipak, scan by Jack from Canada |
R-0019-5 Will The
Circle Be Unbroken (traditional) The album in a digipak also contains a cover of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right. Bob isn't credited on the rear. Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans. |
![]() Vanguard 73153-2 (USA) - rear of digipak, scan by Jack from Canada |
![]() Vanguard 73153-2 (USA) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
"Hero Blues" - mono single-sided 10" acetate, Columbia (no catalogue number) (USA), surfaced Jul 2007:
![]() Picture found on eBay by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
R-0390-3 Hero Blues - mono
out-take from The Times They Are A-Changin' recorded at Columbia
Studios, New York, 12 Aug 1963, surfaced in 2007 on an unreleased Columbia
acetate (3:38) The blank side of the acetate has a stamp of "ALLIED New York USA". This is again the version with Bob on piano (CO78980). The Witmark demo version which also circulates unofficially has Bob on guitar, as do the out-takes around 3:06 in length from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, on 6 Dec 1962 (CO77020). This version also appeared on early Columbia acetates of the album, see 1964, and on the "Goldmine" acetates in 1980. For this recording with fake applause added from a 1972-80 Fantasy acetate (R-0792), see 2004. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding this on eBay. |
![]() Picture found on eBay by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (reverse) |
Various Artists - "Protest Songs!" - sampler CD, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SW-40174 (USA), mid 2007:
![]() Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SW-40174 (USA) - front of card sleeve, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
R-0026-5 John Brown R-0028-3 I
Will Not Go Under The Ground [Let Me Die in My
Footsteps] These performances are as in 1963 attributed to "Blind Boy Grunt" (Janis Ian appears as "Blind Girl Grunt"). They also appeared on the Smithsonian Folkways US boxed set The Best Of Broadside, 2000, and listed here as from that set. The CD also contains covers of A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall by Pete Seeger and Blowin' In The Wind by the New World Singers. |
![]() Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SW-40174 (USA) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
![]() Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SW-40174 (USA) - CD scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
Thanks to Tim Dunn for information on this CD in a card sleeve which was given away to repeat subscribers to the magazine "Sing Out!". Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans.
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine): Mark Ronson "Re-Version" - one-track promo CD-Rs, Sony/BMG (no catalogue numbers) (USA/France/Australia), Aug 2007:
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine): Mark Ronson "Re-Version" - two-track promo CD single, Columbia/Legacy CSK 717623 (USA), Aug 2007:
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine): Mark Ronson "Re-Version" - one-track promo CD single, Columbia/Legacy (no number) (Austria for Europe), Aug 2007:
Various Artists - "Agosto 2007 [August 2007]" - promo compilation CD, Sony/BMG PCD 603 (Argentina), Aug 2007:
![]() Sony/BMG PCD 603 (Argentina) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob's contribution to this promo compilation advertising Sony/BMG's new
releases in Argentina for Aug 2007 is Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll
Go Mine) Re-Version, the 2007 remixed track by Mark Ronson (see the CD
singles below) . The Oct 2007 Dylan 3CD set is illustrated on the front of the sleeve. The CD comes inside a folded sleeve in a plastic outer wallet. R-0826-4 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) - remix by Mark Ronson of track from Blonde On Blonde For more Argentinean promo albums in this series, see Promotional Albums (Various Artists) 2000s. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
![]() Sony/BMG PCD 603 (Argentina) - insert scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Sony/BMG PCD 603 (Argentina) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "Sony BMG Music Entertainment Fall Music Sampler 2007" - promo 2CD set, Sony/BMG (no catalogue number) (USA), Sep 2007:
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine): Mark Ronson "Re-Version" -
stereo 7" promo and commercial singles, Columbia/Legacy 88697173787
(USA/UK), 24 Sep 2007:
The European 7" single was made by Columbia International in Heemstede, Holland, for
the UK market, but was not released in Holland!
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine): Mark Ronson Re-Version - CD singles, 3-track version: Columbia/Legacy 88697163192 (UK), 24 Sep 2007; 2-track version: Columbia/Legacy 88697163242 (UK), 24 Sep 2007:
Both CD singles are made in Austria and contain the Mark Ronson "Re-Version" remix and the original version of the track.
R-0826-7 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) - remix by Mark Ronson of track from Blonde On Blonde
The 3-track CD single also contains this 2004 live rarity:
R-0697-2 Down Along The Cove
- live, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, TN, 11 Jun
2004
This soundboard track was first released on the US Sanctuary Records 2CD set
Bonnaroo
Music Festival 2004, 2005.
"Dylan" - Limited Edition 3CD set on promo iPod Nano, Columbia/Legacy (no catalogue number) (UK), Oct 2007:
"Dylan" - Limited Edition single CD plus 2-track bonus CD, Columbia/Legacy 88697 16131 2 (USA/Canada/Europe/Australia), 1 Oct 2007:
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Columbia/Legacy 88697 16131 2 (Austria for Europe) - front with sticker (my copy) |
The 2-track bonus CD will be
available for a limited period only. For more details of this release, see International
Albums (Regular). Some initial copies of the release without the bonus
disc, Columbia/Legacy 88697 05928 2, have by way of compensation an insert
offering the purchaser a free download of R-0826. The French copy shown
has a clear sticker in English/French. R-0826-9 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) - remix by Mark Ronson of track from Blonde On Blonde The bonus disc is the same as the European CD single Columbia/Legacy 88697163242 above, the second track is the original track from Blonde On Blonde. Thanks to Stuart Moore and Jack from Canada for information and scans. |
![]() Columbia/Legacy 88697 16131 2 (Austria for Europe) - front with French sticker, picture from eil.com |
![]() Columbia/Legacy 88697 16131 2 (Australia) - front with sticker, scan by Stuart Moore |
![]() Columbia/Legacy 88697 05928 2 (Canada) - insert offering free download of R-0826, scan by Jack |
Various Artists - "Every Child Deserves A Lifetime: Songs From The 'For Our Children' Series" - charity compilation CD, Shout! Factory 826663-10643 (USA/UK), 9 Oct 2007:
![]() Picture from amazon.co.uk (picture at amazon.com is identical) |
R-0213-2 This Old Man (traditional) This series of children's albums was released on the Disney label to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation, Santa Monica, CA. Bob appears only on the original album For Our Children, see 1991. Thanks to Coenraad Botha, David Plentus, Éamonn Ó Catháin and Tim Dunn for information. |
Various Artists - "Camp Burlesque: Music From
The Motion Picture" -
original soundtrack album for feature film released 2005, Bird Song Records BSCD
104 (USA), 16 Oct 2007:
For the DVD release see VHS & DVD 2000s Part
3. However, thanks to Jack from Canada for information that the film does
not have any Dylan content!
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Bird Song Records BSCD 104 (USA) - picture from amazon.com |
R-0452-3 Rising Sun (Hufsteter/Larriva/Marsico/Quintana) - Bob plays harmonica for the
Cruzados (then the Plugz), 1984 (edited version, 4:39) For the first appearance of this song on Unreleased Early Recordings, a privately-produced CD by the Cruzados, see 2000. A re-recorded version of the song without Bob was released on the first Cruzados album just called Cruzados (Arista, 1985). The "Camp Burlesque" web-site
R-0473, a longer version of R-0452 (5:42) is included on the BMG Germany 2CD compilation May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 3, see 2003. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information. |
"Dylan: The Best" - single CD plus 3-track bonus disc, Sony SICP 1622-1623 (Japan), 24 Oct 2007:
![]() Sony SICP 1622-1623 (Japan) - picture from HMV Japan |
More details of this 18-track sampler CD plus bonus disc will be added when available.
For more details of this release, see International
Albums (Regular). The bonus CD has three tracks, the same as the European CD
single Columbia/Legacy 88697163192, see above, with R-0826, the album
version of Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) from Blonde
On Blonde, and R-0697. R-0826-10 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) - remix by Mark Ronson of track from Blonde On Blonde R-0697-3 Down Along The Cove
Thanks to Michio Kinoshita and Moise Potie for information. |
Various Artists - "I'm Not There:
Original Soundtrack" -
soundtrack album for feature film released Oct 2007, Sony Music
Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (USA/Canada/Austria for Europe), 29 Oct 2007; Sony SICP
1651-2 (Japan), 23 Jan 2008:
This "indie" film was directed by Todd Haynes and stars a range of actors
including Cate Blanchett (pictured on the front) as Bob in different life stages!
For the 2008 DVD release, see VHS & DVD 2000s
Part 4. This album will be released later in 2008 on vinyl as a 2LP set -
more details will be added when available.
![]() Sony Music Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (Austria for Europe) - front with sticker (my copy) |
R-0837 I'm Not There [Bob Dylan/The
Band] - out-take from The Basement Tapes, recorded at Big Pink,
Saugerties, New York State, Jun-Oct 1967 (5:13) This track, which has long circulated unofficially, is usually known to Dylan fans as "I'm Not There (1956)". It was available on the bobdylan.com Performances page in Dec 1997, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com). The album also contains covers of R-0837 by Sonic Youth and I Can't Leave Her Behind (R-0472, see VHS & DVD 1960s) by Stephen Malkmus and Lee Ranaldo. Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the Canadian release with a dual-language front sticker. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that the US Real Networks Rhapsody web-site has the 2007 film soundtrack album I'm Not There (see 2007) with two extra tracks, a cover of Bunkhouse Theme from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid by Calexico and the first digital release of a 1979 exclusive B-side: R-0149-7 Trouble In Mind
- Slow Train Coming out-take (4:17), B-side of 1979 Columbia
7" singles with one verse omitted, lyrics
on bobdylan.com
Sadly this download is for USA only. Thanks to Stuart Moore for scans of the Australian release, his copy of which has no front sticker. Note the different colours of the CDs, most notably of CD2. Thanks to Wil Gielen for scans of promo and commercial copies of the Japanese release. |
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![]() Sony Music Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (Austria for Europe) - front sticker (my copy) |
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![]() Sony Music Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (Austria for Europe) - rear insert |
![]() Sony Music Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (Austria for Europe) - reverse of rear insert (under clear CD tray) |
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![]() Sony Music Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (Canada) - front with sticker, scan by Jack |
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![]() Sony Music Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (Austria for Europe) - CD1 (Dylan covers) |
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![]() Sony Music Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (Canada) - CD1 scan by Jack (Dylan covers) |
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![]() Detail of Rhapsody web-site screenshot with R-0837 and R-0149 by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
![]() Sony SICP 1651-2 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen (promo and commercial releases) |
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![]() Sony Music Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
![]() Sony Music Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (Australia) - rear scan by Stuart Moore |
![]() Sony Music Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (Australia) - CD1 scan by Stuart Moore (Dylan covers) |
![]() Sony Music Soundtrax 88697 120838 2 (Australia) - CD2 scan by Stuart Moore (includes R-0837) |
![]() Sony SICP 1651-2 (Japan) - CD1 scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
![]() Sony SICP 1651-2 (Japan) - front with sticker, scan by Wil Gielen (commercial release) |
![]() Sony SICP 1651-2 (Japan) - front sticker scan by Wil Gielen (commercial release) |
![]() Sony SICP 1651-2 (Japan) - unfolded obi. scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
![]() Sony SICP 1651-2 (Japan) - detail of obi. scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
![]() Sony SICP 1651-2 (Japan) - detail of CD1, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
![]() Sony SICP 1651-2 (Japan) - CD2 scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
![]() Sony SICP 1651-2 (Japan) - detail of CD2, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
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Various Artists - "Serve 2" - live charity compilation CD, Hard
Rock (catalogue number?) (USA), 21 Nov 2007:
This album is being sold at Hard Rock venues to benefit World Hunger Year.
Other artists on the album include Bruce Springsteen.
![]() Picture from Hard Rock Café web-site |
R-0710-2 Ballad Of Hollis
Brown Thanks to J B Heinink, "HwyCDRrev" and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information about this album. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding the promo "ADVANCE CD" in a card sleeve on eBay and to Hans Seegers for scans. |
![]() Front of promo card sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Promo CD-R scan by Hans Seegers |
"Bob Dylan Classics Live" - live compilation limited edition CD, Columbia/Legacy 88697 21150 2 (USA), Dec 2007:
R-0617-4 Cold Irons Bound - live from Jack Fate and his band, recorded at Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002, from the motion picture Masked And Anonymous, see 2003 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2
R-0443-7 Make You Feel My Love - live, available previously on bobdylan.com, BDC26, Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 21 May 1998 (see Online Performances (bobdylan.com), from Things have Changed - Live & Unreleased Columbia CD singles, 2000
The complete tracklist is:
Promotional/Regular Items for 2007
![]() "Yes, I think it can be very easily done": International Promotional Releases |
Stereo promo albums and singles for 2007 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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