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
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: 27 July, 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)
Audience recordings are indicated by (A).
Various Artists - "Blowin' In The Wind: 20 Versions" - compilation CD, Classic Hits RADI-1160 (Germany), 5 Feb 2010:
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Classic Hits RADI-1160 (Germany) - front picture from amazon.de |
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 Classic Hits RADI-1160 (Germany) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
 Classic Hits RADI-1160 (Germany) - detail of rear insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Classic Hits RADI-1160 (Germany) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
This unique compilation features 20 versions of Blowin' In The Wind from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan including a live performance by Bob as track 4. Other artists include Dionne Warwick, Cher, Marianne Faithful, Joan Baez, Trini Lopez and The Seekers, though not the Peter, Paul and Mary cover version that broke Bob as a songwriter. The performance by Bob is identified incorrectly as "("live" - TV-Production/CB-TV Canada 1962)". In fact it's from New York in 1963!
R-0714-2 Blowin' In The Wind - Live on TV, Westinghouse
Studios "Folk Songs And More Folk Songs", Mar 1963, broadcast May 1963
This performance from a TV show introduced by John Henry Faulk first appeared on
the Martin Scorsese documentary film "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home", Sep 2005,
see VHS & DVD 200s Part 3. The
Canadian TV appearance wrongly referred to was on the CBC TV programme "Quest",
recorded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 1 Feb 1964, broadcast on 10 Mar 1964.
Bob did not perform Blowin' In The Wind on that occasion!
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Dylan Ga Rock [DylanがRock/Dylan 'N' Rock]" -
limited edition 2CD set, Sony Music SICP 2620-1 (Japan), 10 Mar 2010:
This compilation first appeared in
Japan as a promo-only 2CD compilation with a different track list in
1993. This compilation also has the original
1993 graphics by
celebrated Japanese cartoonist and Dylan fan Jun Miura. According to
www.cdjapan.co.jp there will also be a bonus
disc, although Andrew Wellman has received his copy and it doesn't have one.
Other contributors including myself have received copies with a giant poster by Jun Miura and a
Dylan discography on the back (see my photos).
 Sony Music SICP 2620-1 (Japan) - picture from hmv.co.jp (2010 version) |
Hervé from France has a promo copy
with a giant "NOT FOR SALE" flyer. The set comes in a three panel card
sleeve (not a digipak as the original release) and the records have clear plastic inner sleeves inside paper sleeves.
There is a 60-page stapled booklet in English and Japanese which includes the
song lyrics and a "High Hopes" leaflet with a voucher. There is a black obi with
multi-coloured text, price ¥3,780 (¥3,600 before sales tax), release date
and original release date as "10-3-10" (10 Mar 2010) and withdrawal date
"10-9-9" (9 Oct 2010). Thanks to Horishi Hemmi for scans of a promo flyer which consists of a folded A4 sheet. It has Jun Miura's poster on the front, pictures of Bob, Jun Miura and Bob's 2010 Japanese tour dates on the back, and details of the Dylan Ga Rock release on the inside. |
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 Sony Music SICP 2620-1 (Japan) - outside of promo flyer, scan by Hiroshi Hemmi |
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 Sony Music SICP 2620-1 (Japan) - front of poster |
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 Sony Music SICP 2620-1 (Japan) - front with obi (2010 version, my copy) |
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 Sony Music SICP 2620-1 (Japan) - outside of unfolded card sleeve |
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 Sony Music SICP 2620-1 (Japan) - front of booklet |
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 Sony Music SICP 2620 (Japan) - front of inner sleeve for CD1 |
 Sony Music SICP 2620 (Japan) - rear of inner sleeve for CD1 |
 Sony Music SICP 2620 (Japan) - CD1 |
 Sony Music SICP 2620-1 (Japan) - obi |
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 Sony Music SICP 2621 (Japan) - front of inner sleeve for CD2 |
 Sony Music SICP 2621 (Japan) - rear of inner sleeve for CD2 |
 Sony Music SICP 2621 (Japan) - CD2 with rarities |
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R-0130-8 Rita May 
- Desire out-take released on 7" singles Nov 1976/Jan 1977, see
1976/1977,
lyrics on bobdylan.com
R-0130 is also on the 1978 Japanese/Australian compilation Masterpieces,
(see 1978) and on two limited
edition Japanese CD releases, Mr. D's Collection #3 and the original
version of Dylan Ga Rock (for both, see
1993). 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).
I'm told the sound quality of this track is much improved over previous
appearances, I'll check it out!
R-0054-10 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
- recorded live with the Hawks at The Odeon Theatre, Liverpool,
England, 14 May 1966, B-side of US 7" single I Want You, (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),
the Japanese Mr. D's Collection #3
promo CD (see 1993)
and the Band's retrospective Capitol/EMI set A Musical History, see
2005.
All versions are as far as I know still in mono as originally recorded.
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!
R-0469-9 Things Have Changed
- Portsmouth, England, 25 Sep 2000, from the Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty-Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances,
see 2001
This performance, obviously not on the 1993 release of
Dylan Ga Rock, is also on the Columbia US "blue" and "red"
promo CD singles Things Have Changed Live & Unreleased, the Columbia UK
promo CD The Voice Of Every Generation, the European and Canadian promo
CD singles Live & Rare (for all of these see
2001).
Track listing:
CD1: Tombstone Blues (from Highway 61 Revisited); Maggie's Farm (live from The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack); On A Night Like This (from Planet Waves); Everything Is Broken (from Oh Mercy); It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); Thunder on the Mountain (from Modern Times); Union Sundown (from Infidels); Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar (from Greatest Hits Vol. 3); Neighbourhood Bully (from Infidels); Absolutely Sweet Marie (from Blonde On Blonde); Dignity (from Greatest Hits Vol. 3); I Threw It All Away (live from Hard Rain); Odds And Ends (from The Basement Tapes); Saved (from Saved); Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (from Blonde On Blonde); Tweedle Dee And Tweedle Dum (from "Love And Theft"); All Along The Watchtower (live from Before The Flood).
CD2: Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I Go Mine) (live from Before The Flood); Solid Rock (from Saved); Rita May (R-0130, from B-side of Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again 1976 single); Honest with Me (from "Love And Theft"); Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) (live from Self Portrait); Changing of the Guard (from the remastered 1999 Street-Legal); Highway 61 Revisited (from Highway 61 Revisited); Rollin' And Tumblin' (from Modern Times); Subterranean Homesick Blues (from Bringing It All Back Home); Things Have Changed (R-0469, live from Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000); Wiggle Wiggle (from Under The Red Sky); Shelter from the Storm (live from Hard Rain); Outlaw Blues (from Bringing It All Back Home); Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (from Biograph and therefore still in mono); Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (R-0054, live from B-side of I Want You 1966 single); Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (from Together Through Life); Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (live from The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Live 1975); Like a Rolling Stone (from Highway 61 Revisited).
Two rarities on the 1993 release of Dylan Ga Rock are missing:
R-0084 George Jackson
("Big Band" version)
- lyrics on
bobdylan.com
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from 7" singles,
see 1971
R-0046 From A Buick 6 - alternate take with harmonica intro (3:06),
from the original US and Japanese stereo pressings of Highway 61 Revisited (see 1965)
Thanks to Michio Kinoshita for information. Thanks to Aaron Derfel for information that six tracks appear to be remastered from their current incarnation on CD - I Threw It All Away, Solid Rock, Saved, The Mighty Quinn, Wiggle Wiggle and Shelter From The Storm. This raises hopes that Self Portrait, Hard Rain, Saved and Under The Red Sky may appear this year in remastered form.
 Front scan by Wil Gielen |
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. Shown here is the 1994 Blues
Interactions Inc. Japanese edition of the book "Bob Dylan 1964-65: A
Portrait of the Artist's Early Years" by Daniel Kramer, with front and rear
cover illustrations by Jun Miura. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
 Detail of front, scan by Wil Gielen |
 Rear scan by Wil Gielen |
About the pink leaflet, Wil Gielen says: "The coupon (bottom right corner of the leaflet) is for a prize draw, if you send it to Sony you will be entered in the lottery for the following prizes:
D – a Bob Dylan harmonica
Y – a Bob Dylan mouse pad
L – a Bob Dylan T-shirt
A – a Bob Dylan note pad
N – a Bob Dylan book mark
(The numbers at the end of each line are the numbers of each prize available).
Most of the text is explaining how to enter, and the rules (for example, they can only ship to addresses in Japan). The first date (2010-4-30 = 30 Apr 2010) is the closing date for entries, the second date (2010-6 = Jun 2010) is the estimated date for shipping the prizes to the winners. The ‘high-hopes’ is a keyword for an internet search engine, if you enter this into Google etc it should take you to the Sony information page for this prize draw. You can find the homepage at this link: http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/International/Special/high-hopes/"
Various Artists - "Crackdown 2" - video game for Microsoft XBox 360, Ruffian Games (catalogue number?) (USA), 6 Jul 2010:
 Picture from play.com |
R-0473 Masters Of War - remix of track from The Freewheelin'
Bob Dylan by "Sientific American" for video game Crackdown 2 Thanks to Harold Lepidus for information. |
Rhythms Del Mundo - "Revival" - CD release, Clash Music (catalogue number?) (UK), 26 Jul 2010:
 Picture from Clash Music web-site |
This CD by Rhythms Del Mundo is being
sold to benefit Artists Project Earth, a UK organisation focusing on
disaster relief and climate change awareness. Other artists appearing are
Gorillaz, Dizzee Rascal, Franz Ferdinand and Cold Play. R-0791 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - new "Afro-Cuban" version of track from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Rhythms Del Mundo featuring Bob Dylan It appears that Bob's contribution to this track is a sample of his original version, not a new recording. Thanks to Harold Lepidus for information. |
Promotional/Regular Items for 2010
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Stereo promo albums and singles for 2010 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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