Press conference, Hotel Georges V, Paris, France, 23 May 1966, from the Live 1966 booklet
(also see R-0534)
This page lists audio items that include interviews with Bob and other speech only material. Video items are on the relevant page of VHS & DVD. There must be many more items than these, and information (including colour scans where possible) will be very much welcomed.
If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
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Revised: 09 March, 2010.
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(these are the ones that count as obscurities
rather than as rarities)
1971
"What’s It All About?" - 7" radio station disc produced by Radio TRAV Atlanta, GA,
for the Presbyterian Church USA in conjunction with Columbia Records, TRAV
programmes 107/108
(USA), broadcast 1971:
This discs came in plain white sleeves, and each programme lasted about 5 mins.
![]() TRAV programme 108 (USA) - Bob Dylan/George Jackson) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0499 Excerpts from George Jackson ("Big Band" Version - R-0084) with commentary by host Bill Huie For the full version of R-0084, see 1971. Bob is on the B-side - programme 108. The A-side - programme 107 - is about Don MacLean's American Pie (which of course features Bob as "The Jester"). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information. |
![]() TRAV programme 107 (USA) - Don MacLean/American Pie) - scan by Hans Seegers |
1977
"Bob Dylan vs. A.J. Weberman" - vinyl LP, Folkways FB 5322 (USA), 1977:
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. Thanks to Tony Cox for information that a copy for sale on eBay has blue labels. However, Hans Seegers is of the opinion that only copies with black labels as shown are genuine - this album was on the market for too short a time to have had a second release.
For a 2004 UK reissue of this material, see below.
1980
"What’s It All About?" - 7" radio station disc produced by Radio TRAV Atlanta, GA,
for the Presbyterian Church USA in conjunction with Columbia Records,
Radio Series MA 1791 (USA), broadcast Aug 1980:
We also know MA 1788, also broadcast in Aug 1980, was about Paul Simon.
"What’s It All About?" - 7" radio station disc produced by Radio TRAV Atlanta, GA, for the Presbyterian Church USA in conjunction with Columbia Records, Radio Series MA 1805 (USA), broadcast Sep 1980:
1981
"Bob Dylan,
Der Prophet Der Rockmusik" - 7" flexidisc, Rennbahn Express in conjunction with
CBS SHOL 3150A (Austria), Jul 1981:
Free flexidisc (in plain white sleeve) issued with Austrian rock music magazine "Rennbahn
Express". Although released in Austria only, it was actually made in
Holland.
"What’s It All About?" - 7" radio station disc produced by Radio TRAV Atlanta, GA,
for the Presbyterian Church USA in conjunction with Columbia Records,
Radio Series MA 3052 (USA), Aug 1981:
We know that MA 2804, broadcast in Jul 1981, was about Paul Simon, so
this must be later.
"Dylan London Interview" - promo LP, Columbia AS 1259 (USA), Sep 1981:
Al Kooper & Friends - "The Third Annual Kapusta Kristmas Album" - vinyl LP, private distribution by Al Kooper, Partners In Crime NL-109 (USA), Dec 1981:
1982
"What’s It All About?" - 7" radio station disc produced by Radio TRAV Atlanta, GA, for the Presbyterian Church USA in conjunction with Columbia Records, Radio Series MA 3052 (USA), broadcast Oct 1982:
1984
"Bob Dylan: What's The Question? - San Francisco Press Conference,
Dec 3, 1965" - 12" picture disc, Speaking-Tube Records 001 (USA), mid
1980s:
Each copy in this limited edition of 1000 comes in a clear plastic sleeve
with a sticker. The copy shown is #407.
1985
"Dylan On Dylan" - 5LP set of radio station discs, Westwood One (USA), broadcast week of 17 Nov 1984/ 3LP set of radio station discs broadcast week of 23 Sep 1985:
3LP version (15 songs):
Hour 1: Blowin' In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Positively 4th St.; Like A Rolling Stone; Just Like A Woman; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; Lay Lady Lay; Tangled Up In Blue.
Hour 2: Gotta Serve Somebody; Tight Connection To My Heart (not on the 5LP set - it had not been released in 1984); Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Min) (live with The Band from Before The Flood); It Ain't Me, Babe (live with The Band from Before The Flood, not on the 5LP set); Knockin' On Heaven's Door (live with The Band from Before The Flood); Like A Rolling Stone (live with The Band from Before The Flood); Blowin In The Wind (live with The Band from Before The Flood).
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Tim Dunn for information and to Hans Seegers and Ulf Gyllenspetz for pictures. Thanks to "Rob" for the scans from eBay and to Fred Muller for further information.
1986
"Pioneers In Music Starring Bob Dylan" - 2 radio station LPs, D. I .R. Broadcasting show # 39 (USA), broadcast 14 Apr 1986:
These LPs, total time: 61:44 (including local ads), contain the 1981 London interview with Bob Dylan plus 12 songs, all album versions, although all are incomplete. The programme is contained on three sides of the LPs - the second side of the second record is blank!
The Dylan tracks are: Talkin' New York (1:40 excerpt); You're No Good; Blowin' In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; All I Really Want To Do (3:55 fadeout); Like A Rolling Stone (3:00 excerpt); Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (1:15 excerpt); Just Like A Woman (4:40 fadeout); This Wheel's On Fire (3:40 fadeout); All Along The Watchtower; Lay Lady Lay (2:00 excerpt); Knockin' On Heaven's Door (live with The Band from Before The Flood); Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) (live with The Band from Before The Flood).
All tracks are partly talked over.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Tim Dunn for information and to Hans Seegers for scans.
"US Tour Press Conference 1986" - 7" clear vinyl and picture disc singles on unidentified label, USBOB 86 (UK), 1986:
"US Tour Press Conference 1986" - CD in box/LP picture disc, Hearts Of Fire
Records (UK), 1986:
The CD itself has a black and white 1986 picture of Bob (not very easy to
see in the picture) and is #0520 of a limited edition of 1000. The box also
contains two colour photographs of Bob from 1986 - one the colour version of the
one used for the box cover and CD inserts, and one with Tom Petty.
Information and scans from Manfred Helfert. Thanks to Paul Read for information about the picture disc and David O'Brien for scans. Claire Simmons has a copy of the picture disc entitled "Sydney Press Conference" with the 10 Apr 1986 conference on Side 1, running time listed as 18:30. The Hearts Of Fire conference is on Side 2.
1987
Various Artists - "Psychedelic Psnack" - radio station LP, Westwood One PP 87-53 (USA), week of 28 Dec 1987:
There is also a clip from an interview, where Bob says: "The record business has changed because see when I went in in a what they call I guess what they call the early days it was in the sixties really. Everybody made records the same as I did no matter who, Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Byrds and you were a group you were a somebody before you went in and made the record you were a somebody, now people don't want to pay dues no more."
Identification of this interview, please! For a 1989 "Psychedelic Snack" show with Bob, see Radio Station Albums Various Artists 1980-89.
Thanks to Kenneth Robson for information and scans.
1988
"Bob Dylan: The San Francisco Press Conference December 65" - 12" picture disc, Highway 61 Records (UK),
Jan 1988:
These copies were un-numbered.
![]() Front of sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0496-2 Interview at press conference, San Francisco, CA, 3 Dec 1965
For the sleeve notes by David Bramhall see here. For CDs with this material released in 1997 see below. Thanks to Manfred Helfert for information and to Hans Seegers for scans. Thanks to Paul Read and Hans Seegers for additional information. |
![]() Rear of sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - promo album for documentary "Folkways - A Vision Shared:
A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And Leadbelly", Columbia CAS 1261 (USA), 1988:
For full details of this promo album, see 1988.
For the A Vision Shared VHS and DVD releases, see the VHS & DVD 1980s
page.
1991
"The Bob Dylan Bootleg Tapes" - 3CD set of radio station discs, Westwood One Show #91-20 (USA) , broadcast week of 13 May 1991:
![]() Westwood One Show #91-20 (USA) - disc scan by Dan Jordan |
R-0511 Shortened versions of several songs from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 and excerpts from the 1991 interview with Bob by Elliott Mintz (not listed separately) This interview was recorded in a hotel room in Los Angeles, CA, in Mar 1991. Excerpts were used in several Westwood One broadcasts (see below). Most of the three hour radio programme consists of full length versions of songs from the newly-released compilation. For rarities associated with this album see 1991. Thanks to John Gaylor for the information and Dan Jordan for the scans. Also thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz. |
![]() Westwood One Show #91-20 (USA) - cue sheet scan by Dan Jordan |
"Solid Gold Scrapbook - Birthday Salute: Bob Dylan" - radio station CD, Unistar Radio Programming (USA) , broadcast 24 May 1991:
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Cue sheet photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz |
This one-hour show broadcast on Bob's 50th birthday contains four
interview segments with Bob - more information required. Dylan album tracks are played as follows: Like A Rolling Stone; Positively 4th Street; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; I Want You; Just Like A Woman; Knockin' On Heaven's Door. Dylan covers are played as follows: Mr. Tambourine Man (The Byrds); Blowin' In The Wind (Stevie Wonder); It Ain't Me, Babe (The Turtles); Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (The Wonder Who [The Four Seasons]); Mighty Quinn (Manfred Mann); All Along The Watchtower (Jimi Hendrix). For more radio shows in the "Solid Gold Scrapbook" series, see Radio Station Albums Various Artists 1980-89 and Radio Station Albums Various Artists 1990-99. Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz for information and photographs. |
Radio station CD photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz |
1993
The Beatles - "The Beatle Years" - radio station disc, Westwood One Show #93-04 (USA) "Beatles & Dylan", broadcast week of 18 Jan 1993:
![]() Westwood One Show #93-04 (USA) - disc scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0541 Shortened versions of several Dylan songs and excerpts from the
1991 interview with Bob by Elliott Mintz (not
listed separately)
The excerpts from the 1991 Elliot Mintz interview concern Bob talking about John Lennon. For a second Dylan-related disc in this series, see 1995. Thanks to Carsten Baumann and Hans Seegers for information and to Hans Seegers for scans. |
![]() Westwood One Show #93-04 (USA) - cue sheet scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Westwood One generic CD sleeve - scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "Showcase Of Rock: Positively Bob Dylan" - 3 radio station
CDs, Unistar (USA), broadcast 19-21 Nov 1993:
This show was presented by Earle Bailey.
![]() Front of box, scan by Kenneth Robson |
Because this set contains a rarity by The Travelling Wilburys, full details are in
1993 (Wilburys). There is also an an excerpt from the 1981 Dave Hermann
London interview (see above), and a snippet from Bob's Hall of Fame
acceptance speech, Cleveland, OH, 20 Jan 1988. Thanks to Nol Grint for information and to Kenneth Robson for information and scans. |
1996
Various Artists - "Strange Brew - Songs Of Inspiration:
A Tribute To Brett Whiteley" - 2CD set in digipak, Columbia 481538 2
(Australia), 1996:
This 2 CD set in a digipak with an attractive booklet
has now been deleted.
"Bob Dylan" - picture CD and illustrated book, Mastertone/Omnibus Press 8036 (USA), 1996:
1997
"Yéyés: Reportages et Interviews par Francois Jouffa" - LP: Europe 1 AD 101/MC: Europe 1 M7820/CD: Europe 1 AD 101 (France), 1997:
"Bob Dylan: The 1965 Interview" - interview CD, Baktabak CBAK4107 (UK), 1997:
"Summer Of Love: Highway Of Diamonds/An Evening With Bob Dylan" - interview CD, LaserLight 12 830 (USA), 1997:
1998
"Rock Report: Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks" - interview picture CD, KRB 6030-2 (USA), 1998:
Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans.
2000
"Tarantula" - Bilingual English & Swedish publication of Bob Dylan's only book with an associated interview CD, Bakhåll (Sweden), 2000:
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R-0504 Interview with Bob by Klas Burling in Stockholm, Sweden, 29
Apr 1966, on CD included with book.
For more information and ordering details, go to Bakhåll's web-site
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2002
"The Rome 2001 Interview Parts 1 & 2" - interview 2CD set, Text-CD FISK002/003 (NL), Jan 2002:
This is a 2CD set legally released in Holland.
2003
"The Classic Interviews 1965-1966" - Chrome Dreams CIS 2004 (UK), Apr
2003:
This CD was released in association with the Dylan fan magazine "Isis" and
has a 16 page booklet. The CD itself is designed to look like a tape spool, as
is the reverse of the rear insert seen through the clear plastic tray.
R-0608 is complete: excepts from this interview (all listed as R-0506) were used in these video documentaries:
"A Lot Of Love Talk" - Text-CD FISK005 (NL), 2003:
This CD is legally released in Holland.
2004
"Bob Dylan: A Tribute" - 2CD "audio book", Random House Audio RHCD 432 (USA), 13 Jan 2004:
Thanks to Peter Gilmer for information about this item, who says: "This double CD is from Random House Audio, RHCD 432. Once again, it's a less than exciting Geoffrey Giuliano piece. It includes lengthy excerpts from the San Francisco 1965 press conference (of course) and, I think, the Los Angeles press conference from the same year (I'll check that soon) and the Rome 2001 press interview. There's also a large chunk of the Klas Burling interview from Sweden, 1966 and a short extract from Dylan's Grammy acceptance speech where he talked about seeing Buddy Holly in the Duluth Armory. Also, it contains two very short excerpts from very early interviews that I'm not familiar with at the moment. I'll track them down, hopefully. The back of the CD includes the following sentence: "He has toured the country as a member of The Travelling Wilburys, joining with rock icons Tom Petty, George Harrison and Roy Orbison." I must've missed that!"
(Peter is quite right - no Travelling Wilburys tour ever took place!) Also thanks to Rob Cole for the scans.
R-0608 is the complete Los Angeles interview, excepts from this interview (all listed as R-0506) were used in these video documentaries:
"The Classic Interviews Vol. 2 - The Weberman Tapes" - Chrome Dreams
CIS 2005 (UK), 26 Jan
2004:
This CD was again released in association with the Dylan fan magazine "Isis".
It includes a 16-page booklet with a current article by A J Weberman, and a rare cover photo by Elliott Landy.
The little girl with Bob is probably Maria, Sara Dylan's daughter by Hans Lownds.
Bob's daughter Anna was several years younger.
![]() Chrome Dreams CIS 2005 (UK) - front of slipcase (my copy) |
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Chrome Dreams CIS 2005 (UK) - CD |
R-0531-2 Telephone conversations with A.J. Weberman, New York, 6 & 9 Jan 1971
Thanks to John Caruth for information about this item.
The CD is a jewel case with a transparent tray, inside a slipcase with a booklet. The front and back covers of the slipcase and the booklet are the same as the front and rear inserts.
For the original 1977 release of this material by Folkways, see above.
2005
"The Bob Dylan Scrapbook, 1956-1966" - interview CD included with book,
Simon & Schuster (USA/UK/France), 13 Sep 2005:
This book is released in association with the 2005 Bob Dylan exhibition at the
Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA, with text by Robert Santelli of the
EMP. For
Bob Dylan's
American Journey 1956-1966, the 2005 Columbia compilation CD associated with this
exhibition, see International
Albums (Dylan-Only Compilations).
![]() Front of slipcase (my copy) |
![]() Bob Dylan's American Journey 1956-1966, see International Albums (Dylan-Only Compilations) |
Thanks to Jean-Pierre Mercier for the information that the CD has 14 tracks:
Oscar Brand Interview 29/10/61 (1:08)
Cynthia Gooding Interview 13/01/62 (4:18)
Allen Stone Interview 24/10/65 (6:19)
Martin Bronstein Interview 20/02/66 (9:50)
to 14. Interviews taken from the Martin Scorsese film "No Direction Home", see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3.
These will be allocated R- numbers in due course. The story that this CD would also contain a previously unreleased Dylan performance was wishful thinking.
Special thanks to Tim Dunn for the book.
2006
"The Classic Interviews Vol. 3 - 1979-1981" - interview CD, Chrome Dreams CIS 2014 (UK), 22 May 2006:
"The Interview Box" - 3CD set, Chrome Dreams BSCD 6028 (UK), 25 Sep 2006:
2007
"New Yorker Magazine" - download available from web-site (USA), Jan 2007:
Various Artists - "Acoustic Storm" - 3 radio station CDs, United Stations Radio Network, Acoustic Storm #443 (07-16) (USA) broadcast 21-22 Apr 2007:
![]() Acoustic Storm logo scan by Hans Seegers |
This three-hour radio broadcast has two Dylan interview segments:
More details will be added when these are identified. For full details see Radio Station Albums 2000s. Thanks to Tim Dunn and Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
2009
"Wolfgang's Vault" - download available from web-site (USA), Sep 2009:
![]() Bob Dylan interview, 1 Jan 1979, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
There is also a short Bob' interview (1 Jan 1979, 1'52") : http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/bob-dylan-interview/20050143-814.html R-0669 Interview with Bob talking to Ron Rosenbaum, New York, Mar 1978, published in "Playboy" magazine, USA, Jan 2009 This is probably the
Ron Rosenbaum interview published by "Playboy" magazine in Jan 1979, conducted
in Mar 1978. For a transcript of the interview, see here
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