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Bob Dylan Tracks Unique to Compilations

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An extracted list from Searching For A Gem of unique appearances by Bob on official various artists compilations, including film soundtrack albums and tributes. It excludes compilations with regular album tracks, which are listed on the International Various Artist Compilations pages. For live tracks that have appeared on compilations see the Early Field Recordings page (up to 1989) and the Field Recordings page (after 1989 during the "Never Ending Tour"). Duets by Bob with other artists which appear on compilations are listed separately on the page Duets with Bob. Performances where Bob appears supporting other artists are listed on the Sidesman page. For a complete list of film soundtrack albums which includes soundtrack entries from here plus albums with Dylan regular album tracks, see Soundtracks.

For compilations with one or more Dylan album tracks see here:

Dylan-only International Compilations
International Compilations: Dylan-Only Compilations


International Compilations: Various Artist Albums with Dylan Songs

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International Compilations: Dylan Album Tracks on Other Artist's Albums


NoEyeCD.jpg (15647 bytes) R-0516 Roll On John (Traditional) - performed by Bob during an interview with Cynthia Gooding for the "Folksinger's Choice" WBAI radio programme, recorded early 1962, in New York City, and released on the Smithsonian Folkways album There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs, USA, Nov 2001
BroadsideMono3Front.jpg (34432 bytes) Various Artists - Broadside Ballads Vol. 1, Folkways (USA), 1963

R-0025 Talkin' Devil - song exclusive to Broadside, Jan 1963
R-0026 John Brown - original Broadside version, Feb 1963, now available on the Smithsonian/Folkways CD boxed set, The Best of Broadside 1962-1988, 2000
R-0027 Only A Hobo - Broadside version, Feb 1963, different performance from the one released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3
R-0028 I Will Not Go Down Under The Ground [Let Me Die in My Footsteps] - Broadside version, Jan 1963, with Happy Traum, different performance from the one released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3
 

Various Artists - Broadside Ballads Vol. 6: Broadside Reunion, Folkways (USA), 1972

R-0080 Train A-Travelin'- recorded Broadside offices, New York, Mar 1963
R-0081 (I'd Hate To Be You On That) Dreadful Day - recorded Broadside offices, New York, Nov 1962
R-0082 The Death Of Emmett Till - from "The Broadside Show" radio broadcast, WBAI-FM, New York, May 1962
R-0083 The Ballad Of Donald White - from "The Broadside Show" radio broadcast, WBAI-FM, New York, May 1962, now also on the Smithsonian Folkways CD boxed set, The Best of Broadside 1962-1988, 2000
 

R-0182 Band Of The Hand - with The Heartbreakers, theme tune from film of the same name, on MCA singles and soundtrack album, 1986
HOF_UKLP_Front.JPG (19192 bytes) Hearts Of Fire soundtrack album, Columbia/CBS (USA/UK), 1987

R-0191 The Usual (John Hiatt) - also on promo cassettes of Down In The Groove, 1988
R-0192 Night After Night
R-0193 Had A Dream About You, Baby - original version, the version released in May 1988 on Down In The Groove is remixed

R-0202 Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie) - from the Columbia Woody Guthrie/Leadbelly tribute album Folkways: A Vision Shared, 1988, also on the 1993 Japanese promo CD Mr. D's Collection # 3
R-0201 People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield) - from Flashback: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, WTG Records,1990
R-0213 This Old Man (Traditional) - from the Walt Disney Records children's charity album For Our Children, 1991
NelsonLD.jpg (32341 bytes) R-0489 Hard Times (Stephen Foster) - from the Columbia House VHS video Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O - An All-Star Birthday Celebration, 1993 (not available on record but still worth including)

Bob also performed Townes Van Zandt's Pancho And Lefty with Willie Nelson at this event, see Duets with Bob.

R-0231 You Belong To Me (Pee Wee King-Red Stewart-Chilton Price) from the Natural Born Killers OST album, Nothing/Interscope, 1994
R-0243 Boogie Woogie Country Girl (Doc Pomus/Reginald Ashby) - from the Doc Pomus tribute album 'Til The Night Is Gone, Rhino, 1995
R-0247 Ring Of Fire (June Carter/Merle Kilgore) - from the Feeling Minnesota soundtrack album, Atlantic, 1996, recorded specially for the album
R-0258 My Blue-Eyed Jane (Jimmie Rodgers/Lulu Belle White) - from The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers tribute album, Egyptian Records, 1997
R-0250 Shelter From The Storm - alternate take with extra verse, out-take from the Blood On The Tracks sessions, 1974, from the Jerry Maguire soundtrack album, Epic, 1997
DiamondCutsUSFront2.jpg (24417 bytes) R-0837 Catfish - longer version of out-take from Desire from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991 (2:48 instead of 2:38), on US Hungry For Music baseball-themed compilation Diamond Cuts, 1998
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) from the 550 Music/Sony Music Soundtrax compilation Touched By An Angel: The Album, 1998

Now no longer a rarity since R-0273 is included in Dylan (2007) on the bobdylan.com albums page

Wonder.JPG (29434 bytes) R-0299 Things Have Changed - new Dylan composition exclusive to original Sony Music Soundtrax film soundtrack of Wonder Boys, 2000

Now no longer a rarity since R-0299 is included in The Essential Bob Dylan (2000) on the bobdylan.com albums page

Sopranos2.jpg (26762 bytes) R-0464 Return To Me [Ritorna A Me] (Danny Di Minno/Carmen Lombardo) - from the The Sopranos - Peppers & Eggs: Music From The HBO Original Series TV series soundtrack album, Play Tone/Columbia (USA), Mar 2001
Timeless2.JPG (19058 bytes) R-0512 I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind (Hank Williams) - from the Hank Williams tribute album Timeless, Lost Highway Records (USA), Sep 2001
R-0470 A Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache (W. B. Thompson/L. May) -  from Sun Records tribute album Good Rockin' Tonight, Sire (USA), Oct 2001
Bob's Appearances on Compilations R-0552 Waitin' For You - new Dylan composition exclusive to original film soundtrack, Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood, DMZ Records/Sony (USA), May 2002
CashKindredUKFront.jpg (25927 bytes) R-0554 Train Of Love (Johnny Cash) - from Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash, Lucky Dog/Sony Nashville (USA), Sep 2002
GodsGeneralsOST.jpg (15589 bytes) R-0586 'Cross The Green Mountain - new Dylan composition exclusive to original film soundtrack, Gods And Generals, Sony Classical (USA), Feb 2003

This performance is included in The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, released in October 2008, so has ceased to be a rarity

R-0649 Tell Ol' Bill - previously unreleased song from Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax album North Country: Music From The Motion Picture, 2005

This is a new song, not the uncirculating out-take from Self Portrait of a traditional song of the same name recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 4 Mar 1970. Tell Ol' Bill is included in The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, released Oct 2008, but in an alternate take, so R-0649 is still a rarity!

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R-0738 Huck's Tune -  previously unreleased song from Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax album Lucky You: Music From The Motion Picture, Apr 2007

This performance is included in The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, released in October 2008, so has ceased to be a rarity. The soundtrack album also contains Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited

R-0548 Apothecary - excerpt from soundtrack of 2005 Martin Scorsese documentary No Direction Home on French Naïve Records compilation Dylan Mania Par Béatrice Ardisson, 2009
R-0768 California - early version of Outlaw Blues from Bringing It All Back Home with different lyrics, on the 2009 CBS US soundtrack compilation CD NCIS: The Official TV Series Soundtrack Vol. 2
R-0787 Do Re Mi (Woody Guthrie) - original recording from the TV documentary soundtrack album The People Speak, Verve/Hip-O Records, USA, 2009

Possible Addition

The TV special Apollo At 70: A Hot Night In Harlem aired in the USA on 19 Jun 2004 of the 70th Anniversary concert held at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York, was to be released in the USA by Rhino Home Video on 12 Oct 2004 (it has not yet appeared). Bob performed the Sam Cooke song A Change Is Gonna Come.


More "Flying Pig" Bob Dylan pages

The Blonde On Blonde Missing Pictures
The Blonde On Blonde Missing Pictures

The Liner Notes That Sank
The Missing Liner Notes from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 3

Who really wrote Blowin' In The Wind?
Who really wrote "Blowin' In The Wind"?


Who really wrote "A Fool Such As I"?

Mr. D's Collection 2001
"Mr. D's Apocrypha"
(Columbia releases that aren't on Bob's regular albums)


Bob Dylan at the Movies: An Overview of all Films with Dylan Performances

Bob's "Field Recordings" 1961-87
Bob's Early "Field Recordings" 1961-87

The Never-Ending Tour Official "Field Recordings"
Bob Dylan's Never-Ending Tour Official "Field Recordings" 1988 onwards

Duets with Bob
Duets with Bob

Bob Supporting Other Artists
Bob "On The Side"


My (Dylan-related) review of Stephen King's "Song of Susannah"

 

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