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Al Kooper's Rare And Well Done 2001 Columbia/Legacy compilation, which features an alternate take of Went To See The Gypsy from the 1970 New Morning sessions

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This page contains items that aren't eligible for the main Searching For A Gem or International Stereo Releases lists because Bob does not personally perform on them, but are nevertheless of interest to Dylan collectors. There's no specific qualification for inclusion other than I have the item or it's been notified to me by a contributor as having a noteworthy Dylan connection. All candidates for inclusion will be assessed on their merits! By request I have included two sections of Dylan covers (Covers of Blowin' In The Wind and Miscellaneous Covers), but this is not intended to be a comprehensive section on Dylan Covers. The late Dave Plentus' excellent Dylan Cover Albums site is now kept alive on Expecting Rain by Karl-Erik Anderson here . The other Honourable Mentions pages are listed below.


Honourable Mentions (Dylan's Roots)

Honourable Mentions - Covers of Blowin' In The Wind

Honourable Mentions - Covers (Misc)

Honourable Mentions - Video

The new Dylan's Roots page includes songs by other artists that have been covered by Bob or are said to have influenced Bob, including all the songs he's played on his Theme Time Radio Hour programmes.

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: 23 October, 2024.


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1960s


Carolyn Hester - "Carolyn Hester" - mono vinyl album, Tradition Records TLP-1043 (USA), 1961:
These albums aren't included on the
Honourable Mentions - Women Sing Dylan page because they don't include Dylan compositions.


Tradition Records TLP-1043 (USA mono) - front (my copy, no Dylan)

Thanks to Tracy Zank for pointing out that the Carolyn Hester album listed in 1962 is in fact Carolyn's second self-titled album - the first (shown left) was released in 1961 on Tradition Records (TLP-1043) with a completely different tracklist including House Of The Risin' Sun and The Water Is Wide  - Bob did not play on this album. Thanks to Tim Dunn for the album! The sleeve notes are by "Stacey Williams" (Robert Shelton), who wrote the sleeve notes for Bob's first album under the same pseudonym. This 1961 album was released on CD with three bonus tracks as The Tradition Album by Road Goes On Forever on 1 Mar 2001, and then again with the original artwork as The Tradition Album by Hot Records on 29 Sep 2006, this time with just the original 13 tracks, but remastered.


Road Goes On Forever 2000 CD reissue with 3 bonus tracks, picture from www.amazon.co.uk


Hot Records 2006 remastered CD reissue, picture from www.amazon.co.uk


Tradition Records TLP-1043 (USA mono) - detail of front


Tradition Records TLP-1043 (USA mono) - rear

Tradition Records TLP-1043 (USA mono) - detail of rear

Tradition Records TLP-1043 (USA mono) - Side 1


Tradition Records TLP-1043 (USA mono) - Side 2


Coral CRL 57143 (USA mono) - front picture from www.collectorsfrenzy.com (1957, no Dylan)

Thanks to Ian Woodward for pointing out that Carolyn's first album, also in mono only, was in fact Scarlet Ribbons from 1957 on the Coral label, produced in her home state of Texas by Norman Petty, producer of Buddy Holly and the Crickets. These two albums are together on CD1 of a 2CD set, Carolyn Hester Introduces Bob Dylan, from Jasmine Music in the UK, released on 12 Apr 2013. CD2 contains Carolyn's 1962 album plus Bob's first album and his first single (in mono). This release is presumably legal in the EU because of copyright expiry, but as it's not an official Columbia release, it is listed in Questionable Releases.


Jasmine Records JASCD 259 (UK mono/stereo, 2013) - front (my copy, includes Bob)

Carolyn Hester also recorded Bob's non-album song Ye Playboys and Playgirls (R-0020, see 1964) for Dot Records in Aug/Sep 1965 on her live album Carolyn Hester At Town Hall Two (Dot DLP 25649 - stereo, Dot DLP 3649 - mono).


Dot Records DLP 3649 (USA, 1965) - front of mono LP with her cover of (Ye) Playboys and Playgirls


Dot Records VDEP 34012 (France, 1965) - front of 7" mono EP, scan by Manuel García Jara


Dot Records VDEP 34012 (France, 1965) - B-side of 7" mono EP, scan by Ronald Born


Bear Family Records BCD 15520 (Germany, 2010) - CD with 24 tracks from both Town Hall LPs


Dot Records DLP 3638 (UK, 1965) - front of mono LP test pressing with her cover of (Ye) Playboys and Playgirls, scan by Ronald Born


Dot Records DLP 3638 (UK, 1965) - Side 1 of mono LP test pressing, scan by Ronald Born


Dot Records DLP 3638 (UK, 1965) - Side 2 of mono LP test pressing, scan by Ronald Born


Dot Records DS 16751 (UK, 1965) - A-side of 7" mono single, scan by Ian Woodward (sold centre)


Dot Records DS 16751 (UK, 1965) - A-side of 7" mono single, scan by Ronald Born (push-out centre)


Master Classics Records (Europe, 2013) - MP3 version with 24 tracks from both Town Hall LPs

Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that this version has a new final verse: "Ringo just got married, now he'll never marry me; Never marry me, never marry me; Ringer just got married, now he'll never marry me, Not now and no other time". The liner notes by Carolyn include the credit: "For Bobby in hopes he won't object to the very last verse (it's about a friend of his, anyway!)." (Actually, most of her lyrics do not match the Dylan version in "Lyrics 1962-2001".) This album was also released in the UK as Dot Records DLP 3638 (mono), thanks to Ronald Born for scans of a UK test pressing in a plain white sleeve with details on a sheet pasted on the front. The song was also released as a single in the UK and on a French EP taken from the album.

For another live performance of Ye Playboys and Playgirls by Emily Lacy, see 2011 below.


US "TV Guide", 12 May 1963:


"TV Guide" for 12 May 1963, scan by Keith Venturoni
Thanks to Keith Venturoni for a scan of the US "TV Guide" for 12 May 1963, the day that "folksinger Bob Dylan" was listed to appear on the Ed Sullivan Show, but walked out because they wouldn't let him sing Talkin' John Birch Society Blues.
Detail of "TV Guide" for 12 May 1963 with "Ed Sullivan Show", scan by Keith Venturoni

The New World Singers - "The New World Singers" - vinyl LPs, Atlantic 8087 (USA, mono)/Atlantic SD-8087 (USA, stereo), 1963:

NewWorldSingersUSLPFront.jpg (26865 bytes)
Atlantic SD-8087 (USA, stereo) - front scan by Jack from Canada
Another album with liner notes by Bob, this has not yet been released on CD. The liner notes can be found at Jim Roemer's Book of Bob web-site The album contains a cover of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scan.


Joan Baez - "Joan Baez In Concert Part 2" - mono vinyl LP releases, Vanguard VRS-9113 (USA)/Vanguard VRS-9113 (New Zealand), 1963; stereo vinyl LP releases: Vanguard VSD-79113 (USA)/Fontana STFL 6035 (UK), 1963; CD: Vanguard VMD-2123 (USA), 1990; Remastered CD: Vanguard 79599-2 (USA), 2002:
These albums aren't included on the Honourable Mentions - Women Sing Dylan page because they don't include Dylan compositions.


Vanguard VRS-9113 (USA mono) - LP front scan by Jack from Canada


Fontana STFL 6035 (UK stereo) - LP front (my copy)


Fontana STFL 6035 (UK stereo) - LP rear

Fontana STFL 6035 (UK stereo) - LP Side 1 (includes Don't Think Twice)


Fontana STFL 6035 (UK stereo) - LP Side 2 (doesn't include With God On Our Side)


Vanguard 79599-2 (USA) - remastered CD front scan by Jack from Canada


Vanguard VRS-9113 (New Zealand mono) - LP front scan by Bill Hester


Vanguard VRS-9113 (New Zealand mono) - LP rear scan by Bill Hester (Bob's liner notes)


Vanguard VRS-9113 (New Zealand mono) - detail of LP rear, scan by Bill Hester

Vanguard VRS-9113 (New Zealand mono) - LP Side 1 scan by Bill Hester (includes Don't Think Twice)


Vanguard VRS-9113 (New Zealand mono) - detail of LP Side 1, scan by Bill Hester


Vanguard VRS-9113 (New Zealand mono) - LP Side 2 scan by Bill Hester (includes With God On Our Side)

This is another album with liner notes by Bob. They can be found at Jim Roemer's Book of Bob web-site . It also includes a cover of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for the UK stereo copy, released by Fontana (part of Philips, later PolyGram, now Universal) on behalf of Vanguard Records.


Fontana STFL 6035 (UK stereo) - detail of LP Side 2 (8 tracks - doesn't include With God On Our Side)
Bill Hester has a New Zealand second edition release, manufactured for Vanguard by Philips in New Zealand. The mono catalogue number is given on the sleeve and record labels as VRS-9113, the same as the US mono release. The sleeve has three folded-over flaps. Both sleeve and record labels say "Made in New Zealand". Thanks to Bill for pointing out that his copy, like other later releases of this album, has a revised Side 2 with seven tracks instead of eight, with With God On Our Side replacing two original songs.
Vanguard VRS-9113 (New Zealand mono) - detail of LP Side 2, scan by Bill Hester (7 tracks - includes With God On Our Side)

This album was originally released on CD in the USA in 1990, and then in remastered form with new artwork in 1999.

For Dylan covers by Joan, see Honourable Mentions - Women Sing Dylan. For her cover of Blowin' In the Wind, see Honourable Mentions - Covers of Blowin' In The Wind.

Thanks to Jack from Canada, Bill Hester and Manuel García Jara for information and scans.


Eric Andersen - "'bout changes & things" - stereo LP release, Vanguard VSD 79206 (USA), 1965:


Vanguard VSD 79206 (USA, 1966) - picture from www.amazon.com (released as Vanguard Masters VMD 79206 on CD in 2002)
Bob's cover of Eric Andersen's Thirsty Boots, an out-take from Self Portrait recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, 4 Mar 1970, is included on a limited edition stereo 7" single released in the USA and Europe on Record Store Day, 20 Apr 2013, taken from the Aug 2013 2CD release The Bootleg Series Vol. 10.

Eric Andersen's own version of Thirsty Boots appears on his 1966 Vanguard album, 'bout changes & things, although it was first released as a cover by Judy Collins on her 1965 Elektra album fifth album. Eric released an electric version of his 1966 solo acoustic album as 'bout changes & things take 2 in 1967!


Vanguard VSD 79236 (USA, 1967) - picture from www.amazon.com


fifth album (Judy Collins, Elektra, USA, 1965) - picture from www.amazon.com


Columbia 38-549235 (USA) - picture from bobdylan.com

The Band - "Music From Big Pink" - stereo LP release: Capitol SKAO-2955 (USA), 1968, Capitol ST-2955 (Australia), 1968; Capitol ST.2955 (New Zealand), 1968; remastered EMI/Capitol 72434-99465-1-4 (UK), 2000; CD: Capitol 46069-2 (USA)/EMI CDP 7 46069 2 (UK), 1986, remastered Capitol 72435-25390-2-4 (USA/Europe), 2000:


EMI/Capitol 72434-99465-1-4 (UK) - front of 2000 remastered LP release (my copy)
This album recorded at Big Pink, West Saugerties, New York (close to Woodstock) by The Band the year after the "Basement Tapes" sessions, has three covers from those sessions (Tears Of Rage; Wheels On Fire [This Wheel's On Fire] and I Shall be Released} and a cover painting by Bob.


EMI/Capitol 72434-99465-1-4 (UK) - detail of front sticker from 2000 remastered LP release


EMI/Capitol 72434-99465-1-4 (UK) - rear of  2000 remastered LP release

EMI/Capitol 72434-99465-1-4 (UK) - Side 1 of  2000 remastered LP release

EMI/Capitol 72434-99465-1-4 (UK) - Side 2 of  2000 remastered LP release

Capitol ST-2955 (Australia) - front of original LP release, scan by Bill Hester

Capitol ST-2955 (Australia) - rear of original LP release, scan by Bill Hester

Capitol ST-2955 (Australia) - Side 1 of original LP release, scan by Bill Hester

Capitol ST-2955 (Australia) - Side 2 of original LP release, scan by Bill Hester


EMI CDP 7 46069 2 (UK) - front of original CD release, scan by Bill Hester


EMI 7243 5 25390 2 4 (Europe) - front of remastered CD release, scan by Bill Hester

Capitol ST.2955 (New Zealand) - front of original LP release, scan by Bill Hester

Capitol ST.2955 (New Zealand) - rear of original LP release, scan by Bill Hester

Capitol ST.2955 (New Zealand) - Side 1 of original LP release, scan by Bill Hester

Capitol ST.2955 (New Zealand) - Side 2 of original LP release, scan by Bill Hester


Capitol 72435-25390-2-4 (USA) - front of remastered CD release, scan by Jack from Canada


Capitol 72435-25390-2-4 (USA) - rear of remastered CD release, scan by Billy Bolley

Garth Hudson from page 10 of the booklet with the 50th Anniversary Edition, photo by Elliot Landy found by Sonny Boy McFitzson

Thanks to Ian Woodward for information that the US and Canadian LP releases of the album had a gatefold sleeve with no text on the front and different liner notes. Thanks to Bill Hester for information that the Australian and New Zealand releases did not have a gatefold sleeve. The Australian release has a different front sleeve omitting the Dylan painting.

The 2000 Capitol remastered CD release had nine extra tracks of out-takes and alternate takes by The Band from this album and The Basement Tapes including Tears Of Rage and Long Distance Operator. There was also a 2018 50th Anniversary Edition boxed set with two LPs, the remastered CD, a vinyl single of The Weight/I Shall Be Released and a Blu-ray disc.


Garth Hudson from page 34 of the booklet with
The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - The Basement Tapes Raw/Complete, photo by Elliot Landy found by Sonny Boy McFitzson

Thanks to Jack from Canada, Bill Hester, Billy Bolley and Sonny Boy McFitzson for information and scans.


Eric von Schmidt - "Who Knocked The Brains Out Of The Sky?" - stereo vinyl LP: Smash SRS-67124 (USA), 1969:


Smash SRS-67124 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada
Another album with liner notes by Bob, this has not yet been released on CD.

For an album by Eric von Schmidt and Richard Fariña featuring Bob on harmonica, see 1964.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scan.


1970s


Don McLean - "American Pie" - stereo 7" single: United Artists 50856 (USA), Oct 1971/United Artists UP 35325 (UK), 1972; CD single: EMI CDEMCT 3 (UK), Oct 1991; stereo vinyl LP: United Artists UAS-5535 (USA), Oct 1971/United Artists UAS 29285 (UK), Oct 1971:


United Artists 50856 (USA) - 1971 7" single scan from wikipedia.com
This 1971 song inspired by the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper in air crash in February 1959 and subsequent events in music has an appearance by Bob as "The Jester". Lyrics include:

"When the Jester sang for the King and Queen
In a coat he'd borrowed from James Dean
and voice that came from you and me
"
© Universal Music Publishing Group, 1971.


EMI CDEMCT 3 (UK) - 1991 20th Anniversary CD single front (my copy)

United Artists UAS-5535 (USA)/United Artists UAS 29285 (UK) - 1971 LP front scan from discogs.com

Eric von Schmidt - "2nd Right, 3rd Row" - stereo vinyl LP: Poppy PYS-5705 (USA), 1972; CD: Tomato TOM-2052 (USA), 2003:


Poppy PYS-5705 (USA) - LP front scan by Jack from Canada
Another album with liner notes by Bob, this does have a CD release, unlike the 1969 von Schmidt album above.

For an album by Eric von Schmidt and Richard Fariña featuring Bob on harmonica, see 1964.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans.


Tomato TOM-2052 (USA) - CD front scan by Jack from Canada

Tomato TOM-2052 (USA) - reverse of rear insert with Bob's original liner notes, scan by Jack from Canada

1980s


None so far.


1990s


Delaney & Bonnie & Friends with Eric Clapton - "On Tour" - CD release: Atco 7567-90397-2 (Germany for Europe), 1999:


Atco 7567-90397-2 (Germany for Europe) - front scan by Jack from Canada
This 1999 CD is a re-release of the original 1970 album. The Dylan connection to this album is that the front features a photo of Bob Dylan. The feet shown hanging out of the car window in the picture are those of Bob! The photo was taken by Barry Feinstein in Sep 1963 and the Rolls Royce belonged to Albert Grossman.
Atco 7567-90397-2 (Germany for Europe) - rear insert scan by Jack from Canada

Atco 7567-90397-2 (Germany for Europe) - CD scan by Jack from Canada

Barry Feinstein's original photo, picture from Morrison Hotel Galleries web-site

Atco 7567-90397-2 (Germany for Europe) - outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Jack from Canada


Atco 7567-90397-2 (Germany for Europe) - inside of unfolded front insert, scan by Jack from Canada

Jack from Canada says: "There are, of course, many examples of Dylan pictured on an album sleeve, but these are of the various artists type, usually with a Dylan track (e.g. The All Time Greatest Rock Songs by various artists) or with a Dylan song/cover (e.g. Thank You by Duran Duran). This release (along with the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper) is, I believe, unique in that no Dylan track or song/cover is featured." The road trip taken by Barry and Bob in Albert's Rolls Royce from Denver to New York in Sep 1963 is described in the foreword to the book "Early Dylan" by Barry Feinstein, Daniel Kramer and Jim Marshall (Little, Brown & Co, 1999).

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans.


Various Artists - "Unconditionally Guaranteed Volume 3" - CD given away with "Uncut" magazine (UK), Apr 1999:


CD front scan by Peter Oudejans

This magazine CD has the following 10 second excerpt from the movie Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, 20 seconds after the end of the last song of the CD (Me And The Devil Blues by Robert Johnson, 2.54 min):

Pat Garrett: What’s your name boy?
Bob Dylan: Alias
Pat Garrett: Alias what?
Bob Dylan: Alias anything you please


CD rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans

CD scan by Peter Oudejans

"Uncut" magazine (UK), Apr 1999 - front scan by Peter Oudejans

Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.


2000s


Dion - "King Of The New York Streets" - 3 CD set, The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) 2000:


The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - front of slipcase, scan by Jack from Canada
This career-spanning collection from Dion DiMucci of Dion and The Belmonts fame comes in a stiff card slipcase with a 52 page book including notes written by Bob Dylan. The three discs are housed in separate jewel cases. The set includes two Dylan covers: Baby, I'm In The Mood For You (CD1) and Spanish Harlem Incident (CD3). The copy shown was bought in Canada and has an EMI Music Canada import sticker on the rear of the slipcase.


The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - rear of slipcase with Canadian sticker, scan by Jack from Canada


The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - Canadian sticker scan by Jack from Canada

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - front of book, scan by Jack from Canada

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - inside page of book with Dylan notes, scan by Jack from Canada

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - rear of book, scan by Jack from Canada

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - front of CD1 jewel case, scan by Jack from Canada

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - rear of CD1 jewel case, picture from www.discogs.com

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - CD1 scan by Jack from Canada (includes Dylan cover)

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - front of CD2 jewel case, scan by Jack from Canada

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - rear of CD2 jewel case, picture from www.discogs.com

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada (no Dylan)

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - front of CD3 jewel case, scan by Jack from Canada

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - rear of CD3 jewel case, picture from www.discogs.com

The Right Stuff 72435-28677-2-1 (USA) - CD3 scan by Jack from Canada (includes Dylan cover)

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans.


Dion - "Kickin' Child: The Lost Album 1965" - CD release: Norton/Columbia CED-411/88985411302 (USA), 2017:

Norton/Columbia CED-411/88985411302 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada

Norton/Columbia CED-411/88985411302 (USA) - outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Jack from Canada

Norton/Columbia CED-411/88985411302 (USA) - liner notes by Bob, scan by Jack from Canada

Norton/Columbia CED-411/88985411302 (USA) - rear insert scan by Jack from Canada

Norton/Columbia CED-411/88985411302 (USA) - CD scan by Jack from Canada
Another Dion album with liner notes written by Bob.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans.

Dion - "Blues With Friends" - CD release: Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 61080 (USA), 6 Jun 2020; 2LP vinyl release: Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 61081 (USA), 17 Jun 2020:


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 61080 (USA) - CD front with sticker, scan by Jack from Canada


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 61080 (USA) - outside of CD front booklet, scan by Jack from Canada


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 61080 (USA) - inside of CD front booklet with Dylan notes, scan by Jack from Canada


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 61080 (USA) - CD front sticker scan by Jack from Canada

Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - front of sealed vinyl copy with sticker (my copy)

Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - outside of gatefold sleeve


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - inside of gatefold sleeve


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - LP front sticker

Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 61080/1 (USA) - picture from Badlands web-site

Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 61080 (USA) - CD rear insert scan by Jack from Canada

Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 61080 (USA) - CD scan by Jack from Canada


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - rear of sealed vinyl copy


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - front of inner sleeve for Record 1


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - rear of inner sleeve for Record 1


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - Side 1


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - Side 2


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - front of inner sleeve for Record 2


Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - rear of inner sleeve for Record 2

Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - Side 3

Keeping The Blues Alive KBTA 610801 (USA) - Side 4

This new album from Dion DiMucci of Dion and The Belmonts fame enlists friends like Bruce Springsteen, Steven Van Zandt, Brian Setzer, Paul Simon, Jeff Beck, Billy Gibbons and Van Morrison. The album is being released on the newly launched Keeping the Blues Alive Records, a label co-founded by guitarist Joe Bonamassa, who also appears. The liner notes are by Bob, including: Dion knows how to sing, and he knows just the right way to craft these songs, these blues songs. He’s got some friends here to help him out, some true luminaries. But in the end, it’s Dion by himself alone, and that masterful voice of his that will keep you returning to share these Blues songs with him.” The 2LP edition includes a voucher to download an MP3 version.

Thanks to Dag Braathen and Jack from Canada for information and scans.


Martin Carthy - "The Carthy Chronicles" - 4CD boxed set, Free Reed Records FRQCD-60 (UK), Apr 2001:


Free Reed Records FRQCD-60 (UK) - picture from Free Reed Records web-site

The Winter 2000 issue of Dylan fanzine "The Bridge" reported Bob would be heard playing harmonica on Martin Carthy's version of The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll, which now appears on the boxed set The Carthy Chronicles from Free Reed Records. I later heard from Neil Wayne of Free Reed Records that this would sadly not be the case (presumably they couldn't get permission to use the performance with Bob). However, the boxed set (pictured left from the Free Reed web-site) is still of great interest to Dylan fans. Martin Carthy championed the unknown Bob Dylan during his visit to England in late 1962/early 1963 and helped him to get him gigs at small folk clubs in the London area. The set booklet includes text about Bob and a photograph of Martin and Bob performing together at the Troubadour in London on 15 Jan 1963. And several of the songs will be familiar to Dylan fans...

For more information see the Free Reed web-page or contact Neil Wayne - the set can be ordered online from them, and is available at www.amazon.com and www.amazon.co.uk.


Al Kooper - "Rare & Well Done" 2CD set in digipak, Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA), Sep 2001:


Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - front of digipak with sticker (my copy)
Went To See The Gypsy - alternate take to the version released on New Morning
This take (now revealed to be Bobless!) is described by Al Kooper as "a conception I had for Dylan to sing over". Performers are Al Kooper (guitars/organ/vocals), P. P. Arnold (vocals), Tom Cosgrove (guitar), Stu Woods (bass) and Rick Marotta (drums). The only recording details given are "Columbia Studios, New York, 1970", but Michael Krogsgaard in his series of articles "Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions" shows Cosgrove and Marotta present at the New Morning sessions only at an overdub session on 30 Jun 1970, so I assume this session is where this track comes from. This version of the song also appears on the French 2CD set Chroniques Volume 1, see 2005.

Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - rear of digipak (rotated)

Promo release:


Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - front insert of promo release, scan by Ian Woodward

Thanks to Ian Woodward for scans of the promo "Special Advanced CD" which comes in a 2CD slimline jewel case instead of a digipak and has the commercial release artwork in monochrome.


Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - rear insert of promo release, scan by Ian Woodward


Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - promo CD1 scan by Ian Woodward


Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - promo CD2 scan by Ian Woodward

Commercial release:


Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - outside of unfolded digipak


Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - outside of unfolded digipak rotated


Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - inside of unfolded digipak with pocket for booklet and CDs (CD1 = "Rare", CD2 = "Well Done"!)


Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - front sticker (my copy)


Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - front of booklet


Columbia/Legacy AC2K 62153 (USA) - detail of inside page of booklet

The commercial release comes in a three-panel digipak with a booklet. The front is "Rare". The rear of the digipak is "Well Done" and actually upside down. Went To See The Gypsy is on CD1 ("Rare").


Sean Penn - "Bob Dylan Chronicles Vol. 1 Audiobook" - 6CD boxed set, Audioworks 0-7435-4309-2 (USA), 2004:


Audioworks 0-7435-4309-2 (USA) - front of audiobook box, scan by Jack from Canada

Thanks to Jack from Canada for suggesting this entry and for scans. Thanks to Ian Woodward for information that this edition is abridged. An unabridged audio edition not read by Sean Penn is also available in the USA.


Audioworks 0-7435-4309-2 (USA) - rear of audiobook box, scan by Jack from Canada


Audioworks 0-7435-4309-2 (USA) - audiobook CD1 scan by Jack from Canada

Nick Langum - "Bob Dylan Chronicles Vol. 1 Audiobook" - 9CD-R boxed set, Whole Story Audiobooks DIR 1609 (UK), 2005:


Whole Story Audiobooks DIR 1609 (UK) - front of audiobook box, scan by Jack from Canada
This unabridged CD-R set comes in a 6¼" x 5¼" hard plastic case. The discs are housed in clear plastic sleeves.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans.


Whole Story Audiobooks DIR 1609 (UK) - rear of audiobook box, scan by Jack from Canada

Whole Story Audiobooks DIR 1609 (UK) - CD-R1 scan by Jack from Canada


Whole Story Audiobooks DIR 1609 (UK) - front of audiobook box, scan by Jack from Canada


Wolfgang Niedecken - "Bob Dylan Chronicles Vol. 1 Audiobook" - 5CD set, Hoffman und Campe (no catalogue number) (Germany), 2005:


German "Chronicles" audiobook - front of digipak, scan by Gerd Rundel
This German translated audiobook published by Hoffman und Campe is read by Wolfgang Niedecken, who is a member of a group called BAP and well-known in Germany as an interpreter of Dylan songs. The set comes in a four-panel digipak and includes a twelve-page booklet in German plus a Hoffman and Campe flyer

There was also a Limited Edition 2CD set containing a copy of Oh Mercy and a CD of Wolfgang Niedecken reading the relevant chapter from the book. This was only available at performances by Wolfgang Niedecken in Germany in Oct/Nov 2005 when he read excerpts from the audiobook and played Dylan songs. For this see International Album Releases (Regular).


German "Chronicles" audiobook - rear of digipak, scan by Gerd Rundel

German "Chronicles" audiobook - front of Hoffman und Campe flyer, scan by Gerd Rundel

German "Chronicles" audiobook - outside of unfolded booklet, scan by Gerd Rundel

German "Chronicles" audiobook - rear of Hoffman und Campe flyer, scan by Gerd Rundel

CD1 scan by Gerd Rundel

CD2 scan by Gerd Rundel

CD3 scan by Gerd Rundel

German "Chronicles" audiobook - outside of unfolded digipak, scan by Gerd Rundel

CD4 scan by Gerd Rundel

CD5 scan by Gerd Rundel

German "Chronicles" audiobook - inside of unfolded digipak, scan by Gerd Rundel

German "Chronicles" audiobook - front of digipak, scan by Ronald Born ("Oh Mercy" chapter only)

Thanks to Gerd Rundel and Ronald Born for information and scans.


Joni Mitchell - "Songs Chosen By Her Friends & Fellow Musicians" - compilation CD, Starbucks/Hear Music/Rhino Special Products OPCD-7700 LMM-288 (USA), Feb 2005:

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Starbucks/Hear Music/Rhino Special Products OPCD-7700 LMM-288 (USA) - front of digipak, scan by Jack from Canada
This album of songs by Joni Mitchell has liner notes written by Bob. For the companion 2005 Hear Music CD of artists chosen by Joni including a Dylan track, Artist's Choice: Joni Mitchell - Music That Matters To Her (OPCD-7699 LMM-286), see International Album Releases (Various Artist Compilations) 2000s Part 3.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scan.


Charlie Sexton - "Cruel And Gentle Things", CD releases, Back Porch 72438-60398-2-8 (USA), 2005; CBS/Sony SICP-1448 (Japan), 2007:


Back Porch 72438-60398-2-8 (USA) - front picture from www.allmusic.com
Bob is listed at AllMusic as playing guitar on this album by his former sidesman Charlie Sexton. However, there's no independent confirmation of this, so the album is not yet included in the Official Rarities listing. Confirmation required!

Thanks to Robert Leopold Fischer for information.


Back Porch 72438-60398-2-8 (USA) - rear insert picture from www.allmusic.com

"Bob Dylan 1975-1981: Rolling Thunder and The Gospel Years" - documentary soundtrack CD, Highway 61 Entertainment/MVD DR-4484 (USA), 4 Apr 2006:


Highway 61 Entertainment BD0503CD (USA) - soundtrack CD front scan by
Jack from Canada
This CD is the soundtrack to the 2006 unauthorised DVD documentary by Joel Gilbert, see Honourable Mentions (Video). Artists featured include Scarlet Rivera, Regina McCrary, Bruce Langhorne and Rob Stoner.

Thanks to Jack from Canada and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and scans.


Highway 61 Entertainment BD0503CD (USA) - soundtrack CD front insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux


Highway 61 Entertainment BD0503CD
(USA) - soundtrack CD scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux


Michael Gray - "The Bob Dylan Encyclopaedia" - book and accompanying CD, Continuum Press (UK/USA), Jun 2006:

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Front scan by Jack from Canada
This book is accompanied by a CD with a searchable electronic version of the text in Adobe PDF format. The CD is in a clear plastic pocket on the inside rear cover of the book. This web-site is mentioned favourably in the book!

Thanks to Jack from Canada for suggesting this entry and for scans.

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CD in plastic pocket, scan by Jack from Canada

Various Artists - "Rolling Stone: Cover To Cover" - 4DVD set, Bondi 780979-536107 (USA), 22 Oct 2007:


Bondi 780979-536107 (USA) - front of digipak, scan by Jack from Canada
This 4DVD set contains the whole contents of "Rolling Stone" magazine from 1967 to May 2007. There is no Dylan music or interviews, but it does contain over 1000 Dylan articles and many great Dylan photos.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans.


Bondi 780979-536107 (USA) - rear of digipak, scan by Jack from Canada


Bondi 780979-536107 (USA) - inside of digipak showing discs, scan by Jack from Canada


"Record Collector" magazine, UK, Feb-Apr 2008:


"Record Collector" UK magazine, Feb 2008 (my copy)
The Feb-Apr 2008 issues of the UK magazine "Record Collector" contain a series of three articles about Bob Dylan's Official Rarities by Evan Marshall, who generously credits this site for providing him with a considerable amount of information. Evan's articles "add value" by giving judgements on the quality of the rarities listed, which this site generally does not do.
"Record Collector" UK magazine, Mar 2008 (my copy)

"Record Collector" UK magazine, Apr 2008 (my copy)

2010s


Various Artists - "Happy Birthday Bob" - compilation CD given away with "Uncut" magazine UNCUT201106 (UK), Jun 2011:


Magazine front with CD in jewel case (first version) (my copy)
The Jun 2011 issue of the UK music magazine "Uncut" contains an 18 page feature article celebrating Bob's 70th birthday, featuring a 1966 interview with Bob that was not included in the first edition of Robert Shelton's book "No Direction Home: The Life And Music Of Bob Dylan" in 1986, but has been restored in the 2011 edition revised by Elizabeth Thomson and Patrick Humphries. The magazine comes with four different covers and a CD which also has four different front inserts. The CD is called Happy Birthday Bob and contains twelve "birthday party songs" plus four Dylan covers, there is no Dylan contribution. Each CD is available in either a jewel case or a card sleeve, so there are actually eight different issues!

Thanks to Franck Faugere and Hans Seegers for information and scans.


Omnibus Press (UK), 2011 - picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Magazine front with CD in card sleeve (third version) - scan by Hans Seegers

Magazine front (first version) - scan by Franck Faugere

UNCUT201106 (UK) - CD front (first version), scan by Franck Faugere (my copy is the same)

Magazine front (second version) - scan by Franck Faugere

UNCUT201106 (UK) - - CD front (second version), - scan by Franck Faugere

Magazine front (third version) - scan by Franck Faugere

UNCUT201106 (UK) - CD front (third version), scan by Franck Faugere

Magazine front (fourth version) - scan by Franck Faugere

UNCUT201106 (UK) - CD front (fourth version), scan by Franck Faugere

UNCUT201106 (UK) -  - inside of front insert (all versions), scan by Franck Faugere

UNCUT201106 (UK) - CD rear (all versions), scan by Franck Faugere

UNCUT201106 (UK) - CD (all versions) (my copy)

Bruce Langhorne - "Tambourine Man" - CD release: George Green Studios 8 84501 62174 8 (USA), Nov 2011:


George Green Studios 8 84501 62174 8 (USA) - front of digipak, scan by Jack from Canada
"If you had Bruce playing with you, that's all you would need to do just about anything." Bob Dylan

Bruce Langhorne, Bob's session musician from the 1960s, is pictured on the front of his new CD with the Turkish drum/tambourine reported to have inspired Bob's 1964 song. Underneath the CD tray is a handwritten message from Bob from 2004 from Bruce's copy of "Chronicles Volume One".

Thanks to Harold Lepidus and Jack from Canada for information and scans.


George Green Studios 8 84501 62174 8 (USA) - rear of digipak, scan by Jack from Canada

George Green Studios 8 84501 62174 8 (USA) - outside of unfolded digipak, scan by Jack from Canada

George Green Studios 8 84501 62174 8 (USA) - inside of unfolded digipak with Bob's message under CD tray on right, scan by Jack from Canada

George Green Studios 8 84501 62174 8 (USA) - CD scan by Jack from Canada

Bob Dylan/Scott Campbell - "If Dogs Run Free" - children's book, Athenaeum Books for Young Readers (no catalogue number) (UK), 3 Sep 2013:


Picture from www.amazon.co.uk
This picture book for children features the lyrics from If Dogs Run Free from New Morning with illustrations by Scott Campbell!

Neil Young - "A Letter Home" - Deluxe Edition, Warner Bros (catalogue number?) (USA/Europe), 26 May 2014:


Picture from www.amazon.co.uk
This album consists of audio and video versions of twelve covers by Neil including Bob's Girl From The North Country. Thanks to Harold Lepidus for information that the video of this song includes a monochrome photo of Bob and Suze Rotolo by Don Hunstein from the photo session for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.

Thanks to Arie de Reus for this contact sheet of photos of Bob and Suze taken by Don Hunstein during the photo session. These pictures are on black and white Kodak Plus X Pan film. Harold says the photo used is most likely the one at the top of the third strip.


Contact sheet scan by Arie de Reus

"Bob Dylan Bootleg Songbook" - paperback book, Music Sales/Wise Publications (USA), 13 Feb 2017:


Picture from www.amazon.com
This new songbook includes some songs making their songbook debuts, among them: 'Cross The Green Mountain, Dreamin' Of You, Huck's Tune, Red River Shore and Tell Ol' Bill. There are also several new black and white photographs.

Thanks to Tim Dunn for information.


Will Patton - "Tarantula audiobook" - 3CD boxed set: Audioworks 9 781797 106939 (USA), 2019


Audioworks 9 781797 106939 (USA) - front of box scan by Jack from Canada

Audioworks 9 781797 106939 (USA) - rear of box scan by Jack from Canada

Audioworks 9 781797 106939 (USA) - inside of unfolded card sleeve with discs, scan by Jack from Canada

Audioworks 9 781797 106939 (USA) - CD1 scan by Jack from Canada


Audioworks 9 781797 106939 (USA) - spine of box scan by Jack from Canada

This unabridged 3CD set comes in a 5" x 5¾" card box. The discs are housed in a 3-panel card sleeve.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans.


2020s


Wild Billy Childish + CTMF/The Chatham Singers - "Bob Dylan's Got A Lot To Answer For"/"Chatham MTB" - stereo vinyl 7" single: Damaged Goods (catalogue number?) (UK), 27 Aug 2021:


Picture from www.amazon.co.uk
The A-side of this limited edition single is a Bob Dylan tribute. Billy Childish says: "Even an idiot must admit that Bob Dylan made some great tunes - what a guy! But despite his many achievements it must also be said that Bob has got a lot to answer for. We wrote him a complementary tune - for free! A cheap shot? An easy target? No, Bob is an elusive one, only to be brought to heel with expert chords and lyrics. Here we achieve this with effortless wit, skill and good humour. God save Bob Dylan!

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information.


"Uncut" magazine, UK, Dec 2022:


"Uncut" magazine with cover CD, UK, Dec 2022 (my copy)
The Dec 2022 issue of UK music magazine "Uncut", on sale in Oct 2022 while Bob was touring here, has a cover article about Bob's live shows, with a review of his show in Stockholm, Sweden, on 27 Sep 2022.

The cover CD, Contains Multitudes, is named after the first song on 2020's Rough And Rowdy Ways and has a front design in the same style as the album. The songs included are taken from the month's new albums and none are Dylan-related.


Front of cover CD

Columbia/Sony Music 19439780991 (Europe) - LP front with sticker, scan by Fred Muller


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