Mr D's Collection #4

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Mr. D's Apocrypha

Columbia releases that aren't on Bob's regular albums

By popular request, an extracted list from Searching For A Gem of promo or commercially-released tracks on Dylan releases from Columbia that are not available on Dylan albums in the USA. It makes up an interesting list! It was formerly presented as a "fantasy" compilation album, in an attempt to coax Columbia into releasing a Rarities Album, but I've abandoned that concept as some found it confusing. I still want it to happen, although it obviously couldn't be part of The Bootleg Series as all tracks are officially released.

This list doesn't include tracks from:

The deleted 1973 Dylan album, all of which are covers - see 1973 (apart from two Dylan compilations exclusive to Japan)
Live performances - these are on the Early Field Recordings page (up to 1989) and the Field Recordings page (after 1989 during the "Never Ending Tour")
The Travelling Wilburys releases on Warner Bros Records - see Travelling Wilburys
Studio performances that have only appeared on the "Performances" page at bobdylan.com and the Sony Custom Mix CD web-site - see Online Performances
Duets with other artists, live or studio - these are on the Duets page
Dylan non-album performances that have appeared on soundtrack and other various artists albums on Columbia and other labels, such as Band Of The Hand - these are on the Compilations page
Bob's appearances supporting other artists - these are on the Sidesman page.

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These tracks are all from commercially-released albums and singles

Non-Album Dylan Compositions on 7" Singles

Only three officially-released Dylan songs from singles are not available on his regular albums, all from the 1970s!

	R-0084 George Jackson - "Big Band" version from 1971 single R-0085 George Jackson - Acoustic version from 1971 single
	R-0130 Rita May - Desire out-take, A- and B-side of the Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again single from Hard Rain, 1976
	R-0149 Trouble In Mind - Slow Train Coming out-take (4:17), B-side of 1979 singles with one verse omitted, the three international A-sides were Gotta Serve Somebody, Precious Angel and Man Gave Names To All The Animals R-0150 Trouble In Mind - B-side of a 1979 Brazilian single, Slow Train Coming out-take (5:10) - this release with Precious Angel as the A-side had the full song unlike the versions released elsewhere

Dylan Compilations with Non-Album Dylan Compositions

	R-0084 George Jackson - "Big Band" version from 1971 single (see above), on 1972 CBS Venezuela compilation Grandes Exitos De Bob Dylan
	R-0084 George Jackson - "Big Band" version from 1971 single (see above), on late 1972 CBS/Sony Japan compilation Bob Dylan: Gift Pack '73
	R-0084 George Jackson - "Big Band" version from 1971 single (see above), on 1974 CBS/Sony Japan compilation Gold Disc
	1974 CBS/Sony Japan compilation Mr. D's Collection # 1: because this album is a collection of rarities, full details are found in 1974
	1977 CBS/Sony Japan compilation Mr. D's Collection # 2: because this EP is a collection of rarities, full details are found in 1977
	1978 CBS/Sony Japan and CBS Australia 3LP set Masterpieces: because this set contains six rarities, full details are found in 1978
	1993 CBS/Sony Japan compilation Mr. D's Collection # 3: because this album is a collection of rarities, full details are found in 1993
	1993 CBS/Sony Japan compilation Dylan Ga Rock: because this set contains four rarities, full details are found in 1993

Different Versions of Dylan Album Tracks

	R-0145 Mixed Up Confusion - alternate take of Bob's first single without opening harmonica solo, released on the 1970s Japanese compilations Mr. D's Collection #1 (LP, 1974), Mr. D's Collection #2 (EP, 1977) and the 1978 Japanese/Australian 3LP set Masterpieces. R-0748, the version released later on the 1985 edition of Biograph - now replaced by a stereo version of the original mono take - is slightly edited (2:22 from 2:30)
	Greatest Hits (CBS, UK, 1967, mono) R-0251M Blowin' In The Wind - first guitar note missing (mono version - mono reduction of R-0251, see below) R-0537M One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) - not R-0050 (see 1966 and 1966 Blonde On Blonde Rarities), but a mono reduction of R-0537 (see below)
	Greatest Hits (CBS, UK, 1967, stereo) R-0251 Blowin' In The Wind - first guitar note missing (stereo version) R-0537 One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) - unfaded stereo version (still available on this album's CD releases, see below), also on the gold CD release of Blonde On Blonde, 1990s (now deleted)
	"Exclusive Out-takes From 'The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack'"- Three Track Download Only Single, Nov 2005: R-0725 Baby, Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams) - out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 25 Apr 1962 R-0727 Outlaw Blues - alternate take from Bringing It All Back Home, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 13 Jan 1965 (wrongly listed as "16 Jan 1965")
	R-0515 The Times They Are A-Changin' - alternate take recorded Columbia Studios, New York, Oct 1963, on bonus disc with limited edition of "Love And Theft", Sep 2001
	R-0044 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? - early version released by Columbia in the USA by mistake on a promo single in July 1965 as Positively 4th Street! (Copies are not normally visually identifiable, but this one has amusing additions in marker pen!)
	R-0055 If You Gotta Go, Go Now - single released in Benelux countries only, Jul 1967 with a group called The Poppies singing backup vocals on the choruses, different from the version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991
	R-0046 From A Buick 6 - alternate take with harmonica intro from the first US stereo pressing of Highway 61 Revisited and also the Japanese stereo LP
	Miscellaneous Blonde On Blonde vinyl and CD releases (see Blonde On Blonde Rarities) R-0050 One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) - unfaded mono version (4:49) R-0062 Pledging My Time - alternate stereo mix (this version appeared on the stereo compilation Zenith Salutes... The Teen Sound and also on the 1967 Dutch/Australian Greatest Hits Vol. III album below) R-0285 Visions Of Johanna - 5 seconds longer and a different mix R-0502 Obviously 5 Believers - unfaded version 6 seconds longer than regular album version R-0503 Temporary Like Achilles - unfaded version 21 seconds longer than regular album version R-0523 Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - with shortened instrumental break (missing first eight bars)
	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. III (CBS Holland/Australia) R-0062 Pledging My Time - alternate stereo mix that first appeared on the Columbia Special Products compilation Zenith Salutes... The Teen Sound R-0063 4th Time Around - alternate stereo mix without "harmonium" from original pressings of Blonde On Blonde
	R-0250 Shelter From The Storm - alternate version to the 1974 Blood On The Tracks version from the 1996 Jerry Maguire film soundtrack on The Best Of Bob Dylan, Columbia UK, 1997
	R-0385 Baby Stop Crying - alternate mix from the version on 1978's Street-Legal on Brazilian CBS compilation Bob Dylan The Legend, 1983
	R-0680 Dignity - original 1989 piano demo, from a promo US Columbia CD single given away with Bob Dylan's autobiography "Chronicles Vol. 1", Oct 2004
	R-0209 Most of The Time - promo single version recorded 16 Mar 1990, produced by Don Was, different from the 1989 Oh Mercy version
	R-0204 Series Of Dreams - alternate take on 1991 Columbia promo single with second verse present, but several lyric differences from the versions on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 and Greatest Hits Vol. 3
	R-0233 Love Minus Zero/No Limit - available as "bonus track" on non-US copies of the MTV Unplugged album and VHS video, 1995
	R-0658 Love Sick - exclusive remix, slightly longer than 1998 Time Out Of Mind version, on 2004 Columbia US promo CD Victoria's Secret Exclusive: Lovesick

Songs Covered by Bob

	R-0514 I Was Young When I Left Home (traditional) - from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, on limited edition of "Love And Theft", Sep 2001, now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005, but with a spoken intro missing here
	R-0008 Corrina, Corrina (traditional) - mono B-side of Bob's first US Columbia 7" single Mixed Up Confusion, 1962, alternate take to Freewheelin' version
	R-0241 House Of The Rising Sun (traditional) - electric version, 1964 overdub by Tom Wilson of the song from Bob Dylan with Bob not present, from the now out-of-print 1995 Highway 61 Interactive Columbia/Graphix Zone CD-ROM
	R-0072 Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (Charles Badger Clark/Billy Simon) - B-side of Watching The River Flow single, Jun 1971, solo version (authorised by Bob), not band version from 1973 Dylan album (not authorised by Bob, see 1973) This track appears on both stereo and mono singles, the mono version is listed as R-0072M, although Larry Crum thinks that all appearances are in mono.
	Three rarities from the Dylan album (see 1973) on 1973 CBS/Sony Japan compilation Eleven Years In The Life Of Bob Dylan
	A rarity from the Dylan album (see 1973) on 1975 CBS/Sony Japan compilation Bob Dylan - New Gift Pack
	R-0136 People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield) - with the Rolling Thunder Revue, from the promo 12" single 4 Songs From Renaldo & Clara, 1978 (Never Let Me Go on this 12" single is a duet with Joan Baez on the Duets page)
	R-0154 Let It Be Me (Pierre Delanoe/Gilbert Becaud/M. Curtis) - B-side of Heart Of Mine single, Jul 1981, Shot Of Love out-take recorded May 1981 - not the version from Self Portrait
	R-0156 Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground (Willie Nelson) - Infidels out-take released as a single B-side in 1983. There were four different A-sides in international releases: I and I; Union Sundown; Sweetheart Like You and Jokerman!
	Promo copies of Down In The Groove, Columbia (USA), 1987: R-0194 Important Words (Gene Vincent/Bill Davis) R-0196 Got Love If You Want It (James Moore) - also included in error on the Argentinean LP release, 1988

Other Official Releases - Demos, Acetates and Alternate Versions

These are from other record company material such as acetates, officially created for internal use, but not circulated generally as a promo or commercially released.

Q-0002 In The Evening (Leroy Carr) from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, on a UK Emidisc acetate from the late 1960s, see Questionable Releases

Q-0003 Long John (traditional) from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, a UK Emidisc acetate from the late 1960s, see Questionable Releases

R-0573 Mixed Up Confusion - alternate take to the original single (R-0007, see 1962), also without the opening harmonica solo as alternate take R-0280 from the original Biograph (see 1985) but with different lyrics, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1982

R-0574 Mixed Up Confusion - alternate take to the original US single (R-0007, see 1962), with an opening harmonica solo as R-0007 but with different lyrics, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in Jun 1984

R-0575 Mixed Up Confusion - different mono mix of R-0007, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in early 1984

R-0583 Baby, I'm In The Mood For You - out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, alternate take to the one released on Biograph in 1985, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in early 1984

R-0579 Whatcha Gonna Do - unreleased out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1982

R-0581 Ballad Of Hollis Brown - early version, 1962 out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (the final version was released in Feb 1964 on The Times They Are A-Changin'), from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in Jun 1984

R-0582 That's All Right, Mama (Arthur Crudup) - unreleased 1962 out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (this is what is known as the "electric" version), from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in Jun 1984

R-0017 Rocks & Gravel (Solid Road) (Brownie McGhee/Leroy Carr) - from the withdrawn version of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

R-0018 Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues - from the withdrawn version of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, studio take as opposed to the live version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3

R-0551 Let Me Die In My Footsteps - extended version with extra verse from the withdrawn version of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, the version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 has this verse missing

R-0009 Lonesome Whistle Blues (Hank Williams) - a Freewheelin' out-take, this song was one of those short-listed for The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 25 April 1962, Columbia acetate discovered 1980 (see also R-391)

R-0010 Milk Cow Blues (Robert Johnson) - another Freewheelin' out-take, version 1, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 25 April 1962, Columbia acetate discovered 1980

R-0391 Milk Cow Blues (Robert Johnson) - Freewheelin' out-take, version 2, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 25 April 1962, surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates

R-0392 Wichita Blues (traditional?) - Freewheelin' out-take, version 1, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 25 April 1962, surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates

R-0393 Wichita Blues (traditional?) - Freewheelin' out-take, version 2, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 25 April 1962, surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates

R-0029 Long Ago, Far Away - Witmark demo, 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publisher’s Sampler LP, 1968

R-0030 Long Time Gone - Witmark demo, 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publisher’s Sampler LP, 1968

R-0031 Ain't Gonna Grieve - Witmark demo, 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publisher’s Sampler LP, 1968

R-0465 Paths Of Victory - acetate of Witmark demo recorded 1963, offered for auction in Dec 1992

R-0032 John Brown - Witmark demo, alternate version to the one released on the Folkways album Broadside Ballads Vol. 1, 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publisher’s Sampler LP, 1968

R-0033 I Shall Be Free - Witmark demo, alternate version to the one released on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publisher’s Sampler LP, 1968

R-0034 Only A Hobo - Witmark demo, different from R-0317, R-0027 and the version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publisher’s Sampler LP, 1968

R-0035 The Death Of Emmett Till - Witmark demo, alternate version to Broadside recording R-0082, 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publisher’s Sampler LP, 1968

R-0036 (I'd Hate To Be You On That) Dreadful Day - Witmark demo, alternate version to Broadside recording R-0081, 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publisher’s Sampler LP, 1968

R-0286 Baby, I'm In The Mood For You - Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, 1963, different from the Freewheelin' out-take released on Biograph

R-0287 Quit Your Low-down Ways - Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, 1963, different from the Freewheelin' out-take released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3

R-0288 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, 1963, different from the regular Freewheelin' version

R-0290 Oxford Town - Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, 1963, different from the regular Freewheelin' version

R-0291 Tomorrow Is A Long Time - Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, 1963

R-0292 Masters Of War -Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, 1963, different from the regular Freewheelin' version

R-0293 Farewell - Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, 1963

R-0390 The Gal I Love [Hero Blues] - Witmark demo, May 1963, surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates

R-0037 I'll Keep It With Mine - Witmark demo, 1964, alternate version to the one released on Biograph, 1963, released on Warner Bros Nine Songs Publisher’s Sampler LP, 1968

R-0395 Over The Cliff [Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence] - alternate longer take to the one released on The Bootleg Series Vols.1-3, surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates

R-0396 Freeze Out [Visions of Johanna] - early version of this song, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, Dec 1965, surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates

R-0047 Just A Little Glass Of Water [She's Your Lover Now] - Columbia acetate, out-take from Blonde On Blonde, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 21 Jan 1966, a solo piano version, not the version on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, recorded 1965, came on to market 1980

R-0401 I'll Keep It With Mine - instrumental version, out-take from Blonde On Blonde, recorded Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 15 Feb 1966, surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates

R-0381 Too Much Of Nothing - alternate take to that released on The Basement Tapes, on Dwarf Music copyright acetate, 1967

R-0382 Tears Of Rage - alternate take to that released on The Basement Tapes, on Dwarf Music copyright acetate, 1967

R-0419 Song To Woody - recorded with George Harrison during the New Morning sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 May 1970, from The Gelston Acetates, 1986

R-0420 Mama, You Been On My Mind - recorded with George Harrison during the New Morning sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 May 1970, from The Gelston Acetates, 1986

R-0421 Working On A Guru - recorded with George Harrison during the New Morning sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 May 1970, from The Gelston Acetates, 1986

R-0422 Yesterday (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) - recorded with George Harrison during the New Morning sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 May 1970, from The Gelston Acetates, 1986

R-0423 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - recorded with George Harrison during the New Morning sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 May 1970, from The Gelston Acetates, 1986

R-0424 Da Doo Ron Ron (Jeff Barrie/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector) - recorded with George Harrison during the New Morning sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 May 1970, from The Gelston Acetates, 1986

R-0425 One Too Many Mornings - recorded with George Harrison during the New Morning sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 May 1970, from The Gelston Acetates, 1986

R-0116 Lily, Rosemary & The Jack Of Hearts (with extra verse) - from the test pressing of Blood On The Tracks, 1975

R-0118 Idiot Wind - from the test pressing of Blood On The Tracks, alternate take to the New York sessions version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991

R-0119 If You See Her, Say Hello - from the test pressing of Blood On The Tracks, alternate take to the New York sessions version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991

R-0120 Tangled Up In Blue - from the test pressing of Blood On The Tracks, alternate take to the New York sessions version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991

Performances Removed from the Above List

BDC71 Dink's Song (traditional) - from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, from bobdylan.com in Sep 2001, see Online Performances). An excerpt of this song was included in the Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM, 1995, now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005

R-0049 Positively 4th Street - slightly longer at 4:10 than the version from the original Greatest Hits 1/More Greatest Hits, which is 3:56
Now no longer a rarity as it's confirmed this is the version on the remastered Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits

R-0273 Dignity - original Oh Mercy out-take produced by Daniel Lanois from the Touched By An Angel OST - see 1998, not the 1994 Brendan O'Brien remixed version for Greatest Hits Vol. 3, which retained only Bob's vocal and piano and added new backing
Now no longer a rarity since it is included in Dylan (2007) on the bobdylan.com albums page.

R-0289 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, 1963, different from the regular Freewheelin' version, now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005

R-0299 Things Have Changed from The Wonder Boys soundtrack, lyrics on bobdylan.com
Now no longer a rarity since it is included in The Essential Bob Dylan (2000) on the bobdylan.com albums page.

R-0394 Phantom Engineer [It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry] - early version of this song, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 15 June 1965
This take, which surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates, is apparently the same take as released on The Bootleg Series Vols.1-3, 1991. The take released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005, is new.

R-0580 Sally Gal (Woody Guthrie) - unreleased out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1982, now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005
Thanks to Georg Thoma for reminding me of this!

More "Flying Pig" Bob Dylan pages

The Blonde On Blonde Missing Pictures	The Missing Liner Notes from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 3	Who really wrote "Blowin' In The Wind"?	Who really wrote "A Fool Such As I"?	Bob's "Field Recordings" 1961-87	Bob Dylan's Never-Ending Tour Official "Field Recordings"
Bob's Appearances on Compilations	Bob Dylan at the Movies: An Overview of all Films with Dylan Performances	Duets with Bob	Bob "On The Side"	My (Dylan-related) review of Stephen King's "Song of Susannah"

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