Video: Questionable Releases

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This is a page of VHS and DVD items formerly included in the main list which were or are being sold legally at the time in their own countries, but which have been challenged by contributors. I have therefore moved them here to this page. I've also added all the unauthorised DVD documentaries about Bob that have appeared in droves in the 2000s. I have only used an R- number where the performance on the questionable item is officially released elsewhere, performances exclusive to these questionable items now have their own Q- numbers. For Questionable audio releases, see here.

Revised 08 April, 2008.


George Harrison & Friends - "The Concert For Bangladesh" - Apple feature film, Mar 1972, DVD release: Cine Arts DVD DC 034 (Brazil), 2002:
These are unauthorised DVDs made from tape sources. For the original Apple album release and subsequent CD releases, see 1972. For the remastered CD version with a bonus track, see 2005. For the original VHS release, see VHS & DVD 1970s. For the expanded 2DVD edition released in the USA and UK on 24 Oct 2005, which includes new Dylan material, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3.

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Cine Art DVD DC 034 (Brazil) (my copy)
All songs recorded live with George Harrison, Leon Russell and Ringo Starr, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 Aug 1971 (evening show).

If Not For You (R-0484)- a short clip of Bob and George Harrison performing this song early in the film, not included on the soundtrack album

A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (R-0075)
This performance also appeared on a 1983 compilation from Columbia Brazil, The Legend, see 1983

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (R-0076)
This performance also appeared on a 1995 Westwood One radio station broadcast about Dylan and the Beatles, see 1995.

Blowin' In The Wind  (R-0077)
This performance also appeared on an Epic promo CD single for The Concert For Bangladesh, see 1991.

Just Like A Woman  (R-0079)

Thanks to Alexandre Froemming for the Brazilian DVD shown on the left. This is a Region 0 release, almost certainly unauthorised by Paramount.


"Tour Europeo - Arena Di Verona" - live performance broadcast by Italian TV, Retequattro, June 1984, Italian commercial video (studio?) (catalogue number?), Jun 1989:
This video was legal in Italy at the time of release; however Larry Crum informs me it is almost certainly unauthorised. Andrea Brillo from Italy informs me he has this material on another 1989 Italian commercial video called just Bob Dylan, AVOFILM  cod. 3174, but it is just 30 minutes in length and does not include Q-0029. Scans of the Tour Europeo - Arena Di Verona video required! Information from Glen Dundas. 

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"Bob Dylan" - Avofilm release without Q-0029, scan by Andrea Brillo
The first two songs on this video were recorded at the Arena Di Verona, Italy, on 28 May 1984, the remaining four on the following night, 29 May 1984.

Q-0024 Jokerman
Q-0025 All Along The Watchtower
Q-0026 Like A Rolling Stone
Q-0027 The Times They Are A-Changin'
Q-0028 Blowin' In The Wind
Q-0029 Tombstone Blues

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"Bob Dylan" - Avofilm release, tape sticker scan by Andrea Brillo

Bob Dylan with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - HBO special TV broadcast (USA), 1986; DVD releases: "Heartbreakers Live In Australia", Glass Music COD.DVD 2037 (Brazil), 2002/Best Album 1*** S1003 (South Korea), 2006; "Hard To Handle", DVD Total D2333 (Brazil), 2003:
These Brazilian DVDs are definitely unauthorised, so have been moved here from VHS & DVD 1980s.

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Glass Music COD.DVD 2037 (Brazil) - insert scan from Keith Venturoni

HBO special from the 1986 Australian tour with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, recorded Sydney, Australia, 24 & 25 Feb 1986, broadcast 20 Jun 1986, also released on VHS and on laserdisc. For original VHS and laserdisc releases of this concert see VHS & DVD 1980s.

In The Garden - 24 Feb 1986 (R-0172)

Just Like A Woman - 24 Feb 1986 (R-0173)

Like A Rolling Stone - 25 Feb 1986 (R-0174)

It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - 25 Feb 1986 (R-0175)

Girl Of The North Country - 24 Feb 1986 (R-0176)

Lenny Bruce - 25 Feb 1986 (R-0177)

When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky - 24 Feb 1986 (R-0178)

Ballad Of A Thin Man - 24 Feb 1986 (R-0179)

I'll Remember You - 24 Feb 1986 (R-0180)

Knockin' On Heaven's Door - 25 Feb 1986 (R-0181)

The Glass Music release is a Region 0 NTSC DVD, which can be played in any DVD player worldwide that can convert NTSC signals. The DVD Total release is also NTSC, Regions 1 & 6 only.

Heartbreakers Live In Australia is the Hard To Handle video on DVD with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. As far as I know this is its first appearance on DVD, but its legality anywhere else in the world is questionable. The artwork is from the 1984 Real Live album!

Thanks to Dag Braathen for notifying me of this item on eBay and to Keith Venturoni for the scan. Thanks to Alexandre Froemming from Brazil for information about a different Brazilian DVD release which came with a magazine called "DVD Total", now using the Hard To Handle title and artwork. Thanks to Paul Ryan for informing me that amazon.com have on sale a version of this DVD just called Live - Australia from Phantom Sound & Vision (no picture available) which is listed as Region 1 only. This is also apparently sourced from Brazil. I find the fact that they're selling it surprising, as I'm sure that in the USA it is regarded as pirated. Thanks also to Ian Woodward for information that a Brazilian-sourced DVD of Hard To Handle is being sold in Japan - it could be the "DVD Total" version shown here.

Thanks also to Alexandre for copies of these two Brazilian DVDs! Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans of a 2003 South Korean DVD release being sold on amazon.com, the studio is apparently "Best Album 1 ****". As there is some Portuguese text on the packaging as well as Korean, it's possible the DVD is sourced from the Brazilian release also called Heartbreakers Live In Australia.

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DVD Total D2333 (Brazil) - insert picture from Alexandre Froemming


"DVD Total" magazine (Brazil) - front cover of issue with Hard To Handle DVD


EUA 1986 (Brazil) - a third Brazilian DVD release!

Best Album 1 **** S1003 (South Korea) - front scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux


Best Album 1 **** S1003 (South Korea) - insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux


Best Album 1 **** S1003 (South Korea) - DVD scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Mickey Jones - "World Tour 1966: The Home Movies" - privately released DVD and VHS releases (USA), 1 Oct 2002/StudioWorks 10732-7 (USA), 5 Feb 2004:

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StudioWorks 10732-7 (USA) -outside of DVD insert (my copy)
These home movies of the 1966 World Tour were shot on 8mm colour film by the drummer of the 1966 world tour, Mickey Jones, and are available on both DVD and VHS directly from Mickey himself .

This unauthorised film made by Joel Gilbert was originally available in the UK only from "Isis" magazine. On 3 Feb 2004 the movie was re-released in the USA by StudioWorks. It can now be ordered from amazon.com, etc. For 2005 and 2006 unauthorised Dylan documentaries by Joel Gilbert, see below.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the DVD.


StudioWorks 10732-7 (USA) - DVD scan by Jack from Canada

The Rolling Stones - "Just For The Record (Unauthorized): Five Decades" - 5 DVD boxed set, Passport Internation DVD 5510 (USA), 18 Mar 2003:


Passport Internation DVD 5510 (USA) - US DVD release, box front
Q-0030 Clip of Bob at "Live Aid", Philadelphia, PA, 1985, including Bob's introduction of Ron Wood and Keith Richard

This clip is on Vol. 3 of this set, "The 1980s".

Thanks to "HwyCDRrev" for information about this release.


Various Artists - "The Best Of Beat" - DVD compilation, Medusa/Planet Song 8566 (Germany), 2003:


Medusa/Planet Song 8566 (Germany) - front
Blowin' In The Wind (R-0077) - recorded live with George Harrison, Leon Russell and Ringo Starr at The Concert For Bangladesh, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 Aug 1971 (evening show)

For the original Bangladesh Apple album release and subsequent CD releases, see 1972. For the original VHS release, see VHS & DVD 1970s.

This German DVD may be pirated, so has been moved here from VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2.

Thanks to Dag Braathen for information about this DVD.


Medusa/Planet Song 8566 (Germany) - back and spine

"Celebrating Bob" - DVD release, Fantasy COD FNY 003 (Brazil), Aug 2004:
This DVD is ostensibly a copy of an American TV broadcast in a series called "Celebrating... " made by American Dream Television and ABC Enterprises. It consists of already available Dylan appearances and there is no commentary. Thanks to Alexandre Froemming for the copy of the DVD.


Fantasy COD FNY 003 (Brazil) - front insert
Just Like A Woman - live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers from the HBO special Hard To Handle with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, 1986 (R-0173, see VHS & DVD 1980s)

I'll Remember You - live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers from the HBO special Hard To Handle with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, 1986 (R-0180, see VHS & DVD 1980s)

Most Of The Time - not the 1989 Oh Mercy version but a new version recorded for the promo video at the Record Plant, Hollywood, CA, 16 Mar 1990, produced by Don Was (R-0209, see 1990)

Series Of Dreams - Columbia promo video version of track from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991 (R-0676, see 1991)

I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) - recorded with the Hawks at Edinburgh, Scotland, 20 May 1966, from the unreleased documentary film "Eat The Document" (R-0319, see VHS & DVD 1960s)

Excerpt from interview with Bob at press conference, San Francisco, 3 Dec 1965 (R-0496, see Interviews with Bob)

Only A Pawn In Their Game - recorded live, Civil Rights Rally, Silas Magee's Farm, Greenwood, MS, 6 Jul 1963 (excerpt from Don't Look Back), (R-0666, see VHS & DVD 1960s)

Excerpt from interview with Bob at Columbia Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 16 Dec 1965 (R-0506, see Interviews with Bob and VHS & DVD 1960s)

Knockin' On Heaven's Door - live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers from the HBO special Hard To Handle with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, 1986 (R-0181, see VHS & DVD 1980s)


Fantasy COD FNY 003 (Brazil) - DVD

Fantasy COD FNY 003 (Brazil) - DVD menu

Tracks as listed on the insert are:

1-6 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert

7-8 Hard To Handle (R-0173, R-0180)

9 Most of The Time promo video (R-0209, mistitled "Looking The Time"!)

10 Series Of Dreams promo video edit (R-0676, mistitled "Thinking About Dreams"!)

11 Subterranean Homesick Blues cue card sequence from Don't Look Back (mistitled "Wind Blows"!)

12 Interview - 1965 interview excerpt (carry a light bulb)

13 Donovan - clip from Don't Look Back

14 In The Beginning - Only A Pawn In Their Game, clip from Don't Look Back

15 On Stage/Revisited - I Don't Believe You 1966 with Hawks (R-0319)

16 The Folk Singer - 1965 Interview (R-0496, "How many folksingers?" - "...136.")

17 Blowing In The Wind - studio track played over footage from what looks like Don't Look Back (mistitled "Blow In The Wind")

18 Hard To Handle (R-0181)


"Tales From A Golden Age: Bob Dylan 1941-1966" - DVD documentary, Chrome Dreams DVD-CVIS 366 (UK), 26 Oct 2004/Showtime DSD-38 (Brazil), 2007:


Chrome Dreams DVD-CVIS 366 (UK) - picture from "Isis" web-site
About this release, Derek Barker says: "It's another Chrome Dreams release, in association with Isis Magazine as well as being released by Chrome Dreams/Isis , I worked as the researcher for the project, which hopefully is part one of a three part series that will cover Dylan from birth to today. There is no Dylan music, it is purely an historical documentary film. We interviewed two or three people that have not been seen or heard before as well as few of the usual suspects. There are 13 interviewees in all, and that includes Clinton, C.P Lee and me."

This unauthorised documentary will be sold in the UK and the USA.

Thanks to Bob Stacey for finding this item. I'll add more information when I've had time to watch it! Thanks to Alexandre Froemming for the Brazilian release.


Chrome Dreams DVD-CVIS 366 (UK) - front insert (my copy)

Chrome Dreams DVD-CVIS 366 (UK) - DVD

Showtime DSD-38 (Brazil) - front insert (my copy)

Showtime DSD-38 (Brazil) - DVD

"20/20 Bob Dylan TV Special" - DVD release, (studio?) (catalogue number?) (USA), 2005:

The ABC TV documentary on this unauthorised DVD contains an interview by Bob Brown at Dylan's home in Malibu recorded on 19 Sep 1985 for a special aired on 10 Oct 1985. Includes some LA Farm-Aid rehearsal footage, an out-take from Don't Look Back (see VHS & DVD 1960s) and some "making of" clips for the We Are The World song (see VHS & DVD 1980s). The programme lasts around 40 mins, but the raw footage of the interview (around another half hour or so) is now also available and may be on this DVD.

For more information, see "TV Talkin'" .

Thanks to Robert Jackson for information.


"TV Live & Rare '63-'75" - DVD release, (studio?) (catalogue number?) (Germany), 2005:


Picture from amazon.de
A fifty minute compilation of twelve "live and rare" TV performances, including excerpts of the Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, the Johnny Cash Show 1969, and the Newport Folk Festival 1965.

Tracklisting: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall; It Takes A Lot To Laugh (It TAkes A Train To Cry); Blowin' In The Wind; Just Like A Woman; Hurricane; Simple Twist Of Fate; Oh, Sister; I Threw It All Away; Living The Blues; Girl From The North Country; Maggie's Farm; Mr. Tambourine Man.

Thanks to Paul S. Levine for information about this item. Precise details on performances required.


"Bob Dylan World Tours 1966-1974 Through the Camera of Barry Feinstein" - DVD documentary Highway 61 Entertainment/MVD BD-1414-8 (USA), 8 Mar 2005:

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Highway 61 Entertainment/MVD BD-1414-8 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada
This unauthorised DVD documentary by Joel Gilbert does not contain any Dylan audio or video performances, but it does have an interview with photographer Barry Feinstein and a good selection of his marvellous pictures of Bob from the tour with The Hawks in 1966 and the tour with The Band in 1974.

For 2002 and 2006 Dylan documentaries by Joel Gilbert, see above and below.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans.

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Highway 61 Entertainment/MVD BD-1414-8 (USA) - rear scan by Jack from Canada
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Highway 61 Entertainment/MVD BD-1414-8 (USA) - DVD scan by Jack from Canada

"Bob Dylan: Broadcasting Live - The First 30 Years" - 3DVD set, American Legends HIT1981 (UK), 28 Nov 2005:


American Legends HIT1981 (UK) - front of box, picture from amazon.co.uk
This set is definitely unauthorised. That it is being sold by outlets such as amazon.co.uk and HMV is surprising.

The contents are as follows:

Disc 1:

Tracks 1-3: Blowin' In The Wind; Man Of Constant Sorrow; The Ballad Of Hollis Brown - "Folk Songs & More Folk Songs", Westinghouse, Mar 1963 (introduced by John Henry Faulk)

Track 4: With God On Our Side - "BBC Tonight", 12 May 1964

Tracks 5-7 : I Threw It All Away; Livin' The Blues; Girl From The North Country - "Johnny Cash Show", 1 May 1969

Tracks 8-10 : Hurricane; Simple Twist Of Fate; Oh, Sister - "John Hammond Tribute", 10 Sep 1975

Tracks 11-12 : Gotta Serve Somebody; I Believe In You - "Saturday Night Live", 20 Oct 1979

Disc 2:

Track 1: When You Gonna Wake Up? - "Saturday Night Live", 20 Oct 1979

Tracks 2-3: Don't Start Me To Talkin'; Jokerman - "David Letterman Show", CBS TV, New York, 22 Mar 1984

Tracks 4: Gotta Serve Somebody - Grammy Awards ceremony, Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles, CA, 27 Feb 1980

Tracks 5-7: I'll Remember You; Trust Yourself; Maggie's Farm - Farm Aid with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, 22 Sep 1985

Track 8: Mr. Tambourine Man - Roy Orbison Tribute Concert with The Byrds, Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, 24 Feb 1990 (R-0217)

Track 9: Masters Of War - Grammy Awards ceremony, 20 Feb 1991

Track 10: All Along The Watchtower - with Jack Bruce, Guitar Legends In Concert, Seville, Spain, 17 Oct 1991 (R-0432)

Disc 3:

Tracks 1-2: My Back Pages; It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, Madison Square Garden, New York, 16 Oct 1992

Track 3: Forever Young - "David Letterman Show", 18 Nov 1993

Tracks 4-8: Highway 61 Revisited; Just Like A Woman; Forever Young (with Bruce Springsteen); Seein' The Real You At Last; All Along The Watchtower - Opening of Rock ’N’ Roll Hall of Fame Museum, Cleveland, OH, 1 Sep 1995

Track 9: ; Highway 61 Revisited - Woodstock '94 - 14 Aug 1994

Thanks to Martin Barrack and Roger Stewart for information and scans.


American Legends HIT1981 (UK) - back of box, scan by Martin Barrack

American Legends HIT1981 (UK) - DVD1 scan by Martin Barrack

American Legends HIT1981 (UK) - DVD2 scan by Martin Barrack

American Legends HIT1981 (UK) - DVD3 scan by Martin Barrack

American Legends HIT1981 (UK) - Disc 1 insert scan by Martin Barrack

American Legends HIT1981 (UK) - Disc 2 insert scan by Martin Barrack

American Legends HIT1981 (UK) - Disc 3 insert scan by Martin Barrack

"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - DVD compilation, American Legends AML2033 (Europe), Feb 2006:


American Legends AML2033 (Europe) - front (my copy)
Another unauthorised DVD being sold by amazon.co.uk! The performances are.

Tracks 1-3: Blowin' In The Wind; Man Of Constant Sorrow; The Ballad Of Hollis Brown - Westinghouse 1963 (introduced by John Henry Faulk)

Tracks 4-6: Hurricane; Simple Twist Of Fate; Oh, Sister - John Hammond Tribute 1975

Tracks 7-9: Gotta Serve Somebody; I Believe In You; When You Gonna Wake Up? - Saturday Night Live 1979

Tracks 10-11: My Back Pages; Knockin' On Heaven's Door - 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration 1991

Track 12: Rainy Day Women #12  35 - Woodstock 1994

Thanks to Ian Woodward and Franck Faugere for information.
 


American Legends AML2033 (Europe) - DVD


American Legends AML2033 (Europe) - front of unfolded insert


American Legends AML2033 (Europe) - inside of unfolded insert

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


Highway 61 Entertainment/MVD DR-4484 (USA) - picture from Highway 61 Entertainment web-site
Thanks to Joel Gilbert for information about his new (unauthorised) project called Bob Dylan 1975-1981: Rolling Thunder and The Gospel Years. For 2002 and 2005 Dylan documentaries by Joel Gilbert, see above.

This unauthorised documentary includes first time interviews with Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, violinist Scarlet Rivera, bassist Rob Stoner, Pastor Bill Dwyer (Vineyard Church), background singer Regina McCrary, producer Jerry Wexler, keyboardist Spooner Oldham and many more.  It also includes "newly unearthed TV interviews and film clips", along with a soundtrack that includes these musicians.

Thanks to Paul S. Levine for further information including the delayed release date.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans and details of the footage (I assume the Dylan clips are included without sound for copyright reasons, so I haven't allocated them an R-number):

  1. Brief on-stage clip from Tour 74 (no sound)
  2. Clips from "The World Of John Hammond" 1975 TV Special (no sound)
  3. Various on-stage clips from the Rolling Thunder Revue tour (not from "Renaldo and Clara") (no sound)
  4. On stage clips of the 1978 World Tour (no sound)
  5. On stage clips from the 1979-81 tours, including footage shot by Howard Alk in Avignon (July 25, 1981) (no sound)
  6. Interview with Pat Crosby (image and sound) shot 15 May 1980 in Pittsburgh, PA, for KDKA-TV and broadcast that same day.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans of the soundtrack CD, who adds: Among the "Special Features" bonus, there is a nice "Journey to Hibbing" by Joel Gilbert (11:16) and a Photo Gallery 1975-1981, with a lot of nice pictures with Bob. There is also a CD with the soundtrack, Highway 61 Entertainment BD0503CD: 21 tunes by Joel Gilbert and his band Highway 61 Revisited, Scarlet Rivera, Bruce Langhorne, Rob Stoner and Regina McCrary. There are no covers of Bob songs, but covers of traditional or standard songs, plus six original instrumental Rob Stoner compositions, which evoke the "Bob musical world" from the two periods.


Highway 61 Entertainment/MVD DR-4484 (USA) - rear scan by Jack from Canada

Highway 61 Entertainment/MVD DR-4484 (USA) - DVD scan by Jack from Canada


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


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

"Rock Milestones: Bob Dylan's 'Blood On The Tracks'" - DVD documentary, Rock Milestones RMS 2058 (UK), 19 Jun 2006:


Rock Milestones RMS 2058 (UK) - picture from amazon.co.uk
This DVD release promised "rare live footage" although nothing is new to Dylan collectors. The title has now been changed to Bob Dylan - Changing Tracks and the picture of the album has been omitted from the front cover! I originally thought this was from a documentary broadcast on UK TV in a series called "Rock Milestones" but there's no mention of it in the text. Prominent British Dylan fans such as Andy Gill, Clinton Heylin and Andrew Muir contribute to the programme. The DVD contains these performances:
  1. Ballad Of A Thin Man (Bob Dylan/The Band) - Copenhagen, Denmark, 1 May 1966 (listed incorrectly as 30 Apr 1965!), filmed by D A Pennebaker, an out-take from Eat The Document, see VHS & DVD 1960s
  2. All I Really Want To Do - Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1964, filmed by Murray Lerner from his film Festival! (R-0041, see VHS & DVD 1960s)
  3. I Threw It All Away/Girl From The North Country - Johnny Cash Show, Nashville, TN, 1 May 1969
  4. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Bob Dylan/The Band) - Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 25 Nov 1976, from The Last Waltz (R-0140, see VHS & DVD 1970s and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 1)
  5. Tangled Up In Blue - Boston, MA, 21 Nov 1975 (evening show), from Renaldo & Clara (R-0245, see VHS & DVD 1970s)
  6. A Simple Twist Of Fate - from the "World of John Hammond" tribute show, WWTW TV, Chicago, IL, 10 Sep 1975 (R-0131)
  7. Idiot Wind/Shelter From The Storm - from the "Hard Rain" TV Special, Fort Collins, CO, 23 May 1976

Thanks to Gil Walker for information about this item. For The Folk Years, see below,


Rock Milestones RMS 2058 (UK) - note new title and cover design (my copy)

Rock Milestones RMS 2058 (UK) - front of insert

Rock Milestones RMS 2058 (UK) - reverse of insert showing tracklist and all other DVDs in this series

Rock Milestones RMS 2058 (UK) - DVD

"After The Crash: Bob Dylan 1966-1978" - DVD documentary, Chrome Dreams DVD-CVIS 390 (UK), 28 Aug 2006:


Chrome Dreams DVD-CVIS 390 (UK) - front (my copy)

This unauthorised biography was prepared with the assistance of UK Dylan magazine "Isis". It is the second of three parts, the first being 2004's Tales From A Golden Age: Bob Dylan 1941-1966 (see above).

I'll add more information when I've had time to watch it!


Chrome Dreams DVD-CVIS 390 (UK) - unfolded front insert

Chrome Dreams DVD-CVIS 390 (UK) - DVD

Various Artists - "Remember The 80s" - DVD, MCP Sound (catalogue number?) (Europe), 14 Sep 2006:
This PAL DVD is again almost certainly not authorized. The song is actually from 1990, not the 80s!


Front picture from amazon.de
Inside Out (R-0339) - from the album The Traveling Wilburys Volume Three, see Traveling Wilburys 1990

Thanks to Bernard Reyneart for information and screen shots.


Menu screenshot by Bernard Reynaert


Video screenshot by Bernard Reynaert


Video screenshot by Bernard Reynaert

"Bob Dylan: The Golden Years 1962-1978" - 2DVD documentary set, Chrome Dreams DVD IS006 (UK), 18 Sep 2006:


Chrome Dreams DVD IS006 (UK) - front of slipcase (my copy)
This unauthorised documentary is said to include rare film footage, etc. It contains two previously released unauthorised biographical DVDs - Tales From A Golden Age: Bob Dylan 1941-1966 (2004, see above) and After The Crash: Bob Dylan 1966-1978 (2006, see above). Both DVDs were prepared with the assistance of UK Dylan magazine "Isis".

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information.


Chrome Dreams DVD IS006 (UK) - reverse of slipcase (my copy)

"Bob Dylan: The Unauthorized Documentaries" - 3DVD set, Highway 61 Entertainment (catalogue number?) (USA), Oct 2006/Wienerworld (catalogue number?) UK), 20 Nov 2006:


Picture from eBay found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
This set comprises the three already released Joel Gilbert documentaries; Bob Dylan 1975-1981 Rolling Thunder and The Gospel Years [2006, see above], Bob Dylan World Tours 1966-1974 Through the Camera of Barry Feinstein [2005, see above], and Bob Dylan 1966 World Tour, The Home Movies Through the Camera of Mickey Jones [2002, see above], the Rolling Thunder and The Gospel Years CD soundtracks, and nine bonus postcards only available in this boxed set.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and the picture.


"Dylan Speaks: The Legendary 1965 Press Conference In San Francisco" - interview DVD, Eagle Vision EM 35072-9 (USA), 31 Oct 2006:


Eagle Vision EM 35072-9 (USA) - picture from amazon.com
Interview at press conference, San Francisco, 3 Dec 1965 (approx. 53 mins) (R-0496)

For LPs and CDs with the audio of this interview, see Interviews with Bob.

Thanks to Tim Dunn for information about this item. Thanks to Jack from Canada for the scans.


Eagle Vision EM 35072-9 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada

Eagle Vision EM 35072-9 (USA) - rear scan by Jack from Canada

Eagle Vision EM 35072-9 (USA) - inside of insert, scan by Jack from Canada

Eagle Vision EM 35072-9 (USA) - DVD scan by Jack from Canada

"Rock Milestones: Bob Dylan - The Folk Years" - DVD documentary, Rock Milestones (catalogue number?) (UK), 13 Nov 2006:


UK DVD release - picture from amazon.co.uk
This DVD is another in the Rock Milestones series. For Changing Tracks, see above. I haven't yet seen it, but the amazon.co.uk entry claims it features "rare archive performances" of Hard Times In New York Town; Baby, Please Don’t Go; Lonesome Whistle Blues; Fixin’ To Die; Man Of Constant Sorrow; Blowin’ In The Wind; A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall; The Times They Are A-Changin’; Maggie’s Farm; Mr Tambourine Man; All Along The Watchtower; It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding); Highway 61 Revisited and Just Like A Woman.

Thanks to Peter Coulthard for finding this release and to Larry Crum for further information.

Tracklisting:

1-4    Hard Times In New York Town; Baby, Please Don't Go; Hard Travelin'; Fixin' To Die - from "Folksinger's Choice" interview with Cynthia Gooding, recorded 13 Jan 1962 (audio only, the DVD also has some excerpts of the interview)

5    Man Of Constant Sorrow - "Folk Songs & More Folk Songs" TV show, Westinghouse Studios, New York, Mar 1963 (excerpt, available in complete form on No Direction Home, see above)

6    Fixin' To Die - as 4, a second excerpt (audio only)

7    The Death Of Emmett Till - as 1-4 (audio only)

8    Blowin' In The Wind - "Folk Songs & More Folk Songs" TV show, Westinghouse Studios, New York, Mar 1963 (excerpt, available in complete form in No Direction Home, see above)

9    Talkin' World War III Blues - Quest TV show, CBC TV Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1 Feb 1964

10    A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - as 9, excerpt from third verse to end of song with talkover (R-0563). Other excerpts from this performance are on the 1990 VHS documentary John Hammond: From Bessie Smith To Bruce Springsteen (see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1) and the 1996 VHS/DVD documentary The Beatles Anthology (see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2).

11    Talkin' World War III Blues - as 9, second excerpt

12    The Ballad Of Hollis Brown - as 8

13    With God On Our Side - Tonight Show, BBC TV, London, 12 May 1964, first three verses with talkover (R-0669). The first two verses with different talkover are on the 1996 VHS/DVD documentary Dancing In The Street - A History Of Rock And Roll  (see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2)

14    The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll - as 9

15    When The Ship Comes In - March on Washington, 28 Mar 1963 (a different excerpt is included in No Direction Home, see above)

16    All I Really Want To Do - Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1964 (R-0041). Available in more complete form in the 1966 feature film Festival! (see VHS & DVD 1960s).

17    My Back Pages - 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration, Madison Square Garden, New York, 16 Oct 1992 (available in complete form in 1993 VHS feature 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1)

18    Lonesome Whistle Blues - as 1-4, 6, 7 (audio only, plays over closing credits)


Various Artists - "A Tribute To Johnny Cash" - DVD, MCP Sound MC 6306 (Europe), 2006:
This PAL DVD is almost certainly not authorised. It gives the date of the concert incorrectly as 9 Apr 1999.


MCP Sound MC 6306 (Europe) - scan by Jean-Pierre Mercier
Train Of Love (Johnny Cash) - from the Johnny Cash Tribute special, broadcast from the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, 5 Apr 1999 (Bob's performance had been recorded earlier and was shown on video) (R-0554, see 2002)

Thanks to Jean-Pierre Mercier for information and scans.


MCP Sound MC 6306 (Europe) - front insert scan by Jean-Pierre Mercier

MCP Sound MC 6306 (Europe) - DVD scan by Jean-Pierre Mercier

"Bob Dylan: Music In Review" - DVD and book set, Edgehill Publishing/Sandbeach/Ragnarock Films CRP 2331 (UK), 26 Feb 2007:


Sandbeach/Ragnarock Films CRP 2331 (UK) - front of book (my copy)
This unauthorised release consists of a 72-page illustrated book by Jeff Perkins plus a 15-track DVD. Footage is taken from "Renaldo & Clara", the 1975 "World Of John Hammond" TV Special (for both see VHS & DVD 1970s), and the 1976 "Hard Rain TV Special", none of which are yet commercially available.

Track listing (thanks to Larry Crum for details):

Shelter From The Storm - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Fort Collins, CO, 23 May 1976 (from the "Hard Rain TV Special")

Tangled Up In Blue - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Boston Music Hall, 21 Nov 1975 (evening show), same performance as R-0245 (see 1995) and R-0746 (see 2002)

A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4 Dec 1975, on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975

One More Cup Of Coffee - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4 Dec 1975

It Ain't Me, Babe - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Cambridge, MA, 20 Nov 1975, on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975

Railroad Boy - duet with Joan Baez live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Fort Collins, CO, 23 May  1976 (from the "Hard Rain TV Special")

Maggie's Farm - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Fort Collins, CO, 23 May 1976 (from the "Hard Rain TV Special") and Hard Rain

Idiot Wind - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Fort Collins, CO, 23 May 1976 (from the "Hard Rain TV Special") and Hard Rain

Hurricane - live from the "World of John Hammond" tribute programme, WWTW TV, Chicago, IL, 10 Sep 1975 (R-0132)

Isis - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4 Dec 1975, same performance as R-0596 (see 2002), also the edited performance R-0533 (again see 2002)  and Biograph

Mozambique - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Fort Collins, CO, 23 May 1976 (from the "Hard Rain TV Special")

Gotta Serve Somebody - live on TV (excerpt), "Saturday Night Live", NBC TV Studios, Rockefeller Center, New York, 20 Oct 1979
This is a completely different edit of this performance from R-0721 on "Saturday Night Live: The First Five Years", Lions Gate DVD, 2005, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3!

When You Gonna Wake Up -  - live on TV (excerpt), "Saturday Night Live", NBC TV Studios, Rockefeller Center, New York, 20 Oct 1979

I Believe In You - live on TV (excerpt), "Saturday Night Live", NBC TV Studios, Rockefeller Center, New York, 20 Oct 1979

The DVD also contains a performance of Gloria by Patti Smith.


Sandbeach/Ragnarock Films CRP 2331 (UK) - rear of book

Sandbeach/Ragnarock Films CRP 2331 (UK) - inside rear of book with DVD

"The Bob Dylan Phenomenon" - DVD release, Storm Bird STB 2378 (UK), Jul 2007:

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Storm Bird STB 2378 (UK) - front scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Tracklisting:

Highway 61 Revisited; Fixin' to Die; Man Of Constant Sorrow; When The Ship Comes In; Only A Pawn In Their Game, Blowin' In The Wind; Talkin' Worlds War II Blues; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall; The Times They Are A-Changin'; The Ballad Of Hollis Brown; All I Really Want To Do; Mr. Tambourine Man; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Like A Rolling Stone; Ballad Of A Thin Man; All Along The Watchtower; Tangled Up In Blue; Idiot Wind; Simple Twist of Fate; Hurricane; Gotta Serve Somebody; Just Like A Woman.

Sources: Folksinger's Choice radio interview with Cynthia Gooding, 1962; Woodstock '94; Newport Folk Festival, 1964; Eat The Document, 1966; Folk Songs And More Folk Songs, WBC TV, 1963; Renaldo And Clara, 1978; Don't Look Back, 1967; The World Of John Hammond, 1975; Rolling Thunder Revue, 1976, March On Washington, 1963; Quest, CBC TV, 1964; Saturday Night Live, NBC TV, 1979.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and scans.
 

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Storm Bird STB 2378 (UK) - DVD scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

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Storm Bird STB 2378 (UK) - outside of insert unfolded, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

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Storm Bird STB 2378 (UK) - inside of insert unfolded, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

"Bob Dylan Live" - DVD release, Storm Bird STB 2466 (UK), 20 Aug 2007:

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Storm Bird STB 2466 (UK) - picture from amazon.co.uk

For the tracklisting, see below.

Thanks to "HwyCDRrev" for information and Philip van Dijk for scans.


Storm Bird STB 2466 (UK) - DVD scan by Philip van Dijk


Storm Bird STB 2466 (UK) - insert scan by Philip van Dijk


Storm Bird STB 2466 (UK) - reverse of insert, scan by Philip van Dijk

The tracklisting is as follows:

  1. Hurricane - "John Hammond Tribute", Chicago, IL, 10 Sep 1975 (R-0132)
  2. Living The Blues - "The Johnny Cash Show" - Nashville, TN, 1 May 1969
  3. When You Gonna Wake Up- "Saturday Night Live", NBC Studios, NY, 20 Oct 1979
  4. Highway 61 Revisited - Woodstock '94, Winston Farm, Saugerties, NY, 14 Aug 1994 (R-0229)
  5. Don't Start Me To Talking - "Late Night With David Letterman", NY, 22 Mar 1984
  6. Simple Twist Of Fate - "John Hammond Tribute", Chicago, IL, 10 Sep 1975 (R-0131)
  7. Gotta Serve Somebody - "Saturday Night Live", NBC Studios, NY - 20 Oct 1979 (R-0721)
  8. Girl From The North Country (duet with Johnny Cash) - "The Johnny Cash Show" Nashville, TN - 1 May 1969 (R-0828)
  9. Jokerman - "Late Night With David Letterman", NY, 22 Mar 1984
  10. Oh Sister - "John Hammond Tribute" - Chicago, IL, 10 Sep 1975
  11. I Believe In You - "Saturday Night Live", NBC Studios, NY, 20 Oct 1979
  12. I Shall Be Released - Woodstock '94, Winston Farm, Saugerties, NY, 14 Aug 1994.

"Don't Look Back Out-takes" - DVD release, Tambourine Man Video TMV 003/4 (Europe), 2007:

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Tambourine Man Video TMV 003/4 (Europe) - front scan by Fred Muller
This unauthorised DVD contains previously uncirculating out-takes from the 1967 D A Pennebaker documentary Don't Look Back (see VHS & DVD 1960s), filmed in the UK in 1965. It also contains a 1966 out-take from Eat The Document with Bob and John Lennon in a London taxi.

Thanks to Fred Muller for information and scans.

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Tambourine Man Video TMV 003/4 (Europe) - DVD insert scan by Fred Muller

"Woodstock '94" - DVD release, Woodstock Tapes 11660 (Europe), 2007:

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Woodstock Tapes 11660 (Europe) - front scan by Fred Muller
This unauthorised DVD contains Bob's full set, only Highway 61 Revisited has been officially released on CD. For official radio station discs, the soundtrack album and CD singles, see 1994 and 1995. For the official Woodstock 94 VHS video release, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1 (as far as I know there is yet no official DVD release.

Thanks to Fred Muller for information and scans.

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Woodstock Tapes 11660 (Europe) - DVD insert scan by Fred Muller

"Bob Dylan In Performance" - 2 DVD set, Storm Bird (catalogue number?)  (UK), 26 Nov 2007:

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Picture from amazon.co.uk
Thanks to Sergio Magnacca for finding this unauthorised DVD set on amazon.co.uk. It includes the usual performances taken from TV appearances such as Hurricane; Livin' The Blues; When You Gonna Wake Up?; Highway 61 Revisited; Don't Start Me To Talkin'; Simple Twist Of Fate and Gotta Serve Somebody.

"Live Transmissions" - DVD boxed set, Edgehill Publishing (catalogue number?) (UK), 28 Jan 2008:


Picture from amazon.co.uk
Thanks to "HwyCDRrev" for information about this set, which is unauthorised. I as yet have no details about its contents, except that it again contains footage of TV broadcasts by Bob.

"The Broadcast Archives: Classic Performances" - DVD release, Archive Media Publishing APX2652DVD (UK), 2008:


Picture from eil.com
This unauthorised DVD contains TV broadcasts by Bob such as I'll Remember You with Linda Ronstadt, Tom Petty and Willie Nelson on Maggie's Farm, and the 30th Anniversary Concert celebration performance of My Back Pages.

"Bob Dylan 1978-1989: Both Ends Of The Rainbow" - DVD release, Chrome Dreams CVIS 603  (UK), 10 Jun 2008:


Chrome Dreams CVIS 603  (UK) - picture found by "HwyCDRrev"
This unauthorised DVD produced in association with UK Dylan magazine "Isis" contains performance footage and interviews from Bob's Gospel era and the remainder of the 1980s.

Thanks to "HwyCDRrev" for information.


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