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This new page lists former entries in the Searching For A Gem list that have now been released since 1997 (when the site was set up) on currently available Dylan CDs in the USA. I've also listed the Dylan album releases that include the former rarities. A case has been made by correspondents that because record companies today like to remix and remaster old material, no rarity is ever now released in its exact original form. However, this page still enables visitors to identify previously hard-to-find performances.
I have been asked to include here items which were already included in Dylan albums when I started the site in 1997 but had been rarities on their original release. A good example is the live Rolling Thunder Revue performance of Isis released on the 1978 promo EP 4 Songs From "Renaldo And Clara", and again in 1984 as the B-side of Jokerman 7" singles - this ceased to be a rarity when it was released on Biograph in 1985. This is a good idea, but the current high level of submissions and requirement for page reformatting means it has been given low priority.
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: 16 March, 2010
Items Removed from the Searching For A Gem list
Various Artists - "Disco Teen '66" - limited edition stereo vinyl LP, Columbia Record Club DS 155 (USA), 1966:
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R-0049 Positively 4th Street - alternate stereo
mix, slightly longer at 4:12 as opposed to 3:56 on regular track Carsten Baumann informs me that he's checked the version on this 1966 album (also on the 1965 Witmark tape, see 1965) against the version now included on the remastered Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (US release), and they are the same. This means it replaces the single version which is now to be found on CD only on Biograph. (R-0049 is also on the non-US release The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, see 2000). Thanks also to David Goldsmith for confirmation. The stereo version has therefore ceased to be a rarity, and the entry has now moved here. The mono version of R-0049, R-0049M, remains a rarity and is still listed for 1965 and 1966. For the previous release in this series, Disco Teen '65, which contains Subterranean Homesick Blues, see the Various Artist Compilations page of Mono Album Releases and International Compilations: Various Artist Albums 1960-69 (stereo). |
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo vinyl LP, Family Club (CBS/Sony) FCPA-19 (Japan), 1976:
This record club edition has a different track list from previous versions
of the album in Japan, the
same tracklisting as the US Greatest Hits (Columbia KCS 9463 stereo).
Full details are now on the 1967 Greatest Hits
page of International Albums (Regular).
 Family Club FCPA-19 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0049 Positively 4th Street - alternate stereo
mix, slightly longer at 4:12 as opposed to 3:56 on regular track Same as the version from 1965 Witmark tape and 1966 Columbia compilation album Disco Teen '66 - see above (no longer a rarity). The mono version of R-0049, R-0049M, remains a rarity and is still listed for 1965 and 1966. Side 1: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; Blowin' In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; It Ain't Me, Babe: Like A Rolling Stone Side 2: Mr Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; I Want You; Positively 4th Street; Just Like A Woman |
Ralph Stanley - "Clinch Mountain Country" - 2CD set, Rebel Records REB-511 (USA), May 1998:
 Rebel Records REB-511 (USA) - front insert (my copy) |
R-0266 The Lonesome
River (Ralph & Carter Stanley)  - duet with Ralph Stanley, same as BDC25
(see
Online Performances (bobdylan.com) )This 2CD set contains new performances by Ralph Stanley of his best known songs with many guest artists including Bob. |
 Rebel Records REB-511 (USA) - rear insert |
 Rebel Records REB-511 (USA) - CD1 with R-0266 |
The Lonesome River was released in Oct 2008 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, see here. This means R-0266 has ceased to be a rarity. Full details of the album are now in International Album Releases - Other Artists' Compilations with Dylan Album Tracks .
Various Artists - "Touched By An Angel: The Album" - TV Series soundtrack compilation, 550 Music/Sony Music Soundtrax BK 68971 (USA), 3 Nov 1998; Epic/550 Music/Sony Music Soundtrax 491828 2 (France/NL), Nov 1998; Epic Records ESCA 7446 (Japan), 20 Feb 1999:
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550 Music/Sony Music Soundtrax BK 68971 (USA) - front of jewel case with sticker (my copy) |
R-0273 Dignity |
 Epic/550 Music/Sony Music Soundtrax 491828 2 (France/NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
 Epic Records ESCA 7446 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
This song appeared in the 100th episode of this US drama series broadcast in 1998 - for the 1999 VHS tape of the episode, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2.
Full details of the album are now in International Compilations (Various Artists) 1998.
Various Artists - "Wonder Boys: Music From The Motion Picture"
- film soundtrack album, Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax CK 63849 (USA), 15 Feb 2000/Columbia/Sony
Music Soundtrax COL 497738 2 (Europe), Sep 2000/"Loco
Fin De Semana [Crazy weekend]" - Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax CDMI 497738
(Mexico), 2001:
For DVD and VHS releases of the Wonder Boys feature film, see
VHS & DVD 2000s Part
1.
 Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax CK 63849 (USA) - front with sticker (my copy) |
R-0299 Things Have
Changed  - a song written and recorded specially for this film,
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-0320 Shooting Star
R-0321 Buckets Of Rain
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Various Artists - "Original Soundtrack: High Fidelity" - film soundtrack album, Hollywood Records HR-62188-2 (USA)/Hollywood Records 0109182 HWR (Germany), March 2000:
 Hollywood Records HR-62188-2 (Germany) - front scan by Olav Langum |
R-0446 Most Of The Time  - this version was reportedly remastered from
the original 1989 Oh Mercy version
Oh Mercy was one of three Dylan albums that were remastered in 1997 but which have never actually been released in the remastered CD format. This track appeared to be from that master. It has now been superseded by the remastered hybrid SA-CD release of Oh Mercy. Harold Lepidus informs me the video/DVD of the film also contains Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You, see VHS & DVD: Films with Dylan Album Tracks. Thanks to Olav Langum for scans. |
Various Artists - "Music From The Motion Picture: Moonlight Mile" - film soundtrack album, Epic/Sony Music Soundtrax EK 86874 (USA), Sep 2002:
The Dylan Album Releases that include Former Rarities
"The Bootleg Series
Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue",
Columbia/Legacy C2K 87047 (USA); Columbia/Legacy 510140 2 (Europe)/SME records SICP
296/7 (Japan); Columbia/Legacy
5101403000 (Australia), 26 Nov 2002:
For the Limited Edition of this
album with a bonus DVD, see 2002.
 Columbia Legacy C2K 87047 (USA), Columbia/Legacy 510140 2 (Europe) |
R-0137 It Ain't Me, Babe This performance was originally released on the 1978 US Columbia promo 12" EP 4 Songs From "Renaldo & Clara" (see 1978). However, Don Handy considers that the performance on this album is different from the performance from the EP 4 Songs From "Renaldo & Clara", which he suggests actually comes from The Forum, Montreal, Canada, 4 Dec 1975. Both Glen Dundas and Olof Björner confirm the 20 Nov 1975 date on the EP, not 4 Dec 1975. It also appeared on: Thanks to Larry Crum for pointing out that the 2002 version of this performance is actually a remix of the track, so R-0137 remains a rarity. |
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Bob Dylan Live 1964: The Philharmonic Hall Concert" - 2 CD set, Columbia/Legacy C2H 86882 (USA), 30 Mar 2004; Columbia/Legacy COL 512358 2 (Europe), 29 Mar 2004:
 Columbia/Legacy COL 512358 2 (Europe) |
This is the complete famous "Halloween Mask" concert at the New York Philharmonic Hall on 31 Oct 1964. We already knew that the concert had been recorded by Columbia, because six tracks from it surfaced on Columbia acetates in 1980 - one of them, Mama, You've Been On My Mind (R-0220), the live duet with Joan Baez, appeared on her Vanguard boxed set Rare, Live & Classic in 1993. This has lead to more rarities being removed from this list! |
The six live tracks from the "Goldmine Acetates", Columbia acetates which surfaced in 1980:
R-0389 You Gotta Go [If You Gotta Go, Go Now]
R-0397 Never Have Met [I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)]
R-0398 Mr. Tambourine Man
R-0399 A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
R-0400 Gates of Eden
R-0220 Mama, You've Been On My Mind - duet with Joan Baez
R-0220 also appeared on Joan Baez's Vanguard boxed set Rare, Live & Classic, 1993
(No entries have actually been moved from the main list because of this release.)
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA); Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe), 29 Aug 2005:
 Columbia/ Legacy C2K 93937 (USA); Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) |
This release means four Rarities are removed from the 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 R-0289 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, different from the regular Freewheelin' version, 1963 |
R-0373 When The Ship Comes In - live, Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963, from the unreleased 1964 Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, see 1964
R-0300 Maggie's Farm - recorded live with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band at the Newport Folk Festival, 25 Jul 1965, from Murray Lerner's film Festival, 1967 (see VHS & DVD Part 1), also available on a 1991 Italian CD Bob Dylan 1 accompanying an issue of Il Dizionario del Rock (The Dictionary of Rock) - a series of magazines in the early 1990s, see Questionable Releases
I previously misreported three others as rarities now released:
R-0514 I Was Young When I Left Home (traditional)
- from the "Minnesota Hotel
Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, now officially released on a bonus
disc with the limited edition of "Love
And Theft", Sep 2001, see 2001 and 2002.
It is released here with a spoken intro, so the version without the intro
remains a rarity as R-0514.
R-0580 Sally Gal (Woody Guthrie) - unreleased Freewheelin' out-take from a 1962 Columbia acetate that
surfaced in May 1982
Bob Stacy informs me that the version on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 is in
fact new, and does not match the two circulating Freewheelin' out-take versions!
This newly released performance is take 1, whereas the two previously
circulating performances were take 3 (R-0580) and take 4 (still officially
unreleased).
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 Jun 1965. This is actually the take released on The Bootleg Series Vols.1-3, from Columbia acetates that surfaced in 1980, not an alternate as I previously reported. The take on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 is new!
Thanks to Bob Stacy for the corrections.
(No entries have actually been moved from the main list because of this release.)
"Dylan" - 3CD Deluxe set in box, Columbia/Legacy 88697 11420 2 (USA/Canada/Europe/Australia), 1 Oct 2007/Sony SICP 1553-1555 (Japan), 24 Oct 2007:
 Columbia/Legacy 88697 11420 2 (USA) - box front with sticker, scan by Jack from Canada |
R-0273 Dignity - original Oh Mercy out-take
produced by Daniel Lanois - not the 1994 Brendan O'Brien remixed
version for Greatest Hits Vol. 3, which retained only
Bob's vocal and piano and added new backing. This performance originally appeared on the Touched By An Angel: The Album TV series soundtrack album, 1998, see above. |
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy C2K 735795 (USA)/ Columbia/Legacy 88697357952 (Europe); 3CD set in box: Columbia/Legacy 8697 35797 2 (USA), 7 Oct 2008:
 Columbia/Legacy 88697357952 (Europe) - front of slipcase with sticker (my copy) |
The 2CD
release includes six current rarities: R-0266 The Lonesome River (Carter and Ralph Stanley) 3:04 (With Ralph Stanley, from the album Clinch Mountain Country). see 1998 R-0586 'Cross the Green Mountain 8:15 (From Gods and Generals Soundtrack), see 2003 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2 R-0680 Dignity 2:09 (Piano demo, Oh Mercy), from a promo US Columbia CD single given away with Bob Dylan's autobiography "Chronicles Vol. 1", see 2004 R-0613 Everything Is Broken - alternate take with different lyrics from the version on Oh Mercy, available for download from iTunes in Apr 2003, see Online Performances (Other) R-0738 Huck's Tune (From Lucky You soundtrack), see 2007 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4 R-0830 High Water (For Charley Patton) - live, Oakes Garden Theatre, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, 23 Aug 2003, from an exclusive download in Sep 2007 from iTunes with Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine): Mark Ronson Re-Version, see Online Performances (Other) |
 Columbia/Legacy 8697 35797 2 (USA) - front of sealed box with sticker (my copy) |
The 3CD version contains:
R-0681 Tryin' To Get To Heaven
- live audience recording from the UK in 2000 (now
identified as Wembley Arena, London, England, 5 Oct 2000), from a US Columbia promo CD single, see
2004
This track was previously wrongly identified as being from the Guildhall,
Portsmouth, England, 25 Sep 2000.
As this is a Limited Edition of 5000 copies, R-0681 remains a rarity.
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