Searching For A Gem: Acknowledgments

Revised: 29 January, 2012.

This web-site would not be possible without all the people who have contributed entries, pictures, comments and corrections. Despite the size of this site, it's still like a jigsaw puzzle with hundreds of pieces missing - every new item for inclusion is very gratefully received.

Special thanks go to Hans Seegers for his ongoing provision of huge amounts of information and scans of unique rarities. Also for his patience in sorting out previous errors! Thanks also to Jeani Hoftijzer and the late Wim van der Mark from the Netherlands for the extensive Dylan discography site "Inside The Museums", which has provided much vital information and corrections to existing entries. Sadly, this resource is no longer available. Thanks to Rod MacBeath for his series of seven articles "Looking Up Dylan's Sleeves" in "The Telegraph" issues 50-56. These articles answer so many queries to this web-site that I would like to see them published as a book that I could recommend to readers. Thanks to Alan Hoaksey for the information provided by his ongoing series of discographical lists in his section "The Dime Store" in "The Bridge" magazine .

Thanks to Sam C. Visser for all the information provided by his web-site "Rebel With A Cause" featuring Dylan 7" picture sleeves. Sadly Sam died on 28 Feb 2005 at far too young an age. Three other contributors no longer with us are Pete Baker and Martin Barrack, both of whom died in 2008, and David Plentus, webmaster of the "Dylan Covers" site, who died in Jan 2011.

Thanks to Peter Gilmer from Australia for a huge bundle of Dylan rarities from his extensive collection, some of which were new to the site.

HPB with Ozzy Osbourne!

Thanks to Dr. Hanns Peter Bushoff of BMG Germany (now Sony Music) for his sterling work in re-releasing obscure and rarely-heard cover versions of Dylan songs, especially the unreleased songs, in his "May Your Song Always Be Sung" series and the 2011 "Pure Dylan" compilation.

	Also thanks to Roger Ford and Jeff Friedman for their discographies inside Robert Shelton's "No Direction Home: The Live & Music of Bob Dylan" (New English Library, 1986) and Bob Spitz's "Dylan: A Biography" (Michael Joseph, 1989). Robert Shelton's book was republished by Omnibus Press in 2011 in an expanded edition edited by Elizabeth Thompson and Patrick Humphries. A new appendix describes this web-site as "chillingly thorough", a rather back-handed compliment!
	Thanks to Tim Dunn for his help with Dylan copyrights, for copies of his books, and for information from US "Goldmine" magazines. Buy the latest edition of Tim's book "The Bob Dylan Copyright Files 1962-2007" from amazon.com and all other Internet bookshops.
	Various issues of the UK "Record Collector" magazine, edited by Peter Doggett, have also proved very useful for supplying and verifying information for these pages . Thanks also to Jason Draper and Ian Shirley from "Record Collector". Thanks to David Burgess for supplying several articles from back issues from the 1980s onwards. Thanks also to David for providing scans and for the loan of the book "Bob Dylan: An Illustrated Discography" by Stuart Hoggard and Jim Shields.
	Thanks also to Derek and Tracy Barker of "Isis" magazine, and Ian Woodward, author of "The Wicked Messenger" diary, both sources of much information for these pages. Derek's book "The Songs He Didn't Write: Bob Dylan Under The Influence" (Chrome Dreams, 2008), which has been used extensively to check the correct authorship of songs attributed to Bob in the "Starlight In The East - Bob Dylan's Unreleased Songs" section.
	Love him or hate him, this site has made extensive use (always credited) of the work of Clinton Heylin including "Dylan: Behind Closed Doors, The Recording Sessions 1960-1994", "A Life In Stolen Moments - Bob Dylan Day By Day: 1941-1995", "Bob Dylan Behind The Shades Take Two", "Revolution In The Air - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 1: 1957-73", and "Still On The Road - The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2: 1974-2008".
	Also many thanks to Michael Gray, author of "Song & Dance Man III: The Art of Bob Dylan" and "The Bob Dylan Encyclopaedia" (which contains a flattering entry about me and this site). Michael's web-site is here .
	It's also worth mentioning "The Bob Dylan Album File & Complete Discography" by Brian Hinton, a book which contains two very flattering references to this web-site, in the introduction on page 7 and in the section on " Websites and Fanzines" on page 449!

Added this time: James Ratcliff, Marco Stadler

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Thanks also to:

Espen Aas, Siwert Aldenryd, George Alevizos, Jürg Ambühl, Fast Tony Anderson, Martin Andrzejewki, Dale Araki, Freddy Ordóñez Araque, Stefan Asplund, Christian Attfield, Juan Antonio Yague Ayuso, Isaac Azumba

Jordi Badell, Philip Bajo, Colin Baker, John Willy Bakke, Berry Bakker, Lars M. Banke, Jenni Barrett, Norman Barrett, Scott Barrey, Reginald Bartlette, Richard Batey, Garry Batt, Carsten Baumann, Eric Baumel, Pachi Becerril, Joachim Beck, Dolf Beckers, Henry V. Bell, Howard Bender, Charles "Chuck" Berendt, Roberto Bergadano, Pete Bernard, Janice Bernath, "Betsy", John Blewett, Dorwin Clay Black, Marc Blaker, Joe Boden, Harvey Bojarsky, Steve Bonilla, Ronald Born, Luis Borrego, Coenraad Botha, Rogier van den Braak, Dag Braathen, Stephen Braitman, Thor-Kenneth Brandth, Andrea Brillo, Peter Stone Brown, William Brown, Jamie Buckley, Philip Bull, Allan Burger, Neil Burling, André Burmester, Christopher Burton, Anthony Bush, John W. Busher

Craig Callahan, Peter W. Callas, Francisco Espinoza Cárcamo, "Carlo" from Italy, Wayne Carr, Rob Carson, John Caruth, Christopher Casale, Micol Cazzell, "Chad", Shawn Chambers, Dr George Christos, Brian Clarke, Ben Clayton, Eddie Cockrell, Andrew Codd, Don Cohen, Rob Cole, Dave Colleran, Christine Consolvo, Peter Coulthard, Anthony Craig, Larry Crum, Xavier Cunillera, Steve Cunningham, Mitchell Cutler

Per Erik Dahlberg ("Monoman"), Jan Damgaard, Thomas Deak, Matt Dempsey, Stan Denski, David Denyer, Peter Denzler, Renaud Depierreux, Aaron Derfel, Wouter de Wit, Mitch Diamond, Amy Dickerson, Don DiMuccio, Wiebke Dittmer, Betti Dockery, Jan Doczyn, James Dodds, Richard Dodds, Kevin Doyle, Jason Draper, Christopher Dunn, Tim Dunn, Barry Dunnings

Mark Easter, Mick Ecker, Goran Ekberg, Klaus Eklund, Clay Ellwood, Manfred Endtner, Felix Epper, Viktor Ericsson, Steve Espinola, David Abarca Esteve

Christian Faerber, Steven Fant, Franck Faugere, David Faulkner, Richard Feirstein, Fritz Fensham, John Fitzgerald, Pat Fitzgerald, Juergen Flicker, William Flint, Lloyd Fonveille, Roger Ford, Rowland Ford, Ivan Forgac, Jonathan P. Foulkes, Martin Frandsen, Yoram Franzen, Karen Fredericks, Jeff Friedman, Ingo Friedrich, Yan Friis, Alexandre Froemming, Patti Fultz

Gino Galvez, Martin Gayford, John Gaylor, Guiseppe Gazerro, Jaydee Gee, Gerard Germano, Trevor Gibb, Allen Gibson, Wil Gielen, Peter Gilmer, Antoine Glemain, Roger Glodowski, Mark Goedegebuur, Jeff Gold, David Goldsmith, Peter Good, Michael Goodall, John Goodwin, Michael Grasberger, Edward Grazda, Lee Griffin, Utz Grimminger, Nol Grint, Erik Grobet, David Grossman, Ulf Gyllenspetz

Edwin Haast, Chad Hahn, Eerik Hakala, Riku Halinen, Johannes Hampf, Joe Hancock, Georg Hansson, Stefan Haras, Dale Hargraves, John Harju, Harley ("Big Neon"), Ted Harrington, Al Haug, Tim Hayter, Norman Healy, Juan B. Heinink, Manfred Helfert, Patrick Helfrich, Hiroshi Hemmi, Guðni Már Henningsson, J Silver Hertford, Hervé from France, Bill Hester, Pea Hicks, Jean-Pol Hiernaux, Richard Hillier, Colin Hindson, Chris Hirte, Roland Hiss, Alan Hoaksey, Vince Hockey, Martin Hoefermann, Yme Hoeksma, Ian Hollingworth, Chris Hood, John Howells, Stephen Hu, Bob Hudson, Dag Stian Husby

Philippe Isnard, Alex Ivanov

Grzegorz J., Jack from Canada, Craig Jamieson, Eelco Janzen, Manuel Garcia Jara (from the collection of his late father MGM), Artur Jarosinski, Andy Jenkins, David Jetson, Rene Kejlskov Jørgensen, Allan Johansen, Robert Johnson, Dr. Kevin Jones, Dan Jordan, Stephen Jordan, Neale Judd, Patricia Jungwirth

François Kahn, Rinji Kamihata, Brendan Kane, Magne Karlstad, Masato Kato, Lee Kaufman, Jerry Kendall, Stephen Kennedy, Jim Kenney, Peter van der Kerk, Martin Killeen, Michio Kinoshita, Andrew Klewan, David Knowles, Eduardo Gomez Kodela, Les Kokay, Robert Kornovich, Mike Koshitani, Sascha Kossjak, Stefan Kraft, Dirk Krah, Augie Krater, Ilkka Kurkela, Marc Kuszel, Nicholas Kutscheid

Geraldo Lagden, Rob Lake, Geoffrey John Lambourn, Gil Lamont, Paul Landon, Olav Langum, Dan Lardner, A J LaRue, Dr. C P Lee, Tim Leeman, Stuart Leitch, Marianna Lemos, Harold Lepidus (Bob Dylan Examiner), Tobias Levander, Paul S. Levine, Dan Levy, Mary Lewis, Ole Lien, Doug Lilly, Francisco Lima. Peter Lindberg, Derek Linfield, Lee Lintott, Jim Linwood, Paul Loeber, Nicolas Louvet, Matthew Lutthans, Edvard Lysne

David McBride, Norman McBride, Duff McDonald, Sonny Boy McFitzson, Stephen MacKinnon, Sergio Magnacca, Derek Mankelow, Ray Martell, Dave Mansell, Evan Marshall, Damián Martinez, Onno Mastenbroek, Marc Matsumoto, Bill Matthews, Mark Matthews, Gerry Mauriello, Mauro from Italy, Jeremy Mayle, Bob Mazer, Jon McAuliffe, Trevor McDonald, Henk Meijer, Jean-Pierre Mercier, Michael Mets, Bob Meyer, Thomas Michalzik, Thommy Mikkat, Vince Miller, Donald Mitchell, John Moore, Stuart Moore, Eddy Moors, Bruce Mulle, Fred Muller, Logan Mullin, Alex Munro, Joy Munsey, Seiji Murata

John Napa, Nathaniel Nash, Tim Neely, Stefan Neyman, Jules Normington, Scott Neuman, Omer Nuriel

David O'Brien, Éamonn Ó Catháin, Brian Ojalvo, Crispin Ollington, David Olmsted, Magnus Peterson Olsson, Chip Ordway, John R. Overall, Robert Ovrebo, Keith Owen

Jim and Gail Paboucek, Luke Pacholski, Michael Palinkas, Jarmo Palokallio, John Parris, Jon Paterson, Emanuele Patrocco, Robert Paulsen, Bob Paxon, Mike Pearson, Peter Pearson, Cosimino Pecere, Máximo Díaz Peña, Michael Perri, Anthony Perry, David Peters, Rick Petreycik, Dietmar Petschl, Truman Peyote, Anthony Pignataro, Yann Pinguet, Jeff Place (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings), Robin Platts, Sam Plessers, Keith Polasko, David Pollock, Ted Popma, Enrico Porro, Moise Potié, Jay Powers, Paul Prince, Charlie Pritchard, Daniel Pritchett, John Pruski, Gord Pugh, Vernon Purnell

Nick Ralph, Donald Randles, Raja Abdul Razak, Paul Read, Stephane Rebeschini, Hermann Rechberger, Colm Redmond, David Reid, Arie de Reus, Jérôme Rey, Bernard Reynaert, Tom Ringtved, Rinus ("Stiff Stuff"), Mick Robinson, Kenneth Robson, Dr. Walter Roedl, Christopher Rollason, Tom Ruddock, Anke and Gerd Rundel ("Wherever we travel we're never apart"), John Rush, Andrew Russ

Marco S from Italy, Mahmoud Sadrai, Roger Sarao, Jean-Luc Sarrabayrouse, Marcus Saroop, Yoshihiko Satake, Dave Sauve, Martin Schaefer, Jerry Schatzberg, Gerhard Schinzel, Jeffrey Schulberg, Harald Schuster, Keith Schweiger, Alejandro Segura, "ShaKe", Peter Schoefboeck, Donald J. Senno, Theodore Sharieff-Winston, Brian Shoop, Mike Silk, Claire Simmons, Magnus Sjöberg, "Shnaggletooth", Harald Sigvartsen, Michele Simpson, John Singer, Peter Sjöblom, Jo Slater, Gary Smith, Michael Smith, Scott Smith, Stuart Sonshine, David Spano, Jason Spradlin, Clay Stabler, Victoria Stafford, Mark Steil, Ian Stewart, Roger Stewart, Szymon Struzyna, Graham Sullivan, Øyvind Svele, Gabriel Swossil, Anton Sylvain, Gerard Szaulis

Alan Tautfest, Ben Taylor, Stuart Taylor, Toyohiko Tejima, Peter Tesoro, Georg Thoma, Tjeerd Timmerman, Howard Tom, Stanislav Tomik, Simon Topping, Carl Torstensson, Stuart Torrence, Darren Tucker

Peter van der Kerk, Erik Vanderlinden, Philip van Dijk, Rob van Estrik, Hendrik van Kampen, Zack Van Natta, Paul van Oost, Thierry van Reeth, Joop van Seters, Jan van Thiel, Keith Venturoni, Raoul Verolleman, Andreas Volkert, Wim Vuijck

Gil Walker, Lawson Wakefield, Bryan Waller, Glynne Walley, Juergen Wasser, Larry Weaver, Stephan Weber, Mark Webster, Andrew Wellman, Anton Wennbom, Annie West, Lars Westerlund, Gavin Whitehouse, Steve Wilkison, Morris Williams, Thomas Wilmeth, Jon Wilson, Steve Wilson, Wolfram Winkler, Jens Winter, Eric Wishart, Carsten Wohlfeld, Harlan Wolfe, Rich Wong

Juan Yagüe, Richard Yakle, Mike Yamhill, Dennis Yardley, Anders Ydremark, Tim Yim

Tracy Zank, Zanza from Switzerland, Hans-Juergen Zollerg, Jan Zoltowski, Orpheas Zoupanos, Matthew Zuckerman and John Z ("Zuke").

And thanks to those who write with words of encouragement, it's greatly appreciated!

Keep on keepin' on!

Alan Fraser

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