
Picture from the Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM, see
1995
This is the first part of a list of songs in the Searching For A Gem
pages. Titles in
red are not included on a currently available Columbia Bob Dylan CD (for these
see bobdylan.com
). Dates are of first
release.
(Indefinite and definite articles at the beginning of song titles are ignored, so A COUPLE MORE YEARS is listed under "C" and THE BALLAD OF HOLLIS BROWN is listed under "B", for example.)
Revised: 14 May, 2008

Acne ( Eric von Schmidt)
R-0324 Live with Ramblin' Jack Elliott, recorded at the Riverside Church, New York, on 29 Jul 1961 for the WRVR radio programme "Saturday Of Folk Music" and broadcast the same day, from the 2000 Vanguard soundtrack album The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack, see 2000
Across The Borderline (Ry Cooder/John Hiatt/Jim Dickinson)
BDC43 Live, Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, NY, 3 Nov 1998, from bobdylan.com, Feb 1999, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)
Ain't Gonna Grieve
R-0031 1963 Witmark demo, still unreleased, from Warner Bros Nine Songs Publisher's Sampler, 1967(Ain't Gonna Play) Sun City (Miami Steve Van Zandt)
R-0170 7" single version (4:58) - Bob contributes vocals to this charity song for Artists United Against Apartheid, Manhattan, 1985
R-0171 First album version (7:09) - Bob contributes vocals to this charity song for Artists United Against Apartheid, Manhattan, 1985R-0518 Second album version (Version II) (5:42) - Bob contributes vocals to this charity song for Artists United Against Apartheid, Manhattan, 1985
R-0611 12" extended remix (The Last Remix) (9:37) - Bob contributes vocals to this charity song for Artists United Against Apartheid, Manhattan, 1985
R-0350 Bob contributes vocals to this different mix of the 1985 charity single, from the 2007 DVD release of ABC TV documentary ABC News Classics: Bob Dylan - 1985, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4
Ain't That Loving You (Deadric Malone)
R-0151 Bob is reputed to play on this track on the Sir Douglas Band's Atlantic album Texas Tornado, 1973Airplane Blues (Allen Ginsberg)
R-0226 Bob plays bass on this track recorded Feb 1982 from Allen Ginsberg's 1994 Rhino Word Beat boxed set Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems And Songs 1949-1993, see 1994All Along The Watchtower [John Wesley Harding, 1968]
R-0112 Edit of Before The Flood live version with The Band in false mono, recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, evening show, B-side of Asylum 1974 single, see 1974Q-0025 Recorded live at the Arena Di Verona, Italy, on 28 May 1984, from the Italian commercial video Tour Europeo - Arena Di Verona, 1989, see Questionable Video
R-0184 Live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, from the Westwood One Radio Broadcast Superstars In Concert, 1986
R-0432 With Jack Bruce, recorded live in Seville, Spain, 17 Oct 1991, from the Global Satellite Network radio station discs Guitar Legends In Concert, broadcast Mar 1992, see 1992
R-0244 Recorded live at the opening of the Rock ’N’ Roll Hall of Fame Museum, Cleveland, OH, 2 Sep 1995, from the Columbia album The Concert For The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, 1996
R-0461 Remix of 1967 original from John Wesley Harding with additional guitars overdubbed by Noah Rosanes, from the 2001 album by Funkstar Deluxe Keep On Moving (It's Too Funky In Here), Hypnotic Records (Denmark)/Edel America Records (USA), see 2001
R-0507 Edit of R-0461, remix of 1967 original from John Wesley Harding with additional guitars overdubbed by Noah Rosanes, from All Along The Watchtower CD single by Funkstar Deluxe, Hypnotic Records (Denmark)/Edel America Records (USA), see 2001
R-0508 Extended remix of R-0461, itself a remix of 1967 original from John Wesley Harding with additional guitars overdubbed by Noah Rosanes, from All Along The Watchtower CD single by Funkstar Deluxe, Hypnotic Records (Denmark)/Edel America Records (USA), see 2001
All I Really Want To Do [Another Side Of Bob Dylan, 1964]
R-0041 Live at Newport Folk Festival, 26 Jul 1964 (evening concert), from 1967 "Festival" movie, see VHS & DVD 1960s
R-0635 All I Really Want To Do - live from Philharmonic Hall, New York City, 31 Oct 1964, version in SACD stereo from Columbia SACD samplers released in 2003 (the final release of The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert At Philharmonic Hall in 2004 was in stereo only)
R-0636 All I Really Want To Do - live from Philharmonic Hall, New York City, 31 Oct 1964, version in SACD 5.1 surround sound from Columbia SACD samplers released in 2003 (the final release of The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert At Philharmonic Hall in 2004 was in stereo only)
R-0822 Live, Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 24 Jul 1965 (afternoon workshop), from 2007 US Columbia/Legacy DVD The Other Side Of The Mirror: Bob Dylan Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4
All Over You
R-0691 Witmark demo, recorded Mar 1963, previously unreleased, from US MPH acetates that surfaced in 2004
R-0387 [As If I Had To Do It All Over Again (I'd Do It All Over You)] - live, Town Hall, New York, 12 Apr 1963. surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates, see 1980
All The Tired Horses [Self Portrait, 1980]
R-0689 Mono version of track from Self Portrait, A-side of Columbia US 7" mono/stereo single, 1970 (stereo version is not a rarity)
Amazing Grace (Traditional)
R-0619 Live from the soundtrack of the 2003 film Masked And Anonymous, recorded Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002 - see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 1
Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground (Willie Nelson)
(This song is wrongly credited to Bob Dylan on some CBS singles.)
R-0156 Infidels out-take, B-side of Columbia singles, 1983
R-0286 Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, different from the Freewheelin' out-take released in 1985 on Biograph, see 1963
R-0583 Out-take from Freewheelin', alternate take to the one released on Biograph in 1985, from a 1962 Columbia acetate that surfaced in early 1984
Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Rev Gary Davies, arr. Eric von Schmidt) [Bob Dylan, 1962]Q-0010 Listed as being recorded live with the Hawks from the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1966, but almost certainly actually from the Manchester Free Trade Hall concert - from a 1992 Italian CD Bob Dylan 2 accompanying an issue of Il Dizionario del Rock (The Dictionary of Rock) - a series of magazines in the early 1990s, see Questionable Releases
R-0485 Performed live with the Hawks in the UK in May 1966, an excerpt from the unreleased film "Eat The Document" is included in the Band video The Authorised Biography, released on VHS in 1995 and DVD in 2000, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 1
R-0140 Live with The Band, from their 1978 Warner Brothers album The Last Waltz, recorded San Francisco, CA, Nov 1976, see 1978, VHS & DVD 1970s and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3
R-0752 5.1 Surround Sound version of R-0140, from the US Warner Bros/Rhino DVD-A release of The Last Waltz, 2002
R-0143 Live with The Band (reprise), from their 1978 Warner Brothers album The Last Waltz, recorded San Francisco, CA, Nov 1976, see 1978, VHS & DVD 1970s and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3
R-0755 5.1 Surround Sound version of R-0140, from the US Warner Bros/Rhino DVD-A release of The Last Waltz, 2002
R-0255 Truncated introduction to Bob Dylan version, from the recalled US remastered Columbia edition of Biograph, 1997
Baby, Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams)
Q-0020 From the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, on Cambio 16 Presenta: Años 60 - Vol. 11 - Folk, compilation CD given away with an issue of the magazine "Cambio 16", Spain, 1993, see Questionable Releases
R-0725 Out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 25 Apr 1962, available for download from iTunes in the USA and UK in Nov 2005, see 2005
Baby Stop Crying [Street-Legal, 1978]
R-0146 Short version (radio edit - 4:17) on Columbia 3-10805 promo 7" single (USA), 1978R-0385 Different mix from the version on Street-Legal, from the Columbia Brazil Dylan compilation The Legend, 1983
Ballad Of A Thin Man [Highway 61 Revisited, 1965]
Q-0012 Listed as being recorded live with the Hawks from the Royal Albert Hall, London, 1966, but almost certainly actually from the Manchester Free Trade Hall concert - from a 1992 Italian CD Bob Dylan 2 accompanying an issue of Il Dizionario del Rock (The Dictionary of Rock) - a series of magazines in the early 1990s, see Questionable Releases
R-0668 Live, Glasgow, Scotland, May 1966, with the Hawks, from the unreleased documentary "Eat The Document", released on the 1996 DVD/VHS boxed video set Dancing In The Street, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2
R-0411 Live, Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 26 May 1966, from The Gelston Acetates, a set of Columbia acetates which surfaced in 1986
R-0179 Live from the HBO special Hard To Handle with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, 1986, see VHS & DVD 1980s
R-0261 Recorded live at the House of Blues, Atlanta, Aug 1996, from the 1997 Columbia promo CD Live '96, see 1997The Ballad Of Donald White
R-0083 Live from "The Broadside Show" radio broadcast, WBAI-FM, New York, May 1962, released on the 1971 retrospective Folkways album Broadside Ballads Vol. 6: Broadside Reunion (see 1972), also the Smithsonian/Folkways boxed set The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988, (see 2000)
Ballad Of Hollis Brown [The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963]
R-0581 Early version, out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, from a 1962 Columbia acetate that surfaced in Jun 1984R-0710 Live, Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963, from Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963, Sony Music (USA/Japan), Sep 2005
R-0227 With Mike Seeger from his Rounder Records album Third Annual Farewell Reunion, 1995
The Ballad of Ira Hayes (Peter La Farge) [Dylan, 1973]
R-0104 From the Columbia album Dylan, also known as (A Fool Such As I), 1973The Ballad Of Medgar Evers [The Times They Are A-Changin', 1964]
Band Of The Hand
R-0182 With The Heartbreakers, theme tune from 1986 film of the same name, on MCA singles and soundtrack album, 1986R-0360 With The Heartbreakers, theme tune from 1986 film of the same name - version of the song that plays over the film credits on the commercial video, longer and with a different mix from the single and soundtrack album version R-0182, see VHS & DVD 1980s
Barbara Allen (Traditional)
R-0707 Live, Gaslight Club, New York, Oct 1962, from Bob Dylan Live At The Gaslight 1962, Starbucks/Hear Music/Sony Music Custom Marketing Group (USA), 2005
Big City Woman (Barry Goldberg)
R-0110 Bob contributes back-up vocals for Barry Goldberg on his self-titled Atco album, 1974Big Joe, Dylan & Victoria (Big Joe Williams)
R-0086 Bob plays harmonica for Big Joe Williams and Victoria Spivey, from the 1972 album with them, Roosevelt Sykes, Lonnie Johnson and Memphis Slim, Kings And The Queen, Vol. 2, recorded 1962 - see 1972Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) [Dylan, 1973]
R-0102 From the 1973 Columbia album Dylan, also known as (A Fool Such As I) (see 1973) also appeared on a 1991 Columbia promo CD Dylan Originals (see 1991) and is available in full on bobdylan.com (see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) )Blind Willie McTell [The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991]
R-0438 Edit of album version from Columbia promo CD single, 1991R-0272 Live, Jones Beach, NY, 17 Aug 1997 - same as BDC2, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com), from the European Columbia Love Sick singles, also on a bonus disc included with the Australian tour limited edition of Time Out Of Mind, 1998
Blood In My Eyes (Lonnie Chatman) [World Gone Wrong, 1993]
R-0671 Version with extended intro on 1993 US Columbia Records promo video, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1
Blowin' In The Wind [The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963]
R-0776 Witmark demo version recorded Jun 1962, from Liberty 10" acetate, discovered for sale on eBay 2007R-0251 Stereo version of track from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan with first guitar note missing, from the UK stereo album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, 1967
R-0251M Mono version with first guitar note missing, from the UK mono album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, 1967 (this is actually a mono reduction of R-0251, not from the mono version of Freewheelin')
R-0366 Loop of the harmonica solo from the Freewheelin' version on the GTE Entertainment CD-ROM Forrest Gump: Music, Artists And Times, 1995
R-0714 Live on TV, Mar 1963 (Westinghouse Studios "Folk Songs And More Folk Songs"), from Martin Scorcese documentary film "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home", DVD release, Sep 2005, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3R-0022 Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from Vanguard album Evening Concerts At Newport Vol. 1, see 1964 (stereo version)
R-0022M Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from Vanguard album Evening Concerts At Newport Vol. 1, see 1964 (mono version)
R-0818 Live at the Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from US Columbia/Legacy DVD The Other Side Of The Mirror: Bob Dylan Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965, 2007 (in mono but different mix from R-0022M), see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4
R-0377 Live with Joan Baez, Forest Hills, New York, 17 Aug 1963, appeared on a acetate in late 1963/early 1964 (still officially unreleased), see 1964
R-0077 From the Concert for Bangladesh (Apple, 1972), recorded live with George Harrison, Leon Russell and Ringo Starr, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 Aug 1971 (evening show), see 1972 and VHS & DVD 1970s
R-0221 Live duet with Joan Baez in the Rolling Thunder Revue, Fort Collins, CO, 23 May 1976, from her 1993 Vanguard boxed set Rare, Live & Classic, see 1993
Q-0028 Recorded live at the Arena Di Verona, Italy, on 29 May 1984, from the Italian commercial video Tour Europeo - Arena Di Verona, 1989, see Questionable Video
R-0690 Live with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood at "Live Aid", Philadelphia, PA, 13 Jul 1985, from the US/UK Warner Music Vision Live Aid 4DVD set, Nov 2004, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2
R-0749 44 sec excerpt of R-0690 - live with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood at "Live Aid", Philadelphia, PA, 13 Jul 1985, from 20 Years Ago Today: Live Aid single DVD release, Jul 2005, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3
R-0187 Live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, from the Westwood One Radio Broadcast Superstars In Concert, 1986
BDC55 Live, Ice Palace, Tampa, FL, 30 Jan 1999, from bobdylan.com, Jun 1999, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)
R-0436 Live, previously unreleased, from Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA, 16 Mar 2000, from the bonus CD released with the limited edition of The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, 2000. Also on " Live & Rare 2" - free 3-track CD given away with purchases of "Love And Theft" and other selected Dylan titles by HMV UK, 2002
R-0623 Edited version of R-0436, from the soundtrack of the 2003 film Masked And Anonymous see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2 (performed over the closing credits)
Blues Stay Away From Me (Alton & Rabon Delmore/Wayne Raney/Henry Glover)
R-0089 Bob plays guitar and provides backup vocals for Doug Sahm on the Atlantic album Doug Sahm & Band, see 1971The Blues Walked On In (Joey Longoria)
R-0643 Bob plays piano and organ for Doug Sahm, recorded Oct 1972 at the Doug Sahm & Band sessions, finally released in 2003 on the Rhino Handmade 2CD compilation The Genuine Texas Groover, see 2003
Bob Dylan (John Hampton/Brian Desveaux)
R-0459 This tribute by Nine Days from their debut album The Madding Crowd (550/Epic, 2000) contains samples of several Dylan songs, see 2000
Bob Dylan's 115th Dream [Bringing It All Back Home, 1965]
R-0053 Edit with false start/laughing removed on Bringing It All Back Home EP ("Little LP"), Columbia 71928, 1965
Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag
R-0375 Live Town Hall, New York, 12 Apr 1963 (stereo version), from the unreleased 1964 Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, see 1964
R-0375M Live Town Hall, New York, 12 Apr 1963 (mono version), from first version of cancelled Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, 1964
R-0693 Out-take from The Times They Are A-Changin', Aug or Oct 1963, previously unreleased, from US MPH acetates that surfaced in 2004
Boogie Woogie Country Girl (Doc Pomus/Reginald Ashby)
R-0243 Exclusive performance on the Rhino tribute album to Doc Pomus, 'Til The Night Is Gone, 1995Boots Of Spanish Leather [The Times They Are A-Changin', 1964]
R-0711 Live, Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963, from Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963, Sony Music (USA/Japan), Sep 2005
Q-0019 Live from a BBC TV broadcast recorded in London, 1 Jun 1965, from a 1992 Italian CD Bob Dylan 2 accompanying an issue of Il Dizionario del Rock (The Dictionary of Rock) - a series of magazines in the early 1990s, see Questionable Releases
R-0215 Bob plays harmonica for Nanci Griffith on her cover of this song on her 1993 Elektra album Other Voices, Other Rooms, see 1993
R-0262 Recorded live at the House of Blues, Atlanta, GA, Aug 1996, from the Columbia promo CD Live '96, 1997R-0276 Live, SECC, Glasgow, Scotland, 21 Jun 1998, same as BDC29 (see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ), from the Japanese CD single Not Dark Yet/Dylan Alive Vol. 2, 1999
Born In Time [Under The Red Sky, 1990]R-0269 Recorded live, New Jersey Center for the Performing Arts, Newark, NJ, 1 Feb 1998 - same as BDC21 (see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ), from the European Columbia Love Sick singles, also on a bonus disc included with the Australian tour limited edition of Time Out Of Mind, 1998, and now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, see 2001
Buckets Of Rain [Blood On The Tracks, 1975]R-0321 Blood On The Tracks version remastered, from the 2000 Wonder Boys Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax, see 2000 - now superseded by the hybrid SACD release. This track also appeared on the 2002 Epic/Sony Music Soundtrax album Music From The Motion Picture: Moonlight Mile - see Released Rarities
R-0123 Bob shares vocals with Bette Midler on this track from her Atlantic album Songs For The New Depression, 1976

C C Rider (Chuck Willis)
R-0572 Recorded in a medley with Hideaway by Freddie King with the Grateful Dead during rehearsals at Club Front, San Rafael, CA, 9 Jun 1987, previously unreleased, from The Grateful Dead Hour #705, radio station CD for broadcast during week of 25 Mar 2002, see 2002
California
Q-0023 First version of Outlaw Blues from Bringing It All Back Home with different lyrics, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 13 Jan 1965, from CD included with issue of "Diario De Noticias", Spain, 1995, see Questionable Releases
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? [Single, 1965, then Biograph, 1985]
R-0044 Early version released on a Columbia 7" mono single in Jun 1965 as Positively 4th St by mistake and withdrawn very quickly, see 1965R-0530 Slightly longer mono version than that released as a single in Dec 1965 on a Columbia acetate, see 1965
R-0513 Stereo version otherwise unavailable on
US Columbia acetate (see
1965)
The versions of the song released in 1985 on Biograph (see 1985), and the
2001/2003 Columbia Essential/Ultimate collections (see 2001
and 2003) are from the original single and still in
mono! The version found on a CBS Spanish 7" EP and single in
1972 is now definitely known
to be mispressed mono and not stereo.
Can't Help Falling In Love (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George Weiss) [Dylan, 1973]
R-0100 From the 1973 Columbia album Dylan, also known as A Fool Such As I, see 1973
Can't Wait [Time Out Of Mind, 1997]
R-0270 Live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 20 Dec 1997, from the European Columbia Love Sick singles, Europe 1998, also on a bonus disc included with the 1998 Australian tour limited edition of Time Out Of Mind, see 1998A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke)
R-0678 Live at the Apollo Theater, Harlem, New York, 19 Jun 2004, from Apollo At 70 - Hot Night In Harlem, the TV special of the theatre's 70th Anniversary concert, WEA Home Video (USA), 2004
Changing Of The Guards [Street-Legal, 1978]
R-0147 Radio edit (3:39) of original 6:36 Street-Legal version (in itself 30 seconds shorter than 1999 remixed version) on Columbia/CBS 7" singles, 1978
R-0765 Faded version (5:58)of original 6:36 Street-Legal version on CBS Italy 7" jukebox singles, 1978Chimes Of Freedom [Another Side Of Bob Dylan, 1964]
R-0275 New version with Joan Osborne, recorded Oct 1998, from the Mercury soundtrack album of the TV mini-series The '60s, 1999
Clean-Cut Kid [Empire Burlesque, 1985]
R-0589 Edit of album version (2:30) from Empire Burlesque promo cassette, Columbia USA, 1985
Cocaine [Cocaine Blues] (Traditional)
R-0705 Live, Gaslight Club, New York, Oct 1962, from Bob Dylan Live At The Gaslight 1962, Starbucks/Hear Music/Sony Music Custom Marketing Group (USA), 2005
R-0014 Bob supplies harmonica and back-up vocals to Richard Fariña and Eric von Schmidt from their 1964 Folklore album Dick Fariña & Eric von Schmidt, see 1964
R-0268 Live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997, from the European Columbia Love Sick singles, also on a bonus disc included with the Australian tour limited edition of Time Out Of Mind, 1998Cold Irons Bound [Time Out Of Mind, 1997]
R-0267 Live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997 - same as BDC7 (see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ), from the European Columbia Love Sick singles, also on a bonus disc included with the 1998 Australian tour limited edition of Time Out Of Mind (see 1998), and several other 1999 promo releases. Now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, see 2001Several Columbia releases date this performance incorrectly as 20 Dec 1997. Bob did indeed perform Cold Irons Bound on 20 Dec 1997 but that performance has never been officially released.
R-0617 Live, recorded Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002, stereo version from the regular and limited editions of the 2003 Sony Music Soundtrax Masked And Anonymous soundtrack album - see 2003 and VHS & DVD Part 5
R-0659 Live, recorded Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002, version in SACD stereo from the limited edition of the 2003 Sony Music Soundtrax Masked And Anonymous soundtrack album - see 2003
R-0660 Live, recorded Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002, version in SACD 5.1 Surround Sound from the limited edition of the 2003 Sony Music Soundtrax Masked And Anonymous soundtrack album - see 2003
Columbus Stockade (Woody Guthrie)
R-0642 Bob plays piano and organ for Doug Sahm, recorded Oct 1972 at the Doug Sahm & Band sessions, finally released in 2003 on the Rhino Handmade 2CD compilation The Genuine Texas Groover, see 2003
Come Back, Baby (Traditional)
R-0003 Bob plays harmonica for Carolyn Hester on her self-titled 1962 Columbia album, see 1962 (stereo version)R-0003M Mono version of R-0003, see 1962
R-0223 Bob plays harmonica for Carolyn Hester, alternate take of R-0003 (unedited, 2:45) from the Columbia Legacy reissue of her self-titled 1962 Columbia album, see 1994
R-0312 Bob plays harmonica for Carolyn Hester, edited version of R-0223 (2:40) from Dear Companion, Bear Family Germany 2CD set, see 1995
Congratulations (Traveling Wilburys)
R-0333 From Traveling Wilburys Volume One, Wilbury Records (Warner Brothers), 1988 (Wilburys)
Connecticut Cowboy
R-0584 Intro to alternate take of You're No Good from Bob Dylan, on John Hammond 12" acetate, Columbia, 1963
Cool Dry Place (Traveling Wilburys)
R-0345 From Traveling Wilburys Volume Three, Wilbury Records (Warner Brothers), 1990 (Wilburys)
Corrina, Corrina (Traditional) [The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963]
R-0008 B-side of 1962 single, alternate mono take to Freewheelin' version, otherwise officially unreleased, see 1962Country Pie [Nashville Skyline, 1969]
R-0751 7" UK mono acetate with different mix of track from Nashville Skyline added to 1969
R-0114 16 seconds longer than standard album version and mixed differently on Quadraphonic release of Nashville Skyline, 1974
R-0468 Live, Portsmouth, England, 24 Sep 2000, from Bob Dylan Live: Thirty-Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, SME Records (Sony Music Entertainment), Japan, Feb 2001, see 2001
A Couple More Years (Shel Silverstein/Dennis Locorierre)
R-0361 About a minute of this cover of a Dr Hook song is used in the film Hearts Of Fire (with clucking chickens!), Guild Home Video, 1989, see VHS & DVD 1980s
Covenant Woman [Saved, 1980]
R-0364 Edited version on B-side of Solid Rock 7" Columbia single, 1980
The Crippled Crow (Donna Weiss)
R-0094 Bob plays harmonica for Booker T. and Priscilla Jones on their 1973 A&M album Chronicles, see 1973
'Cross The Green Mountain
R-0586 Original song from film soundtrack of Gods And Generals (8:12), Sony Classical (USA), 2003
R-0601 Edit of original song (3:10) in video on DVD with Limited Edition of film soundtrack of Gods And Generals, Sony Classical (USA), 2003
R-0603 Second edit of original song (3:38) from film version of Gods And Generals, Feb 2003, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2
Crossroads (Robert Johnson/Eric Clapton)
R-0326 Recorded at Madison Square Gardens, New York with Eric Clapton and his band, 30 Jun 1999, from video and DVD Eric Clapton and Friends In Concert, Warner Music Vision/Reprise, 2000, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 1
The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird (Traditional)
R-0679 Recorded live at the Gaslight Club, New York, Oct 1962, from a promo US Columbia CD single given away with Bob Dylan's autobiography "Chronicles Vol. 1", see 2004

Da Doo Ron Ron (Jeff Barrie/Ellie Greenwich/Phil Spector)
R-0424 Recorded with George Harrison during the New Morning sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 May 1970, from The Gelston Acetates, a set of Columbia acetates which surfaced in 1986
Dark Eyes [Empire Burlesque, 1985]
R-0592 Edit of album version (2:30) from Empire Burlesque promo cassette, Columbia USA, 1985
Dead Man, Dead Man [Shot Of Love, 1981]
R-0205 Live from New Orleans, LA, 10 Nov 1981, B-side of Everything Is Broken Columbia single (see 1989). Later released on the 1993 Japanese promo CD Mr. D's Collection # 3 (see 1993), and now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001)
Dealer's Blues (Doug Sahm)R-0214 Bob plays organ for Doug Sahm on the 1972 Atlantic album Doug Sahm & Band (see 1972), also on the 1992 Rhino compilation album Doug Sahm & Friends: The Best Of Doug Sahm (Atlantic Sessions) (see 1992)
Dear Mrs. Roosevelt (Woody Guthrie)
R-0065 With The Band, from the 1972 Tribute to Woody Guthrie album, recorded 1968, see 1972The Death Of Emmett Till
R-0035 1963 Witmark demo, from Warner Bros Nine Songs Publisher's Sampler, 1967
R-0082 Live from "The Broadside Show" radio broadcast, WBAI-FM, New York, May 1962, released on the 1972 retrospective Folkways album Broadside Ballads Vol. 6: Broadside Reunion, see 1972
Delia (Traditional) [World Gone Wrong, 1993]
BDC23 Live, Supper Club, New York City, 17 Nov 1993, from the shelved live album project, from bobdylan.com, May 1998, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)
Desolation Row [Highway 61 Revisited, 1965]
R-0378 Otherwise unreleased alternate take featuring a contra bass, from a Columbia acetate of Highway 61 Revisited, 1965
R-0739 Edit of the standard album version from Highway 61 Revisited on the Columbia Mexico mono EP A Night And Bob Dylan: Man And Music, 1966
R-0437 Edit of the standard album version from Highway 61 Revisited on the 1995 soundtrack video and album of Message To Love: The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970, see 1995 and VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2
R-0686 Live, Gaumont Theatre, Sheffield, England, 16 May 1966, from acetates made by Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville TN, discovered in 2004
R-0416 Live, Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 27 May 1966, from The Gelston Acetates, a set of Columbia acetates which surfaced in 1986
The Devil's Been Busy (Traveling Wilburys)
R-0341 From Traveling Wilburys Volume Three, Wilbury Records (Warner Brothers), 1990 (Wilburys)
Diamond Joe
(Traditional)
Note this
is a
different song from the one on Good As I Been To You, see
International Albums (Regular),
thanks to Gil Walker for pointing this out.
R-0612 Live from "Jack Fate" and his band, from the soundtrack of the 2003 movie Masked & Anonymous, recorded Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002 (full version, 2:32, see 2003 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2
R-0655 Live from "Jack Fate" and his band, from
the soundtrack of the 2003 movie Masked & Anonymous, recorded Stage 6,
Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002 (edited version, 2:22,,
available from the Apple iTunes Online Music Store, May 2003
,
see Online Performances (Other).
Dink's Song (Traditional) [The Bootleg Series Vol. 7, 2005]
BDC71 From the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, released on bobdylan.com in Sep 2001, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com), now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005. An excerpt of this song was included in the Sony/Graphix Zone Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM, 1995
Dignity [Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 3, 1994]
R-0680 Original 1989 piano demo, from a promo US Columbia CD single given away with Bob Dylan's autobiography "Chronicles Vol. 1", see 2004
R-0273 Original Oh Mercy out-take
produced by Daniel Lanois ( not the 1994 Brendan O'Brien remixed
version for Greatest Hits Vol. 3) from the 550
Music/Sony Music Soundtrax compilation Touched By An Angel: The Album,
1998. Later included on the 2000 European/Japanese Columbia compilations The
Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, see 2000
Now no longer a rarity since it is included in The Essential Bob Dylan
(2000) on the bobdylan.com albums page.
R-0237 Edit of MTV Unplugged version on Columbia CD singles, 1994
Dirt Road Blues [Time Out Of Mind, 1997]
R-0745 Remastered version of 1999 track from Time Out Of Mind on US Columbia Barnes & Noble exclusive Dylan-compilation CD Blues, 2006
R-0622 Live from the soundtrack of the 2003 film Masked And Anonymous, recorded Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002 - see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2
Dirty World (Traveling Wilburys)
R-0329 From Traveling Wilburys Volume One, Wilbury Records (Warner Brothers), 1988 (Wilburys)
Dixie (Daniel Decatur Emmett)
R-0616 - live from the 2003 Sony Music Soundtrax Masked And Anonymous soundtrack album, recorded Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002 - see 2003 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2
Don't Go Home With Your Hard On (Leonard Cohen)
R-0135 Bob contributes backup vocals to the chorus on this track from Leonard Cohen's 1977 Columbia album Death Of A Ladies' Man, see 1977 (full version - 5:34)R-0625 Edited version of R-0135 (4:08) on CBS Dutch and German 7" singles, see 1977
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963]
R-0703 Live, Gaslight Club, New York, Oct 1962, from Bob Dylan Live At The Gaslight 1962, Starbucks/Hear Music/Sony Music Custom Marketing Group (USA), 2005R-0289 Witmark demo version from Columbia acetate LP, different from the regular Freewheelin' version, 1963, now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005
R-0802 Possibly Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 9 May 1965, from the bonus DVD with the Docurama "1965 Tour Deluxe Edition" of Don't Look Back, 2007, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4
R-0402 Live, City Hall, Newcastle, England, 6 May 1965, from the soundtrack of the 1967 film Don't Look Back (see VHS & DVD Part 1) and from Clayton Webster Corporation radio station discs D. A. Pennebaker, Rock's Cinematographer, Retro Rock Shows, broadcast 1981 (see 1981)
R-0430 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - from the MediaAmerica radio stations discs Woodstock '94: The Best Of The Rest, 1994
R-0325 Recorded at Madison Square Gardens, New York with Eric Clapton and his band, 30 Jun 1999, from video and DVD Eric Clapton and Friends In Concert, Warner Music Vision/Reprise, 2000, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 1
BDC48 Live, RPI Fieldhouse, Troy, NY, 22 Feb 1999, from bobdylan.com, May 1999, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)
Don't Ya Tell Henry [The Basement Tapes, 1975]
R-0478 Recorded live with The Band (Bob on guitar and background vocals) at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York City, 31 Dec 1971, bonus track on the 2001 reissue of the Band's Capitol album Rock Of Ages, see 2001
Down Along The Cove [John Wesley Harding, 1968]
BDC97 Live, the Pageant, St. Louis, MO, 2 Mar 2004, from bobdylan.com, Mar 2004, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)
R-0697 Live, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, TN, 11 Jun 2004, from the Sanctuary Records (USA) 2CD set Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004, see 2005
Down In The Flood (Crash On The Levee) [Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, 1971]
R-0476 Recorded live with The Band at the Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York City, 31 Dec 1971, bonus track on the 2001 reissue of the Band's Capitol album Rock Of Ages, see 2001
R-0615 Live from the 2003 Sony Music Soundtrax Masked And Anonymous soundtrack album, recorded Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002 - see 2003 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2
Downtown Blues (Geoff Muldaur)
R-0038 Bob plays piano as "Bob Landy" on the Elektra album Blues Project, see 1964 (stereo version)
R-0038M Bob plays piano as "Bob Landy" on the Elektra album Blues Project, see 1964 (mono version)
A Dream (William Blake/Allen Ginsberg)
R-0224 Bob plays guitar and contributes vocals to this poem by William Blake set to music, recorded Nov 1971, from Allen Ginsberg's 1994 Rhino Word Beat boxed set Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems And Songs 1949-1993, see 1994
Drifter's Escape [John Wesley Harding, 1968]
R-0620 Live from the soundtrack of the 2003 film Masked And Anonymous, recorded Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002 - see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2
Dusty Old Fairgrounds
R-0371 Otherwise unreleased song performed live, Town Hall, New York, 12 Apr 1963 (stereo version), from the cancelled 1964 Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, see 1964, also released on bobdylan.com (BDC76, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) )
R-0371M Live Town Hall, New York, 12 Apr 1963 (mono version), from first version of cancelled Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, 1964
Dylan Selection 1
R-0734 Five minutes of excerpts from the album versions of Hurricane (1:40), Tangled Up In Blue (1:01), Like A Rolling Stone (1:25) and Blowin' In The Wind (1:02) on CBS/Sony Japanese compilation album Popular "Best 101" Vol. 1, 1976
Dylan Selection 2
R-0735 Nine minutes of excerpts from the album versions of Lay, Lady, Lay (1:20), All Along The Watchtower (1:18), Just Like A Woman (1:13), She Belongs To Me (1:17), Like A Rolling Stone (1:24), If Not For You (1:07) and Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (1:17) on CBS/Sony Japanese compilation CD CBS CD Rock Classics 100, 1987
Dylan Selection 3
R-0736 Five minutes of excerpts from the album versions of New Morning (1:36), Odds And Ends (1:36) and One More Cup Of Coffee (live version from Bob Dylan At Budokan) (1:36) on CBS/Sony Japanese compilation CD CBS CD Rock Classics 100 Vol. 2, 1987

R-0445 Performed by Bob and Earl Scruggs in the National Education TV programme Earl Scruggs' Festival Of Music, 1971, see 1971
Election Year Rag (Steve Goodman)
R-0111 An out-take from the Sep 1972 Somebody Else's Troubles sessions, Bob plays piano and provides harmony vocals for Steve Goodman on this track released as a single in 1972, and from the Buddah compilation The Essential Steve Goodman, 1976R-0111M Mono version of R-0111, released only on US promo 7" singles in 1972
Emotionally Yours [Empire Burlesque, 1985]
R-0590 Edit of album version (2:30) from Empire Burlesque promo cassette, Columbia USA, 1985
The End Of The Innocence (Bruce Hornsby/Don Henley)
BDC87 Live, Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CA, 15 Oct 2002, from bobdylan.com, Nov 2002, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)
End Of The Line (Traveling Wilburys)
R-0337 From Traveling Wilburys Volume One, Wilbury Records (Warner Brothers), 1988 (Wilburys)R-0198 Extended remix on Traveling Wilburys CD single and 12" formats, Wilbury Records (Warner Brothers), 1988 (Wilburys)
Eternal Circle [The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991]
Q-0005 Mono version of track from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, on a UK Emidisc acetate from the late 1960s, see Questionable Releases
R-0675 Previously unknown live recording, most likely to be from the Royal Festival Hall, London, 17 May 1964 (stereo version), from second version of cancelled Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, 1964
R-0675M Previously unknown live recording, most likely to be from the Royal Festival Hall, London, 17 May 1964 (mono version), from second version of cancelled Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, 1964
Everything Is Broken [Oh Mercy, 1989]
R-0613 Alternate take with different lyrics from
the version on Oh Mercy, available from the Apple iTunes Online Music
Store, May 2003
,
see Online Performances
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