Alphabetical Listing by Song Title: P-S

A-E F-J K-O T-Z


Picture from the Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM (see 1995) showing Bob's 1988 award for his performance of Woody Guthrie's Pretty Boy Floyd (see 1988)

This is the fourth 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: 03 February, 2012


Pancho And Lefty (Townes Van Zandt)

R-0490 Duet with Willie Nelson, from the Columbia House VHS video Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O - An All-Star Birthday Celebration, 1993, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1

BDC104 Live, Bonnaroo 2004 Music Festival, Manchester, TN, 11 Jun 2004, from bobdylan.com, Jun 2004, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

Paths Of Victory [The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991]

R-0465 Acetate of 1963 Witmark demo (different from version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3), offered for sale by auction, Dec 1992, see 1992, now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, 2010

R-0458 Bob sings backup vocals on this cover version by The Broadside Singers from the 1964 Folkways album Broadside Ballads Vol. 3: The Broadside Singers, (see 1964), now also available on The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988, Smithsonian Folkways Records, 2000

People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield)

R-0136 Studio recording, New York, October 1975, from the 1978 Columbia promo 12" single 4 Songs From "Renaldo & Clara" (see 1978), also released on the 1993 Japanese promo CD Mr. D's Collection # 3 (see 1993)

R-0201 From the 1990 Flashback OST album on WTG Records (see 1990 and VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1) - a new recording for the film, not version R-0136 from the 4 Songs From Renaldo & Clara promo 12" single, for that see 1978

Percy's Song [Biograph, 1985]

Q-0001 Mono version of Biograph track, out-take from The Times They Are A-Changin’, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 23 Oct 1963, on a UK Emidisc acetate from the late 1960s, see Questionable Releases

R-0374 [Incorrectly titled as Turn Turn Turn] - live, Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963 (stereo version), from the first version of the cancelled 1964 Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert (see 1964), also surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates (see 1980), and again on bobdylan.com (correctly titled), Jan 1998 (see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) )

R-0374M [Again incorrectly titled as Turn Turn Turn] - live Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963 (mono version), from first version of cancelled Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, 1964

R-0795 [Again incorrectly titled as Turn Turn Turn] - live Carnegie Hall,  New York, 26 Oct 1963 (stereo version), from second version of the cancelled Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert (see 1964). This edit has no intro as on the first version of Bob Dylan In Concert (R-0374), but has lots of audience coughing that is not on the first edit.

R-0795M [Again incorrectly titled as Turn Turn Turn] - live Carnegie Hall,  New York, 26 Oct 1963 (mono version), from second version of cancelled Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, 1964 (different edit from R-0374M)

Phantom Engineer [Highway 61 Revisited, 1965]

See It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

Play, Lady, Play

R-0733  Actually two unnamed instrumentals played during the episode of the US ABC TV show "Dharma & Greg" with this title first broadcast 12 Oct 1999, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2

Please Mr. Sandman (Huey P. Meaux)

R-0641 Bob plays guitar 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

Pledge My Head To Heaven (Keith Green)

R-0153 Bob plays harmonica for Keith Green on this track from his gospel album So You Wanna Go Back To Egypt..., Pretty Good Records, 1980, also included on the compilation The Ministry Years Vol. 1 1977-79, 1987

R-0160 Bob plays harmonica for Keith Green on a remixed version of R-0153, released on his posthumous album I Only Want To See You There, Sparrow Records, 1983

Pledging My Time [Blonde On Blonde, 1966]

R-0052 Columbia 7" single edit, 1966

R-0062 Alternate stereo mix to the one on original stereo pressings of Blonde On Blonde, from the Columbia various artists compilation Zenith Salutes The Teen Sound, 1966 (used on the 1968 US remixed stereo release)

Poison Love (Elmer Laird)

R-0638 Bob plays guitar for Doug Sahm on the 1972 Atlantic album Doug Sahm & Band (see 1972), uncredited until 2003

Poor House (Traveling Wilburys)

R-0343 From Traveling Wilburys Volume Three, Wilbury Records (Warner Brothers), 1990 (Wilburys)

Poor Lazarus (Traditional)

BDC70 From the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, released on bobdylan.com in Sep 2001, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

Positively 4th St. [Single, 1965, then Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, 1967]

R-0049 Alternate stereo mix, longer than standard single, from Columbia Disco Teen 66 compilation album, 1966

This version is now included in stereo on the remastered Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (US release), replacing the single version which is now to be found on CD only on Biograph  (it's also on the non-US release The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, see 2000). Thanks to Carsten Baumann and David Goldsmith for confirmation. The stereo version has ceased to be a rarity, and has been moved to the new Released Rarities page! The mono version below remains a rarity.

R-0049M Alternate mono mix, longer than standard single version, from US Witmark tape, see 1965

R-0698 Mono version with countdown, exclusively on Columbia US acetate, 1965

R-0183 Live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, from the Westwood One Radio Broadcast Superstars In Concert, 1986

Precious Angel [Slow Train Coming, 1979]

R-0363 Edit (4:12) on Columbia single, 1979

R-0663 Exclusive edit (3:38) on CBS West German promo album Danke '79, also 1979

Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie)

R-0202 From the 1988 Columbia Woody Guthrie/Leadbelly tribute album Folkways: A Vision Shared (see 1988), also on the 1993 Japanese promo CD Mr. D's Collection # 3 (see 1993). For the 1989 video and DVD release, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1

Purple Heather (Traditional) [The Wild Mountain Thyme]

R-0803 recorded in hotel room, Savoy Hotel, London, England, 29 Apr 1965, from the bonus DVD with the Docurama "1965 Tour Deluxe Edition" of Don't Look Back, 2007, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4


Queen Jane Approximately [Highway 61 Revisited, 1965]

R-0588 Live from the Supper Club, New York, late show, 17 Nov 1993, from the Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM, Columbia/Graphix Zone, 1995

Quit Your Lowdown Ways [The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991]

R-0287 Witmark demo version from 1963 Columbia/Sound Makers US promo mono 12" LP, different from the Freewheelin' out-take released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, see 1963, now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, 2010


Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 [Blonde On Blonde, 1966]

R-0051 Columbia/CBS 7" single edit (2:26, album version is 4:38), stereo version, 1966

R-0051M Columbia/CBS 7" single edit (2:26, album version is 4:38), mono version, 1966

R-0656 Shorter edit (2:06) than R-0051 (2:26), from CBS UK stereo release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, 1967

R-0656M Shorter edit (2:06) than R-0051 (2:26), from CBS UK mono release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, 1967

R-0893 Longer edit (2:58) than R-0051 (2:26), from CBS France stereo/mono release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, 1967

R-0431 Live at Woodstock, 1994 - from the MediaAmerica radio stations discs Woodstock '94: The Best Of The Rest, 1994

Rambling Gambling Willie [The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991]

R-0550 [as Gamblin' Willie's Dead Man's Hand] Mono version of track from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, from the original Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, (see 1963), also on a UK Emidisc acetate from the late 1960s, see Questionable Releases

Rank Strangers To Me (Albert E. Brumley) [Down In The Groove, 1988]

BDC37 Live, Rome, Italy, 5 Jul 1998, from bobdylan.com, Oct 1998, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

Rattled (Traveling Wilburys)

R-0330 From Traveling Wilburys Volume One, Wilbury Records (Warner Brothers), 1988 (Wilburys)

A Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache (Lillian May/Willie Bea Thompson)

R-0470 Cover of the 1950s Sun hit recorded by Warren Smith, from the Sun Records tribute album Good Rockin' Tonight, London-Sire (USA), Oct 2001, see 2001

Red River Shore [The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006]

R-0770  Unreleased version #2, out-take from Time Out of Mind, released on the 3CD Limited Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, Oct 2008 (alternate version #1 is on the regular 2CD Edition)

Red Wing Reform School [The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991]

See The Walls Of Red Wing

Remember Me (When The Candle Lights Are Gleaming) (Scott Wiseman)

R-0810 Recorded in hotel room, Savoy Hotel, London, England, 4 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

Return To Me [Ritorna A Me] (Danny Di Minno/Carmen Lombardo)

R-0464 CD stereo version from regular release of The Sopranos - Peppers & Eggs: Music From The HBO Original Series TV series soundtrack album, Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax, USA, 2001

R-0696 SA-CD stereo version from the Super Audio CD (SA-CD) release of The Sopranos - Peppers & Eggs: Music From The HBO Original Series TV series soundtrack album, Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax, USA, 2001

Ring Of Fire (June Carter/Merle Kilgore)

R-0247 From the 1996 Feeling Minnesota Atlantic soundtrack album, recorded specially for the album, see 1996

Ring Them Bells [Oh Mercy, 1989]

R-0768 Alternate version (3:18) of track from Oh Mercy on the 3CD Limited Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, Oct 2008 (also on bonus 7" stereo vinyl single)

BDC71 Live, Supper Club, New York City, 16 Nov 1993, early show, from bobdylan.com, Sep 2001, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

BDC67 Live, Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ, 13 Nov 1999, from bobdylan.com, Mar 2000, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

Rise (Bob Dylan/Gabrielle/F. Unger-Hamilton/Ollie Dagois)

R-0359 A looped sample from the start of the version of Knockin' On Heaven's Door from the Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid soundtrack is used throughout the album version of this song, Go-Beat Records, 2000

Rising Sun (Hufsteter/Larriva/Marsico/Quintana)

R-0452 Bob plays harmonica for the Cruzados, 1983 (4:40), from the privately-produced album released in 2000, Cruzados - Unreleased Early Recordings, see 2000
The 5:42 track that appears on the BMG German album
May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs Of Bob Dylan Vol. 3, see 2003, is still R-0452, with the addition after a pause of some spoken words from Bob from 1965.

Rita May (Bob Dylan/Jacques Levy)

R-0130 Desire out-take, recorded Jul 1975, B-side of 1976 single Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again from the Hard Rain album (also released in France as the A-side), see 1976 and 1977

R-0481 Faded version of R-0130 on the 2CD set release of 1978 Australian Masterpieces compilation, see 1978

Road Weary

R-0850 Previously unreleased composition from the 2010 feature film My Own Love Song, see VHS & DVD 2010s

Robbie Robert's Lament

R-0853 Previously unreleased composition from the 2010 feature film My Own Love Song, see VHS & DVD 2010s

Rocks & Gravel [Solid Road] (Brownie McGhee/Leroy Carr)

R-0702  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-0017 Studio version (stereo) from the 1963 Columbia test pressing and promotional copies of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, see 1963

R-0017M Studio version (mono) from the 1963 Columbia test pressing and promotional copies of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, see 1963

Roll On John (Traditional)

R-0516 Performed by Bob during an interview with Cynthia Gooding for the "Folksinger's Choice" WBAI radio programme, recorded Jan 1962, in New York City, and released on the Smithsonian Folkways album There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs, Nov 2001, accompanying a book of photographs "There Is No Eye" by John Cohen (of the New Lost City Ramblers), see 2001

Romance In Durango (Bob Dylan/Jacques Levy) [Desire, 1976]

R-0125 Version with vocal mistake at the end of verse three from the Quadraphonic release of Desire, 1976

R-0519 Unfaded version on 7" vinyl single, B-side of One More Cup Of Coffee, CBS/Sony Japan, 1976

The Roving Blade (Traditional)

See Newry Highwayman

Roving Gambler (Traditional)

R-0271 Live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 17 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, both 1998

Runaway (Del Shannon/Max D. Crook)

R-0210 Bonus track on 1990 12" and CD Traveling Wilburys She's My Baby (R-0338) singles, see 1990 (Wilburys)

R-0783 Revised version of R-0210 released on Rhino boxed set The Traveling Wilburys Collection, 2007 (Wilburys)


Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands [Blonde On Blonde, 10966]

R-0523 Album version with shortened instrumental break on US Columbia 8-track version of Blonde On Blonde, see 1974

Sally Gal (Woody Guthrie) [The Bootleg Series Vol. 7, 2005]

R-0580 Unreleased Freewheelin' out-take from a 1962 Columbia acetate that surfaced in May 1982 (take 3, unique to this acetate)
This is still unreleased. The performance now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005, is actually take 1, previous uncirculating. Take 4 circulates amongst collectors, but is also officially unreleased.

Sammy's Song (David Bromberg)

R-0073 Bob plays harmonica on David Bromberg's self-titled Columbia album, see 1972

Samson And Delilah (Traditional, arr. Rev. Gary Davies)

BDC102 Live, Bonnaroo 2004 Music Festival, Manchester, TN, 11 Jun 2004, from bobdylan.com, Jun 2004, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

Sara [Desire, 1976]

R-0920 Excerpt on the CBS Italy 8-track stereo tape cartridge release of Desire, 1976

Sarah Jane (Traditional) [Dylan, 1973]

R-0098 From the Columbia album Dylan, also known as (A Fool Such As I), 1973

Seeing The Real You At Last [Empire Burlesque, 1985]

R-0744 Remastered version of 1985 track from Empire Burlesque on US Columbia Barnes & Noble exclusive Dylan-compilation CD Blues, 2006

Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) [Street-Legal, 1978]

R-0284 Original 1978 Street-Legal version, track fades out, see 1978

R-0278 Live, Piazza Napoleone, Lucca, Italy, 6 Jul 1998, from bobdylan.com, Aug 1998 (BDC31, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ), and also on the Japanese CD single Not Dark Yet/Dylan Alive Vol. 2, 1999

September On Jessore Road (Allen Ginsberg/Bob Dylan)

R-0225 Bob plays piano, organ, acoustic and electric guitars on this track recorded Nov 1971 from a flexi disc given away with "Sing Out!" magazine in 1972 (see 1972)

R-0235 Bob plays piano, organ, acoustic and electric guitars on this alternate take from R-0225 recorded Nov 1971 from Allen Ginsberg's 1994 Rhino Word Beat boxed set Holy Soul Jelly Roll: Poems And Songs 1949-1993 (see 1994)

Series Of Dreams [The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991]

R-0203 Columbia 7" single edit of version on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (4:49 - second verse missing), 1991

R-0204 Alternate take on 1991 Columbia promo single with second verse present, but several lyric differences from the versions on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 and Greatest Hits Vol. 3, see 1991

R-0212 Edit at 5:37 (the US track is 5:52) on the UK CD version of The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991

R-0676 Columbia promo video version of track from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991, appeared on a Brazilian DVD in 2004, see Questionable Video)

Seven Curses (Traditional) [The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991]

R-0376 [As Old Riley] Live Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963 (stereo version), from the first version of the cancelled Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert (see 1964), also on bobdylan.com, Feb 1998 (see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) )

R-0376M [As Old Riley] Live Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963 (mono version), from first version of cancelled Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, 1964

R-0794 [As Old Riley] Live Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963 (stereo version), from second version of the cancelled Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert (see 1964). This edit has a slightly longer intro than on the first version of Bob Dylan In Concert (R-0376) and ends with applause (the other edit stops abruptly)

R-0794M [As Old Riley] Live Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963 (mono version), from second version of cancelled Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, 1964 (different edit from R-0800)

Seven Days [The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991]

R-0652 Special Rider demo, recorded at the 1976 "Hard Rain" tour rehearsals, Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, FL, 17 Apr 1976, from Columbia/CBS US/UK acetates, 1981

7 Deadly Sins (Traveling Wilburys)

R-0342 From Traveling Wilburys Volume Three, Wilbury Records (Warner Brothers), 1990 (Wilburys)

Shake, Rattle & Roll (Charles Calhoun)

R-0433 With Keith Richards, 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

Shake Sugaree (Elizabeth Cotten)

BDC38 Live, The Roxy, Atlanta, GA, 1 Dec 1997, from bobdylan.com, Nov 1998, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

She Belongs To Me [Bringing It All Back Home, 1965]

R-0814 Live, 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

Q-0016 Live from a BBC TV broadcast recorded 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-0407 Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 26 May 1966, from The Gelston Acetates, a set of Columbia acetates which surfaced in 1986

R-0412 Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England, 27 May 1966, from The Gelston Acetates, a set of Columbia acetates which surfaced in 1986

She's My Baby (Traveling Wilburys)

R-0338 From Traveling Wilburys Volume Three, Wilbury Records (Warner Brothers), 1990 (Wilburys)

She's No Good (Jesse Fuller) [Bob Dylan, 1962]

See You're No Good

She's Your Lover Now [The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991]

R-0047 [as Just A Little Glass Of Water] Solo piano version, out-take from Blonde On Blonde, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 21 Jan 1966, from a Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1980 (see 1980) - not the version on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3

Shelter From The Storm [Blood On The Tracks, 1975]

R-0250 Alternate version with extra verse, out-take from the Blood On The Tracks sessions, 1974, from the Epic Soundtrax Jerry Maguire: Music From The Motion Picture film soundtrack album, see 1996 and VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2

BDC28 Live, Roseland, New York City, 19 Oct 1994, from bobdylan.com, Jun 1998, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

Shooting Star [Oh Mercy, 1989]

R-0320 Oh Mercy version remastered, from the Wonder Boys Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax, 2000  - now superseded by the hybrid SA-CD release

BDC110 Live, Beacon Theatre, New York City, NY, 26 Apr 2005, from bobdylan.com, May 2005, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

Shot Of Love [Shot Of Love, 1981]

R-0695 Mono version on US Capitol Records test pressing of Shot Of Love album, Jun 1981

R-0644 Shot Of Love (Reprise) - 1:55 faded version on US Columbia 8-track cassette of Shot Of Love, 1981

R-0562 Excerpt from live performance recorded at Avignon, France, 25 Jul 1981, in John Hammond: From Bessie Smith To Bruce Springsteen, CBS/Sony VHS/laserdisc (USA/UK/Japan), 1990, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1

Sidewalks, Fences And Walls (Maurice Gimbel/Jerry Williams Jr.)

R-0777 Out-take from Down In The Groove, recorded Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA, 5 Mar 1987, from cassette tape which surfaced in 2007 (first version)

R-0778 Out-take from Down In The Groove, recorded Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA, 5 Mar 1987, from cassette tape which surfaced in 2007 (second version)

R-0779 Out-take from Down In The Groove, recorded Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA, 5 Mar 1987, from cassette tape which surfaced in 2007 (third version)

R-0780 Out-take from Down In The Groove, recorded Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA, 5 Mar 1987, from cassette tape which surfaced in 2007 (fourth version, edited)

Sign Language

R-0122 Bob appears on Eric Clapton's version of his otherwise unreleased song from Eric's RSO album No Reason To Cry, 1976

Silver Moon (Barry Goldberg/[Robert?] Hunter)

R-0108 Bob contributes back-up vocals for Barry Goldberg on his self-titled Atco album, see 1974

Silvio (Bob Dylan/Robert Hunter) [Down In The Groove, 1988]

BDC49 Live, Ice Palace, Tampa, FL, 30 Jan 1999, from bobdylan.com, May 1999, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

Simple Twist of Fate [Blood On The Tracks, 1975]

R-0131 Live from the John Hammond tribute programme, WWTW TV, Chicago, IL, 10 Sep 1975, released on an EP Bob Dylan In Concerto from Gong in Italy, see Questionable Releases

R-0621 Live from the soundtrack of the film Masked And Anonymous, recorded Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002 - see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2

Sing Me Back Home (Merle Haggard)

BDC103 Live, Bonnaroo 2004 Music Festival, Manchester, TN, 11 Jun 2004, from bobdylan.com, Jun 2004, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence [The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991]

R-0395 [As Over The Cliff] - alternate longer take to the one released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates, see 1980

Sitting On Top Of The World (Walter Jacobs/Lonnie Chatman) [Good As I Been To You, 1992]

R-0005 Bob supplies harmonica and backup vocals for Victoria Spivey and Big Joe Williams, from the 1972 album with them, Roosevelt Sykes, Lonnie Johnson and Memphis Slim Kings And The Queen, Vol. 2, recorded 1962 (see 1972)
(Bob recorded the same song thirty years later for Good As I Been To You, 1992.)

Slow Train [Slow Train Coming, 1979]

R-0610 Faded version on South African release of Slow Train Coming, 1979

R-0456 Columbia 7" promo and commercial US/Canada singles with edited version, 4:15 (album version is 5:57), 1980

Smokestack Lightning (Howlin' Wolf [McKinley Morganfield])

R-0902 Performed by Bob during an interview with Cynthia Gooding for the "Folksinger's Choice" WBAI radio programme, recorded 11 Mar 1962, in New York City, and released on the Pacifica Archives CD-R Bob Dylan And Cynthia Gooding, 2011

Snow Falling

R-0848 Previously unreleased composition from the 2010 feature film My Own Love Song, see VHS & DVD 2010s

Someday Baby [Modern Times, 2006]

R-0741 Edited version of track (3:03) from Modern Times on European Columbia promo CD, 2006

Somebody Touched Me (Traditional)

R-0466  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

Somebody's Else's Troubles (Steve Goodman)

R-0093 Bob plays piano and provides harmony vocals for Steve Goodman on the title track of his 1973 US Buddah album, see 1973

R-0093M Bob plays piano and provides harmony vocals on mono version of R-0093, released on US 7" promo singles only, see 1973

Something (George Harrison)

BDC90 Live, Madison Square Garden, New York City, 13 Nov 2002, from bobdylan.com, Nov 2002, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

Something There Is About You [Planet Waves (Bob Dylan/The Band), 1974]

R-0684 Radio edit (3:05) of album track from Planet Waves (4:46) on A-side of Asylum radio station promo 7" single, 1974

R-0684M Mono version of radio edit (3:05) of album track from Planet Waves (4:46) on B-side of Asylum radio station promo 7" single, 1974

Song To Woody [Bob Dylan, 1962]

R-0315 Bob Dylan album version talked over by Bob on promo LP for Woody Guthrie/Leadbelly tribute Folkways: A Vision Shared, Columbia, 1989

R-0419 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

BDC65 Live, Continental Airlines Arena, E. Rutherford, NJ, 13 Nov 1999, from bobdylan.com, Mar 2000, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

R-0444 Live, previously unreleased, from Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA, 16 Mar 2000, from the European Things Have Changed CD single, 2000

Spanish Harlem Incident [Another Side Of Bob Dylan, 1964]

Live from New York Philharmonic Hall, 31 Oct 1964, namely the forthcoming Bootleg Series Vol. 6, available from the Apple iTunes Online Music Store, May 2003 , see Online Performances (Other)

Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (Charles Badger Clark/Billy Simon) [Dylan, 1973]

(This song, which is based on a poem called "The Border Affair" by Charles Badger Clark, set to music by Billy Simon,  is wrongly credited to Traditional on bobdylan.com and many Columbia releases, some of which even credit it to Bob Dylan, see 1971)

R-0096 Band version not authorised by Bob - Self Portrait out-take recorded at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 24 Apr 1969, from the 1973 Columbia album Dylan, also known as (A Fool Such As I), see 1973

R-0072 Solo version authorised by Bob - New Morning out-take recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 2 Jun 1970, stereo B-side of 1971 Watching The River Flow singles (see 1971), also available on the 1978 Japanese/Australian 3LP/CD release Masterpieces (see 1978)

R-0072M Mono version of R-0072, B-side of Columbia/CBS international Watching The River Flow 7" singles, see 1971

The Spirit Of Rock And Roll (Brian Wilson)

R-0549 Bob duets with Brian on this 1991 track for a projected Warner Bros album Sweet Insanity that was never released, although promo copies were produced, see 1991

Standing In The Doorway [Time Out Of Mind, 1997]

R-0634 Standing In The Doorway - radio edit (4:19) on Columbia Norway promo CD-R test pressing, 1997

BDC77 Live, Osaka Koseinenkin Kaikan, Japan, 6 Mar 2001, from bobdylan.com, Oct 2001, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com)

R-0657 Live from "Jack Fate" and his band, recorded at Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002, bonus track only available on the DVD release of Masked And Anonymous, 2004, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2

Standing On The Highway [The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, 2010]

R-0905 Performed by Bob during an interview with Cynthia Gooding for the "Folksinger's Choice" WBAI radio programme, recorded 11 Mar 1962, in New York City, and released on the Pacifica Archives CD-R Bob Dylan And Cynthia Gooding, 2011

Stealin' (Will Shade)

R-0906 Performed by Bob during an interview with Cynthia Gooding for the "Folksinger's Choice" WBAI radio programme, recorded 11 Mar 1962, in New York City, and released on the Pacifica Archives CD-R Bob Dylan And Cynthia Gooding, 2011

R-0567 Recorded 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

Stormy Weather Cowboy (Barry Goldberg)

R-0106 Bob contributes back-up vocals for Barry Goldberg on his self-titled Atco album, see 1974

The Story Of East Orange, New Jersey

R-0280 Monologue from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", recorded at Bonnie Beecher's apartment, Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, from Sad Eyed Radio Of The Lowlands, US demo radio show LP, see 1970

Street Rock (Kurtis Blow/Bill Black/Tashim)

R-0189 Bob contributes "rap" vocals to this track from Kurtis Blow's 1986 Mercury album Kingdom Blow, see 1986

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again [Blonde On Blonde, 1966]

R-0730 Edited version (5:08) of alternate take from The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home (5:44) on Columbia/Legacy US radio station CD No Direction Home: Bootleg Volume 7 - Exclusive Radio Sampler, 2005

R-0528 Last three verses (2:29) from Blonde On Blonde version, on Al Kooper promo CD What Do All These Recording Artists Have In Common???, Columbia/Legacy (USA), see 2001

R-0128 A-side of Columbia 1976 single - 3:35 edit of live version from the Hard Rain album (US & UK version), see 1976

R-0129 A-side of Columbia 1976 single - 3:35 edit of live version from the Hard Rain album (Italian version) - different edit, see 1976

Subterranean Homesick Blues [Bringing It All Back Home, 1965]

R-0882 Subterranean Homesick Blues (Beginning) - first half of song from Bringing It All Back Home on 1973 CBS Holland 8-track release of UK 1967 Greatest Hits album, see 1967

R-0883 Subterranean Homesick Blues (Conclusion) - second half of song from Bringing It All Back Home on 1973 CBS Holland 8-track release of UK 1967 Greatest Hits album, see 1967

R-0816 Alternate version of cue card video, London, England, 8/9 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-0889 Subterranean Homesick Blues - track from Bringing It All Back Home remixed by the Ting Tings, A-side of US Columbia single, 2011

Sun City (Miami Steve Van Zandt)

See (Ain't Gonna Play) Sun City

Sweeping The Floor

R-0842 Previously unreleased composition from the 2010 feature film My Own Love Song, see VHS & DVD 2010s

Swing And Turn Jubilee (Traditional)

R-0004 Bob plays harmonica for Carolyn Hester on her self-titled 1962 Columbia album, see 1962 (stereo version)
This track also appeared on a 1989 Columbia promo compilation LP Folk Classics (Roots Of American Folk Music) (see 1989
) and the Bear Family Germany 2CD compilation Dear Companion, see 1995

R-0004M Mono version of R-0004, see 1962
This track also appeared on the UK compilation All-Star Hootenanny, Nov 1964 (
see 1964)

Swingin'

R-0856 Previously unreleased composition from the 2010 feature film My Own Love Song, see VHS & DVD 2010s


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