"Searching For A Gem"

Bob Dylan's Officially Released Rarities and Obscurities

Audio: Online Performances (Other)

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Exclusive Tracks which have been featured on Music Download Internet Web sites (excluding bobdylan.com)

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This page includes rarities from the Sony Custom Mix CD site . This facility lasted from Feb to Dec 2003 and featured several rarities including a couple that were exclusive to the site. They are all therefore listed below. Also included are exclusive rarities from the Apple iTunes Online Music Store , which started in May 2003, and still continues.

For online performances that have featured on bobdylan.com, see here.

Revised: 07 January, 2024


Titles in red are not available on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com )

Key to symbols used:
Links to other World Wide Web pages -
Links to email addresses -
Performances currently available on commercial CD are marked by (these are the ones that count as obscurities rather than as rarities)

Audience recordings are indicated by (A).


2003


Feb 2003: (Custom Mix CD site )

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Screenshot from Custom Mix CD site

R-0271 Roving Gambler - live,  El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 17 Dec 1997 (A), from Love Sick CD singles, see 1998


Insert for test pressing, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux


Test pressing CD-R, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux


Detail of test pressing CD-R, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

R-0273 Dignity - original Oh Mercy out-take from the Touched By An Angel soundtrack album, also see 1998
Now no longer a rarity since it is included in The Essential Bob Dylan (2000) on the bobdylan.com albums page.

R-0552 Waitin' For You - from the Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood soundtrack album, see 2002

Jean-Pol Hiernaux has what must be a test pressing dated "10/18/02" (18 Oct 2002). This was from before the site was open to the public. It has only a card containing information about the Custom Mix CD facility, no jewel case inserts. The CD contains R-0271, R-0273 and R-0552 as above.


Apr 2003: (Custom Mix CD site )


Custom Mix CD - front scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (design 1)
More rarities appeared, including two exclusive tracks! With God On Our Side (live) was confirmed to be the MTV Unplugged version.

R-0268 Cocaine Blues (Traditional) - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997 (A), from the European Columbia Love Sick singles, also on a bonus disc included with the Australian tour limited edition of Time Out Of Mind, for both see 1998.

The Sony Custom Mix web-site misdated this performance as from 20 Dec 1997, the 1998 releases date it correctly - see Cold Irons Bound below for a second misdating. Bob did indeed perform Cocaine Blues on 20 Dec 1997 but that performance has never been officially released.


Custom Mix CD - front scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (design 2)

Custom Mix CD - front scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (design 3)

Custom Mix rarities list, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux


Custom Mix CD - front scan (design 4) (my copy)


Custom Mix CD - reverse of front insert, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (showing all four front designs)


Custom Mix CD sample, first insert, scan by Gerd Rundel (reverse is blank)

Custom Mix CD sample, second insert scan by Gerd Rundel (reverse is blank)

Custom Mix CD sample, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (dated "02/17/03")


Custom Mix CD sample (my copy, dated "04/10/03")


Detail of Custom Mix CD sample (my copy, dated "04/10/03")


Custom Mix CD sample, scan by Gerd Rundel (dated "04/16/03")

Custom Mix CD sample, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (dated "05/01/03")

Custom Mix CD sample, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (dated "09/12/03")

R-0267 Cold Irons Bound - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997 (A) - same as BDC7 (see above), 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 1999 promo releases, see 1999. Now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, see 2001.

The Sony Custom Mix web-site repeated the mistake on several of the releases that the performance is from 20 Dec 1997. Bob did indeed perform Cold Irons Bound on 20 Dec 1997 but that performance has never been officially released. The Sony Custom Mix web-site also introduced a new mistake by misdating Cocaine Blues, see above.

R-0205 Dead Man, Dead Man - live, Saenger Performing Arts Center, 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).

R-0084 George Jackson - "Big Band" version, A-side of 1971 Columbia single (see 1971), lyrics on bobdylan.com here
Also see 1971 for all subsequent appearances on LP or CD.

R-0085 George Jackson - Acoustic version, B-side of 1971 Columbia single (see 1971), also available on the 1974 Japanese limited release LP Mr D's Collection #1 (see 1974), and the 1993 Japanese limited release CD Mr D's Collection #3 (see 1993). This version was not released on commercial CD until it was included on a bonus disc with the Dutch release of The Essential Bob Dylan, 2003.

The Sony Custom Mix web-site said George Jackson was the solo acoustic version (R-0085, as confirmed by the online excerpt), but it was actually the "big band" version (R-0084) until the end of April 2003, when it was replaced by the correct track. However, I heard at the end of May 2003 that the latest Custom CDs were again including R-0084. This was very confusing for customers! Amy Dickerson tells me she ordered a CD containing the acoustic version but received the "big band" version - she complained and was sent a replacement with the acoustic version.

R-0435 Highlands - live, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA, 16 Mar 2000 (A), from the bonus CD released with the limited edition of The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, 2000.

R-0606 I Threw It All Away (2:48) - this is a new out-take, previously officially unreleased, although not new to collectors. Wrongly described as a 1969 studio outtake from the Nashville Skyline sessions, it was recorded with George Harrison during the New Morning sessions at Columbia Studios, New York, 1 May 1970. Seven other tracks from this session (R-0419 - R-0425) turned up on the market in 1986 on Columbia acetates, now known as The Gelston Acetates (see 1986), and If Not For You released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 in 1991 is also from this session. An alternate take of the song also appeared on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait 1969-1971, Aug 2013, but not the same one as it does this time come from the 1969 Nashville Skyline sessions! This alternate take is the take that reappeared on "The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 - Travelin' Thru 1967-1969 in 2019.
Thanks to Larry Crum for pointing out that track 8 of CD2 of The 50th Anniversary Collection 1970 (R-2280, see
2020) is the same take as appeared on the Sony Custom Mix CD site in Apr 2003. The mix is different and it does not include about 14 seconds of talk and guitar strums which are at the beginning of the Custom Mix CD track.

R-0279 Million Miles - live, Broome County Arena, Binghamton, NY, 19 Feb 1999 (A), from the Columbia promo CD Million Miles: Live Recordings 1997-1999, see 1999.

R-0202 Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie) - from the 1988 Columbia Woody Guthrie/Lead Belly 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 1980s.

R-0130 Rita May - 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, lyrics on bobdylan.com here. Some say this sounds like an alternate version, but it's possible it's been remastered.

R-0443 Make You Feel My Love - live, Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 21 May 1998 (A), from the European Things Have Changed CD single, May 2000 (see 2000), same as BDC26 from bobdylan.com, Jun 1998 (see above).

R-0552 Waitin' For You - from the soundtrack of the 2002 film Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood, see 2002.

This is described as a new out-take, previously unreleased, but it is in fact exactly the same take as on the soundtrack album!


Custom Mix CD sample, scan by Pachi Becerril (dated "04/22/03")
My copy of the Custom Mix CD is dated "04/10/03" (10 Apr 2003). Jean-Pol Hiernaux's copies are dated "02/17/03" (17 Feb 2003) and "05/01/03" (1 May 2003) respectively. Gerd Rundel's copy is dated "04/16/03" (16 Apr 2003). Pachi Becerril's copy is dated "4/22/03" (22 Apr 2003).

Apr 2003: (Apple iTunes Online Music Store )

These tracks were available as an "Exclusive" 4-track download single from the US iTunes store only from 24 Apr 2003.


Picture from iTunes web-site, found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
R-0655 Diamond Joe (Traditional) - edited version of the performance from the then unreleased soundtrack of the movie Masked And Anonymous (R-0612, see 2003, VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2 and above)
Although it's the same take and mix, this version is 10 seconds shorter than the
Masked And Anonymous version (2:22 instead of 2:32) because the start of the intro is missing. Thanks to Paul S. Levine and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information. 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. Thanks to Derek Barker for information in "Isis 180" that although the song is associated with fiddler Benjamin F. "Tex" Logan and has been copyrighted by him, it is in fact traditional.

R-0613 Everything Is Broken - alternate take with different lyrics from the version on Oh Mercy (not an alternate mix as described)
Now officially released on CD1 of 
The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, 2008

Spanish Harlem Incident, live from New York Philharmonic Hall, 31 Oct 1964, released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 6

R-0614 Hero Blues - live from New York Town Hall, 12 Apr 1963, not the 1963 studio version which surfaced in 1980 as a Columbia acetate, see 1980
This has now been released on the Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music Europe 6LP limited edition 50th Anniversary Collection 1963, Dec 2013. As this is a limited release, R-0614 is still a rarity. Thanks to Justin Brooks for information this occurrence has an intro missing from the 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 version, but I
am leaving both occurrences as R--0614.


May 2003: (Custom Mix CD site )

R-0606 was removed and replaced by:

R-0271 Roving Gambler (Traditional) - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 17 Dec 1997 (A), 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


Jul 2003: (Apple iTunes Online Music Store )


Picture from iTunes web-site
R-0617 Cold Irons Bound - live from "Jack Fate and his band", recorded Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002, from the 2003 Sony Music Soundtrax Masked And Anonymous soundtrack album and the DVD release, see 2003 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2

Thanks to Paul S. Levine for information about this item.


Dec 2003: (Custom Mix CD site )

The Sony Custom Mix CD facility has now been discontinued L. Newbury Comics in the USA have copies of a twelve track all rarity Custom Mix CD for sale for $14.95, see here Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that this CD-R is offered by Newbury Comics as a permanent item with the same fixed twelve tracks and artwork.

Note that the timing of George Jackson (5:53) is a mistake. It's 3:38 and is the acoustic version (R-0085) and not the "Big Band" version (R-0084).

Thanks to David Plentus for scans.


2004


Oct 2004: (Apple iTunes Online Music Store )


Picture from iTunes web-site
R-0683 Went To See The Gypsy - unreleased demo version of track from New Morning, with Bob on piano (this was available from the US store only on 12 Oct 2004)
Now no longer a rarity since it appears as track 15 on CD2 of 2013's The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971
).

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information about this item. Thanks to Evan Marshall for pointing out the 2013 release.


Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88883 73489 1 (USA/Europe) - front of slipcase with sticker (my copy)

Dec 2004: ("Uncut" magazine web-site )

The UK "Uncut" magazine's Jan 2005 issue had as its feature article the story of the recording of Blood On The Tracks in Sep and Dec 1974 "One of the most truthful dissections of love gone wrong in rock history.' Exactly 30 years after its release in January 1975, we present the full story of Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks." You can listen to the five replaced tracks from Blood On The Tracks at "Uncut"'s web-site here. Thanks to Fred Muller for spotting this.


2005


Sep 2005: (PBS American Masters web-site )


Picture from PBS web-site
This page has additional footage from the Martin Scorsese documentary No Direction Home (see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3), as part of the publicity for the film.

R-0626 Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat - live with The Hawks, Dublin, Ireland, 5 May 1966 (not 2 May 1966 as listed), excerpt (1:34), now released in full on the Columbia/Legacy USA/Europe 36CD set The 1966 Live Recordings, Nov 2016

R-0732 Mr. Tambourine Man - live, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 6 May 1966, excerpt (2:40), now released in full (8:18) on the Columbia/Legacy USA/Europe 36CD set The 1966 Live Recordings, Nov 2016

Thanks to Artur Jarosinski for finding this and Ian Woodward for additional information.


Sep 2005: (RealPlayer Online Music Store (US Only) )

R-0711    Boots Of Spanish Leather - recorded live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963, from the six-track CD Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963, see 2005

Note the title is misspelled "Carnagie"! This track was available in the US only and is not on iTunes.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information about this item.


Nov 2005 (download sites such as iTunes):

"Exclusive Out-takes From 'The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack'"- Three Track Download Only Single, Columbia (no catalogue number) (USA), 1 Nov 2005/(Europe), 14 Nov 2005:
Thanks to Terry Kelly and Ian Woodward for the news that to coincide with Bob touring the UK three tracks were made available from 14 Nov 2005 for download from sites such as iTunes! The three tracks were recordings considered for inclusion on the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese picture "No Direction Home", and one of them is available on the bonus disc with the DVD release. These tracks are in MPEG4 (.m4p) format, which is a copyrighted format that can be copied to an iPod and only be burned to CD-R using the iTunes software.


Picture from iTunes.com, found by Paul S. Levine
R-0725 Baby, Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams) - out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 25 Apr 1962
There were two complete takes of this song from the recording sessions according to Michael Krogsgaard, one take of which is in circulation amongst Dylan fans. Thanks to Bob Stacy for confirming this sounds like that take in better quality.
Both takes have now been released on the Sony Music Europe 4CD set The 50th Anniversary Collection, Dec 2012.

R-0726 Mr. Tambourine Man - live, Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1964 (evening performance)
Note this is not the audio of the bonus track from the Martin Scorsese documentary film "Bob Dylan: No Direction Home", DVD release, Sep 2005, see
VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3. That track is dated incorrectly as 26 Jul 1964 but is actually from the afternoon workshop on the 24th and not from the evening performance on the 26th. Thanks to Bob Stacy for identifying these performances.

R-0727 Outlaw Blues -  alternate take from Bringing It All Back Home, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 13 Jan 1965 (wrongly listed as "16 Jan 1965")
This alternate take was then previously uncirculating. Thanks to Bob Stacy for pointing out that the published date of 16 Jan 1965 cannot be right, as Michael Krogsgaard's series of articles "Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions" shows that the album recording sessions took place on 13-15 Jan 1965. This take is probably the final take from 13 Jan 1965. The date of 16 Jan 1965 may have been when selected takes were extracted to a compilation reel for consideration for the Bringing It All Back Home album.
Thanks to Roger Ford for information that this take is now on both the 6CD and 18CD versions of The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge released in Nov 2015 (6CD version - CD1, track 14; 18CD version - CD1, track 10), so is now no longer a rarity.


Picture from Play.com found by Éamonn Ó Catháin

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for the information that this download CD single was also made available at iTunes stores in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain, but not in the I Tunes stores of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Japan, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland! Harald Sigvartsen now informs me it is available from iTunes Norway, so I assume this single is now generally available. Thanks to Peter Coulthard and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information that this online EP is also available for download in MP3 format from Play.com in the UK: Thanks to Georg Thoma for information that the EP was available in lossless format (CD quality) from Music Load Austria, but Justin Brooks informs me this site has now shut down. Kevin Calhoun now informs me the EP is again available in lossless format from Tidal in the USA.


Dec 2005 (iTunes):

R-0709 The Times They Are A-Changin' - recorded live at Carnegie Hall,  New York, 26 Oct 1963, from the limited edition six-track CD Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963, Sony Music (USA/Japan), 2005

This track was available from the iTunes store in the USA only.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information. Thanks to Paul S. Levine for information that this track was also available in Dec 2005 from iTunes:

R-0544 Man Of Peace - recorded with the Grateful Dead during rehearsals at Club Front, San Rafael, CA, 9 Jun 1987, from the Grateful Dead Records/Arista album Postcards Of The Hanging: The Grateful Dead Play The Music Of Bob Dylan, 2002


"Live Folk Masters: Blowin' In The Wind [Digitally Reworked]" - Five Track Download Only EP, Apple iTunes Music Store (no catalogue number) (European stores), 14 Dec 2005 (removed 8 Jan 2006):


Picture from iTunes UK web-site
The tracks are: A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (6:45); Bob Dylan's Dream (3:39); Boots Of Spanish Leather (4:40); John Brown (4:40); Blowin' In The Wind (2:39). Bob Stacy has identified these tracks as all previously officially unreleased, recorded for Studs Terkel's Wax Museum, Radio WFMT, Chicago, IL, 26 Apr 1963. The programme included Farewell as the first song (see my Starlight In The East "F" page), and then the songs as listed, but with Who Killed Davey Moore? between John Brown and Blowin' In The Wind. However, these songs were originally performed solo, here they have been buried under a vile cacophony of electronic instrumentation - strongly not recommended! This is a great shame, as the original solo acoustic versions represent an important historical document - this is the first public performance of Boots Of Spanish Leather.

These tracks have been created by CARINCO AG, which is a Swiss company, very present on the German market, and has released a lot of cheap CDs and especially musical DVDs (anthologies of blues, country, folk, jazz, etc.). There is a contract between CARINCO AG and DIGITAL MUSICWORKS INTERNATIONAL INC (DMI) and during 2005, especially November and December, CARINCO AG and DMI have released various collections (all “TM”) of downloadable EPs or LPs on iTunes: “Blues Masters”, “Rock Masters”, “Jazz Masters”, “Soul Masters”, “Folk Masters”, “Classical Masters”, and “Classical Vocal Masters”. In the collection Live Folk Masters, Bob Dylan is currently the only artist.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Bob Stacy for information. This EP was downloadable from the 17 European iTunes music stores, but not the US, Canadian, Australian and Japanese stores. I have checked through a friend with Bob Dylan's office, and they say the tracks are from bootlegs, reworked and released without permission. The Studs Terkel material has not been authorised for release by Bob or Columbia, and I'm sure the 1966 material (see below) is illegal also. I am only listing this material for reference, and it was removed from iTunes on 8 Jan 2006. I hope that Bob's office and Columbia will be spurred to release this show officially so it can be heard as intended!


"Live Folk Masters: Visions Of Johanna" - 13 Track Download Only Album, Apple iTunes Music Store (no catalogue number) (European stores), 14 Dec 2005 (removed 13 Jan 2006):


Picture from iTunes Belgium web-site
A new set of 13 tracks from Carinco AG appeared on 3 Jan 2006 as Visions Of Johanna, including the tracks from the "Blowin' In The Wind" EP above plus Farewell (which is mistitled "My Own True love" as on bootlegs) and Who Killed Davey Moore, all from Studs Terkel. They are without digital reworking this time but with fake applause! This album also includes the acoustic set from a 1966 concert with sound reported as poor. Jean-Pol Hiernaux has identified the 1966 tracks as from the Adelphi Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, 5 May 1966. They're almost certainly taken from one of the circulating bootleg CDs. Again fake applause was added, totally unnecessarily.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information. This album was downloadable from the 17 European iTunes music stores, but not the US, Canadian, Australian and Japanese stores, and was removed on 13 Jan 2006. As above, I shall not be listing the material except for reference.

15 Aug 2006: Thanks to "rbn" for informing me that both the "Blowin' In The Wind" and "Visions Of Johanna" Live Folk Masters offerings are available for download from the RealNetworks Rhapsody site. I assume that Bob's management will eventually intervene to have them removed.


2006


Feb 2006 ongoing (Wolfgang's Vault):

Thanks to Artur Jarosinski and Harold Lepidus for information about this site, which can be found here: . This is a site primarily selling memorabilia, much from the archives of legendary rock promoter Bill Graham (of the Fillmore East and West), whose actual first name was Wolfgang. The site also has an online streaming feature which plays live performances from Bill Graham's collection, including many with Bob. I have not given these R-numbers because they are only featured for a short period and are not downloadable.

FIRST PLAYLIST (ending 20 Feb 2006)

1. "Rainy Day Women #12&35" - live with The Band, Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY; 30 Jan 1974

2. "All Along The Watchtower" - live with The Band, The Forum, Inglewood, California; 13 Feb 1974

SECOND PLAYLIST (21-27 Feb 2006)

1. "The Times They Are A-Changin'" - live with The Band, Coliseum, Oakland, California; 11 Feb 1974 (evening show)

2. "Ballad Of A Thin Man" - live with The Band, Forum, Inglewood, California; 14 Feb 1974 (evening show)

3. "Ain't That A Lot Of Love" (Dylan on piano) - SNACK (Students Need Athletic & Cultural Kicks) Benefit, Golden Gate Park, Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California; 23 Mar 1975

4. "Helpless" (Dylan on vocal, guitar and harmonica) (ditto)

5. "I Shall Be Released" - live with The Band, War Memorial Auditorium, Plymouth, Massachusetts; 31 Oct 1975

THIRD PLAYLIST (28 Feb - 6 Mar 2006)

1. "Just Like A Woman" - live with The Band, Boston Gardens, Boston, Massachusetts; 14 Jan 1974 (afternoon show)

2. "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - live with The Band, Forum, Inglewood, California; 13 Feb 1974

3. "Hurricane" - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Forum de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; 4 Dec 1975

FOURTH PLAYLIST (7-13 Mar 2006)

1. "Gates Of Eden" - live with The Band, Boston Gardens, Boston, Massachusetts; 14 Jan 1974 (afternoon show)

2. "All Along The Watchtower" - live with The Band, Forum, Inglewood, California; 13 Feb 1974 (same as Playlist 1)

3. "Are You Ready For The Country?" (Dylan on vocal, guitar and harmonica) - SNACK (Students Need Athletic & Cultural Kicks) Benefit, Golden Gate Park, Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California; 23 Mar 1975

4. "It Ain't Me, Babe" - live with The Band, Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York; 8 Dec 1975

FIFTH PLAYLIST (14-21 Mar 2006)

1. Lookin' For A Love (Dylan on guitar) - SNACK (Students Need Athletic & Cultural Kicks) Benefit, Golden Gate Park, Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California; 23 Mar 1975

2. "Ain't That A Lot Of Love" (Dylan on piano) - SNACK (Students Need Athletic & Cultural Kicks) Benefit, Golden Gate Park, Kezar Stadium, San Francisco, California; 23 Mar 1975 (same as Playlist 2)

EASTER PLAYLIST (12-18 Apr 2006)

1. "San Francisco Bay Blues" - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, Technical University, Lowell, MA, 2 Nov 1975 (this show is not in general circulation)


Aug 2006 (iTunes):


Screenshot from the iTunes Online Music Store booklet from Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Apple iTunes USA are offering "The Bob Dylan Collection" for $199 (£169 in the UK, €199 in EMU countries) , comprising all Bob's released studio and live albums plus 42 rarities under the title "Rare Tracks From The Vaults". In addition to the 42 rarities this set also includes the long-deleted 1973 Dylan album, see 1973. It also comes with a 136-page booklet that can be downloaded in PDF format. This booklet contains several pictures per album including the cover, the original liner notes, the musicians and producer plus new liner notes by Tom Piazza. It also has a song index and the Rarities listing.

As the three Greatest Hits albums plus Biograph, The Essential Bob Dylan (US version) and The Best Of Bob Dylan (US version) are included in this download some of the tracks are duplicated! For details of the bonus video tracks offered, see 2006.

Thanks to Artur Jarosinski, Harold Lepidus, Éamonn Ó Catháin and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information.

The 1973 Dylan album:

R-0096 Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (Charles Badger Clark/Billy Simon) - band version with backing singers, Self Portrait out-take recorded at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 24 Apr 1969, not the solo version R-0072 released in 1971 as a single B-side, which was a 1970 New Morning out-take
See the note about writer credits for this song in the entry for R-0072 in 1971.

R-0097 Lily Of The West (Traditional, arranged E. Davies/J. Peterson) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 3 Jun 1970

R-0098 Sarah Jane (traditional) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Jun 1970

R-0099 A Fool Such As I (Bill Trader) - Self Portrait out-take recorded at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 26 Apr 1969
This is the stereo version, a mono version (presumably a reduction from stereo) was released on Columbia 7" singles (R-0453, see 1974) This song was written by Bill Trader, but occurs frequently on releases of this album and Columbia singles wrongly credited to "B. Abner" - see a page on the authorship here!

R-0100 Can't Help Falling In Love (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George David Weiss) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 3 Jun 1970, this track was reportedly also the A-side of a South Korean single, see Questionable Releases

R-0101 Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Jun 1970

R-0102 Big Yellow Taxi (Joni Mitchell) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 4 Jun 1970
This track is available on bobdylan.com in its entirety and also appeared on a 1991 Columbia promo CD single Dylan Originals (see 1991)

R-0103 Mary Ann (traditional) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Jun 1970

R-0104 Ballad of Ira Hayes (Peter La Farge) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Jun 1970

Rare Tracks From The Vaults - a "virtual" Rarities album:

R-0514 I Was Young When I Left Home (traditional) - from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, bonus track on the limited edition of "Love And Theft", see 2001 and 2002)
Now also released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005, but in a version with a spoken intro, so R-0514 remains a rarity. R-0514 was also released on Step Right Up!, a compilation CD given away with the Jul 2010 edition of the UK "Mojo" magazine, see 2010.

R-0240 Wade In The Water (traditional) - from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, previously released on Bakhålls Litterära Röster (The Ambush's Literary Voices), compilation CD given away with an issue of the literary magazine "Bakhåll", Sweden (see 1994). A short excerpt was also included in the Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM (see 1995). It also appeared on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001)

R-0467 Handsome Molly (Traditional) - live at the Gaslight Café, New York, Oct 1962, previously released on the Japan-only CD Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty-Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, Feb 2001 see 2001, and on Bob Dylan Live At The Gaslight 1962, Starbucks/Hear Music/Sony Music Custom Marketing Group (USA), see 2005

R-0725 Baby, Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams) - out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 25 Apr 1962, previously available on the iTunes downloadable 3-track single Exclusive Out-takes From "The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack", Nov 2005, see above

R-0709 The Times They Are A-Changin' - live at Carnegie Hall,  New York, 26 Oct 1963, from the limited edition six-track CD Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963, Sony Music (USA/Japan), 2005

R-0710 Ballad Of Hollis Brown - live at Carnegie Hall,  New York, 26 Oct 1963, from the limited edition six-track CD Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963, Sony Music (USA/Japan), 2005

R-0711 Boots Of Spanish Leather - live at Carnegie Hall,  New York, 26 Oct 1963, from the limited edition six-track CD Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963, Sony Music (USA/Japan), 2005

R-0370 Lay Down Your Weary Tune - included on the unreleased US Columbia Bob Dylan In Concert album, see 1964, and also appeared on the "Goldmine" acetates, see 1980, released on bobdylan.com (BDC5, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ), and the limited edition six-track CD Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963, Sony Music (USA/Japan), 2005

R-0712 North Country Blues - live at Carnegie Hall,  New York, 26 Oct 1963, from the limited edition six-track CD Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963, Sony Music (USA/Japan), 2005

R-0713 With God On Our Side - live at Carnegie Hall,  New York, 26 Oct 1963, from the limited edition six-track CD Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963, Sony Music (USA/Japan), 2005

R-0726 Mr. Tambourine Man - live, Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1964 (evening performance), previously available on the iTunes downloadable 3-track single Exclusive Out-takes From "The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack", Nov 2005, see above

R-0294 To Ramona - unidentified live performance, misdated as The Oval, City Hall, Sheffield, England, 30 Apr 1965, from the 2000 DVD release of D.A. Pennebaker's 1965 film Don't Look Back, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 1
This performance is definitely not the one known by Dylan collectors to be from Sheffield (from an audience tape containing six songs which could only have been recorded at Sheffield). My guess is that it's from City Hall, Newcastle, England, 6 May 1965, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 1.

R-0727 Outlaw Blues -  alternate take from Bringing It All Back Home, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 13 Jan 1965, previously available on the iTunes downloadable 3-track single Exclusive Out-takes From "The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack", Nov 2005, see above

R-0054 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues live at Liverpool with the Hawks, 14 May 1966, B-side
This live version, never released on a regular Columbia album, was also on the Japanese promo LP Mr. D's Collection #1 (see 1974), the Japanese promo EP Mr. D's Collection #2 (see 1976), the 1978 Australian set Masterpieces (see 1978), the Japanese Mr. D's Collection #3 promo CD (see 1993), , the Japanese Dylan Ga Rock promo 2CD set (see 1993 and 2010), the Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History (see 2005)
and also on the Columbia/Legacy USA/Europe 36CD set The 1966 Live Recordings, Nov 2016. All versions are still in mono as originally recorded. Sadly, it does not appear on the B-side of a withdrawn CBS Spanish EP (see 1972), because the record was mispressed with It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry from Highway 61 Revisited instead!
Fred Muller says the version on the Columbia/Legacy USA/Europe 36CD set The 1966 Live Recordings is slightly clipped at the beginning when compared with the versions on Masterpieces and The Band: A Musical History. This is confirmed by Peter Coulthard and Roger Ford, who say that the first two bars of the performance on the 1966 mono single and subsequent releases of R-0054 up to 2016 were spliced in (presumably by Columbia engineers, not tour engineer Richard Alderson) from the performance of Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues from the ABC Theatre, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 6 May 1966! This means that track 8 on CD14 of The 1966 Live Recordings is not strictly the same as R-0054, but I shall retain this R-number for this occurrence for simplicity.

R-0064 I Ain't Got No Home - recorded live with The Band at the Tribute to Woody Guthrie, Carnegie Hall, New York, 20 Jan 1968 (afternoon show), from the Tribute to Woody Guthrie Part 1 album  (see 1972)
This performance also appears on the Japanese Mr. D's Collection #3 limited edition CD (see 1993), and the Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History (see 2005).

R-0066 The Grand Coulee Dam - with The Band, New York City, 21 Jan 1968, previously released on  the 1972 Tribute to Woody Guthrie Columbia/Warner Bros album (see 1972).  It also appeared on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001)

R-0683 Went To See The Gypsy - unreleased demo version of track from New Morning, with Bob on piano, previously was available from the iTunes US store in Oct 2004, see above

R-0085 George Jackson (Acoustic version) - from 7" single, see 1971, lyrics on bobdylan.com here
This track also appeared on the Japanese limited edition compilations Mr. D's Collection #1 (LP, see 1974), Mr. D's Collection #3 (CD, see 1993) and on a "Limited Tour Edition Bonus Disc" with the 3CD compilation The Essential Bob Dylan in Holland, see 2003.

R-0084 George Jackson ("Big Band" version) - from 7" single, see 1971
This track also appeared on the 1978 Japanese/Australian compilation Masterpieces (see 1978), and on the Japanese limited release compilations Mr. D's Collection #1 (LP, see 1974), Mr. D's Collection #2 (EP, see 1976), Mr. D's Collection #3 (CD, see 1993) and Dylan Ga Rock (see 1993 and 2010).


Picture from the US iTunes Online Music Store found by Éamonn Ó Catháin

Picture from the UK iTunes Online Music Store

A "Virtual" Rarities Album! - picture from the iTunes Online Music Store found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Screenshot from the iTunes Online Music Store booklet from Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Screenshot from the iTunes Online Music Store booklet from Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Screenshot from the iTunes Online Music Store booklet from Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Screenshot from the iTunes Online Music Store booklet from Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Screenshot from the iTunes Online Music Store booklet from Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Screenshot from the iTunes Online Music Store booklet from Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Screenshot from the iTunes Online Music Store booklet from Jean-Pol Hiernaux

R-0136 People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield) - rehearsals, Studio Instrumental Rentals, New York, October 1975, from 4 Songs from "Renaldo & Clara" promo 12" single, 1978, and on the Japanese Mr. D's Collection #3 limited edition CD (see 1993)

R-0138 Never Let Me Go (Joseph Wade Scott) - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, The Forum, Montreal, Canada, 4 Dec 1975, from 4 Songs from "Renaldo & Clara" promo 12" single, 1978, and on the Japanese Mr. D's Collection #3 limited edition CD (see 1993)

R-0130 Rita May - Desire out-take, Jul 1975, released on singles Nov 1976/Jan 1977, lyrics on bobdylan.com here (see 1976/1977), also on PRG 52, an Italian promo compilation (see 1977), on the 1978 Australian compilation Masterpieces, and on two limited edition Japanese CD releases, Mr. D's Collection #3 (see 1993) and Dylan Ga Rock (see 1993 and 2010)

R-0205 Dead Man, Dead Man - live from New Orleans, 10 Nov 1981, B-side of 1989 Columbia single (see 1989), on the Japanese Mr. D's Collection #3 limited edition CD (see 1993), and on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001)

R-0664 I And I - reggae remix of track from Infidels on Is It Rolling, Bob? A Reggae Tribute To Bob Dylan Vol. 1 (Sanctuary/RAS Records, USA), see 2004

R-0192 Night After Night - Dylan song exclusive to the Columbia Hearts Of Fire Original Soundtrack album, see 1987

R-0202 Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie) - from the Columbia Woody Guthrie/Lead Belly tribute album Folkways: A Vision Shared, see 1988, also on the 1993 Japanese promo CD Mr. D's Collection # 3, see 1993

R-0267 Cold Irons Bound - live, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 16 Dec 1997 - same as BDC7 (see Online Performances (bobdylan.com) ), previously released on  the European Columbia Love Sick singles, also on a bonus disc included with the Australian tour limited edition of Time Out Of Mind, 1998 (for both see 1998), and on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001)

R-0466 Somebody Touched Me (traditional) - live, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, 24 Sep 2000, from the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001)

R-0468 Country Pie - live Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, 24 Sep 2000, from the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001)

R-0469 Things Have Changed - live, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, 25 Sep 2000, from the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001)

R-0464 Return To Me [Ritorna A Me] (Danny DiMinno/Carmen Lombardo) - cover of the Dean Martin 1958 hit, from The Sopranos - Peppers & Eggs: Music From The HBO Original Series TV series soundtrack album, Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax, USA, 2001

R-0552 Waitin' For You - Dylan composition exclusive to the film soundtrack of Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood, see 2002

R-0544 Man Of Peace - recorded with the Grateful Dead during rehearsals at Club Front, San Rafael, CA, 9 Jun 1987, from the Grateful Dead Records/Arista album Postcards Of The Hanging: The Grateful Dead Play The Music Of Bob Dylan, 2002

R-0586 'Cross The Green Mountain - full version of original song from film soundtrack of Gods And Generals, Sony Classical (USA), 2003
R-0586 was released in Oct 2008 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, see here. This means it is no longer a rarity.

R-0602 Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking - duet with Mavis Staples, new recording of album track from Slow Train Coming, from US compilation album Gotta Serve Somebody: The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan, Columbia (USA), 2003

R-0615 Down In The Flood - live from "Jack Fate" and his band, recorded at Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002, from the soundtrack of the movie Masked & Anonymous (see 2003 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2)

R-0612 Diamond Joe (Traditional) - live from "Jack Fate" and his band, recorded at Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002, from the soundtrack of the movie Masked & Anonymous (see 2003 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2)

R-0616 Dixie (traditional) - live from "Jack Fate" and his band, recorded at Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002, from the soundtrack of the movie Masked & Anonymous (see 2003 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2)

R-0617 Cold Irons Bound - live from "Jack Fate" and his band, recorded at Stage 6, Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002, from the soundtrack of the movie Masked & Anonymous (see 2003 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 2)

R-0658 Love Sick - exclusive remix, slightly longer than Time Out Of Mind version, from Columbia US 9-track promo CD produced exclusively for Victoria's Secret, 2004

R-0649 Tell Ol' Bill - exclusive song from Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax album North Country: Music From The Motion Picture, 2005
This was listed as an alternate take, but turned out to be the version from the film and the soundtrack album. The alternate take turned up in 2008 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 (see International Album Releases (Regular) ), and R-0649 remains a rarity.


Sep 2006 (Sony Music Box):


Screenshot from Sony Music Box web-site found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
The bobdylan.com Performances page has been replaced by a link to the Sony Music Box site for six Bob Dylan videos:

Knockin' On Heaven's Door from MTV Unplugged (1995)

Subterranean Homesick Blues from Don't Look Back (1967)

Emotionally Yours video from Empire Burlesque (1985)

Series Of Dreams video from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (1991)

Sweetheart Like You video from Infidels (1983)

When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky video from Empire Burlesque (1985)

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information, also that a seventh video of When the Deal Goes Down from Modern Times (2006) featuring Scarlett Johansson was added on 20 Sep 2006.


Screenshot from Sony Music Box web-site found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Sep 2006 (Google Video):


Screenshot from Google Video web-site found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for pointing out that the email newsletter of 24 Aug 206 from bobdylan.com mentioned that previously unseen video of Bob would be appearing on Google Video. For eleven Bob videos including "Don't Look Back" out-takes, see here . Rarities will be added to the site in due course.

Nov 2006 (3 UK/Ireland Music Store)

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information that My Blue-Eyed Jane (R-0258, 1997), Tell Ol' Bill (R-0649, 2005) and many more Dylan rarities are available for download from 3 UK and Ireland Music store, see here .


Dec 2006 (Sony Music Box)


Screenshot from Sony Music Box web-site found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
R-0761 Thunder On The Mountain - edited video version of track (3:59) from Modern Times

For mainland Europe and UK promo CD singles with a different edit, see 2006 and 2007.  For an iTunes UK download of the radio edit, see below. In this video version, the "art of love/fit me like a glove" verse is missing; in the radio edit version, it is present but the later "tough sons of bitches/orphanages" verse is cut out. Thanks to Moise Potié for reminding me that this video contains an out-take of Eat The Document showing Bob with John Lennon in a London taxi, see VHS & DVD 1960s.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Martin Schaefer for information.


Dec 2006 ("New Yorker" magazine)


Picture from "New Yorker" web-site (4 Dec 2006 issue)
R-0762 Interview with Bob on Bob Fass radio show "Radio Unnameable", WBAI radio, New York, 20 Jan 1966

This is the show where several of Bob's friends are also in the studio, and Bob refers to Al Kooper as "Roosevelt Gook".

Alan Hoaksey finally managed to obtain a copy of the "New Yorker" from 4 Dec 2006. It includes a lengthy article about Bob Fass, which describes the show in broad terms. However, there's only a brief mention of Dylan, but not a single quote from Dylan is included. The 20 Jan 1966 show is no longer available to download.

Thanks to Rob Carson and Alan Hoaksey for information.


2007


Apr 2007 (iTunes):

R-0760 Thunder On The Mountain - edited version of track (3:59) from Modern Times

This download of the radio edit version available from iTunes UK from 6 Apr 2007 is timed at 4:00. For mainland Europe and UK promo CDs containing this edit see 2006 and 2007. For the different video edit, see above.

Thanks to Gino Galvez for information.


Sep 2007 (YouTube):

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that there is now an official "BobDylanTV" section on YouTube:

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Screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (R-0826)

There are currently four videos:

R-0826 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) - 2007 Mark Ronson "Re-Version" (3:36)
For a 2007 Columbia US promo DVD of this video, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4.

Trailer for the upcoming Dylan 3CD set (1:18)

R-0760 Thunder On The Mountain - edited version of track (3:59) from Modern Times (see above)

When The Deal Goes Down from Modern Times (again see above)

Six new videos were added on 26 Sep 2007, making ten (shown on left):

Tangled Up In Blue; Blood In My Eyes (R-0671, 1993, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1); Things Have Changed; Jokerman; Knockin' On Heaven's Door from MTV Unplugged (1995, see above)

More details will be added when the other videos are positively identified.

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Screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Sep 2007 (iTunes):

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine): Mark Ronson Re-Version - 2 CD single downloads, iTunes (USA/UK/Ireland), 24 Sep 2007:

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Screenshot iTunes UK Sep 2007
R-0826 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) - remix by Mark Ronson of track from Blonde On Blonde

As well as the original track from Blonde On Blonde, the third track on the download CD single is either:

R-0697 Down Along The Cove - live, Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, TN, 11 Jun 2004
This soundboard track was first released on the US Sanctuary Records 2CD set
Bonnaroo Music Festival 2004, 2005.

or an exclusive previously unreleased live performance:

R-0830 High Water (For Charley Patton) - live, Oakes Garden Theatre, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, 23 Aug 2003

This live performance was released in Oct 2008 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, see here. This means R-0830 has ceased to be a rarity.

Thanks to Evan Marshall, Harold Lepidus, Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Paul S. Levine for information.


Sep 2007 (Sony MusicBox):

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Screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (R-0826)
This online site has been updated as well.

R-0826 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) - remix by Mark Ronson of track from Blonde On Blonde

Five new videos were added in Sep 2007, making eleven (Sweetheart Like You and Emotionally Yours have been removed):

As well as R-0826, Tangled Up In Blue; Blood In My Eyes (R-0671, 1993, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1); Things Have Changed; Jokerman.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information.

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Screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Oct 2007 (iTunes):

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iTunes UK - screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
There are a bewildering number of download variations on the Dylan 3CD set and the extracted single CD on various iTunes sites worldwide with different bonus tracks! As well as R-0826 there are three new rarities for download:

R-0436 Blowin' In The Wind - live, Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz, CA, 16 Mar 2000, previously found on the limited edition bonus CD single given away with The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2 in the UK, 2000
This is listed as "Recorded in Australia, Aug 1998", but it's actually the performance shown! Thanks to Richard Hillier for confirming this.

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) (A), originally released on a Columbia US promo CD single, 2004
This track was previously identified wrongly as from the Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, 25 Sep 2000. It is now included on the third CD of the 3CD set of The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 (see 2008). As this set is a Limited Edition of 5000 copies, R-0681 remains a rarity.

R-0270 Can't Wait - El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, 20 Dec 1997, originally included on the 1998 European Columbia Love Sick CD singles, see 1998

Confusingly, the Dylan album information given on all screens is for the 1973 deleted album of the same name, see 1973. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for news this has now been corrected.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information and to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for the screenshots.

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iTunes Belgium - screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Oct 2007 (YouTube):

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YouTube "Bob Dylan TV" competition screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that the "BobDylanTV" section on YouTube (see above) now has a competition to make a clip about Like A Rolling Stone. The page has a 0:38 excerpt from Subterranean Homesick Blues from Don't Look Back with new words on the sheets held by Bob!

There is also a page promoting the new Bob Dylan live at Newport DVD The Other Side Of The Mirror with a short clip, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4.

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YouTube "Bob Dylan TV" Newport screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Oct 2007 (Wolfgang's Vault):

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Wolfgang's Vault screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that the Wolfgang's Vault site featuring promoter Bill Graham's archive tapes (see above) is now here . There is a concert including Bob at the SNACK Benefit, San Francisco, CA, 23 Mar 1975 with Neil Young and members of The Band. Unfortunately there was a fault with Bob's microphone and he is almost inaudible, so this is for completists only! There are also four concerts from the Rolling Thunder Revue from Oct-Dec 1975. Bob is credited with guitar/vocals on all four but there are no songs sung by him online, only from other members of the Revue.

Oct 2007 (Rhapsody - Real Networks):

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Rhapsody web-site screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that the US Real Networks Rhapsody web-site has the 2007 film soundtrack album I'm Not There (see 2007) with two extra tracks, a cover of Bunkhouse Theme from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid by Calexico and the first digital release of a 1979 exclusive B-side:

R-0150 Trouble In Mind - Slow Train Coming out-take (5:10), B-side of 1979 CBS Brazil 7" single (full version), lyrics on bobdylan.com here. For the original release, see 1979.

This full version was finally released officially in Oct 2011 on the Sony Music Germany compilation Pure Dylan: An Intimate Look At Bob Dylan, see 2011. This song was released in slightly edited form (4:50) on Disc 3 of the 8CD+DVD set The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 - Trouble No More 1979-1981 (Deluxe Edition), 3 Nov 2017. R-0150 remains a rarity.

Sadly this download is for USA only.

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Detail of Rhapsody web-site screenshot with R-0150 by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Nov 2007 (International Expo Zaragoza 2008):

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Screenshot from Jean-Pol Hiernaux (video)
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that Bob has recorded a new version of A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall for the International Expo Zaragoza 2008, Spain (14 Jun to 14 Sep 2008), an exposition on Water and Sustainable Development.

Audio and video versions of the new recording are available on their web-site. The audio version is downloadable in MP3 format free of charge.

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Screenshot from Jean-Pol Hiernaux (video)
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Screenshot from Jean-Pol Hiernaux (audio)

R-0840 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - new studio version recorded with Bob's touring band in Nashville, 2007, for International Expo Zaragoza 2008, Spain, 14 Jun - 14 Sep 2008 (audio version)

R-0841 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - new studio version recorded with Bob's touring band in Nashville, 2007, for International Expo Zaragoza 2008, Spain, 14 Jun - 14 Sep 2008 (video version with closing remarks by Bob)

For a promo two CD-ROM set with these performances, see 2008.


Nov 2007 (iTunes):

"Discover Bob Dylan" - compilation "CD single":
This "CD single" was available for download from iTunes from Nov 2007 in Europe (see the French screenshot below) and from Apr 2008 in North America. A glass-mastered CD single was released in Canada in Apr 2008, see International Singles 2000s.


iTunes France screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
This 5-track "CD single" comes with a free download of Licence To Kill from Infidels. The five tracks on the CD itself are The Times They Are A-Changin'; Mr. Tambourine Man; Tangled Up In Blue' Ring Them Bells and Thunder On The Mountain.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and screenshot.


iTunes France screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

2008


Mar 2008 (iTunes):

"iTunesEssentials - Bob Dylan" - 75-track compilation:


iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
This "virtual" compilation comes in three 25-track sets: "The Basics", "Next Steps" and "Deep Cuts" for $24.95 each. It can also be downloaded complete for $74.25.

This compilation is also available on the UK, Australian, German and French iTunes stores.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and screenshot.


iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Apr 2008 (iTunes):

"iTunesEssentials - Bob Dylan Live" - 75-track compilation:


iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
This second "virtual" compilation again comes in three 25-track sets: "Acoustic", "Electric" and "Deep Cuts" for $24.95 each. It can also be downloaded complete for $74.25.

This compilation is not yet available on any other iTunes store.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and screenshot.


iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Jul 2008 (USA Today):

"Ring Them Bells" - "USA Today" web-site, 28 Jul 2008:


Ring Them Bells Supper Club video from "USA Today" web-site, Jul 2008, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
This news item about The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, due out in October 2008 (see here) includes a video of Ring Them Bells from The Supper Club, New York, 17 Nov 1993 (from the early show although not specified).

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and screenshot.

The New York Supper Club shows in 1993 were an ultimately shelved TV special/video/live album project of four shows recorded over two nights at an intimate venue by Bob in association with HBO. All four shows circulate amongst Dylan collectors, but the only performances to have been released officially are:

BDC71 Ring Them Bells - 16 Nov 1993 (early show) Online Performances (bobdylan.com) Feb 2001
R-0587 One Too Many Mornings - 16 Nov, 1993 (late show) Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM, see 1995
BDC16 Tight Connection To My Heart - 17 Nov 1993 (late show) Online Performances (bobdylan.com) Feb 1998
BDC17 Weeping Willow (traditional) - 17 Nov 1993 (late show) Online Performances (bobdylan.com) Feb 1998
BDC23 Delia (traditional) - 17 Nov 1993 (late show) Online Performances (bobdylan.com) May 1998
R-0588 Queen Jane Approximately - 17 Nov 1993 (late show) Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM, see 1995


Sep 2008 (iTunes):


Screenshot by Jack from Canada
iTunes offer downloads of both the Dreamin' Of You from the forthcoming Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs audio and video.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and screenshots. Thanks to Paul S. Levine for the news that iTunes will be offering an out-take of Love Sick from Time Out of Mind as an exclusive 28th track with the download of the 27-track (2CD) version of The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006. This extra track is available for pre-orders only.


Screenshot of audio page by Jack from Canada

Screenshot of video page by Jack from Canada

Sep 2008 (amazon.com):


Picture from www.amazon.com
Thanks to Jack from Canada for information that www.amazon.com is also offering a free download of Mississippi from The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006. The download can be found here. Thanks to Paul S. Levine for information that this download is smaller and plays at a lower bit-rate than the version from bobdylan.com, so sounds better.

Sep 2008 (The Guardian, UK):


Screenshot from www.guardian.co.uk
Thanks again to Jack from Canada for information that The British Guardian newspaper is also offering a free download of Mississippi from The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006. The download can be found here.

Oct 2008 (iTunes USA):


iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Following on from the Discover Bob Dylan EP on iTunes Europe in Nov 2007 and iTunes USA in Apr 2008, iTunes USA is offering four further Discover Bob Dylan download packages.

These are:


iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Discover More Bob Dylan EP (5 tracks: Boots Of Spanish Leather; The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll; It Ain't Me, Babe; Subterranean Homesick Blues; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue)

Discover Further Bob Dylan EP (5 tracks: Queen Jane Approximately; Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; If Not For You; On A Night Like This)

Discover Beyond Bob Dylan EP (5 tracks: If You See Her, Say Hello; Hurricane; Jokerman; Shooting Star; Not Dark Yet)

Bob Dylan: The Full Discover Package (the 15 tracks above, but not the 5 tracks from the first Discover Bob Dylan EP)

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and screenshots. Thanks also to David Plentus for information that these are also available from www.amazon.com in MP3 format.


Oct 2008 (iTunes UK):

The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 (Bonus Track Version): This UK download consists of the 27 tracks from the 2CD version of the album plus an exclusive live performance of Love Sick from Time Out Of Mind.


iTunes UK screenshot (Bonus Track version)
R-0355 Love Sick - live, Tramps, New York, 26 Jul 1999, previously unreleased bonus download with The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 from the UK iTunes Store, Oct 2008 (incorrectly dated as "Live 2001") (A)

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information.


Detail of iTunes UK screenshot (Bonus Track version)


Detail of iTunes UK screenshot (Bonus Track version) showing incorrect dating of bonus track


Detail of iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (Pre-order version with Bonus Track)

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that this 28-track version is also available from other European iTunes stores, but not stores in the USA, Canada, Australia or New Zealand.

Thanks to Paul S. Levine for information that R-0355 has been available on www.amazon.com as an MP3 download as part of The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 from Oct 2013.


iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (Pre-order version with Bonus Track)

Detail of iTunes US screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (Pre-order version with Bonus Track)

Nov 2008 (iTunes Canada):

High Water E.P. - 3 track downloadable EP with the title track being the live version of High Water (For Charley Patton) from The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 recorded at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, 23 Aug 2003.

R-0355-2 Love Sick - live, Tramps, New York, 26 Jul 1999, previously unreleased bonus download with The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 (still incorrectly dated as "Live 2001") (A)

R-0262-3 Boots Of Spanish Leather - live, House of Blues, Atlanta, GA, 3 Aug 1996, from the Columbia US promo CD single Live '96, see 1997, and European Columbia CD singles, see 1998.


2009


Mar 2009 (iTunes/amazon.com)

"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" - MP3 download, Columbia (no catalogue number) (USA), 31 Mar 2009:


Picture from www.amazon.com
This is the first single from the 2009 Bob Dylan album Together Through Life, to be released on 28 Apr 2009. It is available on www.amazon.com with an accompanying video and also available on iTunes. The single could be downloaded free from bobdylan.com for one day only, to the end of 31 Mar 2009.

If this single is an edit of the album track, it will be added to the 2009 page.

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin, Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Paul S. Levine for information.


Apr 2009 (iTunes

Maggie's Farm - live Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI, 25 Jul 1965

This is the electric performance officially released in the 2005 Martin Scorsese documentary No Direction Home (see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3) released as a stand-alone video.

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin and Ian Woodward for information.

R-0502 Lay, Lady, Lay - studio rehearsal, Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 13 Feb 1969, released with pre-orders of iTunes download of Together Through Life.
Now released in Nov 2019 on
The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 - Travelin' Thru 1967-1969.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and pictures. Thanks to Paul S. Levine for further information.


Outside of iTunes PDF booklet - note extra track on rear


Sep 2009 (Wolfgang's Vault):

See Feb 2006 and above for more information about this web-site which is now here and has an online streaming feature which plays live performances from Bill Graham's collection, including many with Bob. I have not given these R-numbers because the Dylan concerts are not downloadable. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for news of these new concerts with The Band and the Rolling Thunder Revue:


Bob Dylan and The Band, Los Angeles, CA, 14 Feb 1974, early show, set 1, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Los Angles Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 24 Feb 1974, early show, set 1: https://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/the-rolling-thunder-revue-concert/2159-15878.html

The first song of this set, Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) is missing.

Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
It Ain't Me, Babe
Ballad Of A Thin Man (released on Before The Flood)

Stage Fright [The Band]
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [The Band]
King Harvest (Has Surely Come) [The Band]
When You Awake [The Band]
I Shall Be Released [The Band]
Up On Cripple Creek [The Band]
All Along The Watchtower (released on Before The Flood, 1974 Asylum 7" singles and Biograph)
Ballad Of Hollis Brown
Knockin' On Heaven's Door


Bob Dylan and The Band, Los Angeles, CA, 14 Feb 1974, early show, set 2, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Los Angles Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 14 Feb 1974, early show, set 2: https://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/the-rolling-thunder-revue-concert/20053904-15878.html

The third song of this set, The Times They Are A-Changin' [Bob solo] is missing.

She Belongs To Me [Bob solo]
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue [Bob solo]
Just Like A Woman [Bob solo]
It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) [Bob solo]

Rag, Mama, Rag [The Band]
This Wheel's On Fire [The Band]
The Weight [The Band]
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited
Like A Rolling Stone
Blowing In The Wind (part of this performance included in Before The Flood)

Bob with The Band except where stated.


Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 8 Dec 1975, set 1, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, "Night of The Hurricane", 8 Dec 1975, set 1: https://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/the-rolling-thunder-revue-concert/26601-6061.html

When I Paint My Masterpiece [with Bob Neuwirth and Guam]
It Ain't Me, Babe
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
Romance In Durango
Isis


Bob Dylan and the Rolling Thunder Revue, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 8 Dec 1975, set 1, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, "Night of The Hurricane", 8 Dec 1975, set 2: https://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/the-rolling-thunder-revue-concert/50457-6061.html

The Times They Are A-Changin' [with Joan Baez and Guam]
Dark As A Dungeon (Merle Travis) [with Joan Baez and Guam]
Mama, You Been On My Mind [with Joan Baez and Guam]
Never Let Me Go (Joseph C. Scott) [with Joan Baez and Guam]
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine [with Joan Baez and Guam]
I Shall Be Released [with Joan Baez and Guam]
Love Minus Zero/No Limit [Bob solo]
Simple Twist Of Fate [Bob Solo]

Oh, Sister
Hurricane
One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below)
Sara
Just Like A Woman
Knockin' On Heaven's Door [with Roger McGuinn and Guam]
This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie) [shared vocal by Bob Dylan and Ensemble]

Unless stated otherwise, Bob and the other performers are backed by the Rolling Thunder Revue "house band" Guam: Scarlet Rivera (violin), J. Henry "T-Bone" Burnett (guitar, piano), Steven Soles (guitar), Mick Ronson (guitar), David Mansfield (steel guitar, mandolin, violin, dobro), Rob Stoner (bass), Luther Rix (drums, percussion, congas), Howie Wyeth (drums, piano), Bob Neuwirth (guitar), Roger McGuinn (guitar), Ronee Blakley (vocal). No songs from this show were included on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: Live 1975.


Bob Dylan interview, 1 Jan 1979, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

There is also a short Bob' interview (1 Jan 1979, 1'52") : https://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/dt/bob-dylan-interview/20050143-814.html

This is probably the Ron Rosenbaum interview published by "Playboy" magazine in Jan 1979, conducted in Mar 1978.


Sep 2009 (iTunes


iTunes (USA) - 16 Dylan videos, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information about the Bob Dylan videos available for download at various iTunes stores. There are none available at the Dutch or Belgian stores!
iTunes (UK) - 19 Dylan videos, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

iTunes (France) - 18 Dylan videos, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Nov 2009 (Wolfgang's Vault):


Bob Dylan and The Band, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 31 Jan 1974, evening show, set 1, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 31 Jan 1974, evening show, set 1: https://www.wolfgangsvault.com/bob-dylan-and-the-band/concerts/madison-square-garden-january-31-1974-set-1.html

Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
It Ain't Me, Babe
Ballad Of A Thin Man

Stage Fright [The Band]
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [The Band]
King Harvest (Has Surely Come) [The Band]
When You Awake [The Band]
Up On Cripple Creek [The Band]
All Along The Watchtower
Ballad Of Hollis Brown
Knockin' On Heaven's Door
 

Bob Dylan and The Band, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 31 Jan 1974, evening show, set 2, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 31 Jan 1974, evening show, set 2: https://www.wolfgangsvault.com/bob-dylan-and-the-band/concerts/madison-square-garden-january-31-1974-set-2.html

The Times They Are A-Changin' [Bob solo]
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [Bob solo]
Gates Of Eden [Bob solo]
She Belongs To Me [Bob solo]
Just Like A Woman [Bob solo]
It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) [Bob solo]

Rag, Mama, Rag [The Band]
This Wheel's On Fire [The Band]
The Shape I'm In [The Band]
The Weight (incomplete) [The Band]
Forever Young
Highway 61 Revisited
Like A Rolling Stone
Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
Blowing In The Wind

Thanks to Paul Pearson and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for screenshots.


2010


Mar 2010 (Wolfgang's Vault):


Bob Dylan and The Rolling Thunder Revue, Forum de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4 Dec 1975, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Forum de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4 Dec 1975:

When I Paint My Masterpiece
It Ain't Me, Babe
The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
Tonight I'll be Staying Here With You (already released)
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (already released)
Romance In Durango

Three performances from this show are already officially released:

Tonight I'll be Staying Here With You, live with the Rolling Thunder Revue from the Forum de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4 Dec 1975, from The Bootleg Series Vol.5 - Live 1975.

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

Isis, live with the Rolling Thunder Revue from the Forum de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4 Dec 1975, released as the B-side of the 1984 US and Dutch 7" Jokerman singles (see 1984), and on Biograph (see 1985)

Rarities

R-0138 Never Let Me Go (Joseph Wade Scott) - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, The Forum, Montreal, Canada, 4 Dec 1975, from 4 Songs from "Renaldo & Clara" promo 12" single, 1978, and on the Japanese Mr. D's Collection #3 limited edition CD (see 1993)

R-0533 Isis (audio) - live, Montreal, Canada, 4 Dec 1975, complete performance (5:21), remix of original complete stereo audio performance released on 4 Songs From "Renaldo & Clara" (see 1978), on US and Dutch 7" Jokerman singles (see 1984), and Biograph (see 1985)

R-0596 Isis (video) - live, Montreal, Canada, 4 Dec 1975,  from Renaldo & Clara (see VHS & DVD 1970s), edited performance (4:10), previously unreleased

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and screenshot.


May 2010 (Wolfgang's Vault):


Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA, 27 May 1995, screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

No performances from this show have been officially released.

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and screenshot.

Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey, CA, 27 May 1995:

Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)

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

All Along The Watchtower

Simple Twist Of Fate

Silvio

Tombstone Blues

Mr. Tambourine Man

Masters Of War

To Ramona

Seeing The Real You At Last

Every Grain Of Sand

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

Knockin' On Heaven's Door


2011


May 2011 (Wolfgang's Vault):


Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, 14 Jan 1974 (afternoon show)
Bob Dylan and The Band, Boston Gardens, Boston, MA, 14 Jan 1974 (afternoon show):

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Lay, Lady, Lay
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
It Ain't Me, Babe
I Don't Believe You
Ballad Of A Thin Man
Stage Fright (performed by The Band)
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (performed by The Band)
King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (performed by The Band)
This Wheel's On Fire (performed by The Band)

No performances from this show have been officially released.

Thanks to Harold Lepidus for information.


Oct 2011 (iTunes UK/USA):


Screenshot from iTunes UK
This album entitled "The Best" is a rehash of old bootlegs with songs such as Candy Man from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", 1961. The "Minnesota Hotel Tape", recorded in Bonnie Beecher's apartment, Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, is an important document that needs to be released in its entirety!

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information. Thanks to Paul S. Levine for information that the download on US iTunes also includes the "New York Sessions" version of Blood On The Tracks (see 1974)!


2012


Jan 2012 (White House web-site):


Screenshot from www.whitehouse.gov
R-1008 The Times They Are A-Changin' - recorded live at the White House Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement, Washington, DC, 9 Feb 2010, from the White House web-site.
This performance can be downloaded as video (mp4) or audio (mp3).

Thanks to Henning Klokkeråsen for information.


Sep 2012 (TDC Play Denmark):


Picture from TDC web-site
Thanks to Hans-Henrik Dragsbæk Madsen for information that the Danish telecom company TDC is offering a selection of Dylan albums for download from its TDC Play web-site including several "unofficial" releases. For more information go to .

Oct 2012 (iTunes USA):


Screenshot from iTunes USA, Oct 2012
R-0934 The Ballad Of Donald White - remastered version of R-0083 with a short intro, 15 secs shorter than the Broadside Reunion version, Bacci Bros Records, download from iTunes US, Oct 2012

Thanks to Paul S. Levine for information.


Picture from iTunes USA email newsletter, Oct 2012
The download-only album on the left is called House Of The Risin' Sun and has thirteen tracks. More information required. Thanks to Ian Woodward for forwarding the "iTunes Alerts" email newsletter.

Dec 2012 (iTunes Germany):


Picture from iTunes Germany showing a pirated version of Bob Dylan with extra tracks including R-0002, R-0003 and R-0004, screenshot by Dag Braathen

Thanks to Dag Braathen for the screenshot from iTunes Germany in Dec 2012 showing a pirated version of Bob Dylan with extra tracks including R-0002, R-0003 and R-0004 from Carolyn Hester's 1962 self-titled Columbia album, three of which have Bob on harmonica (Los Bibilicos is included but does not include Bob). See 1962 for the official album.


Columbia CS 8596 (USA stereo, 1962) - front with sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel

R-0002 I'll Fly Away (Albert E. Brumley) (stereo version) (Albert E. Brumley is also the author of Rank Strangers To Me, released on Down In The Groove, 1988, and one of the bobdylan.com online performances - BDC 37, from Jul 1998, see Online Performances).
This track has appeared on stereo various artist compilations and in films as follows:

Columbia Special Products US 4LP boxed set Columbia Special Products Presents A Limited Edition Of Great Folk Ballads, Country And Western (see 1964)
Columbia Special Products Canada 10LP boxed set Fleetwood Presents Stereo Highlights From The World Of Music (see 1965)
CBS/Sony Japan 1974 promo compilation LP Mr. D's Collection # 1 (see 1974)
Rhino US 1992 compilation CD Troubadours Of The Folk Era Vol. 1 (see 1992)
Sony France 2005 compilation 2CD set Chroniques: Tome 1, see 2005
2012 documentary film For The Love Of The Music: The Club 47 Revival, see VHS & DVD 2010s.

R-0003 Come Back, Baby (traditional) (stereo version)

R-0004 Swing And Turn Jubilee (traditional) (stereo version)
This track also appeared on the UK various artists stereo compilation LP All-Star Hootenanny (see 1964) and a 1989 Columbia various artists stereo promo compilation LP Folk Classics (Roots Of American Folk Music) (see 1989)


2013


Jan 2013 (iTunes UK):


Picture from iTunes UK
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information about these three releases, presumably "legal" because of copyright expiry in the EU after fifty years. The Debut Album (CGH Ventures Inc.) is Bob's album plus six live tracks, Seeds Of Greatness (Top Town Records) is just Bob's first album, House Of The Risin' Sun (White Station) consists of alternate tracks from Bob's first album and Joan Baez's first album, starting and finishing with the title track.
Picture from iTunes UK

Picture from iTunes UK

Nov 2013 (iTunes US):


Picture from iTunes US
Thanks to Harold Lepidus for information that the TV ad for the 2014 Jeep Cherokee SUV currently being screened in the USA includes Bob's performance of the traditional Motherless Children, recorded live at the Gaslight Café, New York, 15 Oct 1962, from the Dec 2012 very limited edition Sony Music Europe 4CD-R set The 50th Anniversary Collection, see 2012.

R-1000-2 Motherless Children (traditional arranged Bob Dylan) - recorded live at the Gaslight Café, New York, 15 Oct 1962

Thanks also to Christopher Mitchell for informing me this is now available for download from iTunes US.


Picture from www.edmunds.com

2014


Oct 2014 (iTunes France):


Screenshot from iTunes France
Thanks to Jacques Colinet for information about this release of Highway 61 Revisited (Deluxe Version) on iTunes France with the released album and seven alternate takes (see screenshot). Thanks to Bob Meyer for noticing that all the alternate tracks are in fact officially released on albums of The Bootleg Series, but as Bob does not want his classic albums to be released with bonus tracks, I think this iTunes compilation is unofficial.

"Experiment Ensam [Experiment Alone]" - Swedish TV programme, recorded Philadelphia, PA, 23 Nov 2014:


Screenshot from "Experiment Ensam" web-site
Thanks to Fred Muller for information that Bob performed a private concert at Philadelphia's Academy of Music on 23 Nov 2014 for the Swedish TV programme "Experiment Ensam [Experiment Alone]", a series in which people experience alone events that usually take place for large crowds. The solo audience member was Fredrik Wikingsson, a Swedish TV presenter.
Picture from "Rolling Stone" web-site - Fredrik Wikingsson

Picture from "Rolling Stone" web-site - Bob's tour bus outside the venue

The four song set list was:

R-1117 Heartbeat (Bob Montgomery/Norman Petty) - recorded for Swedish TV programme "Experiment Ensam [Experiment Alone]" at Philadelphia's Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA, 23 Nov 2014 (song made famous by Buddy Holly)

R-1118 Blueberry Hill (Vincent Rose/Larry Stock/Al Lewis) - recorded as R-1117 (song made famous by Fats Domino)

R-1119 It's Too Late (She's Gone) (Chuck Willis) - recorded as R-1117
According to Derek Barker's "
The Songs He Didn't Write: Bob Dylan Under The Influence" (Chrome Dreams, 2008), Bob performed this song live on the Never Ending Tour once in 1991, twice in 1995, at once at a soundcheck in 1997.

R-1120  Key to the Highway (Charles Segar/Big Bill Broonzy) - recorded as R-1117

As well as being shown on Swedish TV, these performances were released on YouTube on 15 Dec 2014.


2015


Nothing notified so far.


2016


Dec 2016 (YouTube):

Thanks to Eddie Korvin for news about a previously unreleased studio performance by Bob on piano, published online on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ueq7JYLFD0c&t=22s.

R-1654 Hi-Heel Sneakers (Tommy Tucker) - performance by Barry Goldberg with Bob on piano, recorded at Blue Rock Studio, New York, summer 1971, first published on YouTube, Dec 2016

Eddie owned Blue Rock Studio at that time, and both engineered and mixed Watching The River Flow and When I Paint My Masterpiece, recorded there in Mar 1971, and released on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II.

Dec 2016 (NBC TV):

R-1905 Once Upon A Time (Charles Strouse/Lee Adams) - recorded at the WorkPlay Theater, Birmingham, AL, on Friday 28 Oct 2016, shown in the NBC TV special, "Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come" broadcast on 20 Dec 2016, studio version from the triple Columbia album Triplicate, released on 31 Mar 2017


2017


"Nobel Prize Lecture" - download, The Nobel Prize Organisation (no catalogue number) (Sweden), 4 Jul 2017:


Picture from Nobel Prize Organisation web-site
Thanks to Jack from Canada for reminding me that this lecture by Bob in response to his being awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature should be included here. For the lecture, see here:

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2016/dylan/lecture/


2018


The Avener - "Masters of War (Rework)" - download single, Sony Music (no catalogue number) (Germany), 2 Mar 2018:


Picture from www.sonymusic.de
R-1915 Masters Of War - "rework" of album track from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by The Avener (French "deep house"/electro producer Tristan Casara), download only

Thanks to Jack from Canada for news that this track was released by Sony Music Germany as a download on 2 Mar 2018. It can be purchased from iTunes, Spotify, Deezer and www.amazon.


Various Artists - "Live Aid" - US/UK TV broadcast aired 13 Jul 1985, audio downloads, Amazon/iTunes (USA), 7 Sep 2018:


2018 picture from www.amazon.com

Thanks to Tim Dunn and Paul S. Levine for news that the audio from this release (7:31:17) became available in Sep 2018 as digital downloads (not physical discs) from Amazon and iTunes in the USA.

R-0690-2 Blowin' In The Wind - with Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood at "Live Aid", JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, PA, 13 Jul 1985 (5:40)

R-0750-2 We Are The World (Michael Jackson/Lionel Ritchie) - Bob contributes to show finale at "Live Aid", Philadelphia, PA, 13 Jul 1985 (7:35)

The other two songs performed by Bob that night, The Ballad Of Hollis Brown and When The Ship Comes In, remain unreleased.

For the 2004 4DVD set, see VHS & DVD 2003-04.


2019


Nothing notified so far.


2020


Bob Dylan/Various Artists - "Moses Moon Collection", Smithsonian Institute (USA), 2020:

This recording from the Civil Rights Rally, Silas Magee's Farm, Greenwood, MS, 6 Jul 1963, contains two previously unreleased Dylan performances.

R-0666-2 Only A Pawn In Their Game - recorded live, Civil Rights Rally, Silas Magee's Farm, Greenwood, MS, 6 Jul 1963, previously released on the D.A. Pennebaker film Don't Look Back, 1967, see VHS & DVD 1960s

R-2232 Blowin' In The Wind - recorded live at the Civil Rights Rally, Silas Magee's Farm, Greenwood, MS, 6 Jul 1963, from the Moses Moon Collection, Smithsonian Institute (USA), 2020

R-2233 We Shall Overcome (Zilphia Horton/Frank Hamilton/Guy Carawan/Pete Seeger) - Bob performs with ensemble at the Civil Rights Rally, Silas Magee's Farm, Greenwood, MS, 6 Jul 1963, from the Moses Moon Collection, Smithsonian Institute (USA), 2020
André Wilbers says: "After the song has ended you can clearly hear Dylan say 'All right' and cough".

For a full listing of the Moses Moon collection, see https://sova.si.edu/details/NMAH.AC.0556?s=0&n=12&t=D&q=bob+dylan&i=8#ref277.

Thanks to André Wilbers for information.


2021


"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" - download single, Bob Dylan Center (no catalogue number) (USA), 12 May 2021:

R-2330 Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right — previously unknown 1962 performance with alternate lyrics recorded in the New York apartment of friends Milton (Mell) and Lillian Bailey, formerly available as a download from the Bob Dylan Center, Tulsa, OK, 12 May 2021

Thanks to Bob Stacy for information that the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma will open to the public on 10 May 2022. To draw attention to the centre's offerings and plans, a previously unheard version of Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right — described as “one sterling example of the treasures to be found” in the archive — was released on 12 May 2021 as a free download, courtesy of the BDC. Described as “heretofore unknown,” the 1962 recording includes alternate lyrics and was recorded in the New York apartment of friends Milton (Mell) and Lillian Bailey well before its eventual appearance on 1963’s The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. The download has now been deleted.

Thanks also to Harald Sigvartsen for information.


"He Was A Friend Of Mine" - download single, Bob Dylan Center (no catalogue number) (USA), Nov 2021:


Scorpio BD-08020 (Italy) - front of jewel case, photocopy by Paul Shenton (15 track bootleg)

R-2350 He Was A Friend Of Mine - recorded live at Carnegie Chapter Hall, New York, 4 Nov 1961, released online by the Bob Dylan Center, Tulsa, OK, Nov 2021 (previously uncirculating)
Apart from
This Land Is Your Land (#13) and this performance (#16) Bob's 22-song concert from Carnegie Chapter Hall, New York, 4 Nov 1961, remains officially unreleased, but fifteen of the tracks, not including R-2350, are widely available on bootlegs such as the ones shown.

BDA Records BCACD 102 (UK) - front of slipcase (my copy - 15 track bootleg)


Rock Melon Music RMBOX 5 (UK) - front scan by Billy Bolley (6CD bootleg including 14
Carnegie Chapter Hall tracks)


Not Now Music NOT2CD528 (UK)/Not Now Music NOT2LP194 (UK) - front picture from Not Now Music web-site (grey area release with six Carnegie Chapter Hall tracks)

1. Pretty Peggy-O (traditional); 2. In The Pines (Huddie "Leadbelly" Leadbetter); 3. Gospel Plow (traditional); 4. 1913 Massacre (Woody Guthrie)' 5. Backwater Blues (Bessie Smith); 6. A Long Time A-Growin' (traditional); 7. Fixin' To Die (Bukka White); 8. San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller); 9. Car Song (Woody Guthrie); 10. Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues; 11. Man On The Street; 12. Sally Gal; 13. This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie); 14. Talking Merchant Marine (Woody Guthrie); 15. Black Cross (Lord Buckley); 16. He Was A Friend Of Mine; 17. Pretty Polly (traditional)' 18. House Of The Risin' Sun (traditional); 19. The Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird (traditional); 20. Freight Train Blues (John Lair); 21. Song To Woody; 22. Talkin' New York.

Thanks to André Wilbers and T. J. Jenkins for information.


2021


"Bob Dylan Center - Exhibiting The Voice Of A Generation" - online video, Bob Dylan Center (no catalogue number) (USA), 10 May 2022:


Screenshot from video
This video released to promote the opening of the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, OK, includes a previously unseen fragment:

R-2356 The Man In Me - clip of performance included in video "Bob Dylan Center - Exhibiting The Voice Of A Generation", May 2022

The location and date of the performance are as yet unknown.


Screenshot from video

Also released by the Center in May 2022 is:

R-2357 Blowin' In The Wind - video excerpt of 1981 performance with Bob on keyboards and backing singers

Again, the location and date of the performance are as yet unknown.

Thanks to André Wilbers and T. J. Jenkins for information.


2023


"The Man In Me" - track made available on Spotify (worldwide), Sep 2023:

R-2376 The Man In Me - live performance from Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, 1 Mar 1978, not included on the 1978 2LP set Bob Dylan At Budokan, made available online on Spotify, Sep 2023

Thanks to André Wilbers and T. J. Jenkins for information.


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