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The poster for the Isle of Wight Festival, 1969, some performances by Bob
and The Band turned up on 1970's Self Portrait - scan by Olav Langum
This yearly page now contains only the main Rarities List! Mono 7" Singles & EPs (up to 1976) are now here, and Promotional Items (Albums and Singles) are now here. All Honourable Mentions are now here.
If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
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see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
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Revised: 07 January, 2024
Titles in red are not available
on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com
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Performances currently available on commercial CD are marked by
(these are the ones that count as obscurities
rather than as rarities)
Various Artists - "Sad Eyed Radio Of The Lowlands" - single-sided radio station LP, Mirrosonic CS-7225 (USA), 1970:
 Mirrosonic CS-7225 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 Mirrosonic CS-7225 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (blank) |
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 Mirrosonic CS-7225 (USA) - sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0280 The Story Of East Orange,
New Jersey - monologue from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", recorded at
Bonnie Beecher's apartment, Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961
This is reportedly based
on a monologue called "State Of Arkansas" by Lee Hays of the Almanac Singers
and the Weavers.
Hans Seegers says: "This is a vinyl "prototype" demonstration for a proposed progressive radio show made by RBC Radio networks (USA) in 1970. This vinyl LP was made in order to find financiers for the show. The "idea" of the show was to create a kind of "collage" of sounds, music, experiences and as a matter of fact the introduction features mixes of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, sound effects, The Rolling Stones' 20,000 Light Years From Home , and a collage of The Beatles' Let It Be with the MC5's Kick Out The Jams! This demo LP also features clips of songs by Joan Baez, The Who and The Band , interviews with Bill Graham and Alvin Lee, and a special short spotlight on BOB DYLAN with the famous East Orange, New Jersey monologue (to my knowledge this has never been featured on a official record) and a 27 seconds excerpt of Country Pie. Note also the nice title of the radio show as homage to Bob. The record label has the text "PILOT PROGRAM - NOT FOR BROADCAST" and the disc comes in an audiodiscs, New York sleeve (this company specialized in acetates/test pressings)."
This item is mega rare, as only a few copies were ever produced! As far as I know the show was never actually broadcast. Side 2 of the LP is blank, with a plain purple label, and a pattern in the vinyl as shown. Hans Seegers' copy comes in the "audiodiscs" sleeve shown, Gerd Rundel's copy has a plain white sleeve.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - promo and commercial mono vinyl LP releases, CBS 37653 (Brazil), 1970:
 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - front scan by Hans Seegers (promo and commercial copies) |
This mono album has a has a fully laminated/pasted picture sleeve with a unique cover design with a photo by Daniel Kramer and also a unique tracklist including a rarity:
R-0007-2 Mixed Up Confusion - mono version, A-side of US Columbia single, 1962
- a stereo version is now on the 1997 release of Biograph (the 1985
release of Biograph had an alternate take) The other tracks are all the standard mono album versions. |
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 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - rear promo stamp scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (promo copy) |
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 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (commercial copy) |
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 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (promo and commercial copies) |
 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (commercial copy) |
 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - Side 2 with R-0007, scan by Hans Seegers (commercial copy) |
 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (promo and commercial copies - "(P) 1970") |
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 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - detail of Side 1, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (promo and commercial copies) |
 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - Side 2 with promo stamp, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (promo copy) |
 CBS 37653 (Brazil) - Side 2 promo stamp scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (promo copy) |
CBS 37653
(Brazil) -
spine scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (promo and
commercial copies)
Tracklist:
Side 1: I Want You; The Times They Are A-Changin'; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Mr. Tambourine Man; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You.
Side 2: Mixed Up Confusion (R-0007); Blowin' In The Wind; Like A Rolling Stone; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35; It Ain't Me, Babe.
The record has orange CBS labels. There was no stereo counterpart. Sergio Mariano Romay has a promo copy with a stamp of "AMOSTRA INVENDÁVEL [SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE]" on the rear sleeve and Side 2 record label. The record of this copy has faintly stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XBLP – 493 18X, Side 2 - XBLP – 494 18.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Paul Prince and Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans.
"Wigwam"/"Copper Kettle" - 10" mono 45RPM acetate, Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, TN, no number (USA), Jul 1970:
 Wigwam US acetate - A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
This acetate is very rare and unusual for two reasons: firstly it's 10" instead of 8" (the normal acetate size); and secondly because it's in mono. This was unusual because the promotional and commercial singles in the USA and Canada were all stereo, although mono versions were released in other countries. For stereo US and international singles with Wigwam/Copper Kettle see US & International 7" Singles & EPs 1970. For mono non-US singles with Wigwam/Copper Kettle see below. For the Self Portrait mono LP, see Mono Album Releases. |
 Wigwam US acetate - B-side scan by Hans Seegers |
R-1091 Wigwam - mono version of Self Portrait track
R-1092 Copper Kettle (Albert Frank Beddoe) - mono version of Self Portrait track
These tracks could be reductions from stereo from the mono LP. However, Mark Easter informs me that Columbia mixed tracks from stereo-only albums in mono specially for singles up to 1970, so these mono tracks could be exclusive mixes for the non-US 7" single releases.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Wigwam"/"Copper Kettle (The Pale Moonlight)" - 7" mono promo and commercial singles, CBS 5122 (NL/France/West Germany/Italy/Spain), 13 Jul 1970/CBS 33675 (Brazil)/CBS SSC 1074 (South Africa)/CBS BA 221757 (Australia)/CBS BA 461296 (New Zealand)/CBS 15005 (Venezuela), Jul 1970:
 CBS 5122 (West Germany) - promo sleeve scan by Manfred Helfert |
R-1091-2 Wigwam - mono version of Self Portrait track R-1092-2 Copper Kettle (Albert Frank Beddoe) - mono version of Self Portrait track For more details of these singles, see International Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76. Thanks to Hans Seegers, Manfred Helfert, Ronald Born and Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
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 CBS 5122 (France) - front scan by Hans Seegers (with languette on right) |
 CBS 5122 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS YD 245 jukebox single (Italy), first release - scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS 5122 (Italy) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS SSC 1074 (South Africa) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS BA 221757 (Australia) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS BA 461296 (New Zealand) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS 33675 (Brazil) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS 15005 (Venezuela) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
"Wigwam"/"Lay, Lady, Lay" - 7" mono promo and commercial singles, CBS 22.257 (Argentina), 1970:
 CBS 22.257 (Argentina) - A-side of promo single, scan by Hans Seegers |
R-1091-3 Wigwam - mono version of Self Portrait
track These singles have orange CBS labels and play at 33⅓ RPM. Both tracks are mono versions of the performances from Self Portrait and Nashville Skyline. For these mono albums, see Mono Album Releases. Lay, Lady, Lay was released worldwide as the A-side of a mono single, see Mono 7" Singles and EPs 1969. |
 CBS 22.257 (Argentina) - B-side of promo single, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS 22.257 (Argentina) - B-side of commercial single, scan by Hans Seegers |
The promo version of this single has "DISCO PARA DEMOSTRACION VENTA PROHIBIDA" [DEMONSTRATION DISC NOT FOR SALE] stamped on both sides.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"All The Tired Horses" - mono 8" 45RPM acetate,
Columbia NCO 101488/ZSP 154035 (USA), 19 Aug 1970/12 Apr 1971:
"NCO 101488" is a
recording studio session number for Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN. (The song
was recorded in New York on 5 Mar 1970 with session number "CO 101488", but
dubbed and remixed in Nashville - information from Michael Krogsgaard.) "ZSP
154035" is the Columbia US pressing number.
 Columbia ZSP 154035 (USA) - scan by Arie de Reus (dated "8-19-70") |
R-0689 All The Tired Horses - mono version of track
from Self Portrait (stereo version is not a rarity) This and the 7" promo single below are the only appearances of this song in mono, as it was not released as a commercial single. These acetates are very rare. The mono version again could be a reduction from stereo, not true mono - for the Self Portrait mono LP, see Mono Album Releases. Mark Easter informs me that Columbia mixed tracks from stereo-only albums in mono specially for singles up to 1970, so this mono track could be an exclusive mix for a 7" single release. |
 Columbia NCO 101488 (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers (dated "4/12/71") |
Both these acetates have Columbia Recording Studios New York generic labels with handwritten text. The copy owned by Arie de Reus has the Columbia pressing number "ZSP 154035" and is dated "8-19-70" (19 Aug 1970). The copy owned by Hans Seegers has the Columbia Studios Nashville recording studio session number "NCO 101488" and is dated "4/12/71" (12 Apr 1971). Both have identical stickers with the same Staten Island, New York, address.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Arie de Reus for information and scans.
"All The Tired Horses" - 7" mono/stereo promo singles, Columbia AE 25 (USA), Aug 1970 (three variants):
 Columbia AE 25 (USA), promo single mono side - scan by Martin Hoefermann (variant 1) |
R-0689-2 All The Tired Horses - mono version of track from Self Portrait (stereo version is not a rarity) These singles have the mono version (as above) on one side, and the regular album stereo version on the other. See above for a comment about whether these tracks are mono reductions from stereo or mono mixes exclusive to these 7" singles - for the Self Portrait mono LP, see Mono Album Releases. The mono side has a white promo label with red lettering, the stereo side has a blue and yellow promo label. As can be seen, there are at least three different variants of this promo single, probably from different Columbia US pressing plants. The stereo side variants have the same text layout as the mono sides, e.g. with “BOB DYLAN” printed vertically, printed horizontally on one line, and printed horizontally on two lines as shown. |
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 Columbia AE 25 (USA), promo single mono side - scan by Hans Seegers (variant 2) |
 Columbia AE 25 (USA), promo single stereo side - scan by Hans Seegers (variant 2) |
 Columbia AE 25 (USA), promo single mono side - scan by Hans Seegers (variant 3) |
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Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and Hans Seegers and Martin Hoefermann for scans.
"New Morning" - stereo vinyl LP releases: Columbia KC 30290 (USA)/CBS S 69001 (UK/NL/West Germany/Greece), CBS/Sony SONP 50390 (Japan), Oct 1970; stereo cassette release: CBS 40-64179 (Spain), 1971:
 Columbia KC 30290 (USA) - front with radio station timing strip, scan by Gerd Rundel |
R-0071 New Morning - early copies of
the album have Bob saying "OK, here we go" at start of
title track, this was later deleted from the US album, but UK and some other
worldwide releases
retained it. Note the completely different Columbia US KC 30290 label style of the first copies compared to later copies! "NEW MORNING" is printed above "BOB DYLAN", one song listed above the centre hole, and the typeface and tracklist layout is different. |
 CBS 40-69001 (UK) - outside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (1970s copy with R-0071) |
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 Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-425 (USA) - picture from Mobile Fidelity web-site (2014) |
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CD copies of New Morning don't include the intro - R-0071 appeared for the first time on CD on a six song promo CD released by Columbia Records to promote the publication of the first part of Bob's autobiography "Chronicles Volume One" by Simon & Schuster in the USA, see 2004. Thanks to Peter Coulthard for reminding me that CD2, track 14 of the 2013 2CD release of The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) includes the intro with Bob saying "OK, here we go". However, as the 2013 version contains horn overdubs, R-0071 remains a rarity.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information that the 2014 Mobile Fidelity US 180gm vinyl release, MFSL 1-425 also includes R-0071.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Gerd Rundel, Manuel García Jara and Peter Coulthard for information and scans.
Various Artists - "I Can Hear It Now: The Sixties" - 3LP mono set,
Columbia M3X 30353 (USA), Nov 1970:
This is a documentary of voices from the 1960s, narrated by Walter Cronkite, with
speeches from John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, etc.
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R-0367 The Times They Are A-Changin' -
excerpts from the album version, used twice on Side 4 of the LP set, once in a medley with
I Left My
Heart In San Francisco by Tony Bennett and I Want To Hold Your Hand by the
Beatles (the start of the "Come writers and critics" verse), and
a 35 second excerpt on its own (the whole "Come senators,
congressmen" verse) Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Columbia M3X 30353 (USA) - LP rear scan by Hans Seegers (1970) |
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Various Artists - "I Can Hear It Now: The Sixties" - 2CD set, Columbia Legacy C2K 65907 (USA)/Columbia Legacy 494476 2 (UK), 1999:
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 Columbia Legacy C2K 65907 (USA) - CD rear scan by Hans Seegers (1999) |
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 Columbia Legacy 494476 2 (UK) - CD front with sticker (1999, my copy) |
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 Columbia Legacy 494476 2 (UK) - CD rear insert (1999) |
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The 1970 3LP set is now on 2CDs - Bob's contribution as above is on CD2. Note the picture of Bob on the inner side of the CD insert.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans of the US CD release. The UK CD release is my copy.
Various Artists - "The Best Of The Newport Folk Festivals" -
stereo vinyl LP releases, Vanguard VSD 8003 (West Germany/NL), end 1969/early 1970:
This album was made in West Germany by TELDEC (Telefunken Decca Schallplatten
GmbH) of Hamburg. There is no release date anywhere on sleeve or record labels,
nor are any of the songs dated. Some Internet sources date this LP as 1965, but
Ger Hemel says he bought his copy in Breda in Holland in late 1969 or early 1970
soon after its release.
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The sleeve is laminated on the front only on all
copies except the one where the record has third variant labels. On the rear sleeve and the record labels both Ye Playboys
And Playgirls and With God On Our Side are incorrectly credited as
"traditional". Blowin' In The Wind is credited correctly. The rear sleeve of my
copy has a Dutch record store sticker at top right. The record of my copy has
the same labels as Dag Braathen's and stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 -
VSD-8003-A, Side 2 - VSD-8003-B. "Manufactured in West Germany" is also stamped
on each side of the record. Ronald Born has three copies of this album, the
first is the same as mine and Dag Braathen's, but it has a partly removed price
sticker from Inelco, a Belgian/Dutch record store chain of the time. The second
copy has the same sleeve but different record labels as shown, and the third
copy has a fully laminated sleeve with a third design of record labels, also as
shown. The credit mistakes on Ye Playboys
And Playgirls and With God On Our Side are repeated on the second and
third variant labels. Manuel García Jara also has a copy identical to mine bought in Amsterdam in 1971 with the INELCO Dutch/Belgian sticker, this time intact and on the rear sleeve. A second copy bought in Hamburg in 1970 has record labels with a fourth design - the record was still made in West Germany and has German circumference text on the labels (different from the three German copies), but has the logo of the Dutch copyright organisation "GEMA", not the German "BIEM". The sleeve was laminated on the front only and has different TELDEC text at bottom right on the rear. |
 Vanguard VSD 8003 (West Germany) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers (all variants) |
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 Vanguard VSD 8003 (West Germany) - Side 1 scan by Ronald Born (second variant - R-0022, R-0020 with mistake and R-0023) |
 Vanguard VSD 8003 (West Germany) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born (second variant - R-0311 with mistake) |
 Vanguard VSD 8003 (West Germany) - Side 1 scan by Ronald Born (third variant - R-0022, R-0020 with mistake and R-0023) |
 Vanguard VSD 8003 (West Germany) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born (third variant - R-0311 with mistake) |
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 Vanguard VSD 8003 (West Germany) - detail of Side 1, scan by Ronald Born (second variant - new "STEREO" logo on left, same on right as variant 1) |
 Vanguard VSD 8003 (West Germany) - detail of Side 1, scan by Ronald Born (third variant - same on left as variant 2, "Bestell-Nr." missing on right, "76.23.383" below "VSD-8003") |
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 Vanguard VSD 8003 (West Germany/NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Vanguard VSD 8003 (West Germany/NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (Dutch "GEMA" logo instead of "BIEM" on left, "STEREO" on right) |
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R-0022-4 Blowin' In The Wind
- recorded live at the Newport Folk
Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from the Vanguard album Evening
Concerts At Newport Vol. 1, see 1964 (stereo
version)
R-0020-2 Ye Playboys
And Playgirls - with Pete Seeger, recorded live at the "Topical Songs"
workshop on 28 Jul 1963 (stereo version), from the 1964
album Newport Broadsides (Topical Songs) (see 1964),
now also on the Vanguard Sessions: Folk Duets CD (see 1998)
This song has always been thought to have been recorded at the afternoon
workshop on 27 Jul 1963, but sources such as Glen Dundas and Derek Barker (in
Appendix 1 to his 2008 Chrome Dreams book "The Songs He Didn't Write: Bob Dylan
Under The Influence") now think it took place on the following day. Lyrics on bobdylan.com
here.
R-0023-2 We Shall
Overcome (Zilphia Horton/Frank Hamilton/Guy Carawan/Pete Seeger)
- Bob performs
with the Freedom Singers and ensemble, recorded live at the Newport Folk
Festival, Newport, RI, 26 Jul 1963, from the Vanguard album Evening Concerts At Newport Vol. 1,
see 1964
(stereo version)
R-0311-2 With God On Our Side
- with Joan Baez (stereo version), from the
Vanguard album Newport Broadside (Topical Songs), see 1964
This performance is now known to have been recorded during the morning workshop
on 27 Jul 1963 and is not the performance from Joan's set at the evening concert
on 28 Jul 1963 (R-0021), and also not the performance from the afternoon
workshop on 26 Jul 1963 as originally stated here. The real R-0021 was not
actually released until 2005 - for video footage of this performance see
both the
2005 US Columbia/Legacy DVD No Direction Home - Bob Dylan (see
VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3) and the 2007 US Columbia/Legacy DVD The Other Side Of The Mirror: Bob
Dylan Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965 (see VHS
& DVD 2000s Part 4). The performance released in 1997 on the Joan Baez Live At
Newport CD is from 1964 (R-0253, see 1997). The
performance from the Newport Broadsides (Topical Songs) album (see 1964) has been renumbered R-0311. Thanks to Larry Crum and Bob Stacy for
information.
 Vanguard/King Record Co GW 81-82 (Japan) - photo from eBay |
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Dag Braathen, Ronald Born and Manuel García Jara for information and scans. Hans Seegers also has two Japanese Vanguard album with these tracks called The Newport Folk Festival 1963 Vol. 2 (Vanguard SH 114) and Golden Folk Festival Double Deluxe (Vanguard/King Record Co GW 81-82). The latter has a red obi. More information and scans required! The other album called Golden Folk Festival Double Deluxe (ANT TD 1158-1159) is from Taiwan and is an unofficial copy, using a photo of Joan Baez from the official insert as the cover picture. |
 ANT TD 1158-1159 (Taiwan) - photo from eBay |
Various Artists - "The Sounds Of The 60's In Pitman" - promotional 7" stereo vinyl EP, Columbia PA-10 (USA), 13 Dec 1970:
 Columbia PA-10 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0509 Like A Rolling Stone - 25 second excerpt of the Highway
61 Revisited album track used in a special CBS 7" stereo EP for internal
circulation only, released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the CBS
pressing plant in Pitman, New Jersey, 1970, and dated 13 Dec 1970. Manuel García Jara's copy has a "19" on the front sleeve at top right. The rear sleeve is plain white. |
 Columbia PA-10 (USA) - alternate front scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 Columbia PA-10 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (includes R-0509) |
For the 20th anniversary record released in 1980, see 1980. For the 30th anniversary CD released in 1990, see 1990.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
Mono Singles & EPs for 1970
 Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76 |
These are now here: Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76. Mono LPs have their own pages, see International Mono Releases. (The last original Dylan album to be released in mono was 1970's New Morning.) |
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Promotional/Regular Items for 1970
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