A-E
F-J
K-O
P-S
T-ZAll the songs listed in the Official
Rarities section are cross-referenced by song title in these
alphabetical pages.
A-E
F-J
K-O
P-S
T-Z
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. For details of all 1973-74 single releases of A Fool Such As I, now see here.
If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities -
see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
dealers on my Trading page for assistance!
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)
Alison Steele - "Alison's Tea House" - promo interview LP, Chelsea Productions DM 68489 (USA), 1974:
 Chelsea Productions DM 68489 (USA) - front scan by Arie de Reus |
R-0936 The Times They Are A-Changin’/Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right - excerpts from solo performances from Before The Flood tour, Madison Square Garden, New York, 30 or 31 Jan 1974, during Bill Graham interview |
 Chelsea Productions DM 68489 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Arie de Reus |
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 Alison Steele - signed WNEW-FM promo photo |
This is a promotional only release where Alison Steele interviews various music personalities. During an interview with Bill Graham at a Dylan/The Band Concert (Madison Square Garden, 31 Jan 1974), Bob Dylan can be heard in an unreleased performance of parts of The Times They Are A-Changin’ and Don’t Think Twice It’s All Right. From Wikipedia: "Alison Steele (born Ceil Loman in Brooklyn, New York, on 26 Jan 1937; died 27 Sep 1995) was a pioneering American disc jockey in Manhattan at what would become the archetypal progressive rock radio station in the United States, WNEW-FM. She was commonly known as "The Nightbird". She also became a writer, television producer, correspondent, and an entrepreneur."
Thanks to Arie de Reus for information and scans.
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - international promo and commercial stereo 7" singles, Columbia/CBS, Jan 1974 onwards:
See here for a note about writer credits for the A-side, often wrongly credited by Columbia to Buford Abner, but actually written by Bill Trader.
For details of all single and EP releases of A Fool Such As I, now see here.
For the now out-of-print Columbia Dylan album from which these tracks were taken, see 1973.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Dag Braathen for information and scans.
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"/"A Fool Such As I" - stereo 7" single in "Hall Of Fame" series, Columbia 4-33259/13-33259 (USA/Canada), 1974 onwards:
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 Columbia 13-33259 (USA, 1975) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (variant without sunburst with demo stamp) |
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 Columbia 13-33259 (USA, 1987) - A-side with demo stamp, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Columbia/Collectables Records 13-33259 (USA, 1993) - A-side scan by Patrick Helfrich |
 Columbia 13-33259 (USA, 1997) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia 13-33259 (Canada, 1974) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
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Barry Goldberg - "Barry Goldberg" - stereo vinyl LP
releases, Atco SD 7040 (USA), 25 Feb 1974/Atco 40548 (France),
1974; CD releases:
Micro
Werks MW 032/OPCD-8390 (USA), 7 Jul 2009;
Warner Music Japan WPCR-14839 (Japan), 10 April
2013:
Atco was a subsidiary "specialty" label of Atlantic Records. Bob, who co-produced the album with Jerry Wexler, contributes back-up vocals on five tracks and
also plays percussion on
It's Not The Spotlight.
R-0106 Stormy Weather Cowboy (Barry Goldberg), recorded at Muscle Shoals Studio, Sheffield, AL, Aug 1973
R-0107 It's Not The Spotlight (Gerry Goffin/Barry Goldberg), recorded as R-0106
R-0108 Silver Moon (Barry Goldberg, recorded as R-0106
R-0109 Minstrel Show (Barry Goldberg), recorded as R-0106
R-0110 Big City Woman (Barry Goldberg), recorded as R-0106
LP releases: Atco SD 7040 (USA), 25 Feb 1974 onwards:
 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - front scan by Kenneth Robson |
The copy of Atco SD 7040 owned by Hans Seegers is the original pressing and the record labels have Atlantic Records' address as "1841 Broadway, New York, NY". Kenneth Robson's copy is the second pressing with their later address of "75 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY". Hans has information that the Broadway address was used until late 1973, but as this label is dated 1974 the move must have been later. |
 Atco SD 7040 (USA for export) - front with UK sticker, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
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 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - inner sleeve front ("ROCK-6", my copy) |
 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - detail of inner sleeve front ("ROCK-6", my copy) |
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 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (first release - "ST-C-733045-MO", my copy is the same) |
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 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - detail of Side 1, photocopy by Paul Shenton (second release variant 1 - "ST-C-733045-MO") |
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 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Kenneth Robson (second release variant 2 - "ST-C-733045 PR") |
 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson (with R-0110 - second release variant 2) |
 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - detail of front, scan by Stuart Moore (with ABC HO promo stamp and nick) |
 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (with ABC HO promo stamp, second release variant 2 - Rockefeller Plaza address) |
 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - inner sleeve front photocopy by Paul Shenton ("ROCK-4") |
 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - detail of inner sleeve front, photocopy by Paul Shenton ("ROCK-4") |
 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - inner sleeve rear photocopy by Paul Shenton ("ROCK-4") |
 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - Side 1 photocopy by Paul Shenton (with R-0106 - R-0109, second release variant 3 - Rockefeller Plaza address) |
 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - detail of Side 1, photocopy by Paul Shenton (second release variant 3 - "ST-C-733045RI") |
 Atco SD 7040 (USA) - Side 2 photocopy by Paul Shenton (with R-0110 - second release variant 3) |
My copy is the same as Hans Seegers', with record labels with the Broadway address and matrix numbers ending in "MO", for Monarch Records, Los Angeles, CA (see below). My first release copy has an Atlantic Records inner sleeve with pictures of 32 contemporary albums and the issue number "ROCK-6". All rear sleeves appear to have the Rockefeller Plaza address, including mine where the record labels have the Broadway address! Are there any record labels with the Broadway address and matrix numbers ending in "PR" (Presswell Records, Ancora, NJ) or "RI" (Philips Recording Company, Richmond, IN)?
Although there are reports of a UK release of this album I have not been able to find firm evidence it was ever released on vinyl elsewhere than the USA, Paul Shenton's copy shown was bought in the UK but was imported from the USA. It has a front "MECOLICO" (Mechanical Copyright Licences Company) sticker with "SPECIALLY IMPORTED BY Virgin 10p". This shows that copyright fees have been paid in Britain. The record of this copy comes in a "ROCK 4" inner sleeve as shown and has second release variant 1 labels with Monarch Records matrix numbers, again as explained below.
Thanks to Stuart Moore for scans of a copy of the second US release of SD 7040 (variant 1) which has a radio station promo stamp of "ABC HO" (Australian Broadcasting Corporation Hobart) on the front of the sleeve and on Side 1. The sleeve also has a nick at top right showing it's not for resale.
The Kenneth Robson's second release variant 2 copy has an Atlantic Records inner sleeve with pictures of 32 contemporary albums and the issue number "ROCK-5". Paul Shenton's second release variant 3 copy has an earlier Atlantic Records inner sleeve with issue number "ROCK-4". Paul's record has second release variant 3 labels with the Rockefeller Plaza address but different matrix numbers at the bottom of the labels. These matrix numbers use the same US pressing plant codes as the Asylum Records singles below. The three matrix numbers shown include "ST-" to indicate stereo, "73" for the mastering year and pressing plant codes as follows:
"MO" = Monarch Records, Los Angeles, CA (Hans Seegers' and my first release copies and Paul Shenton's second release variant 1 copies)
"PR" = Presswell Company, Ancora, NJ (Kenneth Robson's and Stuart Moore's second release variant 2 copies)
"RI" = Philips Recording Company, Richmond, IN (Paul Shenton's second release variant 3 copy)
Paul's second release variant 3 copy also has a "ROCK-4" sleeve.
LP release: Atco 40548 (France), 1974:
 Atco 40548 (France) - front scan by Ger Hemel |
The record of this French sleeve has a plain white inner sleeve. The sleeve was printed in France and the record labels have the logo of the French "SACEM" copyright organisation. |
 Atco 40548 (France) - rear scan by Ger Hemel |
 Atco 40548 (France) - detail of rear, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Atco 40548 (France) - Side 1 scan by Ger Hemel |
 Atco 40548 (France) - Side 2 scan by Ger Hemel |
Atco 40548 (France) - detail of rear, scan by Ger Hemel
CD releases: Micro Werks MW 032/Rhino Custom OPCD-8390 (USA/Canada), 7 Jul 2009; Warner Music Japan WPCR-14839 (Japan), 10 April 2013:
 Micro Werks MW 032/Rhino Custom OPCD-8390 (USA) - CD front of card sleeve with sticker, scan by Jack from Canada |
This album was not reissued on CD until 2009. The 2009 US CD release comes in a three panel card sleeve with an orange sticker with black text citing Bob as producer. This release has two extra tracks, but as far as I know they do not involve Bob as a performer. |
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 Micro Werks MW 032/Rhino Custom OPCD-8390 (USA) - inside page of CD booklet, scan by Dag Braathen |
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 Micro Werks MW 032/Rhino Custom OPCD-8390 (USA) - inside page of CD booklet, scan by Dag Braathen |
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 Warner Music Japan WPCR-14839 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Warner Music Japan WPCR-14839 (Japan) - outside of front booklet, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Warner Music Japan WPCR-14839 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Warner Music Japan WPCR-14839 (Japan) - CD scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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Music Japan WPCR-14839 (Japan) - detail of inside of front booklet, scan by
Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Jack from Canada explains: "It might be worth noting that there are two different versions of this album.
A: the original vinyl album as released in 1974 with the Jerry Wexler produced re-recorded vocal tracks (in Miami).
B: the 2009 CD on Micro Werks with the original Bob Dylan produced vocal tracks (in Muscle Shoals).
As Goldberg explained years later, the late Jerry Wexler insisted that the vocals needed to be re-recorded, after Goldberg had worked closely in the studio with Dylan. Goldberg: "Bob told me, 'Leave the vocals just like they are, they're fine. Don't let anybody mess with them.' They had a vibe to them". But Wexler, who had the power to do so, came in and told Goldberg they had to re-work the vocal tracks. "It's bothered me all these years," Barry said. "Here I had this great opportunity to work with Bob, to have him produce me - which he never did for anybody, ever -and it just didn't turn out right." In 2009 Goldberg was given the chance to remix the album using the Dylan-produced vocals that they'd recorded along with the assembled musicians right there at the Muscle Shoals studio, and the record has finally come out on CD for the very first time."
The 2013 Japanese release comes in a jewel case with a clear tray (showing the reverse of the rear insert which is grey with just "BARRY GOLDBERG ATCO"). It has a 22-page front booklet with liner notes in Japanese (pages 2-6, dated 2013/2) and song lyrics in English and in Japanese (pages 7-21). The CD is described as "2013 Digitally Remastered by Isao Kikuchi (Warner Music Mastering)". It does not contain the extra tracks.
Also illustrated here are Atco 45-6946, three mono/stereo US 7" promo singles, and Atlantic ATL 10398, a very rare 7" promo single from this album released in West Germany. These singles were released in 1973 (12 Oct 1973 in the USA) before the album was released in 1974.
Atco 45-5946 (USA), 1973:
 Atco 45-6946 (USA) - mono side, my copy (promo variant 1 - "PLUG SIDE" on left, Broadway address, matrix "73C-27056 PL") |
Both sides of the US single have (I've Got To Use My) Imagination without Bob performing, but listed as co-producer. |
 Atco 45-6946 (USA) - detail of mono side, my copy (promo variant 1 - Broadway address) |
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 Atco 45-6946 (USA) - mono side scan by Manuel García Jara (promo variant 2 - "PLUG SIDE" on right, Rockefeller Plaza address, matrix "73C-27056 MO") |
 Atco 45-6946 (USA) - detail of mono side, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo variant 2 - Rockefeller Plaza address) |
 Atco 45-6946 (USA) - detail of mono side, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo variant 2 - matrix "73C-27056 MO") |
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There are at least three variants of this promo single: my copy (variant 1) has the earlier Atlantic Records address of "1841 Broadway, New York, NY", "PLUG SIDE" to the left of the centre hole on both sides, and matrix numbers "73C-27056 PL" (mono) and "ST-73C-27056 PL" (stereo) showing it was pressed at Plastics Products, Memphis, TN. Manuel García Jara's copy (variant 2) now has the words "PLUG SIDE" to the right of the centre hole on both sides and the later Atlantic Records address of "75 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY", with matrix numbers "73C-27056 MO" (mono) and "ST-73C-27056 MO" (stereo) showing it was pressed at Monarch Records, Los Angeles, CA. Dag Braathen's copy (variant 3) again has the later Atlantic Records address of "75 Rockefeller Plaza, NY, NY", no "PLUG SIDE" on either side, and matrix numbers "73C-27056 SP" (mono) and "ST-73C-27056 SP" (stereo) showing it was pressed at Specialty Record Corp, Olyphant, PA.
Atlantic ATL 10398 (West Germany), 1973:
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The West German single, with (I've Got To Use My) Imagination on the A-side and Dusty Country (both from Side 2 of the album) on the B-side, also does not have Bob performing, but he is again listed as co-producer. The West German promo single is unique in that it was the only worldwide Atlantic promo release to use the commercial picture sleeve, all other promo releases used generic sleeves. |
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 Atlantic ATL 10398 (West Germany) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (commercial release) |
 Atlantic ATL 10398 (West Germany) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (commercial release) |
 Atlantic ATL 10398 (West Germany) - A-side scan by Manuel García Jara (commercial release) |
 Atlantic ATL 10398 (West Germany) - B-side scan by Manuel García Jara (commercial release) |
Atlantic/SLD 6946 (Lebanon), 1974:
 Atlantic/SLD 6946 (Lebanon) - A-side scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release) |
Amazingly, this single was also released in the Lebanon, made for Atlantic Records by Societé Libanaise du Disque (SLD), Beirut. It had the US catalogue number "6946" and and Dusty Country on the B-side. |
 Atlantic/SLD 6946 (Lebanon) - A-side in SLD generic sleeve, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release) |
 Atlantic/SLD 6946 (Lebanon) - B-side scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release) |
 Atlantic/SLD 6946 (Lebanon) - A-side scan by Manuel García Jara (commercial release) |
 Atlantic/SLD 6946 (Lebanon) - B-side scan by Manuel García Jara (commercial release) |
There was also a white label promo release, shown here in an SLD generic sleeve. The commercial single had regular Atlantic labels.
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) - Bob plays piano for Barry Goldberg, 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, released on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II. This performance has been added to Online Performances (Other).
Thanks to Wim van der Mark, Kenneth Robson, Hans Seegers, Dag Braathen, Tim Dunn, Manuel García Jara, Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Ger Hemel for information and scans.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "On A Night Like This" - mono/stereo 7" promo singles, Asylum AS 11033 (USA), 7 Mar 1974:
R-0454 On A Night Like This - mono version on
one side of Asylum
radio station promo 7" mono/stereo single
This is a reduction to mono from stereo, as no mono version of this album
was released.
This promo single with two label variations had the regular stereo album version on the other side. For more details of the stereo side of this single, see US & International 7" Singles & EPs 1974.
With the first variant (left), the placing of "MONO" on the bottom line on the right of the centre hole implies it was pressed at Specialty Record Corp, Olyphant, PA (see the Barry Goldberg US promo single variant 3 above). With the second variant (right), the placing of "MONO" as the top line implies it was pressed at Santa Maria, CA. For details of Asylum pressing plants in the USA, see below.
For details of other Asylum/Island 7" single releases with On A Night Like This in stereo, see US & International 7" Singles & EPs 1974.
For the generic 1974 US Asylum sleeves used to house these singles, see 7" Single Sleeves.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Something There Is About You" - mono/stereo 7" promo singles, Asylum AS 11035 (USA), 10 May 1974:
 Asylum AS 11035 7" promo single (USA) - stereo side scan by Hans Seegers (first variant with date stamp) |
R-0684 Something There Is About You - radio edit (3:05) of track from Planet Waves on stereo side of promo single (the album version is 4:46). |
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 Asylum AS 11035 7" promo single (USA) - mono side scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
 Asylum AS 11035 7" promo single (USA) - stereo side scan by Hans Seegers (second variant) |
 Asylum AS 11035 7" promo single (USA) - mono side scan by Hans Seegers (second variant) |
R-0684M Something There Is About You - mono version of radio edit
(3:05) on mono side of promo single
This is a reduction to mono from stereo, as no mono version of this album
was released.
With the first variant (left), the placing of "STEREO" or "MONO" as the last line on the right implies it was pressed at Specialty Record Corp, Olyphant, PA. With the second variant (right), the placing of "STEREO" or "MONO" as the top line implies it was pressed at Santa Maria, CA. For details of Asylum pressing plants in the USA, see below.
For details of other Asylum/Island 7" single releases with the full 4:46 album version of Something There Is About You on the A-side and Tough Mama on the B-side, see International 7" Singles & EPs 1974.
For the generic 1974 US Asylum sleeves used to house these singles, see 7" Single Sleeves.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - two 8-track stereo cartridge release, Asylum AT-8201 (USA), Jun 1974:
 Asylum AT-8201 (USA) - front of slipcase 1, scan by Manuel García Jara |
This two cartridge release has three songs each split over two programs, Endless Highway by The Band, It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob solo) and Highway 61 Revisited (Bob with The Band). The Dylan songs are on cartridge 2. |
 Asylum AT-8201 (USA) - rear of slipcase 1, scan by Manuel García Jara |
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R-1234 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Part 1) - recorded live at The
Forum, Inglewood, CA, 14 Feb 1974 (evening show), split over two programs
The first part is on program 1.
R-2171 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
(Part 2) -
recorded live at The Forum, Inglewood, CA, 14 Feb 1974 (evening show), split
over two programs
The second part is on program 2.
R-1235 Highway 61 Revisited (Part 1) - recorded live with
The Band at The Forum, Inglewood, CA, 14 Feb 1974 (evening show), split over two
programs
The first part is on program 3.
R-2172 Highway 61 Revisited (Part 2) - recorded live with
The Band at The Forum, Inglewood, CA, 14 Feb 1974 (evening show), split over two
programs
The second part is on program 4.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and André Wilbers for information and scans.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine"
- mono/stereo 7" promo single, Asylum AS
11043 (USA), 1974:
These Asylum singles were made at different pressing plants in the
USA, each is identified by a code on the single label:
"CSM" - Santa Maria, CA; "CTH" - Terre Haute, IN; "SP" -
Specialty Record Corp, Olyphant, PA. Labels from only
two plants are shown. Asylum Before The Flood albums have other codes as
well:
"CP" - Columbia pressing plant at Pitman, NJ
“MON - Monarch Records pressing plant, Los Angeles, CA
“RCAH” - RCA pressing plant, Hollywood, CA
“RCAI” - RCA pressing plant, Indianapolis, IN
 Asylum AS 11043 7" promo single (USA) - mono side scan by Hans Seegers ("SP"=Specialty Record Corp, Olyphant, PA) |
R-0543 Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine - mono version
of Before The Flood album track live with The Band on mono side of
Asylum radio station promo 7" single This is a reduction to mono from stereo, as no mono version of this album was released. For more details of the stereo side of this single, see International 7" Singles & EPs 1974. For the regular US and internationally released stereo singles, also see International 7" Singles & EPs 1974. For the generic 1974 US Asylum sleeves used to house these singles, see 7" Single Sleeves. |
 Asylum AS 11043 7" promo single (USA) - mono side picture from www.45cat.com ("CSM"=Santa Maria, CA) |
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 Asylum AS 11043 7" promo single (USA) - stereo side scan by Hans Seegers ("SP"=Specialty Record Corp, Olyphant, PA) |
 Asylum AS 11043 7" promo single (USA) - detail of mono side, scan by Hans Seegers ("SP"=Specialty Record Corp, Olyphant, PA, on left) |
 Asylum AS 11043 7" promo single (USA) - detail of mono side, picture from www.45cat.com ("CSM"=Santa Maria, CA, on right) |
 Asylum AS 11043 7" promo single (USA) - stereo side scan by Hans Seegers ("CSM"=Santa Maria, CA) |
Scans of the "CTH" promo single required!
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "It Ain't Me, Babe"/"All Along The Watchtower" - 7" mono/stereo promo and commercial singles, Asylum E-45212 (USA), Summer 1974:
The copy shown of the commercial single pressed by (SP) (Specialty Record Corp, Olyphant, PA) was used as a promo. It has a promo stamp with text "DJ COPY PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY" partly on the B-side label and partly on the white sleeve. Unusually the sleeve has a European-style date of "24-09-1974" (24 Sep 1974) on the A-side!
US promo and commercial single A-sides:
R-0113M It Ain't Me, Babe (3:15) - mono edit of Before The Flood version (3:40), recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, evening show/afternoon show, 14 Feb 1974
I previously reported this as a different performance from that on Before The Flood, but the story is more complicated! Les Kokay reports in "Isis" issue 102 that, while the performances are essentially the same, there is a noticeable difference on the last line of the third verse: on the album track and some countries' singles (Canada, West Germany, Spain) Bob sings "It still ain't me, babe"; here he sings just the expected "It ain't me, babe." Les' theory, confirmed by Bob Meyer, is that on this promo version the song ending has been spliced in from the afternoon performance of the same date.
US promo and commercial single B-sides:
R-0112 All Along The Watchtower (2:58) - stereo edit of Before The Flood version (3:19), also recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, afternoon show, 14 Feb 1974
No versions of this single come with a picture sleeve. For the generic US Asylum sleeves used in 1974, see 7" Single Sleeves.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Bob Meyer, Les Kokay and Ger Hemel for information and scans.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "It Ain't Me, Babe"/"All Along The Watchtower" - 7" mono/stereo
commercial single, Asylum E-45212 (Canada), Summer 1974:
This Canadian single has a different
A-side from the US singles, R-0555, unedited but still in mono. The B-side is the same as the US singles,
R-0112.
 Asylum E-45212 (Canada) regular single A-side (mono 3:40, R-0555) - scan by Dag Braathen |
R-0555 It Ain't Me, Babe (3:40) - Before The Flood
version with The Band, recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, evening
show, 14 Feb 1974, in reduced mono This would appear just to be the "mono" version of the album track, which is indeed 3:40, and without the edit or the lyrics change in the US promo version above. R-0112-2 All Along The Watchtower (2:58) - stereo edit of Before The Flood version (3:19), also recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, evening show, 14 Feb 1974 |
 Asylum E-45212 (Canada) regular single B-side (stereo edit 2:58, R-0112) - scan by Dag Braathen |
Thanks to Dag Braathen for information and scans.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "It Ain't Me, Babe"/"All Along The Watchtower" - 7"
stereo promo and commercial singles,
Asylum AS 13 013 (West Germany), 8 Nov 1974; Hispavox/Asylum 45-1189
(Spain), 1975:
More confusion! These European singles have yet another
variant of the A-side! There are Internet reports of an Island UK single with
these tracks, WIP 6215, listed in "Music Week" as a new release for 9 Nov 1974,
but there is no other evidence of it.
R-0113
It Ain't Me, Babe (3:15) - stereo edit of Before The Flood
version (3:40), recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, evening
show/afternoon show, 14 Feb 1974
This is the same edit as the US promo and commercial singles, but this time
in stereo.
R-0112-3 All Along The Watchtower (2:58) - stereo edit of Before The Flood
version (3:19), also recorded at The Forum, Los Angeles, CA,
evening show, 14 Feb 1974
This is the same edit as the US and Canadian promo and commercial singles,
also in stereo.
Asylum AS 13 013 (West Germany) - promo and commercial releases:
 Asylum AS 13 013 (West Germany) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (promo and commercial releases) |
The West German single is also available as a white label promo in the same sleeve. The promo record has white Elektra "caterpillar" labels and handwritten matrix numbers: A-side - WEA E-45212-A, B-side -WEA E-45212-B. The promo text is in German, French and English. The commercial copy has Asylum "door in blue sky with clouds" labels. I'm told this single was released with the same catalogue number in Holland, France and Australia - confirmation and scans required. |
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Asylum AS 13 013 (West Germany) - detail of rear;
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Hispavox/Asylum 45-1189 (Spain) - promo and commercial releases:
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The Spanish promo sleeve has printed promo information in Spanish and the A-side title is translated as "No soy yo, nena" on the rear sleeve and A-side record label. On the commercial sleeve and A-side this was changed to "No soy yo, baby"! The record has white Asylum/Hispavox promo labels. The commercial Spanish single sleeve has a French-style "languette" index tab, missing from the promo sleeve. For more information about languettes, see 1965. The A-side title is translated as "No soy yo, baby" on the rear sleeve and A-side record label. The record has Asylum/Hispavox "door in blue sky with clouds" labels. |
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 Asylum/Hispavox 45-1189 (Spain) - rear without languette, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release) |
 Asylum/Hispavox 45-1189 (Spain) - detail of rear with promo text, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release) |
 Asylum/Hispavox 45-1189 (Spain) - detail of rear with "No soy yo, nena", scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release) |
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 Asylum/Hispavox 45-1189 (Spain) - B-side scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release, R-0112) |
 Asylum/Hispavox 45-1189 (Spain) - rear with languette (text side), scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release) |
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 Asylum/Hispavox 45-1189 (Spain) - detail of rear with "No soy yo, baby", scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release) |
 Asylum/Hispavox 45-1189 (Spain) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release) |
 Asylum/Hispavox 45-1189 (Spain) - detail of A-side with "No soy yo, baby", scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release) |
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"Mr. D's Collection # 1" - promo LP, CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan),
mid 1974:
This is the album that first collected Bob Dylan rarities together, and
it was only been released in Japan on vinyl as a strictly limited edition. This album was released
two years before the extracted EP, Mr.
D's Collection #2, which definitely dates from 1976. Hans Seegers and
Wil Gielen have
now confirmed the above date for this album. I have no information about this release
having an obi.
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CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - front scan by Lars M. Banke |
The Mr. D's Collection records were given away to Japanese fans in exchange for tokens collected from CBS/Sony albums (the obi or part of the obi). See 1976 for the EP Mr. D's Collection #2, and 1993 for the CD Mr. D's Collection # 3. All these items were produced in limited quantities only, and are very collectable. The front design is by Novhiko Yabuki.The record is in a clear plastic bag inside a paper inner sleeve with details of all the qualifying albums. The date "1974 12 31" (31 Dec 1974) which appears on the illustrated obi and the rear of the inner sleeve is the closure date for the offer, not the release date as I originally thought. It's time the material on this album and much more was made available on a commercially available Bob Dylan CD worldwide! |
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 CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - inner sleeve front scan by Simon Blokker |
 CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - inner sleeve rear scan by Simon Blokker |
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 CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (includes R-0095, R-0002, R-0145 and R-0085) |
 CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (includes R-0054, R-0072M, R-0074 and R-0084) |
CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd
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Side 1: I'm So Restless; I'll Fly Away; Mixed Up Confusion; From a Buick 6; George Jackson (Acoustic Version).
R-0095-2 I'm So
Restless (Roger McGuinn) - with Roger McGuinn, from his 1973 self-titled Columbia album
(see 1973)
Bob gets a name check in the lyrics as "Mr. D", which inspired this
collection's title!
R-0002-4 I'll Fly Away
(Albert E. Brumley) - with Carolyn Hester, from her 1962 self-titled
Columbia album, see 1962 (stereo version)
For a complete list of all the compilations this track has appeared on, also see
1962.
R-0145 Mixed Up Confusion
- out-take from The
Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York,
1 Nov 1962 (take 10).
This is not the original
US mono single (R-0007, see
1962)
This is
a mono mix of an
overdubbed
alternate
take (2:30) that doesn't have the harmonica solo immediately
after Bob's introduction "I've got mixed up confusion, man, it's a-killin'
me!". The original take
(which
first
appeared on
an
acetate
which surfaced in Nov
1983,
R-0576/R-0577/R-0578),
was recorded on 1 Nov 1962 (take 10)
but then overdubbed later with different backing musicians, probably on 8
December 1964, without Dylan’s involvement.
According to Rob van Estrik the overdubbed version, which also appears on the 1976 Japanese EP Mr. D's Collection # 2 (see 1976), the 1978 Japanese and Australian set Masterpieces (see 1978), and in a slightly shorter stereo mix on the original 1985 issue of Biograph (R-0748, see 1985), runs slightly slow. Steve Espinola adds to this: "The Masterpieces and Biograph alternate take runs about a semitone slower than the single take, making Bob sound overly mature and serious. If the alternate take is sped up to the pitch of the single, it comes across as much more light-hearted. It also becomes a song in G, a much more likely correct pitch than F#."
For details of all the released alternate takes of this song, see 1962. Many thanks to Les Kokay for all his information about these alternate takes, and for permission to reproduce his findings and to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for further information. The original 1962 recording, at the correct speed and with the original backing, has now been released, along with six other takes of Mixed Up Confusion, on the Sony Music Europe 4CD-R set The 50th Anniversary Collection in Dec 2012.
From a Buick 6 - I was originally informed this was the alternate take with the harmonica intro (R-0046, see 1965), but this track is now revealed to be the regular version from Highway 61 Revisited. As the Japanese 12" vinyl version of the album had the alternate take, this was then the "alternate" version to them! It had previously appeared in Japan only on a 1966 stereo EP - see US & International 7" Singles & EPs 1965-69.
R-0085-2 George Jackson
- acoustic version from 1971 single, see 1971,
lyrics on bobdylan.com
here
For all subsequent appearances of this track on LP or CD compilations, also see 1971.
Side 2: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?; Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Live); Spanish Is The Loving Tongue; Nashville Skyline Rag; George Jackson ("Big Band" Version).
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
I am now positively informed that the version of Can You
Please Crawl Out Your Window? in this set is in mono, and not the stereo version
R-0513 unavailable on commercial
CD until 2015. The version available on Masterpieces (1978), Biograph (1985, remastered CD reissue
1997) and the 2000/2001 Essential
Bob Dylan/Ultimate Bob Dylan compilations is also from the original single
and still in mono! The version on a CBS Spanish 7" EP and single was in
mispressed mono and not in stereo as previously reported, see
1972. The single version
released in Nov 2015 on the 18CD Collector's Edition of The
Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 (CD10, track 12)
is in stereo and has been remixed from the original tapes. R-0513 still remains a rarity, because of the limited availability of
this massive set.
R-0054-4 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
- live
at Liverpool with The Hawks, May 1966 (5:36), B-side of mono I Want You singles (see 1966)
This live version, never released on a regular Columbia album, is also on 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), and the
Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History (see
2005). 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! This track
is now one of the 42 rarities included for download with the Aug 2006 Apple
iTunes Bob Dylan
Collection, see Online Performances
(Other), and is also on
the Columbia/Legacy USA/Europe 36CD set
The 1966 Live Recordings, Nov
2016.
All versions are still in mono as originally recorded.
Fred Muller says the version
on the Columbia/Legacy USA/Europe 36CD set
The 1966 Live Recordings
is not only longer at 6:51, but 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 including this one were spliced in 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 the same as R-0054, and now has a new R-number, R-1906.
R-0072M-3 Spanish Is The
Loving Tongue - solo 1971 single B-side version (see 1971), also on Masterpieces,
see 1978
This is not the version with band and backing singers from the 1973 Dylan
album (R-0096, see 1973). This take is
also different from the take released in 2013 on The
Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)! R-0072
was also released in 2011 on the Sony Music Germany compilation Pure Dylan:
An Intimate Look At Bob Dylan
(see 2011) - the first occurrence of this
performance to be genuinely in stereo!
An unexpected 1974 version appeared on Disc 3 of the 6CD set
The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood, More
Tracks" (Deluxe Edition), 2 Nov 2018.
R-0074-2 Nashville Skyline Rag
-
version with Earl Scruggs on
banjo and Bob on guitar, recorded at Tom Allen's home, Carmel, NY, Dec 1970.
For the original 1971 Columbia release of Earl Scruggs
Performing With His Family and Friends, see 1971.
R-0084-8 George Jackson
- "Big Band" version from 1971 single (see 1971),
lyrics on bobdylan.com
here
For all subsequent appearances of this track on LP or CD
compilations, also see 1971.
There are two tokens on the voucher - the first ("5:1") is for Mr. D's Collection #1, and means the fan has to send in five tokens from Dylan albums with these obis plus a shipping charge of ¥600 to obtain this album. The second token ("11:1") is for an imported Dylan photo book, although there's no shipping charge required in this case. More information about this photo book required! The 12 qualifying Japanese Dylan releases with the tokens on their obis as illustrated on the inner sleeve above were:
Blonde On Blonde (2LP set) CBS/Sony SOPJ 47-48 ¥3,600
Self Portrait (2LP set) CBS/Sony SOPJ 49-50 ¥3,600
Bob Dylan CBS/Sony SOPL 220 ¥2,000
The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan CBS/Sony SOPL 221 ¥2,000
The Times They Are A-Changin’ CBS/Sony SOPL 222 ¥2,000
Another Side Of Bob Dylan CBS/Sony SOPL 223 ¥2,000
Bringing It All Back Home CBS/Sony SOPL 224 ¥2,000
Highway 61 Revisited CBS/Sony SOPL 225 ¥2,000
John Wesley Harding CBS/Sony SOPL 226 ¥2,000
Nashville Skyline CBS/Sony SOPL 227 ¥2,000
New Morning CBS/Sony SOPL 228 ¥2,000
Dylan (1973) CBS/Sony SOPL 236 ¥2,200
You had buy 11 of the 12 qualifying albums to get the photo book, so if you wanted both the album and the book you would have to have bought more than one copy of an album! (There was no option on the voucher to send for both items together.) In late 1974 or early 1975 SOPL 220-228 were re-released with new obis omitting the voucher and the single album price raised to ¥2,200. SOPL 236 was only released with price ¥2,200 and SOPJ 47-48 & SOPJ 49-50 were not reissued.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Wil Gielen, Simon Blokker and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Disconnected - The Dial-A-Poem Poets
Double" - vinyl 2LP set, Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 003 (USA), 1974:
This release is a 2LP set in a gatefold sleeve. Bob's contribution was recorded
at the Record Plant, New York, Nov 1971, during the same sessions that produced September On
Jessore Road (see 1972), Going To San
Diego, Vomit Express (for both, see
1983), A Dream (see 1994),
plus Nurse's
Song and Spring (Merrily Welcome),
for both, see 2016.
 Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 003 (USA) - front scan by Kenneth Robson |
R-0158 Jimmy Berman Rag
(Allen Ginsberg/Bob Dylan) - Bob contributes vocals and plays
guitar, piano and organ for Allen Ginsberg The newsvendor shown on the album sleeve of 1975's The Basement Tapes and the front of a 1975 Spanish 7" single of Million Dollar Bash was said to be the legendary New York City character Jimmy Berman, but Patrick Rofflaer says he is actually actor Angelo Rossitto, famous for his roles in films such as "Freaks" and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". |
 Giorno Poetry Systems GPS 003 (USA) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson |
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 CBS 3665 (Spain, 1975) - 7" single front scan by Hans Seegers (actor playing Jimmy Berman on left) |
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This track also appeared on the 1983 album Allen Ginsberg's First Blues, John Hammond Records, see 1983.
Thanks to Kenneth Robson for information and scans.
"Bringing It All Back Home" - 8-track release, Columbia 18 10 0024/Columbia House PCA 24 (USA), 1974?:
 Columbia 18 10 0024 (USA) - front used for both releases, scan by Augie Krater |
R-0522 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) - shortened by two verses This 8-track edition was released twice, both times with the same front sleeve in red cartridges. There was also a Columbia House record club edition with different packaging (the example shown is still sealed in a slipcase and has a black cartridge). Note the first variant of 18 10 0024 has three separate glued labels while the second has two - the rear label folds over the end. Thanks to Thomas Wilmeth for the information and to Hans Seegers and Augie Krater for further information and scans. For more pictures, see International Albums (Regular). |
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"Blonde On Blonde" - 8-track releases, Columbia 18 20 0012 (USA), 1974?:
For stereo LP and 8-track releases of Blonde On Blonde, see the
page for that album in
International Album Releases (Regular).
Also see 1966 - Blonde On Blonde
Rarities.
 Columbia 18 20 0012 (USA) - slipcase front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0523 Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - with shortened instrumental break (missing first eight bars) This release is in a slipcase with a black cartridge with two labels (the rear label folds over the end as on two of the three Bringing It All Back Home examples above). Note that Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again is on the fourth track with Sad Eyed Lady of The Lowlands, and mistitled "Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The" (repeating a mistake from the first US release). For a British release with the error "Stuck Inside Of Mobile With Thee", see The Blonde On Blonde Missing Pictures. For more pictures of two different 8-track tape cartridges in the same slipcase, see International Albums (Regular). |
Thanks to Thomas Wilmeth for the information and to Hans Seegers for further information and scan.
"Nashville Skyline" - Quadraphonic LP
releases, Columbia CQ 32872 (USA),
1974; Columbia CQ 32872
(Canada), 1974, reissued 1976; CBS Q 63601 (Spain), 1974, reissued 1976; Quadraphonic 8-track
releases: Columbia CAQ 32872 (USA/Canada), 1974:
At the time there were at least three incompatible audio systems for
quadraphonic sound (which probably led to the format's ultimate failure) - Columbia releases were for the Sony SQ system. Thanks to Dr. Walter Roedl for information there was a US
Quadraphonic 8-track cartridge release, Columbia CAQ 32872. This was also
released in Canada and surprisingly, Spain. Stickered US copies were also
exported. The Canadian and Spanish quadraphonic albums were reissued in 1976
when Desire was released in quadraphonic.
 Columbia CQ 32872 (USA) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (1974 release) |
R-1647 Lay, Lady, Lay - mixed differently
from stereo version R-0114 Country Pie (1:52) - 16 seconds longer than standard album version and mixed differently* R-0599 Other tracks mixed differently - not separately listed |
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 Columbia CQ 32872 (USA for export) - front with "CBS SQ" sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia CQ 32872 (Canada) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (1974 release) |
 CBS Q-63601 (Spain) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (1974 release) |
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 Columbia 4-45004 (USA) - B-side with promo sticker, scan by Hans Seegers (timed at "1:52") |
*Some of the 1969 mono singles with Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You as the A-side have the B-side Country Pie timed at 1:52, but the album version is 1:36. However Ian Woodward has timed two single B-sides, one timed at 1:52 and one at 1:36 and discovered they both play at 1:31-1:32. The 1:52 timing must be a mistake, although the 1974 quadraphonic version of Country Pie (R-0114) is indeed 1:52. |
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Bob Dylan/The Band - "Planet Waves" - Quadraphonic LP, Asylum EQ-1003 (USA); Quadraphonic
8-track tape cartridge, Asylum 8Q-1003 (USA), 1974:
For stereo LP and 8-track releases of Planet Waves, see the
page for that album in
International Album Releases (Regular). Before The Flood was also released by Asylum as a two
8-track set, but as far as I know in stereo only.
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R-0115 Forever Young (second version) - this
mix has a longer intro (2:52 - regular version is 2:48) Many other tracks are also mixed differently. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. See International Album Releases (Regular) for more pictures. |
 Asylum 8Q-1003 (USA) - 8-track tape cartridge slipcase top scan by Hans Seegers |
"Blood On The Tracks" - 12" stereo acetates and test pressings, Columbia S-19322 (USA), Sep, Oct & Dec 1974:
Acetates:
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The famous so-called "New York Sessions" version of the
album from
A&R Recording Studios, 799 Seventh Avenue, New
York City (the former Columbia Studios used by Bob in the 1960s). The acetates and
test pressing contain five tracks officially unreleased until 2018.
Acetate 1 contains two variants that have
never been released. André Wilbers, Carsten Baumann and "Percy Song" have discovered significant differences in three tracks between the "9/25/74" acetate and the test pressing. These have led me to add three new rarities here (the test pressing rarities are listed below):
R-2245 Tangled
Up In Blue - variant version of R-0120 below on A&R Recording Studios New York
"9/25/74" acetate of Blood On The Tracks Acetate 2 and Acetate 3 were cut after the edit was made so cannot feature the original line. The Columbia Reference Recording acetate and the Columbia Test Pressing also have the edit in place. See the essay by "Percy Song" linked below. |
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 Blood On The Tracks acetate 1 - Side 2 scan by "Percy Song" Note the differing track order from the released album This acetate is also illustrated in monochrome in Michael Krogsgaard's book "Master of the Tracks" |
Blood On The Tracks acetate 2 - Side 2 picture from the book with the Deluxe Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood, More Tracks (this version is dated "9/30/74" on the left below the "33⅓ RPM" and has "S-19257" on the right - it now has track timings) The track order is the same as Side 2 of acetate 1 -scan of Side 1 required! |
Blood On The Tracks acetate 3 - Side 1 scan from Clinton Heylin's book "Bob Dylan Day By Day" (this version is dated "10/8/74" on the left below the "33⅓ RPM" and has "S-19322" on the right plus track timings) Note the differing track order from the released album! |
 Blood On The Tracks acetate 3 - Side 2 scan from Clinton Heylin's book "Bob Dylan Day By Day" Track order this time is now the same as the released album |
 Blood On The Tracks Columbia Reference Recording - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel Track order back to the same as the released album |
 Blood On The Tracks Columbia Reference Recording - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel Track order again the same as the released album |
R-2246 Simple
Twist of Fate - variant version on A&R Recording Studios New York "9/25/74"
acetate of Blood On The Tracks, 1974
This is Take 3, Remake presented as
performed on 19 Sep 1974. The harmonica break starts after verse 4. This
harmonica break was later physically relocated by splicing (not punched-in or
digitally moved) the multi-track to its new and familiar position after verse 3.
It is not certain whether this original recording is unique to Acetate 1. It may
occur on Acetate 2 and possibly even Acetate 3. The Columbia Reference Recording
and the Columbia Test Pressing and the released album do contain the edit. See
the essay by "Percy Song" linked below.
R-2247 Idiot
Wind - variant version of R-0118 below on A&R Recording Studios New York
"9/25/74" acetate of Blood On The Tracks, 1974
This is Take 4, Remake from 19 Sep
1974 with the couplet from Take 6 (16 Sep 1974) already inserted but without
the “spooky” organ overdub from 8 Oct 1974. Obviously, any acetate cut before
the organ overdub session was recorded cannot contain the organ overdub! It has
since been released on More Blood, More Tracks (Disc 5, Track 9) but with
the modern dry mix. The
acetate mix is without the organ track.
The main tracks for the album were recorded on 16-19 Sep 1974. According to Clinton Heylin's 1996 book "A Life In Stolen Moments - Bob Dylan Day By Day: 1941-1995" there was an overdub session on 23-25 Sep 1974, and Phil Ramone made an acetate for Bob on 25 Sep 1974. Heylin says this contained an approved sequence for the album that remained unchanged, but the label illustrations for the "9/25/74" acetate from Michael Krogsgaard's 1991 book "Master of the Tracks" (first and second above) show that tracks 2 and 4 were swapped on Side 2. The song titles also underwent revision from pressing to pressing, as can be seen from the labels above.
"Percy Song"'s essay on the first "9/25/74" acetate can
be found here
. This acetate
comes in a plain buff sleeve. R-2245
is unique to the "9/25/74" acetate. R-2246 may also occur on the "9/30/74"
acetate, but almost certainly is not on the "8/10/74" acetate. R-2247 must be on
the "9/30/74" acetate because it was cut before the organ overdub was recorded,
but it is not on the "8/10/74" acetate which was cut on the day the overdub was
recorded.
The first acetate (9/25/74) labels are missing the A&R catalogue numbers and also the track timings that appear on the second and third acetate labels. Only Side 2 of acetate 2 (9/30/74) is illustrated in the book with the Deluxe Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood, More Tracks. Acetate 2, according to Heylin, is actually two single-sided acetates. (“No One Else Could Play That Tune”)
Michael Krogsgaard's 1996 article "Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions, Part 3" doesn't list any recording sessions for 23-25 Sep 1975 (there were no recording sessions from 23-25 Sep - these were remixing and editing sessions, 23 and 24 Sep, possibly going into 25 Sep, for assembling the album, after which Acetate 1 was cut) but gives the date of the Griffin overdub session as 8 Oct 1974 (the date of the acetate label in Heylin's "Day by Day" book). The Heylin labels dated "10/8/74" are shown above. These show a different track sequence on Side 1 (which was apparently not retained for the final pressing). Side 2 now has the final sequence.
Vinyl Test Pressings
 Blood On The Tracks Columbia Record Productions vinyl test pressing - Side 1 scan by Arie de Reus (Side 2 is the same) |
Arie de Reus has a genuine vinyl test pressing of the withdrawn album (the four earlier versions shown above are acetates). This has blank generic Columbia Record Productions, Santa Maria, labels and matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-33235-1A, Side 2 - PBL-33235-1A. Only two copies of this test pressing were known to exist, but Pete Bernard now tells me he obtained a third copy from the Automatt recording studio in San Francisco, CA, formerly the Columbia studio in the city, which is now in the possession of Hans Seegers, and Arie de Reus also knows of a fourth copy. Thanks to Harold Lepidus for information that a fifth copy turned up at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles, CA, in July 2015, supposedly obtained from "an iconic music family in New Jersey". They wanted $12,000 for it! Keith Venturoni says he now also has a copy of this test pressing, which is actually the seventh, so there is also a sixth copy out there somewhere! |
 Blood On The Tracks Columbia Record Productions vinyl test pressing - photo from Amoeba Music |
R-0120 Tangled
Up In Blue - unreleased take with different lyrics.
Now identified on More Blood, More
Tracks as Take 3, Remake 2 from 19 Sep 1974. However, it is actually Take 3,
Remake 2 with one line replaced by a line from Take 3 Remake, recorded on 17 Sep
1974. It occurs on Acetate 2, Acetate 3, the Columbia Reference Recording and
the Columbia Test Pressing. It does not feature in this presentation on Acetate
1.
The take on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, previously identified as Take 1 from 16 Sep 1974, is actually Take 3 Remake from 17 Sep 1974 as performed before the line was donated to Take 3, Remake 2. The Take 3, Remake on More Blood, More Tracks has had the line donated in 1974 to Take 3, Remake 2 replaced by the same line from Take 2, Remake, also recorded on 17 Sep 1974. See the essay from "Percy Song" about Acetate 1 for a fuller explanation.
R-0117 You're A Big Girl Now - alternate take (a remixed version of this take appears on Biograph), Take 2 Remake, 17 Sep 1974
R-0118 Idiot
Wind - unreleased take with different lyrics,
now identified on More Blood, More
Tracks as Take 4,
Remake from
19 Sep 1974, overdubbed with an organ
part on 8 Oct 1974
However, it is actually Take 4, Remake
with an edit. A couplet (“You didn’t trust me for a minute, babe / I’d never
known the Spring to turn so quickly into Autumn”) was removed from Take 4,
Remake in 1974 (probably at the remixing sessions on 23 and 24 September 1974,
and certainly before 26 Sep 1974) and replaced by the same couplet from Take 6,
recorded on 16 Sep 1974. This take with the “spooky” organ overdub – probably a
composite of two of the three overdubs recorded on 8 Oct 1974 - is on Acetate 3,
the Columbia Reference Recording acetate and the Columbia Test Pressing, but not
on Acetate 1 or Acetate 2. The overdub used on the boxed set was described by
Steve Berkowitz as “Booker T. More Tasteful”.
The take that appears on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 is Take 6 from 16 Sep 1974, as performed in 1974, with the original couplet in place (i.e. before it was removed to service Take 4, Remake). Take 6 on More Blood, More Tracks has had the couplet from Take 4, Remake inserted by the boxed set producers while Take 4, Remake on the boxed set retains the couplet as donated by Take 6 in 1974. See the First Acetate essay by "Percy Song" for a fuller explanation.
R-0119 If You See Her, Say Hello - unreleased take with different lyrics, Take 1, 19 Sep 1974
R-0116 Lily, Rosemary & The Jack Of
Hearts - unreleased take with extra verse, Take 2, 16 Sep 1974,
now included on the single CD release of
The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood, More Tracks (see below), but in
a considerably remixed form
Thanks to Dag Braathen for confirming the 2018 version sounds very different
from the test pressing version!
In his 1996 book "Dylan: Behind Closed Doors - The Recording Sessions 1960-1994" Clinton Heylin says that a final test pressing was made on either 6 Dec 1974 or 16 Dec 1974 (the date on the label is unclear because of a typo - I assume it's something like "12//6/74"). This had the final track sequence and was the version Bob played to David Zimmerman. I don't have pictures of these labels.
Bob re-recorded these five tracks at the last minute in Minnesota in Dec 1974 with local musicians, some say because he felt there was a little too much "blood on the tracks", others say it was because his brother David Zimmerman convinced him that all the tracks on the album sounded too similar. Ellen Bernstein may also have had a role in convincing Bob to change the album. All the previous rarities, apart from R-2245, R-2246 and R-0118 are now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood, More Tracks, Nov 2018, see below, but with a dry in-the-studio mix.
The New York Sessions versions of Idiot Wind; If You See Her, Say Hello and Tangled Up In Blue released in 1991 on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 are previously unreleased alternate takes to R-0118, R-0119 and R-0120. This was reportedly because they had already been widely bootlegged, and it was decided to include versions that were new to fans on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3. An unreleased alternate take of Shelter From The Storm with an extra verse (Take 1, 17 Sep 1974) was released in 1996 on the soundtrack of the film Jerry Maguire, see 1996. An unreleased alternate take of Meet Me In The Morning (Take 1, Remake from 19 Sep 1974) was released as the B-side of the 2012 Duquesne Whistle Record Store Day Columbia US 7" stereo single, see 2012. Take 1, Remake does not have any overdubs; it is just Dylan and Brown. Take 1 from 16 Sep 1974 has a Buddy Cage pedal steel overdub. On More Blood, More Tracks the overdub was different to that used on the 1975 Blood On The Tracks LP.
 CBS S 69097 (UK) - detail of front, picture from Facebook (test pressing) |
Thanks to Harold Lepidus for finding two UK test pressings from CBS Recording Studios, Whitfield Street, London, for sale by Omega Hollywood. The first is of the very rare original album. The second is of the commercially released album. The test pressing shown has orange CBS Recording Studios labels with handwritten text., It comes in a plain white card sleeve with handwritten text on the front. |
 CBS S 69097 (UK) - Side 1 picture from Facebook (test pressing) |
CBS S 69097 (UK) - Side 2 picture from Facebook (test pressing) |
The five replaced tracks from the Test Pressing were included in the Record Store Day replica of the Test Pressing released in 2019, see below.
 Columbia Recording Studios S-19322 (?) (USA) vinyl test pressing - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel |
Although this supposed vinyl test pressing sold on
eBay for €650 in Feb 2020, Gerd Rundel, Derek Barker and Jeff Gold of Record Mecca
are sure it is a fake. It has Columbia Recording Studios, New York, labels
dated "10/8/74" (8 Oct 1974) with typewritten and handwritten text.
This is the same date as the third acetate listed above, which has the same
"S-19322" reference number. Columbia had Studio E at 49 East 52nd Street from 1966 right through until 1994 so it was certainly operating when the test pressing was made. Nevertheless, Bob Dylan didn’t use that studio. He recorded at 779 7th Ave. That was Columbia’s old studio which was closed and which had been taken over by Phil Ramone as a private recording facility called A&R Recording Studios, where the first three acetates listed above were made. |
 Columbia Recording Studios S-19322 (?) (USA) vinyl test pressing - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
Thanks to Jonathan P. Foulkes and Peter Coulthard for the information about the three different circulating versions of the acetates. Also thanks to Derek Barker, Bob Stacey, Peter Stone Brown for material included in this entry. Thanks to Michael Krogsgaard and Clinton Heylin for their respective books and articles. Thanks to Robin Platts of "Goldmine" magazine for information about the Columbia Reference Recording sold for auction on eBay in early 2008 for $5,000 which has typed labels omitting the album title but with track timings. The track order is the same as the released album, but the timings match the times of the tracks on the replaced version of the album. Thanks to Harold Lepidus, Ian Woodward and Gerd Rundel for finding scans of this disc on eBay, replacing the original poor quality digital photographs.
Officially Released Albums:
For the various sleeve designs of the released album, and a Jan 1975 acetate that contains the released album, see the Blood On The Tracks page in International Album Releases (Regular).
I originally had two reports of copies of the first pressing of the commercially released album, Columbia PC 33235, see International Album Releases (Regular), that has the released Side 1 with matrix number PAL-33235-2E but with the test pressing matrix number PBL-33235-1A on Side 2 and the alternate versions of If You See Her, Say Hello (R-0119) and Lily, Rosemary & The Jack Of Hearts (R-0116). Thanks to Harold Lepidus for the link to "Goldmine" magazine's web-site for an article by Tim Neely dated 28 May 2009 recording the discovery of a third copy with the original Side 2. Thanks to Justin Kau and Paulo Peña for news of two more copies with these rarities on Side 2 - the matrix numbers of this copy are also P AL 33235 2E on Side 1 and P BL 33235 1A on Side 2.
Chris Hood says: "I just wanted to let you know what I just found out so you could include it to keep others from getting their hopes up. I just purchased my 4th copy of Blood On The Tracks because BOTH sides had 1-A matrix numbers and I thought all 1-A matrixes contained the outtakes. NOT SO!!! This one is the same on both sides as every other copy I own. It came in the 3rd release sleeve ( which I should have noticed), and has a PC Cat. number with no bar code. The matrix numbers are Side 1 - AL-33235-1-A -2-G2 (handwritten), Side 2 - BL-33235-1-A -2-G2 2 inside a circle (handwritten). I was broken hearted of course since I'd never heard of a 1-A without alt. takes. I guess it must have been a flub by whoever engraved the matrix numbers....who knows...??? I just wanted to fill everyone in on this find and save them the disappointment I just experienced." Whatever the matrix numbers, there are no officially released albums with all the withdrawn tracks. The five copies mentioned above with R-0119 and R-0116 on Side 2 do not have R-120, R-0117, R-0118 and R-0119 on Side 1.
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19075858962 (Europe) - front of box with sticker (my copy) |
Thanks to Harold Lepidus for information in Jun 2018 that the next
Bootleg Series will be Volume 14. It is going to be based around the
Blood On The Tracks album and will be called More Blood, More Tracks.
It will be released on 2 Nov 2018. An alternate take of Meet Me In The Morning was released in Nov 2012
as the B-side of Duquesne Whistle from Tempest, prompting speculation
that Bootleg Series Vol. 10 would cover the Blood On The Tracks
sessions. This alternate take plus the rarities listed above are all part of the new release,
although not in exactly the same form.
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 |
Confirmation that the 6CD Deluxe Edition of
The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood, More Tracks is a Strictly Limited Edition means that previous
rarities including the tracks from the Blood On The Tracks test pressing
and the alternate take of Shelter From The Storm from the Jerry Maguire
soundtrack album, and the alternate take of Meet Me In The Morning
released in 2012 (included on the single CD release but remixed) remain
rarities.
 Columbia/Legacy 19075931221 (USA) - front scan by Colin Hindson |
Thanks to Fred Muller and Bob Meyer for news that the 1974 Blood On The Tracks test pressing will be released on vinyl on Record Store Day, 13 Apr 2019. This will be an exact reproduction of the 1974 disc with the original mixes (not included on the Deluxe Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood, More Tracks in 2018, almost certainly deliberately) and be limited to 7500 copies worldwide. This will be the first time that the award-winning liner notes by Pete Hamill will actually describe the takes that are on the album! |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19075931221 (Europe) - front with sticker, scan by Hermann Rechberger |
Thanks to the late Peter Stone Brown (brother of bassist Tony Brown), Harold Lepidus, Ian Woodward, Arie de Reus, Gerd Rundel, Chris Hood, Tim Norford, Derek Barker, Peter Coulthard and "Percy Song" for information and scans.
Various Artists - "The Bitter End Years" - 3LP set, Roxbury RLX 300 (USA), Oct 1974:
 Roxbury RLX 300 (USA) - picture from Wim van der Mark |
R-0057-2 Who Do You Love?
(Elias McDaniels - "Bo Diddley") - Bob was once thought to be the
"Roosevelt Gook" who plays piano for Tom Rush on this track taken from
Tom's 1966 Elektra album Take A Little Walk With Me, see 1966. Thanks to Wim van der Mark for information and picture. Details of this album are now included in Red Herrings. |
"Bob Dylan - New Gift Pack" - deluxe 2LP boxed set, CBS/Sony SOPZ 53-54 (Japan), late 1974:
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This set, Vol. 8 in the New Gift Pack series, has a four page
folded information booklet with eight monochrome photographs
of Bob plus a four page folded lyrics booklet. The records came in CBS/Sony
inner sleeves with details of other contemporary albums, and there is a Dylan
rarity on Side 4: R-0099-12 A Fool Such As
I (Bill Trader) |
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 CBS/Sony SOPZ 53-54 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony SOPZ 53-54 (Japan) - rear of information booklet, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 CBS/Sony SOPZ 53-54 (Japan) - front of inner sleeve, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 CBS/Sony SOPZ 53-54 (Japan) - rear of inner sleeve, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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 CBS/Sony SOPZ 53-54 (Japan) - inside pages of information booklet, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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 CBS/Sony SOPZ 53-54 (Japan) - outside of unfolded lyrics booklet, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 CBS/Sony SOPZ 53-54 (Japan) - inside pages of lyrics booklet, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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Tracklisting:
Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; Mr. Tambourine Man; Highway 61 Revisited; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; Just Like A Woman; Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
Side 2: Knockin' On Heaven's Door; If Not For You; New Morning; Watching The River Flow; Billy 4; I Shall Be Released
Side 3: Blowin' In The Wind; Song To Woody; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; North Country Blues; My Back Pages; The Times They Are A-Changin'
Side 4: Lay, Lady, Lay; I'll be Your Baby Tonight; John Wesley Harding; I Threw It All Away; The Boxer; A Fool Such As I
As well as A Fool Such As I, this set contains other rarely-compiled tracks such as North Country Blues, John Wesley Harding and Billy 4.
Shawn Chambers says: "This is Vol. 8 in the New Gift Pack Series issued Nov 1974. It is a limited edition 2-record box set issued with a lyric insert." Shawn's Nov 1974 date may be wrong, since the "SOPZ" catalogue number implies it was released after SOPW 57/58 above. It is certainly no later than 1975, because in 1976 CBS/Sony changed over to using the "xx AP xxx" numbering system as with Grand Prix 20 (29 AP 35) below. Wil Gielen points out that the Dylan discography on one page of the Japanese booklet above ends with Dylan (CBS/Sony SOPL-236), a late 1974 release in Japan, so this may support the late 1974 date.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Wil Gielen and Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans.
Mono Singles & EPs for 1974
These are now here: Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76. There were no mono Dylan LPs released in 1974.
Promotional/Regular Items for 1974
| Stereo promo items for 1974 which don't contain rare material but which are still very collectable are now included with promo releases of regular albums and commercially released singles on the appropriate page in International Stereo Releases. |
 Planet Waves (1974) |
 Before The Flood (1974) |
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