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.
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A collage of screenshots from the Supper Club, New York City, 16 & 17
Nov 1993, from the 1995 Columbia/Graphix Zone Highway 61 Interactive
CD-ROM (see below). Click the thumbnail for a full-screen picture of the collage
(136Kb).
This yearly page now contains only the main Rarities List! 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!
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
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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)
Various Artists - "The Record 014: Januari-Mars 1995" - promo compilation CD, Sony Music Entertainment SOHE 1401 (Sweden), Jan 1995:
 Sony Music Entertainment SOHE 1401 (Sweden) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This must be the one and only time Bob
will ever appear on an album with a picture of Liam Gallagher on the front!
The rear of the front insert is plain white. R-0238-3 Dignity - radio edit of Greatest Hits Vol. 3 version (4:38) - Oh Mercy out-take remixed by Brendan O'Brien in 1994, album version is 6:00 See 1994 for the USA/Europe Columbia Greatest Hits Vol. 3 Dignity singles, which also have this edit. For a 1992 release in this series of The Record with Frankie And Albert, the album track from Good As I Been To You, see International Album Releases (Various Artist Compilations) 1992. |
 Sony Music Entertainment SOHE 1401 (Sweden) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 Sony Music Entertainment SOHE 1401 (Sweden) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Mike Seeger - "Third Annual Farewell Reunion"- CD release, Rounder Records Rounder CD 0313 (USA), Jan 1995, re-released 2006:
 Rounder CD 0313 (USA) - front photocopy from Glynne Walley (1995 release) |
R-0227 Ballad Of Hollis Brown
- with Mike Seeger, Bob provides
vocals and guitar on Mike's cover of the song from The Times They Are
A-Changin'. This CD is copyrighted 1994, but was not released until Jan 1995. Both inserts of the 1995 release were printed in Canada, and the main colour of the 1995 CD is purple, with a black centre ring with white text. "Printed in Canada" is missing from the 2006 inserts, and the 2006 CD is dark blue, with a clear centre ring with black text. |
 Rounder CD 0313 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada (2006 release) |
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 Rounder CD 0313 (USA) - detail of outside of front insert, photocopy from Glynne Walley (1995 release - "Printed in Canada") |
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 Rounder CD 0313 (USA) - rear insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (1995 release) |
 Rounder CD 0313 (USA) - detail of rear insert, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (1995 release - "Printed in Canada") |
 Rounder CD 0313 (USA) - CD scan by Jack from Canada (1995 release - purple, black centre ring) |
 Rounder CD 0313 (USA) - detail of outside of front insert, scan by Jack from Canada (2006 release - "Printed in Canada" missing) |
 Rounder CD 0313 (USA) - outside of front insert, scan by Jack from Canada (2006 release) |
 Rounder CD 0313 (USA) - rear insert scan by Jack from Canada (2006 release) |
 Rounder CD 0313 (USA) - detail of rear insert, scan by Jack from Canada (2006 release - "Printed in Canada" missing) |
 Rounder CD 0313 (USA) - CD scan by Jack from Canada (2006 release - dark blue, clear centre ring) |
Thanks to Glynne Walley, Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Jack from Canada for information and pictures.
"Highway 61 Interactive" - CD-ROM (Windows/Macintosh), Columbia/Graphix Zone
CDAC 085700 (USA), 31 Jan 1995;
Tring International/Ergo Software
TDB047 (UK) (date?):
For complete information on the precise contents of the CD-ROM
see Sven Erik Alm's guide at Karl Erik's amazing Expecting Rain
site
. Ian Woodward says
there was also a promo version, the only difference from the commercial release
being a white sticker with blue text on the bottom of the box covering the
barcode.
 Columbia/Graphix Zone CDAC 085700 (USA) - front of the CD-ROM box, the "DYLAN" in gold leaf at the top scans poorly (my copy) |
R-0241 House Of The Risin' Sun (traditional)
- electric version, 1964 overdub by Tom Wilson with Bob not
present. R-0283 When He Returns
- live, Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 20 Apr 1980 |
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 Columbia/Graphix Zone CDAC 085700 (USA) - opening flap on front of the CD-ROM box |
 Tring International/Ergo Software TDB047 (UK) - reverse of rear insert (under clear CD tray), scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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R-0587 One Too Many Mornings (2:07) - live from the Supper Club, New York, late show, 16 Nov 1993
R-0588 Queen Jane Approximately (3:32) - live from the Supper Club, New York, late show, 17 Nov 1993
These two songs on video are from the New York Supper Club shows in 1993, an ultimately shelved TV special/video/live album project of four shows recorded over two nights by Bob in association with HBO (see Online Performances for four more songs from these shows available on bobdylan.com). For a full-screen collage of screenshots (136Kb) from these performances, see the top of this page or click here. (Seeing these is the "prize" in a game where you collect pieces of your Supper Club ticket as you explore the CD-ROM. When you have all the pieces of the ticket, you can visit the Supper Club!) Ring Them Bells from 17 Nov 1993 was released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006, Oct 2008.
R-0242 Other rare tracks
in the digitised files on this CD-ROM, not separately listed
These include several takes of
Like a Rolling Stone; an alternate take of I Shall Be Free No. 10
with an extra verse (one of the four takes on The 50th Anniversary Collection
1964, R-1172 - R-1175, see
2014); and Medicine Sunday
(an incomplete take of an early version of Temporary Like Achilles recorded in New York
with The Band, now released on the 2CD set The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The
Best Of The Cutting Edge, 2015, as well as the 6CD and 18CD sets). There are many clips from other unreleased tracks such as
the first 1994 version of My Blue-Eyed Jane
(R-0258, released on the Tribute To Jimmie Rodgers album, see 1997); Dink's Song (BDC71, released in full on bobdylan.com in Sep 2001,
see Online Performances),
now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home,
Sep 2005; and Wade
In The Water (R-0240, released in 1994 on the Swedish CD
Bakhålls
Litterära Röster
(see 1994), and now also available in full
on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine
Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001).
Thanks to Rob Carson for reminding me that these excerpts include Rocks
And Gravel, a different take from that on the withdrawn version of The
Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (see 1963) plus Sally
Gal and the early take of Mr. Tambourine Man with Ramblin' Jack Elliott, both now released in 2005 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7
- No Direction Home: The Soundtrack.
Thanks to Jack from Canada for information that R-1175, take 4 of I Shall Be Free No. 10 (4:45) on the 50th Anniversary Collection 1964 (LP5, Side 2, see 50th Anniversary Collection 1964) is the exact same take as the one previously released on the CD-ROM Highway 61 Interactive where it times at 4:44 (part of R-0242). The only differences are:
1. Hwy 61 Interactive: talk before take (Tom Wilson "Rolling four", Dylan: "OK"); 50th Anniversary Collection 1964: talk has been edited out
2. Hwy 61 Interactive: shorter fade at end; 50th Anniversary Collection 1964: longer fade.
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information that this CD-ROM was released in the UK by Tring International PLC in association with Ergo Software. Tring International was a British company which released low-price CDs and CD-ROMs, the latter in conjunction with Ergo Software. This release was in a standard jewel case, not a box. The front insert was a single folded card. The CD-ROM itself is identical with the US release.
Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 was released on 6 Nov 2015. This was available in three formats: a 2CD set, an expanded 6CD set, and a massive 18CD Limited Edition set that includes all the sessions for Like A Rolling Stone and Medicine Sunday, previously released on this Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM.
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These six pictures are screenshots from the CD-ROM.
I have no knowledge about the way this CD-ROM works with current Apple
Macintosh computers, but there is a problem with versions of Windows later than
Windows 95. If you install the software directly from the CD-ROM, it also
installs an old version of Apple's QuickTime, which will not work with modern
versions of Windows. Therefore you have to install the latest version of QuickTime from here
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Thanks also to Ian Woodward for information.
The Beatles - "The Beatle Years" - radio station disc, Westwood One (USA),
Show #95-14 "The Dylan Connection" (USA), broadcast week of 27 Mar 1995:
For another Dylan-related disc in this series from 1993, see
Interviews
with Bob.
 Westwood One (USA), Show #95-14 - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0542 Medley: 4th Time Around/Norwegian
Wood (Lennon/McCartney) - Dylan fans often
discuss the similarities between these two songs, see
R-0076-3 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A
Train To Cry |
 Westwood One (USA), Show #95-14 - cue sheet scan by Hans Seegers |
 Westwood One generic CD sleeve - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0328-17 Handle With Care
(The Travelling Wilburys) - from the album The Travelling Wilburys Volume
One, see Wilburys 1988.
The 1988 Travelling Wilburys were Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Roy Orbison,
Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.
This CD also contains If Not For You, the original version with George Harrison from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 and the cover of Absolutely Sweet Marie by George Harrison.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Various Artists - "On Stage Live" - three radio station discs, MediaAmerica (USA), 1995:
 Cue sheet scan by Jack from Canada |
MediaAmerica recorded the whole of Bob's performance from the Woodstock '84 Festival. This release includes three tracks not on the official Woodstock '94 releases from Nov 1994. For other releases with tracks from Woodstock '94, see 1994 and VHS & DVD 1990-94. |
 CD1 sheet scan by Jack from Canada (includes three Dylan tracks) |
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 PolyGram Spain promo box front (my copy) |
R-2119 Just Like A Woman - recorded live at the Woodstock 2 Festival, Saugerties, New York, 14 Aug 1994, from MediaAmerica radio show "On Stage Live", 1995
R-2120 All Along The Watchtower - recorded live at the Woodstock 2 Festival, Saugerties, New York, 14 Aug 1994, from MediaAmerica radio show "On Stage Live", 1995
R-2121 I Shall Be Released - recorded live at the Woodstock 2 Festival, Saugerties, New York, 14 Aug 1994, from MediaAmerica radio show "On Stage Live", 1995
 Second Records SRFM 0006ME (Europe) - LP front picture from Juno Records web-site |
Freddy Ordóñez Araque has
found a quasi-official release released on 7 May 2002 on the Second Records
label on red mottled vinyl called Festival Man, taken from the radio
broadcast of Bob's set on WNEW FM. Side 1: Jokerman (7:22); Just Like A Woman (R-2119, 7:21); All Along The Watchtower (R-2120, 5:33); Masters Of War (5:02) Side 2: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (7:35); I Shall Be Released (R-2121, 6:16); Highway 61 Revisited (R-0229, 6:07); Rainy Day Women 12 & 35 (R-0431, 5:50) Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (R-0430) is missing. For other releases with tracks from Woodstock '94 including R-0229, R-0430 and R-0431, see 1994. |
Thanks to Jack from Canada and Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 3" - CD-Plus version, 3
disc sets: Columbia CXR
67324 (PC/Windows)/CXR 68086 (Macintosh) (USA), 1995; Columbia 483847 6
(PC/Windows) (Europe), 1995:
This title comes in a double-width jewel case inside a card slipcase. The
album is split over two "enhanced" CDs, while the third
CD-ROM contains software only (PC drivers). The music material from the Greatest Hits
Vol. 3 album is split over CD1 and CD2, seven songs per disc.
Columbia CXR 67324 (PC/Windows) (USA):
 Columbia CXR 67324 (USA) - front of slipcase scan by David Plentus |
R-0245-2 Tangled Up in Blue - full length video of
live version from "Renaldo and Clara", Boston, MA, 21 Nov 1975,
evening show (on CD1) This video had also appeared in the PolyGram video Rolling Stone: 20 Years Of Rock in 1988, see VHS & DVD 1980s, and is now on a bonus DVD included with the Limited Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue, see 2002. R-0560 Other Dylan content in multi-media section of enhanced CD (not separately listed) |
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 Columbia CXR 67324 (USA) - detail of CD3, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia CXR 67324 (USA) - detail of CD3, scan by Jack from Canada |
The CD-Plus also contains the full-length video of Series Of Dreams (on CD2).
This release comes in a card slipcase in two editions, one with the PC material in Windows format, the other with the material in Apple Macintosh format. Thanks to David Plentus for scans and confirming the contents, also that this item is from 1995, not 1996 as previously listed. Thanks to Jack from Canada for the scan of the third disc.
See Expecting Rain for a complete listing of the contents:
 Columbia CXR 67324 (USA) - screenshot by Jack from Canada |
These four pictures are screenshots from the CD-Plus material: main menu, Tangled Up In Blue, Jokerman from the audio section, and the exit screen. The Series Of Dreams video is the same as on the Columbia/Compaq CD-Plus Sampler, see below. |
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Columbia 483847 6 (PC/Windows) (Europe):
 Columbia 483847 6 (Europe) - front with sticker, scan by Ronald Born |
Ronald Born's European copy is called "CD EXTRA"
instead of "CD Plus" and came in a long box instead of the card slipcase of
the US release. This copy is the version for Windows, with a Windows
sticker on the front of the jewel case (the Macintosh version is more
elusive). The text on the long box is in four languages, English, French, Italian and German. There was also a "CD EXTRA" booklet in the same four languages. The CDs contain the same songs and extra material as the US version. The front insert was folded in three parts with track information on the inside. The CDs were made in Austria. |
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 Columbia 483847 6 (Europe) - outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Ronald Born |
 Columbia 483847 6 (Europe) - inside of insert, scan by Ronald Born |
 Columbia 483847 6 (Europe) - continuation of outside of insert, scan by Ronald Born |
 Columbia 483847 6 (Europe) - front of long box, scan by Ronald Born |
 Columbia 483847 6 (Europe) - rear of long box, scan by Ronald Born |
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 Columbia 483847 6 (Europe) - reverse of rear insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 Columbia 483847 6 (Europe) - CD3 scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia 483847 6 (Europe) - detail of CD3, scan by Gerd Rundel (different text from US CD3) |
 Columbia 483847 6 (Europe) - detail of CD3, scan by Gerd Rundel (different catalogue number from US CD3) |
Thanks to David Plentus, Jack from Canada, Ronald Born and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
Compaq/Columbia CD-Plus Sampler - promotional CD+, Compaq CPDP 00010 (USA), 1995:
 CPDP 00010 (USA) - CD scan by Jo Slater |
R-0560-2 Dylan content in multi-media section of enhanced CD (not separately listed) |
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This CD was given away with new Compaq PCs in 1995 as a demo of the CD-Plus technology. It comes in a plain white paper sleeve. The audio part includes Dignity from Greatest Hits Vol. 3, along with tracks from five other Columbia artists. The PC-playable part allows you to play Dignity while watching the lyrics on-screen karaoke-style, and also has part of the promotional video of Series Of Dreams. This CD-ROM content appears to be the same as that on CD2 of the Windows version of the Greatest Hits Vol. 3 CD-Plus release (see above), and appeared again on the CD Rolling Stone Presents New Voices Vol. 5, see 1996, where there are more screenshots.
Thanks to Jo Slater for information and pictures.
Various Artists - "Till The Night Is Gone: A Tribute To Doc Pomus" -
compilation tribute CD, Rhino PRCD 71878 (USA, promo), Rhino R2-71878 (USA/Canada), Apr 1995; Forward/Rhino
8122-71878-2 (Germany), Jun 1995; EastWest/Rhino AMCY-819 (Japan), 25 Apr 1995:
The German release was manufactured by
Warner Music Manufacturing Europe and also distributed to the UK, where my copy
was bought.
 Rhino R2-71878 (USA) - front with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Atlantic 1088 (USA) - original 1956 7" mono single recording by Big Joe Turner, picture from www.boogiewoogieflu.blogspot.com |
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 Forward/Rhino 8122-71878-2 (Germany) - front with sticker listing artists, scan by Paul S. Levine |
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R-0243 Boogie Woogie
Country Girl (Doc Pomus/Reginald Ashby) - specially recorded for this album at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN, on
9-11 May 1994
This song was originally recorded in 1956 by Big Joe Turner, see the
Atlantic 7" mono single above. The B-side was Corrina, Corrina!
Also recorded at these sessions was My Blue-Eyed Jane (see Highway 61 Interactive below), later released with a new vocal track on the Tribute To Jimmie Rodgers album, see 1997.
The US promo CD shown came in a clear jewel case with no front insert. The CD has "PRCD 71870" incorrectly as the catalogue number on the front, but it is shown correctly as "PRCD 71878" round the centre hole. The rear insert shows it as "PRCD 71878".
The US release had a red sticker with black text on the jewel case, the German release just had a generic "Rhino" sticker. The Japanese release had an EastWest blue/black obi with light blue, yellow and white text and dated "95-4-25". The price was ¥2,400.
For A.K.A Doc Pomus, a 2012 Clear Lake Historical US documentary film about the life of Jerome Felder, a.k.a. "Doc Pomus", with Dylan footage, see VHS & DVD 2010s.
Thanks to Bill Hester for information and to Hans Seegers, Paul S. Levine and Jack from Canada for further information and scans.
"MTV Unplugged" - CD releases: Columbia 478374 2 (Europe/Australia)/Columbia 2-478374 (Brazil); Sony Music 478374 2 (Taiwan), Apr 1995; Sony Records SRCS 7616 (Japan), 11 May 1995; MiniDisc releases: Columbia 478374 8 (Europe), Apr 1995/Sony Records SRYS-1102 (Japan), 21 May 1995; Compact cassette releases: Columbia 478374 4 (NL); CBS/Sony 478374 4 (Spain); Columbia/Vitosha 478374 4 (Bulgaria); Columbia 478374 4 (Australia); Columbia/Megastar 185311 (Saudi Arabia); Columbia/Sony Music 170.246/4-478374 (Argentina), 1995; 2LP releases: Columbia 478374-1/Simply Vinyl SVLP 100 (UK); Columbia 478374 1 (NL), Columbia 238.020-021 (Brazil), 1995:
All tracks recorded "live" at Sony Music Studios, New York 17 & 18 Nov 1994. The US album is not a rarity, even on vinyl, but other worldwide releases are! Examples on vinyl, cassette, CD and MiniDisc are shown - full details of all these albums are now in International Albums (Regular).
R-0233 Love Minus Zero/No Limit
- bonus track (recorded 17 Nov
1994) on non-US copies of this album, also on
European (PAL) MTV Unplugged VHS video, see
VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2.
R-0232 Knocking On Heaven's Door - mistake edit with loop of cheering overdubbed on recalled first pressing of this album (CD releases and Australian promo cassette release only)
CD and LP releases:
 Columbia 478374 2 (Europe)/Columbia 2-478374 (Brazil) - CD front (my copies with R-0232 and R-0233) |
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 Columbia 238.020-021 (Brazil) - front of 2LP set, scan by Arie de Reus |
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 Columbia 478374 4 (Australia) - cassette front scan by Stuart Moore (commercial release) |
 Columbia/Sony Music 170.246/4-478374 (Argentina) - cassette front scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Columbia/Sony Music KNJC 4-478374 (Chile) - cassettefront scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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Thanks to Hans Seegers, John Gaylor, Gerd Rundel, Tom Willems, Dag Braathen and Stuart Moore for information and scans.
"MTV Unplugged" - CD-ROM release: Viacom VNM 10018 (Europe), 1995:
 Viacom VNM 10018 (Europe) - box front scan by Kenny Matthew |
This interactive CD-ROM contains a 21 sec video
clip of Like A Rolling Stone from MTV Unplugged. Thanks to Kenny Matthew for information and scans. |
 Viacom VNM 10018 (Europe) - box rear scan by Kenny Matthew |
 Viacom VNM 10018 (Europe) - booklet front scan by Kenny Matthew |
 Viacom VNM 10018 (Europe) - insert scan by Kenny Matthew |
 Viacom VNM 10018 (Europe) - CD-ROM scan by Kenny Matthew |
Various Artists - "Hit's A Sony May '95 Vol. 6"
- promo compilation CD, Sony XDCS 93177 (Japan), May 1995:
The title is a word play on the then current Sony advertising slogan
for their audio/video products "It's a Sony"! The featured
artist is Diana King.
 Sony XDCS 93177 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen |
Bob's contribution is
a rarity, although it wasn't intended to be - Knockin' On Heaven's Door from
the first version of Japan's CD
release of MTV Unplugged (Sony Records SRCS 7616). R-0232-2 Knocking On Heaven's Door - mistake edit with loop of cheering overdubbed For other 1990s promotional albums in this series, see here. For 2000s albums in this series, see the 2000s pages in this list. For 2000s albums in this series with Dylan rarities, see 2006 and 2007. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
 Sony XDCS 93177 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony XDCS 93177 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen |
"Dignity - Unreleased Hip-Hop/Pop Mixes"
- DAT tape, Studio 4, Philadelphia (USA), ca. 1995:
(See 1994 for the USA/Europe
Columbia Greatest Hits Vol. 3 Dignity singles.)
 DAT Tape insert photo from Instagram |
R-2349 Dignity - unreleased
hip-hop/pop mixes,
ca. 1995 This DAT tape of five unreleased "Hip-Hop"/"Pop" mixes of Dignity was apparently created at Studio 4, Philadelphia, PA and was offered for sale on Instagram in Oct 2021 for $10,000! The version of Dignity is not specified, but the mixes may be based on the original Oh Mercy out-take, not the Brendan O'Brien Greatest Hits Vol. 3 version or the MTV Unplugged version. This may date it as 1994, but the seller dates it as around 1995. |
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"Dignity"- "MTV Unplugged" CD and cassette singles, Columbia
(Europe/Australia), May 1995:
(See 1994 for the USA/Europe
Columbia Greatest Hits Vol. 3 Dignity singles.)
The three rare tracks listed below are spread over the various singles:
R-0237 Dignity - radio edit of MTV Unplugged version
(5:09, album version is
6:27)
For the MTV Unplugged VHS video, see VHS &
DVD 1990s Part 2.
R-0239-2 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall -live at the Great Music Experience with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen, Naira City, Japan, 22 May 1994, previously released on 1994 Greatest Hits Vol. 3 Dignity singles, see 1994
R-0137-4 It Ain't Me, Babe - live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, 1975, version from 4 Songs from Renaldo & Clara promo 12" EP (see 1978), also on the Japanese promo CD Mr. D's Collection # 3 (see 1993) and the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001). The version released in Nov 2002 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue, is a remix, so R-0137 remains a rarity. Thanks to Larry Crum for pointing this out.
Don Handy considers that this performance is different from the Harvard performance which is on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue, and he suggest it actually comes from The Forum, Montreal, Canada, 4 Dec 1975. Both Glen Dundas and Olof Björner confirm the 20 Nov 1975 date, not 4 Dec 1975.
CD singles:
Columbia 662076 2 (UK),
Columbia 662076 5 (UK); Cassette single: Columbia 662076 4 (UK):
Both the UK CD singles were made in Austria.
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CD1 (Columbia 662076 2) has both the MTV Unplugged and Greatest Hits Vol. 3 versions of Dignity, plus A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (R-0239)
CD2 (Columbia 662076 5) has the MTV Unplugged Dignity radio edit (R-0237), the MTV Unplugged full-length version again, John Brown from MTV Unplugged and It Ain't Me, Babe (R-0137) (no longer a rarity)
The CDs themselves are silver with black text. Thanks to Tommy Lidgren for information that he bought a copy of CD1 (662076 2) in Stockholm in Sweden at the time of release, so this single must have been sold in countries other than the UK.
The UK cassette single (Columbia 662076 4) has R-0237 and
John Brown on both sides.
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 Columbia 661400 2 (Austria) - corrected CD scan by Hans Seegers |
CD single: Columbia 661400 2 (Australia);
Cassette single: Columbia 661400 2 (Australia):
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Stefan Kraft, Colin Hindson, Alan Hoaksey, Rob van Estrik, Peter Pearson, Karl Erik Andersen, Manuel García Jara, Jack from Canada, Mark Bahlen and Gerd Rundel for information on the various Dignity CD single releases and scans.
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - promo CD single, Columbia CSK 7045 (USA), 1995:
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This promo CD single is in a jewel case - the front insert is a single card with reviews of Bob's performance on MTV Unplugged on the reverse. For the MTV Unplugged VHS video, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2. |
 Columbia CSK 7045 (USA) - reverse of front insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia CSK 7045 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0439 Knockin' On Heaven's Door - edit of MTV Unplugged version (4:01)
R-0237-2 Dignity - edit of MTV Unplugged version (5:09)
The other tracks on the single were The Times They Are A-Changin' and John Brown, the regular MTV Unplugged album versions.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Sony Music Sampler" - promo compilation CD, Sony Music SMPD 039 (Canada), 1995:
 Sony Music SMPD 039 (Canada) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
This Canadian promo compilation CD comes in a standard jewel case with front and rear inserts. The front insert is a simple printed card and the rear insert is generic. Bob's contribution is the 4:01 radio edit of Knockin' On Heaven's Door as on the promo CD single above. |
 Sony Music SMPD 039 (Canada) - reverse of front insert, scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Sony Music SMPD 039 (Canada) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
R-0439-2 Knockin' On Heaven's Door - edit of MTV Unplugged version (4:01)
Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Superstar Concert Series"
- radio station discs, Westwood One Radio Broadcast, Westwood One Show 95-36 (USA), broadcast
28 Aug 1995:
These two songs are also on the 1986 video Hard
To Handle, see
VHS & DVD
1980s, and the
Westwood One Aug 1986 radio broadcast LPs, see 1986.
 Westwood One Show 95-36 (USA) - cue sheet scan by Franck Faugere |
R-0174-5 Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Sydney, Australia, 25 Feb 1986 R-0181-5 Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Sydney, Australia, 25 Feb 1986 (also on the 1986 video Hard To Handle, see VHS & DVD 1980s, and the 1986 Westwood One radio broadcast, see 1986) Thanks to Franck Faugere for information and scans. |
 Westwood One Show 95-36 (USA) - CD1 scan by Franck Faugere |
 Westwood One Show 95-36 (USA) - CD2 scan by Franck Faugere |
Various Artists - "Message To Love: The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970" - 2CD set, Essential EDF CD 327 (UK), 1995:
 Essential EDF CD 327 (UK) - slipcase front scan by Peter Oudejans |
This Essential set was released by Castle Communications under licence from Sony Music. This rarity is not on Columbia/Legacy C2K 65058 (USA) (or the Japanese release, VideoArts VACM-1016) - see note below. For details of the Message To Love VHS & DVD video releases, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2. |
 Essential EDF CD 327 (UK) - slipcase rear scan by Peter Oudejans |
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 Essential EDF CD 327 (UK) - inside page of front booklet, scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Essential EDF CD 327 (UK) - CD1 scan by Peter Oudejans (no Dylan) |
 Essential EDF CD 327 (UK) - CD2 scan by Peter Oudejans (includes R-0437) |
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 Isle Of Wight 1970 Poster, picture from eBay |
R-0437 Desolation Row - 4:03 edit of the standard album version from Highway 61 Revisited
Even though Bob did not appear at the 1970 Isle Of Wight
Festival, Desolation Row is included both in the film (playing over the end
credits) and as the last track on the
soundtrack album. Why was the track included?
An explanation is given by Nick Church in the CD booklet:
"Desolation Row, a song Bob
Dylan had performed at the previous year's festival, came to be
used to describe the bank of hills off to one side of the site
where many hundreds of hippies collected. They either could not
or would not pay, and this song became synonymous with their
wretched struggle with the security guards who patrolled the
festival perimeter."
Thanks to Michelle Simpson for this information. Although Bob and
the Band rattled through seventeen songs in an hour at their 1969 Isle of Wight
Festival appearance Desolation Row wasn't one of them! The complete 1969
Isle of Wight performance was included as CD3 of the 4CD limited deluxe
edition of The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971),
Aug 2013. Thirteen of the seventeen songs included are rarities, so the
4CD set is listed in 2013
(the standard 2CD set and the 3LP release do not contain these rarities).
This album was originally listed in International Compilations: Various Artist Albums 1995, because I was informed the track was the standard album version. The entry for this one release only has now been moved here, since the edit qualifies for this 1995 Rarities page. On the currently available album, Columbia/Legacy C2K 65058, the full version of Desolation Row replaces the edit, so the UK Essential CD set is the only audio release with the rarity. However, Paul S. Levine has a copy of EDF CD 327 which has the full version of Desolation Row as originally reported. I can only assume that initial copies such as Olav Langum's shown here had the 4:03 edit but it was later replaced by the full version. If you come across a copy, look at the timings before buying! The shortened version remains on the video release. The 1995 Columbia/Legacy US and Canadian releases plus a VideoArts Japan release are still in International Compilations: Various Artist Albums 1995. Ronald Born has a UK two cassette copy, EDF MC 327, that contains the full 11:17 version of Desolation Row, so is again listed in International Compilations: Various Artist Albums 1995.
Thanks to Olav Langum and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Doin' Dylan" - 2CD compilation, Columbia 480647 2 (Australia), 1995 (two variants):
 Columbia 480647 2 (Australia) - front (my copy, both variants) |
This compilation was unique to Australia, and has not been released anywhere
else. After a period of being out of print, it was re-released on 30 Sep 2002,
the same day that Doin' Dylan 2 was released, see below.
The front insert is a single sheet with two folds.
R-0215-4 Boots Of Spanish Leather (with Nanci Griffith)
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 Columbia 480647 2 (Australia) - rear insert (variant 1) |
 Columbia 480647 2 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 2 - faded on right edge) |
 Columbia 480647 2 (Australia) - CD1 (variant 1) |
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 Columbia 480647 2 (Australia) - detail of CD1 (variant 1 - "DISC 1" barely visible and "DOIN' DYLAN" in red and straight) |
 Columbia 480647 2 (Australia) - CD2 (variant 1, includes R-0215) |
 Columbia 480647 2 (Australia) - CD1 scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 2) |
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 Columbia 480647 2 (Australia) - detail of CD1,scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 2 - "DISC 1" in white and "DOIN' DYLAN" in purple and tilted) |
 Columbia 480647 2 (Australia) - CD2 scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 2, includes R-0215) |
Gerd Rundel's copy has the same inserts as mine, although the right edge of his rear insert is faded as shown. His discs are significantly different: both CD1s have the same design, but on my CD1 "DOIN' DYLAN" and the artwork are in red and straight, on his CD1 "DOIN' DYLAN" and the artwork are in purple and tilted to the right. Gerd's CD2 has the same design as his CD1, my CD2 is completely different. On my CD1 the logos to the left and right of the centre hole are in black, on both Gerd's CDs these logos are in white.
For the Sep 2002 sequel to this album, Doin' Dylan 2, which also contains Dylan rarities, see 2002.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
Willie Nelson - "Revolutions Of Time: The Journey 1975-1993" - 3CD set in book-style digipak, Columbia Legacy C3K 64796 (USA), 1995:
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R-0216-4 Heartland (Bob
Dylan/Willie Nelson) - Bob duets with Willie on
this co-written song from his 1993 Columbia album
Across The Borderline, lyrics on bobdylan.com
here This set in a book-style digipak also includes Willie's own version of Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground (for Bob's 1983 cover version released as a single B-side see 1983). |
 Columbia Legacy C3K 64796 (USA) - front of digipak, scan by Jack from Canada (promo release) |
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 Columbia Legacy C3K 64796 (USA) - detail of rear of digipak with promo sticker, scan by Jack from Canada (promo release) |
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 Columbia Legacy C3K 64796 (USA) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada (promo and commercial releases) |
Heartland also appeared on the Norwegian Polydor compilation CD The Country Collection (see 1993), on the 2CD Universal Holland compilation That's Country (see 1998), on the 2CD Universal Holland compilation That's Country (see 1998) and on the Sony Music/Reclam Music Edition Germany compilation CD All About Americana (see 2015). There is also an edit of the song on the VHS promo video of this album featuring Bob, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 1.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Jack from Canada for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Forrest Gump: Music, Artists And Times" - 3CD-ROM set, GTE Entertainment/Paramount Pictures/Upstream Multimedia 2018-0995 (USA), 1995:
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 GTE Entertainment/Paramount Pictures/Upstream Multimedia 2018-0995 (USA) - inside with booklet, scan by Jack from Canada |
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 GTE Entertainment/Paramount Pictures/Upstream Multimedia 2018-0995 (USA) - inside with Discs 1 and 2, scan by Jack from Canada |
 GTE Entertainment/Paramount Pictures/Upstream Multimedia 2018-0995 (USA) - inside with Disc 3, scan by Jack from Canada |
 GTE Entertainment/Paramount Pictures/Upstream Multimedia 2018-0995 (USA) - Disc 1 scan by Hans Seegers (includes R-0366 and R-0221) |
R-0366 Blowin' In The Wind - loop of the harmonica solo from the Freewheelin' version, at the main menu on the "Blowin' In The Wind" link
R-0221-3 Blowin' In The Wind - with Joan Baez in the Rolling Thunder Revue, Fort Collins, CO, 23 May 1976, video taken from the Hard Rain TV special (see VHS & DVD 1970s). Included here are one verse and the chorus, the full audio is on the Joan Baez Vanguard 3CD box set Rare Live & Classic, see 1993.
Joan Baez contributed to this CD-ROM, which contains an interview with her from 1995 and an excerpt of her singing Blowin' In The Wind from her From Every Stage album. As well as a biography and discography of Joan, this section also contains a biography of Bob (with some mistakes) and an album discography.
For the film soundtrack album which includes Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, the Blonde On Blonde album version and Joan Baez singing Blowin' In The Wind., see International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 1994. For the 1994 film itself, see VHS and DVD: Films with Dylan Album Tracks.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Artur Jarosinski for information and Hans Seegers and Jack from Canada for scans.
Harry Belafonte - "The Best Of Harry Belafonte II" - compilation 2CD set, BMG Victor BVCP 2309 (Japan), 1995:
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(Huddie Ledbetter "Lead Belly") - Bob plays harmonica on the
title track of Harry Belafonte's 1962 The Midnight Special album (stereo
version) For details of the original album, see 1962. |
Harry Belafonte - "2 Gether On 1: Jump Up Calypso/The Midnight Special"
- 2 on 1 CD reissue, RCA/BMG 74321 29454 2 (Germany), 1995:
This release was made in Germany for distribution throughout Europe.
The Midnight Special was eventually released on CD in the USA by
Wounded Bird Records/Sony Music in 2009, see 1962
(as it's a re-release of the original album).
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R-0001-17 Midnight Special
(Huddie Ledbetter "Lead Belly") - Bob plays harmonica on the
title track of Harry Belafonte's 1962 album The Midnight Special (stereo version) The song title is usually given as just "Midnight Special", but here it is listed as "The Midnight Special" (the title of the album). According to Rob van Estrik these two albums were remastered, so this track was in far better quality than on earlier CD releases in Belafonte compilations. For details of the original album, see 1962. The booklet shows illustrations of a 1980s European release previously not listed, RCA Victor NL 52324. Jean-Pol Hiernaux has a copy bought in Taiwan with a BMG Taiwan sticker over the barcode on the rear insert. Because the album is inside a slipcase, the 2001 rear insert does not have a barcode. |
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 RCA/BMG 74321 29454 2 (Germany) - page of booklet with original 1961 album sleeve, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (1995 release, 2001 release is the same) |
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 RCA/BMG 74321 29454 2 (Germany) - detail of rear insert, scan by Hans Seegers (1995 release with barcode) |
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 RCA/BMG 74321 29454 2 (Germany) - page of booklet with original 1962 album sleeve, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (1995 release, 2001 release is the same) |
 RCA/BMG 74321 29454 2 (Germany for Taiwan) - rear scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (1995 copy bought in Taiwan) |
 RCA/BMG 74321 29454 2 (Germany for Taiwan) - detail of rear, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux (1995 copy bought in Taiwan - Taiwanese sticker covering barcode) |
 RCA/BMG 74321 29454 2 (Germany) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans (2001 release) |
 RCA/BMG 74321 29454 2 (Germany) - detail of rear insert, scan by Peter Oudejans (2001 release - barcode removed) |
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This 2 Gether on 1 album turned up again as CD3 of the BMG/Ariola Express Germany 3CD set 3 Originals, see 2001 (despite not strictly being an original album release).
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "BBC Classic Tracks - Duets" - radio station CD, Westwood One Program # 95-43 (USA), broadcast in the week of 16 Oct 1995:
 Westwood One Program # 95-43 (USA) - cue sheet scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0183-2 Positively 4th Street - recorded
live in Sydney, Australia, 24 Feb 1986, with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers For details of the original Westwood One Superstars In Concert radio broadcast, see 1986. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Westwood One Program # 95-43 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Carolyn Hester - "Dear Companion" - 2CD compilation, Bear Family BCD 15701 BH (Germany), late 1995:
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This 2CD set comes in a double-width
jewel case with a 52-page booklet containing two pictures of Bob. The
front photo is a nice shot of Bob playing his harmonica for Carolyn
at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, 29 Sep 1961. Bob plays harmonica on the same
five tracks (with one small difference, see below) as on the Columbia Legacy CD reissue of her 1962 self-titled Columbia album (see 1994). For the US, UK and Japanese releases of the original album see 1962. |
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 Bear Family BCD 15701 BH (Germany) - rear insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Bear Family BCD 15701 BH (Germany) - front of booklet scan by Jack from Canada |
 Bear Family BCD 15701 BH (Germany) - inside pages of booklet, scan by Jack from Canada (Carolyn with Bob) |
 Bear Family BCD 15701 BH (Germany) - rear of booklet scan by Jack from Canada |
 Bear Family BCD 15701 BH (Germany) - CD1 scan by Jack from Canada (includes R-0002, R-0003 and R-0004) |
 Bear Family BCD 15701 BH (Germany) - inside pages of booklet, scan by Jack from Canada (Carolyn with Bob) |
 Bear Family BCD 15701 BH (Germany) - inside pages of booklet (Carolyn recording session details with Bob, my copy) |
 Bear Family BCD 15701 BH (Germany) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada (includes R-0222 and R-0321) |
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Jean-Pol Hiernaux says these tracks are remixed slightly differently from the 1994 CD.
CD1:
R-0004-6 Swing And Turn
Jubilee (traditional)
(stereo version) (track 1)
For a complete list of all the compilations on which this track has appeared, also see 1962.
R-0003-3 Come Back, Baby (traditional) (stereo version) (track 2)
R-0002-7 I'll Fly Away (Albert E. Brumley)
(stereo version) (track 3)
For a complete list of all the compilations on which this track has appeared, also see 1962.
CD2:
R-0321 Come Back, Baby (traditional)
- alternate take of R-0003 (edited
version of R-0223, 2:40) (track 22)
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for pointing out the version of this take that
appears on the
Columbia Legacy CD reissue of her 1962 self-titled Columbia album (R-0223, see 1994)
is 2:45 and has at the end a noise like an acoustic guitar being knocked and a
male voice. The version of this alternate take that appears here for the first
time is edited at 2:40 and omits the noise and the voice.
R-0222-2 I'll Fly Away (Albert E. Brumley)
- alternate take of R-0002 (track 24)
The recording session details for 29 Sep 1961 on the booklet page shown above list two extra songs - Los Bibilicos [The Biblical People] and Virgin Mary, both of which appeared on the 1962 album. Although Bob was present at the session, I do not believe he appears on these two songs. As well as the original version of Los Bibilicos, this compilation includes a remake of the originally released take of Virgin Mary on CD1 and alternate takes of both Virgin Mary and Los Bibilicos on CD2, but none of these tracks have any harmonica playing.
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Jack from Canada for information and scans.
Robert Gordon - "Red Hot 1977-1981" - CD release, Razor & Tie 2063 (USA), 1995:
 Razor & Tie 2063 (USA) - picture from www.allmusic.com |
On www.allmusic.com the performers for this album include Bob Dylan,
although no exact contribution is specified. There are no Bob Dylan covers
on the album. More information required - it may just be a mistake. Thanks to Freddy Ordoñez Araque for pointing out this entry. |
Promotional/Regular Items for 1995
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Stereo promo items for 1995 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. |
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