A-E
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Rarities section are cross-referenced by song title in these
alphabetical pages.
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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:
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Performances currently available on commercial CD are marked by
(these are the ones that count as obscurities
rather than as rarities)
Harry Belafonte - "36 All-Time Greatest Hits" - 3CD compilation, RCA DRC3-1322 (USA), 1996:
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This 3CD set came in a old-style
double-width jewel case. Bob's contribution is on CD3.
R-0001-18 Midnight Special
(Huddie Ledbetter "Lead Belly") For details of the original album, see 1962. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 RCA DRC3-1322 (USA) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
 RCA DRC3-1322 (USA) - CD3 scan by Hans Seegers |
Carlene Carter - "Hindsight 20/20"-
advance promo CD: Giant Records 9 24655-2 (USA), 1996; promo and commercial compilation CDs, Giant Records 9
24655-2 (USA)/Giant Records CD 24655 (Canada)/Giant Records 74321 36012 2
(Europe), 1996:
Carlene Carter is the daughter of June Carter by her first marriage,
stepdaughter of Johnny Cash and stepsister of Roseanne Cash.
R-0218-2 Trust Yourself
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Bob contributes backing vocals on her version of the song from Empire
Burlesque, recorded at Huh Studios, Los Angeles,
CA, Jan 1993
This song first appeared as a bonus track on a CD single Sweet Meant To Be
distributed with her album Little Love Letters in 1993 (see 1993) and later on the 1997 BMG Various Artists compilations What's
New Vol. 16.and May Your Song Always Be Sung (for both see 1997)
Giant Records 2-24655-A (USA), advance promo release:
 Giant Records 2-24655-A (USA) - rear insert scan by Kenny Matthew |
This advance promo CD comes in a regular jewel case with just a rear insert, there is no front insert. |
 Giant Records 2-24655-A (USA) - CD scan by Kenny Matthew |
 Giant Records 2-24655-A (USA) - detail of CD scan by Kenny Matthew |
Giant Records 9 24655-2 (USA), promo and commercial copies:
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 Giant Records 9 24655-2 (USA) - promo stamp scan by Andrew Wellman |
 Giant Records 9 24655-2 (USA) - rear insert scan by Andrew Wellman |
 Giant Records 9 24655-2 (USA) - detail of outside of front insert, scan by Andrew Wellman |
 Giant Records 9 24655-2 (USA) - outside of front insert with promo stamp, scan by Andrew Wellman |
 Giant Records 9 24655-2 (USA) - inside page of front insert, scan by Andrew Wellman |
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 Giant Records 9 24655-2 (USA) - detail of centre of front insert with Bob, scan by Andrew Wellman |
 Giant Records 9 24655-2 (USA) - inside page of front insert, scan by Andrew Wellman |
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 Giant Records 9 24655-2 (USA) - detail of CD. scan by Andrew Wellman |
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Giant Records 9 24655-2 (USA) - detail of rear insert, scan by Andrew Wellman
Hans Seegers' copy has a blue sticker on the front of the jewel case. Andrew Wellman's copy has the same blue sticker, and also has
Giant Records CD 24655 (Canada); Giant Records/Columbia House W2 24655 (Canada):
 Giant Records/Columbia House W2 24655 (Canada) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
I don't have insert scans of the regular Canadian release, but the Columbia House edition has Columbia House details on the rear insert and on the CD itself, including the code "CRC" (Columbia Record Club) on the CD. Insert scans of the regular Canadian release required! |
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 Giant Records/Columbia House W2 24655 (Canada) - detail of unfolded front insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Giant Records/Columbia House W2 24655 (Canada) - rear insert scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 Giant Records/Columbia House W2 24655 (Canada) - CD scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Giant Records/Columbia House W2 24655 (Canada) - detail of CD, scan by Manuel García Jara |
Giant Records/Columbia
House W2 24655 (Canada) - detail of rear insert, scan by
Manuel García Jara
Giant Records 74321 36012 2 (Europe):
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The European release has a bonus track, Do It In A Heartbeat, not present on the US or Canadian releases. Otherwise the packaging is almost identical to that of the US and Canadian releases. |
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 Giant Records 74321 36012 2 (Europe) - outside of front insert (my copy) |
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 Giant Records 74321 36012 2 (Europe) - detail of CD (my copy) |
Giant Records 74321
36012 2 (Europe) - detail of rear insert (my copy)
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Olav Langum, Jack from Canada, Andrew Wellman, Manuel García Jara and Kenny Matthew for information and scans. Thanks to Peter Gilmer for the copy of the European release.
Carlene Carter - "Hindsight 20/20"- compilation cassette release: Giant Records 74321 36012 4 (Europe), 1996:
 Giant Records 74321 36012 4 (Europe) - outside of unfolded cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
This 1996 cassette release has a
very long multiple folded insert. The cassette is clear with
white text, there are no paper labels. It has logos of both the Dutch "BIEM" and
the German "GEMA" copyright organisations. Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
 Giant Records 74321 36012 4 (Europe) - cassette Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (no Dylan) |
 Giant Records 74321 36012 4 (Europe) - outside of unfolded cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Giant Records 74321 36012 4 (Europe) - cassette Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (includes R-0218) |
Gerry Goffin - "Back Room Blood" - CD
release: Genes GCD 4132 (USA), Apr 1996:
Bob provides vocals and guitar to
two co-compositions recorded in Los Angeles, CA, in late 1994.
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 Thieving In The Alley: Songs Of Bob Dylan (Big Note Records, Sweden, 2012), Dylan covers album by Born 53 including their version of Tragedy Of The Trade (my copy) |
R-0248 Tragedy Of The
Trade (Bob Dylan/Gerry Goffin/Barry Goldberg)
Jack from Canada is very doubtful that Dylan appears on this track! According to Goffin, Dylan wrote a few lines of the song and gave it to him (Goffin) to finish. However, he provided no music. Goffin got Barry Goldberg to write the music (the song is credited to Dylan-Goffin-Goldberg). Apparently the song was recorded with no involvement from Dylan. Dylan does appear on Time To End This Masquerade. Dylan gave Goffin a finished, previously recorded backing track (this is why he is credited as co-producer of the track), to which Goffin wrote the words. In a 1996 interview Goffin said Tragedy Of The Trade was one of two songs on the record co-written with Dylan. "Dylan is like a god in my eyes, he's such a great writer", Goffin said. "When Carole and I first went to see him at Carnegie Hall in 1961, we went home and smashed all of our demos. I said, 'We've got to grow up.'" 'So recently he called me and he said, 'I've got this great title for you: 'Tragedy Of The Trade'. I didn't get it at first. I called him back and said, 'What kind of a trade are you talking about?' He said, 'I've got to come over,' and within an hour he's at my house. 'He gives me four lines of the first verse and I pick up from that that he's talking about the world scene. Then I gave him the next verse and he sort of nodded. I thought maybe he wanted to sing the song, but he was doing different things. He didn't write any music, so I got Barry Goldberg to write the music. The other song that we wrote together, Time To End This Masquerade, he gave me the backing track and I wrote the words to it." Confirmation of this required!
R-0249 Time To End This
Masquerade (Bob Dylan/Gerry Goffin)
Jack from Canada adds that the Dylan-produced backing track to Time To End This Masquerade that Dylan gave to Gerry Goffin was actually recorded at The Eurythmics Church in London, 22 Nov 1985, where it's listed by Krogsgaard, etc. as an unidentified instrumental.
Bob also contributed to It's Not The Spotlight (R-0107), the composition by Gerry Goffin and Barry Goldberg that appeared on Barry's 1974 self-titled album, see 1974.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Jack from Canada for information and scans. Thanks to Anders Lindh for a copy of Thieving In The Alley: Songs Of Bob Dylan, an album of Dylan songs from his band Born 53, to be released by Big Note Records In Sweden on 15 May 2012. It includes a cover of Tragedy Of The Trade.
Various Artists - "Rolling Stone Presents New Voices Vol. 5" - CD+ with "Rolling Stone" magazine (Germany), Apr 1996:
 New Voices Vol. 5 (Germany) - front of card sleeve, scan by Manfred Endtner |
R-0560-3 Dylan content in multi-media section of enhanced CD (not
separately listed)
Thanks to Manfred Endtner for information about this magazine CD, the Windows-format multi-media section of which contains 29 sec of Series Of Dreams (video), 24 sec of Dignity (audio), 31 sec of Knockin' On Heaven's Door (audio), 9 sec of Political World (audio) and 9 sec of You Wanna Ramble (audio), as well as a Dylan discography and biography. |
 New Voices Vol. 5 (Germany) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Manfred Endtner |
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This material also appeared on a Columbia US sampler enhanced CD, see 1995, where there are more screenshots.
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Selected screenshots from the CD-ROM by Manfred Endtner, showing the Dylan biography, discography, lyrics and photo gallery: |
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Various Artists - "BBC Classic Tracks - Politics" - radio station CD, Westwood One Program # 96-20 (USA), to be broadcast in the week of 13 May 1996:
 Westwood One Program # 96-20 (USA) - cue sheet scan by Hans Seegers |
This radio station CD in a paper sleeve has five daily programs to be broadcast in a week, and comes with cue sheets. Artists/songs are: Jackson Browne - I Am a Patriot, Alice Cooper - Elected, Crosby Stills & Nash - For What It's Worth, Bob Dylan with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Masters of War, and Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart. All songs are live versions. R-0185-3 Masters Of War - live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Sydney, Australia, 24 Feb 1986, from the Westwood One Radio Broadcast Superstars In Concert, 1986 Thanks to Anthony Pignataro for finding this on eBay and to Hans Seegers for further information and scans. |
 Westwood One Program # 96-20 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "Music From The Motion Picture 'Feeling Minnesota'" - film soundtrack
album, Atlantic
82865-2 (USA)/Atlantic CD 82865 (Canada), 20 Aug 1996; Atlantic
7567-82865-2 (Germany for Europe),
20 Aug 1996; Atlantic
7567828652 (Australia), Sep 1996;
Atlantic 82865-2 (South Korea), 1996; Atlantic/East West Japan AMCY-2124 (Japan), 25 Mar 1997:
For the 1999 DVD release of this film starring Keanu Reeves and Cameron
Diaz see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2.
 Atlantic 82865-2 (USA) - front (my copy) |
R-0247 Ring Of Fire
(June Carter/Merle Kilgore) Bob recorded this song twice before in Nashville, TN, in 1969 - firstly with Johnny Cash during the Nashville Skyline sessions (three takes), and secondly on his own during the Self Portrait sessions. Both versions were not released officially until 2019 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 - Travelin' Thru 1967-1969. |
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 Atlantic CD 82865 (Canada) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
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 Atlantic CD 82865 (Canada) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
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 Atlantic CD 82865 (Canada) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
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 Atlantic 7567-82865-2 (Germany for Europe) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Atlantic 7567-82865-2 (Germany for Europe) - rear insert scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Atlantic 7567828652 (Australia) - reverse of folded front insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
 Atlantic 7567-82865-2 (Germany for Europe) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
 Atlantic 7567-82865-2 (Germany for Europe) - outside of front insert, scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Atlantic/East West Japan AMCY-2124 (Japan) - rear insert with promo stamp, scan by Wil Gielen |
 Atlantic/East West Japan AMCY-2124 (Japan) - detail of rear insert, scan by Wil Gielen |
 Atlantic/East West Japan AMCY-2124 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Atlantic 82865-2 (South Korea) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
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 Atlantic/East West Japan AMCY-2124 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
 Atlantic/East West Japan AMCY-2124 (Japan) - detail of CD, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
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Atlantic 82865-2 (USA) - detail of rear insert (my copy)
Atlantic
7567-82865-2 (Germany for Europe) - detail of rear
insert, scan by Jack from Canada ("Made in Germany")
The front insert is a single sheet folded into four parts.
Thanks to Stuart Moore for scans of the Australian release. The CD has no text, this must be because of a printing fault. Thanks to Wil Gielen for scans of the 1997 Japanese release which has a blue and white obi with price ¥2,400. The obi is dated "97-3-25" (25 Mar 1997). The withdrawal date is "99-3-24" (24 Mar 1999). The copy shown is a promo, with a numbered promo sticker on the rear insert and the text "SAMPLE" in the clear centre of the CD itself.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Jack from Canada and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "The Concert For The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame" - 2CD set, Columbia C2K 67477 (USA/Canada), 17 Sep 1996
 Columbia C2K 67477 (USA) - front with sticker, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
This 2CD set came in a
old-style double-width jewel case. There was a 24-page booklet.
R-0244 All Along The Watchtower
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 Columbia C2K 67477 (USA) - rear insert scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia C2K 67477 (USA) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia C2K 67477 (USA) - front sticker scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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 Columbia C2K 67477 (Canada) - rear insert scan by Jack |
 Columbia C2K 67477 (Canada) - CD2 scan by Jack |
This track is on CD2. Bob also performed Highway 61 Revisited and duetted with Bruce Springsteen on Forever Young, but these performances have not been officially released. A video of this concert is included in the 2009 Time-Life US 9DVD set The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Live, but Bob's performances are not included. For this, which does contain two 1988 performances in which Bob participates, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4.
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Jack from Canada for information and scans.
Various Artists - "The Concert For The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame" -
2CD set, Columbia 483793 2
(France/NL); Columbia 481673 2 (Australia), Sep 1996:
The European release was made in
Austria for the French and Dutch markets.
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These releases were again in double-width 2CD jewel cases with a 24-page
booklet. Thanks to Harold Lepidus for finding the 9DVD Time-Life 2009 set The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Live. This includes this 1995 concert although not Bob's performances, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4 as two Dylan performances from 1988 are included. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Stuart Moore for information and scans. |
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 Columbia 481673 2 (Australia) - booklet front scan by Stuart Moore |
 Columbia 481673 2 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Stuart Moore |
 Columbia 481673 2 (Australia) - CD2 scan by Stuart Moore |
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 Columbia 483793 2 (France/NL) - CD2 scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "The Concert For The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame" - 2CD set, Sony Records SRCS 7893-4 (Japan), 21 Oct 1996:
 Sony Records SRCS 7893-4 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
The Japanese release came in a double-width jewel case with a
black and white obi
with black, white and yellow text with price ¥3,500 (¥3,398 before tax). The
release date is "96-10-21" (21 Oct 1996), the original US release date is shown as "96-9-17" (17
Sep 1996) and the withdrawal date is "98-10-20" (20 Oct 1998). There
is a 24-page stapled booklet in English and there is
also a 40-page stapled booklet in English and Japanese. The copy shown is a
promo with a numbered promo sticker on the rear insert and the text "SAMPLE" in the
clear centre of the CDs themselves. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
 Sony Records SRCS 7893-4 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
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Various Artists - "Jerry Maguire: Music From The Motion
Picture"- film soundtrack CD, Epic Soundtrax EK 67910 (7644-67910-2)
(USA/Canada), 10 Dec 1996; Epic Soundtrax EK 67910/BMG Music Club D-121832
(USA), 10 Dec 1996; Epic Soundtrax EPC 486981 2 (Europe), Dec 1996; Epic Soundtrax
486981 2 (Australia), Dec 1996;
Epic Soundtrax
CDEPC 5238 K (South Africa), Dec 1996;
Epic Soundtrax
2-486981 (Brazil), Dec 1996; Epic Soundtrax EK 217773 (South Korea),
Dec 1996:
For releases of the Jerry Maguire
film on VHS and
DVD, see VHS & DVD 1990s Part 2.
Epic Soundtrax EK 67910 (7644-67910-2) (USA/Canada)/Epic Soundtrax EK 67910/BMG Music Club D-121832 (USA):
 Epic Soundtrax EK 67910 (USA) - front insert (my copy) |
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 Epic Soundtrax EK 67910 (USA) - rear insert scan by Gil Lamont |
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 Epic Soundtrax EK 67910/BMG Music Club D-121832 (USA) - rear scan by Jack from Canada |
 Epic Soundtrax EK 67910/BMG Music Club D-121832 (USA) - detail of rear with BMG Music Club info, scan by Jack from Canada |
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R-0250 Shelter From The Storm - alternate version with extra
verse , out-take from the Blood On The Tracks
sessions, 1974
This version of the song also appears on the non-USA Columbia The Best Of Bob
Dylan compilations (see
1997), The Best Of Bob
Dylan Volumes 1 & 2 (see
2001),
and Les Indispensables De Bob Dylan (see
2004). Now also released on the limited edition 6CD Deluxe Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More
Blood, More Tracks,
2018,
although apparently R-0250 was mixed to make the piano accompaniment barely
audible - it is much more prominent on the 2018 released version of the same
take, so R-0250 remains a rarity.
The front insert is a single sheet folded into four parts. Thanks to Gil Lamont for the sticker and rear insert scans. Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the US BMG Music Club release and the Canadian CD.
Epic Soundtrax EPC 486981 2 (Europe):
 Epic Soundtrax EPC 486981 2 (Europe) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information about the European release, manufactured in Austria, plus scans. The artwork is identical to the US release apart from the catalogue number, but the CD has a silver instead of coloured background. |
 Epic Soundtrax EPC 486981 2 (Europe) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 Epic Soundtrax EPC 486981 2 (Europe) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Epic Soundtrax 486981 2 (Australia):
 Epic Soundtrax 486981 2 (Australia) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
The Australian release again has a silver CD instead of a coloured disc, although different from the silver European CD. |
 Epic Soundtrax 486981 2 (Australia) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Epic Soundtrax 486981 2 (Australia) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
Epic Soundtrax CDEPC 5238 K (South Africa):
 Epic Soundtrax CDEPC 5238 K (South Africa) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
The South African CD release has a coloured disc. |
 Epic Soundtrax CDEPC 5238 K (South Africa) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Epic Soundtrax CDEPC 5238 K (South Africa) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
Epic Soundtrax 2-486981 (Brazil):
 Epic Soundtrax 2-486981 (Brazil) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
The Brazilian CD release has a coloured disc. The rear insert has catalogue number "2-486981" but the CD itself has catalogue number "758.316/2486981" |
 Epic Soundtrax 2-486981 (Brazil) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Epic Soundtrax 758.316/2486981 (Brazil) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
Epic Soundtrax EK 217773 (South Korea):
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 Epic Soundtrax EK 217773 (South Korea) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Epic Soundtrax EK 217773 (South Korea) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for scans of the still-sealed 1997 South Korean release, which was manufactured in South Korea by Seoul Records.
Thanks to Gil Lamont, Jack from Canada, Hans Seegers, Manuel García Jara and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Jerry Maguire: Music From The Motion Picture"- film soundtrack CD, Epic Soundtrax ESCA 6700 (Japan), 21 Apr 1997:
 Epic Soundtrax ESCA 6700 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans of the Japanese 1997 release. It has a red-brown obi with black and white text with price ¥2,345 (¥2,223 before tax) and release date "97-4-21" (21 Apr 1997). The original US release date is shown as "96-12-10" (10 Dec 1996) and the withdrawal date as "99-4-20" (20 Apr 1999). The album has the same 8-page folded front insert in English and there is also a 16-page stapled booklet in English and Japanese. |
 Epic Soundtrax ESCA 6700 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Epic Soundtrax ESCA 6700 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
Various Artists - "Jerry Maguire: Music From The Motion Picture"- film soundtrack stereo vinyl 2LP set: Mondo Music (catalogue nunber?) (USA), Oct 2023:
 Front of gatefold sleeve - picture from Mondo Music web-site |
Thanks to T. J. Jenkins for information that this soundtrack album is being released for the first time on vinyl by Mondo Music in the USA in Oct 2023. It comes in a gatefold sleeve with artwork from the film, liner notes by Cameron Crowe and the "Jerry Maguire Mission Statement". The records are available on either regular black vinyl or translucent green vinyl. R-0250 is track 3 on Side 4. |
 Inside of gatefold sleeve and contents - picture from Mondo Music web-site |
 Translucent green vinyl records - picture from Mondo Music web-site |
Promotional/Regular Items for 1996
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Stereo promo items for 1996 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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