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
"A-Changin'" - 1997 Columbia UK poster advertising
The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute with rarity
My Blue-Eyed
Jane, see below, picture from eil.com
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
)
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 - "Cities 97 Sampler Vol. 8" - cancer charity CD, Frontier/Cities 97 KTCZ 91.1 FM (USA), 1997:
 Frontier/Cities 97 KTCZ 91.1 FM (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0239-2 A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - live at
the Great Music Experience, Naira City, Japan, 1994, previously released on the
Columbia European MTV Unplugged Dignity singles, 1995 This cancer charity CD is one of a series released in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul) of Bob's home state of Minnesota in association with radio station KTCZ 91.1 FM. Also featured is Bob's son Jakob with The Wallflowers. Peter Oudejans points out that the rear insert has a copyright date of 1996, but I believe the album was released in early 1997, as per the title. |
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 Frontier/Cities 97 KTCZ 91.1 FM (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
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Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Various Artists - "House Of Blues Blues Breaks/House Of Blues Radio Hour - Show # 97-182: Maria Muldaur Tribute" - two radio station CDs: CBS Radio Programs/House Of Blues 97-182 (USA), 24 Feb 1997
 CBS Radio Programs/House Of Blues 97-182 (USA) - CD1 in white paper sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada (dated "3/1/97", 1 Mar 1997) |
CD 1 - "Blues Breaks", to be
broadcast 24-28 Feb 1997; CD 2 - "House Of Blues
Radio Hour", to be broadcast 1-2 Mar 1997. The CDs come in white paper
sleeves with a front cut-out. "House Of Blues Radio Hour" is hosted by Dan Aykroyd (Elwood Blues) with guest Maria Muldaur. It includes Sitting On Top Of The World by Big Joe Williams with Dylan playing harmonica. As far as I know this is the first time this track has appeared on a (legitimate) CD. R-0005-2 Sitting
On Top Of The World (Walter Jacobs/Lonnie Chatman) - Bob supplies harmonica
and backup vocals for Big Joe Williams, recorded at Cue Studios, New York, 2 Mar
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 CBS Radio Programs/House Of Blues 97-182 (USA) - Cue sheet 1 scan by Jack from Canada |
 CBS Radio Programs/House Of Blues 97-182 (USA) - CD1 scan by Jack from Canada (no Dylan) |
 CBS Radio Programs/House Of Blues 97-182 (USA) - Cue sheet 2 scan by Jack from Canada |
 CBS Radio Programs/House Of Blues 97-182 (USA) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada (includes R-0005 and two Dylan covers) |
 Spivey LP 1004 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1964 release with R-0005) |
 Fanning The Flames (Telarc CD-83394, USA, 1996) by Maria Muldaur, who was given Well, Well, Well by Bob for her album |
The show also includes two Dylan covers, one unreleased by Bob: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right by Clarence Gatemouth Brown and Maria Muldaur plus Well, Well, Well (Bob Dylan-Danny O'Keefe) by Maria Muldaur. For more details see Starlight In The East: Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Songs.
Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans.
Various Artists - "What's New Vol. 16" - promo compilation CD + CD single set, BMG 74321 44823 2 (Germany), 28 Apr 1997:
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 BMG 74321 44823 2 (Germany) - CD1 scan by Hans Seegers (CD2 is a CD single, no Dylan) |
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 BMG 74321 44823 2 (Germany) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0218-3 Trust Yourself
(performed by Carlene Carter) - 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 Carlene's 1993 Giant album Little Love Letters (see 1993) and on her 1996 compilation album Hindsight 20/20 (see 1996).
The other two Dylan songs from the compilation are Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again by Thomas Helmig, and Series Of Dreams by The Zimmermen.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Various Artists - "May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs Of Bob Dylan" - 2x10" LP limited edition BMG 74321 47088 1, (Germany), May 1997; CD: BMG 74321 47088-2 (Germany), May 1997/BMG 74321 47088 2 (Brazil), 1997:
BMG 74321 47088-2 (Germany), May 1997:
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R-0218-4 Trust Yourself
This song first appeared as a bonus track on a CD single Sweet Meant To Be distributed with Carlene's 1993 Giant album Little Love Letters (see 1993) and on her 1996 compilation album Hindsight 20/20 (see 1996). It is also on the 1997 BMG various artists compilation What's New Vol. 16.(see above) This compilation has a 12-page booklet with details of the artists. |
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 BMG 74321 47088-2 (Germany) - CD front insert, scan by David Plentus |
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 BMG 74321 47088-2 (Germany) - CD |
The album was also released as a set of two 10" vinyl LPs in a numbered limited edition of 500. This vinyl release contains two exclusive snippets of a Dylan interview from Stockholm, Sweden, 28 Apr 1966, starting with the following lines:
Q: What do you call yourself, a poet or a singer?"
A: "You wouldn't ask these questions of a carpenter..."Q: "When you write a song, do you write the melody or the words first?"
A: "I write it all..."
BMG 74321 47088-1 (Germany), May 1997:
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 BMG 74321 47088-1 (Germany) - vinyl set of two 10" LPs, rear scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 BMG 74321 47088-1 (Germany) - vinyl set of two 10" LPs, detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 BMG 74321 47088-1 (Germany) - vinyl set of two 10" LPs, detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (copy "0039" of 500 |
 BMG 74321 47088-1 (Germany) - vinyl set of two 10" LPs, insert front scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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 BMG 74321 47088-1 (Germany) - vinyl set of two 10" LPs, insert rear scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 BMG 74321 47088-1 (Germany) - vinyl set of two 10" LPs, detail of insert rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (Carlene Carter) |
 BMG 74321 47088-1 (Germany) - vinyl set of two 10" LPs, Side 1 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (LP1, Side A, Dylan covers only) |
 BMG 74321 47088-1 (Germany) - vinyl set of two 10" LPs, Side 2 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (LP1, Side B, Dylan covers only) |
 BMG 74321 47088-1 (Germany) - vinyl set of two 10" LPs, Side 3 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (LP2, Side A, Dylan covers only) |
 BMG 74321 47088-1 (Germany) - vinyl set of two 10" LPs, Side 4 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (LP2, Side B, includes R-0218) |
The 2LP set comes in a single sleeve with no writing on the spine. There is a single sheet monochrome insert printed both sides. Each 10'' LP comes in a white paper inner sleeve.
For a BMG sampler featuring three songs from this compilation see above. For the second May Your Song Always Be Sung collection, see 2001. For the third May Your Song Always Be Sung collection, see 2003. For a Japanese single disc compilation with tracks from the first and second collections, see 2006.
BMG 74321 47088 2 (Brazil), 1997:
 BMG 74321 47088 2 (Brazil) - CD front scan by Jack from Canada |
This CD release was made in Manaus in the Amazon region of Brazil by SonoPress for BMG Brazil. It has the same design of inserts as the German release. |
 BMG 74321 47088 2 (Brazil) - CD rear insert scan by Jack from Canada |
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 BMG 74321 47088 2 (Brazil) - reverse of CD rear insert, scan by Jack from Canada |
 BMG 74321 47088 2 (Brazil) - outside of CD front insert scan by Jack from Canada |
 BMG 74321 47088 2 (Brazil) - detail of CD, scan by Jack from Canada |
 BMG 74321 47088 2 (Brazil) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
BMG 74321
47088 2 (Brazil) - detail of CD rear insert, scan by Jack from Canada
Thanks to Keith Venturoni for finding the vinyl release on eBay and to David Plentus, Sergio Mariano Romay and Jack from Canada for further information and scans.
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - compilation CD releases, Columbia
SONYTV28CD/31-487924-10 (UK); Columbia
487924 2 (Australia); Sony
Music Direct TVK 24037 (Canada), 2 Jun 1997;
"Platin Series" - Columbia 487924 6 (Mainland Europe),
2001/"Platinum Series" - Columbia 487924 5 (Mainland Europe),
2002:
All re-released tracks on this album have been digitally remastered using
SBM. This is not the same album as the US and Japanese The
Best Of Bob Dylan released in Nov 2005 (also in Canada with the same name as
this release), see 2005. For a pirate copy of this album
manufactured in Russia, but found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux in Belgium, see
Questionable Releases. I have a 1997
Columbia UK flyer advertising Time Out Of Mind on one side and
The Best Of Bob Dylan on the other.
Columbia SONYTV28CD (UK), 1997:
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 Columbia SONYTV28CD (UK) - German language front sticker, scan by Wolfram Winkler |
 Front of 1997 Columbia UK flyer (my copy) |
 Rear of 1997 Columbia UK flyer (my copy) |
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 Columbia SONYTV28CD (UK) - alternate rear insert photocopy by Paul Shenton |
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 Columbia SONYTV28CD (UK) - front (my copy) |
 Columbia SONYTV28CD (UK) - CD |
 Columbia SONYTV28CD (UK) - detail of CD |
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The artwork shows part of the typescript of Subterranean Homesick Blues, which is surprisingly not on the album (it is on The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, see 2000). Paul Shenton's UK copy is exactly the same as mine except that his rear insert has "CB|841" in a lozenge to the right of the barcode at top right.
R-0250-2 Shelter From The Storm
- alternate version
from Jerry Maguire: Music From The Motion Picture film soundtrack (see 1996)
Also released on The Best Of Bob
Dylan Volumes 1 & 2 (see
2001),
and Les Indispensables De Bob Dylan (see
2004). Now also released on the limited 6CD Deluxe Edition of The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More
Blood, More Tracks,
2018.
 Columbia 487924 6 (Mainland Europe) - Sony advertising insert scan by Harald Sigvartsen |
Wolfram Winkler says the album was also TV-advertised in Germany
and his copy has a sticker including text in German. Harald Sigvartsen's copy bought in Norway had a Sony insert in English, German and French advertising contemporary CD audio products. |
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Sony Music Direct TVK 24037 (Canada):
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The Canadian release is on the Sony Music Direct label. |
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 Sony Music Direct TVK 24037 (Canada) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
Columbia 487924 2 (Australia):
 Columbia 487924 2 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
The Australian album was also included in the Australian 2CD set The Best Of Bob Dylan Vols. 1 & 2, see 2001. |
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 Columbia 487924 2 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Stuart Moore |
 Columbia 487924 2 (Australia) - reverse of rear insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
 Columbia 487924 2 (Australia) - inside pages of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
 Columbia 487924 2 (Australia) - inside page of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
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"Platin Series" - Columbia 487924 6 (Mainland Europe), 2001/"Platinum Series" - Columbia 487924 5 (Mainland Europe), 2002:
 Columbia 487924 5 (Mainland Europe) - front of slipcase, scan by Gerd Rundel (2002 release) |
In 2001 a Columbia series called "Platin" [Platinum] was released in mainland Europe with the albums manufactured in Austria for Europe-wide distribution and the "Platin" slipcases manufactured in Germany. The Best Of Bob Dylan shown here is "Columbia 487924 6" on the spine and "Sony Music 4879246000" on the rear. I suspect the "Platin" versions were intended for Germany only. Gerd Rundel's copy from 2002 has a slipcase with the title "Platinum" with "Columbia 487924 5" on the spine and "Sony Music 4879245000" on the rear. The slipcase is open at both ends. The CD inside is the Sony Music UK release SONYTV28CD as above with the original inserts and the 1997 disc. The rear insert has the "CB|841" code at top right as per Paul Shenton's copy. The same CD is probably inside both versions shown. |
 Columbia 487924 6 (Germany) - front of slipcase, picture from www.discogs.com (2001 release) |
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 Columbia 487924 5 (Mainland Europe) - rear of slipcase, scan by Gerd Rundel (2002 release) |
 Columbia 487924 6 (Germany) - rear of slipcase, picture from www.discogs.com (2001 release) |
 Columbia SONYTV28CD (UK) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (same as my copy above) |
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 Columbia SONYTV28CD (UK) - reverse of rear insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia SONYTV28CD (UK) - CD scan by Gerd Rundel (same as my disc) |
 Columbia SONYTV28CD (UK) - outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia SONYTV28CD (UK) - inside pages of unfolded front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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Columbia 487924 5 (Mainland Europe) -
bottom of slipcase, scan by Gerd Rundel (2002 release)
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information and to Jean-Pol Hiernaux, Jack from Canada, Wolfram Winkler, Stuart Moore and Gerd Rundel for further information and scans.
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - compilation cassette release, Columbia SONYTV28MC (UK), 2 Jun 1997 (two variants):
 Columbia SONYTV28MC (UK) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 1) |
 Columbia SONYTV28MC (UK) - outside of unfolded cassette insert, scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 1) |
 Columbia SONYTV28MC (UK) - detail of rear of cassette insert, scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 1 - "CB|541" above right of barcode) |
 Columbia SONYTV28MC (UK) - detail of rear of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (variant 2 - "CB|541" missing from above right of barcode and text centred) |
 Columbia SONYTV28MC (UK) - outside of unfolded cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (variant 2) |
 Columbia SONYTV28MC (UK) - cassette Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (both variants) |
 Columbia SONYTV28MC (UK) - detail of cassette Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (both variants) |
 Columbia SONYTV28MC (UK) - inside of unfolded cassette insert, scan by Gerd Rundel (both variants) |
 Columbia SONYTV28MC (UK) - cassette Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (both variants) |
This UK release has a multi-folded insert and a clear cassette with white text. There are two variants of the insert - the first has "CB|541" printed on the rear of the outside of the insert, above right of the barcode after the catalogue number. The cassette was made in Holland
Thanks to Gerd Rundel and Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - compilation cassette release, Columbia 487924 4 (Turkey), 1997:
 Columbia 487924 4 (Turkey) - cassette front scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Columbia 487924 4 (Turkey) - outside of unfolded cassette insert, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Columbia 487924 4 (Turkey) - cassette Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke |
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insert and a transparent smoked grey cassette with white text. Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans. |
 Columbia 487924 4 (Turkey) - inside of unfolded cassette insert, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Columbia 487924 4 (Turkey) - cassette Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke |
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - compilation cassette release, Columbia 487924 4 (Australia), 1997:
 Columbia 487924 4 (Australia) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
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 Columbia 487924 4 (Australia) - cassette Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore |
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insert and a clear cassette with white text. The Australian cassette was
made in Indonesia! Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans. |
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 Columbia 487924 4 (Australia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore |
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - promo and commercial compilation releases, Promo cassette: Sony Records SRCS 8412 (Japan), 6 Aug 1997; CD: Sony Records SRCS 8412 (Japan), 6 Aug 1997; MiniDisc: Sony Records SRYS 1199 (Japan), 21 Aug 1997:
Promo cassette: Sony Records SRCS 8412 (Japan), 6 Aug 1997:
 Sony Records SRCS 8412 (Japan) - promo cassette insert scan by Wil Gielen |
The Japanese promo cassette of SRCS 8412 with blue cassette labels and a blue card insert is dated "97.8.6" (6 Aug 1997). It seems unusual for the album to be promoted on cassette since Japan was the earliest adopter of the CD about 15 years before. |
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CD: Sony Records SRCS 8412 (Japan), 6 Aug 1997:
 Sony Records SRCS 8412 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (first release) |
The obi for the CD release uses the same artwork by Jun Miura as on the 2004 Japan-only Dylan film sound track Iden & Tity, see International Album Releases (Dylan-only Compilations) 2000s. The obi has a release of "97-8-6" (6 Aug 1997), with a withdrawal date of "99-8-5" (5 Aug 1999). The original European release date is shown as "97-6-2" (2 Jun 1997). Thanks to Wil Gielen for scans of a second release of SRCS 8412 with a different obi, also by Jun Miura. Both obis have price ¥2,345. The disc and inserts are identical, but only the first release had the sheet with 43 stickers of Dylan album sleeves. |
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 Sony Records SRCS 8412 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen (second release) |
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 Sony Records SRCS 8412 (Japan) - sticker sheet with pictures of 43 albums, scan by Hans Seegers (first release only) |
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The first release CD shown is a promo, with a pink promo panel on the rear insert and the English word "SAMPLE" in the clear centre of the CD itself. The Japanese MiniDisc shown is also a promo, with a pink promo sticker on the back. It has a version of the first Jun Miura obi with price ¥2,345.
MiniDisc: Sony Records SRYS 1199
(Japan), 21 Aug 1997:
 Sony Records SRYS 1199 (Japan) - front of MiniDisc with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
This MiniDisc copy is a sealed promo - scans of the commercial release required! The obi has a variant of the first CD obi design by Jun Miura. |
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Thanks to Hervé from France for information and to Hans Seegers, Wil Gielen and Gerd Rundel for scans.
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - compilation cassette release, Sony/ZMC McCOL 5300 (Zimbabwe), 1997:
 Sony/ZMC McCOL 5300 (Zimbabwe) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
This cassette release was made and distributed in Zimbabwe by ZMC (Zimbabwe Music Corporation). The insert is blank on the inside. The reference "McCOL" on the cassette means "Music Cassette Columbia". The cassette is transparent smoked grey with white text, there are no paper labels. |
 Sony/ZMC McCOL 5300 (Zimbabwe) - cassette Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 Sony/ZMC McCOL 5300 (Zimbabwe) - detail of outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Sony/ZMC McCOL 5300 (Zimbabwe) - detail of outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Sony/ZMC McCOL 5300 (Zimbabwe) - detail of cassette Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Sony/ZMC McCOL 5300 (Zimbabwe) - cassette Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara |
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Les Indispensables De Bob Dylan" - compilation CD, Sony Music Media SMM 516344-2 (France), 13 Apr 2004; Sony BMG Music Entertainment 82876860922 (France), 11 Sep 2006:
 Sony Music Media SMM 516344-2 (France) - 2004 release front (my copy) |
 Sony Music Media SMM 516344-2 (France) - 2004 release, outside of digipak |
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 Sony Music Media SMM 516344-2 (France) - 2004 release, detail of CD |
 Sony BMG Music Entertainment 82876860922 (France) - 2006 release, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Sony BMG Music Entertainment 82876860922 (France) - 2006 release, outside of digipak, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Sony BMG Music Entertainment 82876860922 (France) - 2006 release, detail of CD, scan by Hans Seegers |
The Best Of Bob Dylan album above was released in France in 2004 and 2006 with the new title Les Indispensables De Bob Dylan. The 2004 release is by Sony Music Media and the 2006 release is by Sony BMG Strategic Marketing. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding these releases and to Hans Seegers for further information and scans of the 2006 release.
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - reissue CD release, Sony Music (no catalogue number) (Greece), 15 Jul 2012:
 Sony Music 2012 Greek release in folded card sleeve, front scan by Dag Braathen |
This CD was given away on 15 Jul 2012 with The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2,
in folded card sleeves with an issue of the Greek newspaper "Ethos" (Nation).
The
CD has no
catalogue number but it does have a matrix number of "DPH ETH BOB DYLAN CD 1".
The CD was manufactured in Greece by Digital Press Hellas. Thanks to Ian Woodward, Dag Braathen and Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
 Sony Music 2012 Greek release, CD scan by Dag Braathen |
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 Sony Music 2012 Greek release, detail of CD scan by Dag Braathen |
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 Sony Music 2012 Greek release, detail of CD scan by Dag Braathen |
Various Artists - " Sony Music Walker" - promo compilation 3CD set, Sony XDCS 93272-4 (Japan), 1997:
 Sony XDCS 93272-4 (Japan) - front insert scan by Wil Gielen |
This 95-track 3CD compilation for radio stations from Sony Japan
includes a 1:33 excerpt from Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited
(the 1996 Japanese release Sony Records SRCS 9074).
R-0527 Like A Rolling Stone - 1.33 excerpt from Highway 61 Revisited version This edit also turned up on a Columbia/Legacy US promo compilation featuring Al Kooper, What Do All These Recording Artists Have In Common, see 2001. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
 Sony XDCS 93272-4 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony XDCS 93272-4 (Japan) - CD1 scan by Wil Gielen |
Joan Baez - "Live At Newport" - compilation CD releases, Vanguard 77015-2 (USA), 1997; Vanguard/King Records KICP 3003 (Japan), 1998:
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 Vanguard 77015-2 (USA) - inside of front insert with photo of Joan and Bob |
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 Vanguard 77015-2 (USA) - detail of inside of front insert |
 Vanguard 77015-2 (USA) - inside of front insert |
 Vanguard/King Records KICP 3003 (Japan) - outside of front insert scan by Jack from Canada |
 Vanguard/King Records KICP 3003 (Japan) - obi scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Vanguard/King Records KICP 3003 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Vanguard/King Records KICP 3003 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Vanguard/King Records KICP 3003 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Jack from Canada |
 Vanguard/King Records KICP 3003 (Japan) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
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R-0252 It Ain't Me, Babe (4:45)
- recorded live with Joan Baez at The Newport Folk
Festival, Newport, RI, 24 Jul 1964, previously
unreleased
In his book
"A Life In Stolen Moments: Bob Dylan Day By Day
1941-1995" Clinton Heylin says "In the evening he [Bob]
joins Joan Baez during her set, and they duet on It Ain't Me,
Babe."
Edited versions of R-0252 (4:45) were included on the 1998 compilation albums Vanguard Sessions: Folk Hits (R-0597, 3:35) and Vanguard Sessions: Folk Duets (R-0265, 3:56). For both, see 1998. An almost complete version, with only crowd noise cut off at the end is on the 2002 Vanguard compilation CD This Land Is Your Land: Songs Of Freedom. An even shorter edit of R-0252 appears on the 2002 3CD set Vanguard Roots Of Folk (R-0598, 3:31) For both, see 2002.
R-0253 With God On Our Side
- recorded live with Joan Baez, previously unreleased
This duet is
identified on the CD as being previously released (see the inside detail), but it is not
the expected version from Newport Broadside: Topical Songs, (R-0311, see
1964), now known to have been recorded on 27 Jul
1963 (morning workshop) and not on 26 Jul 1963 (afternoon workshop) or 28 Jul
1963 (evening concert) as previously thought. This "new" version is from the
evening of 26 Jul 1964, when Bob and Joan performed the song after she was
invited on stage during Bob's set.
Video of both these performances now appears on the 2007 US Columbia/Legacy DVD The Other Side Of The Mirror: Bob Dylan Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4.
This album also includes her versions of of It's All Over Now, Baby Blue and Don't Think Twice, It's All Right.
The 1998 Japanese release has a green/white obi with a price of ¥2,200, a release date of "98-05-22" (20 May 1998) and a withdrawal date of "2000.5.21" (21 May 2000).
Thanks to Tim Dunn, Larry Crum, Bob Stacy and Jack from Canada for information and scans.
Joan Baez - "Really The Best" - compilation 2CD release, Vanguard/ZYX Music ZYX 81123-2 (Germany), 1997:
 Vanguard/ZYX Music ZYX 81123-2 (Germany) - front insert scans by Peter Oudejans |
This 2CD compilation has a Dylan rarity on CD1: R-0221-4 Blowin' In The Wind
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 Vanguard/ZYX Music ZYX 81123-2 (Germany) - rear insert scans by Peter Oudejans |
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 Vanguard/ZYX Music ZYX 81123-2 (Germany) - CD2 scan by Peter Oudejans (includes four Dylan covers) |
CD1 also contains Joan's covers of I Shall Be Released, A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, House Of The Risin' Sun (released by Bob on Bob Dylan in 1962), It's All Over Now, Baby Blue and Farewell Angelina. CD2 contains Diamonds And Rust, Joan's song about Bob, plus her covers of Don't Think Twice It's All Right, I Pity The Poor Immigrant, Dear Landlord and Love Is Just A Four Letter Word.
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Ad Bouman's Goud Van Oud [Ad Bouman's Gold From
Old]" - 3CD set, Sony
Music Media 486720-2 (NL),
1997:
The compiler of this set, Ad Bouman, is a veteran Dutch disc jockey who
started with the station Radio Veronica when it was on a "pirate" ship
in the North Sea in the 1960s. Bob's contribution to this 3CD set in a
double-width jewel case is the first half of Hurricane from Desire,
released in 1975 and 1976 on 7" singles. The set was produced in Austria
for the Dutch market only.
 Sony Music Media 486720-2 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0126-10 Hurricane (Part 1) - first half of
song (3:45) without bleeped swearword For original 1975-76 singles with this song split over the A- and B-sides, see here. |
 Sony Music Media 486720-2 (NL) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Sony Music Media 486720-2 (NL) - CD2 scan by Hans Seegers (includes R-0126) |
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Biograph" - recalled 3CD jewel case edition, Columbia C3K
65298 (USA), Aug 1997:
This edition, which had to be recalled because of the mistakes listed below, was
released in the USA only, reportedly in a run of 5,000 copies. The first run of
the Oct 1997 corrected edition has the same catalogue number, C3K 65298. It was
originally thought that the recalled
Biograph could be identified from the corrected reissue without breaking the seal, because the grey on the
slipcase
is a true grey, whereas the corrected release has a reddish tinge
to the grey (Paul S. Levine's corrected copy is like this). This is not true of the UK release, Columbia 488099 2 (see
International
Albums (Regular)),
which was the corrected version from the outset, and where the grey on the
slipcase
is definitely a true grey. However, Derek Barker of "Isis" informs me that he
has a copy of the corrected edition in a slipcase which is true grey. I can only assume that
stocks of the original slipcase were used in Oct 1997 for corrected copies also.
This means that the only sure way of identifying a recalled copy without a dated
receipt is to open it
and play the CDs! For full details of these releases, see the Biograph page in International
Albums (Regular).
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The number at the bottom of the round front sticker titled "The Ultimate Bob Dylan Album!" is "65298-S1" (see below). On the corrected edition it's reported to be "65298-S1A", but I have no confirmation of this (the UK release has a completely different sticker). Tim Dunn's copy (see below) has "65298-S1". There are typos on the back of the slipcase, but they are on both
editions: R-0255 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Rev Gary Davies, arr. Eric von Schmidt) - truncated introduction to Bob Dylan version, an error which required correction. The track length on the recalled version is 2:13, whereas it is 2:35 on the corrected version. R-0256 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (unfaded John Wesley Harding version) - sadly the faded edit was restored in Oct 1997. The track length on the recalled version is 2:46, whereas it is 2:38 on the corrected version. R-0257 I Don't Believe You (live with the
Hawks, Manchester Free Trade Hall, 17 May 1966) - this performance replaced the otherwise unreleased
version from Belfast, 6 May
1966 on the original Biograph. The Belfast version was restored in Oct 1997. Mixed Up Confusion on this edition of Biograph is a newly discovered stereo version of the original single. This replaced the alternate take on the 1985 release of Biograph (R-0748, see 1985). The original single (mono and stereo) has a harmonica solo immediately after Bob's spoken introduction "I've got mixed up confusion, and it's a-killin' me!", the alternate take used in 1985 doesn't. The stereo version of the original single was then retained in the "corrected" reissue. This means the stereo version of the original single take ceased to be a rarity, but the alternate take on the 1985 version of Biograph became a rarity. However, thanks to Tom Willems for news that the 2011 European 3CD "ecolbook" release of Biograph again contains the alternate take of Mixed Up Confusion from the 1985 release of the set (R-0748, see 1962 and 1985). If this is a deliberate change, and not just a "Columbia Cock-up" that will be corrected as in 1997, then the stereo version of the original single will become a rarity! It has been allocated the R-number of R-0888. R-0888 Mixed Up Confusion - stereo version of A-side of US Columbia single, 1962, released on the remastered release of Biograph, 1997 |
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 Columbia C3K 65298 (USA) - serial number "65298-S1" - is there a release with serial number "65298-S1A"? |
 Columbia C3K 65298 (USA) - detail of CD1 ("DIDP 093118 F2 1A 01", see comments below) |
All these rarities are on CD1. Thanks to Blake Eikenberry for information that 2013's Side Tracks, released as a 2CD set as part of The Complete Album Collection Vol. One and also as a limited numbered edition 3LP set, also contains the alternate take of Mixed Up Confusion from the 1985 release of Biograph (R-0748). This means a "Columbia Cock-up" has been set in stone! See International Album Releases (Regular) - 2010s Multi-Packs and International Album Releases (Dylan-Only Compilations) 2010s.
Tim Dunn has carried out a detailed examination of both the withdrawn and replacement 1997 versions of Biograph:
THE WITHDRAWN VERSION:
1. The withdrawn version was released in August 1997 as C3K 65298. The sticker on the shrink wrap has the number 65298-S1. The slipcase front colour is said to be a "true" grey, compared with the colour of the replacement slipcase. This was released only in the USA and may be limited to 5,000 copies.
2. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down clocks at 2:13 on my CD player. The intro is truncated (it starts with Dylan saying "Ric's a blues guitar player." The time given on the rear insert of the double CD jewel case reads "2:13."
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight is unfaded and clocks at 2:45 on my CD player. The rear insert time matches the running time.
4. I Don't Believe You is from Manchester 17 May 1966 (later to be on The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 - Live 1966). On my CD player it clocks in at 5:30, the same time as on the rear insert.
5. "Mixed Up Confusion" is a stereo version of the 1962 single. (The original Biograph version was an edit of the Masterpieces version.)
The matrix numbers for the discs: Disc 1 - DIDP-093118 F3 1A 02* IFPI L423, Disc 2 - DIDP-093119 F2 1A O2 IFPI L422, Disc 3 - DIDP-093120 F2 1A O1 IFPI L422.
*The matrix number on my Disc 1 is "DIDP 093118 F2 1A 01" (AHF).
THE CORRECTED VERSION:
1. This was released in October 1997 as C3K 65298 (same as the August version). The sticker on my copy has the number 65298-S1 (same as the earlier version)--according to Searching For A Gem there is some belief that the sticker number is 65298-S1A. Apparently, the grey colour on the slipcase front has a "reddish tinge"--I suppose this is true, but it seems to require decent light.
2. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down is restored/corrected and has the complete intro. It clocks in at 2:33 on my CD player. The rear insert time is still 2:13.
3. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight is restored/corrected to 2:36, on my CD player, with the fade. The rear insert time is still 2:45.
4. I Don't Believe You is restored/corrected to the Dublin 6 May 1966 version and clocks on my CD player at 5:18. The time on the rear insert is still 5:30.
5. Mixed Up Confusion has been retained from the August issue.
The matrix numbers for the discs: Disc 1 - DIDP-093118 F2 4A 04 IFPI L422, Disc 2 - DIDP-093119 F2 1A O2 IFPI L422, Disc 3 - DIDP-093120 F4 1A O4 IFPI L424.
Thanks to Paul S. Levine, Sean Murdock and Tim Dunn for information.
Various Artists - "The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute" - tribute album, promo release: Egyptian Records/Columbia ACK 67676 (USA), Aug 1997; commercial release: Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (USA), 19 Aug 1997; Egyptian Records/Columbia 485189 2 (Europe/Australia), Sep 1997:
Promo release: Egyptian Records/Columbia ACK 67676 (USA); commercial release: Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (USA):
 Egyptian Records/Columbia ACK 67676 (USA) - promo release front of card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada |
The front insert is a 16-page stapled booklet including an essay by
Bob. Jimmie Rodgers was born in 1897, so this set marks the 100th anniversary of
his birth. So far it's been the only release on Bob's own Egyptian Records
label.
R-0258 My Blue-Eyed
Jane (Jimmie Rodgers/Lulu Belle White) This song was originally recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN, on 9-11 May 1994, at the same session as Boogie Woogie Country Girl from the Doc Pomus tribute album (see 1995) with Emmylou Harris on backing vocals. An excerpt from that version also appears on the Columbia/Graphix Zone Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM (also see 1995). This version has a new vocal overdubbed Jan 1997 (without Emmylou) at Criterion Sound Studio, Miami, FL, during the Time Out Of Mind sessions produced by Daniel Lanois. |
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 Egyptian Records/Columbia ACK 67676 (USA) - promo release rear of card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (USA) - outside of unfolded front insert booklet, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (USA) - sticker from front of jewel case, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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 Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (USA) - front (commercial release, my copy) |
 Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (USA) - rear insert with hole punched through barcode, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (USA) - page of front insert booklet with essay by Bob, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (USA) - original CD |
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The attractive CD design is a reproduction of an old Jimmie Rodgers 78 record label- it has however now been changed. Jean-Pol Hiernaux has a copy of this album bought in 2004 with a sticker on the front of the jewel case and a completely different CD design. My copy bought in 1997 had no sticker. Jack from Canada has a US promo CD, ACK 67676, with a similar CD design to that of the replacement. It comes in a plain white card sleeve with front and rear stickers. The rear insert of Gerd Rundel's copy has a hole punched through the barcode, so it must be a promo. The red right-hand spine text is missing, probably faded.
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for the information that the US Apple iTunes Music Store was offering this track for download in 2005.
Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (Canada):
 Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (Canada) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
Thanks to Jack from Canada for the scan of the Canadian sticker with text in English and French. |
 Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (Canada) - sticker from front of jewel case, scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Egyptian Records/Columbia CK 67676 (Canada) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
Egyptian Records/Columbia 485189 2 (Europe/Australia):
 Egyptian Records/Columbia 485189 2 (Europe) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
The European CD release is virtually identical to the US release and has catalogue number Columbia 485189 2. Thanks to Bill Hester for the information that there is an Australian release with the same catalogue number as the European release. |
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 Egyptian Records/Columbia 485189 2 (Australia) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Egyptian Records/Columbia 485189 2 (Australia) - front sticker scan by Bill Hester |
 Egyptian Records/Columbia 485189 2 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Bill Hester |
 Egyptian Records/Columbia 485189 2 (Australia) - detail of rear insert, scan by Bill Hester |
 Egyptian Records/Columbia 485189 2 (Australia) - CD scan by Bill Hester |
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 Bear Family BCD 16863 FH (Germany) - picture from Bear Family web-site |
Thanks to Tobias Levander for information that R-0258 now appears on the Bear Family Germany 6CD boxed set The Influence Of Jimmie Rodgers: Let Me Be Your Side Track see 2008. R-0258 has now also been released on the Sony Music Latin US Various Artists 3CD compilation The Roots Of Popular Music: The Ralph S. Peer Story, see 2017. |
 Sony Music Latin 8887 519365 2 (USA, 2017) - front picture from www.amazon.com |
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux, Jack from Canada, Bill Hester, Peter Oudejans and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
Various Artists - "The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute" - tribute album, promo cassette release: Sony Music Studios/Columbia ACK 067676 (USA), Aug 1997:
 Sony Music Studios/Columbia ACK 067676 (USA) - promo cassette insert scan by Dag Braathen |
This promo cassette has a pink
card insert with track titles and times, blank on the reverse. The cassette
is smoked transparent grey with pink paper labels. Thanks to Dag Braathen for information and scans. |
 Sony Music Studios/Columbia ACK 067676 (USA) - promo cassette Side 1 scan by Dag Braathen |
 Sony Music Studios/Columbia ACK 067676 (USA) - promo cassette Side 2 scan by Dag Braathen |
Various Artists - "The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute" - promo tribute compilation CD: Sony Records SRCS 8240 (Japan), 21 Feb 1998:
 Sony Records SRCS 8240 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Records SRCS 8240 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
 Sony Records SRCS 8240 (Japan) - detail of rear insert, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
 Sony Records SRCS 8240 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
 Sony Records SRCS 8240 (Japan) - detail of CD, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy) |
 Sony Records SRCS 8240 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
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white and mauve text, The obi has price ¥2,345 (¥2,233 before tax). The
release date is "98-2-21" (21 Feb 1998), the original release date is
"97-8-19" (19 Aug 1998) and the withdrawal date is "00-2-20" (20 Feb 2000).
The front insert is a 32-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 CD itself. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
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"Time Out Of Mind" - promo CD, Columbia COL PRCD 486 (Germany), Sep 1997:
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This promo album is in a thin CD single jewel case and has a running
time of 26:51 (the regular album is 72:54). As far as I know all these edits
are unique and not used anywhere else, unlike R-0254 and R-0634 immediately
below, or R-1227, a single edit (4:28) of the album
version of Not Dark Yet (6:30) on the Sony Music Holland 2CD release
Top 40 Bob Dylan,
2019. R-0440 all tracks edited (not listed separately) |
 Columbia COL PRCD 486 (Germany) - insert scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia COL PRCD 486 (Germany) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Ronald Born for the translation of "ALLE SONGS AUSGEBLENDET" as "ALL SONGS FADED OUT" (neither Google Translate nor my Cassell German Dictionary were of any help).
Tracklisting: Love Sick (3:29, album version is 5:21); Dirt Road Blues (1:21, album version is 3:36); Standing In The Doorway (2:25, album version is 7:43); Million Miles (2:15, album version is 5:52); Tryin' To Get To Heaven (2:28, album version is 5:21); Til I Fell In Love With You (2:23, album version is 5:17); Not Dark Yet (2:26, album version is 6:29); Cold Irons Bound (2:52, album version is 7:15); Make You Feel My Love (1:51, album version is 3:32); Can't Wait (2:31, album version is 5:47); Highlands (2:42, album version is 16:31).
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Arie de Reus and Ronald Born for information and scans.
"Love Sick" - promo CD single, Columbia CSK 3467 (USA), Sep 1997:
 Columbia CSK 3467 (USA) - front with promo sticker, scan by Jim Siddy |
R-0254 Love Sick - radio edit
(4:02) This single in a regular jewel case also contains the regular album version (5:21). The front insert is a single card. Jim Siddy's copy has an unusual promo sticker with "Going for Impact THIS WEEK!" |
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 Columbia CSK 3467 (USA) - reverse of front insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia CSK 3467 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Jim Siddy for information and scans.
"Standing In The Doorway" - promo CD-R test pressing, Columbia (no catalogue number) (Norway), Sep 1997:
 CD-R scan by Oyvind Svele |
R-0634 Standing In The Doorway - radio edit (4:19) on CD-R test
pressing As far as I know this very rare test pressing is the only occurrence of this radio edit. (CD-Rs are the modern equivalent of the vinyl acetate.) It has a square grey/black label with white text and the centre cut out stuck onto a gold-coloured CD-R. Thanks to Oyvind Svele for information and scan. |
Various Artists - "BBC Classic Tracks - Bob Dylan & Friends" - radio
station CD, Westwood One Show #97-38 (USA), for broadcast 15-22 Sep 1997:
This radio station CD in a paper sleeve has five daily programs to be
broadcast in a week, and comes with cue sheets. Two of these three songs are
from the 1986 video Hard
To Handle, see
VHS & DVD
1980s, and all three were on the
Westwood One Aug 1986 radio broadcast LPs, see 1986.
As far as I know they have never been broadcast by the BBC in the UK.
 Westwood One Show #97-38 (USA) - cue sheet scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0174-6 Like A Rolling Stone - live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Sydney, Australia, 25 Feb 1986, from the HBO special Hard To Handle, see VHS & DVD 1980s, also on the Westwood One Radio Broadcast Superstars In Concert, 1986 R-0181-6 Knockin' On Heaven's Door - live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Sydney, Australia, 25 Feb 1986, from the HBO special Hard To Handle, see VHS & DVD 1980s, also on the Westwood One Radio Broadcast Superstars In Concert, 1986 R-0187-3 Blowin' In The Wind - live with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Sydney, Australia, 25 Feb 1986, from the Westwood One Radio Broadcast Superstars In Concert, 1986 The show also includes Bob album tracks plus All Along The Watchtower by Jeff Healey and Maggie's Farm by Tin Machine. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Tim Dunn for information and to Hans Seegers for scans. |
 Westwood One Show #97-38 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
"Live '96" - promo CD single, Columbia CSK 3818 (USA), Dec 1997:
Recorded live at the House of Blues, Atlanta, GA, Aug 1996. Bob's complete
performances at the House of Blues on 3 Aug and 4 Aug 1996 were recorded for an unreleased TV
show/video in the "House of Blues" series - these tracks have been taken from the audio of the recording.
House Of Blues is a chain of restaurants and music venues across the USA.
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R-0259 My Back Pages - from 3 Aug 1996 R-0260 Tombstone Blues - from 4 Aug 1996 R-0261 Ballad Of A Thin Man - from 4 Aug 1996 R-0262 Boots Of Spanish Leather - from 3 Aug 1996 |
 "House of Blues" logo, scan by Jack from Canada |
 "House of Blues", New Orleans, LA, 1 Jun 2015 (my photo) |
The last three tracks turned up again on CD singles in 1998, My Back Pages (R-0259) is unique to this item. R-0262 turned up on an online "EP" High Water from iTunes Canada in 2008, see Online Performances (Other).
Various Artists - "Sony Music December 1997 Radio Sampler" - promo CD, Sony Music SMPD 069 (Canada), Dec 1997:
Promotional/Regular Items for 1997
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