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
Michael Bloomfield: From His Head To His Heart To His Hands, Mike Bloomfield boxed set with three Dylan rarities, Columbia
Records (USA), 4 Feb 2014
This yearly page now contains only the main Rarities List. Promotional Items (Albums and Singles) are now here. All Honourable Mentions are now here. Full details of the "50th Anniversary Collection 1964" 9LP set released in Europe only 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)
Audience recordings are indicated by (A).
Mike Bloomfield -
"Michael Bloomfield: From His Head To His Heart To His Hands" - 3CD+DVD set,
Columbia/Legacy 88765476342 (USA), 4 Feb 2014; Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music
88765476342 (Europe), 3 Feb 2014; Sony Music SICP 3945-8 (Japan), 31 Jan 2014:
Thanks to Harold
Lepidus, Arie de Reus and Tim Dunn for news that this Columbia US set in a
book-style box includes Mike
Bloomfield on guitar on three new Dylan rarities. The DVD contains "Sweet
Blues: A Film About Mike Bloomfield", who died in Feb 1981. This
includes Barry Goldberg, G E Smith and Al Kooper talking about Highway 61
Revisited, a film clip
of Bob talking about Mike Bloomfield from the 2005 Martin Scorsese documentary
No Direction Home - Bob Dylan, see
VHS & DVD 2005-06, plus
an audio clip of Tombstone Blues (R-1014) The liner notes are written by Michael Simmons, with
notes on the songs themselves by Al Kooper, who produced the set.
Columbia/Legacy 88765476342 (USA), 4 Feb 2014 (promo set):
Scans of the US commercial set required!
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 CD-R2 scan by Anthony Perry (no Dylan) |
 Rear insert for CD-R3 of promo set, scan by Anthony Perry |
 CD-R3 scan by Anthony Perry (includes R-1015) |
 DVD-R scan by Anthony Perry (includes R-1014) |
 Highway 61 Revisited Again, Wild Wolf, 1995, with unofficial R-1013 (with Dylan vocals) |
 Farewell Bloomfield, Cuttlefish Records, 1992, with unofficial R-1015 |
R-1013 Like A
Rolling Stone
- the 6:35 unedited version of the track from the stereo Highway 61 Revisited
mixed without vocals(!) to highlight Mike Bloomfield’s guitar
Thanks to Fred Muller for pointing out that this 6:35 unedited version, with
Bob's vocals still in place, has been included on several bootleg releases
(the official album track is 6:00).
R-1014 Tombstone Blues
-
alternate take from Highway 61 Revisited "featuring Bloomfield's
blistering guitar playing" plus backing vocals by the Chambers Brothers
(5:58), a
reportedly different version from the one included on 2005's The Bootleg
Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home The Soundtrack, and also included on
several bootleg releases.
Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for pointing out that this track, Take 2 from
3 Aug 1965, is now included on the 18CD set The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge Collector's Edition, released Nov
2015 (CD8 , track 6).
R-1015 The Groom's
Still Waiting At The Altar
- live with Mike Bloomfield on guitar, including
Bob's spoken introduction, from the Fox Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA,
15 Nov 1980
The live version of The Groom’s Still Waiting At The Altar with Bloomfield
on guitar has been included on several bootleg releases, notably Farewell
Bloomfield, Cuttlefish Records, 1992 (on right below).
R-1013 and R-1014 are on CD1, "Roots". R-1015 is on CD3, "Last Licks". CD2, "Jams", has no Dylan content. Thanks to Anthony Perry for scans of a 3CD-R +DVD-R promo set in plastic wallets. Two of the inserts and all of the watermarked discs are dated "9/26/2013" (26 Sep 2013), while the rear insert for CD-R1 is for some reason dated "9/25/2013" (25 Sep 2013).
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe), 3 Feb 2014:
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe) - front of box scan by Jack from Canada |
The European set has the same packaging and artwork as the US set. The CDs and DVD were made in the EU. |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe) - rear of box scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe) - front of booklet scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe) - inside page of booklet with Bob, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe) - rear of booklet scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe) - front sticker scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe) - screenshot from DVD by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe) - CD1 scan by Jack from Canada (includes R-1013 and R-1014) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada (no Dylan |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe) - CD3 scan by Jack from Canada (includes R-1015) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88765476342 (Europe) - DVD scan by Jack from Canada (includes R-1014) |
Columbia/Legacy
88765476342/Sony Music
(Europe) - spine of box scan
by Jack from Canada
Columbia/Legacy
88765476342/Sony Music
(Europe) - detail of
rear of box, scan by Jack from Canada
Sony Music SICP 3945-8 (Japan), 31 Jan 2014:
 Sony Music SICP 3945-8 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
The Japanese release uses the European box
with a wrap-around obi with a Japanese title of "The Man of Sweet Blues ~ Best & Rare Tracks", plus a
Japanese language booklet. The four discs
were made in
Japan and have Sony Music SICP catalogue numbers. |
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 Sony Music SICP 3945-8 (Japan) / Columbia/Legacy 88765476342 (Europe) - outside scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson (Made in EU, but used for the Japanese release) |
 Sony Music SICP 3945-8 (Japan) - inside with discs, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
 Sony Music SICP 3945-8 (Japan) - wrap-around obi scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
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 Sony Music SICP 3945-8 (Japan) - inside of booklet, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson (R-1013, R-1014) |
 Sony Music SICP 3945-8 (Japan) - inside of booklet, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson (R-1015) |
 Sony Music SICP 3945 (Japan) - CD1 scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson (includes R-1013 and R-1014) |
 Sony Music SICP 3946 (Japan) - CD2 scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson (no Dylan) |
 Sony Music SICP 3947 (Japan) - CD3 scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson (includes R-1015) |
 Sony Music SICP 3948 (Japan) - DVD scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson (includes R-1014) |
Sony Music SICP 3945-48 (Japan) /
Columbia/Legacy
88765476342
(Europe) - detail of outside, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson (Made in EU, but
used for the Japanese release)
Thanks to Anthony Perry, Jack from Canada and Sonny Boy McFitzson for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Greenwich Village In The ‘60s: Beginnings And Branches Of The New York Folk Revival" - 2CD set, Festival Records/Warner Music Australia (catalogue number?) (Australia), 7 Feb 2014:
 Festival Records/Warner Music Australia FEST 601021 (Australia) - picture from www.noise11.com |
This 2CD set from Australia contains a Dylan album track and a Dylan rarity. |
 Festival Records/Warner Music Australia FEST 601021 (Australia) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
 Festival Records/Warner Music Australia FEST 601021 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Jack from Canada |
 Festival Records/Warner Music Australia FEST 601021 (Australia) - reverse of rear insert, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Festival Records/Warner Music Australia FEST 601021 (Australia) - CD1 scan by Jack from Canada (includes Bob album track) |
 Festival Records/Warner Music Australia FEST 601021 (Australia) - outside of unfolded front booklet, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Festival Records/Warner Music Australia FEST 601021 (Australia) - inside pages of unfolded front booklet, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Festival Records/Warner Music Australia FEST 601021 (Australia) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada (includes R-0001) |
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R-0001-42 Midnight Special
(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.
R-0001 is on CD2, CD1 contains Talkin' New York from Bob Dylan.
Thanks to Ian Woodward and Jack from Canada for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Produced by Tom Wilson" - compilation CD, WFMU Radio (no catalogue number) (USA), 23 Feb 2014:
 Front scan from Irwin Chusid |
Thanks to Ian Woodward for information about this
exclusive 18 track compilation CD selected by Irwin Chusid which could be
obtained by pledging $75 to support New Jersey-based WFMU Radio during their
fundraising campaign from 23 Feb 2014 to 9 Mar 2014. As well as Bob Dylan,
artists include Sun Ra, Velvet Underground, Mothers of Invention, Dion, The
Blues Project and Soft Machine. The Dylan track consists of out-takes of Like A Rolling Stone!
R-1096 Like A Rolling Stone
Thanks to Irwin Chusid, Bob Stacy, Larry Crum and Keith Venturoni for information and scans. |
 Rear scan from Irwin Chusid |
Various Artists - "If I Had A Hammer" - 3CD set, Dynamic Records (catalogue number?) (USA?), 3 Jun 2014:
 Picture from www.amazon.com |
R-0004-7 Swing And Turn
Jubilee (traditional)  - Bob plays harmonica for Carolyn Hester, from her first Columbia
album Carolyn Hester, see 1962 (stereo
version)For a full list of the compilations on which this track has appeared, also see 1962. This album also contains House Of The Risin' Sun and Man Of Constant Sorrow from the 1962 album Bob Dylan, now out of copyright in the EU. Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information. |
"The
West Houston Street Acetates" - 149 single-sided/double-sided 10" stereo metal
acetates, Columbia Studios (no catalogue numbers) (USA), Jul 2014:
 124 West Houston Street, Greenwich Village, New York City |
Thanks to Jeff Gold of Record Mecca, Bruce Mulle and several others for news of 149 Dylan acetates from the Nashville Skyline/Self Portrait/New Morning era that were found in a New York building in West Houston Street, Greenwich Village, that was once rented by Bob as a studio. These have been named "The West Houston Street Acetates" and contain many unreleased versions of Dylan songs from the period. R-numbers will be allocated and they will be listed in full here as time permits. For full details, see here. |
Nashville Skyline (1969):
 Nashville Skyline acetate Side 1, scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
These two discs contain the Nashville
Skyline album in a different sequence from that released. The tracks are
the final versions:
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 Nashville Skyline acetate Side 2, scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
Self Portrait (1969-70):
Self Portrait recording sessions:
 Self Portrait sessions Side 1, scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
This is the only double sided acetate in the batch, with eight tracks from the 26 Apr 1969 and 3 May 1969 Self Portrait recording sessions, Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN. Side 2 has unreleased versions of Folsom Prison Blues and Ring of Fire (both with full electric band.) All other songs are alternate mixes to the released versions. |
 Self Portrait sessions Side 2, scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
R-1100 Let It Be Me (Pierre Delanoë/Gilbert Bécaud/M. Curtis) - album track from Self Portrait with different mix
R-1101 I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know (Cecil A. Null) - album track from Self Portrait with different mix
R-1102 Living The Blues - album track from Self Portrait with different mix
R-1103 Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) (Boudleaux Bryant) - album track from Self Portrait with different mix
R-1104 Take A Message To Mary (Felice Bryant/Boudleaux Bryant) - album track from Self Portrait with different mix
R-1105 Blue Moon (Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers) - album track from Self Portrait with different mix
R-1106 Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) - unreleased out-take from Self Portrait, now released in 2019 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 - Travelin' Thru 1967-1969
R-1107 Ring Of Fire (June Carter/Merle Kilgore) - unreleased out-take from Self Portrait, now released in 2019 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 - Travelin' Thru 1967-1969
Self Portrait, alternate sequence. Two discs (Sides 2 & 3 only). All tracks could be the released mixes. On Side 2 "Ball & Stripes Rag" was the recording sessions title of Little Sadie. Side 3 has Bob Johnston's handwriting on the sleeve.
 Self Portrait acetate Side 2 (variant #1), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
Side 2: Let It Be Me; "Ball & Stripes Rag"
(Little Sadie #1); Woogie Boogie; Living
The Blues; Belle
Isle; Like A Rolling Stone (live). (Living The Blues is track 4 instead of
track 5, so Belle Isle becomes track 5) Side 3: The Mighty Quinn (live); Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go); Copper Kettle; Gotta Travel On; Blue Moon; The Boxer; (The Mighty Quinn and Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) are tracks 1 and 2 instead of tracks 5 and 6, so the other tracks are 3-6). |
 Self Portrait acetate Side 3 (variant #1), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
Self Portrait, alternate sequence. Four discs. All tracks could be the released mixes.
 Self Portrait acetate Side 1 (variant #2), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
This set of four single-sided acetates contains the Self Portrait album with its final mixes, but with the tracks in a slightly different order from that released. This set is later than the two acetates above because Little Sadie now has its released name. |
 Self Portrait acetate Side 2 (variant #2), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
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 Self Portrait acetate Side 4 (variant #2), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
There was a rumour that the remastered Self Portrait with the Deluxe Edition of The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) would be in the original sequence, this may be it.
Tracklisting:
Side 1: Alberta #1; I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know; Days Of 49; Early Morning Rain; It Hurts Me Too (released on Side 4); Little Sadie #2.
Side 2: Let It Be Me; Little Sadie #1; Living The Blues; Woogie Boogie; Belle Isle; Like A Rolling Stone (live). (Living The Blues is track 3 instead of track 5, so Woogie Boogie and Belle Isle become tracks 4 and 5)
Side 3: Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go); Copper Kettle; Gotta Travel On; Blue Moon; The Boxer; The Mighty Quinn (live) (Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) is track 1 instead of track 6, so the other tracks are 2-6).
Side 4: Take A Message To Mary; Minstrel Boy (live); She Belongs To Me (live); Wigwam; Alberta #2;
All The Tired Horses (released on Side 1).
Self Portrait single song acetates:
 Like A Rolling Stone - live, Isle of Wight Festival, 1969, scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca (R-1099) |
The 10" acetate with the live performance of Like A Rolling Stone is the version recorded at Dylan's 1969 concert at the Isle of Wight and released on Self Portrait. The label specifies this as "Cut 3" and the version here is a different mix than on the commercially released album. There are two labels on the disc, the visible one covering up another, also with handwriting visible on it--it's likely the first had a mistake on it, so a second corrected one was placed over it. |
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R-1099 Like A Rolling Stone (5:20) - unedited live performance from the Isle of Wight Festival, 1969, different mix (with crowd noise at a different level) from the version on CD3 of the Deluxe Edition of The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (the performance on 1970's Self Portrait is edited, as is the version on the 2013 remastered Self Portrait, CD4 of the Deluxe Edition of The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait, also included in 2013's The Complete Album Collection, Volume One)
R-1097 Belle Isle - alternate take of
song from Self Portrait from The
Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait
with different mix and additional Dylan speech
The version of Belle Isle from Self Portrait,
here called "Bright Star Of Belle Isle", on the 45 RPM acetate shown
sounds very
close to the alternate take from the recent The
Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971), having a
different mix but the same spoken intro. However, immediately after the song Dylan clearly says:
"Always wanted to have done that, it's one of my favourites... Let's just try
this one".
R-1108 Alberta #2 - album track from Self Portrait without overdubs, a shorter intro and an extra 5 secs at the end - unreleased
R-2324 Wigwam - album track from Self Portrait (identified as "Cut #3") with different mix (Bob's voice mixed much lower)
R-1114 Wigwam - album track from Self Portrait (identified as "Cut #4") with different mix
R-1116 Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot) - album track from Self Portrait without overdubs
R-1228 Woogie Boogie - basic version of album track from Self Portrait with just piano and guitar
R-1005 Ball & Stripe Rag (In Search Of Little Sadie) - alternate take of album track from Self Portrait released in 2013 on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) in a different mix
New Morning (1970):
 New Morning Side 1 (variant 1), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
The version of New Morning
Side 1 shown has five songs: If Not For You, two mixes of Day Of The
Locusts, Time Passes Slowly, and New Morning, Winterlude is missing. The
label has Bob's handwriting choosing one mix of Day Of The Locusts and
modifying titles. Apart from the rejected mix of Day Of The
Locusts, these may be the released versions of the songs. The version of New Morning Side 2 shown has six songs: New Morning; Sign On The Window; One More Weekend; The Man In Me; Three Angels; Father Of Night. This acetate has Bob Johnston's handwriting on the label and Bob Dylan's handwriting on the sleeve. Sign on the Window has an extra 7 seconds on intro, The Man In Me has an extra 4 seconds on intro, Three Angels has an extra 2 seconds of organ at the beginning. Similar mixes to released album. |
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R-1109 Day Of The Locusts - album track from New Morning with different mix
R-1110 Sign On The Window - album track from New Morning with extra 7 secs of intro
R-1111 The Man In Me - album
track from New Morning with extra 4 secs of intro (not the same as R-1115
below)
Thanks to André Wilbers for information that this extra intro is Bob counting
"1, 2, 3, 4...".
R-1112 Three Angels - album
track from New Morning with extra 2 secs of bass guitar at the beginning
Thanks to André Wilbers for information that the extra intro is actually a bass
guitar, not an organ as originally listed.
New Morning, alternate sequence. Two discs.
 New Morning Side 1 (variant 2), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
Side 1 has Bob Johnston's writing on the sleeve, in black, and Bob Dylan's possible sequence changes, in blue pen. Tracklist: If Not For You; Day Of The Locusts; Time Passes Slowly; Went To See The Gypsy; Father Of Night (released on Side 2); Winterlude. Side 2 has Bob Johnston's writing on the sleeves, Naomi Saltzman's name and phone number has been written in an unknown hand at top right of the sleeve. (Naomi Saltzman was at the time the Dylan business administrator and a long-time family friend.) Tracklist: New Morning; Sign On The Window; If Dogs Run Free (released on Side 1); One More Weekend; The Man In Me; Three Angels. |
 New Morning detail of Side 1 sleeve (variant 2), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
 New Morning Side 2 (variant 2), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
Not all tracks are the released mixes:
New Morning has no studio talk before song, so is not R-0071.
R-1110-2 Sign On The Window - album track from New Morning with extra 7 secs of intro
R-1111 The Man In Me - album track from New Morning with extra 4 secs of intro (not the same as R-1115 below)
R-2177 Three Angels - album track from New Morning with added bass intro (this is probably the same take as R-1112 above!)
Ten song alternate sequence version of New Morning, Bob Johnston's writing on sleeves.
 New Morning Side 1 (variant 3), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
Variant 3 of New Morning (again two discs) has
only ten tracks in a different sequence, omitting Winterlude and Three Angels, but all tracks could be the released mixes. Side 1: If Not For You; Day Of The Locusts; Time Passes Slowly; Went To See The Gypsy; Father Of Night (released on Side 2). Winterlude is missing. Side 2: New Morning; Sign On The Window; If Dogs Run Free (released on Side 1); One More Weekend; The Man In Me. Three Angels is missing. |
 New Morning Side 2 (variant 3), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca |
New Morning single song acetates:
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(R-1115), If Not For You (R-1098), Father Of Night and Time Passes Slowly
(R-1215/R-1113). The Man In Me is a different mix from the version on the
multi-track acetate above. Father Of Night is the released mix, so
no R-number is required. R-1098 If Not For You - album track from
New Morning with different mix including strings (noted on the label) |
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 If Not For You from New Morning, scan by Bruce Mulle (R-1098) |
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 Time Passes Slowly (version 1 - alternate edit of Another Self Portrait take), photo by Keith Venturoni (R-1215) |
 Time Passes Slowly (version 1 - alternate edit of Another Self Portrait take), photo by Keith Venturoni (R-1215) |
 Time Passes Slowly (version 2 - alternate unreleased take), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca (R-1113) |
 Time Passes Slowly (version 2 - alternate unreleased take), scan by Jeff Gold, Record Mecca (R-1113) |
R-1215 Time Passes Slowly (version 1) - different edit of alternate take from New Morning released on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)
Keith Venturoni says: "This take was used on Another Self Portrait, but this edit has a slightly longer beginning, and about 15 seconds longer at the end. The released version cuts out 15 seconds before the end, and then splices the end on. Also the drums are virtually inaudible on this acetate."
R-1113 Time Passes Slowly (version 2) - unreleased alternate take of album track from New Morning (not one of the two alternate takes on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971))
R-1115 The Man In Me - album
track from New Morning with different mix (not the same as R-1111 above)
The handwriting on the sleeve says "B-1 - Bring Ron (Ron
Cornelius on guitar) up all the way. Piano up in long fade".
Thanks to Jeff Gold, Bruce Mulle, Keith Venturoni, Arie de Reus and Steve Perrin for information and pictures.
"Bob Dylan" - hybrid SA-CD release,
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2122 (USA),
2014; "New Morning" - hybrid SA-CD release, Mobile Fidelity
Sound Lab UDSACD 2127 (USA), 2014; Bob Dylan & The Band - "Before The Flood" -
two hybrid SA-CD
release,
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2-2128 (USA), 2014:
These stereo hybrid
SA-CD releases from the US audiophile company Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs come in
folded card sleeves. This is the first time these albums have been released in
hybrid SA-CD format.
I am therefore classifying each album as a
single rarity.
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2122 (USA) - front of card sleeve, scan by André Wilbers |
R-2217 Bob Dylan - enhanced stereo version of 1962 album on Mobile Fidelity/Columbia SA-CD release, 2014 R-2218 New Morning - enhanced stereo version of 1970 album on Mobile Fidelity/Columbia SA-CD release, 2014 R-2219 Before The Flood [Bob Dylan/The Band] - enhanced stereo version of 1974 live double album on Mobile Fidelity/Columbia SA-CD release, 2014 |
 Mobile Fidelity MFSL UDSACD 2127 (USA) - front picture from Music Direct web-site |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2-2128 (USA) - front scan by André Wilbers |
For full details, see International Album Releases (Regular Albums).
Thanks to André Wilbers for information and scans.
Various Artists - "The Art Of McCartney" - 2CD+DVD sets, Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDBOOK1402 (USA/UK/Australia - 34 tracks), 17 Nov 2014; 2CD sets: Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREMUS1402AMZ (USA/UK/Australia - 36 tracks)/Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREM1402 (USA/UK/Australia - 34 tracks), 17 Nov 2014:
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDBOOK1402 (UK) - front of slipcase with sticker, my copy (2CD+DVD edition) |
The "Isis" Magazine Dylan Digest reported in early 2014 that Bob had recorded a Paul McCartney song, originally thought to be For No One from the 1966 Revolver album, for an upcoming charity album, a double album to be called The Art Of McCartney. "Isis 173" (May 2014) then said the track actually released would be Things We Said Today from the 1964 soundtrack album of A Hard Day's Night! This information was confirmed by "Rolling Stone" (Sep 2014). Although the original Beatles version of Things We Said Today was on Side 2 of the 1964 Parlophone A Hard Day's Night film soundtrack album in the UK, the Side 2 tracks were all missing from the US version of the album, which had only ten tracks instead of the UK album's fourteen: the seven tracks from the UK Side 1 were spread over Sides 1 and 2 of the US album, the other three US tracks being George Martin instrumentals from the film. Things We Said Today was instead released in the USA on the later 1964 Capitol album Something New.
R-1094 Things
We Said Today
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 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREMUS1402AMZ/APCDREM1402 (USA) - front of card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada (both 2CD editions) |
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 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDBOOK1402 (UK) - CD1 (includes R-1094) |
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 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREMUS1402AMZ (USA) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada (Amazon 2CD edition) |
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 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREMUS1402AMZ (USA) - detail of inside of card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada (Amazon 2CD edition - "Robert Smith") |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREMUS1402AMZ (USA) - detail of inside of card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada (Amazon 2CD edition - "Peter, Bjorn & John") |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREMUS1402AMZ (USA) - front of booklet, scan by Jack from Canada (Amazon 2CD edition) |
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 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREMUS1402AMZ (USA) - detail of rear of card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada (Amazon 2CD edition - 19 tracks on CD2) |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREMUS1402AMZ (USA) - rear of booklet, scan by Jack from Canada (Amazon 2CD edition) |
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 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREM1402 (USA) - outside of card sleeve, photocopy by Paul Shenton (regular 2CD edition) |
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 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREM1402 (USA) - inside pages of booklet, photocopy by Paul Shenton (regular 2CD edition) |
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 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCDREM1402 (USA) - CD2 photocopy by Paul Shenton (regular 2CD edition - no Dylan) |
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The artists involved include Jamie Cullum, Roger Daltrey, Barry Gibb, Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Corinne Bailey Rae and Brian Wilson, as well as Bob Dylan. The Arctic Poppy web-site originally said "Box set and collectors editions will be available in summer 2014, with the album scheduled for release in the autumn." The album was finally released by Arctic Poppy Music on 17 Nov 2014, with the US release on 18 Nov 2014. Thanks to John Willy Bakke for news there is a "Super Deluxe Exclusive" four disc set as well as the regular set on 2CDs or 3 vinyl LPs, although there is no more Dylan content. The US Amazon 2CD set APCDREMUS1402AMZ has two extra tracks, C Moon by Robert Smith, and Put It There by Peter, Bjorn and John. These are not on the 2CD+DVD release or the 2LP set, but will be on the four disc set.
The front artwork for each edition of the set is different. The 2CD+DVD set comes in a blue book with pockets for the three discs inside a blue card slipcase. The 2CD set comes in a black gatefold card sleeve with a separate stapled booklet.
Jack from Canada explains that there were four US versions of the 2CD set:
1. Regular version with 17 tracks on CD2 (APCDREM1402 - Paul Shenton's copy)
2. Amazon exclusive with 19 tracks on CD2 (APCDREMUS1402AMZ - Jack from Canada's copy)
3. Best Buy exclusive with 19 tracks on CD2 (APCDREMBBUY1402)
4. Target exclusive with 19 tracks on CD2 (APCDREMTAR1402)
Amazon version bonus tracks: C Moon -
Robert Smith, Put It There - Peter, Bjorn and John.
Best Buy version bonus tracks: For No One - Ian McCulloch, Smile Away
- Alice Cooper.
Target version bonus tracks: All My Loving - Darlene Love, Run Devil
Run - Wanda Jackson.
There was also a fifth version on iTunes with two other bonus tracks: P.S. I
Love You - Ronnie Spector, Can't Buy Me Love - Booker T. Jones.
 Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402 (Australia) - front of slipcase with sticker, scan by Stuart Moore (2CD+DVD edition) |
Thanks to Stuart Moore for scans of the Australian 2CD+DVD release, also Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402. It also comes as a blue book with pockets for the three discs inside a blue card slipcase. |
 Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402 (Australia) - front sticker scan by Stuart Moore (2CD+DVD edition) |
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 Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402 (Australia) - front of book, scan by Stuart Moore (2CD+DVD edition) |
 Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402 (Australia) - inside of book with pocket for CD1 and picture of Bob, scan by Stuart Moore (2CD+DVD edition) |
 Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402 (Australia) - inside of book, scan by Stuart Moore (2CD+DVD edition) |
 Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402 (Australia) - rear of slipcase, scan by Stuart Moore (2CD+DVD edition) |
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 Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402 (Australia) - rear of book, scan by Stuart Moore (2CD+DVD edition) |
 Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402 (Australia) - inside of book with pocket for DVD, scan by Stuart Moore (2CD+DVD edition) |
 Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402 (Australia) - CD1 with R-1094, scan by Stuart Moore (2CD+DVD edition) |
 Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402 (Australia) - CD2 without Dylan, scan by Stuart Moore (2CD+DVD edition) |
 Arctic Poppy APCDBOOK1402 (Australia) - DVD without Dylan, scan by Stuart Moore (2CD+DVD edition) |
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin, Jack from Canada, Stuart Moore and Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
Various Artists - "The Art Of McCartney" - 3LP sets, Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA/UK/Australia - 34 tracks), 17 Nov 2014:
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - front with sticker, scan by T. J. Jenkins |
Bob's contribution is track 2 on Side 1 of this 3LP set. |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - front sticker scan by T. J. Jenkins |
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 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - front scan by T. J. Jenkins |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - rear scan by T. J. Jenkins |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - insert scan by T. J. Jenkins |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - insert scan by T. J. Jenkins |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - insert scan by T. J. Jenkins |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - insert scan by T. J. Jenkins |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - Side 1 scan by T. J. Jenkins (includes R-1094) |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - Side 2 scan by T. J. Jenkins (no Dylan) |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - Side 3 scan by T. J. Jenkins (no Dylan) |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - Side 4 scan by T. J. Jenkins (no Dylan) |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - Side 5 scan by T. J. Jenkins (no Dylan) |
 Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - Side 6 scan by T. J. Jenkins (no Dylan) |
Arctic Poppy/Bulletproof APCATEV1402 (USA) - spine scan by T. J. Jenkins
Thanks to T.J. Jenkins for information and scans.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - The Basement Tapes" - promo reel-to-reel tape release Columbia/Legacy (no catalogue number), Oct 2014:
 Front of tape box scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 Tape reel scan by Arie de Reus |
This limited promotional edition of 100 copies of a ten-track reel-to-reel tape, packaged in a reproduction tape box of the type used by Garth Hudson in 1967. Track list: Million Dollar Bash; Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread; Please, Mrs. Henry; Crash On The Levee; Lo And Behold!; Tiny Montgomery; This Wheel's On Fire; You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; I Shall Be Released; Too Much Of Nothing. Thanks to Arie de Reus for information that these ten tracks are the original Garth Hudson mixes, and not taken from either the CD releases. The ten performances are therefore rarities and are listed here.
R-1216 Million Dollar Bash [Bob Dylan/The Band] - original Garth Hudson mix of the officially released Basement Tapes track, recorded at Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, Jul-Oct 1967
R-1217 Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread [Bob Dylan/The Band] - original Garth Hudson mix of the officially released Basement Tapes track, recorded as R-1216
R-1218 Please, Mrs. Henry [Bob Dylan/The Band] - original Garth Hudson mix of the officially released Basement Tapes track, recorded as R-1216
R-1219 Crash On The Levee [Bob Dylan/The Band] - original Garth Hudson mix of the officially released Basement Tapes track, recorded as R-1216
R-1220 Lo And Behold! [Bob Dylan/The Band] - original Garth Hudson mix of the officially released Basement Tapes track, recorded as R-1216
R-1221 Tiny Montgomery [Bob Dylan/The Band] - original Garth Hudson mix of the officially released Basement Tapes track, recorded as R-1216
R-1222 This Wheel's On Fire (Bob Dylan/Rick Danko) [Bob Dylan/The Band] - original Garth Hudson mix of the officially released Basement Tapes track, recorded as R-1216
R-1223 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere [Bob Dylan/The Band] - original Garth Hudson mix of the officially released Basement Tapes track, recorded as R-1216
R-1224 I Shall Be Released [Bob Dylan/The Band] - original Garth Hudson mix of the officially released Basement Tapes track, recorded as R-1216
R-1225 Too Much Of Nothing [Bob Dylan/The Band] - original Garth Hudson mix of the officially released Basement Tapes track, recorded as R-1216
As part of
Record Store Day on 18 Apr 2015 in the USA and UK (also Holland) there will be
vinyl releases of
The Basement Tape signed by Garth Hudson, available in mono only. They
are not vinyl copies of this tape, but of the original 1968 Emidisc UK 14 track
test pressing LP, reportedly the source of the songs made available to UK groups
such as Manfred Mann (The Mighty Quinn), The Brian Auger Trinity/Julie Driscoll
(This Wheel's On Fire), Fairport Convention (Million Dollar Bash), etc.,
see
1968.
 Columbia 88875074261 (USA) - front picture from Badlands (black 130gm vinyl edition) |
The three variants of
The Basement Tape were actually:
A previous report that the 130gm copies would be un-numbered was incorrect. All these copies were sourced from the USA and are mono. There were no separate European releases. |
 Columbia 88875074261 (USA) - front with wraparound cover, photo by Steven Fant (pink 200gm vinyl edition) |
As none of the tracks are now rarities, these releases have been added to The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - The Basement Tapes Complete/Raw album page.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel, Arie de Reus and Steven Fant for information and pictures.
"50th Anniversary Collection 1964" - 9LP stereo/mono vinyl boxed set, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88875040861 (Europe), 8 Dec 2014:
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88875040861 (Europe) - front of box, picture found by Freddy Ordóñez Araque |
Full details of the 50th Anniversary Collection 1964 9LP set released in Europe
only are now here. Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information and scan. |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88875040861 (Europe)- rear of box (my copy) |
Bob Dylan & The Band - "Planet Waves" - hybrid SA-CD release, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2153 (USA), Dec 2014:
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2153 (USA) - picture from Mobile Fidelity web-site |
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This numbered limited edition 2014 hybrid
SA-CD release from Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs is a reissue of the now
deleted 2003 release (only the remastered CD is currently available). It
came in a folded card sleeve. André Wilbers informs me that this release is missing Robbie Robertson's guitar intro from the beginning of Dirge. This means this is a rarity and it now listed here. R-2241 Dirge - SA-CD enhanced stereo mix missing Robbie Robertson's guitar intro Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin and André Wilbers for information and scans. |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2153 (USA) - inside of unfolded card sleeve, scan by André Wilbers |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2153 (USA) - outside of unfolded card sleeve, scan by André Wilbers |
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Promotional/Regular Items for 2014
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Stereo promo albums and singles for 2014 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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