A-E
F-J
K-O
P-S
T-ZAll the songs listed In The Official
Rarities section are cross-referenced by song title In These
alphabetical pages.
A-E
F-J
K-O
P-S
T-Z
This yearly page now contains only the main Rarities List. Promotional Items (Albums and Singles) are now here. All Honourable Mentions are now here.
If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities -
see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
dealers on my Trading page for assistance!
Revised: 07 January, 2024.
Titles in red are not available
on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com
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Key to symbols used:
Links to other World Wide Web pages -
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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)
Audience recordings are indicated by (A).
Rhythms Del Mundo - "Plastic Oceans" - CD release, Plastic Oceans (no catalogue number) (US/UK/Europe), Feb 2018:
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Picture from https://oceansalbum.com/product/plastic-oceans/ |
This
album by Rhythms Del Mundo is being
sold to benefit Artists Project Earth, a UK organisation focusing on
disaster relief and climate change awareness, in this case to combat plastic
waste In The oceans. Other artists appearing are Ed Sheeran, Cold Play,
Mumford & Sons, Laura Mvula and Amy Winehouse.
R-1914 I Shall be Released
It appears that, like their 2010 version of A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (see 2010), Bob's contribution to this album is a remix of his original version, not a new recording. The 2010 release was a CD in a digipak, but this appears to be currently download only. Thanks to David McBride for information. |
The Avener - "Masters of War (Rework)" - download single, Sony Music (no catalogue number) (Germany), 2 Mar 2018; 7" stereo single: Columbia/Sony Music 190758432977 (Europe), 21 Apr 2016:
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Thanks to Jack from Canada for news that a "rework" of Masters Of War, the album track from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, by The Avener (French "deep house"/electro producer Tristan Casara) was released by Sony Music Germany as a download on 2 Mar 2018. It can be purchased from iTunes, Spotify, Deezer and www.amazon. |
 Columbia/Sony Music 190758432977 (Europe) - front of single, scan by Dr. Walter Roedl |
 Columbia/Sony Music 190758432977 (Europe) - rear of single, scan by Dr. Walter Roedl |
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 Columbia/Sony Music 190758432977 (Europe) - A-side of single (R-1915), scan by Dr. Walter Roedl |
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 Columbia/Sony Music 190758432977 (Europe) - B-side of single (R-1916), scan by Dr. Walter Roedl |
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Columbia/Sony Music 190758432977 (Europe) -
detail of rear of single, scan by Dr. Walter Roedl (Gütersloh Germany address, "MADE IN THE EU")
R-1915 Masters Of War - "rework" of album track from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by The Avener, download and A-side of single (2:48)
R-1916 Masters Of War - extended "rework" of album track from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by The Avener, B-side of single (5:27)
Thanks to Larry Crum for news that R-1915 was available as a 7" single on Record Store Day, 21 Apr 2018, in Europe only, not the USA. The B-side of the single is an extended version, R-1916.
R-1915 has now been released on The Avener's Capitol album Heaven, see 2020.
Thanks to Dr. Walter Roedl and Ronald Born for information and scans.
Wynton Marsalis Septet - "United We Swing: Best Of The Jazz At Lincoln Center Galas" - CD release, Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA), 23 Mar 2018:
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Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA) - front of digipak with sticker, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
This Jazz CD compilation was recorded with guest artists by the Wynton Marsalis Septet between 2003 and 2007 at the Lincoln Center, New York City. |
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 Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA) - rear of digipak scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
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 "Forever Young" illustrated by Paul Rogers (Atheneum Books, USA, 2008). picture from www.amazon.com |
 Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA) - outside of unfolded digipak, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson (front now missing artists' names and birth places) |
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 Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA) - front of insert, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
 Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA) - clear front sticker with names and birth places of guest artists, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
 Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA) - outside of booklet, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
 Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA) - rear of insert, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
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 Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA) - CD scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
 Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA) - pages 4-5 of booklet, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
 Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA) - pages 6-7 of booklet, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
 Blue Engine Records BE0011 (USA) - detail of CD, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
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The Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas are organised by Ashley Schiff Ramos, head of Sotheby's, Palm Beach, FL. Her husband Mike Ramos works with Jimmy Buffett (also on this album) and is head of Mailboat Records. The front sticker is an clear overlay with names and birth places of the guest artists. Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for information that the album artwork is by Paul Rogers, who illustrated Bob's song Forever Young for Atheneum Books In The USA in 2008. This picture book was not listed here then because, unlike several others books illustrating Bob's songs, it did not come with an audio CD single with the song.
R-1913 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It
Takes A Train To Cry
- recorded live with the Wynton Marsalis Septet at the Apollo Theater, New York City, New York, 7 Jun
2004 as part of
Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2004 Spring Gala
Bob Dylan (vocal, guitar & harmonica) backed by the Wynton Marsalis Septet: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet), Ronald Westray (trombone), Victor Goines (tenor saxophone), Wess Anderson (alto saxophone), Aaron Diehl (piano), Reginald Veal (bass), Herlin Riley (drums). This performance, along with Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, not included here, is listed by Olof Björner in his "Yearly Chronologies" as having been available on bobdylan.com in Jun 2004, although I missed them at the time, see Online Performances (bobdylan.com).
There is also a 2LP vinyl release - details and scans required!
Thanks to Fred Muller, Thomas Michalzik and Tim Dunn for information and to Sonny Boy McFitzson for further information and scans.
Various Artists - "Universal Love - Wedding Songs Reimagined" - download, Columbia/Legacy (no catalogue number) (USA), 5 Apr 2018; stereo vinyl 12" single: Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19075818301 (USA/Europe), 21 Apr 2018:
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Columbia/Legacy 19075818301 (Europe) - 12" vinyl front with sticker (my copy) |
R-1917 He's Funny That Way (Neil Moret/Richard Whiting) - new recording from 2017 or early 2018 (3:30) This 6 track download EP commissioned by MGM Resorts consists of six "regendered" songs that could be played at LGBT weddings. Bob's song is a revised version of the 1928 song She's Funny That Way recorded by Frank Sinatra for his 1960 Capitol album Nice 'N' Easy. The other artists are St. Vincent, Kesha, Ben Gibbard, Valerie June and Kele Okereke. |
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 Columbia/Legacy 19075818301 (USA) - 12" vinyl front/disc picture from www.multivu.com |
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 Columbia/Legacy 19075818301 (Europe) - 12" vinyl inner sleeve front |
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 Columbia/Sony Music 19075818301 (Europe) - detail of 12" vinyl inner sleeve rear |
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 Columbia/Sony Music 19075818301 (Europe) - detail of 12" vinyl lyrics insert |
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 Columbia/Sony Music 19075818301 (Europe) - detail of 12" vinyl A-side ("Made In The EU") |
 Columbia/Sony Music 19075818301 (Europe) - 12" vinyl B-side (no Dylan) |
 Gene Austin - She's Funny That Way (Victor, USA, 1928), B-side of 78 single scan from www.45worlds.com |
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 Nice 'N' Easy (Capitol, USA, 1960) - Frank Sinatra's album with his version of She's Funny That Way |
Columbia/Sony Music
19075818301 (Europe) -
detail of 12" vinyl rear (Legacy and Sony Music logos, Gütersloh Germany address, "Made
In The EU")
Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that Billie Holiday recorded the song as He's Funny That Way for her 1952 Clef Records 10" album An Evening With Billie Holiday. A revised version of this album, still containing He's Funny That Way, was released in 1956 by Clef Records In The 12" LP format as A Recital By Billie Holiday. Sonny Boy McFitzson thinks Bob's recording is actually very similar to Gene Austin's original Victor 1928 recording. Although the acoustic guitar here may be played by Stu Kimball, the arrangement also includes strings, so all of Bob's band may not be present.
The vinyl release was released as a 12" single on Record Store Day In The USA and Europe, 21 Apr 2018. The record comes in a card inner sleeve and has rainbow record labels. There is a single-sided lyrics insert. Scans of the US release required!
Thanks to Jack from Canada, Sergio Mariano Romay and Dag Braathen for information.
"Bob Dylan Live 1962-1966: Rare Performances From The Copyright Collections" - 2CD set, Sony Music SICP 31180~1 (Japan), 18 July 2018; Columbia/Legacy 19075865322 (USA), 27 Jul 2018; Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19075865322 (Europe), 27 Jul 2018; Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19075865322 (Australia), 27 Jul 2018:
 Sony Music SICP 31180~1 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Steve Perrin |
This 2CD set contains rarities from the 2012-2015 50th Anniversary Collections 1962-65 and also 2016's The 1966 Live Recordings. The Japanese discs are Blu-spec CD2 format. The set was also released In The USA, Europe and Australia on standard CDs on 27 Jul 2018. Because this album is now listed on the bobdylan.com Albums Page, full details have now been removed from here to International Album Releases (Regular). |
 Columbia/Legacy 19075865322 (USA) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
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 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19075865322 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
The following track is available only on the Japanese release:
Like A Rolling Stone (8:05 including intro with the infamous “Judas!” shout) – recorded live at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 17 May 1966, released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 - Bob Dylan Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert, 1998, also released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, 2005, and the Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music Europe/Japan 36CD set The 1966 Live Recordings, Nov 2016, so not a rarity. Thanks to Fred Muller for reminding me about the 2005 release, where Richard Manuel is also not credited.
Thanks to Jack from Canada, Harold Lepidus,
Éamonn Ó Catháin, Sonny Boy McFitzson
and Colin Hindson
for information and to Steve Perrin,
Sonny Boy McFitzson
and Stuart Moore
for further information and scans.
"Bob Dylan Soundtrack: Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid" - hybrid SA-CD release, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2202 (USA), 2018:
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2202 (USA) - picture from Mobile Fidelity web-site |
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for finding this hybrid SA-CD release, which came in a folded card sleeve and is one of a numbered limited edition of 2,500. This is the first time this album has been released in hybrid SA-CD format. Because this is a limited edition, this album is listed here as a single rarity. R-2229 Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid - enhanced stereo version of 1973 film soundtrack album on Mobile Fidelity/Columbia SA-CD release, 2018 For full details of this album, see International Album Releases (Regular Albums). Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin and André Wilbers for information and scans. |
"Love Sick (Remix)"/"Cold Irons
Bound (2004 Live Version)" - 7" stereo single, Columbia/Legacy 88985425571 (Europe),
13 Oct 2018:
This 7" stereo single with two rarities is included with the "20th
Anniversary" 2LP
release of Time Out Of Mind.
 Columbia/Legacy 88985450607 (Europe) - 7" single front (my copy) |
R-0658-2
Love Sick (5:24)
R-0765-2 Cold Irons Bound (5:44)
The single has stamped matrix numbers: Side A - 20960 1A 88985450607, Side B - 20960 1B 88985450607. |
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 Columbia/Legacy 88985425571 (Europe) - front with European sticker (my copy) |
 Columbia/Legacy 88985425571 (Europe) - European front sticker |
 Columbia/Legacy 88985425571 (Europe) - front with US sticker, photo by Rob Whitehouse |
 Columbia/Legacy 88985425571 (Europe) - US front sticker photo by Rob Whitehouse |
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 7" single given away with "Rolling Stone" magazine (Germany), Feb 2023 issue (my copy) |
Thanks to Kevin Carroll for pointing out that this 2018 single has the same two songs as the 7" single given away with the German issue of "Rolling Stone" magazine, Feb 2023. They were the same two songs but different versions: a different studio version of Love Sick and a different live version of Cold Irons Bound. I am sure these choices for the new single were deliberate.
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin and Tim Dunn for information and to Rob Whitehouse for the photos.
Drew Sherrod/Strange Daddy- "Masters of War (SherGun Remix)" - download single, Columbia/Legacy (no catalogue number) (USA), 26 Oct 2018:
 Picture from www.amazon.com |
R-1981 Masters Of War (SherGun
Remix) - remix of
album track from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Drew Sherrod and Strange
Daddy, download only (3:47) This remix is available digitally at iTunes and Amazon. |
 "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan - Season 1" - picture from www.imdb.com |
 "The Predator" (2018) - picture from www.imdb.com |
Drew Sherrod and Strange Daddy both touted this on the latter's Facebook page on 11 October 2017 as "our new remix...on the new Jack Ryan trailer!"; the latter titled it "Jack Ryan -- Teaser Trailer." The trailer was for Amazon's 2018 Prime Video series "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan - Season 1". Both linked followers to YouTube. "Strange Daddy is with Drew Sherrod" also posted on Facebook on 6 July 2018 about "our remix," calling it "The Predator Trailer 2 (2018)," a September 2018 scifi movie, again linking it to YouTube. It is not on any digital albums or CDs of the soundtracks.
Thanks to Tim Dunn for information.
"The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood,
More Tracks" (Deluxe Edition) - 6CD set, Columbia/Legacy 19075858962 (USA); Columbia/Legacy/Sony
Music 19075858962 (Europe), 2 Nov 2018:
All tracks were recorded at A&R Recording Studios, New York, 16-19 Sep 1974. For full
details of this release see
International Album
Releases (Regular Dylan Albums).
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19075858962 (Europe) - front of box with sticker (my copy) |
Contrary
to previous information the unique tracks from the 1974 test pressing of
Blood On The Tracks do not appear
on this set is their original form, so remain rarities. These are: R-0120 Tangled Up In Blue - unreleased take with different lyrics, now identified as Take 3 Remake 2, 19 Sep 1974 - the take that appears on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 is Take 1 from 16 Sep 1974 R-0117 You're A Big Girl Now - alternate take (a remixed version of this take appears on Biograph), Take 2, 17 Sep 1974 R-0118 Idiot Wind - unreleased take with different lyrics, now identified as Take 4 (Remake), 19 Sep 1974, overdubbed on 8 Oct 1974 - the take that appears on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 was previously identified as this one, but it is actually Take 6 from 16 Sep 1974 R-0119 If You See Her, Say Hello - unreleased take with different lyrics, Take 1, 19 Sep 1974 |
This track is also mixed differently from its 1996 version, and remains a rarity:
R-0250 Shelter From The Storm
- alternate version
from Jerry Maguire: Music From The Motion Picture film soundtrack (see
1996)
This version of the song (Take 1 from 17 Sep 1974) 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).
Because this is a Strictly Limited Edition the following newly-released tracks tracks are also rarities:
R-1923 You’re A Big Girl Now (Take 1, 16
Sep 1974)
– solo (5:38), recorded at A&R Recording Studios, New York,
16 Sep 1974
R-1924 Simple Twist Of Fate (Take 2, 16
Sep 1974)
– solo (5:05), recorded as R-1923
R-1925 You’re A Big Girl Now (Take 3, 16
Sep 1974)
– solo (4:14), recorded as R-1923
R-1926 Up To Me (Rehearsal, 16 Sep 1974)
– solo (0:20), recorded as R-1923
R-1927 Up To Me (Take 1, 16 Sep 1974)
– solo (6:04), recorded as R-1923
R-1928 Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of
Hearts (Take 1, 16 Sep 1974)
– solo (3:15), recorded as R-1923
R-1929 Simple Twist Of Fate (Take
1A)
– with band (4:58), recorded as R-1923
R-1930 Simple Twist Of Fate (Take
2A)
– with band (1:24), recorded as R-1923
R-1931 Simple Twist Of Fate (Take
3A)
– with band (4:22), recorded as R-1923
R-1932 Call Letter Blues (Take 1)
– with band (4:42), recorded as R-1923
R-1933 Meet Me In The Morning (Take 1)
– with band, full version
(5:43), recorded as R-1923, the version included on
Blood on the Tracks test pressing and previously released on Blood on
the Tracks was edited (4:19)
R-1934 Idiot Wind (Take 1)
– with bass (3:48), recorded as R-1923
R-1935 Idiot Wind (Take 1, Remake)
– with bass (5:29), recorded as R-1923
R-1936 Idiot Wind (Take 3 with
insert)
– with bass (7:11), recorded as R-1923
R-1937 Idiot Wind (Take 5)
– with bass (0:30), recorded as R-1923
R-1938 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Rehearsal and Take 1) – with band (1:25), recorded as R-1923
R-1939 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 2) – with band (0:46), recorded as R-1923
R-1940 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 3) – with band (1:13), recorded as R-1923
R-1941 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 4) – with bass (3:12), recorded as R-1923
R-1942 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 5) – with band (5:16), recorded as R-1923
R-1943 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 6) – with band (1:03), recorded as R-1923
R-1944 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 6, Remake) – with band (0:57), recorded as R-1923
R-1945 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 7) – with band (0:59), recorded as R-1923
R-1946 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 8) – with band (3:33), recorded as R-1923
R-1947 Tangled Up In Blue (Take 1) – with bass (7:19), recorded as R-1923
R-1948 You’re A Big Girl Now (Take 1, Remake) – with bass and organ (4:55), recorded at A&R Recording Studios, New York, 17 Sep 1974
R-1949 Tangled Up In Blue (Rehearsal) – with bass and organ (0:59), recorded as R-1948
R-1950 Tangled Up In Blue (Take 2, Remake) – with bass and organ (6:38), recorded as R-1948
R-1951 Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (Take 1) – with bass and piano (4:56), recorded as R-1948
R-1952 Call Letter Blues (Rehearsal) – with bass and piano (2:03), recorded as R-1948
R-1953 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Take 1, Remake) – with bass and piano (3:11), recorded as R-1948
R-1954 Buckets Of Rain (Take 1) – with bass (2:57), recorded as R-1948
R-1955 Buckets Of Rain (Take 2) – with bass (3:20), recorded as R-1948
R-1956 Shelter From The Storm (Take 3) – with bass (2:23), recorded as R-1948
R-1957 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome
When You Go (Take 2, Remake 2) – with bass (3:43), recorded as R-1948
This is the take released on Blood On The Tracks, 1974, but in edited
form (2:58 only)!
R-1958 Buckets Of Rain (Take 1, Remake) – solo (3:19), recorded at A&R Recording Studios, New York, 18 Sep 1974
R-1959 Buckets Of Rain (Take 3, Remake) – solo (0:53), recorded as R-1958
R-1960 Buckets Of Rain (Take 4, Remake) – solo (2:37), recorded as R-1958
R-1961 Up To Me (Take 1, Remake) – with bass (1:17), recorded at A&R Recording Studios, New York, 19 Sep 1974
R-1962 Buckets Of Rain (Take 1, Remake 2) – with bass (3:08), recorded as R-1961
R-1963 Buckets Of Rain (Take 2, Remake 2) – with bass (1:03), recorded as R-1961
R-1964 Buckets Of Rain (Take 3, Remake 2) – with bass 1:55), recorded as R-1961
R-1965 Up To Me (Take 1, Remake 2) – with bass (0:57), recorded as R-1961
R-1966 Up To Me (Take 2, Remake 2) – with bass (6:48), recorded as R-1961
R-1967 Up To Me (Take 3, Remake 2) – with bass (6:38), recorded as R-1961
R-1968 Buckets Of Rain (Rehearsal) – with bass (0:53), recorded as R-1961
R-1969 Meet Me In The Morning (Take 2, Remake) – with bass (4:15), recorded as R-1961
R-1970 Buckets Of Rain (Take 5, Remake 2) – with bass (3:27), recorded as R-1961
R-1971 Tangled Up In Blue (Rehearsal and Take 1, Remake 2) – with bass (3:08), recorded as R-1961
R-1972 Tangled Up In Blue (Take 2, Remake 2) – with bass (1:32), recorded as R-1961
R-1973 Simple Twist Of Fate (Take 2, Remake) – with bass (4:51), recorded as R-1961
R-1974 Up To Me (Rehearsal and Take 1, Remake 3) – with bass (2:25), recorded as R-1961
R-1975 Idiot Wind (Rehearsal and Takes 1-3, Remake) – with bass (4:53), recorded as R-1961
R-1976 You’re A Big Girl Now (Take 1, Remake 2) – with bass (3:06), recorded as R-1961
R-1977 Meet Me In The Morning (Take 1, Remake 2) – with bass (3:52), recorded as R-1961
R-1978 Meet Me In The Morning (Takes 2-3, Remake 2) – with bass (1:43), recorded as R-1961
R-1979 You’re A Big Girl Now (Takes 3-6, Remake 2) – with bass (2:17), recorded as R-1961
R-1980 Tangled Up In Blue (Rehearsal and Takes 1-2, Remake 3) – with bass (5:09), recorded as R-1961
Thanks to Harald Sigvartsen and Per Jakobsen for information about Tangled Up In Blue and Idiot Wind.
Promotional/Regular Items for 2018
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