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This is a page of items formerly included in the main list which were sold legally at the time in their own countries, but which have been challenged by contributors. I have therefore moved them here to this page. As the number of "grey" Dylan releases is very large indeed, I am only looking for new entries to this list that contain material that would otherwise qualify for the main list, namely performances that are not available on a currently-released Dylan CD in the USA. I have only used an R- number where the performance on the questionable item is officially released elsewhere, performances exclusive to these questionable items now have their own Q- numbers. Questionable releases of official Dylan albums are now here. Questionable releases of official Dylan singles and EPs are now here. For Questionable video releases, see here.
Revised 05 March, 2024.
1960s
"B. Dylan" - Emidisc 12" mono acetate, CBS? (UK)
1967(?):
"Emidisc" was EMI's brand of blank acetate which could be used by anyone
in the recording industry - exactly like a CD-R today - and the name does not mean this
recording was produced by
EMI itself. I
have other 1960s acetates pressed using Emidisc blanks.
 Label scan by Hans Seegers |
Side 1:
I Was Young When I Left Home (traditional)
Q-0001-2 Percy's Song - mono version of performance released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 in 1991, out-take from The Times They Are A-Changin’, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 23 Oct 1963 Q-0002 In The Evening (Leroy Carr) - from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, otherwise unreleased Q-0003-2 Long John (traditional) - from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, otherwise unreleased |
Side 2:
Mixed Up Confusion - A-side, original mono version (R-0007, see 1962)
Q-0004 I'll Keep It With Mine - mono version of Biograph track
Talkin' John Birch
Society Blues - mono studio version from the original Freewheelin' Bob Dylan,
(R-0018M, see 1963)
Surprisingly this is not included on the limited edition 4CD-R set The 50th
Anniversary Collection, Dec 2012, see 2012.
Who Killed Davey Moore? - live, Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963 (mono), also surfaced in 1980 in a stereo version on unreleased Columbia acetates (R-0388, see 1980)
Q-0005 Eternal Circle - mono version of track from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3
Q-0035 Gamblin' Willie's Dead Man's Hand [Rambling Gambling Willie] - mono version of track from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, also from the original Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (R-0550, see 1963)
All these songs were then unreleased in the UK. I'll Keep It With Mine was covered in the UK by Fairport Convention, on their 1968 Island album What We Did On Our Holidays. Percy's Song was also covered by Fairport Convention on their 1969 Island album Unhalfbricking.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan.
"Positively Bob Dylan" - Columbia Studios Nashville 12" mono and stereo test pressings, Columbia (USA) 1967(?):
 Picture from Mike Hobo's "Positively Bob Dylan" web-site |
These 12" "test pressings" have generic labels from
Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, TN, and
come in Columbia USA inner sleeves. The same material in mono and stereo on
each single-sided disc is: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?; It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry; She's Got Everything She Needs [She Belongs To Me]; Love Minus Zero No Limit; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; All Right Mama; Talkin' Hard Times New York Blues [Hard Times In New York Town]; Stealin'. |
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Two of these tracks are of interest:
R-0582 That's All Right, Mama (Arthur
Crudup) - unreleased Freewheelin' out-take, from a 1962 Columbia acetate
that surfaced in Nov 1983
This has now been released officially on the limited edition 4CD-R set The
50th Anniversary Collection, Dec 2012, see 2012.
Q-0024 Stealin' (Will Shade) - from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape",
Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, otherwise unreleased
This track has never been recorded in a Columbia studio.
The comments on the label are: "Note: Mr. Hammond not interested in releasing this material until it's reworked or polished. Too raw. Vocalist showing some promise. Sound crew and/or engineers call New York for clearance before reviewing this material. John Hammond property." These appear to be about a Bob Dylan audition, probably from 1961. The first five tracks on the discs are from 1965, when John Hammond was no longer producing Bob (he produced only Bob Dylan and The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan). All the material dates before Bob did any recording in Nashville, so I include these discs are questionable, as the other discs with Columbia Nashville labels above.
Thanks to Ian Woodward for information about this item, details of which can
be found here
"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" - Rubber/plastic musical postcards (no catalogue number) (Poland), late 1960s:
 Front of postcard 1, scan by Hans Seegers |
These unauthorised postcards are made of a rubbery plastic with the
information embossed (therefore hard to read in the scans). Both play Rainy
Day Women #12 & 35 from Blonde On Blonde and the first one also plays
The Pied Piper by Crispin St. Peters. The reverse of the postcard has
lines to write an address and a space for a message. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Detail of front of postcard 1 with enhanced contrast, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Front of postcard 2, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Mr. Tambourine Man - Greatest Hits" - Set of six laminated musical postcards (no catalogue number) (Poland), late 1960s:
 Outside of wrapper, scan by Hans Seegers |
This set of six musical postcards is more conventional. There are six
cards, three of each design - each plays a different Dylan song. Postcards
1-3 play Blowin' In The Wind; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right and Mr.
Tambourine Man. Postcards 4-6 play The Times They Are A-Changin'; It Ain't
Me, Babe and It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. The reverse of each postcard has
lines to write an address and a space for a message. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Front of postcards 1-3, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Reverse of postcards 1-3, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Front of postcards 4-6, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Reverse of postcards 4-6, scan by Hans Seegers |
"I Want You" - Laminated musical postcards (no catalogue number) (Poland), late 1960s:
 Front of postcard 1, scan by Hans Seegers |
These unauthorised musical postcards are also more conventional. Both
play I Want You from Blonde On Blonde. The reverse of the postcard
has lines to write an address and a space for a message. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Reverse of postcard 1, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Front of postcard 2, scan by Hans Seegers |
1970s
Various Artists - untitled compilation EP, Top 4 EX-4340 (Iran), 1970?:
This EP was legal in Iran at the time of release, but there
is no association with Columbia. Whatever their legality, these Iranian releases are extremely rare
and sell for very high prices.
 Top 4 EX-4340 (Iran) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
The A-side has Without Love by Tom Jones (1969)and A Place In The Sun by Englebert Humperdinck (1967). The B-side has Lay, Lady, Lay by Bob from Nashville Skyline (1969) and Leaving On A Jet Plane by Peter, Paul and Mary (1969). Matrix numbers: A-side - 4340A TP754, B-side - 4340B TP754. This EP is also available in multi-coloured vinyl. |
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 Top 4 EX-4340 (Iran) - A-side scan from Ronald Born (multi-coloured vinyl) |
Thanks to Ronald Born and Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Various Artists - untitled compilation EPs, Royal RT 598/RT 616 (Iran),
1970/1980s?:
These EPs were legal in Iran at the time of release, but there is no
association with Columbia. These Iranian releases are extremely rare and sell
for very high prices.
 Royal RT 598 (Iran) - front scan from eBay |
Hans Seegers dates RT 616 from the 1980s although all the tracks are 1970 or before. Manuel García Jara thinks it's probably a 1980s reissue of an earlier EP. The record sleeve has the number RT 616 but the B-side record label has the number RT 598. Manuel has a copy of RT 598 which has a completely different front sleeve featuring Zager and Evans and A-side, but the same B-side. The RT 598 front sleeve is actually from a 1969 single by Zager and Evans with the Royal logo on a yellow sticker. The B-side of the single, Little Kids, is not on the Iranian EP! He has also found a copy of RT 598 on eBay with a blue sleeve that omits the Little Kids text but has the tracklist on the rear. |
 Royal RT 598 (Iran) - rear scan from eBay |
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 Royal RT 598 (Iran) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (alternate version, blank) |
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 Royal RT 616 (Iran) - front scan by Hans Seegers (rear is blank) |
 Royal RT 616 (Iran) - front scan by Hans Seegers (alternate version, lighter) |
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 Royal RT 616 (Iran) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (includes Bob, numbered RT 598!) |
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 Royal RT 598 (Iran) - B-side scan by Manuel García Jara (same B-side as RT 616, includes Bob) |
The RT 598 A-side has Make Me An Island by Joe Dolan (1969) and In The Year 2525 by Zager and Evans (1969). The B-side has In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley (1969) and Lay, Lady, Lay by Bob from Nashville Skyline (1969).
The RT 616 A-side has Thank You by Sly and The Family Stone (1969) plus I Can't Help Falling In Love With You by Andy Williams (1970, also covered by Bob). The B-side again has In The Ghetto by Elvis Presley (1969) and Lay, Lady, Lay by Bob from Nashville Skyline (1969).
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - 7" stereo EP, MTR Records MTR-178 (Thailand), 1970(?):
 MTR Records MTR-178 (Thailand) - front scan by Michel Pomarede |
This unauthorised Thai EP has four Dylan songs: A-side: Like A Rolling Stone; I Want You B-side: Mr Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues Thanks to Michel Pomarede for information and scans. |
 MTR Records MTR-178 (Thailand) - rear scan by Michel Pomarede |
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 MTR Records MTR-178 (Thailand) - B-side scan by Michel Pomarede |
Various Artists - "Features Their Smash Hit Vol. VIII" - compilation EP,
TK+ Records TK-344 (Thailand), 1970:
This EP was legal in Thailand at the time of release, but there
is no association with Columbia. Again, whatever their legality, these releases are extremely rare
and sell for very high prices.
 TK+ Records TK-344 (Thailand) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
The A-side has See Ruby Fall by Johnny Cash (1969) plus Tonight
I'll Be Staying Here With You by Bob from Nashville Skyline (1969). The B-side has
I Guess The Lord Must be In New York City by Harry Nilsson (1969) and
Leaving On A Jet Plane by Peter, Paul and Mary (1969). Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
 TK+ Records TK-344 (Thailand) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 TK+ Records TK-344 (Thailand) - B-side scan by Manuel García Jara (no Dylan) |
 Michael 957 (Poland) - outside of cassette insert (reverse is blank) |
This unauthorised cassette release with the 1971 Bangladesh concert
photo has tracks from the 1960s and 1970s up to Knockin' On Heaven's Door
from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid, 1974. The cassette has "957" rubber
stamped and "BOB DYLAN" handwritten on Side 2 only, there is only the
pre-printed Michael label on Side 1. Thanks to Lars M. Banke for the loan of the cassette. |
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 Una U620 (Poland) - outside of cassette insert |
 Una U620 (Poland) - inside of cassette insert |
 Una U620 (Poland) - cassette Side 1 |
 Una U620 (Poland) - cassette Side 2 |
This unauthorised cassette release has tracks from the 1960s and 1970s up to I Shall Be Released from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 2, 1971. The cassette is in a Una case but has no Dylan information.
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for the loan of the cassette.
 Tango Music T-217 (Poland) - outside of cassette insert |
This unauthorised cassette release has tracks from the 1960s and 1970s
up to I Shall Be Released from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 2,
1971. The cassette is in a Tango Music case but has no Dylan information. Thanks to Lars M. Banke for the loan of the cassette. |
 Tango Music T-217 (Poland) - inside of cassette insert |
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"I Want You" - Laminated musical postcards (no catalogue number) (Poland), mid 1970s:
 Front of postcard 1, scan by Hans Seegers |
These 1970s unauthorised musical postcards again play I Want You from
Blonde On Blonde. The reverse of the postcards have lines to write an
address and a space for a message. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Anneke Derksen for information and scans. |
 Reverse of postcard 1, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Reverse of postcard 2, scan by Anneke Derksen |
Various Artists - "Angie" - compilation EP, 4 Track Records M-180 (Thailand), 1973:
This EP was legal in Thailand at the time of release, but there
is no association with Columbia. Again, whatever their legality, these releases are extremely
collectable.
 4 Track Records M-180 (Thailand) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
The A-side has Just You And Me by Chicago plus Jimmy Loves
Mary-Anne by Looking Glass. The B-side has Angie by The Rolling
Stones and Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Bob from Pat Garrett & Billy The
Kid (1973). Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
 4 Track Records M-180 (Thailand) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
 4 Track Records M-180 (Thailand) - A-side scan by Manuel García Jara (no Dylan) |
 4 Track Records M-180 (Thailand) - B-side scan by Manuel García Jara (includes Bob) |
Various Artists - "Unnamed EP" - 7" stereo EP, Royal Records MTR-635 (Thailand), 1973:
 Royal Records MTR-635 (Thailand) - front scan by Dag Braathen |
Lily Of The West
(Traditional, arranged E. Davies/J. Peterson) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
3 Jun 1970, released on the 1973 Dylan album (R-0097, see 1973) Thanks to Dag Braathen for information and scans. |
 Royal Records MTR-635 (Thailand) - rear scan by Dag Braathen |
 Royal Records MTR-635 (Thailand) - A-side with R-0097, scan by Dag Braathen |
Various Artists - "Unnamed EP" - compilation EP, Uranya UR-14 3 (Malaysia), 1973:
 Uranya UR-14 3 (Malaysia) - front picture from François Guillez |
This unauthorised EP includes a Dylan album track
on the B-side: A-side: Clint Holmes -
Shiddle-Ee-Dee; The Edgar Winter Group - Free Ride Thanks to François Guillez for information. |
 Uranya UR-14 3 (Malaysia) - B-side picture from François Guillez |
"I Can't Help Falling In Love" - 7" single, Yegrin D-5 (South Korea), 1973:
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Can't Help Falling In Love (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George David Weiss) - from the 1973 Columbia album Dylan, (R-0100, see 1973). More details of this item required, especially the B-side. |
Various Artists - "Unnamed EP" - 7" stereo EP, Mak Records PN. 127 (Thailand), 1974:
 Mak Records PN. 127 (Thailand) - front scan by Xavier Cunillera |
This unauthorised Thai EP has a picture of Bob on the front but doesn't
contain a Dylan track! The five tracks on the EP are from 1973 and 1974. Thanks to Xavier Cunillera for information and scan. |
Bob Dylan/The Joneses/The Hollies/Michael Jackson - "Unnamed EP" - 7" stereo EP, Express Songs EXP. 081 (Thailand), 1975:
 Express Songs EXP. 081 (Thailand) - front scan by Victoria Stafford |
 Express Songs EXP. 081 (Thailand) - detail of front, scan by Victoria Stafford |
 Express Songs EXP. 081 (Thailand) - rear scan by Victoria Stafford |
 Express Songs EXP. 081 (Thailand) - detail of rear, scan by Victoria Stafford |
 Express Songs EXP. 081 (Thailand) - A-side scan by Victoria Stafford (includes Bob) |
 Express Songs EXP. 081 (Thailand) - B-side scan by Victoria Stafford (no Dylan) |
This unauthorised Thai EP has Tangled Up In Blue from Blood On The Tracks on the A-side with a song by The Joneses. On the B-side are songs from The Hollies and Michael Jackson. The relevance of the front picture featuring a crustacean is extremely obscure!
Thanks to Victoria Stafford for information and scans.
Barry Manilow/Bob Dylan/John Sebastian - "Unnamed EP" - 7" stereo EP, Express Songs EXP. 201 (Thailand), 1976:
 Express Songs EXP. 201 (Thailand) - front scan by Gerard Germano |
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 Express Songs EXP. 201 (Thailand) - rear scan by Gerard Germano |
 Express Songs EXP. 201 (Thailand) - detail of rear, scan by Gerard Germano |
 Express Songs EXP. 201 (Thailand) - A-side scan by Gerard Germano (no Dylan) |
 Express Songs EXP. 201 (Thailand) - B-side scan by Gerard Germano (includes Bob) |
This second unauthorised Thai EP from Express Songs has two songs from Barry Manilow on the A-side with Mozambique from Desire on the B-side plus a song from John Sebastian.
Thanks to Gerard Germano for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Unnamed EP" - stereo 7" EP release, CashBox CB 085 (Thailand), 1976:
 CashBox CB 085 (Thailand) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
This EP release with a Dylan rarity on the B-side is unauthorised
so it's listed here. Other artists are Cliff Richard, the Rubettes plus
Daryl Hall and John Oates.
R-0130-4 Rita May
(Bob Dylan/Jacques Levy)
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 CashBox CB 085 (Thailand) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 CashBox CB 085 (Thailand) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (includes R-0130) |
R-0130 is also on the 1978 Japanese/Australian compilation Masterpieces, (see 1978) and on two limited edition Japanese CD releases, Mr. D's Collection #3 (see 1993) and Dylan Ga Rock (see 1993 and 2010). R-0130 appeared on the Sony Music Bob Dylan Custom Mix CD web-site, Apr 2003, see Online Performances (Other). It was also one of the 42 rarities included for download with the Aug 2006 Apple iTunes Bob Dylan Collection, also see Online Performances (Other). It is now also released on the 2010 version of Dylan Ga Rock (see 2010)
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Hitparade International" - stereo cassette release, Evelon 71002 (Italy), 1976:
 Evelon 71002 (Italy) - front of cassette insert, scan by Dag Braathen |
Q-0025 Hurricane from Desire (edit, fades out after 3:40) This cassette release with Bob on Side 2 appears to be unauthorised, although it has the "SIAE" stamp of the Italian copyright organisation. Thanks to Dag Braathen for information and scans. |
 Evelon 71002 (Italy) - unfolded cassette insert, scan by Dag Braathen |
 Evelon 71002 (Italy) - detail of rear of cassette insert, scan by Dag Braathen |
 Evelon 71002 (Italy) - cassette Side 2 scan by Dag Braathen |
Various Artists - "Bob Dylan For Jimmy Carter" - stereo cassette release, Atlantic Records AR 2078 (Indonesia), 1976:
 Atlantic Records AR 2078 (Indonesia) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Dag Braathen |
This unofficial Indonesian cassette release (not
from the US record label Atlantic Records) imagines Bob Dylan promoting the
candidacy of Jimmy Carter for President of the USA in his 1976 campaign. The
strange selection includes six songs from Blood On The Tracks and one
from Desire. Side 1: A Few Words From Jimmy Carter; Maggie's Farm; One Too Many Mornings; Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again; Oh, Sister; Lay, Lady, Lay; Shelter From the Storm/ Side 2: You're A Big Girl Now; I Threw It All Away (mistitled as "O Threw It All Away); Simple Twist Of Fate; Meet Me In The Morning; Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts; If You See Her, Say Hello. |
Thanks to Dag Braathen for information and scan.
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - stereo cassette release, Footprint S-3102A (Saudi Arabia), 1978:
 Footprint S-3102A (Saudi Arabia) - cassette insert scan by Dag Braathen |
This unauthorised cassette release uses the front design of the 1978
Japan/Australia 3LP set
Masterpieces but has a unique tracklist: Side 1: Mr. Tambourine Man; Just Like A Woman; Knockin' On Heaven's Door; I Shall Be Released; You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; If Not For You; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight. Side 2: Blowin' In The Wind; Like A Rolling Stone; Lay, Lady, Lay; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; The Times They Are A-Changin'; I Want You; Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You. |
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 Footprint S-3102A (Saudi Arabia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Dag Braathen |
Thanks to Dag Braathen for information and scans.
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - stereo cassette releases, Aquarius 88064 (Indonesia), 1978(?)/Aquarius 98299 (Indonesia), 1978(?):
 Aquarius 88064 (Indonesia) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Ger Hemel (inside is blank) |
 Aquarius 98299 (Indonesia) - front scan by Ger Hemel |
 Aquarius 98299 (Indonesia) - rear scan by Ger Hemel |
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 Aquarius 88064 (Indonesia) - outside of unfolded booklet, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Aquarius 88064 (Indonesia) - inside pages of booklet, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Aquarius 98299 (Indonesia) - outside of unfolded booklet, scan by Ger Hemel |
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 Aquarius 88064 (Indonesia) - cassette Side 1 with sticker, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Aquarius 88064 (Indonesia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Ger Hemel |
 Aquarius 98299 (Indonesia) - cassette Side 1 scan by Ger Hemel |
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These unauthorised cassette releases (two releases of the same album with the same artwork but different catalogue numbers) again use the front design of the 1978 Japan/Australia 3LP set Masterpieces but have a slightly different unique tracklist:
Side 1: Mr. Tambourine Man; Just Like A Woman; Knockin' On Heaven's Door; I Shall Be Released; You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; If Not For You; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Sara.
Side 2: Blowin' In The Wind; Like A Rolling Stone; Lay, Lady, Lay; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; The Times They Are A-Changin'; I Want You; Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You; Positively Fourth Street.
They come with a 20 page booklet with the song lyrics but in a slightly different order (the last two tracks of both sides). The booklets also use the front of the Masterpieces set including the title. Aquarius 88064 comes in a regular hinged plastic cassette case, but Aquarius 98299 comes in a plastic wallet as shown. Both cassettes have no text, but there is an Indonesian language sticker on Side 1 of Aquarius 88064 with "LUNAS PAJAK PENJUALAN [PAY OFF SALES TAX]".
Thanks to Ger Hemel for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Unnamed EP" - 7" stereo EP, Diamond Sound Stereo Records 152 (Thailand), late 1970s:
 Diamond Sound Stereo Records 152 (Thailand) - front scan from eBay |
This unauthorised Thai EP has a picture of Bob in concert on the front
but no songs from him! The songs are actually from The Who, The Doobie
Brothers, Kenny Loggins/Jim Messina and Rod Stewart. Thanks to Francisco Lima for finding this on eBay. |
 Diamond Sound Stereo Records 152 (Thailand) - front plus A-side, scan from eBay |
 Diamond Sound Stereo Records 152 (Thailand) - rear plus B-side, scan from eBay |
1980s
"Hurricane" - Laminated musical postcard (no catalogue number) (Poland), 1980s:
 Front of postcard, scan by Hans Seegers |
This 1980s unauthorised musical postcard plays Hurricane from Desire.
The reverse of the postcard has lines to write an address and a space for a
message. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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 Outside of cassette insert (reverse is blank) |
This unauthorised cassette release with the rear photo from 1978's
Street-Legal has tracks from the 1960s and 1970s as well as Shot Of Love
from the 1981 album. Hurricane from Desire is misspelled "Murricane"!
The cassette is in a Teen case with the album title but no tracklist. The
title was used for two official CBS Italian compilations in 1976. Thanks to Lars M. Banke for the loan of the cassette. |
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 CBS Sugar 62911 (Italy, 1976) - front scan by Manfred Endtner |
 Platinum PLP 38 (West Germany) - picture from www.eil.com |
These unauthorised stereo LPs are a set released in West Germany in the 1980s containing live 1962 performances from the Finjan Club, Montreal, Canada, and the Gaslight Club, New York, all of which are now officially released on Bob Dylan Live At The Gaslight 1962, Starbucks/Hear Music/Sony Music Custom Marketing Group (USA), 2005, and the Sony Music Europe 4CD set The 50th Anniversary Collection, Dec 2012. The albums were also released on cassette (not shown), again on the Platinum label. |
 Platinum PLP 39 (West Germany) - picture from www.eil.com |
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 Platinum PLP 65 (West Germany) - picture from www.discogs.com |
PLP 38: Rocks & Gravel; Quit Your Low Down Ways; He Was a Friend Of Mine; Let Me Die In My Footsteps; The Death Of Emmett Till; Stealin'.
PLP 39: Man On The Street; He Was A Friend Of Mine; Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues; Song To Woody; Car Car; Pretty Polly; Two Trains Runnin'; Ramblin' On My Mind.
PLP 64: A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall; Hezekiah Jones (Black Cross); No More Auction Block; Rocks And Gravel; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Barbara Allen; Moonshine Blues (Moonshiner).
PLP 65: Motherless Children; Handsome Molly; John Brown; Ballad Of Hollis Brown; Kind-hearted Woman Blues; See That My Grave Is Kept Clean; Ain't No More Cane (Cane On The Brazo); Cocaine; Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird; West Texas (Excerpt).
"Best Selection" - compilation CD release - Echo Industry Co. Ltd. VC-3009 (Japan), 1985; compilation stereo cassette - Pavel PV-002 (Poland), 1985(?):
 Echo Industry Co. Ltd. VC-3009 (Japan) - front with obi, colour photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 Echo Industry Co. Ltd. VC-3009 (Japan) - front insert colour photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 Echo Industry Co. Ltd. VC-3009 (Japan) - rear insert colour photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 Echo Industry Co. Ltd. VC-3009 (Japan) - CD colour photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 Pavel PV-002 (Poland) - inside of cassette insert, scan from www.discogs.com |
 Echo Industry Co. Ltd. VC-3009 (Japan) - obi colour photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 Pavel PV-002 (Poland) - outside of cassette insert, scan from www.discogs.com |
 Pavel PV-002 (Poland) - cassette Side 1 scan from www.discogs.com |
 Pavel PV-002 (Poland) - cassette Side 2 scan from www.discogs.com |
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This unauthorised Japanese CD release is dated as 1985 on one Internet site, which is consistent with the price of ¥2,000 on the obi with no mention of sales tax, introduced in Japan in 1989. The CD has 18 tracks from the early 1960s to the early 1970s, 11 of which turned up in Poland on an unauthorised cassette release with the same red car front design, even including the Japanese CD catalogue number.
Thanks to Paul Shenton for information and colour photocopies.
"Bob Dylan" - compilation CD release - Bayer Corporation (no catalogue number) (Switzerland), 1987(?):
 Front scan by Lars M. Banke |
Lars M. Banke has this strange CD promoting the antibiotic drug Ciproxin from the Swiss subsidiary of the German pharmaceutical company Bayer. Ciproxin was first approved in 1987, which is when this CD could come from. It seems odd that a respectable company would authorise a pirated release! The CD was bought in a flea market in Basle, Switzerland, by Robin Lambert. The Ballad of Hollis Brown is misspelled as “Hollie Brown” on the rear insert and the reverse of the front insert. |
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 Rear scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Inside of unfolded front insert, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CD scan by Lars M. Banke |
Various Artists - "Golden Folk Songs 4" - compilation stereo cassette release - Audiophile AE 064 (Indonesia), 1988(?):
 Audiophile AE 064 (Indonesia) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Audiophile AE 064 (Indonesia) - front of lyrics insert, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Audiophile AE 064 (Indonesia) - Cassette Side 1 scan by Ger Hemel |
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Dylan tracks, Blowin’ In The Wind and Mr.
Tambourine Man (both misspelled on
the rear of the insert). The lyric sheet spells the
Mr. Tambourine Man
title correctly, although the lyrics have been hilariously misheard!
Mr. Tambourine Man is edited to 3.25 and
is missing the last verse and chorus, probably because of lack of tape. Thanks to Ger Hemel for information and scans. |
 Audiophile AE 064 (Indonesia) - rear of lyrics insert, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Audiophile AE 064 (Indonesia) - Cassette Side 2 scan by Ger Hemel |
Various
Artists - "Like A Rolling Stone: 16 Original Superhits Of The 60's" -
compilation LP, Duchesse Records DD 152004 (West
Germany), 1988; compilation cassette,
Duchesse Records 252004 (West Germany), 1988:;
compilation CD, Duchesse Records CD 352004 (West Germany), 1988:
 Duchesse Records DD 152004 (West Germany) - LP front scan by Raoul Verolleman |
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 Duchesse Records DD 152004 (West Germany) - LP Side 1 scan by Raoul Verolleman (includes Bob) |
 Duchesse Records DD 152004 (West Germany) - LP Side 2 scan by Raoul Verolleman (includes Bob covers) |
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 Duchesse Records 252004 (West Germany) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Ger Hemel |
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 Duchesse Records 252004 (West Germany) - cassette Side 1 scan by Ger Hemel (includes Bob) |
 Duchesse Records 252004 (West Germany) - cassette Side 2 scan by Ger Hemel (includes Bob covers) |
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This unofficial compilation dated 1988 was made in West Germany but has the "SACEM" logo of the French copyright organisation. It has four tracks each by Bob Dylan, The Doors, Simon & Garfunkel and The Byrds. The Dylan tracks on Side 1 are Like A Rolling Stone, Positively 4th Street, Subterranean Homesick Blues and Just Like A Woman. The Byrds' tracks on Side 2 include Mr. Tambourine Man and All I Really Want To Do.
The cassette release has the "SACEM" logo of the French copyright organisation, so must have been sold in France. The cassette is black with red paper labels.
Thanks to Raoul Verolleman, Dr. Walter Roedl and Ger Hemel for information and scans.
Various
Artists – "Like a Rolling Stone: 16 Superhits Originales De Los 60’s" – La Mejor
Música CD 50502 (Spain), 1994:
 La Mejor Música CD 50502 (Spain) - front scan by Ger Hemel (variant 1) |
The tracklisting of this 1994 Spanish CD compilation is the same as that of the 1988 Duchesse Records West Germany compilation LP/cassette/CD Like A Rolling Stone: 16 Original Superhits Of The 60's. |
 La Mejor Música CD 50502 (Spain) - outside of front insert, scan by Ger Hemel (variant 1) |
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 La Mejor Música CD 50502 (Spain) - CD scan by Ger Hemel (variant 1) |
The tracklisting on the reverse of the front insert is correct, but the tracklisting on the rear insert is missing track 16 (Mr. Spaceman by The Byrds) even though all sixteen track times are listed in the right-hand column. The front insert is a folded card.
Like a Rolling Stone has a part-Spanish, part-English translation as "Como Un Rolling Stone". The translation used in Spain was usually "Como Una Piedra Que Rueda".
Thanks to Ger Hemel for information and scans.
Various
Artists – "Like a Rolling Stone: 16 Super Éxitos Originales De Los 60’s" – La
Mejor Música CD 50502 (Spain), 1994:
 La Mejor Música CD 50502 (Spain) - outside of front insert, scan by Ger Hemel (variant 2) |
The tracklisting of this 1994 Spanish CD compilation is again the same as that of the 1988 Duchesse Records West Germany compilation LP/cassette/CD Like A Rolling Stone: 16 Original Superhits Of The 60's. |
 La Mejor Música CD 50502 (Spain) - reverse of front insert, scan by Ger Hemel (variant 2) |
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 La Mejor Música CD 50502 (Spain) - CD scan by Ger Hemel (variant 2) |
It is in fact the same compilation as the previous CD with the identical catalogue number, but with completely different artwork (same design as the 1988 releases on the front) and a new Spanish title 16 Super Éxitos Originales De Los 60’s", on the reverse of the front insert, the rear insert, and on the CD but not on the front of the front insert, where the title is still 16 Superhits Originales De Los 60’s. The front insert this time is a single card.
Like a Rolling Stone again has a part-Spanish, part-English translation as "Como Un Rolling Stone".
Thanks to Ger Hemel for information and scans.
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" - compilation LP release, Duchesse DD 152022 (West Germany), 1988; compilation cassette releases: Duchesse MC 252022 (West Germany/Portugal), 1988; Universe UN 43018 (Germany), 1993; compilation CD releases: Duchesse CD 352022 (West Germany), 1989; Universe UN 3 018 (Germany), 1993:
LP/CD releases, Duchesse DD 152022/CD 35202 (West Germany), 1988:
 Duchesse Records DD 152022 (West Germany) - LP front picture from www.discogs.com (1988 release) |
Thanks to Kevin Duarte for information
about these unauthorised releases with tracks from the 1960s. They have
exactly the same sixteen tracks as the Bayer release above, but in a
different order.
The Ballad of Hollis Brown is correctly
spelled. The LP release was Duchesse DD 152022. There were also
several cassette releases, all Duchess MC 252022, and a CD release
Duchesse CD 352022. In "Isis" 200 Les Kokay says the three tracks from Blonde On Blonde in this set - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, I Want You and Just Like A Woman - sound different from other versions he's listened to: "I don't think they've been remixed or anything, but maybe they have been tweaked during the mastering somehow". |
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 Duchesse DD 152022 (West Germany) - LP Side 1 picture from www.discogs.com (1988 release) |
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 Duchesse CD 352022 (West Germany) - CD rear insert picture from www.discogs.com (1988 release) |
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Cassette releases: Duchesse MC 252022 (West Germany/Portugal), 1989:
 Duchesse MC 252022 (West Germany/Portugal) - outside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (1989 release variant 1 with barcode) |
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 Duchesse MC 252022 (West Germany) - cassette Side 1 picture from www.discogs.com (1989 release variant 1 - English text, German "GEMA" copyright) |
 Duchesse MC 252022 (West Germany) - cassette Side 2 picture from www.discogs.com (1989 release variant 1 - English text, German "GEMA" copyright) |
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 Duchesse MC 252022 (West Germany/Portugal) - outside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (1989 release variants 2 and 3, different text at bottom left with no date) |
 Duchesse MC 252022 (West Germany/Portugal) - cassette Side 2 photocopy by Paul Shenton (1989 release variant 2 - German text, Portuguese "SPA" copyright) |
 Duchesse MC 252022 (Portugal) - cassette Side 1 photocopy by Paul Shenton (1989 release variant 3 - English text, Portuguese "SPA" copyright) |
 Duchesse MC 252022 (Portugal) - cassette Side 2 photocopy by Paul Shenton (1989 release variant 3 - English text, Portuguese "SPA" copyright) |
There are three different cassette variants with a double-sided insert, with both West German and Portuguese copyrights. There are two insert variants. There is no record company information on the cassettes.
Variant 1 has a white cassette with red/white labels
with English text under the sprocket holes and the German "GEMA" copyright logo
on the right
Variant 2 has a black cassette with white labels with German text under the
sprocket holes and the Portuguese "SPA" copyright logo on the left.
The insert is different from that of variant 1.
Variant 3 has a white cassette with red/white labels with English text under the
sprocket holes and the Portuguese "SPA" copyright logo on the right. The black
text above the sprocket holes is differently laid out from that of variant 1.
The insert is the same as that for variant 2,
GEMA: Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs und mechanische
Vervielfältigungsrechte [Society
for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights] (Germany).
SPA: Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores [Portuguese
Society of Authors]
(Portugal).
CD release: Universe UN 3 018 (Germany), 1993:
 Universe UN 3 018 (Germany) - CD front picture from www.discogs.com (1993 release) |
 Universe UN 3 018 (Germany) - CD rear insert picture from www.discogs.com (1993 release) |
 Universe UN 3 018 (Germany) - CD picture from www.discogs.com (1993 release) |
 Universe UN 43018 (Germany) - cassette Side 1 picture from www.discogs.com (1993 release) |
 Universe UN 43018 (Germany) - outside of cassette insert, picture from www.discogs.com (1993 release) |
The album was re-released with new artwork in Germany in 1993 as Universe 3 018 (CD) and Universe 43018 (cassette).
Thanks to Kevin Duarte, Les Kokay and Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
"Super Disco Hits Vol. 27" [Various Artists] - unauthorised cassette compilation, Starling S177 (Poland), 1989:
 Starling S177 (Poland) - cassette insert scan by Artur Jarosinski |
The Dylan track included on this unauthorised Polish cassette
compilation is Mr. Tambourine Man from Bringing It All Back Home, here called "Mr. Tambourine Man 89",
but not a remix. Thanks to Artur Jarosinski for information and scan. |
1990s
Traveling Wilburys - "Vol. 2/Vol. 4½" - unauthorised CD release, CDM 1199-381 (Russia), 1991(?):
 CDM 1199-381 (Russia) - front photocopy by Paul Shenton |
This Russian compilation CD is mostly
made up of tracks by individual members of the Wilburys, rather than the
Traveling Wilburys as a band. It consists of Tom Petty's 1989 MCA album
Full Moon Fever (a.k.a Vol. 2) produced by Jeff Lynne and tracks
by other Wilbury members and potential members (Vol. 4½). Vol. 4½
includes two songs from Bob's 1990 album Under The Red Sky - the
title track (mistitled "Under The Read Sky" and Born In Time
(mistitled "Bone In Time"). There also tracks from Roy Orbison's 1989
Virgin album Mystery Girl produced by Jeff Lynne and Tom Petty, plus
songs from George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Del Shannon and Duane Eddy (the last
two were mooted as possible Wilburys). Thanks to Paul Shenton for information and pictures. |
 CDM 1199-381 (Russia) - rear insert photocopy by Paul Shenton |
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 CDM 1199-381 (Russia) - CD photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 CDM 1199-381 (Russia) - outside of unfolded front insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 CDM 1199-381 (Russia) - inside of front insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 CDM 1199-381 (Russia) - detail of CD, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
"Bob Dylan Champion Selection Series" - compilation CD release, Della R-130186 (Japan), 1991:
 Della R-130186 (Japan) - front picture from www.ebay.co.au |
This unauthorised 1991 compilation CD contains
twelve 1960s tracks from Blowin In The Wind to All Along The Watchtower. Thanks to Rob Cole for information. |
 Della R-130186 (Japan) - rear picture from www.ebay.co.au |
"Bob Dylan 1" - CD included with issue 62 of "Il Dizionario Del Rock", Armando Curcio Editore (Italy), 1991:
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Two editions of this "Dictionary of Rock" magazine series have companion CDs with otherwise unreleased Dylan material. These CDs were almost certainly issued without authorisation from Columbia, but were legal under Italian copyright law at the time! |
 CD insert scan by " Branca" (Carlo) |
 Magazine #62 front page scan by "Branca" (Carlo) |
Live at the Newport Folk Festival, 25 Jul 1965 - R-0300, R-0301, Q-0008 with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, R-0303, R-0304 solo acoustic:
Maggie's Farm - this performance also appeared in Murray Lerner's 1967 film Festival, (R-0300, see VHS & DVD 1960s, now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005
Like A Rolling Stone - now released on The Other Side Of The Mirror: Bob Dylan Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965, Oct 2007 (R-0301, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4)
Q-0008 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry, otherwise unreleased
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (solo acoustic) - now released on The Other Side Of The Mirror: Bob Dylan Live At The Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965, Oct 2007 (R-0303, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4)
Mr. Tambourine Man (solo acoustic) - this performance also appeared in Murray Lerner's 1967 film Festival, (R-0304, see VHS & DVD 1960s)
Video of these performances (but not It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry) 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.
The four tracks below are listed as being "Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, May, 1966 with The Hawks" but I strongly suspect they're part of the frequently wrongly-attributed Manchester Free Trade Hall concert. Confirmation required!
Q-0009 I Don't Believe You
Q-0010 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Rev Gary Davies, arr. Eric von Schmidt)
Q-0011 One Too Many Mornings
Q-0012 Ballad Of A Thin Man
All of these have now been released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 - Bob Dylan Live 1966: The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert in 1998 (if they're Manchester).
Thanks to "Branca" (Carlo) for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan 2" - CD included with issue of "Il Dizionario del Rock", Armando Curcio Editore (Italy), 1992:
The tracks below are described as "Live In London 1965" and are from a BBC TV broadcast recorded on 1 Jun 1965.
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All these tracks have now been officially released on the 208 track download set 50th Anniversary Collection 1965, Columbia/Legacy (USA), 4 Dec 2015.
Thanks to "Branca" (Carlo) for information and scans.
"Gaslight Tapes" - CD release, Hit Memories 6188542 (West Germany), 1993:
 Hit Memories 6188542 (West Germany) - front scan by Billy Bolley |
This unauthorised CD contains live 1962 performances from the Gaslight Club, New York, Oct 1962 (the "Gaslight 2" tape), all of which are now officially released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 [Rare And Unreleased] 1961-1991, Bob Dylan Live At The Gaslight 1962, Starbucks/Hear Music/Sony Music Custom Marketing Group (USA), 2005, and the Sony Music Europe 4CD set The 50th Anniversary Collection, Dec 2012. |
 Hit Memories 6188542 (West Germany) - rear insert scan by Billy Bolley |
 Hit Memories 6188542 (West Germany) - CD scan by Billy Bolley |
Tracklist: A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (R-0701); Hezekiah Jones (Black Cross) (R-1002); No More Auction Block (from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 [Rare And Unreleased] 1961-1991); Rocks And Gravel (R-0702); Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (R-0703); Barbara Allen (R-0707); Moonshine Blues (Moonshiner) (R-0704); Motherless Children (R-1000); Handsome Molly (R-0467); John Brown (R-0706); Ballad Of Hollis Brown (R-1003); Kind-hearted Woman Blues (R-1001); See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (R-0999); Ain't No More Cane (Cane On The Brazo) (R-1004); Cocaine (R-0705); Cuckoo Is A Pretty Bird (R-0679); West Texas (Excerpt) (R-0708).
Thanks to Billy Bolley for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Cambio 16 Presenta: Años 60 - Vol. 11 - Folk [Cambio 16 Presents: 60 Years - Vol. 11 - Folk]" - CD included with issue of "Cambio 16", Promo Way 11 (Spain), 17 May 1993:
 Promo Way 11 (Spain) - front insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
Q-0020 Baby, Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams) - from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961 |
 Promo Way 11 (Spain) - front scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Promo Way 11 (Spain) - rear insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Promo Way 11 (Spain) - reverse of front insert, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Promo Way 11 (Spain) - CD scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
This CD was legal in Spain at the time of issue, but the release was almost certainly not authorised by Columbia. This performance has not been officially released by Columbia, although other performances from this set have been. For example, see the Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, 2001.
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Banana Split" -
compilation cassette release, Dieci & Lode DL 8008 (Italy), 1993(?); compilation
CD release, D&L (Dieci & Lode) DL CD 8008 (Italy), 5 Jul 2011:
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for
confirming that this is definitely a grey area release, legal in Italy but
unauthorised by Columbia/CBS.
 Dieci & Lode DL 8008 (Italy) - front of cassette insert, scan by Dag Braathen |
This 16 track Italian stereo compilation cassette release contains A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan on Side 1. The cassette and insert are undated, but an Internet site dates another Dieci & Lode compilation (DL 8004) as 1993. |
 Dieci & Lode DL 8008 (Italy) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Dag Braathen |
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 Dieci & Lode DL CD 8008 (Italy) - 2011 CD front picture from hmvdigital.com |
This compilation is also available as a 12 track digital download from HMV UK, but that does not include the Dylan track.
Thanks to Dag Braathen for information and scans.
"A Rare Batch Of Little White Wonder" - compilation CD: Imagem 1101 (Brazil), 1993(?); compilation cassette Minstrel MC8 05 (Australia), 1993(?):
 Imagem 1101 (Brazil) - front (my copy) |
This compilation has a mixture of released and unreleased tracks. The
Australian cassette release has track 11 to 19 of the CD plus Farewell
Angelina. Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scan. |
 Imagem 1101 (Brazil) - rear insert (my copy) |
 Minstrel MC8 05 (Australia) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
The Grateful Dead - "The Dead Play Dylan", Red Robin
(Germany), ROB 1033, 1994:
Two songs from Dylan and the Dead not on the Columbia album - I am not
sure of the exact legal status of this album, but it was listed in a collectors'
magazine that does not normally include bootlegs.
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Q-0021 The Wicked Messenger (Bob sings
vocals) Q-0022 The Times They Are A-Changin' (Bob
sings vocals) Thanks to Ole Lien for information. |
Bob Dylan/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Bob Dylan & The Heartbreakers: New South Wales" - CD release, Stayed Tuned (Unknown), (no catalogue number), 1990s:
 Front scan by Alex Ivanov |
This CD of unknown origin contains performances recorded with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in Sydney, Australia, 24-25 Feb 1986, officially released on the US HBO TV broadcast video Hard To Handle (see VHS & DVD 1980s) and the 3LP Westwood One US radio station set Superstar Concert Series: The Ultimate Radio Concerts (see 1986). |
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 Inside of front insert, scan by Alex Ivanov |
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 CD scan by Alex Ivanov |
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Tracklisting:
R-0172 In The Garden - 24 Feb 1986 (Hard To
Handle)
R-0173 Just Like A Woman - 24 Feb 1986 (Hard To Handle)
R-0174 Like A Rolling Stone - 25 Feb 1986 (Hard To Handle)
R-0177 Lenny Bruce - 25 Feb 1986 (Hard To Handle)
R-0178 When The Night Comes Falling From The
Sky - 24 Feb 1986 (Hard To Handle)
R-0179 Ballad Of A Thin Man - 24 Feb 1986 (Hard To Handle)
R-0180 I'll Remember You - 24 Feb 1986 (Hard To Handle)
R-0181 Knockin' On Heaven's Door - 25 Feb 1986 (Superstar
Concert Series: The Ultimate Radio Concerts)
R-0183 Positively 4th Street - 24 Feb 1986 (Superstar
Concert Series: The Ultimate Radio Concerts)
R-0185 Masters Of War - 24 Feb 1986 (Superstar Concert
Series: The Ultimate Radio Concerts)
R-0186 I Forgot More
Than You'll Ever Know (Cecil A. Null) - 24 Feb 1986 (Superstar
Concert Series: The Ultimate Radio Concerts)
R-0187 Blowin' In The Wind - 25 Feb 1986 (Superstar
Concert Series: The Ultimate Radio Concerts)
R-0188 That Lucky Old
Sun (Haven Gillespie-Beasley Smith) - 24 Feb 1986 (Superstar
Concert Series: The Ultimate Radio Concerts)
Thanks to Alex Ivanov for information and scans.
Various Artists - Grandes De La Música:
Mitos* Del Rock [Great Figures Of Music: Legends of Rock]
- CD included with issue of "Diário de Noticias
[News Diary]",
(catalogue number?) (Spain), 1995:
"Diário de Noticias
[News Diary]" is a newspaper from the Navarre area of Spain. This CD was
legal in Spain at the time of issue, but the release was almost certainly
not authorised by Columbia.
 Logo of "Diário de Noticias" from their web-site |
R-0758 California - early version of
Outlaw Blues from Bringing It All Back Home with different lyrics
(which appear in "Writings and Drawings" under this title, lyrics on bobdylan.com
here), recorded at Columbia
Studios, New York, 13 Jan 1965 This was previously listed as Q-0023 but has now been allocated an R-number since it was legally released on the CBS TV soundtrack album NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack Vol. 2 in Nov 2009. For the DVD release, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4. |
 CBS CBSR029 (USA, 2009) - front of sealed copy with sticker (my copy) |
 Picture from www.amazon.com (USA, 2012) |
California is no longer a rarity since it was released in Nov 2015 on The Best of The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12.
Despite the fact it's from the 1960s, this song turned up again on an Open Records download-only album I Feel Good: 70s Hits in 2012.
*The distinction between “myth” and “legend” made in English isn’t made in other European languages – they’re both types of traditional stories, but basically a “myth” is a story that was never actually true, whereas a “legend” is a story that is based on true events or people. This means an “urban legend” should actually be called an “urban myth”, while Bob’s certainly a legend and definitely not a myth!
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information. Scans of the magazine and CD artwork required!
"Blowin' In The Wind" - compilation CD release - Promo Sound AG CD 289 (Germany), 1996; compilation stereo cassette - Promo Sound AG MC 13088 (Germany), 1999:
 Promo Sound AG CD 289 (Germany) - CD front colour photocopy by Paul Shenton |
This unauthorised CD release from 1966 has sixteen
tracks from the early to mid 1960s. The cassette equivalent from the same
company dates from 1999 and has fifteen tracks, omitting Queen Jane
Approximately. Thanks to Paul Shenton for information and colour photocopies. |
 Promo Sound AG CD 289 (Germany) - CD rear insert colour photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 Promo Sound AG MC 13088 (Germany) - cassette Side 1 colour photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 Promo Sound AG CD 289 (Germany) - reverse of CD front insert, colour photocopy by Paul Shenton |
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 Promo Sound AG CD 289 (Germany) - CD colour photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 Promo Sound AG MC 13088 (Germany) - cassette Side 2 colour photocopy by Paul Shenton |
"Bob Dylan's Chronicles", Pop Magazyn Muzyczny 12/13, SelleS (Poland), 1998:
 Magazine front page (my copy) |
Magazine with "Bob Dylan's Chronicles" companion compilation CD - all tracks are readily available album versions, although the selection, including Wigwam and Billy 1, is unusual. Thanks to Artur Jarosinski for this item! |
 Front of CD insert |
"Golden Rock Classics" 2CD set, Club Eve CECD 60-2/61-2 (Poland), 1998:
 Club Eve CECD 60-2/61-2 (Poland) - front (my copy) |
This Polish record club set is again unusual in that most of CD2 is
taken up with the full album of Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid!
Apart from this and Forever Young, the entire selection is from the 1960s,
all regular album tracks. The CD graphics are nice in that they're replica
LPs, complete with track divisions!
Thanks to Artur Jarosinski for this item. |
 Club Eve CECD 60-2/61-2 (Poland) - front insert unfolded |
 Club Eve CECD 60-2/61-2 (Poland) - CD1 |
2000s
"Bob Dylan" - CD compilation, Music History/Halahup Records HAL 549 (Russia), 2000s:
 Music History/Halahup Records HAL 549 (Russia) - front scan by Alex Ivanov |
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Halahup Records were a pirate record company based in St. Petersburg, Russia, although the rear insert of this release claims falsely that the company was based in Germany and was part of Sony Music. The latest track in this compilation is Things Have Changed from the 2000 Wonder Boys soundtrack, once a rarity but now included on The Essential Bob Dylan, also 2000.
Thanks to Alex Ivanov for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2000" - CD compilation, Fanatik 31452 (Germany), 2000:
 Fanatik 31452 (Germany) - front photo by Riku Halinen |
This unofficial 20-track compilation in the "World Music History" series was found in a local flea market, still in the shrinkwrap. The title is The Best Of Bob Dylan on the front and rear inserts but Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2000 on the CD. The track selection is different from that of The Essential Bob Dylan, also released in 2000. |
 Fanatik 31452 (Germany) - outside of front insert, photo by Riku Halinen |
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 Fanatik 31452 (Germany) -CD photo by Riku Halinen |
Tracklisting: Things Have Changed; Not Dark Yet; Blowin' In the Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Mr. Tambourine Man; Like a Rolling Stone; Just Like a Woman; All Along The Watchtower; Lay, Lady, Lay; I Shall Be Released; If Not For You; Knockin' On Heaven's Door; Forever Young; 2. Tangled Up In Blue; Gotta Serve Somebody; Jokerman; Everything Is Broken; Shelter From The Storm; Shooting Star.
Thanks to Riku Halinen for information and photos,
"Fonosfera" magazine, Issue 12 (Poland), Dec 2000:
 Magazine front scan by Artur Jarosinski |
The CD included with this magazine contains hits from 1965, and includes the
album version of Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited (track 18). Thanks to Artur Jarosinski for information and scans. |
 CD scan by Artur Jarosinski |
Various Artists - "Best Of Rock & Rock 'N' Roll" - compilation 2CD set, Radio Star Records/Falcon Neue Medien DCD 22078 (Germany), 2000:
 Radio Star Records/Falcon Neue Medien DCD 22078 (Germany) - front scan by Ger Hemel |
Bob's contribution to this German 2CD set of rock classics
is Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited on CD2.
It also contains Manfred Mann's version of The Mighty Quinn, Jimi Hendrix's
All Along The Watchtower and It's all Over Now, Baby Blue by Them. This and the other German Falcon Neue Medien releases listed below were all unauthorised by Columbia. Thanks to Ger Hemel for information and scans. |
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 Radio Star Records/Falcon Neue Medien DCD 22078 (Germany) - rear insert scan by Ger Hemel |
 Radio Star Records/Falcon Neue Medien DCD 22078 (Germany) - outside of front insert, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Radio Star Records/Falcon Neue Medien DCD 22078 (Germany) - inside of front insert, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Radio Star Records/Falcon Neue Medien DCD 22078 (Germany) - CD2 scan by Ger Hemel |
Various Artists - "Woodstock: The Love And Peace Generation" - compilation 2CD set, Falcon Neue Medien DCD 23016 (Germany), 2001:
 Falcon Neue Medien DCD 23016 (Germany) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
Bob of course didn't appear at Woodstock, but this 2CD German
compilation includes Blowin' In The Wind from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
as track 13 on CD2. Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
 Falcon Neue Medien DCD 23016 (Germany) - rear insert scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 Falcon Neue Medien DCD 23016 (Germany) - CD2 scan by Manuel García Jara (includes Bob) |
Various Artists - "100% Rock Classics" - compilation 2CD set, Universe/Falcon Neue Medien 23041 (Germany), 2001:
 Universe/Falcon Neue Medien 23041 (Germany) - front scan by Ger Hemel |
Bob's contribution to this German 2CD set of rock classics
is Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited on CD1. It also
contains Manfred Mann's version of The Mighty Quinn and Mr. Tambourine Man by
The Byrds. Thanks to Ger Hemel for information and scans. |
Universe/Falcon Neue Medien 23041 (Germany) - rear insert scan by Ger Hemel |
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 Universe/Falcon Neue Medien 23041 (Germany) - reverse of rear insert, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Universe/Falcon Neue Medien 23041 (Germany) - outside of front insert, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Universe/Falcon Neue Medien 23041 (Germany) - inside of front insert, scan by Ger Hemel |
 Universe/Falcon Neue Medien 23041 (Germany) - CD1 scan by Ger Hemel |
Various Artists - "Songwriter: The Singer And The Songs" - compilation CD release, Falcon Neue Medien 3813 (Germany), 2001:
 Falcon Neue Medien 3813 (Germany) - front scan by Per Wallin |
This German compilation includes Like A Rolling
Stone from Highway 61 Revisited as well as a Dylan cover with Van
Morrison and Them performing It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. Thanks to Per Wallin for information and scans. |
 Falcon Neue Medien 3813 (Germany) - rear scan by Per Wallin |
"Forevers Hits" - compilation CD, "Sony Music" DTCD-359 (Taiwan), 2002:
 "Sony Music" DTCD-359 (Taiwan) - front (my copy) |
This Taiwanese release from 2002
purports to be an official Sony Music album, but is identifiable as being
pirated for several reasons. The main one is the many spelling mistakes,
even in the album title, but the quirky tracklist also gives it away. The 16
tracks include the whole of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, preceded by
seven more recent tracks from Time Out Of Mind and "Love And
Theft". Thanks to James Schilling for the CD. |
 "Sony Music" DTCD-359 (Taiwan) - rear insert |
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 "Sony Music" DTCD-359 (Taiwan) - reverse of rear insert |
 "Sony Music" DTCD-359 (Taiwan) - outside of front insert |
 "Sony Music" DTCD-359 (Taiwan) - inside pages of front insert with spelling mistakes in the song titles |
 "Sony Music" DTCD-359 (Taiwan) - CD |
"Just Like A Woman" - compilation CD, Falcon Neue Medien (catalogue number?) (Germany), 1 Sep 2003:
 Picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This German compilation of 1960s tracks is definitely unauthorised, but is being sold by Amazon. |
"Grandes Exitos Vol. 1 [Great Hits Vol. 1]" - compilation CD, GLD 28508 (Argentina), 2004:
 GLD 28508 (Argentina) - front scan by Augie Krater |
This compilation CD for the Argentinean and Chilean markets was pressed
by Warners in Argentina, so was legal in those countries but is not an
official release. It consists partly of live tracks in comparatively poor
quality and even the studio tracks sound muted compared with those on the
official albums. Track 14, Tell Me That It Isn't True, is actually a 1966
live version of Tell Me Momma. There was also a Vol. 2. Thanks to Augie Krater and Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
 GLD 28508 (Argentina) - rear insert scan by Augie Krater |
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 Grandes Exitos Vol. 2 (Argentina) - photo from eBay |
Various Artists - "100 Hit's: Pop Rock Of The 60's and 70's" - compilation 4CD set, MPTree MP3005-536 (Russia), 2005:
 MPTree MP3005-536 (Russia) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
This unauthorised release from Russia has three
unnecessary apostrophes in the title. Bob's contribution is I Want You from
Blonde On Blonde, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight from John Wesley
Harding and If Not For You from New Morning. Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information. |
 MPTree MP3005-536 (Russia) - rear insert picture from www.discogs.com |
Bob Dylan & The Band with Al Kooper & Mike Bloomfield - "Midnight Train" - compilation CD, Traditional Line TL 1325 (UK), 31 Oct 2005:
 Traditional Line TL 1325 (UK) - picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
Tracklist: Medicine Sunday; Can You Please Crawl Out Your
Window?; I Wanna Be Your Lover; Number One (instrumental); Visions of
Johanna; She's Your Lover Now; Jet Pilot - Hawks Sessions, New York, NY, Oct
1965 - Jan 1966 If You Gotta Go, Go Now - Bringing It All Back Home outtake One Too Many Mornings; Like A Rolling Stone - live, ABC Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland), 20 May 1966 (wrongly dated as 5 May 1966) Girl From The North Country; Ballad Of Hollis Brown; Chimes Of Freedom; Only A Pawn In Their Game - live, Town Hall, Philadelphia, PA, Sep 1964 |
 The Session (1989), picture from www.bobsboots.com |
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 He's Your Lover Now (LP, 1985), picture from www.bobsboots.com |
This very unauthorised release is actually a clone of the 1988 Bob Dylan bootleg Live with The Band, Al Kooper, and Mike Bloomfield, also released in 1989 as The Session. However, neither Kooper nor Bloomfield appear on the album. A review from a Bob Dylan bootleg site says: "Cloned and more accurately repackaged as The Session. But to be avoided in either form as a haplessly scrambled, sonically inferior collection of unrelated tracks, all circulating in superior sound in more complete form. The issuer's identification of the Hawks session tracks as coming from 1965 tour rehearsals is ludicrously incorrect." Bobsboot.com lists the first ten tracks as coming from a 1985 German bootleg LP, He's Your Lover Now. Unbelievably, www.amazon.co.uk have this for sale at £22.93 ($36.13)! Kenny Matthew says that actually Traditional Line TL 1325 just has the first ten tracks, and not the Philadelphia live tracks.
Thanks to Paul S. Levine and Kenny Matthew for information.
"Live And Studio" - compilation CD, Ouver Entertainment 0708853-2 (Brazil), 2006(?):
 Ouver Entertainment 0708853-2 (Brazil) - front scan by Colm Redmond |
This unauthorised
compilation contains a mixture of songs from Studs Terkel's Wax Museum,
Radio WFMT, Chicago, IL, 26 Apr 1963, with added electric accompaniment, plus
songs from an as yet unidentified 1966 performance.
Studs Terkel performances: A Hard Rain's Gonna
Fall; Bob Dylan's Dream; Boots Of Spanish Leather; John Brown; Blowin' In
The Wind; Farewell (mistitled as "Farewell Angelina")'; Who Killed Davey
Moore? 1966 performances: Visions Of Johanna; 4th Time Around; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Desolation Row; Just Like A Woman; Mr Tambourine Man; Baby, Let Me Follow You Down. Thanks to Colm Redmond for information and scans. |
"Transmissions" - Enhanced CD and book set, Storming Music Company SMC 2520 (UK), 2007:
 Storming Music Company SMC 2520 (UK) - picture from www.eil.com |
This unauthorised enhanced CD housed in a 74-page
hardback book contains 13 audio and two video performances from TV and radio
broadcasts between 1963 and 2002. This compilation was released
by Northworld as a regular CD without the book as Live On Air in
2010 and Live To Air in 2014, see below. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information about this item. |
 Picture from www.amazon.co.uk (2010 release) |
 Picture from www.amazon.co.uk (2014 release) |
"Re-Transmissions" - Enhanced CD and book set, Storming Music Company SMC 2642 (UK), 3 Mar 2008:
 Storming Music Company SMC 2642 (UK) - picture from www.eil.com |
This unauthorised enhanced CD with a 72-page book contains 12 audio performances from TV and radio broadcasts between 1979 and 1995, and two video performances, one of which is Mr. Tambourine Man with the Byrds from the Roy Orbison Tribute Concert, Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA, 24 Feb 1990, from the Columbia/Legacy 4CD boxed set The Byrds (R-0217, see 1990). Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Sergio Magnacca for information about this item. |
 Storming Music Company SMC 2642 (UK) - picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
"Talkin' New York" - CD release, Scorpio BD-08020 (Italy), Aug 2008:
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 Scorpio BD-08020 (Italy) - outside of front insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (can be reversed to insert into jewel case either way up) |
 Scorpio BD-08020 (Italy) - rear insert photocopy by Paul Shenton (out-take from Bob Dylan photo shoot) |
 Scorpio BD-08020 (Italy) - reverse of rear insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 Front of handbill from "The Bob Dylan Scrapbook, 1956-1966", artwork used for outside of front insert |
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 Scorpio BD-08020 (Italy) - inside of front insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 "The Bob Dylan Scrapbook, 1956-1966", see Interviews with Bob |
 Inside of handbill from "The Bob Dylan Scrapbook, 1956-1966", text used for inside of front insert |
Bob's 22-song concert from Carnegie Chapter Hall, New York, 4 Nov 1961, remains officially unreleased except for This Land Is Your Land and He Was A Friend Of Mine, but is widely available on bootlegs. This CD has 15 of the 22 tracks.
Tracklist: Pretty Peggy-O (Traditional); In The Pines (Leadbelly [Huddie Ledbetter]); Gospel Plow (Traditional); 1913 Massacre (Woody Guthrie); Backwater Blues (Big Joe Williams); Young But Daily Growing (Traditional); Fixin’ To Die (Bukka white); Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre; Man On The Street; This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie, released in 2005 on The Bootleg Series 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack); Talkin’ Merchant Marine (Woody Guthrie); Black Cross (Joseph S. Newman); Freight Train Blues (John Lair); Song To Woody; Talkin’ New York.
Paul Shenton has noticed that all the artwork for this 2008 CD release has been filched from the Sep 2005 Simon & Schuster book "The Bob Dylan Scrapbook, 1956-1966". The front insert artwork is taken from the handbill for the 1961 concert, omitting the bottom text "or at door". The picture on the rear of the front insert is printed upside-down so it can be inserted into the jewel case either way up. The text on the inside of the front insert is taken from the inside of the handbill and the photos on both sides of the rear insert are also taken from the Scrapbook. For the Scrapbook, which has text by Robert Santelli and comes with an interview CD, see Interviews with Bob.
Thanks to Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
"Bob Dylan" - compilation 2CD set, HMCD 9 787996 600643 (China), Jun 2009:
 HMCD 9 787996 600643 (China) - front scan by Don Helling |
This unauthorised compilation 2CD set dated Jun 2009 contains a
compilation with tracks from Blowin' In The Wind to Someday Baby from
Modern Times (2006) on CD1. CD2 is the complete Together Through Life
album. Thanks to Don Helling for information and scans. |
 HMCD 9 787996 600643 (China) - rear scan by Don Helling |
"Christmas In The Heart" - compilation 2CD set, DTS-1053/DTS-578 (China), end 2009:
 DTS-1053/DTS-578 (China) - front scan by Don Helling |
This unauthorised compilation 2CD set contains Christmas In The Heart
plus six extra tracks on CD1, with Together Through Life plus seven
extra tracks on CD2. Thanks to Don Helling for information and scans. |
 DTS-1053/DTS-578 (China) - rear scan by Don Helling |
2010s
"Folksinger's Choice" - CD release, Left Field Media LFMCD 501 (UK), 28 Jun 2010; 2LP release: Left Field Media (catalogue number?) (UK), 23 Jan 2012:
 Left Field Media LFMCD 501 (UK) - picture from "Isis" web-site (CD release) |
This release is legal in the UK because it features a live radio
broadcast originating from the USA or Canada. It consists of 11 songs, three
of them newly-written Dylan originals, performed by Bob during an interview with
Cynthia Gooding for the "Folksinger's Choice" WBAI radio programme,
recorded 13 Jan 1962, in New York City, broadcast 11 Mar 1962. (These dates are
speculative, some say the programme was never actually broadcast.) The interview is notorious for the outrageous lies Bob tells to the admiring Cynthia about his early life! |
 Picture from spincds.com (2LP release) |
R-0900 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (Hank
Williams/Jimmie Davis)
R-0901 Fixin’ To Die (Bukka White)
R-0902 Smokestack Lightning (Howlin' Wolf [Chester
Burnett])
R-0903 Hard Travelin’ (Woody Guthrie)
R-0904 The Death Of Emmett Till (Bob Dylan)
R-0905 Standing On The Highway (Bob Dylan)
R-0516-2 Roll On, John (Traditional)
R-0906 Stealin’, Stealin’ (Will Shade)
R-0907 Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad (Traditional)
R-0908 Baby Please Don’t Go (Big Joe Williams)
R-0922 Hard Times In New York Town (Bob Dylan)
One of these has been officially released before:
R-0516 Roll On John (Traditional) - released on CD on the Smithsonian Folkways album There Is No Eye: Music For Photographs, Nov 2001, accompanying a book of photographs "There Is No Eye" by John Cohen (of the New Lost City Ramblers), see 2001
R-0900 - R-0922 were later officially released on the Pacifica Archives CD-R Bob Dylan And Cynthia Gooding, Mar 2011. Some copies of the Pacifica Archives CD-R end during Baby, Please Don't Go, which is cut, and are missing Hard Times In New York Town, which is why R-0922 has a later R-number
Thanks to Tim Dunn, Derek Barker of "Isis" magazine and Harold Lepidus for information. Thanks to Benoit Narinx of Belgium for the catalogue number.
George Harrison - "Greatest Hits" - 2CD set, Star Mark 23882-1/2 4607 147896594 (Russia), 2010:
 Star Mark 23882-1/2 4607 147896594 (Russia) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
This 2CD compilation from Russia is unofficial even
though it has the Apple and Parlophone logos on the rear insert and the CDs.
It contains a Dylan rarity on CD1: R-0328 Handle With Care [The Traveling Wilburys], from the 1988 Wilbury Records/Warner Bros album The Traveling Wilburys Volume One and singles, see Wilburys 1988 The album also contains George's version of an unreleased Dylan song, I Don't Want To Do It, see Starlight In The East: Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Songs. Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information. |
 Star Mark 23882-1/2 4607 147896594 (Russia) - rear insert picture from www.discogs.com |
"Live On Air" - enhanced CD release, Southworld/Intergroove (catalogue number?) (Germany), 27 Aug 2010; regular CD release: American Legends AMB 3960 (Europe), 2014:
 Front picture from www.amazon.de |
This enhanced CD with bonus video appears to be legal in Germany, and is probably a re-release of the 2007 UK Transmissions enhanced CD above as it contains the same 15 tracks. It was also released in 2014 as a regular CD by American Legends with this title, and as Live To Air, see below. |
 Rear picture from www.amazon.de |
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 American Legends AMB 3960 (Europe) - front picture from www.discogs.com (2014 release) |
 American Legends AMB 3960 (Europe) - reverse of front insert, picture from www.discogs.com (2014 release) |
 American Legends AMB 3960 (Europe) - inside with CD, picture from www.discogs.com (2014 release) |
 American Legends AMB 3960 (Europe) - front picture from www.discogs.com (2014 release) |
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Picture from www.amazon.co.uk (2014 release) |
1. Blowin In The Wind (TV show acoustic
live)
2. Man Of Constant Sorrow (TV show acoustic live)
3. With God On Our Side (TV show acoustic live)
4. Hurricane (Live TV show)
5. Simple Twist Of Fate (Live TV show)
6. Oh Sister (Live TV show)
7. Jokerman (Live TV show)
8. Maggie’s Farm (Live / Farm Aid Illinois 1985 with Tom Petty & Willie Nelson)
9. All Along The Watchtower (Live)
10. My Back Pages (Live / NY 1992 with Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young,
Eric Clapton & George Harrison)
11. Knockin’ On Heaven's Door (Live NY 1992 with friends)
12. Highway 61 Revisited (Live)
13. Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35 (Live Woodstock 1994)
14. Girl From The North Country (With Johnny Cash)
15. Forever Young (With Bruce Springsteen)
Thanks to Skip Jenkins for information.
Bob Dylan/Donovan - "1+1" - Barca Discos EP 6018 (Argentina), 2010:
 Barca Discos EP 6018 (Argentina) - front scan by John-Willy Bakke |
This unauthorised CD is legal in Argentina. Tracks 1-12 are by Bob and
are selected from Another Side Of Bob Dylan and Bringing It All
Back Home. Tracks 13-22 are by Donovan. The same 12 Dylan tracks are
available on a separate album, Barca Discos XL 9011. Thanks to John-Willy Bakke for information and scans. |
 Barca Discos EP 6018 (Argentina) - rear scan by John-Willy Bakke |
 Barca Discos XL 9011 (Argentina) - picture from Barca Discos web-site |
Bob Dylan/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "This Land Is Your Land" - 2CD release, Northworld NW00009CD (Europe), 2010:
 Predator Records PRED01CD (Europe)- front picture from www.discogs.com |
This unauthorised CD release contains eight tracks
from Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at the "Farm Aid II" concert from Rich
Stadium, Buffalo, NY, 4 Jul 1986, taken from a
radio broadcast. Bob appears on Rainy Women #12 & 35 and
Across The Borderline. For the full live
performance see the 2016 predator Records 2CD release below. The full concert had previously appeared on a bootleg 2CD set in the 1990s. Thanks to Skip Jenkins for information. |
 Satellite BUF 689147 (Europe) - 1995 bootleg (my copy) |
"Studs Terkel's Wax Museum" - CD release, Left Field Media LFMCD504 (UK), 28 Mar 2011; 2LP release: Let Them Eat Vinyl (catalogue number?) (UK), Jan 2012:
 Left Field Media LFMCD504 (UK) - front of slipcase (my copy) |
Like Folksinger's Choice above, this release is legal in the UK because it features a live radio
broadcast originating from the USA or Canada. It consists of seven songs,
all Dylan originals, performed by Bob during an interview with
Studs Terkel for his "Wax Museum" WFMT radio programme,
recorded 26 Apr 1963, in Chicago, IL. The CD comes in a standard jewel case
inside a card slipcase. Tracklist: Farewell; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall; Bob Dylan's Dream; Boots Of Spanish Leather; John Brown; Who Killed Davey Moore?; Blowin' In The Wind. This is the first recorded performance of Boots Of Spanish Leather. These tracks with superimposed electric backing appeared briefly on iTunes in Dec 2005 as Live Folk Masters: Blowin' In The Wind and Live Folk Masters: Visions Of Johannah, see Online Performances (Other). |
 Left Field Media LFMCD504 (UK) - rear of slipcase |
"On The Crest Of The Airwaves" - 4CD set in book-style digipak, Music Melon MMLTDBOX12 (UK), 28 Mar 2011:
 Music Melon MMLTDBOX12 (UK) - picture from Music Melon web-site |
Like the other releases above, this release is legal in the UK because
it features live radio broadcasts originating from the USA or Canada. This
set includes the full 1962 "Folksinger's Choice" interview with Cynthia
Gooding (see above) on CD1, and other radio broadcasts between 1963-66 on CDs 2-4. It
doesn't include the Studs Terkel show above. Thanks to Allan Johansen for information. |
 Music Melon MMLTDBOX12 (UK) - picture from Music Melon web-site |
"Performance" - CD release, Northworld (catalogue number?) (UK), 13 Jun 2011:
 Front picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This unauthorised CD contains a mixture of live performances from TV
broadcasts. Dag Braathen thinks the origins are: Saturday Night Live, 20 Oct 1979; Farm Aid, 22 Sep 1985; Newport Folk Festival, 25 Jul 1965; Grammy Awards, 20 Feb 1991; Bobfest, 16 Oct 1992; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, 2 Sep 1995. Thanks to Keith from Scotland and Dag Braathen for information. |
 Rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
Traveling Wilburys - "Wil-berry Jam" - CD release, Forever Music TWPR-30240 (Japan?), 2011:
 Forever Music TWPR-30240 (Japan?) - front with obi, scan by Tjeerd Timmerman |
Thanks to Tjeerd Timmerman for scans of what is almost certainly a
pirated 2011 CD release using a photo of the genuine Traveling Wilburys Wil-berry
jam! This is probably really from Eastern Europe. The tracks on the CD are: Runaway (R-0210, 1990), Handle With Care (extended version) (R-0197, 1988), End Of the Line (extended version) (R-0198, 1989), New Blue Moon (instrumental) (R-0211, 1990), Nobody's Child (R-0206, 1990), Like A Ship (R-0781, 2007), Maxine (R-0782, 2007) and Runaway (remix) (R-0783, 2007). |
 Forever Music TWPR-30240 (Japan?) - rear with obi, scan by Tjeerd Timmerman |
"Life And Life Only: Radio & TV 1961-1965" - CD release, Left Field Media LFMCD517 (UK), 5 Dec 2011; 2LP release: Let Them Eat Vinyl (catalogue number?) (UK), 28 May 2012:
 Left Field Media LFMCD517 (UK) - front of slipcase (my copy) |
This unauthorised CD contains a mixture of live performances from radio and TV broadcasts, The tracklisting below includes three officially available rarities. The CD comes in a standard jewel case inside a card slipcase. |
 Left Field Media LFMCD517 (UK) - rear of slipcase |
 Let Them Eat Vinyl 2012 UK 2LP release - picture from bobdylanisis.com |
Introduction [Riverside Church]
Handsome Molly [Riverside Church]
Omie Wise [Riverside Church]
Po' Lazarus [Riverside Church]
Mean Old Southern Railroad [Riverside Church] (with Danny Kalb)
Acne [Riverside Church] (R-0324-2 Live with Ramblin' Jack Elliott, recorded at the Riverside Church, New York, on 29 Jul 1961 for the WRVR radio programme "Saturday Of Folk Music" and broadcast the same day, from the 2000 Vanguard soundtrack album The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack, see 2000)
Sally Gal [Oscar Brand Folk Festival]
Girl I Left Behind [Oscar Brand Folk Festival]
Oscar Brand Intro [Oscar Brand Show]
Girl From The North Country [Oscar Brand Show] (R-0316 Recorded at WNBC Studios, New York, in Mar 1963 for the Oscar Brand radio show, from the Warner Bros. radio station disc The World Of Folk Music (Starring Oscar Brand), see 1963)
Only A Hobo [Oscar Brand Show] (R-0317 Recorded as R-0316, see 1963)
Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll [Steven Allen Show] (R-1126, now released on The 50th Anniversary Collection 1964, see 2014)
Les Crane Introduction [Les Crane Show]
It's All Over Now Baby Blue [Les Crane Show]
Les Crane Interview [Les Crane Show]
It's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding [Les Crane Show]
"Someday Baby" - one-track promo CD-R single, Sony Music (no catalogue number) (Germany), 2012(?):
 Photo from Gerd Rundel |
This "Sony Music Germany" CD-R promo is almost certainly a fake, as it
has the new Sony Music logo that had not been introduced in 2006. Dr. Hanns
Peter Bushoff of Sony Music Germany also confirms the Berlin address shown
on the insert is incorrect. It is included here as a warning to possible
purchasers. Thanks to Gerd Rundel for finding this item. |
"Dreamin' Of You" - promo CD-R single, Columbia/Legacy (no catalogue number) (USA), 2012(?):
 Photo from Gerd Rundel |
This "Columbia US" CD-R promo with the edit of Dreamin' Of You from The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale
Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 is almost certainly a fake. It is
included here as a warning to possible purchasers. Thanks to Gerd Rundel for finding this item. |
"The Minnesota Party Tape" - CD release, BDA Records
BCACD 101 (UK), Feb 2012:
("BDA" stands for "Bob Dylan Archive")
 BDA Records BCACD 101 (UK) - front of slipcase (my copy) |
This CD contains 25 recording from May 1961, recorded by Tony Glover at Bonnie Beecher's apartment in Minneapolis, MN, where the "Minnesota Hotel Tape" was later recorded on 22 Dec 1961. The songs are on three separate tapes: tracks 1-7 are on Tape 1, tracks 8-18 on Tape 2, and tracks 19-25 on Tape 3. However, the exact recording dates of the tapes, on one night or over several, are not known, so the tapes may not be in the right order. (On the 1994 Wanted Man Music bootleg 3CD set, The Minnesota Tapes, the songs are ordered differently with Tapes 2 and 3 swapped.) |
 BDA Records BCACD 101 (UK) - rear of slipcase |
Tracklisting:
"Carnegie Chapter Hall 1961" - CD release, BDA Records BCACD 102 (UK), Feb 2012; 2LP release: Let Them Eat Vinyl (catalogue number?) (UK), 28 May 2012:
 BDA Records BCACD 102 (UK) - front of slipcase (my copy) |
This historic show, Bob's first "proper" New York concert, was recorded at the Carnegie Chapter Hall, New York, 4 Nov 1961. The Chapter Hall was a small auditorium in the Carnegie Hall building. Other sources list the concert as being from the "Carnegie Recital Hall", which was apparently a different hall in the same building. Izzy Young promoted the concert, and hoped to sell 250 tickets, but in the end only around 50 people attended, many of them with complimentary tickets handed out by Izzy! |
 BDA Records BCACD 102 (UK) - rear of slipcase |
 Let Them Eat Vinyl 2012 UK 2LP release - picture from bobdylanisis.com |
Tracklisting (missing performances in italics):
Bob performed 22 songs at this concert, of which sixteen are in circulation. One of the available performances, Woody Guthrie’s This Land Is Your Land, has been officially released on No Direction Home - The Bootleg Series Vol. 7, and is not included on this CD. He Was A Friend Of Mine, previously uncirculating, was released online by the Bob Dylan Center, Tulsa, OK, in Nov 2021, see Online Performances (Other).
"Live In New York: Gaslight Café - 6th September 1961" - CD release, Nova (catalogue number?) (UK), 30 Apr 2012:
 Picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This seven song CD contains six songs from the "First Gaslight Tape",
recorded in New York in 1961. Live At The Gaslight 1962, from the
"Second Gaslight Tape" was released
by Columbia as a limited edition in 2005.
1. He Was A Friend Of Mine |
The seventh song on this CD, The Story Of East Orange, NJ, is actually from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape" recorded by Tony Glover at Bonnie Beecher's apartment in Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961 (see below). Reportedly based on a similar monologue called "State Of Arkansas" by Lee Hayes of the Weavers, this has also appeared on Sad Eyed Radio Of The Lowlands, US demo radio show LP, 1970
"Live In Minneapolis: Bonnie Beecher's Apartment - 22nd December 1961" - 2CD release, Nova (catalogue number?) (UK), 30 Apr 2012:
 Picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This 2CD set, normally known as the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", contains 25 of the 26 songs recorded by Tony Glover at Bonnie Beecher's apartment in Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, omitting The Story Of East Orange, NJ, which is on the Gaslight Café CD above. (On the 1994 Wanted Man Music bootleg 3CD set, The Minnesota Tapes, the 25 songs are ordered differently starting with Candy Man and ending with Black Cross.) |
Disc: 1
1. Baby Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams)
2. Man Of Constant Sorrow (traditional)
3. Candy Man (traditional arr. Rev Gary Davies)
4. Hard Times In New York Town
5. I Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie)
6. I Was Young When I Left Home (traditional)
(R-0514, now officially released on a bonus disc with the limited edition of "Love
And Theft", Sep 2001 (R-0514, see 2001 and
2002). Now also released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep
2005, but in a version with a spoken intro
7. Stealin' (Will Shade)
8. Poor Lazarus (traditional) released on
bobdylan.com in Sep 2001, see
Online Performances (bobdylan.com)
9. It's Hard To Be Blind (Rev Gary Davies)
10. In The Evening (Leroy Carr) (Q-0002, see the 1964 and
1967 acetates above)
11. Naomi Wise (traditional)
12. Wade In The Water (traditional) (R-0240, released on
Bakhålls
Litterära Röster
(The
Ambush's Literary Voices), compilation CD given away with an issue of the literary
magazine "Bakhåll", Sweden,
1994 - an
excerpt appeared on the Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM,
1995. Also available in full on the
Sony Music Japan live compilation Bob
Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances,
2001
13. Dink's Song (traditional) - now released on The Bootleg Series
Vol. 7: No Direction Home, Sep 2005
Disc: 2
1. Sally Girl (Woody Guthrie)
2. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Rev Gary Davies, arr. Eric von Schmidt)
3. Cocaine (traditional)
4. Gospel Plow (Hold On) (traditional)
5. Long John (traditional) (see the 1964 and 1967
acetates above)
6. Black Cross (Joseph S. Newman)
7. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Blind Lemon Jefferson)
8. Ramblin' Around (Woody Guthrie)
9. VD Waltz (Woody Guthrie)
10. VD Blues (Woody Guthrie)
11. VD City (Woody Guthrie)
12. VD Gunner's Blues (Woody Guthrie)
"The Minneapolis Hotel Tape And The Gaslight Café" - CD release, BDA Records (catalogue number?) (UK), 8 May 2012:
 Picture from "Isis" web-site |
This CD (released by complete coincidence, of course) features all six songs from
Dylan’s Sep 1961 Gaslight Café set and 18 of the songs performed at the home of
Bonnie Beecher in Minneapolis on 22 Dec 1961. For copyright reasons, BDA has omitted tracks previously released by Columbia Records. This release
is presented in deluxe packaging with a booklet of notes.
Tracklisting: |
Various Artists - "Grateful Dead's Jukebox: Music That Inspired The Band" - compilation CD, Chrome Dreams CDCD 5089 (UK), 2012:
 Chrome Dreams CDCD 5089 (UK) - front of slipcase, scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Chrome Dreams CDCD 5089 (UK) - rear of slipcase, scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Chrome Dreams CDCD 5089 (UK) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Chrome Dreams CDCD 5089 (UK) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Chrome Dreams CDCD 5089 (UK) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Wanted Man Music WMM 33/34/35 (Europe, 1994) - bootleg 3CD set including Stealin' (my copy) |
Bob's contribution to this unauthorised but quasi-legal CD release is Stealin' (Will Shade) from "The Minnesota Tapes", recorded at Bonnie Beecher's apartment, Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961. As this is officially unreleased I haven't allocated an R-number, and the album is listed in Questionable Releases. Hopefully this early material will be officially released one day! The CD comes in a jewel case inside an outer card slipcase with a booklet.
For John Lennon's Jukebox, see the 2004 page of this Various Artists Compilations list. For Bob Dylan's Jukebox from 2006 see Honourable Mentions (Dylan's Roots). For other compilations in the Chrome Dreams Jukebox series with Dylan tracks see the 2009, 2010 and 2013 pages of this Various Artists Compilations list.
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
"Oh, Sister"/Abandoned Love" - 7" stereo single, (no catalogue number) (Germany), 2012:
 Front scan from eBay |
This bootleg single, described as an "acetate"
but actually black vinyl, contains Oh, Sister live from the Boston Music
Hall, Boston, MA, 21 Nov 1975, almost certainly the evening show performance
released in 2002 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975 - The Rolling
Thunder Revue, rather than the much rarer afternoon performance, plus
Abandoned Love, released in 1985 on Biograph. The rear text includes
"Another production by Gierschlund and Raffke Inc." ("Gierschlund and Raffke"
is German for "Greedy Throat and Money Grubber"). The sleeve is a folded
card and the "acetate" itself has
blank white labels. Thanks to Francisco Lima for finding this on eBay in 2012 and to Stefan Haras for the scan. |
 Rear scan by Stefan Haras |
 A-side scan from eBay (B-side is the same) |
"The Live Collection" - 4CD release, Nova FFECD1003 (UK), 29 Oct 2012:
 Nova FFECD1003 (UK) - picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This 4CD set contains the previous releases from Nova, namely the
Minneapolis and Gaslight Café, New York, recordings. The individual CDs are
numbered FFECD1003A-D. Thanks to Stefan Kraft for information. |
"Throughout The USA" - CD release, (record company?) (catalogue number?) (UK), Nov 2012:
 Picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This unofficial CD release on from Amazon UK with no record company or
release information includes recordings from 1961. Thanks to Ian Woodward for information. |
"A Long Time A Growin'" - 6CD release, Rock Melon Music RMBOX5 (UK), 6 Dec 2012; 6 7" singles release, Rock Melon Music RMBOX4 (UK), Dec 2012:
 Rock Melon Music RMBOX 5 (UK) - front scan by Billy Bolley (CD box) |
This unauthorised 6CD set in book style packaging collects officially
unreleased live and home recordings from 1961, including the Minnesota Party
Tape, Carnegie Chapter Hall, the 1961 Gaslight Café
performances, etc.. The quality is apparently very variable, but it
does collect all the circulating material in one place. There was also a
limited edition set of six 7" singles from the set, tracklisting as follows:
Record 1: A. He Was A Friend Of Mine, B.
Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues There is also a 5LP set of picture discs, Rock Melon Music RMMLP001-5. |
 Rock Melon Music RMBOX 5 (UK) - rear scan by Billy Bolley (CD box) |
 Rock Melon Music RMBOX 5 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Billy Bolley (CD box) |
 Rock Melon Music RMBOX4 (UK) - picture from www.eil.com (singles box) |
 Rock Melon Music RMBOX 5 (UK) - CD1 scan by Billy Bolley |
 Rock Melon Music (UK) - picture from www.spincds.com (picture disc) |
Thanks to John Willy Bakke, Andrew Klewan and Billy Bolley for information and scans.
"Folk Singer - Humdinger: Just About As Good As It Gets!" - 2CD set, Smith & Co SCCD 2448 (NL), 7 Jan 2013:
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This 2CD set consists of tracks from Bob's first album plus other tracks from 1961-62 including official rarities. It is presumably allowed because of copyright expiry in the EU after fifty years. The tracks are incredibly mixed up on the CDs, so that songs from the same source are not together. |
1. Gospel Plow; 2. Hard Times In New York Town; 3. Baby Let Me Follow You Down; 4. Highway 51 Blues; 5. Talking New York; 6. Roll On John (R-0516, see 2001); 7. Hard Travelin' (R-0903, see 2011); 8. In My Time Of Dyin'; 9. You're No Good; 10. Smokestack Lightning (R-0902, see 2011); 11. Man On The Street; 12. 1913 Massacre; 13. Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues; 14. Fixin' To Die; 15. Stealin' Stealin' (R-0906, see 2011); 16. Baby Please Don't Go (R-0908, see 2011); 17. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (R-0701, see 2005); 18. Song To Woody; 19. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (R-0703, see 2005); 20. Handsome Molly (R-0467, see 2001 and 2005); 21. Kind Hearted Woman Blues (R-1001, see 2012); 22. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean; 23. House Of The Risin' Sun; 24. Acne (feat. Ramblin' Jack Elliot) (R-0324-3, see 2000); 25. Freight Train Blues.
Tracks 1, 3-5, 8-9, 14, 18, 22-23, 25 from Bob Dylan, 1962
Tracks 2, 6-7, 10, 15-16 from "Folksinger's Choice" WBAI radio programme, recorded 13 Jan 1962, in New York City, broadcast 11 Mar 1962
Tracks 11-13 recorded at Carnegie Chapter Hall, New York, 4 Nov 1961
Tracks 17, 19, 20-21 recorded at Gaslight Café, New York, Sep 1961 to Oct 1962
Track 24 recorded at "Hootenanny Special", Riverside Church, New York, 29 Jul 1961
Disc: 2
1. Mean Old Southern Railroad (Feat. Danny Kalb, vocals); 2. Rocks And Gravel (R-0702, see 2005); 3. Pretty Peggy-O; 4. Talking Merchant Marine; 5. Cocaine (R-0705, see 2005); 6. Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos (R-1004, see 2012); 7. The Cuckoo (R-0679, see 2004); 8. Sally Gal; 9. Ballad Of Hollis Brown (R-1003, see 2012); 10. Omie Wise; 11. Motherless Children Have A Hard Time (R-1000, see 2012); 12. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow (R-0900, see 2011); 13. No More Auction Block; 14. Man Of Constant Sorrow; 15. The Death Of Emmett Till (R-0904, see 2012); 16. Po' Lazarus; 17. Moonshine Blues (R-0704, see 2005); 18. John Brown (R-0706, see 2005); 19. In The Pines; 20. Song To Woody (Live)
Tracks 1, 10, 16 recorded at "Hootenanny Special", WRVR-FM radio, Riverside Church, New York, 29 Jul 1961
Tracks 2, 5-7, 9, 11, 13, 17-18
recorded at Gaslight Café, New York, Sep 1961 to Oct 1962
Track 13 was released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991.
Tracks 3, 14 from Bob Dylan, 1962
Tracks 4, 19-20 recorded at Carnegie Chapter Hall, New York, 4 Nov 1961
Track 8 recorded live for "Oscar Brand's Folk Song Festival", WNYC-AM radio, New York, 29 Oct 1961
Thanks to Bill Hester for information.
"Finjan Club" - CD release, BDA Records
BDACD104 (UK),
Jan 2013:
These songs were recorded at the Finjan Club, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 2
Jul 1962.
 BDA Records BDACD104 (UK) - front scan by Billy Bolley |
The tracklisting of this unofficial compilation from "Isis" magazine of 11 previously unreleased
live tracks is: 1 Death of Emmett Till; 2 Stealin’; 3 Hiram Hubbard; 4 Blowin’ in the Wind; 5 Rocks and Gravel; 6 Quit Your Lowdown Ways; 7 He Was a Friend of Mine; 8 Let Me Die in My Footsteps; 9 Two Trains Runnin’; 10 Ramblin’ on My Mind; 11 Muleskinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8). |
 BDA Records BDACD104 (UK) - rear scan by Billy Bolley |
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 Sony Music 8876546022 (Europe) - front insert (my copy) |
All these tracks and many more have now been officially released on the Sony Music European limited edition 4CD-R set The 50th Anniversary Collection, see 2012.
Thanks to Billy Bolley for information and scans.
"The Freewheelin' Out-takes" - CD release, BDA Records BDACD105 (UK), Feb 2013:
 BDA Records BDACD105 (UK) - picture from "Isis" web-site |
The tracklisting of this unofficial compilation
available from
"Isis" magazine of 25
"previously unreleased tracks" is: All these tracks and many more have now been officially released on the Sony Music European limited edition 4CD-R set The 50th Anniversary Collection, see 2012. |
Sony Music 8876546022 (Europe) - front insert scan from badlands.com |
"Dylan's Dream" - (mono?) vinyl LP release, LetThemEatVinyl/Cargo Records (catalogue number?) (UK), 1 Mar 2013:
 Picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
Thanks to John Willy Bakke for information about this 11 track vinyl release of tracks from 1961-62, again presumably allowed because of copyright expiry in the EU after fifty years. |
Man On The Street
Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
Song To Woody
Pretty Polly
Sally Gal
Talking New York
Standing On The Highway
Hard Times In New York Town
Only A Hobo
Bob Dylan’s Dream
Blowin’ In The Wind
"The McKenzie Tapes: Home Recordings 1961-62" - CD release, BDA Records BDACD107 (UK), 7 Oct 2013:
 BDA Records BDACD 107 (UK) - picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
Thanks to John-Willy Bakke for news that
www.amazon.co.uk will be
selling The McKenzie Tapes, recorded at the New York home of Eve and
"Mac" Mackenzie (correct spelling) in 1961 and 1962, in a CD release from the "Bob Dylan Archive" (BDA
Records). I assume this release is unauthorised! Six
1962 songs from the Mackenzie tapes appeared on the official but very limited
Sony Music Europe 4CD-R release The 50th Anniversary Collection
(see 2012). This CD contains 30 of these home
recordings including those six (tracks 25-30 here). Thanks also to Derek Barker for information. |
Bob Dylan/Pete Seeger - "Bob Dylan Vs. Pete Seeger - The Singer And The Song" - 2CD release, Not Now Music NOT2CD528 (UK), 2014; 2LP release, Not Now Music NOT2LP194 (UK), 2014:
 Not Now Music NOT2CD528 (UK)/Not Now Music NOT2LP194 (UK) - front picture from Not Now Music web-site |
This 2CD/2LP release is legal only because Sony allowed the copyrights of Bob's 1961 recordings including the Bob Dylan album to lapse! I am not allocating R-numbers to the unreleased tracks, which can also be found on bootlegs. |
 Not Now Music NOT2CD528 (UK) - inside picture from www.discogs.com |
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 Not Now Music NOT2CD528 (UK) - CD1 picture from www.discogs.com |
CD1
1. Turn! Turn! Turn! – Pete Seeger
2. Man Of Constant Sorrow – Bob Dylan (from Bob Dylan)
3. Where Have All The Flowers Gone? – Pete Seeger
4. Freight Train Blues – Bob Dylan (from Bob Dylan)
5. We Shall Overcome – Pete Seeger
6. Gospel Plow (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 4th Nov, 1961) – Bob Dylan (still
officially unreleased)
7. John Henry – Pete Seeger
8. Fixin’ To Die (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 4th Nov, 1961) – Bob Dylan (still
officially unreleased)
9. Delia’s Gone – Pete Seeger
10. Mean Old Southern Railroad (Riverside Church
NYC, July 1961) – Bob Dylan (still officially unreleased)
11. Jesse James – Pete Seeger
12. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Billy Faier Show, October 1962) – Bob Dylan
(still officially unreleased)
13. The False Knight Upon The Road – Pete Seeger
14. Song To Woody (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 4th Oct, 1961) – Bob Dylan (still
officially unreleased)
15. Empty Pocket Blues (Barrel Of Money Blues) – Pete Seeger
16. Poor Lazarus (Saturday Of Folk Music, 29th July, 1961) – Bob Dylan (still
officially unreleased)
17. Casey Jones (The Union Scab) – Pete Seeger
18. A Long Time A-Growin’ (Carnegie Chapter Hall,
NYC, 4th Nov, 1961) – Bob Dylan (still officially unreleased)
19. Frankie And Johnny – Pete Seeger
20. Baby Please Don’t Go (Folksinger’s Choice, 11th March, 1961) – Bob Dylan
(still officially unreleased)
CD2
1. Blowin’ In The Wind (Broadside Show, May 1962) – Bob Dylan (still officially
unreleased)
2. If I Had A Hammer – Pete Seeger
3. Pretty Peggy-O – Bob Dylan (from Bob Dylan)
4. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine – Pete Seeger
5. Talking New York (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 4th Oct, 1961) – Bob Dylan
(still officially unreleased)
6. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream – Pete Seeger
7. Handsome Molly (Saturday Of Folk Music, 29th
July, 1961) – Bob Dylan (still officially unreleased)
8. John Hardy – Pete Seeger
9. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (Billy Faier Show, October 1962) – Bob
Dylan (still officially unreleased)
10. Wabash Cannonball – Pete Seeger
11. The Girl I Left Behind (WNYC Radio Studio, NYC,
29th Oct, 1961) – Bob Dylan (still officially unreleased)
12. Pittsburgh Town – Pete Seeger
13. Blackwater Blues (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC,
4th Nov, 1961) – Bob Dylan (still officially unreleased)
14. The Wreck Of The Old ’97 – Pete Seeger
15. Hard Traveling (Folksinger’s Choice, 11th
March, 1961) – Bob Dylan (still officially unreleased)
16. Sixty Per Cent – Pete Seeger
17. Man On The Street (Riverside Church NYC, July 1961) – Bob Dylan (still
officially unreleased)
18. Yankee Doodle – Pete Seeger
19. Sally Gal (Folk Song Festival, 29th October, 1961) – Bob Dylan (still
officially unreleased)
20. Living In The Country – Pete Seeger
For other releases with Carnegie Chapter Hall tracks, see 2008, 2012 and 2013 above.
Thanks to T. J. Jenkins for information.
"Live To Air" - CD release, The Store for Music (catalogue number?) (UK), 19 May 2014; "The Best 'Live Collection' Of Bob Dylan" - CD release, Facerock KMR 0855-2 (Europe), 2014:
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Picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for details of this
unauthorised CD of live radio/TV broadcasts on sale at
www.amazon.co.uk. Tracklist: Blowin' In The Wind; Man Of Constant Sorrow; With God On Our Side; Hurricane; Simple Twist Of Fate; Oh, Sister; Jokerman; Maggie's Farm; All Along The Watchtower; My Back Pages; Knocking On Heaven's Door; Highway 61 Revisited; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; Girl Of The North Country; 15. Forever Young. This is a re-release of the 2007 CD Transmissions and the 2010 CD Live On Air, see above. The 2014 Facerock album The Best "Live Collection" Of Bob Dylan, appears to be yet another version of the same album and has the title Live On Air on the rear insert. |
 Facerock KMR 0855-2 (Europe) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
 Facerock KMR 0855-2 (Europe) - rear picture from www.discogs.com |
Thanks to Skip Jenkins for information.
Various Artists - "Shark Infested Waters" - compilation CD set, Easy Action EARS090 (UK), 2014:
 Easy Action EARS090 (UK) - front scan by Peter Oudejans |
This unofficial CD compilation includes Baby, Please Don't Go from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961. As this has never been officially released, I have added this album here. |
 Easy Action EARS090 (UK) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
 Easy Action EARS090 (UK) - CD scan by Peter Oudejans |
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information.
"Shelter From A Hard Rain" - CD release, Gossip GOSS010 (UK), 16 Jun 2014:
 Gossip GOSS010 (UK) - front (my copy) |
This unauthorised CD is taken from a live broadcast
of the "Hard Rain TV Special", recorded at Fort Collins, CO, 16 Jun 1976,
the concert from which much of Hard Rain was taken. Tracks are: 1. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - officially unreleased, surprisingly not included
on the Hard Rain album! |
5. R-0757 I Pity The Poor Immigrant - duet with Joan Baez, now
officially released on the Joan Baez CD and DVD How Sweet The Sound,
2009 and
VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4.
6. Shelter From The Storm - included on the Hard Rain album
7. Maggie's Farm - included on the Hard Rain album
8. One Too Many Mornings - included on the Hard Rain album
9. Mozambique - officially unreleased
10. Idiot Wind - included on the Hard Rain album
It was reported in 1976 that the four Joan Baez tracks had to be left off Hard Rain for legal reasons, although two of them have since appeared on Joan Baez releases. An official DVD release of this complete show is long overdue!
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information.
"Folk Singer - Humdinger: Just About As Good As It Gets! Vol. 2" - 2CD set, Smith & Co SCCD 11365 (NL), 22 Sep 2014:
 Smith & Co SCCD 11365 (NL) - front (my copy) |
Thanks to John Willy Bakke for information about this second instalment of early Dylan from "Smith & Co" (the first was from Jan 2013). Several of the songs included are official rarities. It never ceases to amaze me why Bob's legal people don't stop Amazon from selling these releases! |
Disc: 1
1. Quit Your Lowdown Ways, Finjan Club, Montreal,
Canada, 2 Jul 1962 (R-0987,
see
2012)
2. Let Me Die in My Footsteps, Finjan Club, Montreal, Canada, 2 Jul 1962 (R-0989,
see
2012)
3. Railroad Bill, Minneapolis, MN, 1961
4. James Alley Blues, Minneapolis, MN, 1961
5. Talking Fisherman's Blues, Minneapolis, MN, 1961
6. It's Hard To Be Blind, Minneapolis, MN, 1961
7. Standing On the Highway, WBAI Radio, New York,
Mar 1962
8. He Was A Friend of Mine, Finjan Club, Montreal, Canada, 2 Jul 1962 (R-0988,
see
2012)
9. Devilish Mary, Minneapolis, MN, 1961
10. Blowin' in the Wind (Version 1), Finjan Club, Montreal, Canada, 2 Jul 1962 (R-0985,
see
2012)
11. The Girl I Left Behind, Oscar Brand's Folk Song
Festival, WNYC-AM, 29 Oct 1961
12. San Francisco Bay Blues, Minneapolis, MN, 1961
13. Death Don't Have No Mercy, Minneapolis, MN,
1961
14. Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Minneapolis, MN, 1961
15. Pretty Polly, Minneapolis, MN, 1961
16. Railroad Boy, Minneapolis, MN, 1961
17. Rambling On My Mind, Finjan Club, Montreal, Canada, 2 Jul 1962 (R-0991,
see
2012)
18. Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad, WBAI Radio, New
York, Mar, 1962
19. Harmonica Solo, Minneapolis, MN, 1961
20. Black Cross, Carnegie Recital Hall, New York, 4
Nov 1961
21. Barbara Allen, Gaslight Cafe, New York, Sep 1961-Oct 1962 (R-0707,
see 2005)
Disc: 2
1. Sitting On Top Of The World - Big Joe Williams feat.
Bob Dylan (Harmonica) (R-0005, see
1964)
2. Two Trains Running, Finjan Club, Montreal,
Canada, 2 Jul 1962 (R-0990, see
2012)
3. Hiram Hubbard, Finjan Club, Montreal, Canada, 2
Jul 1962 (R-0984, see
2012)
4. Cocaine - Dick Farina & Eric von Schmidt feat. 'Blind Boy Grunt' (R-0014,
see
1964)
5. Bob Dylan's Dream, Studs Terkel's radio show, WMFT, Chicago, IL,
26 Apr 1963 (R-1073, see
2013)
6. Blowin' in the Wind (Version 2), Studs Terkel's radio show, WMFT, Chicago, IL,
26 Apr 1963 (R-1079, see
2013)
7. Xmas Island - Dick Farina & Eric von Schmidt feat. 'Blind Boy Grunt'
(R-0013, see
1964)
8. Come Back Baby - Carolyn Hester feat. Bob Dylan (Harmonica)
(R-0003, see
1962)
9. Wichita - Big Joe Williams feat. Bob Dylan (Harmonica)
(R-0006, see
1964)
10. Who Killed Davey Moore, Studs Terkel's radio show, WMFT, Chicago, IL,
26 Apr 1963 (R-1078, see
2013)
11. John Brown, Studs Terkel's radio show, WMFT, Chicago, IL,
26 Apr 1963 (R-1077, see
2013)
12. A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, Studs Terkel's radio show, WMFT, Chicago, IL,
26 Apr 1963 (R-1074, see
2013)
13. Overseas Stomp - Dick Farina & Eric von Schmidt feat. 'Blind Boy Grunt'
(R-0013, see
1964)
Although Bob played on takes 5, 6 and 7 on 15 Jan 1963, the 2007
booklet from the 2CD reissue of Dick Fariña & Eric von Schmidt states the released take is take 3 from 14 Jan 1963 when Bob
wasn't present.
14. Midnight Special - Harry Belafonte feat. Bob Dylan (Harmonica) (R-0001, see
1962)
15. Boots of Spanish Leather, Studs Terkel's radio show, WMFT, Chicago, IL,
26 Apr 1963 (R-1076, see
2013)
16. I'll Fly Away - Carolyn Hester feat. Bob Dylan (Harmonica) (R-0002, see
1962)
17. Glory Glory - Dick Farina & Eric von Schmidt feat. 'Blind Boy Grunt'
(R-0011, see
1964)
18. Backwater Blues (Carnegie Recital Hall, New
York, 4 Nov 1961)
19. My Own True Love (Farewell), Studs Terkel's radio show, WMFT, Chicago, IL,
26 Apr 1963 (R-1073, see
2013)
20. You Can Always Tell - Dick Farina & Eric von Schmidt feat. 'Blind Boy Grunt'
(R-0012, see
1964)
Again, the 2007 booklet from the 2CD reissue of
Dick Fariña & Eric von Schmidt states that Bob wasn't present on
You Can Always
Tell.
There is a prominent harmonica player, but it's probably Richard Fariña.
21. Only a Hobo, Oscar Brand Show, Spring 1963 (R-0317, see
1963)
22. West Texas (R-0708, see
2005)
Neil Young and Friends - "S.N.A.C.K. Benefit, Kezar Stadium, SF 23rd March 1975" - CD release, RoxVox RVCD 1008 (UK), 27 Apr 2015:
 RoxVox RVCD 1008 (UK) - front picture from www.spincds.com |
These tracks were broadcast from the S.N.A.C.K. Benefit, Kezar Stadium, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, 23 Mar 1975. S.N.A.C.K. stands for “Students Need Athletic And Cultural Kicks”. This CD is legal because the concert was broadcast by K101-FM radio in San Francisco. However, although Bob appears on every track, his microphone was not functioning and his vocals are therefore almost inaudible (only picked up by other mikes). This is one for completists only! In 2017 RoxVox also released a 5CD set including this one, see below. |
 RoxVox RVCD 1008 (UK) - front in jewel case (my copy) |
 RoxVox RVCD 1008 (UK) - rear in jewel case |
1. Are You Ready For The Country?
(Neil Young)
2. Ain't That A Lot Of Love (Homer Banks/William
Parker)
3. Looking For A Love (Neil Young)
4. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (Ivy Hunter/Stevie
Wonder)
5. I Want You
6. The Weight (Robbie Robertson)
7. Helpless (Neil Young)
8. Knockin' On Heaven's Door ("Knockin' On Dragon's Door")
9. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (A. P. Carter)
Bob Dylan (piano, guitar, harmonica), Neil Young (piano, guitar), Ben Keith
(pedal steel guitar). Tim Drummond (guitar), Garth Hudson (keyboards), Rick Danko (bass), Levon Helm (drums).
1, 5, 7 - Bob Dylan guitar, harmonica, vocal.
2 - Bob Dylan piano, Levon Helm vocal.
3, 7, 8 - Bob Dylan guitar, Neil Young vocal.
4, 6 - Bob Dylan guitar, Levon Helm & Rick Danko vocals.
9 - Bob Dylan vocal & guitar, Neil Young vocal.
Thanks to David McBride for information.
"It Ain't Me, Babe" - CD release, Stargrove Entertainment STR 0008 (Canada), 2015:
 Stargrove Entertainment STR 0008 (Canada) - picture from www.walmart.ca |
This unauthorised compilation from Canadian budget
record company Stargrove Entertainment contains tracks from Bob's first four
albums, and is being sold in Canadian Walmart stores for $5. Stargrove took advantage of the
previous Canadian copyright laws that limited copyright
to 50 years, and have also released albums by the Beatles, the Rolling
Stones and the Beach Boys. Copyright was extended to 70 years
by the Canadian Government in Jun 2015, but material which passed into the
public domain before that date was not re-copyrighted. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin and Tim Dunn for information. |
Tom Petty - "Transmission Impossible: Legendary Broadcasts From The 1970s-1990s" - 3CD release, Eat To The Beat ETTB 057 (UK), 14 Aug 2015:
 Eat To The Beat ETTB 057 (UK) - front scan from www.discogs.com |
 Eat To The Beat ETTB 057 (UK) - rear scan from www.discogs.com |
 Eat To The Beat ETTB 057 (UK) - inside scan from www.discogs.com |
 Eat To The Beat ETTB 057 (UK) - CD1 scan from www.discogs.com (no Dylan) |
 Eat To The Beat ETTB 057 (UK) - CD2 scan from www.discogs.com (no Dylan) |
 Eat To The Beat ETTB 057 (UK) - CD3 scan from www.discogs.com (includes Bob) |
This Tom Petty 3CD compilation contains material from radio broadcasts so is legal under EU regulations, although unauthorised by his record company. CD3 contains two tracks with Bob:
Thanks to Paul S. Levine for information.
"The Legendary Broadcasts 1960-1964"/"The Legendary Broadcasts 1969-1984"/"The Legendary Broadcasts 1985-1993" - CD releases, BDA BDACD 110/108/109 (UK), Jun 2016:
 BDA BDACD110 (UK) - picture from "Isis" web-site |
Exploiting a loophole in UK law that exempts radio and TV broadcasts from copyright, these three CDs compile broadcasts by Bob from 1961 to 1993. Most if not all of these appear on other unauthorised releases above, and some are already released official rarities. |
 BDA BDACD108 (UK) - picture from "Isis" web-site |
 BDA BDACD109 (UK) - picture from "Isis" web-site |
BDA BDACD110 (1960-1964)
Saturday of Folk Music, July 1961
1 Omie Wise (Trad.) 4.01; 2
Po’ Lazarus (Trad./Arr. Dylan) 4.47
Folksong Festival, October 1961
3 Sally Gal (Dylan) 2.05; 4 The Girl I Left Behind
(Trad.) 4.14
Folksinger’s Choice, January 1962
5 The Death of Emmett Till (Dylan) 5.20; 6 Hard Times in New York Town (Dylan)
2.27
Billy Faier Show, October 1962
7 Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Trad./Davis) 3.22; 8 Talking John Birch Paranoid
Blues (Dylan) 4.25; 9 Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor
(Trad.) 3.14
Folk Songs And More Folk Songs, March 1963
10 Blowin’ in the Wind (Dylan) 2.34; 11 Man Of Constant Sorrow (Trad./Arr.
Dylan) 3.06; 12 Ballad of Hollis Brown (Dylan) 4.54
The Studs Terkel Program, April 1963
13 Bob Dylan’s Dream (Dylan) 3.34; 14 Boots of Spanish Leather (Dylan) 4.45
Quest, March 1964
15 Talkin’ World War III Blues (Dylan) 4.56; 16 The Lonesome Death of Hattie
Carroll (Dylan) 5.24; 17 A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Dylan) 6.01; 18 Girl from
the North Country (Dylan) 3.20; 19 Restless Farewell (Dylan) 5.03
BDA BDACD108 (1969-1984)
1. I Threw It All Away 2. Living the Blues 3. Girl from the North Country 4. Oh Sister 5. Simple Twist of Fate 6. Hurricane 7. Gotta Serve Somebody 8. I Believe In You 9. When You Gonna Wake Up 10. Gotta Serve Somebody 11. Don’t Start Me Talkin’ 12. License to Kill 13. Jokerman
BDA BDACD109 (1985-1993)
Live Aid, July 1985
1 Ballad of Hollis Brown; 2 When the Ship Comes In; 3 Blowin’ in the Wind
Farm Aid, September 1985
4 Shake; 5 I’ll Remember You; 6 Trust Yourself; 7
Maggie’s Farm
Chabad, August 1986
8 Thank God
Byrds & Bob Dylan May 1990
9 Mr Tambourine Man (R-0217, see
1990)
Grammy Awards, February 1991
10 Masters of War
Guitar Legends, October 1991
11 All Along the Watchtower (R-0432, see
1992); 12 Boots of Spanish Leather/Across
the Borderline; 13 Answer Me, My Love; 14
Shake Rattle and Roll (R-0433, see
1992)
David Letterman, January 1992 & November 1993
15 Like a Rolling Stone; 16 Forever Young
Thanks to David McBride for information.
Bob Dylan/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "This Land Is Your Land" - 2CD release, Predator Records PRED01CD (Europe), 2016:
 Predator Records PRED01CD (Europe)- front picture from www.discogs.com |
 Predator Records PRED01CD (Europe)- rear insert picture from www.discogs.com |
 Predator Records PRED01CD (Europe)- reverse of rear insert, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Predator Records PRED01CD (Europe)- CD1 picture from www.discogs.com |
 Predator Records PRED01CD (Europe)- CD2 picture from www.discogs.com |
Satellite BUF 689147 (Europe) - 1995 bootleg (my copy) |
This unauthorised 2CD release contains the full live performance with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at the "Farm Aid II" concert from Rich Stadium, Buffalo, NY, 4 Jul 1986, taken from a radio broadcast.
This concert had previously appeared on a bootleg 2CD set in the 1990s.
Thanks to Skip Jenkins for information.
"Blame It On Rio" - CD release, Zip City ZCCD036 (Europe), 3 Aug 2016; LP release: Parachute Recording Company PARA966LP (Europe), 2017:
 Zip City ZCCD036 (Europe) - CD front picture from www.discogs.com |
These unauthorised releases contain 17 live tracks
from a concert from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 25 Jan 1990, taken from a
Brazilian radio broadcast. This concert had previously appeared on a bootleg CD in the 1990s. Thanks to Skip Jenkins for information. |
 Parachute Recording Company PARA966LP (Europe) - LP front photo from www.discogs.com |
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 Meteorite MR-10 (Europe) - 1992 bootleg CD (my copy) |
"Blood In My Eye" - 2CD set, Laser Music (catalogue number?) (Europe), 7 Oct 2016:
 Front picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This unauthorised 2CD set contains the early show from the Supper Club, New York, 16 Nov 1993, recorded from a radio broadcast. The Supper Club 1993 was an ultimately shelved TV special/video/live album project of four shows recorded over two nights by Bob in association with HBO. See 1995 for two songs from these shows released on the Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM and Online Performances for four more songs available on bobdylan.com. |
 Rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
Bob Dylan & Friends - "Decades Live '61 to '84" - 8CD set, RoxVox RV8CD2072 (Europe), 11 Nov 2016:
 RoxVox RV8CD2072 (Europe) - front of box scan by Billy Bolley |
This unofficial 8CD boxed set collects all the live broadcasts listed above. All the CDs are in card sleeves. |
 RoxVox RV8CD2072 (Europe) - rear of box scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV8CD2072-1 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD1, scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV8CD2072-1 (Europe) - CD1 scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV8CD2072-2 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD2, scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV8CD2072-3 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD3, scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV8CD2072-4 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD4, scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV8CD2072-5 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD5, scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV8CD2072-6 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD6, scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV8CD2072-7 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD7, scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV8CD2072-8 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD8, scan by Billy Bolley |
Thanks to Paul S. Levine and Billy Bolley for information and scans.
"The Many Faces Of Bob Dylan" - 3CD set, Pólo MBB 7240 (Brazil), 25 Nov 2016:
 Pólo MBB 7240 (Brazil) - front scan by Izidio Filho |
This 3CD set is part of a "Many Faces" series by artists including Elvis Presley, The Beatles and Lou Reed. It consists of two discs of material from Bob's early years that are now in the public domain and a third disc of songs by other artists from the early 1960s Greenwich Village scene. It was made by Pólo Industria de Manaus, Brazil, and manufactured at the Sony DADC plant in Brazil, although it is not official. The set comes in a 3CD folded digipak with four panels. |
 Pólo MBB 7240 (Brazil) - CD1 scan by Izidio Filho (includes Bob) |
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 Pólo MBB 7240 (Brazil) - detail of CD1, scan by Izidio Filho (includes Bob) |
 Pólo MBB 7240 (Brazil) - outside of digipak, scan by Izidio Filho |
 Pólo MBB 7240 (Brazil) - inside of digipak, scan by Izidio Filho |
 Pólo MBB 7240 (Brazil) - CD2 scan by Izidio Filho (includes Bob) |
 Pólo MBB 7240 (Brazil) - inside of digipak, scan by Izidio Filho (under CD tray - all three are the same) |
 Pólo MBB 7240 (Brazil) - inside of digipak, scan by Izidio Filho (left side) |
 Pólo MBB 7240 (Brazil) - inside of digipak, scan by Izidio Filho (right side) |
 Pólo MBB 7240 (Brazil) - CD3 scan by Izidio Filho (no Dylan) |
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information that a 2LP extracted set made in Mexico will be released on white vinyl as a limited edition of 2000 in Apr 2019. It will contain only Dylan tracks. It has the same front design as the 3CD set.
Pólo
VYN022 (Brazil/Mexico) - picture from eBay
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin
and Izidio Filho for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan 1961-1962: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" - 2CD compilation, Solid (catalogue number?) (Japan)/"Bob Dylan 1961-1962: Blowin' In The Wind" - 2CD compilation, Solid (catalogue number?) (Japan), 22 Feb 2017:
 Picture from www.amazon.co.jp (set 1) |
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 Front of sealed copy with obi, scan by Wil Gielen (set 2) |
Smith & Co SCCD 11365 (NL, 2014) - my copy (set 2) |
These unauthorised 2CD sets are reissues of the two Dutch Smith & Co Folk Singer - Humdinger: Just About As Good As It Gets! sets from 2013 and 2014 above! They even use the same artwork.
Thanks to John Willy Bakke and Wil Gielen for information and scan.
Neil Young and Friends - "S.N.A.C.K. Benefit Concert, San Francisco 1975" - 5CD boxed set, RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK), 2017:
 RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK) - front of box, scan by Billy Bolley |
This unauthorised 5CD includes the 2015 RoxVox single CD release from the same concert with Bob and Neil Young. For comments see above. It includes a 12-page booklet. Dylan's set is on CD5 (not shown) |
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 RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK) - rear of box, scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK) - front of booklet, scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK) - inside of booklet, scan by Billy Bolley (pages 4-5) |
 RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK) - inside of booklet, scan by Billy Bolley (pages 6-7) |
 RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK) - rear of booklet, scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK) - front of card sleeve for CD5, scan by Billy Bolley |
 RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK) - inside of booklet, scan by Billy Bolley (pages 8-9) |
 RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK) - inside of booklet, scan by Billy Bolley (pages 10-11) |
 RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK) - rear of card sleeve for CD5, scan by Billy Bolley |
RoxVox RV5CD2092 (UK) - spine of box, scan by Billy Bolley
Thanks to Billy Bolley for information and scans.
"Man On The Street" - 10CD boxed set, Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe), 23 Oct 2017:
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - front of box, scan by Billy Bolley |
This unauthorised boxed set contains 10CDs in card sleeves with material from 1961-65, much of it now officially released on the 50th Anniversary Collections from 2012 onwards. |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - rear of box, scan by Billy Bolley |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - detail of rear of box, scan by Billy Bolley (incorrect date - see note below) |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - detail of rear of card sleeve for CD10, scan by Billy Bolley (incorrect dates - see note below) |
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 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD1, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve for CD1, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - CD1 picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD2, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve for CD2, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - CD2 picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD3, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve for CD3, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - CD3 picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD4, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve for CD4, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - CD4 picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD5, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve for CD5, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - CD5 picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD6, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve for CD6, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - CD6 picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD7, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve for CD7, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - CD7 picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD8, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve for CD8, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - CD8 picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD9, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve for CD9, picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - CD9 picture from www.discogs.com |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - front of card sleeve for CD10, scan by Billy Bolley |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve for CD10, scan by Billy Bolley |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - CD10 scan by Billy Bolley |
Disc One: East Orange Tape - Feb/Mar 1961; Disc Two: Riverside Church, NYC 29th July 1961 Broadcast By WRVR-FM In The Program "Saturday Of Folk Music", A 12 Hour "Hootenanny" Saturday Special, 29th July, 1961; Disc Three: Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 4th November 1961; Disc Four: Home Of Bonnie Beecher 22nd December 1961; Disc Five: WBAI Studios, New York City, Recorded 13th January, 1962, Cynthia Gooding Show - "Folksingers Choice"; Disc Six: WBAI Broadside Show, New York City - May 1962; Disc Seven: Studs Terkel's Wax Museum - WFMT Chicago - April 1963; Disc Eight: Oscar Brand Show WNYC New York - March 1963; Disc Nine: Free Trade Hall, Manchester, England 7th May, 1965; Disc Ten: Recorded Live At The BBC Studios, Shepherds Bush, London, on 1st June 1965, Broadcast On: Tracks 1-6 - 19th June 1965, Tracks 7-12 - 26th June 1965.
There are two errors concerning the tracks recorded at the BBC Studios, Shepherds Bush, London, on 1 Jun 1965. Firstly the rear of the box says incorrectly that recording was on the first broadcast date of 19th June 1965, not the actual date 1st June. Secondly the rear text of Sleeve CD10 is also wrong because songs 1-6 were broadcast on 19th June 1965, and songs 7-12 were broadcast on 26th June, instead of the other way round. This is confirmed by both Krogsgaard and Dundas.
Reel to Reel DYLAN01 (Europe) - spine of
box, scan by Billy Bolley
Thanks to Billy Bolley for information and scans.
"Grandes Éxitos [Big Hits]" - 180gm stereo vinyl LP release: Garra Records Vinilos LP015 (Argentina), late 2017; CD release: Garra Records CDPC1421 (Argentina), late 2017:
 Garra Records Vinilos LP015 (Argentina) - front scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (LP release) |
This unauthorised
album was released in Argentina in late 2017 as a CD and a 180gm stereo LP and is also being
sold in Chile. Its sale may be legal in these countries only.
The tracks are all from the 1960s up to Lay,
Lady, Lay from Nashville Skyline. The record has a plain paper inner
sleeve with cut-outs in both sides to allow the labels to be read.
The matrix numbers (faintly handwritten on both sides) are: Lado A (Side 1)
- LP 015 A, Lado B (Side 2) - LP 015 B. Thanks to Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans. |
 Garra Records (Argentina) - promo circular scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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 Garra Records Vinilos LP015 (Argentina) - rear scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (LP release) |
 Garra Records Vinilos LP015 (Argentina) - detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (LP release) |
 Garra Records Vinilos LP015 (Argentina) - detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (LP release) |
 Garra Records Vinilos LP015 (Argentina) - Side 1 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (LP release) |
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 Garra Records CDPC1421 (Argentina) - front scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (CD release) |
 Garra Records CDPC1421 (Argentina) - inside of front insert, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (CD release) |
 Garra Records CDPC1421 (Argentina) - rear insert scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (CD release) |
 Garra Records CDPC1421 (Argentina) - CD scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Garra Records Vinilos LP015 (Argentina) - Side 2 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (LP release) |
Garra Records Vinilos LP015 (Argentina) - spine
scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (LP release)
Garra Records CDPC1421 (Argentina) - detail of
rear insert, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (CD release)
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - 2CD set, Star Mark 4607147921975 (Russia), late 2017:
 Star Mark 4607147921975 (Russia) - front of digipak, picture from www.cdandlp.com |
This 2CD set in a digipak purports to be a genuine
Sony Music release made in the EU, but is actually a counterfeit product
from Russia. It includes several tracks from Bob's recent albums of Frank
Sinatra covers. Thanks to Arie de Reus, Anneke Derksen Hoftijzer and Dr. Hanns Peter Bushoff for information. |
 Star Mark 4607147921975 (Russia) - rear of digipak, picture from www.cdandlp.com |
Star Mark 4607147921975 (Russia) - detail of
rear of digipak, picture from www.cdandlp.com
Bob Dylan/Tom Petty - "Dylan & Petty Live On The Radio '86" - CD release, RoxVox RVCD2021 (UK), 2 Feb 2018:
 RoxVox RVCD2021 (UK) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This unofficial CD release includes the entire KSAN-FM broadcast from the
Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia in 1986. Track Listing: 1. Positively Fourth Street 2. All Along The Watchtower 3. Masters Of War 4. I ll Remember You 5. I Forgot More Than You ll Ever Know 6. Bye Bye Johnny 7. Breakdown 8. Just Like A Woman 9. Blowin In The Wind 10. That Lucky Old Sun 11. So You Want To Be A Rock N Roll Star 12. Spike 13. Like A Rolling Stone 14. Knockin On Heaven s Door Thanks to Alan Hoaksey for information. |
Bob Dylan/The Band - "1974 Tour Live" - 3CD set, RoxVox RV3CD2137 (UK), 30 Mar 2018:
 RoxVox RV3CD2137 (UK) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This 3CD live set contains the partial first show from the Boston Garden, Boston, MA, 14 Jan 1974, broadcast by WBCN-FM (CD1), and the complete second show from Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, 31 Jan 1974, broadcast by WNEW-FM (CDs 1 and 2). These can be released legally because they are taken from radio broadcasts. Neither of these shows were used as the source for Before The Flood. |
 RoxVox RV3CD2137 (UK) - rear photo by David McBride |
DISC ONE Bob Dylan & The Band, Boston Garden, MA. January 14th 1974 (WBCN-FM) First Show. Bob Dylan: 1. Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35 2. Lay Lady Lay 3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 4. It Ain't Me Babe 5. I Don't Believe You 6. Ballad Of A Thin Man The Band: 7. Stage Fright 8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 9. King Harvest Bob Dylan & The Band: 10. This Wheel's On Fire Bob Dylan: 11. I Shall Be Released The Band: 12. Up On Cripple Creek Bob Dylan: 13. All Along The Watchtower 14. Ballad Of Hollis Brown 15. Knockin' On Heaven's Door 16. The Times They Are A-Changin' 17. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 18. Gates Of Eden 19. Just Like A Woman 20. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
DISC TWO Bob Dylan & The Band, Madison Square Garden, NY, January 31st 1974 (WNEW-FM) Second Show. Bob Dylan: 1. Most Likely You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine 2. Lay Lady Lay 3. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues 4. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 5. It Ain't Me, Babe 6. Ballad Of A Thin Man The Band: 7. Stage Fright 8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 9. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) 10. When You Awake 11. Up On Cripple Creek Bob Dylan & The Band: 12. All Along The Watchtower 13. Ballad Of Hollis Brown 14. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
DISC THREE Bob Dylan & The Band, Madison Square Garden, NY, January 31st 1974 (WNEW-FM) Second Show (cont.). Bob Dylan (Acoustic): 1. The Times They Are A-Changin' 2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right 3. Gates Of Eden 4. Just Like A Woman 5. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) The Band: 6. Rag Mama Rag 7. This Wheel's On Fire 8. The Shape I'm In 9. The Weight Bob Dylan & The Band: 10. Forever Young 11. Highway 61 Revisited 12. Like A Rolling Stone Encores: Bob Dylan & The Band: 13. Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine 14. Blowin' In The Wind
Tim Dunn thinks the recordings may come from Wolfgang's Vault, but David McBride says: "The booklet offers no clues about the source of the recordings as it simply has a feature by Lisa Robinson in Disc from January 12th 1974 and one by Nat Hentoff from The New York Times on February 10th 1974. There is a footnote that says 'Thank you for purchasing this fascinating album on the RoxVox label. All our releases feature live FM radio broadcasts from the 60’s 70’s and 80’s and although the sound may not despite extensive professional remastering always be of the highest quality, we are sure that you will enjoy the musical experience of these wonderful performances.' I have checked the Wolfgang’s Vault listings for these dates and whilst disc one and two match the listings, the third disc which appears to be the MSG second set on 31st January 1974 includes a couple of tracks that Wolfgang doesn’t list."
Thanks to David McBride for information.
"Bob Dylan Greatest Hits" - 3CD set: Garra Records CDPACK 050 (Argentina), 2018:
 Garra Records CDPACK 050 (Argentina) - front of card sleeve, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
Like the single album above this unauthorised set was released in Argentina - its sale may be legal in this country only. The title this time is in English only. The tracks all date from the 1960s but include tracks released much later such as Dress It Up, Better Have It All from The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Raw, 2014. The set comes in a three panel card sleeve. Unusually "Industria Argentina" is not printed anywhere on the sleeve or CDs. There is no booklet. |
 Garra Records CDPACK 050 (Argentina) - detail of CD1, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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 Garra Records CDPACK 050 (Argentina) - outside of card sleeve, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Garra Records CDPACK 050 (Argentina) - CD1 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Garra Records CDPACK 050 (Argentina) - CD2 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Garra Records CDPACK 050 (Argentina) - CD3 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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 Garra Records CDPACK 050 (Argentina) - inside of card sleeve with CDs, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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Thanks to Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans.
"Live NYC 1963" - CD release, RoxVox RVCD2130 (Europe), 15 Jun 2018:
 RoxVox RVCD2130 (Europe) - front scan by Billy Bolley |
This unauthorised CD was recorded from the radio broadcast of the Bob Fass Show at WBAI New York on 28 Mar 1963, when Bob and Suze Rotolo guested. |
 RoxVox RVCD2130 (Europe) - rear of front booklet, scan by Billy Bolley |
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 RoxVox RVCD2130 (Europe) - CD scan by Billy Bolley |
Thanks to Billy Bolley for information and scans.
"New York Sessions" - stereo purple vinyl LP: Classic Rock Network (catalogue number?) (Japan), mid 2018:
 Front picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This unauthorised limited edition LP on purple
vinyl contains tracks from Bob's first album and other other non-album
tracks from the same time period including Bob's first single, Mixed Up
Confusion and the alternate Corrina, Corrina from the B-side. Tracklisting:
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 Side 1 picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin and Derek Barker for information.
Bob Dylan/Tom Petty - "Bob Dylan Tom Petty New York 1986" - 2CD release, RoxVox RVCD2128 (UK), 6 Jul 2018:
 RoxVox RVCD2128 (UK) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This unofficial 2CD release includes the full set from Saratoga Performing
Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, 13 Jul 1986, originally televised on
syndicated US channels. Tracklisting: Disc One: Bob Dylan 1. Unchain My Heart 2. Positively Fourth Street 3. Clean-Cut Kid 4. I'll Remember You 5. Shot Of Love 6. We Had It All 7. Masters Of War 8. Dylan Introduces Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 8 Straight Into Darkness Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: 9. Think About Me 10. The Waiting 11. Breakdown Bob Dylan: 12. Mr. Tambourine Man 13. To Ramona 14. One Too Many Mornings 15. I Forgot More Than You ll Ever Know 16. Union Sundown 17. When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky |
 RoxVox RVCD2128 (UK) - rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
Disc Two: Bob Dylan 1. Lonesome Town 2. Ballad Of A Thin Man Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: 3. Even The Losers 4. Spike 5. Don't Do Me Like That 6. Refugee Bob Dylan: 7. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 8. Seeing The Real You At Last 9. Across The Borderline 10. I And I 11. Band Intros 12. Like A Rolling Stone 13. In the Garden Encores 14. Blowin' In The Wind 15. House Of The Risin' Sun 16 Knockin' On Heaven's Doo
Thanks to Alan Hoaksey for information.
Various Artists - "Sleeping Sounds: Folk Music" - compilation CD release and download, All Evergreen Records (catalogue number?) (France), 10 Dec 2018:
 Picture from www.amazon.fr |
This almost certainly unauthorised CD compilation of "sleeping sounds" includes
Blowin' In The Wind from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (track 1) and
Song To Woody from Bob Dylan (track 7). It also includes
Stealin', which has only been released
officially on The 50th Anniversary Collection (see
2012)
and The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 (see
2013). This would appear to be the
1962 performance, live from the
Finjan Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2 Jul 1962.
Other artists represented are
Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Peter Paul & Mary, Jean Ritchie and The Weavers. Thanks to Jack from Canada for information. |
"BBC Studios '65" - CD release: Alive The Live IACD 10102 (Japan), 21 Dec 2018:
 Alive The Live IACD 10102 (Japan) - picture from www.amazon.jp |
This unauthorised Japanese CD release contains 12 tracks
recorded live at the BBC Studios, London, 1 Jun 1965, taken from the 2015
208 track download-only set The 50th Anniversary Collection 1965. For full details, see
2015.
I understand that this release is only legally possible because the material
comes from a radio broadcast. Tracklisting: Ballad Of Hollis Brown; Mr. Tambourine Man; Gates Of Eden; If You Gotta Go, Go Now; The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll; It Ain’t Me, Babe; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; One Too Many Mornings; Boots Of Spanish Leather; It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding); She Belongs To Me; It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue. |
 50th Anniversary Collection 1965 (my copy) |
Thanks to John Willy Bakke for information.
"Blowin' In the Wind" - stereo vinyl 2LP set: Le Chant Du Monde 74 2953/54 (France), 1 Mar 2019:
 Le Chant Du Monde 74 2953/54 (France) - front picture from www.amazon.fr |
This second unauthorised 2LP set from Le Chant Du
Monde contains tracks from the
withdrawn release of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and (like the purple
vinyl disc above) other non-album
tracks from the same time period including Bob's first single, Mixed Up
Confusion. Scans of the record labels required! |
 Le Chant Du Monde 74 2953/54 (France) - rear photo from Benoît Narinx |
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 Le Chant Du Monde 74 2953/54 (France) - inside right photo from Benoît Narinx |
Tracklisting:
Side 1: Blowin' In The Wind; Down The Highway; Bob Dylan's Blues; A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall; Oxford Town
Side 2: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Corrina, Corrina; Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance; I Shall Be Free; Let Me Die In My Footsteps
Side 3: Gamblin' Willie's Dead Man's Hand; Solid Road; Talkin' John Birch Blues; Mixed Up Confusion; The Ballad Of Donald White
Side 4: The Death Of Emmett Till; John Brown; Hard Times In New York; Hard Travellin'; Only A Hobo
Thanks to Benoît Narinx for information and photos.
"The Out-Takes: 1962-1964" - compilation CD: Eternal Grooves (catalogue number?) (Japan), 27 Mar 2019:
 Picture from www.amazon.com |
This unauthorised compilation contains a selection
of out-takes, mostly culled from the 50th Anniversary Collections
1962-64. Thanks to John Willy Bakke for information. |
"Bob Dylan And Jerry Garcia San Francisco 1980" - 2CD set: RoxVox RV2CD2143 (Europe), 17 May 2019:
 RoxVox RV2CD2143 (Europe) - front of digipak (my copy) |
This 2CD set live from the Fox-Warfield Theater, San Francisco, CA, 16 Nov 1980, includes a guest appearance by Grateful Dead front man Jerry Garcia, who contributes to seven tracks. This album is legal in Europe because it has been taken from a live broadcast by KSAN-FM radio station, San Francisco. |
Disc One: 1 Gotta Serve Somebody 2 I Believe In You 3 Like A Rolling Stone 4 Man Gave Names To The Animals 5 To Ramona (with Jerry Garcia) 6 Abraham, Martin And John 7 Let's Keep It Between Us 8 Mary Of The Wild Moor 9 Covenant Woman (with Jerry Garcia) 10 Solid Rock (with Jerry Garcia).
Disc Two: 1 Just Like A Woman (with Jerry Garcia) 2 Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (with Jerry Garcia) 3 Simple Twist Of Fate (with Jerry Garcia) 4 The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar (with Jerry Garcia) 5 When You Gonna Wake Up 6 Blowin' In The Wind 7 City Of Gold 8 It's All Over Now Baby Blue.
Thanks to Alan Hoaksey for information.
"Hollywood Bowl '65" - CD release: RoxVox (catalogue number?) (Europe), 5 Jul 2019:
 Picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This unauthorised CD release is taken from the soundboard of the concert at
the Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA, 3 Sep 1965. These live tracks have been
officially released on the 50th Anniversary Collection 1965, the 208 track
download available only to purchasers of The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 -
Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge Collector's Edition in 2015. Full
details of that release are here. Thanks to John Willy Bakke for information. |
Picture from Éamonn Ó Catháin |
"Man On The Street Volume Two" - 10CD boxed set, Reel to Reel DYLAN02 (Europe), 8 Oct 2019:
 Reel to Reel DYLAN02 (Europe) - front of box, picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This second unauthorised boxed set
again contains 10CDs in
card sleeves, this time with material from 1974-94, some of it now officially
released. Thanks to John Willy Bakke for information. |
 Reel to Reel DYLAN02 (Europe) - rear of box, picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
"Timeless Classic Albums" - 5CD boxed set, DOL Records DOLCD0515 (Russia), 2019:
 DOL Records DOLCD0515 (Russia) - front of box scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515 (Russia) - rear of box scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515 (Russia) - detail of rear of box, scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-1 (Russia) - front of card sleeve for CD1, scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-1 (Russia) - rear of card sleeve for CD1, scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-1 (Russia) - CD1 scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-2 (Russia) - front of card sleeve for CD2, scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-2 (Russia) - rear of card sleeve for CD2, scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-2 (Russia) - CD2 scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-3 (Russia) - front of card sleeve for CD3, scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-3 (Russia) - rear of card sleeve for CD3, scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-3 (Russia) - CD3 scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-4 (Russia) - front of card sleeve for CD4, scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-4 (Russia) - rear of card sleeve for CD4, scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-4 (Russia) - CD4 scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-5 (Russia) - front of card sleeve for CD5, scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-5 (Russia) - front of card sleeve for CD5, scan by Billy Bolley |
 DOL Records DOLCD0515-4 (Russia) - CD5 scan by Billy Bolley |
This unauthorised boxed set contains 5CDs in card sleeves with material from 1961-63, some of it now officially released.
CD1: Bonnie Beecher's Apartment Session (1961)
CD2: Bob Dylan (1962) with out-takes from 1963
CD3: Freewheelin' Outtakes (1963)
CD4: Robert Zimmerman Plays Bob Dylan (1961-62)
CD5: Finjan Club (1962)
Thanks to Billy Bolley for information and scans.
2020s
"Blonde On Blonde: The Lost Mono Tracks" - CD release: Eternal Grooves EGRO 0037 (Japan), 27 Nov 2019:
 Eternal Grooves EGRO 0037 (Japan) - picture from www.CDJapan.co.jp |
This unauthorised CD includes twelve mono tracks, eleven from Blonde On Blonde, plus Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? |
Tracklisting: Pledging My Time; Visions Of Johanna; I Want You; Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again; Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat; Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine); Temporary Like Achilles; Absolutely Sweet Marie;4th Time Around; Obviously Five Believers; Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands; Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for information.
"The Allen Ginsberg Tapes: San José 1965" - CD release: Eternal Grooves EGRO 0042 (Japan), 27 May 2020:
 Eternal Grooves EGRO 0042 (Japan) - picture from www.CDJapan.co.jp |
This unauthorised CD release contains thirteen
tracks from Bob with The Hawks recorded by Allen Ginsberg, listed as from
San José, CA, 12 Dec 1965. It
includes the only known live performance of Long Distance Operator,
previously dated as from Berkeley, CA, 4 Dec 1965.
However, Stephan Pickering says: "The Berkeley December 4th show does NOT exist.
It has been mislabeled all these years, it is actually the San José set. The
electric set from San José is the exact circulating recording that has been
available over the years labeled as Berkeley Community Theater." That
means this set is correctly dated! All these tracks were part of the
208-track download 50th Anniversary
Collection 1965, so were officially released in 2015. For more
information, see 50th Anniversary
Collection 1965. The cover photo is licensed from Getty Images Japan. The booklet includes a Japanese essay about 1965 tour circumstances. |
Tracklisting:
1. She Belongs To Me
(missing) To Ramona
(missing) Gates Of Eden
2. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
3. Desolation Row
4. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
(missing) Visions Of Johanna
5. Mr. Tambourine Man
6. Tombstone Blues
7. I Don’t Believe You
8. Baby Let Me Follow You Down
9. Long Distance Operator
10. It Ain’t Me Babe
11. Ballad of a Thin Man
12. Positively 4th Street
13. Like A Rolling Stone
Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for information.
"Christmas Rock" - 20-track download-only release: Before 1962 Recordings (no catalogue number) (UK), 10 Oct 2020:
 Picture from www.qobuz.com |
This 20-track download-only release is unofficial,
but possibly legal because almost all of the recordings are from before 1962
and therefore in the public domain. Some tracks are from the "Folksinger's
Choice" radio interview with Cynthia Gooding, WBAI Radio, New York, 11 Mar
1962, again technically legal because they are from a radio broadcast. None
of the tracks included have any connection to Christmas! Thanks to André Wilbers for information. |
"Bob Dylan At The Beeb 1965" - CD release: Eternal Grooves EGRO 0048 (Japan), 20 Nov 2020:
 Eternal Grooves EGRO 0048 (Japan) - picture from www.CDJapan.co.jp |
This is an unofficial release of the radio
broadcast from BBC Studios, London, 1 June 1965, officially released in 2015
on the 50th Anniversary Collection 1965, see
2015. Thanks to Geoff Lambourn for information. |
Various Artists - "Fire & Folk" - compilation download, Black Barn Music (no catalogue number) (UK), 22 Dec 2020:
 Picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This download-only set contains two Dylan songs:
Handsome Molly and Song To Woody (from Bob
Dylan). Since this is almost certainly an out-of-copyright set, the
version of Handsome Molly cannot be the live
performance from the Gaslight Café, New York, 15 Oct 1962 (R-0467),
from Bob Dylan Live: Thirty-Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances,
SME Records (Sony Music Entertainment), Japan, Feb 2001 (see
2001), and on the
limited edition live album Live At The Gaslight 1962 (see
2005). My guess is that it is the
live performance from Riverside Church, New York, 29 Jul 1961, broadcast the
same day on the "Saturday Of Folk Music" programme, WRVR radio, New York.
This performance has not been officially released but circulates amongst
Dylan fans. Bob's performance of Acne with Ramblin' Jack Elliott
from the same concert was released on the 2000 Vanguard soundtrack album The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack,
(R-0324, see
2000). Thanks to Fred Muller for information. |
"NBC Special" - stereo vinyl 2LP release: Evolution (catalogue number?) (Europe), 19 Aug 2022:
 Picture from Sister Ray web-site |
The Rolling Thunder Revue concert on this 2LP set on clear vinyl has been taken from the 1976 WBAI FM/NBC TV broadcast. It took place at Hughes Stadium, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 23 May 1976 (not 3 May 1976 as listed on the Sister Ray web-site). This release is legal in the EU but unauthorised by Columbia/Sony. |
 Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - promo front with timing strip, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Tracklisting:
Record 1: Side A - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (A); Blowin' In The Wind (duet with Joan Baez, officially released on her 1993 Vanguard boxed set Rare, Live & Classic, see 1993) (A); Railroad Boy (duet with Joan Baez) (A); Deportees (duet with Joan Baez) (A). Side B - I Pity The Poor Immigrant (duet with Joan Baez, now officially released on her Razor & Tie CD and DVD How Sweet The Sound, see 2009 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4) (A); Shelter From The Storm (A, B); Maggie's Farm (A, B).
Record 2: Side A- One Too Many Mornings (A, B); Mozambique (A); Idiot Wind (A, B). Side B - Oh, Sister (C); Simple Twist Of Fate (C); Hurricane (C)
(A) Hard Rain TV Special (never released on VHS or DVD but all audio tracks included here), see VHS & DVD 1970s
(B) Hard Rain (1976 Columbia album which also included You're A Big Girl Now, not present here), see International Album Releases (Regular)
(C) Officially unreleased
Thanks to Neil Burling for information.
"The Early Years - Rare & Live 1961-1967" - 6CD set, Eternal Grooves/Rocks Off EGBD-1 (Japan), 7 Apr 2023:
 Eternal Grooves/Rocks Off EGBD-1 (Japan) - front picture from CD Japan |
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for news that Eternal Grooves/Rocks Off will release a 6CD set called The Early Years - Rare & Live 1961-1967 in Japan on 7 Apr 2023. This material is rumoured to be intended to be released officially as a volume of The Bootleg Series to be called something like The Coffeehouse Years. |
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- from the "Minnesota Hotel
Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, now officially released on a bonus
disc with the limited edition of "Love
And Theft", Sep 2001 (R-0514, see 
, Desire out-take, recorded Jul
1975,
lyrics on bobdylan.com
