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"There are those who worship
loneliness, I'm not one of them, A list-in-progress of officially released but elusive recordings of Bob Dylan, compiled by Alan Fraser. Before contacting me, read this site's Privacy Policy All the songs
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27 Jan 2025: It's been brought to my attention that several pages have some pictures missing. In every case the pictures are on the web site, both thumbnails and full sized. They are not being displayed correctly because of a problem caused by the enforced transition from Microsoft FrontPage to Expression Web 4 as the page editor. This looks trivial but is very difficult and time-consuming to correct, usually requiring multiple attempts. I am currently focused on populating the new database-driven web site with multiple entries of various types to make sure the queries work correctly, especially regarding variants of the same release. I have therefore decided no longer to spend time trying to restore the missing pictures on the current web site. 24 Jan 2025: Thanks to Juergen Wasser, Michel Pomarede and Sergio Mariano Romay for news that "Record Collector" (UK), Feb 2025, has an article about a previously unknown CBS UK EP found in the collection of David Howells, the then product manager for the UK. The catalogue number indicates it was intended for release in late 1965. This is a commercial copy, not a promo, but it's thought all the other copies must have been destroyed. It's expected to fetch around £2,000 at auction. It contains the earliest known appearance on a record of If You Gotta Go, Go Now! The EP has been added to 1965. 23 Jan 2025: Sad to hear about the deaths of Garth Hudson, the last surviving member of The Band, on 21 Jan, and Barry Goldberg from the Paul Butterfield Blues Band who backed Bob on stage at Newport in 1965 (played in A Complete Unknown by Justin Levine), on 22 Jan. Bob co-produced and played on Barry's 1974 solo Atco album. |
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There are now over 300 pages on this site - to search for specific entries, try here! |
I must offer grateful thanks to Philip Jump and
Mike Ward of the award-winning Badlands Record Shop, Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, for supporting this web-site and the provision of many
Bob Dylan rarities including the very limited 50th
Anniversary Collection series.
Bob Dylan's Official Rarities Pages
"International Stereo Releases" is organised by album and split into "Regular Albums" (again with one page per album), "Compilations" and "Stereo Singles (All Formats)". The new "Index of International Releases by Country" will summarise both mono and stereo album and single releases by individual country.
Lists compiled from "Searching For A Gem"
All the pages below contain lists of tracks that aren't on Bob's regular albums. There is no overlap between them, in that each rarity is listed on one page only.
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Contacting Bob Dylan: This is a fan site with no connection to Bob - that means you can't contact him through me! I used to have a postal address for Bob's New York business office that I thought was correct, but I have since been informed by someone who wrote to that address that their mail was returned. I have never had an email address. I can only suggest you contact Bob's publisher Simon & Schuster or use the feedback page at www.bobdylan.com. I also have no means of helping anyone who wants to meet Bob Dylan or obtain his autograph!
Access the yearly pages from here by going to the Official Rarities Yearly Lists. Traveling Wilburys now have their own pages. "VHS & DVD" is now split into multiple pages, including pages for films and TV series with Dylan rarities and pages for films and TV series with Dylan album tracks. "International Mono Releases" now has a page per official album plus pages for compilation albums, mono 7" singles and mono 7" EPs. "International Stereo Releases" is split into "Regular Albums" (again with one page per album), "Compilations" and "Stereo Singles (All Formats)". "Honourable Mentions" are items which don't qualify for these lists, but may be of interest to Dylan collectors. "Questionable Releases" and "Questionable Releases Video" are items sent in by contributors of dubious provenance.
[The Official Rarities Yearly Lists] [Traveling Wilburys] [Online Performances (bobdylan.com)] [Online Performances (Other)] [Interviews with Bob] [VHS & DVD]
[International Mono Releases] [International Stereo Releases] [Released Rarities] [Honourable Mentions] [Honourable Mentions Video]
[Questionable
Releases] [Questionable
Releases Video]
[News] [Updates] [Red Herrings] [Trading] [Other Pages]
All the songs
listed in the Official Rarities section are cross-referenced by song
title in these alphabetical pages.
A-E
F-J
K-O
P-S
T-Z
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[The Official Rarities Yearly Lists] [Traveling Wilburys] [Online Performances (bobdylan.com)] [Online Performances (Other)] [Interviews with Bob] [VHS & DVD] [International Mono Releases] [International Stereo Releases] [Released Rarities] [Honourable Mentions] [Honourable Mentions Video] [Questionable Releases] [Questionable Video Releases]
[News] [Updates] [Red Herrings] [Trading] [Other Pages]
All the songs
listed on this web-site are cross-referenced by song title in these
alphabetical pages.
A-E
F-J
K-O
P-S
T-Z
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