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
This yearly page now contains only the main Rarities List. Promotional Items (Albums and Singles) are now here. All Honourable Mentions are now here.
If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities -
see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
dealers on my Trading page for assistance!
Revised: 12 April, 2018.
Titles in red are not available
on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com
)
Key to symbols used:
Links to other World Wide Web pages -
Links to email addresses -
Performances currently available on commercial CD are marked by
(these are the ones that count as obscurities
rather than as rarities)
Audience recordings are indicated by (A).
Various Artists - "Hit's A Sony Music Express Vol. 36 January" - promo compilation CD, Sony Music SDCI 80309 (Japan), Jan 2006:
![]() Sony Music SDCI 80309 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen |
R-0649-2 Tell Ol' Bill
![]() For the Sony Music Soundtrax original soundtrack album, see 2005. For the film DVD release, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
![]() Sony Music SDCI 80309 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen |
![]() Sony Music SDCI 80309 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen |
The groups illustrated are Destiny's Child and The Dead 60s. For other volumes in this series with Dylan rarities, see 2001, 2007 and 2008. For 2000s volumes in this series with Dylan album tracks, see International Album Releases (Various Artist Compilations) 2000s. For 1990s promotional albums in this series, see International Album Releases (Various Artist Compilations) 1990s.
Various Artists - "1971: Ein Jahr Und Seine 20 Songs [1971: A Year And Its 20 Songs]" - book with compilation CD, Süddeutsche Zeitung ISBN 3-86615-073-3 (Germany), 2006:
![]() Süddeutsche Zeitung ISBN 3-86615-073-3 (Germany) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This book is one of a series of fifty
called "1000 Songs Fünfzig
Jähre Popmusik [1000 Songs Fifty Years Pop Music]",
each with a compilation CD of tracks from the year, not always the obvious choices. To order it, go
here. R-0084-13 George Jackson
("Big Band" version),
lyrics on bobdylan.com
here
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![]() Süddeutsche Zeitung ISBN 3-86615-073-3 (Germany) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Süddeutsche Zeitung ISBN 3-86615-081-4 (Germany) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
Anthony Pignataro has a copy of the 1971 book and reports the Dylan track has pops and crackles and hisses as if it has been just copied from vinyl onto CD. The 1981 book in this series (ISBN 3-88615-081-4) contains Every Grain Of Sand from Shot Of Love.
Thanks to Dirk Krah for information about this book and to Hans Seegers for further information and scans.
Various Artists - "Late Night Moods Vol. 3" - 2CD compilation, EMI (catalogue number?) (UK), 10 Apr 2006:
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R-0359-20 Rise (Bob Dylan/Gabrielle/F.
Unger-Hamilton/Ollie Dagois)
![]() For the original single and album by Gabrielle, see 2000. Thanks to Stuart Moore for information about this compilation. |
Harry Belafonte - "The Original Singles" - compilation CD, BMG (catalogue number?) (USA), 25 Apr 2006:
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R-0001-28 Midnight Special
(Huddie Ledbetter "Lead Belly") ![]() For details of the original album, see 1962. |
Various Artists - "May Your Song Always Be Sung: The Songs Of
Bob Dylan" - BMG BVCM 34048 (Japan), 21 Jun 2006:
This 18-track collection on a single
CD uses the artwork from the first May Your Song Always Be
Sung collection, see 1997, but is
actually a selection of the tracks of that album and those of the second May Your Song Always Be
Sung collection, see 2001. For the third May Your Song Always Be
Sung collection, see 2003.
![]() BMG BVCM 34048 (Japan) - picture from www.hmv.co.jp |
R-0486-2 Midnight Special (Huddie
Ledbetter "Lead Belly") ![]() This alternate version originally appeared on the second May Your Song Always Be Sung collection, see 2001. |
![]() BMG BVCM 34048 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Gerd Rundel |
![]() BMG BVCM 34048 (Japan) - picture of 2006 promo CD-R found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding the 2006 Japanese promo on http://www.tokyomusicjapan.com. The CD-R comes in a clear CD jewel case with no rear insert. Thanks to Ronald Born (who sings on the 2003 collection) for correcting the information about this tracklist.
"Someday Baby" - 2-track promo CD single, Columbia 82876 89973 2 (USA), 20 Jul 2006:
![]() Columbia 82876 89973 2 (USA) - front scan by Gerd Rundel |
R-0741 Someday Baby
![]() This track has been edited by removing a verse from the middle. This glass-mastered CD single, dated "July 20, 2006", comes in a thin CD single jewel case with a folded front insert, and also contains the 4:55 album version. There is a flyer advertising the single and a promotional leaflet. For a US one-track and European CD singles with this edit, see below. For promo CD-Rs with the full album version of the song, see International Singles - 2000s. Thanks to Hervé from France, Paul S. Levine and Peter Good for information and to Hans Seegers and Gerd Rundel for scans. |
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![]() Columbia 82876 89973 2 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
Columbia 82876 89973 2 (USA) - unfolded front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
![]() Columbia 82876 89973 2 (USA) - flyer scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Columbia 82876 89973 2 (USA) - front of promotional leaflet, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Columbia 82876 89973 2 (USA) - reverse of promotional leaflet, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Blues" - compilation CD, Columbia/Legacy 82876 88900 2 (USA), 8 Aug 2006; Columbia/Legacy 88697 00917 2 (Germany), Sep 2006:
R-0743 The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar
- remastered
version of 1981 track, originally a single B-side then added to Shot Of Love
R-0744 Seeing The Real You At Last
- remastered
version of 1985 track from Empire Burlesque
R-0745 Dirt Road
Blues
- remastered
version of 1999 track from Time Out Of Mind
This may be from the remastered version of the album scheduled for
release by Columbia/Legacy in 2003, but dropped from the schedule.
Thanks to Gino Galvez for the scans and for information about the rarities. Thanks to Thomas Michalzil for information about the European release exclusively available at www.jpc.de. Thanks to Hanns Peter Bushoff of Sony Music Germany for arranging the European release of this compilation, and to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans. Note that "Altar" is spelled correctly! (See comment for US release above.)
Special thanks to Peter Stone Brown for the copy of the album!
"Rollin' and Tumblin'" - 3-track promo CD single, Columbia 82876 89628 2 (USA), 15 Aug 2006:
Thanks to Peter Stone Brown, Ian Woodward and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information. Thanks to Harvey Bojarsky for the CD!
"Modern Times" - Limited Edition CD release with DVD, Columbia 82876 88306-2 (USA)/Columbia 8 2876894942 9 (long box), 29 Aug 2006; Columbia 82876 88306-2 (Europe), 28 Aug 2006 (25 Aug 2006 in some countries); Columbia 82876883062 (Australia), 28 Aug 2006; Sony Music Entertainment SICP 1136-37 (Japan); Sony/BMG 82876 87686-2 (Taiwan), 30 Aug 2006; Australia/New Zealand 2007 Tour Edition: Columbia 82876876862 (Australia/New Zealand), 2007:
![]() Columbia 8 2876894942 9 (USA) - long box edition front scan by Hans Seegers |
This Limited Edition is in bound book form and
cannot be scanned inside without breaking the spine. As well as the album,
it contains a DVD with four video
performances - all have been released before: R-0671-3 Blood In My Eyes (Lonnie Chatman)
R-0263-11 Love Sick
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![]() Columbia 82876876962 (Australia/New Zealand) - Australia/New Zealand 2007 Tour Limited Edition, front scan by Stuart Moore |
R-0299-25 Things Have Changed
from the Wonder Boys soundtrack album as
well as Columbia compilations and singles (listed in 2000,
Various Artist
Compilations 2000s Part 1, International
Singles 2000s, International
Singles 2000s
and VHS & DVD 2000s Part 1), lyrics on
bobdylan.com
here
Now no longer a rarity since it is included in The Essential Bob Dylan
(2000) on the bobdylan.com albums page.
R-0617-3
Cold Irons Bound
- live from Jack Fate and his band, recorded at Stage 6,
Ray-Art Studios, Canoga Park, CA, 18 Jul 2002, from the motion picture Masked And Anonymous, see
2003 and VHS & DVD 2000s Part
2
This track was also available in Oct 2004 on the Apple iTunes Online Music
Store, see Online Performances
(Other).
The US CD has the same catalogue number as the CD in the Standard Edition, see International Album Releases. Thanks to Harold Lepidus for pictures of the Limited Edition and Tim Dunn for information. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for the scans. The iTunes downloadable album has a different 8-page booklet with a gold spine, front cover shown below. iTunes also include the 1983 Jokerman video as a bonus, although this is not a rarity.
The Apple iTunes
Online Music Store in the USA is offering a bonus of
these four performances. In Europe only the
Things Have Changed
video was offered. The 1983 Jokerman video was offered for pre-sales in both
the USA and Europe, but is no longer available.
![]() Columbia CSK-42171-S1 (USA) - 1999 CD single (my copy) as included with some US copies of Modern Times |
Thanks to Donald Mitchell for news that some copies of Modern Times have been released in the USA as a dual pack with a copy of the 1999 Million Miles: Live Recordings 1997-1999 promo CD single, then Columbia CSK-42171-S1, now renumbered Columbia 978663 (see picture far left). This single contains four live rarities, for more details see 1999. |
Various Artists - "Theme Time Radio Hour With Bob Dylan: Baseball" - promo CD with XM satellite radio programme broadcast 24 May 2006, Columbia 82876 89194 2 (USA), 29 Aug 2006:
"Bob Dylan- The Collection" - multi-album collection for download, Apple iTunes Online Music Store (USA), 29 Aug 2006/(Europe), 28 Aug 2006:
![]() Picture from the iTunes Online Music Store found by Éamonn Ó Catháin |
This exclusive download for $199 (£169 in
the UK, €199 in EMU countries) includes
all Bob's albums plus 42 rarities! In addition to the 42 rarities
"Rare Tracks From The Vaults" this set also includes the long-deleted 1973 Dylan album, see
1973. Full details are in Online Performances (Other). Thanks to Artur Jarosinski, Harold Lepidus, Éamonn Ó Catháin and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information. |
![]() Picture from the iTunes Online Music Store found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
"Someday Baby" - one- and two-track promo CD and CD-R singles,
Columbia (no catalogue number) (USA), Aug 2006; Columbia USSM10603929/USSM10603299 (Poland),
28 Aug 2006; Columbia LC 00162
(Germany)/Columbia USSM10603929 (Finland), Sep 2006:
Thanks to Hans Seegers for clarifying that there are at least two different versions of the
German one-track
single - Columbia LC
00162 is a regular CD in a plain white sleeve, although Gerd Rundel's copy
came in the Columbia red/white card sleeve illustrated (which is copyrighted
2001 so may not be the right sleeve). For a Jul
2006 US two-track promo CD single (timed at 3:07), see above. The CD-R formerly listed
here which comes in a clear plastic sleeve with a printed insert contains the
full album version of the song and is now listed in
International Singles - 2000s, as is the
Australian CD-R promo.
George Harrison - "Living In The Material World" - remastered CD release with bonus tracks, Apple 9436 69002 (UK), 25 Sep 2006:
R-0281-2 Miss O'Dell
(George Harrison)
- Bob is rumoured to be the harmonica player on
this B-side from 1973, although there is no corroborating evidence
R-0281 was released only as the B-side of Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth), and is now included as a bonus track. The Limited Edition shown comes with a bonus DVD which has an alternate take of Miss O'Dell (audio with stills, not video).
R-0747 Miss O'Dell (George Harrison) - alternate take, also with harmonica
No-one is credited in the 40-page booklet with playing harmonica, although it is present on both versions of this song (George is credited with guitar only). Christoph Maus says the harmonica player is in fact George, who can also be heard playing harmonica on Apple Scruffs on his 1970 3LP set All Things Must Pass. This version of Living In The Material World was also released in 2014 as part of the 8 disc set The Apple Years 1968-75, included with this entry because the possibly Dylan-related material is exactly the same.
Thanks to Tim Dunn and Christoph Maus for information. There was a US release by Capitol/EMI on 26 Sep 2006 - more details required.
Mudbone [Gary "Mudbone" Cooper] featuring Nadirah X - "Fresh Mud" - Influx Music/Universal INFLUXCD 1 (UK), 2 Oct 2006:
Various Artists - "Midwinter" - 4CD compilation, Free Reed Records FRQCD
30 (UK), 16 Oct 2006:
This set from independent UK folk music label
Free Reed consists of songs celebrating "the folk music and traditions of
Christmas and the Turning of the Year".
![]() Free Reed Records FRQCD 30 (UK) - front of box, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
R-0013-2 Xmas Island (Richard Fariña)
![]() Bob is credited as "Blind Boy Grunt" - for the original album and the 2007 2CD set release see 1964.
This performance is track 8 on CD1,
Past & Presents.
For purchase information see the Free Reed Records web-site
Thanks to Jack Guerreiro for information about this set and to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for the scans. |
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![]() Free Reed Records FRQCD 30 (UK) - booklet front, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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![]() Free Reed Records FRCD 31 (UK) - CD1 rear insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
![]() Free Reed Records FRQCD 30 (UK) - rear of box, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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![]() Free Reed Records FRCD 31 (UK) - CD1 scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
Various Artists - "Forever Changing: The Golden Age Of Elektra Records
1963-1973" - 5CD compilation, Rhino 8122747462 (USA), 30 Oct 2006/Deluxe
Edition: Elektra 8122 74746 2 (UK), Jan 2007/Standard Edition: Elektra 8122
74745 2 (UK), Jan 2007:
This set was released in 2006 as a Limited Edition at $199.98 in a 12" x 12"
box, and a regular edition in a 12" x 6" box was released on 23 Jan 2007 at
$69.98. As far as I can see the difference is in the packaging and extras, not
the actual CDs.
![]() Rhino 8122747462 (USA) - picture from Rhino web-site (2006 limited edition) |
![]() Elektra 8122 72746 2 (UK) - deluxe edition front sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
R-0038-2 Downtown Blues
(Frank Stokes)
![]() For the original Elektra The Blues Project stereo album containing this track, see 1964. For Journey To Love: Rare & Early Elektra Classics, a compilation CD given away with the UK music magazine "Mojo" in Nov 2010 also containing R-0038, see 2010. The 1964 stereo Blues Project album was not reissued on CD until it was included in the 2015 Elektra Europe set of five original 1960s albums, The Greenwich Village Folk Scene: Original Album Series, see 2015. |
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![]() Elektra 8122 72746 2 (UK) - deluxe edition front, scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Elektra 8122 72746 2 (UK) - deluxe edition spine, scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Elektra 8122 72745 2 (UK) - standard edition front, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
![]() Elektra 8122 72745 2 (UK) - standard edition back, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
![]() Elektra 8122 72745 2 (UK) - standard edition booklet front, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
![]() Elektra 8122 72745 2 (UK) - standard edition booklet page with Geoff Muldaur, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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Thanks to Peter Gilmer for information about this set and to Hans Seegers and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans.
The Band/Bob Dylan - "Superstar Concert Series" - 2 radio station discs, Westwood One Radio Broadcast, Westwood One Show #06-45 (USA), broadcast 4-5 Nov 2006:
![]() Westwood One Show #06-45 (USA) - cue sheet scan by Jack Guerreiro |
Recorded with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers in Sydney, Australia, 24 & 25 Feb 1986 plus Tacoma,
WA, 31 Jul
1986, this is a excerpt of the Westwood One show from 31 Aug 1986. For details of the original Westwood
One radio broadcast, see 1986. This 2006 show on
two CD-Rs also includes five live performances by The Band (on disc 1). R-0183-3 Positively 4th Street
R-0184-2 All Along The Watchtower
R-0185-4 Masters Of War
R-0174-7 Like A Rolling Stone
R-0187-4 Blowin' In The Wind
These five songs are split over tracks 3 and 4 on the CD. Thanks to Jack Guerreiro for information and scans. |
![]() Westwood One Show #06-45 (USA) - CD2 scan by Jack Guerreiro |
"Thunder On The Mountain" - 2-track promo CD single, Sony BMG/Columbia 8869 7070 5027 2 (Austria for Europe), 12 Dec 2006:
R-0760 Thunder On The
Mountain
- edited
version of track (3:59) from Modern Times
The UK copy shown has a promo sticker dated 19 Mar 2007, released prior to Bob's European Spring tour 2007 including shows in the UK. For an UK CD-R version of this single, see 2007. For a video viewable at the Sony Music Box web-site with a different edit, see Online Performances (Other). In the video version, the "art of love/fit me like a glove" verse is missing; in this radio edit version, it is present but the later "tough sons of bitches/orphanages" verse is cut out.
Thanks to Martin Schaefer for information and to Ronald Born, Gerd Rundel and Manuel García Jara for scans.
Promotional/Regular Items for 2006
Stereo promo albums and singles for 2006 which don't contain rare material but which are still very collectable are now included with promo releases of regular albums and commercially released singles on the appropriate page in International Stereo Releases. |
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