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
Alan Fraser and contributor Stuart
Moore from North Queensland, Australia, in the "City Arms" pub, Manchester, with a
copy of the Limited Edition 3LP set of Side Tracks (see below), 29 Nov
2013
This yearly page now contains only the main Rarities List. Promotional Items (Albums and Singles) are now here. All Honourable Mentions are now here. Full details of the "50th Anniversary Collection 1963" 6LP set released in Europe only are now here.
If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities -
see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
dealers on my Trading page for assistance!
Revised: 15 February, 2019.
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).
"Bob Dylan" - unauthorised 2CD stereo and mono release, Not Now Music NOT2CD480 (UK), Jan 2013:
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Thanks to Anders Lindh for information about this 2CD release, presumably "legal" because of copyright expiry in the EU after fifty years. As well as stereo and mono versions of the album, it includes two bonus tracks. According to Derek Barker of "Isis" magazine, Not Now Music informed him they were both sides of the original Mixed Up Confusion/Corrina, Corrina mono 7" single (R-0007 and R-0008, see 1962). However, this is completely wrong - Mixed Up Confusion is the stereo overdubbed alternate take from the original release of Biograph (R-0748, see 1985) and Corrina, Corrina is an unfaded version (2:53 instead of 2:44) of the version from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan with a final drum roll from drummer Herb Lovelle! This is a completely new rarity. There is also a 2LP vinyl release, but it does not include the two bonus tracks. |
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R-0748-2 Mixed Up Confusion -
edited alternate
take of 1962 single A-side (2:22), from original release of Biograph,
see 1985, recorded Columbia Recording Studios,
New York, 1 Nov 1962 (take 10) R-0955
Corrina, Corrina (traditional)
The two bonus tracks are also on the Not Now Music release Voices Of A Generation, another 2CD set which includes Bob's first album and Joan Baez's first album. They also appear on a 2CD set, Carolyn Hester Introduces Bob Dylan, from Jasmine Music in the UK, released on 12 Apr 2013. CD2 contains Carolyn's 1962 album (see 1962) plus Bob's first album. This release is presumably legal in the EU because of copyright expiry. Thanks to Anders Lindh, Les Kokay, Derek Barker and Anssi Sallmén for information and scan. Special thanks to Anders for the album! I agree with Paul S. Levine that these should strictly be listed in Questionable Releases, but I've included them here because of the interest in the rarities. |
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Allen Ginsberg - "First Blues [Sampler]" - vinyl LP:
Ginsberg Recordings (no catalogue number) (USA),
16 Jan 2013:
This material was first released on Allen Ginsberg's US John Hammond Records 2LP set First Blues,
see
1983.
Detail of rear (compare with rear of
1983 release)
R-0157-2
Going To San Diego (Allen Ginsberg) -
recorded at the Record Plant, New York, 9-17 Nov 1971, this song is copyrighted to Allen Ginsberg even
though Ginsberg publicly credited Bob with the musical arrangement
First released on Allen Ginsberg's US John Hammond Records 2LP set First Blues,
see
1983.
R-0159-3 Vomit Express
(Allen Ginsberg/Bob Dylan) - recorded
at the Record Plant, New York, 9-17 Nov 1971
First released on Allen Ginsberg's US John Hammond Records 2LP set First Blues,
see
1983, also released on Allen Ginsberg's 1994
Rhino Word Beat CD boxed set Holy Soul Jelly Roll,
see 1994.
A 3CD boxed set, The Last Word On "First Blues", was released on Omnivore Records in May 2016, see 2016. This set includes the two LPs from First Blues as CDs 1 and 2, and a bonus disc containing four previously unreleased recordings with Bob: Nurse's Song, Spring (Merrily Welcome) and September on Jessore Road from these 1971 sessions, and Do The Meditation Rock from Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, in Feb 1982. The versions of Nurse's Song and September on Jessore Road from Allen Ginsberg's 1994 Rhino Word Beat CD boxed set Holy Soul Jelly Roll, see 1994, are different recordings, Nurse's Song without Bob.
Thanks to Harold Lepidus for information.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - hybrid SA-CD two disc release, Audio Fidelity AFZ2 145 (USA), Apr 2013:
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This hybrid SA-CD high quality audio two disc release has
been remastered from the original master tapes by Steve Hoffman and is
released by Audio Fidelity under licence from Sony Music/Columbia. The live
performance of Tomorrow Is A Long Time
is not segued into When I Paint My Masterpiece as on the original release,
and includes Bob saying the song title, not included on the Columbia
releases. Both these performances now count as rarities, and the album is listed here as
well as in International Album Releases (Regular Albums).
R-1006 Tomorrow Is A Long Time
R-1007
When I Paint My Masterpiece (3:27)
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information. |
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Harry Belafonte - "Harry Belafonte Vol. 2" - compilation 4CD set, Real Gone Music RGMCD071 (UK), 4 Jun 2013:
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R-0001-30 Midnight Special
(Huddie Ledbetter "Lead Belly")
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Thanks to Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
"The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)" - promo and commercial limited deluxe edition 4CD-R and 4CD releases, Columbia/Legacy 88883 73488 2 (USA), 28 Aug 2013; Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88883 73488 2 (Europe), 27 Aug 2013:
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music
88883
73488 2
(USA/Europe) - spine of slipcase
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music
88883
73488 2
(USA/Europe) - open end of slipcase
Bob Dylan & The Band: Isle of Wight Live - August 31, 1969
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Thirteen of the seventeen songs are officially released for the first time and are therefore rarities, as is the unedited version of Like A Rolling Stone.
R-1017
I Threw It All Away
- recorded live with The Band at the Isle Of Wight
Festival, 31 Aug 1969
R-1018
Maggie's Farm
- recorded live as R-1017
R-1019
Wild Mountain Thyme (traditional)
- recorded live as R-1017
R-1020
It Ain't Me, Babe
- recorded live as R-1017
R-1021
To Ramona
- recorded live as R-1017
R-1022
Mr. Tambourine Man
- recorded live as R-1017
R-1023
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
- recorded live as R-1017
R-1024 Lay, Lady, Lay
-
recorded live as R-1017
R-1025
One Too Many Mornings
- recorded live as R-1017
R-1026 I Pity The Poor Immigrant
-
recorded live as R-1017
R-1027 Like A
Rolling Stone
- unedited version recorded live as R-1017
Fred Muller says: "The Isle of Wight version, as now released on
CD3 of
Bootleg Series 10, is unedited. During the final chorus, there are
two “like a rolling stone”s sung in unison, then the third has Bob
preceding The Band’s refrain with “just like a rolling stone”, immediately
followed by Bob calling “one more time ... “. This call and the third
“like a rolling stone” were edited from the Self Portrait and
Masterpieces versions, making them one refrain shorter. In fact, now
that I know what to listen for, I can hear the edit on Self Portrait
with headphones."
R-1028
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
- recorded live as R-1017
Full details of these releases are included on the appropriate page of International Album Releases (Regular Dylan Albums).
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scan.
Various Artists - "Inside Llewyn Davies: Original Soundtrack Recording" - film soundtrack album, CD releases: Nonesuch Records 534867-2 (USA), 17 Sep 2013; Nonesuch Records 7599-79591-3 (Europe), 11 Nov 2013; Warner Music WPCR 15439 (Japan), 15 Jan 2014; LP releases: Nonesuch Records 534867-1 (USA), 17 Sep 2013; Nonesuch Records 7599-79591-8 (Europe), 11 Nov 2013:
Nonesuch Records 534867-1/2 (USA), 17 Sep 2013:
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R-0919-2 Farewell
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Apart from R-0919 and a song by Dave Van Ronk, the film soundtrack songs are original recordings produced by T-Bone Burnett, performed by the film's stars such as Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan. For 2014 Blu-ray and DVD releases of the feature film, see VHS & DVD 2010 onwards.
Nonesuch Records 7599-79591-3 (Europe), 11 Nov 2013:
Warner Music WPCR 15439 (Japan), 15 Jan 2014:
There is a second Japanese language booklet. The CD comes in a plastic sleeve inside the card sleeve. Tower Records also included a monochrome version of the booklet available in cinemas, see VHS & DVD 2010 onwards.
Dave Van Ronk:
Songs Heard On The "Inside Llewyn Davis" Movie Soundtrack:
Thanks to Harold Lepidus, "Isis" magazine, Ian Woodward and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information and to Sonny Boy McFitzson for information about and scans of the Japanese release.
Various Artists - "Songs Heard On The "Inside Llewyn Davis" Movie Soundtrack" - compilation CD: Remember Records RMB 75252 (NL), 31 Dec 2013:
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This album in a standard jewel case with a clear CD tray is an alternative to the
Inside Llewyn Davis
soundtrack
album above and was released on the Dutch Remember label on 31 Dec 2013. It is an EU-only
compilation of songs heard in the film
Inside Llewyn Davis
as performed by the original artists including Dave Van Ronk, Ramblin' Jack
Elliott, Joan Baez, Carolyn Hester (with Bob on harmonica!), The New Lost City
Ramblers, and others. It includes Dave Van Ronk's cover of He Was A Friend Of
Mine.
R-0002-10 I'll Fly Away (Albert E. Brumley)
Thanks to Carolyn Hester for information. |
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Doctor Dread - "Theremin In Dub" - limited edition CD release: Tsosume Records TSM 333 (USA), 23 Sep 2013:
R-1093 I For An Eye - Theremin overdub by Doctor Dread of R-0665, his dub remix of I And I from Infidels on Is It Rolling, Bob? A Reggae Tribute To Bob Dylan Vol. 1 (Sanctuary/RAS Records, USA, Aug 2004)
The address of Tsosume ("So Sue Me") Records is given as "50 Nicolayevska Street, Suite 728, Budapest, Czechoslovakia", which is obviously not true, but this has caused the album to be listed on several Internet sites as being from Hungary. As it's not listed by Amazon as an import, Tim Dunn is of the opinion it is actually a US release. 50 Nicolayevska Street, St. Petersburg, Russia, was the childhood home of Léon Theremin (Lev Sergeyevich Termen, 1898-1993), the inventor of the Theremin! Information from "Theremin: Ether Music and Espionage" by Albert Glinsky (University of Illinois Press, 2000).
The original 2CD set with R-0664 and R-0665 was released by RAS/Sanctuary Records in the USA and UK in Aug 2005, see 2004. The bonus "dub" disc with R-0665 was released separately by RAS/Sanctuary Records as Is It Rolling, Bob? Dub Versions: Visions Of Jamaica in the USA and UK in Apr 2005, see 2005.
Thanks to Peter Coulthard for information.
The Band - "Live At The Academy Of Music 1971: The Rock Of Ages Concerts" - 4CD/1DVD boxed set, Capitol Records/Universal UMe B0018770-00 (USA), 17 Sep 2013; Capitol Records/Universal TYCP 60080 (Japan), 11 Dec 2013; 2CD set: Capitol/UM 0602537375356 (Europe), 7 Oct 2013:
Capitol Records/Universal UMe B0018770-00 (USA):
From www.amazon.com: "During the final week of 1971, The Band played four legendary
concerts at New York City's Academy Of Music, ushering in the New Year with
electrifying performances, including new horn arrangements by Allen Toussaint
and a surprise guest appearance by Bob Dylan for a New Year's Eve encore. Select
highlights from the concerts were compiled for The Band's classic 1972 double
LP,
Rock Of Ages.
For the first time, all four of the concerts' multi-track recordings have been
revisited for
Live At The Academy Of Music 1971, a new 4CD+DVD collection. The
expansive new collection features new stereo and 5.1 Surround mixes, including
19 previously unreleased performances and newly discovered footage of two songs
filmed by Howard Alk and Murray Lerner.
Live At The Academy Of Music 1971 is presented in a deluxe, 48-page hardbound
book with previously unseen photos, a reproduction of Rolling Stone's original
Rock Of Ages review by magazine co-founder Ralph J. Gleason, an essay by The
Band's Robbie Robertson, and appreciations of The Band and the set's recordings
by Mumford & Sons and Jim James of My Morning Jacket. The collection's first two
discs feature performances of every song played over the course of the four
concerts, and the New Year's Eve soundboard mix on discs 3 and 4 is uncut, unedited, taken
straight from the master recordings and presented in full for the first time.
The set's DVD presents tracks from discs 1 and 2 in 5.1 Surround Sound, but not
including the four Dylan tracks, plus two filmed performances, both without
Dylan.
The stereo mixes for the first two discs and the DVD's 5.1 Surround Sound mix were
done by Bob Clearmountain, with the stereo mixes for discs 3 and 4 by
Sebastian Robertson and Jon Castelli, assisted by Ryan Nasci. The collection was
mastered by Patricia Sullivan at Bernie Grundman Mastering. The concerts were
originally recorded by Phil Ramone with Mark Harman."
Capitol Records/Universal TYCP 60080 (Japan), 11 Dec 2013:
The Japanese release is just the sealed U.S. box set with a front sticker and a Japanese booklet. The booklet was placed on the back over the U.S. shrink-wrap and has song lyrics in English and Japanese (apparently the translations of the Dylan lyrics are very poor). There is also a Japanese coaster from Tower Records.
Capitol/UM 0602537375356 (Europe), 7 Oct 2013 (2CD set):
29 songs from the Academy of Music residency and New Year's Eve concert remixed by Bob Clearmountain (not the soundboard
mix) have been released on a separate 2CD set in a three panel folded card
sleeve.
For the remastered reissue 2CD set which included the four Dylan tracks for the
first time, see 2001.
The new 2CD set presents these songs in a completely different order - the 2001 2CD set had the original 1972 2LP set (which
was in nowhere near chronological order) on CD1 and ten newly-released tracks
including Bob's encore set separately on CD2, 28 tracks in all, one being the
introduction. Thanks to Brian Grist for pointing out that the songs remixed by
Bob Clearmountain come from all four of the Academy of Music nights, not just
the New Year's Eve show as I originally thought, although they are now presented
in an order that follows that of the original concerts. The 2013 2CD set
includes one previously unreleased
performance left off the 2001 release - Strawberry Wine, which was
included on the 2000 bootleg 2CD set shown above, and the set also includes
Smoke Signal, first
officially released
on The Band’s 2005 box set A Musical History, see 2005.
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin, Sonny Boy McFitzson, Dag Braathen, Hank Wellman, Tim Dunn and Brian Grist for information.
"The Complete Album Collection Vol. One Sampler" - 3CD-R promo set, Columbia/Sony Music (no catalogue number) (USA), Oct 2013/(Europe), 4 Nov 2013:
"The Complete Album Collection Vol. One" - 47CD boxed set: Columbia/Legacy 88691-92431-2 (USA), 5 Nov 2013; Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691-92431-2 (Europe), 4 Nov 2013; USB release: Columbia/Sony Music 88883-77314-5 (USA/Europe), 4/5 Nov 2013:
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This massive set is the latest in a series of "Complete Columbia Album
Collections" featuring artists such as Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Duke
Ellington, Dave Brubeck and even Blue Oyster Cult. A set by Paul Simon is
being released on 15 Oct 2013. This set includes 41 Dylan albums in card
sleeves, 14 of which have been remastered for this project, plus a 2CD set
of previously released non-album tracks entitled Side Tracks. The albums exclude all compilations and The Bootleg Series
sets, but do include the deleted 1973 Dylan album, see 1973, and the extra 2CD set
Side Tracks includes one side of the 1971 single George
Jackson (Acoustic
version), R-0085, see
1971. The
set is therefore listed here. The set also
includes a hard cover book with extensive new liner notes and previously unseen
photos. There are be 35 studio albums, six live albums and the set will also be
available on a harmonica-shaped USB stick in both FLAC and MP3 formats, with digital versions of
the accompanying book and the sleeve notes. For more details of the set, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 2010s. |
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Details of the new release of 1973's Dylan and the 2013 release Side Tracks are given below.
"Dylan" - remastered CD releases in card sleeves, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691924312JK13 (USA), 5 Nov 2013/(Europe), 4 Nov 2013:
R-0097-8 Lily Of The West
(Traditional, arranged E. Davies/J. Peterson)
- New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
3 Jun 1970
R-0100-3 Can't Help Falling In Love (Hugo Peretti/Luigi Creatore/George
David Weiss)
- New Morning out-take,
recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 3 Jun 1970, this track was reportedly
also the
A-side of a South Korean single, see Questionable
Releases
R-0098-2 Sarah Jane
(traditional)
- New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
1 Jun 1970
R-0104-2 The Ballad of Ira Hayes
(Peter La Farge)
- New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
1 Jun 1970
R-0101-5 Mr. Bojangles (Jerry
Jeff Walker)
- New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
1 Jun 1970
R-0103-2 Mary Ann
(traditional)
- New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
1 Jun 1970
R-0102-5 Big Yellow Taxi
(Joni Mitchell)
- New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
4 Jun 1970
This track also appeared on a 1991 Columbia promo CD single Dylan Originals (see
1991)
R-0099-11 A Fool Such As I
(Bill Trader)
- Self Portrait
out-take recorded at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 26 Apr 1969
This is the stereo version, a mono version (presumably a
reduction from stereo) was released on Columbia 7" singles (R-0099M, see
1974)
This song was written by Bill Trader, but is frequently wrongly credited on releases of this album and
Columbia singles to "B. Abner" (Buford Abner) - see authorship note
here!
R-0096-2 Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (Charles Badger Clark/Billy Simon) - band version with backing singers, Self Portrait out-take recorded at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 24 Apr 1969, not the solo version R-0072 (stereo)/R-0072M (mono) released in 1971 as a single B-side, which was a 1970 New Morning out-take. R-0072(M) has three verses, this version omits the second one of those. See the note about writer credits for this song in the entry for R-0072 in 1971. This take is also different from the take released in 2013 on The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971).
1973's Dylan has been released as a separate remastered CD, but only in Japan (Sony Music SICP 30488). If it is released as a separate CD in the USA and Europe I shall remove the album from the Rarities listing!
"Side Tracks" - 2CD sets:
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691924312JK42
(USA), 5 Nov 2013/(Europe), 4 Nov 2013; Sony Music SICP 30519-20
(Japan), 26 Mar 2014;
3LP stereo vinyl sets:
Columbia/Legacy
88883772551
(USA), 29 Nov 2013; Columbia/Legacy/Music On Vinyl MOVLP964 (NL for Europe), 29
Nov 2013:
Thanks to Stephan Weber for information
that Side Tracks is available for download from iTunes as a standalone purchase.
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R-0085-6 George Jackson
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Side Tracks also contains:
R-0748-3 Mixed Up Confusion
-
edited alternate
take of 1962 single A-side (2:22), from original release of Biograph,
see 1985, recorded Columbia Recording Studios,
New York, 1 Nov 1962 (take 10)
For details of the various released alternate takes of this song, see 1962. Many thanks to Roger Ford, Les Kokay, Bob Stacy and Ian Woodward for all their information about these alternate takes, and for permission to reproduce their findings. The original version of this take, with the original backing musicians and at the proper speed (R-0576-2) has now been released, along with six other takes of Mixed Up Confusion, on the Sony Music Europe 4CD-R set The 50th Anniversary Collection in Dec 2012. Although the version of Mixed Up Confusion on the "corrected" 1997 edition of Biograph was a newly discovered stereo version of the original single (R-0888, see 1997), the 2011 European 3CD "ecolbook" release of Biograph contains the alternate take of Mixed Up Confusion from the 1985 release of the set (R-0748 as here). If this is a deliberate change, and not just a "Columbia Cock-up" that will be corrected as in 1997, then the stereo version of the original single will become a rarity again, and has been allocated a new number, R-0888! Thanks to Blake Eikenberry for information that this 2CD set also contains the alternate take of Mixed Up Confusion from the 1985 release of the set (R-0748)! It appears that Columbia have set this "Cock-up" in stone! I am keeping R-0748 listed here in case the situation changes again...
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for pointing out that Positively 4th Street here is 15 seconds longer than the version on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits and Biograph. This is the version formerly listed as R-0049, the alternate stereo mix (4:12), longer than standard single (3:56), from Columbia Disco Teen 66 compilation album, 1966. This version is now included in stereo on the 2012 remastered Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (US release), replacing the single version which is now to be found on CD only on 1985's Biograph (it's also on the non-US release The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, see 2000). Thanks to Carsten Baumann and David Goldsmith for confirmation. The stereo version has ceased to be a rarity, and has been moved to the new Released Rarities page!
The four US and European releases are listed below:
"Side Tracks" - 2CD set: Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691924312JK42 (USA), 5 Nov 2013:
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691924312JK42 (USA) - spine of unfolded
card sleeve
The 2CD set inside The Complete Album Collection Vol. One comes in a folded card sleeve with the pockets for the CDs on both sides of the centre of the inside sleeve. The sleeve has catalogue number "88691924312JK42" on the spine plus "DISCS 46&47" (the 41 albums have catalogue numbers "88691924312JK01" to "88691924312JK41" on the sleeves plus "DISC 1" to DISC 45"), and the US discs are numbered "88691924312D46" and "88691924312D47" (very blurred on the second CD). The European discs were made in the EU, probably in Austria, and are numbered "88691924312-46" and "88691924312-47".
As well as part of The Complete Album Collection Vol. One, Side Tracks with R-0085 and R-0748 was also available as a separate limited numbered edition 3LP vinyl set in a triple gatefold sleeve in the USA and Europe on Black Friday Record Store Day on 29 Nov 2013.
"Side Tracks" - 3LP stereo vinyl set: Columbia/Legacy 88883772551 (USA), 29 Nov 2013:
Columbia/Legacy
88883772551 (USA)
- detail of rear of 3LP set,
scan by Gerd Rundel
The records of the US-pressed copies shown have handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - 88883772551-A, Side 2 - 88883772551-B, Side 3 - 88883772551-C, Side 4 - 88883772551-D, Side 5 - 88883772551-E, Side 6 - 88883772551-F. Each side also has “RKS” handwritten and "STERLING" stamped. This means the albums were mastered at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ, by their senior engineer Ryan K. Smith, as were the records of The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait Columbia US 3LP set, Aug 2013, and the records of The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - The Basement Tapes Raw, Nov 2014, see International Albums (Regular).
Detailed differences from the European 3LP set:
200gm records instead of 180gm records
the front sticker is slightly wider and is a darker red than the EU front sticker
the US rear sleeve has the limited edition number at top right instead of at bottom left
the US rear sleeve has also a different barcode and copyright text
the US inside gatefold sleeve has no “musiconvinyl.com”
the US record labels have different text at top and in the circumference from the EU record labels
the records of the US release are in transparent inner sleeves with white rear paper while the EU records come in plain black inner sleeves with holes cut for the labels
the small flyer has a different catalogue number at bottom right of the rear from that of the EU flyer
"Side Tracks" - 3LP stereo vinyl set: Columbia/Legacy/Music On Vinyl MOVLP964 (NL for Europe), 29 Nov 2013:
Columbia/Legacy/Music On Vinyl MOVLP964 (NL
for Europe) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel
There will also be a (rarities free) single CD release and a 2CD set compiled from the set, both entitled The Very Best Of Bob Dylan, see International Album Releases (Dylan-Only Compilations) 2010s.
"Side Tracks" - promo and commercial 2CD sets: Sony Music SICP 30519-20 (Japan), 26 Mar 2014:
Ian Woodward has a promo copy with a numbered promo sticker on the rear of the card sleeve. Each disc has "SAMPLE LOANED" in English printed in the centre. The Japanese language booklet, printed in green, has translations of Clinton Heylin's notes, Heckel Sugano's notes about where and when recorded and how many times the song was played, with the official lyrics and translations.
About the Blu-spec CD2 release of Side Tracks, Éamonn Ó Catháin says:
Thanks to Gerd Rundel and Sonny Boy McFitzson for scans and to "Isis" magazine, Arie de Reus and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information.
Woody Guthrie - "American Radical Patriot" - 6CD/1DVD boxed set plus 78 rpm record, Rounder Records 11661-9138-3 (USA), 22 Oct 2013:
"50th Anniversary Collection 1963" - 6LP stereo/mono vinyl boxed set, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88883799701 (Europe), 2 Dec 2013:
![]() Columbia/Legacy/ Sony Music 88883799701 (Europe) - front of box (my copy) |
Full details of the 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 6LP set released in Europe only are now here. Thanks to Ronald Born for information and scans. |
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Promotional/Regular Items for 2013
Stereo promo albums and singles for 2013 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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