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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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19 Aug 2024: Thanks to André Wilbers for information about Reagan, a biopic starring Dennis Quaid released in cinemas on 30 Aug 2024. It includes an exclusive recording by Bob, Cole Porter's Don't Fence Me In. As far as I know there is no film soundtrack album. 19 Aug 2024: "Mojo" magazine (UK), Oct 2024, includes Forever Young: The Best Of 1974, a cover CD with two tracks by Bob Dylan and The Band from The 1974 Live Recordings, The Times They Are A-Changin' by Bob solo from The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 14 Feb 1974 (track 2) and Something There Is About You by Bob and The Band from Madison Square Gardens, New York, 30 Jan 1974 (track 12). This issue includes an eight page article about the new 1974 release. On the rear of the magazine is an advert for the Bob Dylan Center, Tulsa, OK. Inside the front is an advert for the Rough and Rowdy Ways UK tour, Nov 2024. 19 Aug 2024: The 1974 Live Recordings, a 27CD boxed set by Bob Dylan and The Band, will be released worldwide on 20 Sep 2024. This includes all the tracks previously released on the 2LP set Before The Flood in 1974 as well as Highway 61 Revisited, recorded live with The Band at Madison Square Garden, New York, 31 Jan 1974 (evening show), which appears on the Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History, see 2005. A 3LP Highlights Box Set will be released by Third Man Records featuring songs from The 1974 tour not included on Before The Flood. |
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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
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All the songs
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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]
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All the songs
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alphabetical pages.
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