2023

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

"The Philosophy of Modern Song" by Bob Dylan, to be published in Japan on 13 Apr 2023. The obi on the right hand copy says "Translated by Yoshiaki Sato, Published by Iwanami Books Pub. Co."

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!

Titles in red are not available on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com

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Performances currently available on commercial CD are marked by

(these are the ones that count as obscurities rather than as rarities)

Thanks to Jack from Canada for pointing out that Shadow Kingdom and The Complete Budokan 1978 have now been added to the bobdylan.com Albums Page. These titles havetherefore been added toInternational Albums (Regular Album Releases) and removed from this page.

"Time Out Of Mind" - Blu-ray Audio Edition: Sony Music/SDE 19658809229 (Europe), 12 May 2023:

Various Artists - "Arthur Baker Presents Dance Masters: The Classic Dance Remixes" - 4CD set: Demon EDSL0143 (UK), 20 July 2023; 6LP set: Demon DEMRECBOX82 (UK), 20 July 2023; 2LP set: Demon DEMREC1107 (UK), 20 July 2023:

When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky, full length version from Empire Burlesque (album produced by Arthur Baker), is track 11 on CD1 of the 4CD set and track 3 on Side 4 of the 6LP set. It's not on the 2LP set.

R-0611-3 (Ain't Gonna Play) Sun City (The Last Remix) (Miami Steve Van Zandt) - 12" extended remix (9:37) by Artists United Against Apartheid

R-0611 is track 1 on CD3 of the 4CD set, track 2 on Side 2 of both the 6LP and 2LP sets.

The original information that these tracks had been remixed by Nick Robbins was incorrect - he remastered the tracks.

Thanks to Manuel García Jara, André Wilbers, T. J. Jenkins, Luis Borrego Polanko and Jack from Canada for information and scans.

Stevie Nicks - "Complete Albums & Rarities" - 16LP/10CD boxed sets: Rhino R2 698595/603497835966 (USA/Germany), 27 July 2023:

Rhino R2 698595/603497835966 (USA/Germany) - 10CD box rear scan by Jack from Canada

R-0228-2 Just Like A Woman

- Bob plays guitar and harmonica on Stevie's version of his song from Blonde On Blonde, recorded at Oceanway Studios, Los Angeles, CA, Dec 1993, from Stevie's Modern/Atlantic album Street Angel, see 1994

White Stripes - "Third Man Vault Package #58: White Stripes - Live In Las Vegas" -stereo vinyl 3LP set, Third Man Records TMR 953/TMR 954 (USA), 31 Oct 2023:

The B-side of the single is the White Stripes' first live performance of the song from 2 May 2002. A studio recording was released on their 2003 album Elephant.

Thanks to Harold Lepidus, Michael Smith and Aaron Derfel for information and pictures.

"Good As I Been To You" - SA-CD release, Mobile Fidelity UDSACD2258 (USA), Nov 2023:

"Bob Dylan" - three mono master tapes, Columbia (USA, 1961), sold for auction in the USA, 14 Dec 2023:

Description from Guernsey's web-site:

Bob Dylan and producer John Hammond’s recording session’s conversations

Record producer and civil rights activist John Hammond was responsible for discovering an extraordinary array of the twentieth century’s most popular performing artists. A partial list of those who largely owe their careers to Hammond include Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Aretha Franklin, Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen.

On November 20 and 22, 1961, John took a young Bob Dylan into the Columbia Records, NYC recording studio. From those sessions came more than four hours of tape footage and the birth of a legendary career. Titled simply “Bob Dylan,” the album that resulted from those two sessions was far from a commercial success. Nevertheless, it is universally recognized for bringing attention to a man whose words and music powerfully impacted a generation.

As one would imagine, there are multiple “takes” for each of the thirteen songs that ultimately appeared on the three-track album. Fortunately, one of those tracks recorded the control room microphone through which John spoke with Bob. Recorded for posterity - and being heard for the first time though this Guernsey’s offering - is the interesting banter between the producer (Hammond) and the artist (Dylan) as they discuss what the folksinger has chosen to perform. It is certainly interesting to note how young indeed Bob Dylan sounds, and that the selection of the songs for the album was made entirely by Dylan. Unlike today, it seems like little concern was given to such matters as “copyrights.”

R-2335 Man Of Constant Sorrow - 1961 Columbia US mono master tape of track from Bob Dylan with extra dialogue, auctioned in the USA, Dec 2023

Dialogue starts at 50 seconds:

John Hammond: What was the name of that, Bob?
Bob Dylan: “Man of Constant Sorrow.” Did you get that?
Hammond: Sure I did, it’s all right. Who wrote that?
Dylan: I don’t know.
Hammond: Has it been recorded?
Dylan: Not that way.
Hammond: How has it been recorded?
Dylan: A different way, I guess.
Hammond: Who did it?
Dylan: Judy Collins, but not a version like that. That’s a different one. Judy Collins on Electra.
Hammond: On Electra. We’ll find out from Electra who wrote the damn thing.

R-2336 In My Time Of Dyin' - 1961 Columbia US mono master tape of track from Bob Dylan with extra dialogue, auctioned in the USA, Dec 2023

Dialogue starts at 22 seconds:

John Hammond: That is great. I’m going to make an announcement on that because that’s the master right there. All right 68733, just proceeded take one
Bob Dylan: Do you want me to do that again?
Hammond: No, you don’t have to. That’s it. Who wrote “In My Time of Dyin’?
Dylan: I don’t know. Who wrote that?

"50th Anniversary Collection 1973" - limited edition CD release, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19658868312 (Europe), 15 Dec 2023:

This latest addition to the 50th Anniversary Collection series is a single CD in a folded card sleeve. It comes in a limited edition of only 500. The CD was made in the EU.

Les Kokay has carried out a detailed analysis of these tracks against the existing bootlegs. The official tracks are louder and clearer than the bootlegs, but studio chat has been edited out, and some tracks have also been edited. Detailed notes will be added in due course.

R-2337 Billy (Rehearsal 1) (0:41) - from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid Original Soundtrack sessions, recorded at Discos CBS Studios, Mexico City, Mexico, 20 Jan 1973

Demon EDSL0143 (UK) - front of box, scan by Jack from Canada (4CD set with both Dylan tracks)	Demon EDSL0143 (UK) - rear of box, scan by Jack from Canada (4CD set with both Dylan tracks)	Demon EDSL0143 (UK) - CD1 scan by Jack from Canada (includes Bob)	Demon EDSL0143 (UK) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada (no Dylan)	Demon EDSL0143 (UK) - CD3 scan by Jack from Canada (includes R-0611)	Demon EDSL0143 (UK) - C4 scan by Jack from Canada (no Dylan)
Demon EDSL0143 (UK) - contents of box, picture from Super Deluxe Editions web-site (4CD set with both Dylan tracks)	Demon DEMRECBOX82 (UK) - front of box, picture from Super Deluxe Editions web-site (6LP set with both Dylan tracks)	Demon DEMRECBOX82 (UK) - rear of box, picture from Super Deluxe Editions web-site (6LP set with both Dylan tracks)	Demon DEMREC1107 (UK) - front of gatefold sleeve, picture from Super Deluxe Editions web-site (2LP set with R-0611 only)	Demon DEMREC1107 (UK) - rear of gatefold sleeve, picture from Super Deluxe Editions web-site (2LP set with R-0611 only)	Manhattan V-56013 (USA, 1985) - 12" single A-side scan by Manuel García Jara (R-0611)

Rhino R2 698595/603497835966 (USA/Germany) - 10CD box front with sticker, scan by Jack from Canada	Rhino R2 698595/603497835966 (USA/Germany) - front sticker scan by Jack from Canada	Rhino R2 698595/603497835966 (USA/Germany) - 10CD box rear scan by Jack from Canada	Rhino R2 698595/603497835966 (USA/Germany) - 10CD box insert front scan by Jack from Canada	Rhino/Modern Records R2 698595/603497835966-5 (USA/Germany) - front of gatefold card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada	Rhino/Modern Records R2 698595/603497835966-5 (USA/Germany) - rear of gatefold card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada
Rhino/Modern Records R2 698595/603497835966-5 (USA/Germany) - CD scan by Jack from Canada	Rhino/Modern Records R2 698595/603497835966-5 (USA/Germany) - outside of unfolded gatefold card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada		Rhino/Modern Records R2 698595/603497835966-5 (USA/Germany) - inside of gatefold card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada		Modern Records/Atlantic 92246-2 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada (1994 release)

Searching For A Gem"

Bob Dylan's Officially Released Rarities and Obscurities

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