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Announcing "Bob Dylan Worldwide -The First Twenty Years" - the first instalment of what will hopefully be the definite Dylan discography, published by Christoph Maus/Maus of Music, Hamburg, Germany

. This was published in advance of Bob's 75th birthday, in mid-April 2016. Heartfelt thanks to the contributors to this site who have helped with preparing this book - they are credited for their contributions. Please buy this book from "Isis" here

. Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for news the book can be bought in Japan from Disk Union here

. Sample pages from the book are shown here.-

8 Feb 2018: This web-site is no longer labelled as "Not Secure" by Google Chrome and other browsers, because I have upgraded the site security to Secure Hosting (HTTPS). However, there has always been little risk because this web-site is totally passive, and visitors can only view pages, there is no interaction. It does not use cookies to track your movements, and does not gather any information from you at all.

23 Jan 2020: Thanks to Jack from Canada for news that there will be a 2CD compilation exclusive to Japan that will be released on 25 Mar 2020 in conjunction with Bob's Spring 2020 Japanese tour. The title is The Japanese Singles Collection and it will include some rarities. Also being released on 1 Apr 2020 is a reproduction of the 1965 Japanese single Subterranean Homesick Blues/She Belongs To Me. This will be pressed on red vinyl.

15 Jan 2020: Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for news that Secret 7" will be releasing a set of seven limited edition 7" singles in 2020 with original cover artwork. Bob's contribution will be Blind Willie McTell from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3. (This song was released on a promo CD single in 1991, but as far as I know has never appeared on a vinyl single.) Other artists will include Aretha Franklin and Miles Davis. The final covers have yet to be chosen, and could be by famous or previously unknown artists. All records will be priced at £70, and will go on sale on the 31st May 2020 at London’s NOW gallery, in support of Help Refugees. For more information, see https://thevinylfactory.com/news/secret-7-inch-2020/

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