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"I haven't known peace and quiet for so long I can't remember what it's like."
Bob Dylan, "Idiot Wind", © 1974/2002 Ram's Horn Music

"By popular demand", here's a list of the latest Bob Dylan Rarity Updates made to the site. If you have any items to add to the site, please contact me here. Please make sure the subject of your message includes the word "Dylan"- this will ensure it's not deleted by the site Spam filter. This is absolutely vital - incoming Spam has been up to 13,300 messages per day, and I'm sure some of your valuable messages have been missed! Please retry if your message was rejected or if you haven't received a reply.

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Revised: 26 January, 2023

Recent Updates

This list by date covers the last two months, and only includes new entries, not changes or corrections to existing entries.

There is at present a large backlog for additions, for this and the up-to-date list of wanted releases, see here. The last item to be added was submitted on 7 Jan 2023. Please check the backlog list before submitting entries, too many duplicate submissions (especially of new releases) have been received in the past. Please note, in order to reduce the huge number of submissions, only submit scans of new items. If you have a variant copy of an item already listed on the site, please submit only a text description of your item that can be pasted into the web page. This will make the additions significantly easier to handle, and avoid web pages becoming too long. This is a permanent policy for the site, now being enforced. Thank you for your co-operation.

"Bob Dylan Worldwide -The First Twenty Years" is 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.

Work on my long-standing projects, including a new Dylan discography book, is still very incomplete. I shall therefore still be giving this priority over web-site updates, so please be patient if your contribution does not appear for some time.

Rarities Updates:		Other Updates:
23 Jan 2023	26 Jan 2023
Highway 61 Revisited - CBS UK mono vinyl release of 1965 album added to Mono Album Releases	Highway 61 Revisited - Columbia Canada mono vinyl release of 1965 album added to Mono Album Releases
16 Jan 2023	18 Jan 2023	21 Jan 2023	24 Jan 2023		25 Jan 2023
Harry Belafonte [Harry Belafonte] - Castle Communications Premium Masters Australia CD compilation with Bob playing harmonica on Midnight Special added to 1989	Bringing It All Back Home - 1967 CBS UK mono vinyl release of 1965 album added to Mono Album Releases	Nashville Skyline - 1990s Columbia Holland stereo cassette release of 1969 album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Bringing It All Back Home - 1960s Columbia Canada stereo vinyl release of 1965 album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Baby Stop Crying/New Pony - CBS UK 12" stereo test pressing with two tracks from Street-Legal added to International Singles: 7" & 12" Singles & EPs 1978	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II/ Very Young And Early Songs [Cat Stevens] - 1972 AFRTS US radio broadcast stereo vinyl release with six tracks from 1971 double compilation album added to International Album Releases (Regular)
15 Jan 2023	16 Jan 2023	11 Jan 2023	14 Jan 2023	20 Jan 2023	21 Jan 2023
16 Top Tracks [Harry Belafonte] - RCA Diamond Series West Germany CD compilation with Bob playing harmonica on Midnight Special added to 1988	Harry Belafonte [Harry Belafonte] - BMG Ariola Express West Germany CD compilation with Bob playing harmonica on Midnight Special added to 1989	The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - 2022 Columbia Europe stereo limited edition blue vinyl release of 1963 album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Another Side Of Bob Dylan - 1967 Columbia Canada stereo vinyl release of 1964 album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Dylan - 1985 Discos CBS Spain stereo vinyl LP release of 1973 album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Blonde On Blonde - 1980s CBS UK stereo cassette release of 1966 double album added to International Album Releases (Regular)
13 Jan 2023	15 Jan 2023	1 Jan 2023	2 Jan 2023	3 Jan 2023	9 Jan 2023
Really The Best [Joan Baez] - Vanguard/ZYX Music Germany 2CD compilation including a duet with Bob on Blowin' In The Wind and eight Dylan covers added to 1997	The Belafonte Song Book [Harry Belafonte] - 1988 RCA Special Products/Pair Records US CD release of 1984 stereo vinyl 2LP compilation with Bob playing harmonica on Midnight Special added to 1984	The Best Of "A Musical History" [The Band] - 2007 Capitol US promo CD+DVD set with 1965 single Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? later released on Biograph and Forever Young (Slow Version) from Planet Waves added to International Compilations: Dylan Album Tracks on Other Artist's Albums	Songs For The New Depression [Bette Midler] - 1980s Atlantic US CD release of 1976 album with Buckets Of Rain duet with Bob added to 1976	The Basement Tapes [Bob Dylan/The Band] - 1990s CBS/Sony Spain stereo vinyl 2LP release of 1975 double album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Biograph - 1986 CBS/Sony Japan 5LP release of 1985 compilation added to International Album Releases (Regular)
12 Jan 2023	13 Jan 2023	19 Dec 2022	30 Dec 2022
Rattle And Hum [U2] - Island US/Europe/Australia CD releases with Bob playing on Love Rescue Me and Hawkmoon 269 plus cover of All Along The Watchtower added to 1988	Rare, Live & Classic [Joan Baez] - Vanguard/ZYX Music Germany 3CD release including three duets with Bob and four Dylan covers added to 1993	Blonde On Blonde Vol. 2 - 1969 CBS West Germany promo stereo vinyl release of Record 2 of 1966 double album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	The Basement Tapes [Bob Dylan/The Band] - 1976-76 Discos CBS Spain stereo vinyl 2LP release of 1975 double album for sale in the UK added to International Album Releases (Regular)	The Basement Tapes [Bob Dylan/The Band] - 2017 Columbia/Sony Music Europe stereo vinyl 2LP release of 1975 double album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Music From The Motion Picture "Wonderland" - Sony Music US promo film soundtrack CD-R with Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn), the live version with The Band from the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival released on Self Portrait, added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2003
11 Jan 2023		14 Dec 2022		15 Dec 2022	16 Dec 2022
No Reason To Cry [Eric Clapton] - 1986/1987 Polydor US/Brazil CD releases of 1976 album with Bob duetting with Eric on Dylan composition Sign Language added to 1976	No Reason To Cry [Eric Clapton] - 1986 Polydor Brazil CD release of 1976 album with Bob duetting with Eric on Dylan composition Sign Language added to 1976	The Basement Tapes [Bob Dylan/The Band] - CBS Rhodesia stereo vinyl 2LP release of 1975 double album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Hard Rain [Bob Dylan/The Rolling Thunder Revue] - CBS West Germany stereo vinyl test pressing of 1976 live album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits - 1980s Columbia/CBS Canada CD release of 1967 compilation album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	L'Explosion Rock 61/66 - 2012 Sony Music France 2CD set added to International Album Releases (Dylan-Only Compilations) 2010s
7 Jan 2023	10 Jan 2023	9 Dec 2022	10 Dec 2022
Language Barrier [Sly & Robbie] - 1980s US and West Germany Island CD releases with Bob playing harmonica on No Name On The Bullet added to 1985	Crossroads [Eric Clapton] - Polydor West Germany 4CD release of 1988 6LP compilation with Bob duetting with Eric on otherwise unreleased Dylan composition Sign Language from Eric's 1976 RSO album No Reason To Cry plus two Dylan covers added to 1988	Savages - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Various Artists] - Varese Sarabande US film soundtrack CD release with Romance In Durango from Desire added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2012	West Of Memphis: Voices For Justice [Various Artists] - Legacy US film soundtrack CD release with Ring Them Bells from Oh Mercy added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2013	The Vietnam War - The Soundtrack [Various Artists] - Universal Music/Sony Music Europe TV series soundtrack 2CD release with three Dylan album tracks and a Dylan cover added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2017	Bad Santa 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Various Artists] - Red River Entertainment US film soundtrack CD release with Winter Wonderland from Christmas In The Heart added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2017
30 Dec 2022	31 Dec 2022	8 Dec 2022	9 Dec 2022
Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording [Various Artists] - Nonesuch Records US promo film soundtrack CD release with otherwise unreleased version of Farewell, out-take from The Times They Are A-Changin', added to 2013	Rise [Gabrielle] - Go Beat/Universal US 4-track CD single including a sample of Knockin' On Heaven's Door from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid on album version of title track added to 2000	Dylan - 1980s CBS Holland stereo cassette release of 1973 album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	The Basement Tapes [Bob Dylan/The Band] - Discos CBS Spain stereo vinyl 2LP test pressing of 1975 double album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Silver Linings Playbook - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Various Artists] - Sony Classical US film soundtrack CD release with Girl from the North Country with Johnny Cash from Nashville Skyline added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2012	Silver Linings Playbook - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Various Artists] - Sony Classical South Korea film soundtrack CD release with Girl from the North Country with Johnny Cash from Nashville Skyline added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2012
30 Dec 2022		7 Dec 2022			8 Dec 2022
What Do All These Recording Artists Have In Common??? [Al Kooper/Various Artists] - Columbia/Legacy US promo CD with excerpts of Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited and Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again from Blonde On Blonde added to 2001	Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood [Various Artists] - Sony Classical UK promo CD-R release of 2002 film soundtrack album with Bob singing Waitin' For You added to 2002	True Blood: Music From The HBO Original Series - Volume 2 [Various Artists] - Elektra Europe TV series soundtrack CD release with Beyond Here Lies Nothin' from Together Through Life added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2010	The Help: Music From The Motion Picture [Various Artists] - Geffen Europe film soundtrack CD release with Don't Think Twice, It's All Right from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2011	The Music Never Stopped - Music From The Motion Picture - Rhino US film soundtrack CD release with I Threw It All Away from Nashville Skyline added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2011	New Morning - 1990s Columbia Holland stereo cassette release of 1970 album added to International Album Releases (Regular)
12 Dec 2022	30 Dec 2022	7 Dec 2022
Blonde On Blonde - 1969 CBS UK mono vinyl 2LP release of 1966 double album added to Mono Album Releases	Where's Bob Dylan When You Need Him? [John Oszajca] - Interscope US promo CD single with radio edit of title track with sample of License To Kill from Infidels added to 2000	Desire - CBS Australia 8-track stereo release of 1976 album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Empire Burlesque - CBS Australia stereo cassette release of 1985 album added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Mad Men The Complete First Season [Various Artists] - 2008 Lionsgate New Zealand 3DVD release including Don't Think Twice, It's All Right from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan added to VHS & DVD (Films with Dylan Album Tracks) 2005-09	Parenthood [Various Artists] - Arrival Records/Scion Music Group US TV series soundtrack CD release with Forever Young by Bob Dylan and The Band from Planet Waves and cover of Forever Young added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2010
9 Dec 2022		4 Dec 2022	5 Dec 2022		6 Dec 2022
Bringing It All Back Home - 2010 RTI US mono vinyl test pressing of 1965 album added to Mono Album Releases	Inside Llewyn Davis: Original Soundtrack Recording [Various Artists] - Nonesuch Records Australia film soundtrack CD release with otherwise unreleased version of Farewell, out-take from The Times They Are A-Changin', added to 2013	Religulous: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Various Artists] - Lionsgate US film soundtrack CD release with Highway 61 Revisited (album track) added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2008	Watchmen: Music From The Motion Picture- Warner Sunrise/Reprise Australia/South Korea/Thailand film soundtrack CD release with The Times They Are A'Changin' (1964 album track) plus covers of All Along The Watchtower and Desolation Row added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2009	Away We Go - Zero Summer/Shock Entertainment Australia film soundtrack CD release with Meet Me In The Morning from Blood On The Tracks added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2009	Bob Dylan At Budokan - CBS New Zealand stereo cassette release of 1978 live double album added to International Album Releases (Regular)
5 Dec 2022		2 Dec 2022	3 Dec 2022	4 Dec 2022
Texas Tornado [Sir Douglas Band] - 2006 Collector's Choice/Rhino US CD re-release of 1973 Atlantic album with Bob playing on three tracks added to 1973	Q - The Musical Biography [Quincy Jones/Various Artists] - Rhino US 4CD boxed set with Bob contributing to 1985 charity single We Are The World added to 2001	Temptation: Music From The Showtime Series 'Californication' First Season [Various Artists] - Abkco Records Europe film soundtrack CD release with If You See Her, Say Hello from Blood On The Tracks added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2007	Biograph - 1980s CBS Holland 3CD release of 1985 5LP compilation added to International Album Releases (Regular)	Der Baader Meinhof Komplex: Original Soundtrack [Various Artists] - Warner Music Germany film soundtrack CD release with Blowin' In The Wind from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2008	W: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Various Artists] - Silver Screen UK film soundtrack CD release with With God On Our Side from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2008
2 Dec 2022		1 Dec 2022	2 Dec 2022
Lucky You: Music From The Motion Picture [Various Artists] - Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax Europe film soundtrack CD release with exclusive song Huck's Tune and Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited added to 2007	Lucky You: Music From The Motion Picture [Various Artists] - Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrax Taiwan film soundtrack CD release with exclusive song Huck's Tune and Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited added to 2007	Banda Sonora Original De "Salvador Puig Antich" [Original Soundtrack From "Salvador Puig Antich"] [Various Artists] - Sony BMG Spain film soundtrack CD release with Knockin' On Heaven's Door from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2006	Joe Strummer - The Future is Unwritten: Music From The Julien Temple Film [Various Artists] - Legacy Canada film soundtrack CD release with Corrina, Corrina from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2007	Joe Strummer - The Future is Unwritten: Music From The Julien Temple Film [Various Artists] - Sony BMG/Legacy Argentina film soundtrack CD release with Corrina, Corrina from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2007	Joe Strummer - The Future is Unwritten: Music From The Julien Temple Film [Various Artists] - Sony BMG/Legacy Taiwan film soundtrack CD release with Corrina, Corrina from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan added to International Album Releases (Various Artists Compilations) 2007

The main Rarities List is now in individual year pages, which now contain only the main Rarities List. Access the yearly pages by going to the appropriate decade (Part 1 - the 1960s, etc.). The Rarities header page for each decade contains links to the other audio pages for that decade. To remove some confusion I no longer use separate R-numbers for mono and stereo rarities - a mono version now has the same R-number as the stereo version with an "M" suffix, e.g. the mono version of "R-0001" is "R-0001M". This has released several R-numbers which have now been reused.

International Mono Releases has a page per official album plus several more for compilation albums. Mono 7" Singles & EPs (up to 1976) also have their own pages.

International Stereo Releases is split into "Regular Albums" (again with one page per album), "Dylan-Only Compilations", "Various Artists Compilations" (each in multiple sections) and "International Stereo Singles". All stereo promo album releases including Radio Station albums are included in the appropriate album page in International Albums (Regular). Similarly, all stereo promo singles are included in the appropriate singles pages of International Singles. Stereo singles are in a single multi-part chronological list. For links see below.

"VHS & DVD" is split into multiple pages by decade. All Honourable Mentions are here. Traveling Wilburys rarities are here.

[VHS & DVD] [International Mono Releases] [International Stereo Releases]

In answer to queries about making the pages "printer-friendly", the volatility of the site means I strongly discourage people from printing out these pages. Any printed page would soon be out-of-date! For proof of this, just see above. Also, because of the regular page restructuring that seems to be required as the site expands, if you link to the site, it's best to link to the Home Page only.

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!

Ongoing virus and spam effect on mail services

I obviously have to make this site's email address openly available so it's being abused by third parties to send Spam. Some correspondents use ISPs whose Anti-Spam policies now reject replies from me as Spam. If I can't send a message to you, I'll post a reply on this page. Therefore, if you're expecting a reply from me and haven't received one, please look here.

Picture Submissions:

Because of the huge number of submissions to this site I would be very grateful if you could submit scanned pictures 100% ready to be added to a page. Sadly, digital photos are usually disappointing with unrealistic colours, unwanted reflections and badly distorted geometrically, so I prefer not to use them. Taking digital photos and sending them to me is usually a waste of your time! That means all pictures should be aligned so they're exactly horizontal and vertical, especially label pictures, and cropped to be exactly square (or 2:1 if gatefold). I add pictures to the site at 320x320 (640x320 for gatefold) but I like submissions to be 300 dpi so I can show details if necessary. Pictures of sleeve/label details you submit should be either 1:1, 2:1 or 3:1, I can't easily use pictures on my pages with different width/height ratios as they spoil the look of the pages. Scan LP sleeves in four sections on a flatbed scanner and "stitch" them together in a program like Adobe PhotoShop or Paint Shop Pro to show the whole sleeve. (It's easy!)

So long, eBay! In view of the poor quality of description and illustration of items from eBay and other online auction sites, together with the high probability that items are counterfeit, no more items from such sites will be considered for inclusion here. I've also been told that featuring eBay items here has led to higher prices. Thanks to those who have submitted eBay links in the past, but please don't do so in future under any circumstances.

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Searching For A Gem: Recent Updates The "Never Ending Listing" (Title suggested by Gerd Rundel)

Searching For A Gem: Recent Updates
The "Never Ending Listing"
(Title suggested by Gerd Rundel)