"Searching For A Gem"

 Audio: International Album Releases - Index of Regular Albums


Picture from the Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM - the Graphix Zone production team in "1960s Greenwich Village" holding all the Bob Dylan albums released before 1995 - for details of the CD-ROM see 1995

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Revised 01 October, 2024.


Bob's Regular Stereo Albums

For regular mono albums, see here. Multi-packs with more than one regular album are listed here. Promo releases of regular albums are now listed on the appropriate album page. Note that some countries like the USA and UK have so many variations amongst 1960s Dylan albums that it is impossible for every combination to be listed on the mono and stereo album pages!

Bob Dylan 1962
Bob Dylan (1962)

Freewheelin' 1963
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)

The Times They Are A-Changin' 1964
The Times They Are A-Changin' (1964)

Another Side 1964
Another Side Of
Bob Dylan (1964)

Bringing It All Back Home 1965
Bringing It All Back Home (1965)

Highway 61 Revisited 1965
Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

Blonde On Blonde 1966
Blonde On Blonde
(1966)
Greatest Hits 1967
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967)

Greatest Hits* (UK, 1967)
John Wesley Harding 1968
John Wesley Harding
(1968)
Nashville Skyline 1969
Nashville Skyline
(1969)
Self Portrait 1970
Self Portrait
(1970)

New Morning 1970
New Morning
(1970)

Greatest Hits Vol. II 1971
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II (1971)
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More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits* (UK, 1971)
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid 1973
Bob Dylan Soundtrack: Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
(1973)

Dylan 1973
Dylan (1973)

Planet Waves 1974
Planet Waves
(1974)
Before The Flood 1974
Before The Flood
(1974)
Blood On The Tracks 1975
Blood On The Tracks
(1975)
The Basement Tapes 1975
The Basement Tapes
(1975)
Desire 1976
Desire
(1976)
Hard Rain 1976
Hard Rain
(1976)
Street-Legal 1978
Street-Legal
(1978)
Bob Dylan At Budokan 1978
Bob Dylan At Budokan
(1978)
Slow Train Coming 1979
Slow Train Coming
(1979)
Saved 1980
Saved
(1980)
Shot Of Love 1981
Shot Of Love
(1981)
Infidels 1983
Infidels
(1983)
Real Live 1984
Real Live
(1984)
Empire Burlesque 1985
Empire Burlesque
(1985)
Biograph 1985
Biograph
(1985)
Knocked Out Loaded 1986
Knocked Out Loaded
(1986)
Down In The Groove 1988
Down In The Groove
(1988)
Dylan & The Dead 1989
Dylan & The Dead
(1989)
Oh Mercy 1989
Oh Mercy
(1989)
Under The Red Sky 1990
Under The Red Sky
(1990)
The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 1991
The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3
(1991)
Good  As I Been To You 1992
Good As I Been To You
(1992)
30th Anniversary Concert Celebration 1993
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
(1993)
World Gone Wrong 1993
World Gone Wrong
(1993)
Greatest Hits Vol. 3 1994
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (1994)
MTV Unplugged 1995
MTV Unplugged
(1995)
Time Out Of Mind 1997
Time Out Of Mind
(1997)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 1998
The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 - Live 1966
(1998)
The Essential Bob Dylan 2000
The Essential Bob Dylan
(2000)
"Love And Theft" 2001
"Love And Theft"
(2001)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 2002
The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Live 1975 (2002)

The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964 (2004)
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The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home
: The Soundtrack (2005)
<i>US-only relelease</i>
The Best Of Bob Dylan
(2005)

Modern Times (2006)


Dylan (2007)


The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare And Unreleased 1989-2006 (2008)


Together Through Life (2009)


Christmas In The Heart (2009)


The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (2010)


Bob Dylan In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 (2010)**


Tempest (2012)


The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) (2013)

The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - The Basement Tapes Complete (2014)


Shadows In The Night (2015)


The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge
(2015)


Fallen Angels (2016)


The Real Royal Albert Hall 1966 Concert! (2016)


Triplicate (2017)


The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 - Trouble No More 1979-1981 (2017)


Bob Dylan Live 1962-1966: Rare Performances From The Copyright Collections (2018)


The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood, More Tracks (2018)


The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 - Travelin' Thru 1967-1969 (2019)


Rough And Rowdy Ways (2020)


Bob Dylan 1970 (2021)


The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 - Springtime In New York 1980-1985 (2021)


The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 - Fragments: "Time Out Of Mind" Sessions 1996-1997 (2023)


Shadow Kingdom (2023)

The Complete Budokan 1978 (2023)


Another Budokan 1978 (2023)


The 1974 Live Recordings (2024)
   


Multi-packs

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Mono Albums

   

Multi-packs with more than one regular album are listed here.

*I've also included the two UK Greatest Hits releases from 1967 and 1971 here because they were also released in several other countries worldwide.

**Although 2010's Bob Dylan In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 is available in mono only, it's included here because it's listed on the Albums page of bobdylan.com . The seven-track CD Bob Dylan In Concert: Brandeis University 1963 was originally given away as a bonus disc in a card sleeve with copies of The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos and the 9CD set The Original Mono Recordings. It was released as a regular album as a CD in a jewel case and as an 180gm mono vinyl LP in Apr 2011 and is now on the Albums page of bobdylan.com , which means all seven tracks have now ceased to be rarities and are listed on the Released Rarities page.
 

The book "The Bob Dylan Album File & Complete Discography" by Brian Hinton published by Cassell in the UK in Nov 2006, contains two very flattering references to this web-site, in the introduction on page 7 and in the section on "Websites and Fanzines" on page 449.

The Essential Bob Dylan (2000) was added to the Albums page of bobdylan.com , which meant Things Have Changed from the 2000 Wonder Boys soundtrack (formerly R-0299) ceased to be a rarity. Items containing R-0299 but no other rarities have been moved to the appropriate page of International Stereo Releases.

The Best Of Bob Dylan (released in the USA and Japan in 2005) is also now on the Albums page of bobdylan.com . This is not the same as the 1997 European release of the same name.

The 3CD retrospective set Dylan released on 1 Oct 2007 means the original out-take of Dignity from Oh Mercy that first appeared on the 1998 Touched By An Angel soundtrack album (formerly R-0273) has also ceased to be a rarity. Items containing R-0273 but no other rarities have been moved to the appropriate page of International Stereo Releases.

All the Bootleg Series releases from 1998 or after include former rarities that were listed on this web-site (see Released Rarities). Items containing released tracks but no other rarities have been moved to the appropriate page of International Stereo Releases.

The Bootleg Series Vol. 4 - Live 1966 (1998)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Live 1975
(2002)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964 (2004)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (2005)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 8 - Tell Tale Signs: Rare & Unreleased 1989-2006 (2008)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 (2010)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971) (2013)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - The Basement Tapes Complete (2014)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge (2015)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 - Trouble No More 1979-1981 (2017)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood, More Tracks (2018)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 - Travelin' Thru 1967-1969 (2019)
The Best Of The Bootleg Series (2020)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 - Springtime In New York 1980-1985 (2021)
The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 - Fragments: The "Time Out Of Mind" Sessions 1996-1997 (2023)

The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3  [Rare and Unreleased] 1961-1991 (1991) was released before I created this web-site in 1998, so all the previously unreleased tracks in that release were never allocated R-numbers. Although this set is numbered Vols. 1-3 the three "Volumes" have never been available as separate releases.
 
All the Standard Editions of the first twelve volumes of The Bootleg Series including Nov 2015's The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge were included in the 21CD boxed set The Bootleg Series Collection, released in conjunction with the Dutch newspaper "De Volkskrant" in Holland in Nov 2015.
The Best Of The Bootleg Series was released on 2 Oct 2020 as a 28-track download only.

Future Editions of "The Bootleg Series"

Thanks to Andrea Orlandi for news that the next edition in the Bootleg Series will be released in December 2022. The official title is Fragments: The "Time Out Of Mind" Sessions (1996-1997)/The Bootleg Series Vol. 17. There will be a 4LP/2CD Standard Edition and a 10LP/5CD Deluxe Edition.

Thanks to Walter Zuk for information about an article in "Rolling Stone" about possible new releases for the Bootleg Series being planned by Bob's team. These could include a "Coffee House Years" set featuring Bob's very early 1960s performances in New York. Not only do Columbia have many unreleased tapes, but the copies they have of the tapes that are already in circulation are first generation!

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-dylan-coffeehouse-years-bootleg-series-728571/

Further off could be a live Bootleg Series set with recordings from the Never Ending Tour, which started in 1988 and went on until interrupted in 2020. The resumed tours are called "The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour".

Other sets I'd like to see:

1978 Street-Legal Rundown Studios rehearsal sessions

1986-88 sessions: Knocked out Loaded to Down In The Groove. This would include the known missing out-takes from Down In The Groove, such as Impossible Words This original material is actually far better than it's been given credit for.

1989 Oh Mercy sessions

1992 David Bromberg Chicago sessions

1993 Supper Club concerts, New York

1990s acoustic sessions - out-takes from Good As I Been To You and World Gone Wrong including You Belong To Me

2000/2010s sessions - out-takes from "Love And Theft" to Tempest


Quadraphonic Releases (1974-76)

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Columbia CQ 32872 (USA) - front scan by Olav Langum
Just three Dylan albums were released in quadraphonic sound: Nashville Skyline and Planet Waves in 1974, and Desire in 1976. At the time there were three incompatible audio systems for quadraphonic sound, a confusion which probably led to the format's demise - Columbia releases used the Sony SQ system, Asylum releases used the Quadradisc system.

The two 1974 quadraphonic albums were also released as 8-track tape cartridges, as far as I know in the USA only.


Columbia CQ 32872 (Canada) - front scan by Manuel García Jara


CBS Q-63601 (Spain) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (1974 release)

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CBS Q-63601 (Spain) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1976 release)


Asylum EQ-1003 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia PCQ 33893 (USA) - front scan by Olav Langum ("Quadraphonic" at top left)

Columbia PCQ 33893 (USA for export to UK) - front with "Columbia" covered by "MECOLICO" sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke


Columbia CAQ 32872 (USA) - front of 8-track tape cartridge, scan by Hans Seegers


Asylum 8Q-1003 (USA) - front of 8-track tape cartridge, scan by Hans Seegers

CBS Q 86003 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers ("Quadraphonic" at bottom centre)

CBS Q 86003 (Spain) - front scan by Hans Seegers

CBS SQP 234778 (Australia) - front photo by Peter Lindberg ("Quadraphonic" at lower left)

CBS SBPQ 234778 (New Zealand) - front with sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara

Super Audio CDs (SA-CDs, 2003 onwards)

Super Audio CD (SA-CD) is a high definition read-only optical disc format for audio storage, introduced in 1999. It was developed jointly by Sony and Philips Electronics, and was intended to be the successor to the Compact Disc (CD) format. The SA-CD format offers more audio channels (e.g. surround sound), a higher bit rate, and longer playing time than a conventional CD. SA-CDs are designed to be played on an SA-CD player; however, a hybrid SA-CD contains a Red Book Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA) layer which can be played on a standard CD player.

Columbia releases


Columbia CH 90321 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512348 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10001 (Japan) - enhanced stereo only
Fifteen Dylan albums were released in late 2003 as hybrid SA-CDs. These are playable both in stereo on an ordinary CD player and in enhanced stereo on an SA-CD player or a DVD player that also plays SA-CDs (Sony's higher range models all do this). Some of the titles also contained a 5.1 surround sound layer.


Columbia CH 90327 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512354 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10002 (Japan) - enhanced stereo and 5.1 surround sound


Columbia CH 90326 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512353 6 (Europe)/Sony MHCP 10003 (Japan) - enhanced stereo and 5.1 surround sound

Columbia CH 90324 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512351 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10004 (Japan) - enhanced stereo only

Columbia C2H 90325 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512352 6 (Austria for Europe), Sep 2003; Sony Music MHCP 10005-6 (Japan) - enhanced stereo and 5.1 surround sound (two disc sets)

Columbia CH 90320 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512347 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10007 (Japan) - enhanced stereo only

Columbia CH 90319 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512346 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10008 (Japan)
- enhanced stereo only (released in quadraphonic in 1974)

Columbia CH 90339 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512356 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10009 (Japan)
- enhanced stereo only (released in quadraphonic in 1974)

Columbia CH 90323 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512350 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10010 (Japan) - enhanced stereo and 5.1 surround sound

Columbia CH 90318 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512345 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10011 (Japan)
- enhanced stereo only (released in quadraphonic in 1976)

Columbia CH 90338 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512355 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10012 (Japan) - enhanced stereo only (this is a remastered version of the original 1978 album, not the 1999 remix!)

Columbia CH 90322 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512349 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10013 (Japan)
- enhanced stereo and 5.1 surround sound

Columbia CH 90317 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512344 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10014 (Japan)
- enhanced stereo only

Columbia CH 90316 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512343 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10015 (Japan) - enhanced stereo only

Columbia
CH 90340 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512357 6 (Europe)/Sony Music MHCP 10016 (Japan) - enhanced stereo and 5.1 surround sound

None of the three Dylan albums released in quadraphonic in the 1970s were released in 2003 with 5.1 surround sound. Two other albums originally listed for SA-CD releases in 2003 but not eventually released in that format were Time Out Of Mind and The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966.

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab stereo releases


Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2122 (USA) - front of card sleeve, scan by André Wilbers (new to SA-CD)

These are all limited edition releases in enhanced stereo of 3000 copies only.

In Oct 2016 there was a simultaneous release on hybrid SA-CD and vinyl from the US audiophile company Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab of seven Dylan mono albums excluding Blonde On Blonde. There were no Columbia SA-CD releases of mono albums. For these Mobile Fidelity mono SA-CD releases, see International Mono Releases.


Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2081 (USA) - picture from Music Direct web-site


Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL
UDSACD 2123 (USA) - picture from Mobile Fidelity web-site (new to SA-CD)

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2095 (USA) - front of card sleeve, scan by Manuel García Jara


Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2096 (USA) - front of card sleeve with sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara


Mobile Fidelity
Sound Lab UDSACD 2124 (USA) - front of card sleeve with sticker, scan by André Wilbers


Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2097 (USA) - picture from Music Direct web-site


Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2120 (USA) - picture from Mobile Fidelity web-site (new to SA-CD)


Mobile Fidelity MFSL UDSACD 2125 (USA) - picture from
Music Direct web-site

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2126 (USA) - front picture from
Music Direct web-site


Mobile Fidelity MFSL UDSACD 2127 (USA) - front picture from Music Direct web-site
(new to SA-CD)


Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2202 (USA) - picture from Mobile Fidelity web-site (new to SA-CD)


Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2153 (USA) - picture from Mobile Fidelity web-site


Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2-2128 (USA) - front scan by André Wilbers (new to SA-CD)


Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2098 (USA) - front scan by Manuel García Jara

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2082 (USA) - front with sticker, scan by Dr. Walter Roedl (new to SA-CD)

Mobile Fidelity
Sound Lab UDSACD 2119 (USA) - front of card sleeve (my copy)

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2203 (USA) - front picture from Mobile Fidelity web-site

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2164 (USA) - front picture from Mobile Fidelity web-site

Audio Fidelity stereo/5.0 surround sound releases

 
Columbia/Audio Fidelity AFZ 140 (USA) - front of sealed copy in slipcase (my copy)
As well as Mobile Fidelity, US audiophile company Audio Fidelity has also released versions of three Dylan albums in association with Columbia, two as SA-CDs. The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert At Philharmonic Hall is in both enhanced stereo and 5.0 surround sound.
Audio Fidelity AFZ2 145 (USA) - front of slipcase, picture from Audio Fidelity web-site
(new to SA-CD)

Audio Fidelity AFZ5 230 (USA) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (new to SA-CD)

The 50th Anniversary Collections etc. (2012-20)


50th Anniversary Collection 1962 (2012 - 4CD-R)

50th Anniversary Collection 1963 (2013 - 6LP set)

50th Anniversary Collection 1964 (2014 - 9LP set)


50th Anniversary Collection 1965 (2015 - 208 track download)


The 1966 Live Recordings (2016 - 36CD set)


Bob Dylan Live 1962-1966: Rare Performances From The Copyright Collections (2018 - 2CD set)


The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings (2019 - 14CD set)

50th Anniversary Collection 1969 (2019 - 2CD set)

50th Anniversary Collection 1970 (2020 - 3CD set)

50th Anniversary Collection 1973 (2023 - CD)
   

In 2011 Columbia missed out on having a 50th Anniversary Collection (also known as The Copyright Extension Collection) for 1961, which meant they had to experience the ignominy of seeing Bob's first album (which was recorded in 1961) go out of copyright and dozens of public domain versions of the album appear (see Questionable Releases of Official Dylan Albums and Singles). Since 2012 they've corrected this by releasing all the previously unreleased tracks including live recordings in 50th Anniversary Collections in very limited quantities.

Thanks to Andreas Volkert for the following explanation:

According to Directive 2011/77/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 the situation in regard to phonograms/recordings* is as follows:

The European copyright law from 2011 protects recordings made in 1963 or later for 70 years, but only if the recordings are "lawfully published or lawfully communicated" to the public within 50 years after "fixation" (= recording date). If they are released within that period (the cut off date being Dec. 31) they are protected for 70 years from the date of release. This means that "The Complete Basement Tapes" for example are protected until 2084.

Recordings made before 1963 are out of copyright in the EU, no matter what. Therefore the EU market is overflowing with unauthorized (but legal in the EU) releases of Dylan's first album and Dylan bootleg material from 1961 and 1962 (and classic Jazz and Rock & Roll recordings from the 1950s/early 1960s etc.). This means that Dylan's "1962 Anniversary Collection" proved to be superfluous legally (in the EU). But when it was released (in late 2012) the legal situation was unclear, since the new law had not been passed by the legislature of all EU member states (this process was finally completed in 2013). Therefore Sony/Dylan's people released it just in case.

*Note: The copyright for compositions is different: The actual compositions (written musical notes and lyrics) are protected for life of author + 70 years.

Because of the large amount of 1965 material, the 50th Anniversary Collection 1965 was a 208 track download available only to the 5000 purchasers of The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge Collector's Edition (which is now sold out). This would have required around 20 LPs (or 12 CDs) to add to the 18CD Collector's Edition set. In 2016 the expected 50th Anniversary Collection 1966 was in fact a massive 36CD set called The 1966 Live Recordings. All the 1966 studio recordings had been included in The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge Collector's Edition. As well as the 2014 6CD set The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes Complete, recorded throughout 1967, the album John Wesley Harding was recorded at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, in Oct/Nov 1967, however the expected 50th Anniversary Collection 1967 with all the recordings from those sessions was not released at the end of 2017, although some of these recordings appeared on The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 - Travelin' Thru 1967-1969. As Bob did not record anything in 1968, there was no 50th Anniversary Collection 1968. A compilation 2CD set, Bob Dylan Live 1962-1966: Rare Performances From The Copyright Collections, was released by Sony Music in Japan in July 2018, later released worldwide. The 14CD set The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings released in June 2019 is listed on the bobdylan.com Albums Page even though it was a Limited Edition. I am choosing to consider this release a rarity until such time I hear that its status as a Limited Edition has changed and it is on permanent general sale. The 50th Anniversary Collection 1969, a very limited 2CD set, was released on 6 Dec 2019. The 50th Anniversary Collection 1970 was released on 4 Dec 2020 as a very limited 3CD set, although subsequently released on 26 Feb 2021 with new artwork as Bob Dylan 1970. There was no release in 2021 despite there being expected unreleased material from the 1971 New York sessions with Leon Russell that produced Watching The River Flow and the Happy Traum sessions that provided the Side 4 material for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II. The 50th Anniversary Collection 1973 was released on 15 Dec 2023 as a very limited single CD.


Online Availability

Notes from Harald Sigvartsen

Most regular releases with Bob Dylan are available, but they are sorted a little differently in Spotify and Tidal. In additions it’s only fair to mention “The Rolling Thunder Revue” released in summer of 2019, which also only are available as a ten-track sampler.

In Spotify the releases are sorted into “albums”, “singles and EPs”, and “compilation albums” + an “artist playlists” listed as a separate category. Other albums that have a Bob Dylan-track are not available in Spotify, and one can only wonder why. “Sadly the 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration Deluxe Edition (nor its original from 1993) isn’t available in Spotify, as it was a semi-official Dylan-release – or, at least,  it’s on the album page on bobdylan.com (they both are).  One release which is NOT on Spotify is Biograph, a fact that to me is quite astonishing. This album is sort of “mother” to all later box-sets dealing with the past of an artist – and in many’s opinion both the prequel and starting point for all the later released The Bootleg Series installments. It’s available, though, as an user-created playlist (by Brett Landis, to be precise).

In Tidal the categories are these:  “albums”,  “compilation albums”, “live albums” [or, directly translated “concert albums”], “singles and EPs”, “playlists”, and “Videos”. The 30th Anniversary  Concert Celebration Deluxe Edition release from 2014 are listed under “participates on”, with a number of other Dylan-related releases (such as soundtracks, tribute albums, and other,  mostly non-related Dylan, albums (which seem to be streaming releases only). One thing I noticed is that Dylan (from 1973) is listed under “compilations” , and that the 2007 Dylan compilation is not listed at all (same goes for Spotify, by the way). And, oddly, Biograph is listed under “live albums” – not under “compilations”, which one would’ve expected.

In iTunes – which is another matter (together with Google Play) – The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood, More Tracks, The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 - Travelin' Thru 1967-1969 and The Rolling Thunder Revue: The 1975 Live Recordings are available in complete editions. The only release not available is the box-set with the 1966 tour, The 1966 Live Recordings. The career spanning multi-disc set The Complete Album Collection Vol. 1 is not available for download in iTunes, but the Japanese “decades” parts are (the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s/00s sets are sold separately , as well as albums individually within the decades’ sets). The latter set, “90s/00s”, is not available as a whole, here the albums are sold separately within the set. MTV Unplugged is the US-version, and Tell Tale Signs from 2008 is the 28 track standard version (the double disc set + one track only available as download) – and not the 39 track Deluxe Edition [and with the Bonus Track a total of 40 tracks].


This page is an index to the pages on this site that give details of all international commercially-released regular stereo Bob Dylan albums released in the USA and available commercially today, as listed on the Albums page of bobdylan.com . If you click on the album picture at the top of each page you'll be taken to the appropriate page on bobdylan.com to see track list information, etc. US Greatest Hits albums are now reached from this page also, non-US Greatest Hits compilations are listed on the International Albums (Greatest Hits) page. Multi-packs with more than one regular album are listed here. Mono albums are listed here.

These albums do not contain rarities or obscurities and are not eligible for the Searching For A Gem list. Nevertheless, their interest value or scarcity means they're worth listing here - as far as I know details of all international releases in all formats are not included on any other Internet site. I know from correspondence that many younger Dylan fans have never seen the original albums and their artwork, which is obviously much more impressive at the 12" size than when reduced to a 5" CD booklet (which often has minimal artwork anyway). Maybe these pages will spur people to seek out the original albums! Also, remember the guiding principle of Dylan collecting– every copy of a Dylan album is different in some way from every other copy! This means that it is impossible to list every single variant of every release. Also, unless an album was purchased new from a record shop or from its original purchaser, there is no guarantee it is now in its original sleeve or inner sleeve – dealers “mix and match” to pair up a good quality record with a good quality sleeve, and they don’t have the specialist artist knowledge needed to know when this is wrong. Several examples of this have been sent to me, not listed on the site.

These pages are still incomplete - 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!


Other International Releases pages are now here:

Other International Compilations
International Compilations: Dylan-Only Compilations


International Compilations: Various Artist Albums with Dylan Songs

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International Compilations: Dylan Album Tracks on Other Artist's Albums


US & International Singles & EPs


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