1993:
Like the 1970s LP Mr. D's Collection #1 (see 1974) and EP Mr. D's Collection #2 (see 1977), this limited release Japanese CD was given away in a Sony album promotion, in this case by buying ten current Sony CDs within a month and sending in the obis. It's one of the highest priced Dylan CD collectables, though not as expensive as Dylan Ga Rock (see below). Every track on this CD was a Dylan rarity until Nov 2002, and even now only one track is released on CD in the USA.
R-0054-7 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - live at Liverpool, May 66, B-side of US 7"single I Want You (see 1966)
This live version, never released on a regular Columbia album, is also on the Japanese promo LP Mr. D's Collection #1 (see 1974), the Japanese promo EP Mr. D's Collection #2 (see 1977), the 1978 Australian set Masterpieces (see 1978), and the Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History (see 2005). It's also on Dylan Ga Rock (see below). All versions are as far as I know still in mono as originally recorded. Sadly, it does not appear on the B-side of a withdrawn CBS Spanish EP (see 1972), because the record was mispressed with It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry from Highway 61 Revisited instead!
R-0064-3 I Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie) - from Tribute To Woody Guthrie, 1972, recorded Jan 1968, see 1972
This performance also appears on the Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History (see 2005).
R-0066-4 The Grand Coulee Dam (Woody Guthrie) - from Tribute To Woody Guthrie, 1972, recorded Jan 1968, see 1972
Now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, see 2001.
R-0084-10 George Jackson ("Big Band" version) - lyrics on bobdylan.com , from 7" single, see 1971
This track also appears on the 1978 Japanese/Australian compilation Masterpieces (see 1978), but is distorted on the CD version - this and Dylan Ga Rock (see below) are the best CD versions available.
R-0085-3 George Jackson (Acoustic version) - 1971 single, see 1971
This was the first CD appearance of this rarity! It was released on a "Limited Tour Edition Bonus Disc" with the 3CD compilation The Essential Bob Dylan in Holland, see 2003.
R-0130-5 Rita May - Desire out-take, released on singles Nov 1976/Jan 1977, see 1976/1977
This track also appears on the 1978 Japanese/Australian compilation Masterpieces (see 1978). It's also on Dylan Ga Rock (see below).
R-0136-2 People Get Ready (Curtis Mayfield) - - rehearsals, Studio Instrumental Rentals, New York, October 1975, from 4 Songs from "Renaldo & Clara" promo 12" single, 1978
R-0138-2 Never Let Me Go (Joseph Wade Scott) - version from 4 Songs from "Renaldo & Clara" promo 12" single, 1978, live with the Rolling Thunder Revue, The Forum, Montreal, Canada, 4 Dec 1975
R-0205-3 Dead Man, Dead Man - live from Saenger Theater, New Orleans, LA, 10 Nov 1981, B-side of 1989 Columbia single (see 1989). Now also available on the 2001 Japanese live compilation Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances (see 2001)
R-0191-5 The Usual (John Hiatt) - from the Hearts Of Fire soundtrack, 1987
R-0202-2 Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie) - from the Columbia Woody Guthrie/Leadbelly tribute album Folkways: A Vision Shared, see 1988. For the video and DVD releases see VHS & DVD 1980s
R-0137-2 It Ain't Me Babe - live version from 4 Songs from "Renaldo & Clara" promo 12" single (see 1978), also released on European Dignity CD singles (see 1995). The version released in Nov 2002 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue, is a remix, so R-0137 remains a rarity. Don Handy considers that this performance is different from the Harvard performance which is on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5 - Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue, and he suggest it actually comes from The Forum, Montreal, Canada, 4 Dec 1975. Both Glen Dundas and Olof Björner confirm the 20 Nov 1975 date, not 4 Dec 1975.