ON THE TRACKS, USA

   'THE UNAUTHORIZED BOB DYLAN MAGAZINE'. 1993-2003, A4, glossy paper, editors Mick and Laurie McCuiston.
   At first, there were 3 issues a year of ON THE TRACKS, that were sent in February, June and September; then a 4th issue was sent in November, called 'Collector's Issue': it was actually just a catalogue of what was available for sale through ROLLING TOMES.
   Mick and Laurie McCuiston also published the newsletter SERIES OF DREAMS.

   This fanzine looked more like a music magazine. Illustrated by never-before published photographs, it was professionnaly produced by Mick and Laurie McCuiston from their home in Grand Junction, Colorado.
   Their address was well known by Dylan collectors in the 90s as they also ran ROLLING TOMES, the goldmine where you could easily order any official Dylan stuff: magazines, dylanzines, books -out of print and news-, sheet music, songbooks, tour programmes, posters, but also T-shirts, buttons, cassettes, records and videos...  a real collector's dream! Long time before Amazon and eBay, selling Dylan stuff became a full time job for Mick and Laurie...
   Due to Mick's severe healh problems they had to stop the publication, what was done without any anouncement, while some people had paid for issues they never received...

   Let's forget that sad end and have a look at the great covers.

   NOTE: Though there is a gap in the numeration between Vol 10 #2 and Vol 11 #3, this is the complete available set, and the 'missing issues' do not seem to exist.
   From Vol 3  #2 no publication date was noted on the front covers, but the mention 'Display until'. This was aimed to the shops where the Fanzine was sold; it is noted '➔' on the images below. As ON THE TRACKS was supposed to stay displayed for a couple of weeks, this gives an idea on the date of its publication.

Subscription flyer

Below: Presentation flyer (front and back)

#1, Summer 1993	#2, Fall/Winter 1993	#3, Spring 1994
#4, Fall 1994	#5, Spring 1995	Vol 3 #2,➔ 15 Nov 1995 ('➔' means 'Display until')
Vol 3 #3 ➔ 15 February 1996	Vol 4 #1, ➔ 15 June 1996	Vol 4 #2, ➔ 15 October 1996
Vol 4 #3 (OTT #9) ➔ 15 February 1997	Vol 4 #4 ➔ 28 February 1997	Vol 5 #1 (OTT 10) ➔ 15 June 1997
Vol 5 #2 (OTT 11) ➔ 15 October 1997	Vol 5 #3 (OTT 12) ➔ 15 February 1998	Vol 5 #4 ➔ 28 February 1998
Vol 6 #1 (OTT 13) ➔ 15 June 1998	Vol 6 #2 (OTT 14) ➔ 15 September 1998	Vol 6 #3 (OTT 15) ➔ January 1999
Vol 6 #4 ➔ 1 March 1999	Vol 7 #1 (OTT 16) ➔ 15 June 1999	Vol 7 #2 (OTT 17) ➔ 15 December 1999
Vol 7 #3 ➔ March 2000	Vol 8 #1 (OTT 18) ➔ 30 April 2000	Vol 8 #2 (OTT 19) ➔ 15 September 2000
Vol 8 #3 (OTT 20) ➔ 31 March 2001	Vol 8 #4 ➔ 15 May 2001	Vol 9 #1 (OTT 21) ➔ 31 August 2001
Vol 9 #2 (OTT 22) ➔ 15 February 2002)	Vol 9 #4 ➔ 31 July 2002	Vol 10 #1 (OTT 23) ➔ 30 September 2002
Vol 10 #2 ➔ 31 March 2003	Vol 11 #3 ➔ 1 December 2003	Vol 11 #4 (last "issue", undated)