No, don't assume that. We don't know why it was never on an album, but there are also plenty of other songs - originals and covers - that he recorded but didn't put on an album. Sixteen original songs were released for the first time in 1999 on the Rhino boxed set Songbook. That collection was limited to original songs, but many of his albums have had covers too. For example, his first UA album, released in 1966, had three covers and his most recent original album, A Painter Passing Through (Reprise, 1998), had two. It's a matter of choices.
Even though the video is out of print, you can probably still find a used copy. Many have been sold at Ebay. And the movie has been broadcast by the cable channel Encore - on at least two occasions during 2000. So you can watch for another broadcast.
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[This message has been edited by vlmagee (edited January 03, 2001).]