Audio: 1966: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?

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This page contains all 1966 7" singles/EPs with Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? It has been separated from 1966 because of the length of that page. "Blonde On Blonde" album releases with rarities and the major 1966 Dylan 7" singles/EPs with rarities are now listed here:

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Revised: 09 May, 2008.


"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" - 8" mono acetate, Columbia CO 87184 (USA), Dec 1965:

This acetate contained a slightly longer version than that released as a single in Jan 1966. For full details and for a stereo acetate, see the rarities page for 1965.

"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono single, Columbia 4-43477 (USA), Jan 1966:
For an early version of Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? released by mistake in the USA, see 1965.

Dylan discographies give the US release date as 27 Dec 1965, but members of the internet newsgroup rec.music.dylan have disputed this date, claiming the single was not in record stores until Jan 1966. According to Hans Seegers, 27 Dec 1965 is the date the US single was released for airplay (see the stamp on the promo Columbia single), not to stores, and the European release date was definitely Jan 1966. This is supported by the fact that the UK single labels below have the text "P. 1966" and the Dutch single labels below has the text "Recording first published 1966" (Highway 61 Revisited is listed as first published 1965, as you would expect). Also, the French test pressing is dated 5 Jan 1966.

Crawl7USPromoSideA.jpg (23808 bytes)
Columbia 4-43477 (USA) - A-side of promo single, scan by Hans Seegers

R-0488-2 Highway 61 Revisited - mono version on B-side of single (3:20), same as mono album version but slightly shorter than stereo album version (3:28)

Crawl7USPromoSideB.jpg (25320 bytes)
Columbia 4-43477 (USA) - B-side of promo single, scan by Hans Seegers (note date of "Dec 27 1965" - some singles were mislabelled and had this label on both sides even though the A-side played "Crawl")

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Columbia 4-43477 (USA) - A-side of commercial single, scan by Hans Seegers

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Columbia 4-43477 (Canada) - A-side of commercial single, scan by Hans Seegers

On his Electric Dylan site Roger Ford says: "Here the ten seconds of extended play-out in the stereo mix do at least give us a little bit more singing by Dylan - a sort of hummed blues riff in between his blasts on the "police car" whistle, plus a shout just as the track fades."

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.


"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono single, CBS 201900 (UK), Jan 1966:


CBS 201900 (UK) - acetate A-side scan by Arie de Reus
Shown left is a 7" single-sided metal acetate of the A-side of CBS 201900 (UK). Because there's a hole punched through the metal it's not possible to read the release date.

Some copies of the UK single are reported to have had a picture sleeve, but this may well have been one of two "generic" Highway 61 Revisited sleeves sold in 1965 - for illustrations of these generic sleeves provided by Hans Seegers see 7" Singles Sleeves. Other European releases had picture sleeves as shown below.

Thanks to Arie de Reus and Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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CBS 201900 (UK) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS 201900 (UK) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers


"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono singles, CBS 1900 (France), Jan 1966:

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CBS 1900 (France), jukebox single - front scan by Hans Seegers (first variant - large "?" under "N")

Hans Seegers has a test pressing of this French CBS 1900 single with white labels with “5 Janv 1966 1176” rubber stamped. It has the first picture sleeve shown with the large "?".

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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CBS 1900 (France), jukebox single - front scan by Hans Seegers (second variant - small "?" under "N")

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CBS 1900 (France), jukebox single - rear scan by Hans Seegers (same as CBS 2144 from 1965)

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CBS 1900 (France), jukebox single - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS 1900 (France), jukebox single - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (misprint with CBS logo, etc., missing!)

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CBS 1900 (France), jukebox single - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (corrected)

"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono single, CBS 1.900 (NL), Jan 1966:

Crawl7NLFront.jpg (22381 bytes)
CBS 1.900 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

Crawl7NLSideA.jpg (23406 bytes)
CBS 1.900 (NL) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

Crawl7NLSideB.jpg (21768 bytes)
CBS 1.900 (NL) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers


"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono singles, CBS 1900 (West Germany), Jan 1966, 1966:

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CBS 1900 (West Germany) - front scan by Hans Seegers
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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CBS 1900 (West Germany) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS 1900 (West Germany) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono single, CBS 1.900 (NL)/CBS 1900 (West Germany), Jan 1966/CBS 4-43477 (Philippines), 1966:

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CBS 1900 (Norway) - front scan by Hans Seegers

The same CBS single pressed in Norway was issued in Norway, Sweden and Denmark with different covers - the reverse of the Norwegian and Danish single sleeves are plain white, while the Swedish sleeve is folded with the reverse the same as the front. The Swedish promo sleeve with the red BOB DYLAN" is extremely rare, as it was printed for CBS by Philips and the reverse bears the Philips logo and text "AB PHILIPS-SONORA" on the back. This was a proof sleeve which was only used for copies which were distributed to music journalists. As can be seen, it is a folded sheet 1½ times the size of a normal sleeve, with printing on both sides.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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CBS 1900 (Norway/Sweden/Denmark) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS 1900 (Denmark) - front scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS 1900 (Sweden) - front scan by Hans Seegers


CBS 1900 (Sweden) - promo sleeve, front scan by Hans Seegers


CBS 1900 (Sweden) - promo sleeve, reverse scan by Hans Seegers

"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono single, CBS BA-221252 (Australia), 1966:

Crawl7AusSideA.jpg (20643 bytes)
CBS BA-221252 (Australia) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

This single did not have a picture sleeve.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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CBS BA-461082 (New Zealand) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono singles, CBS LL-882-C (Japan), 1966, reissue: CBS/Sony CBSA 80259 (Japan), 1971:

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CBS LL-882-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers
The 1966 single was released before Sony took over CBS. The reissue single is part of the Sony/CBS "Airplay" series. It was available in both promo (yellow label) and commercial (orange label) releases.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

Crawl7JpnSideA.jpg (21115 bytes)
CBS LL-882-C (Japan) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers
Crawl7JpnAirplayFront.jpg (29061 bytes)
CBS/Sony CBSA 80259 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony CBSA 80259 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony CBSA 80259 (Japan) - Alternate rear scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony CBSA 80259 (Japan) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (promo release)

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CBS/Sony CBSA 80259 (Japan) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release)

"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono promo single, CBS 4-43477 (Philippines), 1966:


CBS 4-43477 (Philippines) - promo A-side scan by Hans Seegers

This very rare CBS 7" mono promo single from the Philippines uses the US catalogue number and has plain white labels with the text rubber-stamped. R-0488 is the A-side for this release.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.


CBS 4-43477 (Philippines) - promo B-side scan by Hans Seegers

"Highway 61 Revisited"/"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" - 7" mono single, CBS 1900 (Italy), Mar 1966:
This Italian single has the same catalogue number as the Jan 1966 European singles above, but the A- and B-sides are flipped. The rear sleeve is a reproduction of an article by Ray Coleman from UK "Melody Maker " magazine, 9 Jan 1965, and had already been used for international mono singles in 1965, see Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1965. This single is also available as a white label jukebox release.

H61R7ItFront.jpg (17711 bytes)
CBS 1900 (Italy) - front scan by Hans Seegers

R-0488-3 Highway 61 Revisited - mono version on B-side of single (3:20), same as mono album version but slightly shorter than stereo album version (3:28)

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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CBS 1900 (Italy) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS 1900 (Italy) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS 1900 (Italy) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers

Various Artists - "Philco Invites You To A Disc-A Go-Go Vol. 1"- 7" mono singles boxed set, Columbia Special Products CSP 120-1302 (USA), Jan 1966:
This box containing five current Columbia 7" singles has the same title as CSP 120-1325 listed below, with pink text, not orange, and has a different Dylan single.

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Columbia Special Products CSP 120-1302 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers - note pink text
R-0488-4 Highway 61 Revisited - edited mono version on A-side of single (3:20), slightly shorter than album version

This set contained Columbia 4-43477 (see above): Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (now on Biograph and the new Ultimate/Essential compilations) c/w Highway 61 Revisited.

Information and scan from Hans Seegers.


"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" - 7" mono EP, CBS EP 6265 (France), Jan 1966:


Front scan with languette by Hans Seegers

R-0488-5 Highway 61 Revisited - mono version (3:20), same as mono album version but slightly shorter than stereo album version (3:28)

This EP also contains the title track (now on Biograph but still in mono) and Tombstone Blues from Highway 61 Revisited. Thanks to Keith Venturoni for confirmation that the version of Highway 61 Revisited is indeed the edit.

For more information about "languettes", unique to France, see 1965.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Raoul Verolleman, François Guillez and Roger Ford for information, and to Hans Seegers for scans.


Rear scan by Hans Seegers

"New Hits By Bob Dylan" - 7" mono EP, CBS 6288 (West Germany), 5 Jul 1966:

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CBS 6288 (West Germany) - front scan by Hans Seegers

R-0051-3 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - single edit, 2:26

The other tracks on this mono EP were Bob Dylan's Blues from Freewheelin', Pledging My Time (the full album version from Blonde On Blonde, not the 2:06 edit R-0052) and the single Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?

For other West German mono EPs without rarities, see the Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1966-68.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans and information.

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CBS 6288 (West Germany) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

Various Artists - "This Is Folk Rock Vol. 2" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS YS-665-C (Japan), Jul 1966:
Despite the fact that Bob always rejected claims he invented or ever played "folk rock", CBS insisted in sticking that label on him! For the first album in the This Is Folk Rock series, see International Compilations: Various Artist Albums 1962-69.

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CBS YS-665-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers
Side 1 had a rarity:

R-0051-4 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - single edit, 2:26 (stereo)

Side 2 had One Of Must Know (Sooner Or Later) but it was the regular stereo album version, not the edited version (R-0380, 3:07) or the unfaded version (R-0050, 4:49) - for both of these see here. I also misreported that Side 2 of this album had the stereo version of Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? - this is now confirmed to be the "standard" mono version, as found on Biograph (1985, remastered CD reissue 1997) and the 2001 Essential Bob Dylan/Ultimate Bob Dylan compilations. The only occurrence of the stereo version is on a CBS stereo acetate, see 1965. The superb stereo version is in circulation amongst collectors on several bootleg albums and should be released by Columbia. (The CBS Spanish 7" EP and singles released in 1972 are now proved to have the track in mispressed mono, not stereo.)

The other tracks on the album are from the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, Chad & Jill Stuart and Chad & Jeremy.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans and information.

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CBS YS-665-C (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

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