1966 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?

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: 01 January, 2012.

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

R-0530 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? - slightly longer version than that released as a single in Jan 1966

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"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" - 8" & 12" stereo acetates, Columbia CO 87184 (USA), Dec 1965:

Photograph from eBay

R-0513 Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? - stereo version, still officially unreleased

The left-hand acetate has an "audiodisc" generic label and typed text. It was manufactured for Columbia by Capitol Magnetics, Winchester, VA. The right-hand acetate has a generic label from Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, TN, with red handwriting. The length is shown as 3:37.

Unfortunately this stereo version did not appear (even in very poor quality) on a CBS Spanish single in 1972 as previously misreported. The performance available on Masterpieces (1978) and Biograph (1985, remastered CD release 1997) and the 2001 Essential Bob Dylan/Ultimate Bob Dylan compilations is from the original single and still in mono!

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding the audiodisc acetate on eBay and to Gerhard Schinzel for the scan of the Columbia acetate.

Scan by Gerhard Schinzel

"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono single, Columbia 4-43477 (USA/Canada), 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 B-side of 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 "è 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. Some US promo copies were mislabelled and had the B-side label on both sides even though the A-side played "Crawl" correctly.

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)
R-0488 is included on the mono release of Highway 61 Revisited as part of the 9CD set The Original Mono Recordings in Oct 2010, so is no longer a rarity. Full details of this single are now here.

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

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 Larry Crum and 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.

R-0488 is included on the mono release of Highway 61 Revisited as part of the 9CD set The Original Mono Recordings in Oct 2010, so is no longer a rarity. Full details of this single are now here.

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.

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

"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono singles, CBS 1900 (France), 5 Jan 1966:

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 "?". R-0488 is included on the mono release of Highway 61 Revisited as part of the 9CD set The Original Mono Recordings in Oct 2010, so is no longer a rarity. Full details of this single are now here.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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

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

CBS 1.900 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers

Thanks to Hans Seegers and Nol Grint for information and scans.

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

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

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

"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:

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

The same CBS single pressed in Norway was issued in Norway, Sweden and Denmark with different sleeves

R-0488 is included on the mono release of Highway 61 Revisited as part of the 9CD set The Original Mono Recordings in Oct 2010, so is no longer a rarity. Full details of these singles are now here.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"/"Highway 61 Revisited" - 7" mono single, CBS BA-221252 (Australia)/CBS BA-461082 (New Zealand), 1966:

CBS BA-221252 (Australia) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

These singles did not have a picture sleeve.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Stuart Moore, Bill Hester and Augie Krater for information and scans.

"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), 1969:

CBS LL-882-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers

The 1966 single was released before Sony took over CBS. The 1969 reissue single is part of the CBS/Sony "Airplay" series and has a "747" sleeve (see 7" Single Sleeves) with a folded insert. It was available in both promo (yellow label) and commercial (orange label) releases. The B-side is timed as 3:15. R-0488 is included on the mono release of Highway 61 Revisited as part of the 9CD set The Original Mono Recordings in Oct 2010, so is no longer a rarity. Full details of these singles are now here.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

CBS/Sony CBSA 80259 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers (promo and commercial releases)

"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. R-0488 is included on the mono release of Highway 61 Revisited as part of the 9CD set The Original Mono Recordings in Oct 2010, so is no longer a rarity. Full details of this single are now here.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

"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.

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)
R-0488 is included on the mono release of Highway 61 Revisited as part of the 9CD set The Original Mono Recordings in Oct 2010, so is no longer a rarity. Full details of this single are now here.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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 here, which has orange text, not pink, and has a different Dylan single, I Want You/Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live).

Columbia Special Products CSP 120-1302 (USA) - front of box scan by Hans Seegers - note pink text

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

R-0488-4 Highway 61 Revisited - edited mono version on A-side of single (3:20), slightly shorter than album version
R-0488 is included on the mono release of Highway 61 Revisited as part of the 9CD set The Original Mono Recordings in Oct 2010, so is no longer a rarity.

Michael Grasberger has a copy of this box with the pink text but with a different Dylan single - One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) c/w Queen Jane Approximately, see here.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan.

Columbia Special Products CSP 120-1325 (USA) - front of box scan by Hans Seegers - note orange text

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

CBS EP 6265 (France) - front with languette, scan by Hans Seegers	R-0474 Highway 61 Revisited - 2:32 edit on A-side of mono album version (3:20) As far as I know this 2:32 edit is unique to this EP, the track was edited to fit on the A-side with the title track. 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. The French EP sleeve has an index tab or "languette" - for more information about "languettes", unique to French releases, see 1965. The Spanish release does not have a languette, but the sleeve is about 0.75cm larger than the French sleeve. The Spanish release was made by Discophon of Barcelona for CBS and has two rear sleeve variants. The very rare first sleeve has text "DISCOPHON - BARCELONA" at bottom left and "LIM - J. CORRALES 42. ESPLUGAS LL" at bottom right. The more common second sleeve has the "CORRALES" text at bottom left and "Imp. en España/Print. in Spain" at bottom right. The first sleeve is laminated on the front only, while the second sleeve is laminated on both sides. On both sleeves "Rainy" is misspelled as "Raindy".
CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - front without languette, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (first variant)	CBS EP 6265 (France) - detail of front with languette, scan by Hans Seegers	CBS EP 6265 (France) - rear scan by Hans Seegers	CBS EP 6265 (France) - A-side with R-0474, scan by Hans Seegers	CBS EP 6265 (France) - detail of A-side with R-0474, scan by Hans Seegers	CBS EP 6265 (France) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers
CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - front without languette, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - rear scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (first variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (first variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (first variant)	CBS Spain generic inner sleeve front, scan by Hans Seegers	CBS Spain generic inner sleeve rear, scan by Hans Seegers
CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - A-side with R-0474, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (first variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of A-side with R-0474, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (first variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of A-side, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (first variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of A-side, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (first variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - B-side scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (first variant)
CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (second variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - A-side with R-0474, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of A-side with R-0474, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)
CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (second variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - A-side with R-0474, scan by Hans Seegers (third variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of A-side with R-0474, scan by Hans Seegers (third variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (third variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - detail of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (third variant)	CBS EP 6265 (Spain) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (third variant)

There are three label variants of the Spanish EP, all shown above, the first sleeve has a record with the first variant labels only, while the second sleeve can have a record with any of the three variant labels:

Timings of tracks on A-side are lined up vertically, "BIEM" in box above "CARA 1 45 rpm" to left of centre hole on both sides, catalogue number shown as "EP 6.265" and "Depósito Legal B.21704 -1966" to right of centre hole on A-side.
Timings of tracks on A-side have track 2 to left of track 1, not below, "SGAE" in box below "CARA 1 45 rpm" to left of centre hole on A-side, "BIEM" on B-side, catalogue number shown as "EP. 6265" and "Depósito Legal B.21704 -1966" to right of centre hole on A-side.
Timings of tracks on A-side have track 2 to left of track 1, not below, "BIEM" in box below "CARA 1 45 rpm" to left of centre hole on both sides, catalogue number shown as "EP. 6265" and "Depósito Legal B.30035 -1966" to right of centre hole on A-side.

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

"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" - 7" mono EP, CBS 6283 (Portugal), 1966:

CBS 6283 (Portugal), first release - front of sleeve (logo in black) (my copy)

CBS 6283 (Portugal), second release - front of sleeve (logo in red), scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 6283 (Portugal), first release - rear of sleeve (bottom text on right) (my copy)

CBS 6283 (Portugal), second release - rear of sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers (bottom text in centre)

CBS 6283 (Portugal), first release - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 6283 (Portugal), second release - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

This EP has the title track from the single plus Maggie's Farm and On The Road Again from Bringing It All Back Home and Don't Think Twice, It's All Right from Freewheelin'. It was released twice, both releases are shown here.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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

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

R-0051M-5 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - single edit, 2:26 (mono version)

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.

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.

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

Side 1 had a rarity:

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

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 release 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.

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

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