R-0529  I Want You - same take as used on the Blonde On Blonde album, but with a completely different mix

A known copy of this acetate has "voice too low" handwritten on the label. The mix was never used commercially.

The single-sided acetate illustrated below does not have the "voice too low" comment, and is probably R-0322.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan.

Columbia 4-43683 (USA) - front scan by Sam C. Visser

The labels of Kenneth Robson's copy of this single are missing the Witmark copyright information below the track time on the right of the centre hole.

A rarity from Hans Seegers (right) "Believe it or not, this is one of the rarest single items in the US. It's a special sleeve for the single I Want You/Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues, Columbia 4-43683, released on June 10, 1966.  This sleeve was a page in the magazine Cashbox no. 16 in 1966. To receive the free single, the folded page had to be sent to Columbia Records. As you see on the scan in down right is the result. You also see the dotted line where to fold. This is impossible to find nowadays. Extremely rare. It's actually strange that they did the stunt with this single, because it had already a beautiful sleeve."

R-0322 I Want You - slight edit - 2:54 (full-length version is 3:07)
The US, UK and Australian single labels show the length at 2:57, not 2:54

R-0054 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues live at Liverpool with the Hawks, 14 May 1966, B-side
This live performance, 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), the Japanese Mr. D's Collection #3 promo CD (see 1993), and the Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History (see 2005). 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 Sadly, it does not appear on the B-side of a withdrawn CBS Spanish EP (see 1972), because the record was mispressed with It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry from Highway 61 Revisited instead!
This outstanding performance is one of the most prized Dylan rarities and it demands inclusion on a regular Dylan album. It is surprising it wasn't on the 2001 Japanese live album Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty-Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances, see 2001. This track is now one of the 42 rarities included for download with the Aug 2006 Apple iTunes Bob Dylan Collection, see Online Performances (Other).

Thanks to Sam C. Visser, Hans Seegers, David Plentus and Kenneth Robson for information and scans.

Columbia 4-43683 (USA) - A-side scan by David Plentus (R-0322, length shown as 2:57)

Columbia 4-43683 (USA) - alternate A-side scan without copyright information by Kenneth Robson (R-0322)

Columbia 4-43683 (USA) - alternate B-side scan by Kenneth Robson (R-0054)

David Burgess' ticket from the Odeon Theatre, Liverpool, 14 May 1966!

Thanks to David Burgess for the ticket from the Liverpool Odeon on 14 May 1966 when R-0054 was recorded. Thanks to Éamonn O Catháin for the Dutch postcard with a picture of this single (Ian Woodward says this is not contemporary, but dates from around ten years later). Thanks to Francisco Lima for information about the Danish single. Hans Seegers explains that up to 1973 CBS Denmark had their records manufactured at the Polygram pressing plant in Oslo, Norway, so they are identical to the records released in Norway. Up to 1968 the sleeves were printed in Denmark so were different from the Norwegian sleeves. The rear of the Danish sleeves were blank, as shown.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Olav Langum, David Burgess and Dave Mansell for information and scans.

CBS 202258 (UK, no picture sleeve) - B-side scan by David Burgess (R-0054)

CBS 2258 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 2258 (NL) - A-side scan by Dave Mansell

CBS 2258 (Sweden) - front scan by Sam C. Visser

CBS 2258 (NL) - postcard featuring a picture of the single label, scan by Éamonn O Catháin

CBS BA-221304 (Australia) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (R-0322)

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

R-0322-2 I Want You (edit - 2:54)

R-0054-2 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues live at Liverpool, May 1966, B-side
This was 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), the Japanese Mr. D's Collection #3 promo CD (see 1993), and the Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History (see 2005). 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!

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan.

R-0322-3 I Want You (edit - 2:54)

R-0054-3 Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues live at Liverpool, May 1966, B-side
This was 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), the Japanese Mr. D's Collection #3 promo CD (see 1993), and the Capitol/EMI boxed set The Band: A Musical History (see 2005). 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!

Note this item has orange text. Another set, CSP 120-1302, has the same title and cover, but with pink text, not orange, and a different 7" single - according to Hans Seegers this contained Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? c/w Highway 61 Revisited, see above for more information.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan.

R-0322-4 I Want You - edit - 2:54 (full-length version is 3:01)
This single label again shows the length at 2:57, not 2:54

There were four Italian releases: a commercial single and three different jukebox singles. JB 2426 had three label variants.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Ronald Born and Kenneth Robson for information and scans.

CBS 2426 commercial single (Italy) - alternate rear scan by Hans Seegers (lyrics translated into Italian)

CBS JB 2426 jukebox single (Italy) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (this single was released with three label variants)

CBS ODJB 2426 jukebox single (Italy) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

CBS JB 2426 jukebox singles (Italy) - jukebox strip for all three singles, scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 2426 commercial single (Italy) - A-side scan by Kenneth Robson