The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

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This page is part of a new section of original releases by release date of international commercially-released regular stereo Dylan albums. They do not contain rarities or obscurities and are not eligible for the Searching For A Gem list. Nevertheless, their interest value or scarcity means they're worth listing here - as far as I know some are not included on any other Internet site. Promo releases of regular albums are now listed here and not in the yearly Promo sections. This page is still incomplete - more entries required. Because of the length of this page, Freewheelin' Tape and CD releases are now here:
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Revised 08 May, 2008.
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Original US stereo LP, Columbia CS 8786, 27 May 1963. For the mono release
of this album, see Mono Album Releases.
For details of the withdrawn original album with four replaced tracks, see 1963. The front cover of Bob and his then girlfriend Suze Rotolo was again taken by Don Hunstein, who took the Bob Dylan cover picture, on Jones Street in Greenwich Village, New York City, one block south of the notorious 4th Street (not Great Jones Street as suggested by some). Thanks to Eric Baumel for confirming the location. This title was one of the fifteen Dylan albums released in late 2003 as a hybrid CD/SACD. This is playable both in stereo on an ordinary CD player and in enhanced stereo on an SACD player or a DVD player that also plays SACDs (Sony's higher range models all do this). This period was one of great creativity for Bob, and there are many excellent unreleased tracks from the Freewheelin' sessions - sadly the opportunity to include many of these as bonus tracks was missed. |
Out-takes from this album have been officially released as follows:
Biograph (1985): Baby, I'm In The Mood For You; Mixed Up Confusion (alternate take, see 1962)
Biograph, "corrected" remastered edition (1997): Baby, I'm In The Mood For You; Mixed Up Confusion (original single version, see 1962)
The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (1991): House Carpenter; Kingsport Town; Let Me Die In My Footsteps (with one verse omitted); Quit Your Lowdown Ways; Rambling Gambling Willie (from the withdrawn original album); Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues; Talkin' Hava Negeilah Blues; Walls Of Red Wing; Worried Blues
The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 (2005): Sally Gal (Woody Guthrie) - this is a new performance (take 1) - the take that appeared on a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1982 is take 3, still otherwise unreleased; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (1963 demo)
"Exclusive Out-takes From 'The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack'"- Three Track Download Only Single (2005): Baby, Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams) - out-take recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 25 Apr 1962 (R-0725), see Online Performances (Other)
Other out-takes include:
Baby, I'm In The Mood For You - alternate take to the one released on Biograph in 1985, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1984
The Ballad Of Hollis Brown - early version, from a 1962 Columbia acetate that surfaced in 1984
Corrina, Corrina - alternate take to the version released on this album, B-side of the 1962 Mixed Up Confusion single, see 1962
Let Me Die In My Footsteps - complete version from the withdrawn original album, see 1963
Lonesome Whistle Blues (Hank Williams) - this song was one of those short-listed for The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1980
Milk Cow Blues (Robert Johnson) - version 1, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1980
Milk Cow Blues (Robert Johnson) - version 2, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1980
Mixed Up Confusion - alternate take without harmonica intro, released on Biograph (1985) - now replaced by the original 1962 single
Mixed Up Confusion - second alternate take, from 1962 Columbia acetate that surfaced in May 1982 (see 1982)
Mixed Up Confusion - third alternate take, from 1962 Columbia acetate that surfaced in Jun 1984 (see 1984)
Rocks And Gravel - from the withdrawn original album, still otherwise unreleased, see 1963
Sally Gal (Woody Guthrie) - first appeared on a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1982 (take 3, unique to this acetate, still unreleased)
Talkin' John Birch Society Blues - from the withdrawn original album, see 1963, still otherwise unreleased (the performance on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 is live)
That's All Right, Mama (Arthur Crudup) - from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1984
Whatcha Gonna Do - unreleased out-take, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1982
Wichita Blues (traditional?) - version 1, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1980
Wichita Blues (traditional?) - version 2, from a 1962 Columbia acetate which surfaced in 1980
There are many other out-takes that have not been officially released in any form!
Vinyl Releases
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP,
Columbia CS 8786 (USA), May
1963/1964/1965; Columbia PC 8786 (USA), 1970/1992; Columbia/Absolute Analog PC
8786 (USA), 2001:
For more information about the US mono release, see
Mono Album
Releases.
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP,
Columbia CS 8786 (Canada),
1963/Columbia KCS 8786 (Canada),
1975:
For more information about the Canadian mono release, see
Mono Album
Releases. Note the front picture is a higher crop of the source photo than the US
front. (More sky above Bob's head, less road below his feet, although the song
titles are in the same position.)
![]() Columbia CS 8786 (Canada) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
The front cover of the first Canadian
release of Freewheelin' Columbia CS 8986 had in error the withdrawn track
listing as shown below (see 1963 for details of the
withdrawn album). However, the record inside was the regular release. The
rear cover had the revised track listing but with only 12 songs listed,
omitting Don't Think Twice, It's All Right even though it was on the album.
Hans Seegers' record has red Columbia
labels with black "360º SOUND"
text and stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XSM-58719-3AA,
Side 2 - XSM-58720-2C. The re-release in 1975 corrected both the tracklisting on the front sleeve (also see below) and the omission of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right on the rear sleeve. The record has orange Columbia labels with the Columbia logo round the circumference and matrix numbers: Side 1 - XSM-58719-2A-2GH (written), Side 2 - XSM-58720-2AK (stamped). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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![]() Columbia CS 8786 (Canada) - detail from front, scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Columbia CS 8786 (Canada) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Columbia CS 8786 (Canada) - detail from rear of early 1970s release, photo by Stan Denski |
Stan Denski has a copy of
Columbia CS 8986 from the
early 1970s with a reprint of the first Canadian sleeve with the withdrawn track listing
and with the red Columbia "360º SOUND"
labels. The sleeve printer
was Shorepak Canada, and the rear sleeve has text "SHOREPAK CAN. PAT. NO.
758888, 1967." (not on the original sleeve). The original 1960 release had what
was known as a "fabricated" sleeve, with artwork printed on to paper which was
then pasted on to a thick grey card cover, but this 1970s release is
"board-printed", a later design with the artwork printed directly on to slightly
thinner white cardboard (as is the 1975 release). Stan previously had
what must have been a later copy of this 1970s release because it had the same
cover but the red
and gold 1970s labels.
On the reissue KCS 8786 front sleeve the replacement track listings for Side 1 and Side 2 look as if they have been pasted in from another cover, as they are both in rectangles of a slightly different colour from that of the background! |
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![]() Columbia KCS 8786 (Canada) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Columbia KCS 8786 (Canada) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
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Bill Matthews has a copy of CS 8786 which is significantly different from Stan Denski's: the front sleeve has the withdrawn titles as shown above but the vertical "Copyright Columbia Records" text only reaches up to Down The Highway (in the detail picture shown it reaches beyond the track titles). The rear sleeve does not list Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, the "Litho in Canada" text is moved to the spine near the bottom, and the text "Shorepak Canada" is absent, indicating it's probably from another printer. The labels have the "360º SOUND" text in white on Side 1 and in white and black on Side 2, matrix numbers are: Side 1 - XSM-58719-3AK, Side 2 - XSM-58720-2C.
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP,
CBS
SBPG 62193/CS 8786 (UK), Nov
1963/1964/late 1964; Simply Vinyl/Columbia 62193/SVLP 0003
180gm release (UK), 1999; Simply Vinyl/Columbia
8786/S 125017 125gm, 160gm and
180gm releases (UK),
2001/2003:
For more information about the UK mono release, see
Mono Album
Releases.
![]() Columbia/Simply Vinyl 62193/SVLP 0003 (UK) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
The Simply Vinyl series on Columbia, catalogue number 62193/SVLP 0003, was released in 1999 on 180gm vinyl. The copy shown is in a still-sealed plastic cover. The album was subsequently released by Simply Vinyl on 125gm vinyl, with a new catalogue number, 8786/S 125017 in 2001 and 2003. The sticker on the 2001 release mentions the 125gm weight, the second says only "Heavy Vinyl". The front cover of the 2001/2003 releases has no CBS logo. For the different text at the bottom of the rear sleeve of the 2001 and 2003 Simply Vinyl release, see here. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Nol Grint for information and scans. |
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![]() Columbia/Simply Vinyl 62193/SVLP 0003 (UK) - 160gm front sticker scan by Nol Grint (2003 release) |
![]() Columbia/Simply Vinyl 62193/SVLP 0003 (UK) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Columbia/Simply Vinyl 62193/SVLP 0003 (UK) - 180gm front sticker scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Columbia/Simply Vinyl 8786/S 125017 (UK) - 125gm front sticker scan by Hans Seegers (2001 release) |
![]() Columbia/Simply Vinyl 8786/S 125017 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (2001/2003 releases) |
![]() Columbia/Simply Vinyl 8786/S 125017 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (2001/2003 releases) |
![]() Columbia/Simply Vinyl 8786/S 125017 (UK) - rear detail scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Columbia/Simply Vinyl 8786/S 125017 (UK) - front sticker scan by Nol Grint (2003 release) |
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS CS 8786 (Singapore), 1965:
![]() CBS CS 8786 (Singapore) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() CBS CS 8786 (Singapore) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP,
CBS
SBP-233145 (Australia), 1967,
re-released late 1960s:
For the mono release of this album released in 1965, see
Mono Album
Releases.
The records have orange CBS labels. The first release labels have the "Allan's" logo, which is missing from the second release labels. The second release record has stamped matrix numbers: MX 144489/90-B/C SBP 233145-1/2.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Stuart Moore for information and scans.
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP,
CBS
S 61293 (NL), 1967 and
1969/CBS 62193 (NL), 1975/CBS 32390 (NL), 1985:/Columbia 32390 (NL), 1990s:
This album was never released in Holland in mono. There were five stereo
releases.
CBS S 61293 (1967): Orange CBS labels with stamped matrix numbers: SBPG-62193-1A/2B-1. Front cover: logo plus catalogue number in a black rectangle. Back cover: two folded over flaps.
CBS S 61293 (1969): Orange CBS labels (not shown) with stamped matrix numbers: SBPG-62193-1A/2B-1. Front cover: as 1967 release. Back cover: "NL PRINTED IN HOLLAND" on right edge, no folded over flaps.
CBS 62193 (1975): orange/yellow CBS labels with written matrix numbers: S 62193-A/B. Front cover: “stereo, logo , no folded over flaps in single black rectangle. Back cover: no stereo information at top, "stereo", logo and catalogue number in a rectangle on right, “CB 271” + 60 [in circle) below rectangle, 'LC 0149' in capsule at lower right.
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Sony SONP-50181 (Japan), 1968; CBS/Sony SOPL-221 (Japan), 1974; CBS/Sony 25AP 269 (Japan), 1976:
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP,
CBS
ASF 1717 (South
Africa), 1972:
For the mono version of this album, CBS
ALD 6816, released in 1965, see Mono Album
Releases.
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS S 61293 (Spain), 1973 (2 releases) and 1976/CBS 32390 (Spain), 1991:
![]() CBS S 61293 (Spain) - detail from front, scan by Hans Seegers (1973 and 1976 releases) |
This album was not released in Spain until 1973 because of the political
situation there. The front cover is similar to the Australian cover mono
shown above (the high crop), with "Stereo" above the CBS logo. The rear
cover has notes in Spanish. Detail of the text at the bottom of the rear
sleeve is here. This album was
also available in Spain with a second label bearing the logo of the Dutch
copyright organisation STEMRA and an imported Dutch stereo cover (the first
release - see above). Both releases had CBS orange labels. The album was re-released in 1976 with orange/yellow CBS labels with the only sleeve difference being the text at the bottom of the rear sleeve, see here. The final vinyl release was in 1991, CBS/Sony 32390, with red CBS/Sony labels. Sleeve differences are shown below. |
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![]() CBS S 61293 (Spain) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (1973 release) |
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![]() CBS S 61293 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (1973 release, first variant) |
![]() CBS S 61293 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (1973 release, second variant) |
![]() CBS S 61293 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (1973 release, second variant) |
![]() CBS/Sony 32390 (Spain) - detail from rear top right corner, scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() CBS S 61293 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (1976 release) |
![]() CBS/Sony 32390 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (1991 release) |
![]() CBS/Sony 32390 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (1991 release) |
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Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. | |||
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 62193
(Italy), 1975:
For the 1966 Italian mono release, see Mono Album
Releases.
![]() CBS 62193 (Italy) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS 62193 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS 62193 (Italy) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
The record has orange/yellow CBS labels and stamped matrix numbers: CBS 62193-A/B.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 62193 (Portugal), 1975:
![]() CBS 62193 (Portugal) - detail from rear sleeve with spine text, scan by Hans Seegers |
This album was prohibited in
Portugal during the dictatorship of Dr. Antonio Salazar, which ended in 1968. The front cover is
identical to the Dutch 1975 release above with "STEREO", logo and catalogue number in one black
rectangle in upper left. The rear cover has the spine text printed
along the right border as shown on left. For detail of the rear sleeve
bottom edge, see here. The record has orange/yellow CBS
labels with stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 -
S 62193-A/ 007053, Side 2 - 62193-B. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
![]() CBS 62193 (Portugal) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS 62193 (Portugal) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Jigu Records Corporation KJPL-0596 (South Korea), 1988:
Various Artists - "American Folk Music" - 5LP boxed set, BMG Ariola 302961 (Germany), 1990s:
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