Highway 61 Revisited
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This page is part of a list 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 no longer in the former yearly Promo sections. This page is incomplete - more international stereo releases of this album required. For releases of this album in CBS/Columbia multi-packs, see International Album Releases (Regular) - Multi-Packs. |
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Revised 07 March, 2010.
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Original US stereo LP, Columbia CS 9189, 30 Aug 1965. For the mono release
of this album, see Mono Album Releases.
The front photograph is again by Daniel Kramer. For information on differences between the
various releases of this album, see Roger Ford's "Electric
Dylan" web-site
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This title is one of the fifteen Dylan albums released in Sep 2003 as a hybrid CD/SA-CD. This is playable both in stereo on an ordinary CD player and in enhanced stereo on an SA-CD player or a DVD player that also plays SA-CDs (Sony's higher range models all do this). Some titles were released in 5.1 surround sound, but not this one.
Like A Rolling Stone was produced by Tom Wilson before the rest of the Highway 61 Revisited sessions, which were produced by Bob Johnston. In his book "Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan At The Crossroads" Greil Marcus also writes that pre-release copies of the album omitted Tom Wilson's name as producer of the song, but Bob Johnston ordered them to be withdrawn and Tom Wilson credited. Are copies of the album without the Tom Wilson credit in circulation?
The original American liner notes on the rear sleeve are the ones printed in "Writings and Drawings" (1974) and "Lyrics 1962-85" (1987). The only exception I can see is that "meaningful" at the end of the next-to-last paragraph is replaced by "meaningless" in the book versions (see illustration below). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information that rear sleeves with "meaningful" occur only in two stereo US releases: CS 9189 (1965), KCS 9189 (1975). Since the 1977 release of KCS 9189, all releases have had "meaningless".
Out-takes from this album have been officially released as follows:
Highway 61 Revisited (1965): original US and Canadian stereo pressings of the album, also all Japanese stereo LP pressings on CBS/Sony from 1968, contained an alternate take of From A Buick Six with harmonica intro (R-0046, see 1965)
Thanks to Hanns Peter Bushoff for bringing to my attention what seems like an error by Greil Marcus in his book "Like A Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan At The Crossroads". On page 240 Greil writes: "Phantom Engineer. This frantic early version of the Highway 61 Revisited number "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" (one take was mistakenly included on some copies of the album) can be found on Dimestore Medicine (Joker bootleg), the 3CD Church With No Upstairs (Hanging Dog bootleg) and, from 25 July 1965, on Live in Newport 1965 (Document bootleg)."
This is the alternate take released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 in 1991 (see below). I can find no evidence that an alternate take of It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry was ever included on any Highway 61 Revisited pressings, so I can only assume that Greil is confusing it with R-0046 (see 1965).
7" Singles (1965): Positively 4th Street.; Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? - early, slower, version released on a 7" single as Positively 4th Street by mistake and withdrawn very quickly (R-0044, see 1965)
The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (1991): Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence; Like A Rolling Stone (alternate take); It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (alternate take, wrongly listed by me until recently as R-0394, from Columbia acetates that surfaced in 1980)
Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM (1995): several incomplete takes of Like A Rolling Stone from the recording sessions
The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 (2005): It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (new alternate take, not the former R-0394); Highway 61 Revisited (alternate take); Tombstone Blues (alternate take); Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (alternate take, previously unknown to collectors); Desolation Row (alternate take, already in circulation amongst collectors)
Vinyl and Tape Releases
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP, Columbia CS 9189
(USA/Canada), Aug 1965//Columbia PC 9189 (USA), 1979/Columbia JC 9189 (USA), 1980s:
For the mono release of this album, see Mono Album
Releases.
 Columbia CS 9189 (USA) - front photo from eBay found by Christopher Casale (note the stickers and "360º Sound" logo) |
The first US stereo pressing of this album contained a rarity, R-0046, an alternate take of From A Buick 6 with a harmonica intro - see 1965 for more details. The photos of the sealed US LP from eBay, courtesy of Christopher Casale, show a copy of the album still in the original shrink-wrap. Like the mono LP (see Mono Album Releases), it has a white sticker with violet text advertising Like A Rolling Stone - the single had been released before the album. It also has a red sticker with white text advertising that the package contains a free picture suitable for framing. The picture by "Lambert" is still in the shrink-wrap on the back of the album, covering most of the rear of the album sleeve. |
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 Columbia CS 9189 (USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia CS 9189 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (first release with "NONBREAKABLE" text) |
 Columbia CS 9189 (USA) - detail of Side 1, photo by Gerd Rundel (first release) |
 Columbia CS 9189 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (first release with "NONBREAKABLE" text) |
 Columbia CS 9189 (USA) - detail of Side 2, photo by Gerd Rundel (first release) |
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 Columbia CS 9189 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (second release without "NONBREAKABLE" text) |
 Columbia CS 9189 (USA) - detail from rear, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia CS 9189 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers ("meaningful") |
 Columbia CS 9189 (Canada) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia CS 9189 (Canada) - detail from rear, scan by Hans Seegers (this rear sleeve was used for both the mono and stereo releases) |
 Columbia CS 9189 (Canada) - detail from rear, scan by Hans Seegers showing stereo stamp |
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 Columbia JC 9189 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Alan Tautfest (1980s release) |
Thanks to Robert Kornovich for information from a book called "The Label: The Story of Columbia Records" by Gary Marmorstein which says the picture was included by Columbia with the earliest copies of the album in one US region only. The first release labels have the text "NONBREAKABLE", which is missing from the second release (which has the same sleeve as the first). The record of Gerd Rundel's first release copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - XSM 110640-1A (stamped) S (hand-written), Side 2 - XSM 110641-1A (stamped). It comes in the sleeve shown with the "LIKE A ROLLING STONE" sticker and includes R-0046.
Thanks to Frank for the Side 1 labels of the Canadian release. The Canadian label has the "NONBREAKABLE" text used on the first US label of this album. Both the two US releases and the Canadian release have the STEREO/360° SOUND/arrows logo in white. The Canadian label with the STEREO/360° SOUND/arrows logo in black is much rarer and precedes the white text version.
The Canadian album has "LITHO IN CANADA" on the front sleeve and the record has labels with the "STEREO"/arrows logo in black, whereas it is in white on the US release. The same rear sleeve was used for the Canadian mono and stereo releases - the stereo release has an inked stamp at top left with text "PLAYABLE ON MONO EQUIPMENT. FOR BEST RESULTS USE STEREO NEEDLE".
Betti Dockery's copy below is a later pressing, with just "Columbia 9189" on the front. The "STEREO"/arrows logo is missing from the front cover. The record labels have the Columbia logo in a ring. Alan Tautfest has a copy of the same release, of which he says: "I purchased this copy new in 1988. When CBS introduced the "Nice Price" series of mid-line priced LPs ($5.98) in 1979 they changed most of the early Dylan catalogue prefixes to PC xxxx. On your site you have some of the transitional copies that stickers with the PC xxxx catalogue number which were marked with gold promo stamps on the back covers in 1980s and were given away as promotional copies. The list price of Highway 61 Revisited however did not change and had the JC prefix which was full list price ($7.98). The JC prefix is only on the spine and LP."
"Den" has a copy of this album with the same sleeve as the 2001 180gm release below with a bar code on the rear sleeve. It has similar labels to the 1980s release Columbia JC 9189, but with catalogue number of just "C 9189" on the labels. Scans of the labels required.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS SBPG 62572
(UK), Sep 1965:
For the mono release of this album, see Mono Album
Releases.
 CBS SBPG 62572 (UK) - front photo by Henry V. Bell (first and second releases) |
The British rear design is completely different from that of the US release with just one photo of Bob, different from any of the three photos on the US rear sleeve. The liner notes contain many minor differences from the American notes. For example, the characters "Savage Rose & Fixable" are here called "Savage Rose & Openly". For a complete list of these differences, see Rod MacBeath's article "Looking Up Dylan's Sleeves Part One" in "The Telegraph" issue 50, Summer 1994. I can only assume CBS UK were given an earlier version of Bob's notes. |
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 CBS SBPG 62572 (UK) - detail of Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (first release "33") |
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 CBS SBPG 62572 (UK) - detail of Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (first release - number correct) |
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 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - detail from front of stickered mono sleeve, scan by Rene Joergensen (record is second stereo release) |
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 CBS SBPG 62572 (UK) - detail from rear, photo by Henry V. Bell (second release) |
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 CBS SBPG 62572 (UK) - front photo by Sandra Bishop (third release) |
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 CBS SBPG 62572 (UK) - rear photo by Sandra Bishop (third release) |
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There were three different stereo releases of this album in the UK. Mick Robinson has a copy of the first release. The rear sleeve has "STEREO SBPG 62572" underneath the stereo/arrows logo at top left and the track timings at the bottom are not boxed. The record labels have "62575" above "(P) 1965" instead of "62572" - this must be a typesetting error. They also show the playing speed "33" instead of "331/3" on the second release. The record has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - SBPG 62572 A//2-420 1:1, Side 2 - SBPG 62572 B//1-420 1:2. Gerd Rundel has a copy of the first release with "62572" correct on Side 2 only. The record has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - SBPG 62572 A//2 420 1 1 1, Side 2 - SBPG 62572 B//1 420 1 1 2. The front of the sleeve is laminated, the rear is matt and has three fold-over flaps.
Henry Bell's second release copy shown has a stereo sleeve with printed "STEREO"/arrows logo and the record has orange CBS labels and matrix numbers: Side 1 - SBPG 62572-1A-1, Side 2 - SBPG 62572 B2. The catalogue numbers on the record labels are correct with "62572" on both sides. The track timings at the bottom of the rear sleeve are in a box. Rene Joergensen has a copy of the second stereo release record in a mono sleeve with a "STEREO" sticker on the rear sleeve. The CBS logo on the front sleeve is finer than that on Hans Seegers' mono sleeve. The record has matrix numbers: Side 1 - SBPG 62572 1A1, Side 2 - SBPG 62572 2B2. It has an orange CBS generic inner sleeve with details of recent CBS UK albums of artists like Marty Robbins, The Byrds Greatest Hits etc.
Sandra Bishop's copy has a third sleeve variant with the CBS logo and "Stereo" in a box front top left and rear top right. The track timings at the bottom of the rear sleeve are no longer in a box and there is a new box with text about playing CBS stereo records. The record labels are the same as the second release labels above.
Thanks to Henry V. Bell, Mick Robinson, Rene Joergensen, Sandra Bishop and Augie Krater for information, photos and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS CS 9189 (Singapore), 1965:
 CBS CS 9189 (Singapore) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (US stereo sleeve, see above) |
This release uses the US stereo sleeve without any stickers over the
Columbia logos, and the record has red CBS labels with three logos and
matrix numbers: Side 1 -
XSM-110640, Side 2 -XSM-110641 (both handwritten). Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans. |
 CBS CS 9189 (Singapore) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel (US stereo sleeve, see above) |
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 CBS CS 9189 (Singapore) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 62572 (NL), 1967, re-released 1970s and 1980s:
 CBS S 62572 (NL) - front scan by Rene Jørgensen (1967 release) |
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 CBS S 62572 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Rene Jørgensen (1967 release) |
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Thanks to Rene Jørgensen for information and scans of the 1967 release. The front sleeve is the same as the UK sleeve with "S 62572" above the CBS logo at top left. The rear sleeve has the same layout as the US sleeve. The record has orange CBS label with matrix numbers: Side 1 - S 62572-A, Side 2 - S 62572-B. Thanks to Mick Robinson for scans of a 1970s release with orange/yellow CBS labels.
Thanks to Paul Prince for photos of what appears to be a 1980s Dutch release on gold vinyl with red CBS labels. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information that this is an unofficial release that was not released by CBS Holland, but may have been privately pressed. Patti Fultz has a picture disc with catalogue number CBS S62572 with the cover picture on Side 1 and the liner notes/rear photograph on Side 2. This comes in a clear plastic wallet and claims to have been manufactured in Canada, but is again definitely unofficial.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS S 62572 (West Germany), 1967:
 CBS S 62572 (West Germany) - front scan by Gerd Rundel |
This 1967 release has the STEREO/arrows logo and German text "auch
MONO abspielbar [also playable MONO]" on the front and rear sleeves. The
record has orange CBS labels and was made in Germany. Matrix numbers are:
Side 1 - XSM110640-2A / 108430 A (stamped), Side 2 - XSM110641-1F / 108430 B
(stamped). Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans and to Hans Seegers for the date. |
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 CBS S 62572 (West Germany) - detail of front, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 CBS S 62572 (West Germany) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS S 62572 (West Germany) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS S 62572 (West Germany) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS S 62572 (West Germany) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP, Discos CBS 37.457 (Brazil), 1960s:
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More details and scans of this first Brazilian pressing required. Information from Eduardo Gomez Kodela. |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP reissue, CBS SBP 233279 (Australia), 1967, re-released 1969 and twice in 1970s:
 CBS SBP 233279 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore (1967 and first 1969 release) |
The rear sleeve of this album is similar to the US rear
sleeve. The 1967 sleeve is the same as the first 1969 release shown except
that it has folded over flaps. The 1960s records have solid orange CBS
labels while the 1970s records have orange/yellow CBS labels. The 1967
record has the Allan's logo on the labels. None of the 1969 releases shown or the 1970s releases have the Allan's logo on the labels, although all the songs are still credited to Allan's. (Allan's were distributors in Australia for Bob Dylan records from 1965.) The record with the final 1960s/early 1970s labels comes in the same sleeve as the third 1969/1970s releases. The labels are different from the previous labels because "BOB DYLAN - HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED" is now on one line like the new design 1970s labels. Also "Allan's" under the song titles is no longer in brackets. The second 1970s record labels have longer copyright text along the bottom edge. Each of the 1960s front sleeves has a different "Stereo" logo at centre top, although the record labels are very similar. The first rear sleeve doesn't have the text box at the bottom, the subsequent rear sleeves all have it. Thanks to Stuart Moore, Peter Lindberg and Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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 CBS SBP 233279 (Australia) - detail of front, scan by Stuart Moore (1967 and first 1969 release) |
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 CBS SBP 233279 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (first 1969 release, without Allan's logo) |
 CBS SBP 233279 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (first 1969 release, without Allan's logo) |
 CBS SBP 233279 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore (second 1969 release) |
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 CBS SBP 233279 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (second 1969 release) |
 CBS SBP 233279 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (second 1969 release) |
 CBS SBP 233279 (Australia) - rear scan by Stuart Moore (second 1969 release) |
 CBS SBP 233279 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore (third 1969 release) |
 CBS SBP 233279 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore (1970s release, same as third 1969 release) |
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 CBS SBP 233279 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (final 1960s/early 1970s release) |
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"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Sony SONP-50345 (Japan), 1970; CBS/Sony SOPL-225 (Japan), 1974; CBS/Sony 25AP 273 (Japan), 1976:
 CBS/Sony SONP-50345 (Japan, 1970) with side obi - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Like the first US stereo pressing above, these albums contained a rarity, R-0046, an alternate take
of From A Buick 6 with a harmonica intro - see 1965
for more details. CBS/Sony SONP 50345 had a different rear sleeve from the
US release, with Japanese text and without pictures. The regular rear sleeve
formed the front of a 4-page folded insert. There was a red side obi with
price ¥1, 800. The promo record had black/white CBs/Sony promo labels and
the commercial record had orange/cream
CBS/Sony labels. CBS/Sony SOPL-225 had a buff top obi with price ¥2,000 and
an 8-page booklet. The copy shown has black/white CBS/Sony promo labels and
part of the obi is cut away - this was a token to collect to get a free
record. There were two releases of this album in Japan in 1976 with catalogue number CBS/Sony 25AP 273, both at price ¥2,500. The first had a gold side obi and the second had a dark red/white side obi. Note the apparently anachronistic 1976 picture of Bob from Hard Rain on the second 1976 obi. In fact the rear of the obi was generic, and lists the 19 Dylan albums then available in Japan, with Hard Rain the latest. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
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 CBS/Sony SONP-50345 (Japan, 1970) - Side 1 scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
 CBS/Sony SONP-50345 (Japan, 1970) - Side 2 scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
 CBS/Sony SONP-50345 (Japan, 1970) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release) |
 CBS/Sony SONP-50345 (Japan, 1970) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release) |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 273 (Japan, 1976) with gold side obi - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony SOPL-225 (Japan, 1974) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (promo release) |
 CBS/Sony SOPL-225 (Japan, 1974) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (promo release) |
 CBS/Sony SOPL-225 (Japan, 1974) - front of booklet, scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 273 (Japan, 1976) with dark red side obi - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony 25AP 273 (Japan, 1976) with side obi - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 273 (Japan, 1976) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 273 (Japan, 1976) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 273 (Japan, 1976) - front of booklet, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP reissue, CBS
SBP 473233 (New Zealand), 1970s:
For the New Zealand mono album, see Mono
Album Releases.
 CBS SBP 473233 (New Zealand) - front scan by Bill Hester |
This release still uses a mono/stereo sleeve with both
catalogue numbers and the US rear sleeve design. The record has
orange/yellow CBS labels and was made in New Zealand. Thanks to Bill Hester for information and scans. |
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 CBS SBP 473233 (New Zealand) - detail of front, scan by Bill Hester |
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 CBS SBP 473233 (New Zealand) - Side 2 scan by Bill Hester |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP, Discos CBS 137.457 (Brazil), 1976:
 Discos CBS 137.457 (Brazil) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This album has a unique gold border, and a printed panel with "destacando-se LIKE A ROLLING STONES". The rear sleeve repeats the front picture cropped at the bottom to include the tracklist, but the sleeve notes are missing. |
 Discos CBS 137.457 (Brazil) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Discos CBS 137.457 (Brazil) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Discos CBS 137.457 (Brazil) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz for information and Hans Seegers for further information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo compact cassette, Columbia PCT 9189 (USA), 1980s:
 Columbia PCT 9189 (USA) - front insert (my copy) |
I bought this cassette in 1989 in Malibu, CA. This release has minimal artwork and a light-grey cassette with black text printed directly on it, there are no labels. The inside of the insert is blank. |
 Columbia PCT 9189 (USA) - Side 1 |
 Columbia PCT 9189 (USA) - Side 2 |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP, Embassy EMB 463311 (Mexico), 1988:
 Embassy EMB 463311 (Mexico) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This album appeared on the CBS budget label Embassy as part of a series
called Gigantes De La Musica Internacional [International Giants Of
Music]. The song titles are translated into Spanish on the rear
sleeve and on the record labels - the enigmatic sleeve notes are not
translated. The rear sleeve has the original US layout. The record itself has red/white Embassy labels and is on brown vinyl. Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans and information. |
 Embassy EMB 463311 (Mexico) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 Embassy EMB 463311 (Mexico) - Side 1 label scan by Hans Seegers |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP 180gm reissue, Absolute Analogue 006/Columbia 62572 (UK), 1998:
 Columbia 62572 (UK) - Absolute Analogue LP reissue, front scan by Craig Callahan |
 Columbia 62572 (UK) - Absolute Analogue LP reissue, rear scan by Craig Callahan |
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 Columbia 62572 (UK) - Absolute Analogue LP reissue, front sticker scan by Hans Seegers |
This album reproduces the original UK front and rear artwork including the completely different rear sleeve, and has orange CBS labels.
Information and scans from Craig Callahan and Hans Seegers.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - stereo vinyl LP 180gm reissue, Columbia PC 9189 (USA), 2001:
 Columbia PC 9189 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This album reproduces the US front artwork from the 1980s Columbia JC 9189 above with just "9189" as the catalogue number on the front. The front sleeve has a white sticker with red text "LIMITED EDITION HIGH QUALITY 180GM VIRGIN VINYL FROM THE ANALOG MASTER". The rear sleeve is the same design as previous US rear sleeves with a bar code at top right. This bar code can end with "03" (Hans Seegers' copy) or "02" ("Den"'s copy). The record in the sleeve with the "02" bar code (which is not 180gm weight) has 1970s style labels with the Columbia logo in a ring and catalogue number "C 9189", the record is the sleeve with bar code "03" has the later plain red Columbia labels with catalogue number "PC 9189". This record can either be 180gm weight or regular weight, in which case the sleeve is without the front sticker. Thanks to Hans Seegers, Ulf Gyllenspetz and "Den" for information and scans. |
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 Columbia PC 9189 (USA) - Side 2 photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz |
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 Columbia PC 9189 (USA) - detail of front with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia PC 9189 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia PC 9189 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by "Den" (alternate bar code) |
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 Columbia C 9189 (USA) - Side 2 photo by "Den" (alternate labels) |
CD and MiniDisc Releases
"Highway 61 Revisited" - CD reissue, CBS/Sony 30DP 305 (Japan), 1 Apr 1985:
 BS/Sony 30DP 305 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Sheiji Murata |
This was the first CD release of the album in Japan. For later Japanese releases see below. The front insert is a 28-page booklet and the CD case had a yellow/white box-type obi (curved at the rear top edge) with top and bottom flaps and price ¥3,000 (shown twice) |
 CBS/Sony 30DP 305 (Japan) - outside of booklet, scan by Sheiji Murata |
 CBS/Sony 30DP 305 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Sheiji Murata |
 CBS/Sony 30DP 305 (Japan) - box-type obi showing top flap and shaped rear, scan by Sheiji Murata |
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 CBS/Sony 30DP 305 (Japan) - front with later obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony 30DP 305 (Japan) - first inside page of booklet with track list, scan by Sheiji Murata |
 CBS/Sony 30DP 305 (Japan) - CD scan by Sheiji Murata |
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Hans Seegers' sealed copy of 30DP 305 also has a card box-type obi with top and bottom flaps (not shown). This obi has a completely different rear, not cut away at the top, and showing other albums including Blood On The Tracks (30DP 306) and Desire (30DP 307). It has two prices, ¥2,812 as the total price, and ¥2,730 as the price before sales tax (the front price flash is missing). The earlier obi is from before Japan introduced a sales tax on CDs.
Thanks to Sheiji Murata and Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - CD reissues, Columbia CK 9189 (USA)/Columbia WCK 9189 (Canada), 1980s, re-released mid-1990s:
 Columbia CK 9189 (USA) - front scan by Gil Lamont |
These releases were on sale in the USA and Canada until replaced by the hybrid SA-CD
edition in 2003 (see below). They have minimal packaging. The front insert
is a single folded card with the liner notes on the inside. The rear
insert and inside front insert designs are totally different. Moise
Potie's mid-1990s Canadian copy has a price code stamp on the rear insert,
the CD is identical to the one shown. Thanks to Gil Lamont, Jack from Canada and Moise Potie for information and scans. |
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 Columbia WCK 9189 (Canada) - front scan by Jack |
 Columbia CK 9189 (USA) - outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Gil Lamont |
 Columbia CK 9189 (USA) - inside of unfolded front insert, scan by Gil Lamont |
 Columbia WCK 9189 (Canada) - rear insert scan by Moise Potie (mid-1990s release) |
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 Columbia WCK 9189 (Canada) - rear scan by Jack (first release) |
 Columbia WCK 9189 (Canada) - outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Moise Potie |
 Columbia WCK 9189 (Canada) - inside of unfolded front insert, scan by Moise Potie |
 Columbia WCK 9189 (Canada) - detail of rear insert, scan by Moise Potie (mid-1990s release) |
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"Highway 61 Revisited" - CD reissues, CBS CDCBS 62572 (Europe), mid-1980s; CBS 450953 2 (Europe), late 1980s; Columbia 450953 2 (Europe), 1991, reissued 1997:
 CBS 450953 2 (Europe) - front scan by Keith Schweiger (1989 release) |
The first release of this album in Europe was CBS CDCBS 62572, the CD itself
was made in Japan. In the late 1980s it was reissued with a new catalogue
number, CBS 450953 2, this time the CD was made in Austria. In 1991 the
album was re-released with the same catalogue number, rebranded as Columbia.
The 1997 release is in the "Nice Price" series and has a "Nice Price"
catalogue in the front insert booklet. It also has an insert advertising
other Dylan albums including Bob's latest, Time Out of Mind. Thanks to Keith Schweiger for information and scans. |
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 CBS 450953 2 (Europe) - rear scan by Keith Schweiger (1989 release) |
 Columbia 450953 2 (Europe) - front scan by Keith Schweiger (1991 release) |
 Columbia 450953 2 (Europe) - rear scan by Keith Schweiger (1991 release) |
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 Columbia 450953 2 (Europe) - front scan by Keith Schweiger (1997 release) |
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 Columbia 450953 2 (Europe) - reverse of rear insert, scan by Keith Schweiger (1997 release) |
 Columbia 450953 2 (Europe) - insert scan by Keith Schweiger (1997 release) |
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 Columbia 450953 2 (Europe) - CD scan by Keith Schweiger (1997 release) |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - promo and commercial CD reissues, CBS/Sony CSCS 6012 (Japan), 1 Jun 1990:
 CBS/Sony CSCS 6012 (Japan) front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony CSCS 6012 (Japan) - outside of front insert unfolded, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony CSCS 6012 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony CSCS 6012 (Japan) - rear insert with promo sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony CSCS 6012 (Japan) - promo CD scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony CSCS 6012 (Japan) - detail of promo CD, scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony CSCS 6012 (Japan) - commercial CD scan by Hans Seegers |
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This mid-price release has a black, red, white, blue obi with price ¥1,800 and date "C-6-1" on the obi and the rear insert. Thanks to Seiji Murata for information about the Japanese CD Date Code System and year letters used from 1984 to Aug 1991 - "C" is 1990.
The promo release has a silver disc with black text, and the commercial release has a black disc with silver text. The promo release also has a numbered sticker on the rear insert and the Japanese text for promo on the CD itself.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - CD reissue, Columbia CDCBS 62572 (Australia), 1990s:
 Columbia Australia double pack front scan by Stuart Moore |
This CD comes with minimal artwork, the front insert is a single folded
card. This release was on sale until replaced by the
hybrid SA-CD edition in 2003. It was also sold in a double width jewel case
with Hard Rain. Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans. |
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 Columbia Australia double pack rear scan by Stuart Moore |
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"Highway 61 Revisited" - CD reissue with magazine, CBS CDDEA 2225 (Italy), 1991:
 CBS CDDEA 2225 (Italy) - front scan by Keith Schweiger |
This CBS CD was given away with issue 16 of the Italian De Agostini magazine, "Il Grande Rock". The front insert and the CD have the magazine logo. The front insert is a single folded card and the CD itself was manufactured in Austria. |
 CBS CDDEA 2225 (Italy) - outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS CDDEA 2225 (Italy) - inside of unfolded front insert, scan by Keith Schweiger |
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 CBS CDDEA 2225 (Italy) - magazine front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS CDDEA 2225 (Italy) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS CDDEA 2225 (Italy) - detail of rear insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS CDDEA 2225 (Italy) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS CDDEA 2225 (Italy) - detail of CD, scan by Hans Seegers |
The magazine covers 1967, and although this album dates from 1965, it was not released in stereo in Italy until in 1967.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Keith Schweiger for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - CD reissue, CBS/Sony COL RCD 008 2 (Spain), 1991:
 CBS/Sony COL RCD 008 2 (Spain) - front scan by Manfred Endtner |
This album is another De Agostini release made in Austria for Spain. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Manfred Endtner for scans. |
 CBS/Sony COL RCD 008 2 (Spain) - rear scan by Manfred Endtner |
 CBS/Sony COL RCD 008 2 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manfred Endtner |
 CBS/Sony COL RCD 008 2 (Spain) - CD scan by Manfred Endtner |
 CBS/Sony COL RCD 008 2 (Spain) - detail of CD, scan by Manfred Endtner |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - gold CD, Columbia/DCC GZS-1021 (USA), 2 Jun 1992:
 DCC GZS-1021 (USA) - picture from amazon.com |
This release was remastered by Steve Hoffman from the original 1965
master tapes and released by DCC under licence from Columbia. It was
generally accepted to be the definitive version of the album on CD, if not
on all formats, until the hybrid SA-CD/CD version was released (see below). Although it's out of print, it can still be purchased online from retailers such as amazon.com. The CD itself is in a standard jewel case inside a black/gold slipcase. Thanks to Gil Lamont for information and scans. |
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 DCC GZS-1021 (USA) - slipcase front, scan by Gil Lamont |
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 DCC GZS-1021 (USA) - outside of front insert booklet, scan by Gil Lamont |
 DCC GZS-1021 (USA) - gold CD scan by Gil Lamont |
 DCC GZS-1021 (USA) - rear insert scan by Gil Lamont |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - CD reissue in "LP-Style" packaging, Sony Records SRCS 7904 (Japan), 21 Dec 1995:
"Highway 61 Revisited" - commercial and promo fourth CD reissues, Sony Records SRCS 9074 (Japan), 21 Oct 1996:
 Sony Records SRCS 9074 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin
for information and scans of this item in the "Super 1600 Nice Price"
series, which is housed in a regular jewel case with an obi, and booklet
giving the lyrics of the songs in Japanese. The obi has a date of "96-10-21"
and price of ¥1,600. It also has a date of "65-9-1" which must be the
original Japanese release date. Hans Seeger's copy has a "sell by" date of
"98.10.20" at the bottom right of the obi, which has been covered by red
tape on Éamonn Ó Catháin's copy! I can
only assume the second copy was sold after the intended withdrawal date. The promo release has a sticker on the rear
insert and a stamp with "SAMPLE" on the CD itself. Thanks to Hans Seegers for further information and scans. |
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 Sony Records SRCS 9074 (Japan) - detail of obi with release dates, scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin |
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 Sony Records SRCS 9074 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers (lower date of "98.10.20" visible) |
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 Sony Records SRCS 9074 (Japan) - rear insert with promo sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Sony Records SRCS 9074 (Japan) - obi scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin (lower date obscured) |
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 Sony Records SRCS 9074 (Japan) - detail of rear insert with promo sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
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"Highway 61 Revisited" - MiniDisc reissue, Sony Records SRYS 1222 (Japan), 21 Nov 1997:
 Sony Records SRYS 1222 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
This release has a red "Super Nice Price" obi with yellow and white text
and price ¥1,631. The copy shown is still sealed. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
 Sony Records SRYS 1222 (Japan) - rear scan by Wil Gielen |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - CD reissue in digipak, Columbia 460953 2 (Austria), 2000/Sony Music Media SMM 506055 (France), 2001:
 Columbia 460953 2 (Austria) - digipak front (folded) - photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz |
This is the "regular" CD release
of Highway 61 Revisited, not the 1992 DCC gold CD (see above). The
French release was in the "Millennium Pop" series - Hans Seegers has two
copies with different front stickers, both still sealed. Information and photos of Austrian release from Ulf Gyllenspetz. Information and scans of French release from Hans Seegers. |
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 Sony Music Media SMM 506055 (France) - rear of digipak, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Sony Music Media SMM 506055 (France) - front of digipak, scan by Hans Seegers ("Gibson USA" version) |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - CD included with magazine "L'Espresso", Columbia/Sony Music BME 04 (Italy), 25 Jan 2001:
 Columbia/Sony Music BME 04 - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This is again the "regular" CD release
of Highway 61 Revisited, not the 1992 DCC gold CD (see above). It
has a unique front insert and CD design. The CD was made in Austria. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Columbia/Sony Music BME 04 - outside of CD insert, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia/Sony Music BME 04 - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia/Sony Music BME 04 - detail of CD, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia/Sony Music BME 04 - magazine front scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia/Sony Music BME 04 - detail from magazine inside page, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - CD reissue, Columbia 450953 2 (Austria for Taiwan), early 2000s:
 Columbia 450953 2 (Austria for Taiwan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
This CD is actually the 1997 European release made in Austria packaged
with an obi in Chinese and English for the Taiwanese market. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Columbia 450953 2 (Austria for Taiwan) - rear with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - advance promo CD-R, Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment CH 90324 (USA), 28 May 2003:
 Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment CH 90324 (USA) - promo insert scan by Hans Seegers |
This CD-R for radio play only comes in a clear plastic wallet with a
single-sided paper insert
dated "5/28/2003". I assume because it was sent to radio stations
the CD-R has only the CD layer of the hybrid SA-CD release below. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment CH 90324 (USA) - promo CD-R scan by Hans Seegers |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - hybrid SA-CD reissue, Columbia CH 90324 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512351 6 (Europe), 16 Sep 2003/Sony Music MHCP 10004 (Japan), 17 Dec 2003:
 Columbia CH 90324 (USA/Canada) - outside of digipak (my copy) |
This release is housed in a two-fold digipak and contains both a CD version and
an SA-CD stereo version. The inside of the
digipak has two unpublished pictures of Bob from 1965. The sound of this
release is much brighter and harder than that of the 1992 DCC gold CD mix by
Steve Hoffman (see above) - for a detailed description, see Roger Ford's "Electric
Dylan" web-site
 .There is an 8-page booklet with the original sleeve notes and more unpublished pictures of Bob from 1965. The SA-CD design reproduces the Columbia US "360º SOUND" stereo vinyl label used in 1965. The booklet for the Canadian releases has been printed in Canada. This release also has the sticker shown for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan on the outside of the shrink-wrap. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information about the Japanese release. It has a black/blue/gold on white obi with price ¥2,520. Thanks to Keith Schweiger for the scans. |
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 Columbia CH 90324 (USA/Canada) - inside of digipak showing CD tray |
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 Sony Music MHCP 10004 (Japan) - obi scan by Keith Schweiger |
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 Sony Music MHCP 10004 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Keith Schweiger |
 Sony Music MHCP 10004 (Japan) - front scan by Keith Schweiger |
 Sony Music MHCP 10004 (Japan) - rear scan by Keith Schweiger |
 Sony Music MHCP 10004 (Japan) - CD scan by Keith Schweiger |
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"Highway 61 Revisited" - remastered CD reissue, Columbia CK 92399 (USA/Canada), 1 Jun 2004; Columbia 512351 2 (Europe), 29 Mar 2004; Sony Music MHCP 372 (Japan), 18 Aug 2004:
 Columbia CK 92399 (USA) - 2006 slipcase front, scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Columbia CK 92399 (USA) - rear scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia CK 92399 (USA) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia CK 92399 (Canada) - front scan by Jack |
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 Columbia CK 92399 (Canada) - CD scan by Jack |
 Columbia CK 92399 (Canada) - detail of CD, scan by Jack |
 Columbia CK 92399 (Canada) - detail of CD, scan by Jack |
 Columbia CK 92399 (USA) - detail of CD, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia 512351 2 (Europe) - outside of front insert booklet, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia 512351 2 (Europe) - rear insert scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Columbia 512351 2 (Europe) - reverse of rear insert (under clear CD tray), scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Columbia 512351 2 (Europe) - CD scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia 512351 2 (Europe) - detail of CD, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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This release at mid-price is in a standard jewel case and consists of the remastered CD layer only of the 2003 hybrid SA-CD release above. The front CD insert booklet includes pictures from the SA-CD booklet. The European release is made in Austria.
There are different stickers on the front of the slipcase and the jewel case, but they have exactly the same text. The US release was re-released in 2006 in an "original album classics" slipcase.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Jack from Canada for information, and to Jack from Canada, Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Gerd Rundel for scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - remastered CD reissue, Sony Music MHCP 372 (Japan), 18 Aug 2004:
 Sony Music MHCP 372 (Japan) - front of card sleeve with top obi, picture from eil.com |
The Japanese release comes in a card sleeve reproducing the LP sleeve with a
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 Sony Music MHCP 372 (Japan) - front of booklet, scan by Keith Schweiger |
 Sony Music MHCP 372 (Japan) - top obi unfolded, scan by Keith Schweiger |
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"Highway 61 Revisited" - CD reissue, Columbia 512351 2 (Austria for Taiwan), 2004:
 Columbia 512351 2 (Austria for Taiwan) - front with obi, scan by Augie Krater |
This CD is actually the 2004 European remastered release made in Austria
packaged with an obi in Chinese and English for the Taiwanese market.
Confusingly, it has the American catalogue number "CK 92399" on the spine of
the obi. There is also a release of Bringing It All Back Home in the
same "Rock 'N' Roll Fame of Hall" (LOL!) series with the same colour obi.
This is #6. Thanks to Augie Krater for information and scans. |
 Columbia 512351 2 (Austria for Taiwan) - rear with obi, scan by Augie Krater |
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 Columbia 512351 2 (Austria for Taiwan) -detail of obi, scan by Augie Krater |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - remastered CD reissue, Sony Music MHCP 806 (Japan), 23 Feb 2006:
 Sony Music MHCP 806 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Keith Schweiger |
This release in a standard jewel case has a white "Nice Price "obi with
black text, price ¥1,785 and date "06-02-23" (23 Feb 2006). The copy shown
is still sealed. Thanks to Keith Schweiger for information and scans. |
 Sony Music MHCP 806 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Keith Schweiger |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - remastered CD "Carbon Neutral" reissue, Columbia (catalogue number?) (UK), 27 Aug 2007:
 Picture from play.com |
This album is one of a series from Columbia of "Carbon Neutral
Entertainment" also featuring Blonde On Blonde! The "eco-friendly" aspects of the release are:
Thanks to J B Heinink for finding this release! |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - remastered CD given free with Belgian newspaper "De Morgen" Columbia 512351 2 (Belgium), 9 Aug 2008:
 Picture from "De Morgen" web-site |
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 Columbia 512351 2 (Europe) - "De Morgen" slipcase front, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Columbia 512351 2 (Europe) - "De Morgen" slipcase rear, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 "De Morgen" front page 9 Aug 2008, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
This CD in an exclusive slipcase is
CD8 of
a series of 15 albums called "Legendarische Doorbraakalbums [Legendary
Breaking Albums]" being given away each Saturday with the
Flemish-language Belgian newspaper "De Morgen". Other artists include Oasis,
The Police, dEUS (a Belgian group), Radiohead, Coldplay, Lou Reed, Michael
Jackson, Dire Straits, Lenny Kravitz, David Bowie, The Cure, Eurythmics,
R.E.M. and Eric Clapton. For more information see here
. The CD in the slipcase is the
standard 2004 remastered Columbia European release (see above).
Thanks to HwyCDRev for finding this and to Hans Seegers and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for further information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - MP3 download version from Play.com, Columbia (catalogue number?) (UK), Nov 2008:
 Picture from Play.com |
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for finding this on Play.com in the UK as part of their PlayDigital service. |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - Blu-spec CD release, Sony Music SICP 20024 (Japan), 24 Dec 2008:
 Sony Music SICP 20024 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
This release is on a Blu-spec CD, an audio-only disc which is presumably intended to be Sony's new high quality audio format. |
 Sony Music SICP 20024 (Japan) - detail of front with Blu-spec sticker, scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Music SICP 20024 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Music SICP 20024 (Japan) - rear with obi and promo sticker, scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Music SICP 20024 (Japan) - promo sticker scan by Wil Gielen |
The copies shown are still sealed, with a blue and white obi with price ¥2,500 (¥2,381 before tax). The release date is shown as "08-12-24" (24 Dec 2008), the original release date as "65-8-30" (30 Aug 1965) and the withdrawal date as "09-6-23" (23 Jun 2009). It's not actually a Blu-ray disc as it says on the sticker, but it is made using Blu-ray technology. Two sealed copies are shown, one with a numbered promo sticker on the rear of the obi.
Éamonn Ó Catháin said (14 Mar 2009): "I just received my first ever Blu-Spec CD, Highway 61Revisited. The sound is very good, as good as it can get from a CD (except the Hoffman DCC). I A/B'd it with my original Japanese CD and the sound from the new one leapt from the speakers, making the other one sound lifeless in comparison. The bass work on It Takes A Lot T o Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry is outstanding and incredibly detailed. Instruments seem much better placed and in some cases the voice appears more centred than hitherto. I found Desolation Row to be a revelation, very engaging, a real performance."
Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited (Deluxe Version)" - Internet download, iTunes (no catalogue number) (UK), Sep 2009:
 iTunes UK screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
This "Deluxe Edition" has seven bonus tracks, all previously released:
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 iTunes UK screenshot by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
Tombstone Blues (Alternate Take) from The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home
Desolation Row (Alternate Take) from The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home
Ballad Of A Thin Man (Live Version) from The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (Live Version) from The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and screenshots.
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