Audio: International Album Releases (Regular)

Highway 61 Revisited (1965)

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.

For LP and tape releases of Blonde On Blonde, click Up.

This page is still incomplete - more entries required. For releases of this album in CBS/Columbia multi-packs, see International Album Releases (Regular) - Multi-Packs.

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967)

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Columbia CGK 841 (USA) - outside of front CD insert, scan by Rich Wong

Columbia CGK 841 (USA) - rear insert scan by Rich Wong

Columbia CGK 841 (USA) - CD scan by Rich Wong

More information about the missing releases required! Jack Guerreiro thinks that some may be imported from Japan, as in the early 1980s there was no Columbia CD pressing plant in North America. Also see 1966 Blonde On Blonde Rarities for the truncated releases.

Thanks to Rich Wong for scans of the Aug 1987 release of CGK 841. Wil Gielen has a mid 1990s copy of the US release CGK 841 imported into Japan with an obi from the Tsutaya Records rental store chain. The obi has no price because the CD was only for rent. Perversely, it uses the politically correct spelling of "Blond On Blond"!
 

Columbia CGK 841 (USA) - copy imported into Japan, front sticker scan by Wil Gielen

Columbia CGK 841 (USA) - copy imported into Japan, rear insert scan by Wil Gielen

Columbia CGK 841 (USA) - copy imported into Japan, detail of rear insert, scan by Wil Gielen

Columbia CGK 841 (USA) - copy imported into Japan, detail of CD, scan by Wil Gielen

Tsutaya audio/video rental store, Japan - photo from Wil Gielen

Columbia CGK 841 (Canada) - rear insert scan by Moise Potié (mid-1990s release)

Sony Records SRCS 6157 (1991) was a mid-price release with black, red, white, blue obi with price ¥1,800. It came in a standard jewel case with a 24 page folded booklet. The CD itself was green. Hans Seegers has two copies - a promo release and the commercial release. The promo release has a numbered sticker on the rear insert and handwritten Japanese text on the clear plastic centre of the CD itself.

CBS/Sony 40DP 1029 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Keith Schweiger (later release)

CBS/Sony 40DP 1029 (Japan) - front of booklet, scan by Wil Gielen

CBS/Sony 40DP 1029 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen

CBS/Sony 40DP 1029 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen

Sony Records SRCS 6157 (Japan) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers

Sony Records SRCS 7905 (Japan) - outside of card sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers

Sony Records SRCS 9237 (1997) came in a standard jewel case. It has a red and black obi in the "Super 1600 Nice Price" series with yellow and white text and a price of ¥1,600. Hans Seegers' copy is still sealed.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Wil Gielen and Keith Schweiger for information and scans.

Sony Records SRCS 9237 (Japan) - sealed front scan by Hans Seegers

Sony Records SRCS 9237 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen

Sony Records SRCS 9237 (Japan) - sealed rear scan by Hans Seegers

Sony Records SRCS 9237 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen

CBS CDCBS 66012 (Austria for Europe) - CD scan by Keith Schweiger (disc made in Japan)

Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara for information and pictures.

CBS/Sony 463369 2 (Spain) - detail of rear insert, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

Columbia CDCBS 66012 (Australia)- front insert scan by Stuart Moore

This release contains rarities, for details see 1966 Blonde On Blonde Rarities.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans.

Columbia CK 64411 (USA) - sticker from front of slipcase, scan by Gerd Rundel (1994 release)

Columbia CK 64411 (USA) - rear of slipcase, scan by Gerd Rundel (1994 release)

Columbia CK 53016 (USA) - digipak front sticker scan by Hans Seegers (1992 release)

Both MiniDiscs are still sealed, so I have no information about which version of the album it might be.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Wil Gielen and Moise Potié for information and scans.

Sony Records SRYS 1214 (Japan - front scan by Wil Gielen

For more details of this release, which is the same as the US gold CD release above and contains rare mixes/edits, see 1966 Blonde On Blonde Rarities. For the European gold CD release, see below.

This release had a 32 page booklet, but no rear insert (to show the gold CD). It had a black and gold obi with price ¥3,200 and date "93-4-21" (21 Apr 1993). The withdrawal date was "95-4-20" (20 Apr 1995). This gold edition of the album was replaced by the 1999 Super Audio CD (SA-CD) release, see International Albums (Regular).

SME Records SRCS 6682 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers

SME Records SRCS 6682 (Japan) - top of limited edition wooden box, scan by Gerd Rundel

SME Records SRCS 6682 (Japan) - detail of top of limited edition wooden box, scan by Gerd Rundel

SME Records SRCS 6682 (Japan) - disc scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia/Legacy 480417 2 (UK) - gold CD front insert (my copy)

Columbia/Legacy 480417 2 (UK) - gold CD slipcase back

Columbia/Legacy 480417 2 (UK) - rear jewel case insert showing gold CD

Columbia/Legacy 480417 2 (UK) - gold picture CD

This is a reissue of the US and Japanese 1992 gold disc releases shown above. The jewel case containing this CD is in a white card slipcase with a shaped hole cut in the front that shows the gold CD itself. There's a similar hole in the rear insert. The jewel case front insert unfolds to show the second US gatefold inner sleeve design - left-hand side on the reverse, right-hand side on the front. All the colour pictures have the colour balance shifted towards yellow - this is from the original, not a fault of the scanner.

The CD was actually made in Japan and has an extra serial number DIDP 11263. This gold edition of the album was replaced by the 1999 Super Audio CD (SA-CD) release, see International Albums (Regular).

Columbia/Legacy 480417 2 (UK) - reverse of gold CD front insert (unfolded)

Columbia CS 841 (USA) - slipcase front, scan by Jack Guerreiro

Columbia CS 841 (USA) - slipcase rear, scan by Jack Guerreiro

This CD came in a card sleeve reproducing the original LP artwork. What is extremely interesting is that the inside sleeve genuinely does have the original UK artwork with the picture of Claudia Cardinale, now banned in the USA - see The Blonde On Blonde Missing Pictures. It also has what appears to be the equivalent of a Japanese obi, denoting it's a Millennium Edition (there were several other CDs in this series by Columbia artists other than Dylan). Reports are that the CD itself is the same as the gold CD, even though it's silver. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information that this release does not have CD-TEXT.

Thanks to David Burgess for information and scans.

Columbia MILLEN15 (UK) - "obi" scan by David Burgess

Columbia MILLEN15 (UK) - inside sleeve scan by David Burgess

Even though this is a silver CD, it is the same mix as the former UK gold CD (see above). Note the inside of the digipak has the original right hand picture layout with Claudia Cardinale, this time on the left.

Thanks to Roger Ford for information and scans. Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans of the French release of the Millennium Edition with a unique French information sticker.

Columbia 510576 2 (UK) - booklet scan by Roger Ford

Columbia 510576 2 (UK) - tray scan by Roger Ford

Columbia 510576 2 (UK) - CD scan by Roger Ford

Columbia 510576 2 (France) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

Columbia/Sony Music Studios CH 90325 (USA) - promo insert 2, scan by Hans Seegers

There is an 8-page booklet with more unpublished pictures of Bob from 1966 from the same Jerry Schatzberg shoot as the original album photos. The digipak when first opened (before you unfold it again to reveal the CD trays) reproduces the revised US gatefold sleeve inner layout - see The Blonde On Blonde Missing Pictures. The picture of Claudia Cardinale is sadly missing yet again!

The SA-CD design reproduces the Columbia US "360º SOUND" stereo vinyl label used in 1966. The CD and SA-CD stereo layers both feature superior versions of the album tracks, remixed by Michael Brauer as per the 1997 US and Japanese SA-CD-only release.

The copy illustrated was distributed from Canada, and has the same sticker on the outside of the shrink-wrap as the one illustrated for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.

Sony Music MHCP 10005 (Japan) - SA-CD disc 1, scan by Wil Gielen

The French release was available with the regular European information sticker in English, but also with a French information sticker from 27 Oct 2003.

Thanks to Hans Seegers and Wil Gielen for information about the Japanese release. It has a black/blue/white on cream obi with price ¥3,780 and two booklets, one 8 pages and the other 24 pages.

Sony Music MHCP 10006 (Japan) - SA-CD disc 2, scan by Wil Gielen

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Wil Gielen, Jack Guerreiro, Moise Potié and Keith Schweiger for information and scans.

Columbia CK 92400 (USA) - front insert

Columbia CK 92400 (Canada) - reverse of front insert, scan by Moise Potié

Columbia CK 92400 (Canada) - detail of reverse of front insert, scan by Moise Potié

Columbia CK 92400 (USA/Canada) - inside of front insert

Columbia CK 92400 (Canada) - rear insert scan by Jack Guerreiro

Columbia CK 92400 (Canada) - CD scan by Jack Guerreiro

Columbia CK 92400 (USA/Canada) - reverse of rear insert (under CD tray)

Sony Music MHCP 373 (Japan) - picture from eil.com with top obi and sticker

Sony Music MHCP 373 (Japan) - promo stamp scan by Wil Gielen

Columbia 512352 2 (Europe) - rear scan by Keith Schweiger

Columbia 512352 2 (Europe) - CD scan by Keith Schweiger

Sony Music MHCP 373 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen

Columbia 512352 5 (Germany) - rear and side of slipcase, scan by Hanns Peter Bushoff

Columbia 82876736032 (Europe) - front of slipcase scan by Derek Davies

Columbia 512352 5 (Germany) - CD scan by Hanns Peter Bushoff

Columbia 5123525000 (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore

Singer Songwriter 7CD boxed set - picture from "Der Spiegel" online shop

Columbia 82876736032 (Europe) - inside of front insert, scan by Derek Davies (third page)

Thanks to Keith Schweiger for information and scans.

• "100% biodegradable and certified carbon neutral packaging.
• The carbon emissions generated in the production of each album has been calculated and balanced to net zero by investing in emissions reductions projects around the world that save the equivalent amount of C02.
• Each album will contain a source of ten C02 reducing tips to help the consumer think consciously about reducing their contribution to global warming.
• The original album booklet and label copy, rather than printed within the package, will be uploaded to a website for consumers to view online."

Thanks to Peter Coulthard and Éamonn Ó Catháin for finding this bizarre release!

Thanks to Wil Gielen and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information.

Thanks to Nol Grint for information and scans.

Columbia/Sony Music 88697 51773 2/8 (NL) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Nol Grint

Columbia/Sony Music 88697 51773 2/8 (NL) - CD scan by Nol Grint

Columbia/Sony Music 88697 51773 2 (NL) - box front scan by Nol Grint

Thanks to Keith Schweiger for information and scans.

Thanks to Arie de Reus for information and scans.

Columbia/Sony Music 88697995662 (Europe) - CD scan by Arie de Reus

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information.