Nashville Skyline
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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 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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Original US stereo LP, Columbia KCS 9825, 9 Apr 1969. The front photograph is by Elliot Landy, taken not in Nashville, TN, but at Woodstock, NY. This album did not have a separate mono mix, but a mono version reduced from stereo was released outside the USA - for this see Mono Album Releases. For details of quadraphonic releases of Nashville Skyline with rarities, see 1974 |
This title is one of the fifteen Dylan albums released in Sep 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). Some titles are available in 5.1 surround sound, but not this one, despite the fact it was released in a quadraphonic mix in 1974.
Two out-takes from this album have been officially released:
One Too Many Mornings - Bob and Johnny Cash duetting at the Nashville Skyline sessions in the 1969 film and video Johnny Cash: The Man Ÿ His World Ÿ His Music (R-0069, see VHS & DVD 1960s).
I Threw It All Away - an alternate take to the version on Nashville Skyline appeared on the Sony Music Bob Dylan Custom Mix CD web-site, Apr 2003 (R-0606, see Online Performances (Other) ).
Vinyl and Tape Releases
"Nashville Skyline" - promo and commercial vinyl LPs, Columbia KCS 9825 (USA/Canada), 9 Apr 1969:
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo reel-to reel tape, Columbia HC 1151 (USA), Apr 1969:
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo LP, CBS SPBG 63601 (UK), 9 May 1969:
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CBS SPBG 63601 (UK) - front (Upton Printing Group version, my copy) |
This stereo album came in two alternative generic mono/stereo sleeves printed by the Upton Printing Group and Quality Stationery Limited respectively. The catalogue number is just shown as 63601 - on the Upton version it's above the CBS logo, and on the QSL version it's below the CBS logo. The rear sleeve has a gold foil "Stereo" sticker (which scans badly) at the top next to the CBS logo. The Upton record itself is in a generic paper sleeve (see below), and has orange CBS labels with catalogue number "S 63601". It has stamped matrix numbers SBPG 63601 A1/B2. Henry V. Bell's QSL copy has the same record labels with matrix numbers SBPG 63601 A2/B1. For the UK mono album, see Mono Album Releases. |
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![]() CBS SPBG 63601 (UK) - detail from front, (Upton Printing Group version) |
![]() CBS SPBG 63601 (UK) - detail from front, (Quality Stationery Limited version), scan by Henry V. Bell |
CBS SPBG 63601 (UK) - rear with gold foil "Stereo" sticker (Upton Printing Group version) |
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Both my Upton copy and Henry V. Bell's QSL copy have a gold foil "STEREO" sticker next to the top rear CBS logo. | |
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CBS SPBG 63601 (UK) - detail from rear, (Upton Printing Group version) |
CBS SPBG 63601 (UK) - detail from rear, (Upton Printing Group version) |
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![]() CBS SPBG 63601 (UK) - flyer for album, scan by Henry V. Bell |
The text on the bottom edges of the rear sleeves differs as
follows:
Shown on the left is a flyer for the album distributed by CBS to record shops - this was acquired by Henry V. Bell when he worked at Shear's Records in Belfast in 1969. |
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CBS 1969 inner sleeve - front |
The paper inner sleeve is generic, and contains details of current CBS albums including The Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, Blood Sweat & Tears, and Leonard Cohen. The reverse of the inner sleeve is interesting in that it contains an eight point propaganda piece about buying music on vinyl records. At the time the only serious alternative to vinyl was 8-track cassettes, which were much more prevalent in the USA than in the UK. The "Compact Cassette" medium had not yet become established. The rear sleeve has the then CBS postal address of CBS Records, 28/30 Theobalds Road, London WC1. Henry V. Bell points out the sleeve actually shows Nashville Skyline, and also has albums with later catalogue numbers, so may not have been printed at the release date of the album. His copy has a plain white sleeve. However, as far as I can remember, I bought the album on the day it came out or very soon afterwards! |
CBS 1969 inner sleeve - back |
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"Nashville Skyline" - stereo vinyl album,
CBS/Sony SONP-50095 (Japan), 1969; reissue CBS/Sony SOPL
227 (Japan), 1974; CBS/Sony 25AP
278 (Japan), 1976:
The 1976 reissue came with an 8-page lyrics booklet in English and Japanese.
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo/mono vinyl album, CBS SBP 233669 (Australia), 1969, reissued 1970s:
"Horizonte De Nashville [Nashville Skyline]" - stereo vinyl album, CBS 121.012 (Chile), 1969:
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo/mono vinyl album, CBS 27.024 (Uruguay), 1969:
"Horizonte De Nashville [Nashville Skyline]" - vinyl album, CBS 121.012 (Chile), 1970:
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It has stamped matrix numbers XSM139756/7-1H/L.
The song titles on the rear sleeve are in Spanish, as is the poem by Johnny Cash. Information from Hans Seegers. |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo LP, CBS SPBG 63601 (Greece), 1973:
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo LP, CBS/Sony KCS 9825 (Singapore/Malaysia), 1973:
"Nashville Skyline" - cassette release, CBS 40-32675 (NL), 1974:
![]() CBS 40-32675 (NL) - outside of cassette insert, scan by David Burgess |
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![]() CBS 40-32675 (NL) - cassette Side 2, scan by David Burgess |
Thanks to David Burgess for information and scans.
"Nashville Skyline" - Quadraphonic LPs, Columbia CQ 32872 (USA/Canada)/CBS Q 63601 (Spain), 1974:
![]() Columbia CQ 32872 (USA) - cover scan by Olav Langum |
At the time there were three incompatible audio systems for
quadraphonic sound - Columbia releases were for the Sony SQ system. As these releases contains rarities,
they're also listed in 1974.
Thanks to Olav Langum, Hans Seegers and Robert Kornovich for information and scans. |
Columbia CQ 32872 (Canada) - Side 1 scan by Robert Kornovic |
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![]() CBS Q-63601 (Spain) - front cover scan by Hans Seegers |
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Columbia CQ 32872 (Canada) - Side 2 scan by Robert Kornovich |
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"Lay Lady Lay" - stereo LP, CBS 19.045 (Argentina), late 1970s:
![]() CBS 19045 (Argentina) - front photo by Sergio Magnacca |
This is the regular Nashville Skyline album with an alternative title (just as Bringing It All Back Home was retitled Subterranean Homesick Blues in Holland). There was also a mono version, see Mono Album Releases. Sides 1 and 2 are reversed! Matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL S 432, Side 2 - AL S 433. The rear sleeve has a completely different design from the US/UK releases with a picture of Bob at the Isle of Wight Festival on 31 Aug 1969. It still contains the poem by Johnny Cash, translated into Spanish. The titles are also translated into Spanish. Information from Hans Seegers, Sergio Magnacca and Ronald Born. Thanks to Sergio Magnacca for the photo and Ronald Born for the scans. |
![]() CBS 19045 (Argentina) - rear scan by Ronald Born |
![]() CBS 19045 (Argentina) - Side 1 scan by Ronald Born |
![]() CBS 19045 (Argentina) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born |
"Nashville Skyline" - vinyl LP, "Mastersound" Half Speed Mastered release, Columbia HC 49825 (USA), 1981:
"Nashville Skyline" - vinyl LP, Simply Vinyl 125gm remastered release, Columbia 63601 (UK), 2000s:
"Nashville Skyline" - vinyl LP, Sundazed remastered release, Columbia/Sundazed LP 5124 (USA), 2007:
CD Releases
"Nashville Skyline" - CD reissues, Sony 32DP 373 (Japan), 21 Sep 1986/Sony 28DP 1024 (Japan), 26 Aug 1987/ Sony SRCS 6159 (Japan), 1 Dec 1989:
"Nashville Skyline" - CD reissue, Columbia CK 9825 (USA), 1980s, reissued 1990s:
"Nashville Skyline" - CD reissue, Columbia WCK 9825 (Canada), 1980s:
"Nashville Skyline" - hybrid SACD reissue, Columbia CH 90319 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512346 6 (Europe), 16 Sep 2003/Sony MHCP 10008 (Japan), 17 Dec 2003:
This release is housed in a three-fold digipak and contains a CD version and an SACD stereo version. There's no 5.1 surround sound version despite the fact the album was also released in quadraphonic sound. The outside of the digipak has a previously unpublished picture of Bob with Johnny Cash at the recording sessions. The inside of the digipak has three more pictures of Bob taken by Elliot Landy at Woodstock in 1969.
The North American and European releases have no booklet. The SACD design reproduces the Columbia US "360º SOUND" stereo vinyl label used in 1969.
The commercial 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.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information about the Japanese release. It has a black/blue on cloudy pale blue obi with price ¥2,520 - scans required.
Thanks to Jack from Canada for the scan of the US promo CD-R, which comes in a double clear plastic wallet with a typed insert dated "6/18/2003" (18 Jun 2003). Thanks to Wil Gielen for scans of the Japanese release, which had a pale blue and white obi and a 12-page booklet.
"Nashville Skyline" - remastered CD reissue, Columbia CK 92394 (USA/Canada), 1 Jun 2004/Columbia 512346 2 (Europe)/Columbia 5123462000 (Australia), 29 Mar 2004/Sony MHCP-375 (Japan), 18 Aug 2004:

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