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:
 Columbia KCS 9825 (USA) - promo front cover with timing strip, photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz |
This promo LP has a radio station timing strip on the front
sleeve. The original inner sleeve shows covers of contemporary Columbia
albums with the title "The Sound of the Revolutionaries on Columbia
Records". The record itself has red Columbia "360°
Sound" Stereo labels. Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz for information and photos. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for the picture of a 1970 commercial release with a front sticker with the text "Featuring LAY LADY LAY". Stephen MacKinnon has a white label test pressing of the album with blank labels in a plain white sleeve. It has stamped matrix numbers XSM139757-1F and XSM139756-1G. The track timings are slightly different from the released album, but by no more than a second or two. |
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 Columbia KCS 9825 (USA) - commercial release front cover with sticker, picture from eil.com |
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 Columbia KCS 9825 (USA) - Columbia inner sleeve, photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz |
 Columbia KCS 9825 (USA) - detail of front cover sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
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Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans of the stickers. The orange sticker is from the mid 1970s release of PC 9825, although it has "KCS 9825" on the sticker | ||
 Columbia KCS 9825 (Canada) - front cover with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia KCS 9825 (Canada) - rear sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia KCS 9825 (Canada) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia KCS 9825 (Canada) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia KCS 9825 (Canada) - front cover sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo reel-to reel tape, Columbia HC 1151 (USA), Apr 1969:
 Columbia HC 1151 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This album was also released on reel-to-reel tape, in 4-track stereo
running at 3¾" per second. All tracks are the standard stereo album
versions.
Information and scans from Hans Seegers. |
 Columbia HC 1151 (USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo LP, CBS SPBG 63601 (UK), 9 May 1969:
 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. | |
 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.
 CBS/Sony SOPL 227 (Japan) - detail of front, scan by Patrick Helfrich (second release) |
Scott Smith has a yellow label promo of the 1969 album
CBS/Sony SONP-50095 - scans required. This copy of the second release, SOPL-227, is missing its obi. It has an 8-page booklet with lyrics in English and Japanese. Matrix numbers: Side 1 - SOPL-227A3 1 A 6, Side 2 - SOPL-227B1 1 A 3. The 1976 release, 25AP 278, had a red, white and black obi showing Bob's latest album, Hard Rain. It had a completely different booklet from the second release. Second release: thanks to Patrick Helfrich for information and scans. Third release: thanks to Manfred Endtner for information and scans, and Ulf Gyllenspetz for further pictures. |
 CBS/Sony SOPL 227 (Japan) - front page of booklet, scan by Patrick Helfrich (second release) |
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 CBS/Sony SOPL 227 (Japan) - back page of booklet (page 8), scan by Patrick Helfrich (second release) |
 CBS/Sony SOPL 227 (Japan) - inner sleeve front, scan by Patrick Helfrich (second release) |
 CBS/Sony SOPL 227 (Japan) - inner sleeve back, scan by Patrick Helfrich (second release) |
 CBS/Sony SOPL 227 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Patrick Helfrich (second release) |
 CBS/Sony SOPL 227 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Patrick Helfrich (second release) |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 278 (Japan) - front picture with obi by Ulf Gyllenspetz (third release) |
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 CBS/Sony 25AP 278 (Japan) - Side 1 label scan by Manfred Endtner (third release) |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo/mono vinyl album, CBS SBP 233669 (Australia), 1969, reissued 1970s:
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) -front with sticker, photo by Peter Lindberg |
This album has a cover virtually identical to that from the UK.
Peter Lindberg's first edition copy has a sticker promoting "Lay, Lady, Lay"
as above. The
record has orange CBS labels. Stuart Moore's 1970s reissue has the same
cover without the sticker and orange/yellow CBS labels.
Thanks to Peter Lindberg and Stuart Moore for information and scans. |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Peter Lindberg (1969 release) |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Peter Lindberg (1969 release) |
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 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) -rear photo by Peter Lindberg |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) - detail from front, scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) - detail from rear, scan by Stuart Moore |
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 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (1970s reissue) |
"Horizonte De Nashville [Nashville Skyline]" - stereo vinyl album, CBS 121.012 (Chile), 1969:
 CBS 121.012 (Chile) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This very rare release from Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship was
manufactured and distributed for CBS by Philips. The cover is of very
fragile card and open on three sides. The rear sleeve design is in Spanish
and omits the Nashville skyline picture. The record has orange CBS labels
with song titles in Spanish and English. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 CBS 121.012 (Chile) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS 121.012 (Chile) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo/mono vinyl album, CBS 27.024 (Uruguay), 1969:
 CBS 27.024 (Uruguay) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Another very rare release from South America, this edition has the title
on the front sleeve and yet another unique rear design omitting the
Nashville skyline picture. The sleeve is made of thin card. The record is of
heavy vinyl and again has orange CBS labels with song titles in Spanish and
English. It is described as "Stereo/Mono" but to play it on a mono deck you
would have needed a stereo needle. Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz for information and Hans Seegers for scans. |
 CBS 27.024 (Uruguay) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS 27.024 (Uruguay) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
"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:
 CBS SPBG 63601 (Greece) - front photo by Paul Prince |
This is one of the few Dylan releases during the "Greek
colonels" dictatorship, presumably allowed because the songs were
considered non-political. It was produced by "Music-box" of
Athens on behalf of CBS and has the UK catalogue number. The front cover has an orange sticker advertising
Lay, Lady, Lay. The record has orange CBS labels. Hans Seegers has a copy
with dark-red "original first
pressing" labels with stamped matrix numbers
XSM
139756/7 and the same sticker on the cover.
Thanks to Paul Prince for photos and scans. |
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 CBS SPBG 63601 (Greece) - detail of front, scan by Paul Prince |
 CBS SPBG 63601 (Greece) - detail of rear, scan by Paul Prince |
 CBS SPBG 63601 (Greece) - detail of rear, scan by Paul Prince |
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 CBS SPBG 63601 (Greece) - rear photo by Paul Prince |
 CBS SPBG 63601 (Greece) - Side 1 scan by Paul Prince |
 CBS SPBG 63601 (Greece) - Side 1 scan by Paul Prince |
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"Nashville Skyline" - stereo LP, CBS/Sony KCS 9825 (Singapore/Malaysia), 1973:
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This rare record with the same catalogue number as the US release has “360° SOUND” red stereo labels with three CBS logos. Matrix numbers: Side 1 - KCS 9825 A 9615 written, Side 2 - KCS 9825 B A 691 stamped. There is no country of origin on the label or the cover. Information from Hans Seegers. |
"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:
 Columbia HC 49825 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This specially-licensed Half Speed Master version in
the "Mastersound" series was released in 1981. The sound
quality is far superior to that of the normal stereo LP, and probably to
that of the CD version before the SACD release in 2003! Thanks to Matthew Lutthans for
the information previously shown here that this LP was prepared by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab is almost
certainly incorrect. he says: "Every
Columbia half-speed I have is mastered by Vlado Meller at CBS, whereas
almost any product coming from MFSL, even those released on Decca (for
example Rolling Stones CDs) and Arts and Electronics classical releases,
bear the credits, "Mobile Fidelity Sound" or "Mastered by Original
Masteringworks."." This label has only the text "CBS and Mastersound are trademarks of CBS Inc." Information
from Rob van Estrik, scans from Hans Seegers and Rob Cole. |
 Columbia HC 49825 (USA) - front of "Mastersound" insert, scan by Rob Cole |
 Columbia HC 49825 (USA) - reverse of "Mastersound" insert, scan by Rob Cole |
Columbia HC 49825 (USA) - front in Mastersound bag, scan by Rob Cole |
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 Columbia HC 49825 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
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"Nashville Skyline" - vinyl LP, Simply Vinyl 125gm remastered release, Columbia 63601 (UK), 2000s:
 Simply Vinyl/Columbia 63601 (UK) - front scan by Patrick Helfrich |
Thanks to Patrick Helfrich for scans of this still sealed copy, released by Simply Vinyl under licence from Columbia. |
 Simply Vinyl/Columbia 63601 (UK) - front sticker scan by Patrick Helfrich |
 Simply Vinyl/Columbia 63601 (UK) - rear scan by Patrick Helfrich |
"Nashville Skyline" - vinyl LP, Sundazed remastered release, Columbia/Sundazed LP 5124 (USA), 2007:
 Columbia/Sundazed LP 5124 (USA) - Side 1 photo by Robert Kornovich |
This stereo release was manufactured by Sundazed under licence from
Columbia Records. Earlier releases from Sundazed were all in mono. The
label is a reproduction of the original Columbia label above, with
"SUNDAZED" below the catalogue number and "©
2007 SONY BMG" on the label edge. Thanks to Robert Kornovich for information and photos. |
 Columbia/Sundazed LP 5124 (USA) - Side 2 photo by Robert Kornovich |
 Columbia/Sundazed LP 5124 (USA) - detail of Side 1, photo by Robert Kornovich |
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:
 Sony 28DP 1024 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen (32DP 373 is the same) |
The first CD pressing of this album in Japan was 32DP 373, which had a red and white obi with price ¥3,200 (the "32" in the catalogue number means the price is ¥3,200). 28DP 1024, which had a green and white obi in the "CBS CD ROCK 100" series with price ¥2,800 (again, the "28" in the catalogue number means the price is ¥2,800). It had a 20-page booklet. SRCS 6159 had a black, red, white and blue obi in the "Nice Price Line 15" series with price ¥1,800 and date "91-12-1" (1 Dec 1991). As this date is usually the withdrawal date, the likely release date is two years before. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Wil Gielen for definitive dates and scans. |
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 Sony 32DP 373 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Sony 28DP 1024 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Sony SRCS 6159 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony SRCS 6159 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony SRCS 6159 (Japan) - rear scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony SRCS 6159 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen |
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"Nashville Skyline" - CD reissue, Columbia CK 9825 (USA), 1980s, reissued 1990s:
 Columbia CK 9825 (USA) - outside of front insert (my copy) |
The 1990s release, bought by me on a visit to the USA, has a front insert of a single folded card with the poem by
Johnny Cash on the inside. The front picture has no Columbia logo at top
left, but it does have a Compact Disc logo at bottom right. The rear insert
is a plain design with only the tracklisting and the rear skyline picture is
missing. Gil Lamont has a copy, presumably from the late 1980s, with the
same artwork as mine but a different design CD with the earlier Columbia
logo. The CD is silver with black text. Scans of the US first CD release required! |
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 Columbia CK 9825 (USA) - inside of front insert |
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 Columbia CK 9825 (USA) - CD (1980s), scan by Gil Lamont |
"Nashville Skyline" - CD reissue, Columbia WCK 9825 (Canada), 1980s:
 Columbia WCK 9825 (Canada) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
This was the first release of this album on CD in Canada. Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans. |
 Columbia WCK 9825 (Canada) - rear scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia WCK 9825 (Canada) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
"Nashville Skyline" - hybrid SACD reissue, Columbia CH 90319 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512346 6 (Europe), 16 Sep 2003/Sony MHCP 10008 (Japan), 17 Dec 2003:
 Columbia CH 90319 (USA/Canada) - outside of digipak (my copy) |
 Sony MHCP 1008 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony MHCP 1008 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Columbia CH 90319 (USA/Canada) - inside of digipak |
 Sony MHCP 1008 (Japan) - rear scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Columbia CH 90319 (USA) - promo CD-R in plastic wallet, scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Sony MHCP 1008 (Japan) - hybrid SACD scan by Wil Gielen |
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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:
 Sony MHCP-375 (Japan) - picture from eil.com |
This release at mid-price is in a standard jewel case and consists of
the remastered CD layer only of the 2003 hybrid SACD release above. The
front CD insert booklet includes pictures from the SACD booklet. The
European release is made in Austria. The Japanese release comes in a card sleeve reproducing the LP sleeve with a top obi. The Australian release is also available in a double pack with (surprisingly) the original CD release of John Wesley Harding (not the 2003 remastered version). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Jack from Canada and Stuart Moore for information and scans. |
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 Columbia CK 92394 (Canada) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia CK 92394 (Canada) - rear scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia CK 92394 (Canada) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Columbia 5123462000 (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore |
 Columbia 5123462000 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
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 Sony MHCP 375 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Sony/BMG 82876827452 (Australia) - slipcase rear scan by Stuart Moore |
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 Sony MHCP 375 (Japan) - rear scan with top obi and promo stamp by Wil Gielen |
 Sony MHCP 375 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen |
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 John Wesley Harding (1968) |
Nashville Skyline (1969) |
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