Nashville Skyline
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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 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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Revised 21 July, 2010.
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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/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 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) ).
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Thanks to Gil Walker for
news about a tape being auctioned on eBay that was recorded during the Nashville
Skyline sessions at Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, TN, 14 Feb
1969, with five out-takes of Lay, Lady, Lay and a previously uncirculating
song Going To Chicago. This has been added to the Starlight in The East "G"
page. It has different lyrics from Doc Watson's Going To Chicago Blues,
so may be a Dylan original. Thanks to Tim Dunn for information that this tape with five takes of Lay, Lady, Lay is part of what in 1993 were known as "The Lost Warehouse Tapes". These were between 2200 and 3000 reels of tape recorded between 1953 and 1971, discarded by Columbia and acquired by record producer Clark Enslin. Other recordings by Bob are known to be Mr. Bojangles (released on the 1973 Dylan album), Wild Thing, Blue Moon, Ring Of Fire and Take A Message To Mary. |
Vinyl and Tape Releases
"Nashville Skyline" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LPs, Columbia KCS 9825 (USA/Canada), 9 Apr 1969:
 Columbia KCS 9825 (USA) - promo front sleeve with timing strip, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 Columbia KCS 9825 (USA) - detail of promo rear sleeve, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 Columbia KCS 9825 (Canada) - front sleeve with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
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The promo LP shown 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 is a regular release with red Columbia "360° Sound" Stereo labels. Gerd Rundel's copy has record matrix numbers: Side 1 - XSM139756-1H (stamped), Side 2 - XSM 139757-1A (handwritten).
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.
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for the picture of a 1970 commercial release with a front sticker with the text "Featuring LAY LADY LAY". 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.
The Canadian release also has a front sticker with the text "Featuring LAY LADY LAY".
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Ulf Gyllenspetz and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo vinyl LPs, Columbia KCS 9825 (USA for export to Denmark and Sweden), 1969:
 Columbia KCS 9825 (USA for Sweden) - front sleeve with "CBS" sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke |
Lars M. Banke has a copy of the US release KCS 9825 bought in Denmark that has had the "Columbia" logo replaced by "CBS". The record has US red labels with three logos - there is a shaped red sticker with the CBS logo covering "COLUMBIA". On the front sleeve Lars' copy has a silver foil "CBS" sticker over "Columbia" - it has matrix numbers: Side 1 - XSM139756-1F, Side 2 - XSM139757-1G. Rene Jørgensen has a copy also bought in Denmark with different stickers - it has matrix numbers: Side 1 - XSM139756-1AB, Side 2 - XSM139757-1AF. Lars M. Banke also has a copy of the US release KCS 9825 bought in Sweden that again has had the "Columbia" logo removed and replaced by "CBS". On the front and rear sleeves this copy has red shaped "CBS" stickers over "Columbia". On the record labels there is a similarly shaped sticker over "Columbia" on each side. Thanks to Lars M. Banke and Rene Jørgensen for information and scans. |
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Columbia KCS 9825
(USA for Denmark) - detail of rear with three instances of "Columbia"
partially erased, scan by Rene Jørgensen
(alternate copy)
 Journey album with stickered labels, scan by Rene Jørgensen |
Rene Jørgensen also has copies of albums by other artists bought in Denmark with stickers with text in German "Aus warenrechtlichen Gründen muss dieses Etikett überstickert werden [For copyright reasons this label must be stickered over]" on the labels as shown. Every instant of the name "Columbia" is also blacked out on the front and rear sleeves. The album shown by The Chimes also has a front sticker with "US Pressung [US Pressing]". |
 Chimes album with stickered labels, picture found by Rene Jørgensen |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo reel-to reel tape, Columbia HC 1151 (USA), Apr 1969:
 Columbia HC 1151 (USA) - box 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.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Steven Fant for information and scans. |
 Columbia HC 1151 (USA) - box rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia HC 1151 (USA) - tape scan by Steven Fant |
Columbia HC 1151 (USA) - box spine scan by Steven Fant
Columbia HC 1151 (USA) - top of box, scan by Steven Fant
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS SPBG
63601 (UK), 9 May 1969:
For the UK mono album, see Mono
Album Releases.
 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. |
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 CBS SPBG 63601 (UK) - rear with gold foil "Stereo" sticker (Upton Printing Group version) |
 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) - detail from rear (Upton Printing Group version)
CBS SPBG
63601 (UK) - detail from rear (Quality Stationery Limited version), scan by
Henry V. Bell
 CBS SPBG 63601 (UK) - flyer for album, scan by Henry V. Bell |
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. Both my Upton copy and Henry V. Bell's QSL copy have a gold foil "STEREO" sticker next to the top rear CBS logo. 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 (my copy) |
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! Crispin Ollington has a copy with the Upton sleeve, a plain white inner sleeve, and matrix numbers SBPG 63601 A1/B1 (the "S" is handwritten). It does not have a gold foil "STEREO" sticker on the rear sleeve, nor is there a mark on the sleeve when one could have been. This may therefore be the earliest UK pressing. |
 CBS 1969 inner sleeve - rear (my copy) |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo vinyl LP "Club Sonderauflage [Club Special Edition]", S R International/CBS 92 214 (West Germany), 1969:
 S R International/CBS 92 214 (West Germany) - front scan by Gerd Rundel |
This special record club edition was released by S R
International in association with CBS. The sleeve and record were made in
West Germany.
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sleeve is laminated on the front only. The
record has orange CBS labels with stamped matrix numbers: Side
1 - 27 679611 S1
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63601 S1, Side
2 - 27 679611 S2
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63601 S2. Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans. |
 S R International/CBS 92 214 (West Germany) - detail of front, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 S R International/CBS 92 214 (West Germany) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel |
 S R International/CBS 92 214 (West Germany) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 S R International/CBS 92 214 (West Germany) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel |
 S R International/CBS 92 214 (West Germany) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 S R International/CBS 92 214 (West Germany) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Suzy 63601 (Yugoslavia), 1969:
 CBS/Suzy 63601 (Yugoslavia) - front photo by Paul Prince |
This release was manufactured and distributed by Suzy
Records of Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia on behalf of CBS. The record
has orange CBS labels. Thanks to Paul Prince for information and photos. |
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 CBS/Suzy 63601 (Yugoslavia) - detail of front, photo by Paul Prince |
 CBS/Suzy 63601 (Yugoslavia) - rear photo by Paul Prince |
 CBS/Suzy 63601 (Yugoslavia) - detail of rear, photo by Paul Prince |
 CBS/Suzy 63601 (Yugoslavia) - Side 1 photo by Paul Prince |
 CBS/Suzy 63601 (Yugoslavia) - detail of Side 1, photo by Paul Prince |
 CBS/Suzy 63601 (Yugoslavia) - Side 2 photo by Paul Prince |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo vinyl LP releases,
CBS/Sony SONP-50095 (Japan), Jun 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) |
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 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 SOPL 227 (Japan) - back page of booklet (page 8), scan by Patrick Helfrich (second release) |
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 CBS/Sony 25AP 278 (Japan) - Side 1 label scan by Manfred Endtner (third 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.
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo/mono vinyl LP, CBS SBP 233669 (Australia), 1969, reissued 1970s:
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) -front with sticker, photo by Peter Lindberg |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Peter Lindberg (1969 release) |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) - detail from Side 1 with Allan's logo, scan by Peter Lindberg (1969 release) |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Peter Lindberg (1969 release) |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (early 1970s release) |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (early 1970s release) |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) - detail from front, scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) -front sticker photo by Peter Lindberg |
 CBS SBP 233669 (Australia) -rear photo by Peter Lindberg |
 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 (mid 1970s reissue) |
This album has a sleeve 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 with "CONTROL" and the Allan's logo to the right of the centre hole on Side 1 and just "CONTROL" on Side 2. Stuart Moore has two copies with the same sleeve without the sticker, the first is from the early 1970s and has orange CBS labels without "CONTROL" or the Allan's logo, the second is from the mid 1970s and has the later design orange/yellow CBS labels. (Allan's were distributors in Australia for Bob Dylan records between 1965 and 1969.)
Thanks to Peter Lindberg and Stuart Moore for information and scans.
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS SBP 473654 (New Zealand), 1969; CBS SBP 474240 (New Zealand), 1974, re-released late 1970s:
 CBS SBP 473654 (New Zealand) - front scan by Bill Hester (1969 release) |
The front sleeves of these New Zealand releases have a unique CBS logo at top left in a blue
box. The first release of this album has the catalogue number SBP 473654 and a "STEREO"/arrows logo in the front blue box. The rear sleeve is in monochrome with a wide white border. There is no country of origin on the sleeve. The record has orange CBS labels with the Allan's logo on Side 1 only. |
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 CBS SBP 474240 (New Zealand) - front scan by Bill Hester (both 1970s releases) |
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 CBS SBP 473654 (New Zealand) - Side 2 scan by Bill Hester (1969 release) |
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 CBS SBP 474240 (New Zealand) - rear scan by Bill Hester (1974 release) |
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 CBS SBP 474240 (New Zealand) - Side 2 scan by Bill Hester (1974 release) |
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 CBS SBP 474240 (New Zealand) - rear scan by Stuart Moore (late 1970s release) |
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 CBS SBP 474240 (New Zealand) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (late 1970s release) |
The first release of SBP 474240 with orange CBS labels dates from around 1974 and was made for CBS Records by Phonogram Limited of New Zealand (part of Philips, later PolyGram, now Universal). The release of SBP 474240 with orange/yellow CBS record labels dates from the late 1970s at the earliest since New Zealand still used the plain orange 1960s-style CBS labels for Desire in 1976. Both the late 1970s sleeve and record were made by CBS Records Auckland.
Thanks to Stuart Moore and Bill Hester for information and scans.
"Horizonte De Nashville [Nashville Skyline]" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 121.012 (Chile), 1969:
 CBS 121.012 (Chile) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This very rare release from Chile during the Pinochet dictatorship,
presumably allowed because the songs were considered non-political, was
manufactured and distributed for CBS by Philips (later PolyGram and now part
of Universal). The sleeve is of very
fragile card and open on three sides. The rear sleeve design has text in Spanish
and omits the Nashville skyline picture. The record has orange CBS labels
with song titles in Spanish and English. It has stamped matrix numbers XSM139756/7-1H/L. 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) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS 121.012 (Chile) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo/mono vinyl LP, CBS 27.024 (Uruguay), 1969:
 CBS 27.024 (Uruguay) - front scan by Hans Seegers (promo and commercial copies) |
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 CBS 27.024 (Uruguay) - Side 1 with promo stamp, picture from eBay (first promo release "BOD DYLAN") |
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 CBS 27.024 (Uruguay) - rear with promo stamp, picture from eBay (second promo release) |
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 CBS 27.024 (Uruguay) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (both releases "BOB DYLAN" - commercial copy) |
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 with three folded-over flaps on the rear. 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. On Side 1 of the first release Bob's name is misspelled as "BOD DYLAN". On Side 2 it's correctly spelled "BOB DYLAN".
Thanks to Renaud Depierreux for finding two promo copies on eBay. The first promo copy is of the first release and has promo stamps that say "Para uso publicitario, muestras sin valor [For publicity use, material without value]" on the rear sleeve and on the Side 1 "BOD DYLAN" label (the Side 2 picture is missing. The second promo copy is of the second release and has promo stamps that say: "Disco de propaganda, prohibida su venta [Promotional disc, sale prohibited" on the rear sleeve and on both record labels. The Side 1 label has now been corrected to "BOB DYLAN".
Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz and Renaud Depierreux for information and Hans Seegers for scans.
"Horizonte De Nashville [Nashville Skyline]" - stereo vinyl LP,
CBS CLS-5299 (Mexico), 1970:
For the Mexican mono album, see Mono
Album Releases.
 CBS CLS-5299 (Mexico) - front scan by Hans Seegers (stereo) |
The song titles are
translated into Spanish on the front and rear sleeves and record labels. Both
front and rear sleeves have unique designs - on the rear sleeve the
Nashville skyline photo and the Johnny Cash poem are missing. The stereo
front sleeve has a strip across the top with the "STEREO"/arrow logo and the
bottom of the photograph is cut off compared to the mono front sleeve. The
rear sleeve is the same for both the mono and stereo releases, and the
record has orange CBS labels. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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 CBS CLS-5299 (Mexico) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers (stereo) |
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 CBS CL-5299 (Mexico)/CBS CLS-5299 (Mexico) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (mono/stereo) |
 CBS CL-5299 (Mexico)/CBS CLS-5299 (Mexico) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (mono/stereo) |
 CBS CLS-5299 (Mexico) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (stereo) |
 CBS CLS-5299 (Mexico) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (stereo) |
 CBS CLS-5299 (Mexico) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (stereo) |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo cassette release, Columbia 40-32675 (USA), before 1971:
 Columbia 16 H0 0670 (USA) - front insert scan by Steven Fant |
Columbia 16 HO 0670 was the first US cassette release,
before 1971. It has a light grey cassette with white paper labels. There is
minimal artwork. Thanks to Steven Fant for information and scans of the first Columbia US cassette release. |
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 Columbia 16 H0 0670 (USA) - inside of front insert, scan by Steven Fant |
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 Columbia 16 H0 0670 (USA) - cassette Side 2 scan by Steven Fant |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo vinyl 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, again 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 sleeve 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 sleeve.
Thanks to Paul Prince for photos and scans. |
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 CBS SPBG 63601 (Greece) - Side 1 scan by Paul Prince |
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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) - rear photo by Paul Prince |
 CBS SPBG 63601 (Greece) - detail of rear, scan by Paul Prince |
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"Nashville Skyline" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS KCS 9825 (Singapore/Malaysia), 1973:
 CBS KCS 9825 (Singapore/Malaysia) - front with CBS logo, scan by Daniel Pritchett |
This rare record with the same catalogue number as the US release has “360° SOUND” red stereo labels with three CBS logos. There is no country of origin on the sleeve or record labels. The record labels has the US format but the catalogue number is in a different type face, and the word "Nonbreakable" is present. Matrix numbers: Side 1 - KCS 9825 A 9615 written, Side 2 - KCS 9825 B A 691 stamped. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Daniel Pritchett for scans. |
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 CBS KCS 9825 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of front with CBS logo, scan by Daniel Pritchett |
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 CBS KCS 9825 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of rear with CBS logo, scan by Daniel Pritchett |
 CBS KCS 9825 (Singapore/Malaysia) - Side 2 with three CBS logos, scan by Daniel Pritchett |
 CBS KCS 9825 (Singapore/Malaysia) - Side 1 with three CBS logos, scan by Daniel Pritchett |
 CBS KCS 9825 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of Side 1 with three CBS logos, scan by Daniel Pritchett |
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo cassette release, CBS 40-32675 (NL), 1974(?):
 CBS 40-32675 (NL) - outside of cassette insert, scan by David Burgess |
This cassette release has only the front sleeve artwork. The cassette is light grey with printed text in black, there are no labels. Although the cassette insert has the CBS logo, the cassette itself has "Columbia" and may date from later than 1974 as it has Dolby noise reduction. |
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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 vinyl LPs, Columbia CQ 32872 (USA/Canada)/CBS Q 63601 (Spain), 1974:
 Columbia CQ 32872 (USA) - front sleeve 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. |
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 CBS Q-63601 (Spain) - front sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia CQ 32872 (Canada) - Side 1 scan by Robert Kornovic |
 Columbia CQ 32872 (Canada) - Side 2 scan by Robert Kornovich |
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"Nashville Skyline" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS S 63601 (NL), 1970s:
 CBS S 63601 (NL) - front scan by Gerd Rundel |
The sleeve and record of this 1970s release were made in
Holland. The record comes in a plain paper inner sleeve and has
orange/yellow CBS labels with handwritten matrix numbers:
Side 1 - S 63601-A III, Side 2 - S 63601-B III. Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans. |
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 CBS S 63601 (NL) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 CBS S 63601 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS S 63601 (NL) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS S 63601 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS S 63601 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
"Lay Lady Lay" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 19.045 (Argentina), late 1970s:
 CBS 19045 (Argentina) - part front photo by Jordi Badell |
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. The front sleeve is the mono sleeve with a sticker says "ESTEREO: SONIDO 360°". Sides 1 and 2 are reversed! Matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL S 432, Side 2 - AL S 433. |
 CBS 19045 (Argentina) - detail of front, photo by Jordi Badell |
 CBS 19045 (Argentina) - rear scan by Ronald Born |
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 CBS 19045 (Argentina) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born |
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, Jordi Badell and Ronald Born. Thanks to Jordi Badell for the photo and Ronald Born for the scans.
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo 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 SA-CD release in 2003! Thanks to Matthew Lutthans for correcting the information previously shown here that this LP was prepared by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab. 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." |
 Columbia HC 49825 (USA) - rear scan by Renaud Depierreux (promo copy) |
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 Columbia HC 49825 (USA) - front 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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 Columbia HC 49825 (USA) - reverse of "Mastersound" insert, scan by Rob Cole |
Renaud Depierreux has a promo copy with a gold "Promotion - Not For Sale" stamp on the rear sleeve over the bar-code.
Thanks to Rob van Estrik for information, and to Hans Seegers, Rob Cole and Renaud Depierreux for scans.
"Nashville Skyline" - stereo 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" - stereo vinyl LP, Sundazed remastered release, Columbia/Sundazed LP 5124 (USA), 2007:
 Columbia/Sundazed LP 5124 (USA) - front with sticker, scan by Patrick Helfrich |
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 and to Patrick Helfrich for scans of his sealed copy. |
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 Columbia/Sundazed LP 5124 (USA) - front sticker scan by Patrick Helfrich |
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 Columbia/Sundazed LP 5124 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Patrick Helfrich |
 Columbia/Sundazed LP 5124 (USA) - Side 1 photo by Robert Kornovich |
 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 Records 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. |
 Sony Records SRCS 6159 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Records SRCS 6159 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Sony 32DP 373 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Records SRCS 6159 (Japan) - rear scan by Wil Gielen |
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 Sony 28DP 1024 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Records 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) |
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 Columbia CK 9825 (USA) - CD (1980s), scan by Gil Lamont |
| 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! Wil Gielen has a copy of the US release imported into Japan with an obi from the Shinseido record store chain. |
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"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" - CD reissue, CBS CDCBS 63601 (Austria for Europe), mid 1980s, reissued late 1980s; Columbia CD 63601 (Austria for Europe), early 1990s:
 CBS CDCBS 63601 (Austria for Europe) - front scan by Keith Schweiger (both releases) |
The first release of CBS CDCBS 63601 has no barcode on the rear insert and the disc was made in Japan. The second release now has a barcode and the disc was made in Austria. The Columbia release has a "Nice Price" sticker, a different rear insert design and a CD with two red panels. Thanks to Keith Schweiger for information and scans. Thanks to Bill Hester for scans of the Australian release, Columbia CDCBS 63601. The CD was manufactured in Australia but the artwork is the same as the European release and was printed in Holland. |
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 Columbia CD 63601 (Austria for Europe) - front scan by Keith Schweiger (early 1990s release) |
 Columbia CD 63601 (Austria for Europe) - rear scan by Keith Schweiger (early 1990s release) |
 Columbia CD 63601 (Austria for Europe) - CD scan by Keith Schweiger (early 1990s release) |
 CBS CDCBS 63601 (Austria for Europe) - CD scan by Keith Schweiger (late 1980s release, disc made in Austria) |
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 Columbia CDCBS 63601 (Australia) - detail of CD, scan by Bill Hester |
"Nashville Skyline" - advance promo CD-R, Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment CH 90319 (USA), 18 Jun 2003:
 Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment CH 90319 (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 "6/18/2003". 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 90319 (USA) - promo CD-R scan by Hans Seegers |
"Nashville Skyline" - hybrid SA-CD 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) |
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 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 |
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 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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This release is housed in a three-fold digipak and contains a CD version and an SA-CD 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 SA-CD design reproduces the Columbia US "360º SOUND" stereo vinyl label used in 1969. |
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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 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:
 Columbia 5123462000 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
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. 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. Thanks to Wil Gielen for scans of the Japanese release. |
 Columbia CK 92394 (Canada) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
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"Nashville Skyline" - remastered CD reissue, Sony Music MHCP-375 (Japan), 18 Aug 2004:
 Sony Music MHCP-375 (Japan) - front with top obi and sticker, picture from eil.com |
The Japanese release comes in a card sleeve reproducing the LP
sleeve with a top obi. Both the promo and the commercial releases have the
"DYLAN ALIVE '04" silver sticker with black text on the cellophane sleeve. The copy shown is a promo, with a numbered promo sticker on the rear of the card sleeve. It also has "SAMPLE LOANED" in red in the clear centre of the CD itself. The obi has price ¥1,890 (¥1,800 before tax) and release date "04-8-18" (18 Aug 2004). The original release date is shown as "69-4-9" (9 Apr 1969) and the withdrawal date as "05-2-17" (17 Feb 2005). There is an insert which folds out to a larger size. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
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 Sony Music MHCP 375 (Japan) - promo CD scan by Wil Gielen |
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"Nashville Skyline" - remastered CD release, Columbia/Sony Music 88697 51773 2/10 (NL), 20 Apr 2009:
 Columbia/Sony Music 88697 51773 2/10 (NL) - front of card sleeve, scan by Nol Grint |
This remastered CD release in a card sleeve is part of the 10CD boxed
set The Bob Dylan 60s Collection made by
Sony Music in Austria for the Dutch newspaper "De Volkskrant" to mark Bob's
Apr 2009 shows in Holland.
For the boxed set, see here. Thanks to Nol Grint for information and scans. |
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 Columbia/Sony Music 88697 51773 2 (NL) - box rear scan by Nol Grint |
"Nashville Skyline'" - Blu-spec CD release, Sony Music SICP 20220 (Japan), 26 Aug 2009:
 Sony Music SICP 20220 (Japan) - front of sealed copy, 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, currently sold in Japan
only. The copy shown is still
sealed, with a blue and white obi with price ¥2,500 (¥2,381 before tax). The
release date is shown as "09-8-26" (26 Aug 2009), the original release date
as "69-4-9" (9 Apr 1969) and the withdrawal date as "10-2-25" (25 Feb
2010). It's not actually a Blu-ray disc as it says on the sticker, but it is made using Blu-ray
technology. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
 Sony Music SICP 20220 (Japan) - rear of sealed copy, scan by Wil Gielen |
 John Wesley Harding (1968) |
Nashville Skyline (1969) |
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