
Composite of US and UK mono album sleeves
This page lists mono releases of this regular Bob Dylan album. These LPs are eligible for inclusion on this site because the mono versions of Dylan songs are now unavailable on CD. Mono LPs with rare tracks (e.g. mono versions with significant differences from the album tracks, such as different mixes, edits or fades) are listed in the main chronological pages. Mono singles up to 1976 have their own pages, see the links above.
Thanks to David Burgess for the UK catalogue numbers - all my mono LPs were stolen when my Manchester flat was burgled in May 1968!
For stereo releases of this album, see International Album Releases (Regular).
This page is still incomplete. If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities -
see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
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Revised: 23 April, 2008.
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - vinyl LP, Columbia CL 1986 (USA/Canada), 27 May 1963:
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For details of the withdrawn original album with four replaced tracks, see 1963.
The front cover of Bob and his then girlfriend Suze Rotolo was again taken by Don Hunstein,
on Jones Street in Greenwich Village, New York City, one block south of the notorious 4th Street
(not Great Jones Street as suggested by some). Thanks to Eric Baumel for
confirming the location. The promo copy of the regular album shown here has the original sleeve but the front has typewritten revised track listings stuck under the printed titles. The front cover of the first Canadian release of Freewheelin' Columbia CL 1986 had in error the withdrawn track listing, see 1963. However, the record inside was the regular release. The rear cover had the revised track listing but with only 12 songs listed, omitting Don't Think Twice, It's All Right even though it was on the album. You might think this too would be a very collectable item, but in fact Columbia Canada used the same sleeve for the LP until 1975! Thanks to Hans Seegers and Gerard Szaulis for further information,
and to Ole Lien and Hans Seegers for scans. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for
finding the two copies from Suze Rotolo's personal collection for auction at
Christie's, New York, in Nov 2006. The first copy is a white label promo
listing the replaced tracks hand-corrected by Bob, the second has
handwriting by Bob of "To every Body" on the back and also has Suze's name
"Susan Rotolo" at top right. |
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![]() Columbia CL 1986 (USA), promo copy of regular album - front scan from Ole Lien |
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Thanks to "Truman Peyote" for photos of a promo copy with the timing strip showing the withdrawn tracks. It looks as if someone has tried to remove the strip at some time! The record inside is actually the regular white label promo as shown in the scans by Hans Seegers. | ||
![]() Columbia CL 1986 (USA), promo copy of regular album with sticker over replaced tracks - picture from Christie's New York web-site found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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![]() Columbia CL 1986 (USA), promo copy of regular album - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Columbia CL 1986 (USA), radio station promo label side 1 - scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Columbia CL 1986 (USA), commercial release - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Columbia CL 1986 (USA), first commercial release - "Guaranteed High Fidelity" Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
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"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - vinyl LP, CBS BPG 62193/CL 1986 (UK), Nov 1963:
"En Roue Libre..." - vinyl LP, CBS 62 193 (France), May 1965:
This is the mono version of Freewheelin' with a new title!
![]() CBS 62 193 (France) - test pressing Side 1 scan by Arie de Reus |
This was the first Bob Dylan album to be released in France, in mono
only. The very rare double-sided test pressing shown is dated 5 Apr 1965. This album was never released in France on stereo vinyl, but for a 1973 French 8-track stereo release with this title, see International Album Releases (Regular). Thanks to Hans Seegers and Arie de Reus for information and scans. |
![]() CBS 62 193 (France) - test pressing Side 2 scan by Arie de Reus |
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![]() CBS 62 193 (France) - front scan by Hans Seegers (both releases) |
![]() CBS 62 193 (France) - first rear scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS 62 193 (France) - first rear detail, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS 62 193 (France) - second rear scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS 62 193 (France) - second rear detail, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS 62 193 (France) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS 62 193 (France) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
There are two rear sleeves with slight variations on the right edge. The sleeves notes are in French. The record has orange CBS labels.
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"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - vinyl LP,
CBS
BP-233145 (Australia), 1965:
For the stereo version of this album released in 1967, see International Album
Releases (Regular).
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - vinyl LP, CBS BP-473155 (New Zealand), 1965:
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - vinyl LP,
CBS
ALD 6816 (South Africa), 1965:
For the stereo version of this album, CBS ASF 1717, released in 1972, see International Album
Releases (Regular).
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - vinyl LP,
CBS
62193 (Italy), 7 Oct 1966:
For the stereo version of this album released in 1975, see International Album
Releases (Regular).
"Bob Dylan" - vinyl LP, Amiga Phonoclub 8 40 040, German Democratic Republic (East Germany), Jan 1967:
![]() Amiga Phonoclub 8 40 040 (East Germany) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This mono album is claimed to be the rarest Bob Dylan album in the world, rarer even than the withdrawn first pressing of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (see 1963 and above)! Its contents are actually the regular commercial release of Freewheelin', with German "socialist" sleeve notes, released as a very limited edition by an East German record club, and printed at the Amiga pressing plant in East Berlin, under licence from CBS Records. The record has orange "Phonoclub" labels. Information and scans from Hans Seegers. |
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![]() Amiga Phonoclub 8 40 040 (East Germany) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Amiga Phonoclub 8 40 040 (East Germany) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
"The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" - Sundazed mono vinyl LP reissue, Columbia LP 5115 (USA), Nov 2001:

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