Columbia CL 1986 (mono) - radio station promo copy of withdrawn album, scan by Hans Seegers (the timing strip has tracks 3 and 6 on Side 1 swapped)

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The front cover of the first Canadian release of Freewheelin' Columbia CL 1986 had in error the withdrawn track listing, see 1963.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.
 

Columbia CL 1986 (mono) - timing strip from radio station promo copy with withdrawn tracks, photo by "Truman Peyote"

Columbia CL 1986 (USA), promo copy of regular album with replaced track listing corrected by Bob - Side 1 picture from Christie's New York web-site found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Columbia CL 1986 (USA), promo copy of regular album with replaced track listing corrected by Bob - Side 2 picture from Christie's New York web-site found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Columbia CL 1986 (USA), promo copy of regular album signed by Bob - rear picture from Christie's New York web-site found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Columbia CL 1986 (USA), radio station promo label side 2 - scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia CL 1986 (USA), record store demonstration label side 2 - scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia CL 1986 (USA), commercial release - front scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia CL 1986 (USA), note sent out with promo copies about bands 3 and 6 on Side 1 being reversed - scan by Hans Seegers. The note actually refers to the withdrawn album, but was sent out with the replacement album!

Columbia CL 1986 (USA), radio station promo label side 2 with custom inner sleeve - photo by "Truman Peyote"

Columbia CL 1986 (USA), final mono commercial release - "360º Sound" Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers 

Thanks to Hans Seegers and Arie de Reus for information and scans. My copy was stolen in May 1968.

CBS BPG 62193 (UK) - rear scan by Hans Seegers. This back cover has three folded over flaps on the edges

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.

There are two rear sleeves with slight variations on the right edge. The sleeves notes are in French. The record has orange CBS labels.

Rear sleeve 1: the right edge has "DILLARD et Cie. Imp. Paris", "Imprimé en France" and "BOB DYLAN" in red.
Rear sleeve 2: the right edge has "PRINTED IN FRANCE" , "France Imprimé 78-Paris" and "BOB DYLAN" in very dark-red.

The record has orange CBS labels with the Allan's logo (the then Australian distributors) and stamped matrix numbers: "MX 144487/88-B  BP-23145-1/2".

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

CBS BP-2331145 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

As with the Australian release, the record has orange CBS labels with the Allan's logo (then the New Zealand distributors as well) and stamped matrix numbers:"M.X 144487/88  BP233145-1/2".

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

CBS BP-473155 (New Zealand) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

CBS ALD 6816 South Africa) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

The record has orange CBS labels and stamped matrix numbers: CBS 62193=1L/2L  7/10/66.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

CBS 62193 (Italy) - detail from 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.

Amiga Phonoclub 8 40 040 (East Germany) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

Thanks to Ole Lien for information on this item and to Hans Seegers for scans. The copy shown is still sealed - thanks to Robert Kornovich for photos of the labels, which reproduce those of the final mono release with the "STEREO"/arrows logo in white (see above).

For more information see Sundazed's web-site