Columbia KCL 2663 (US) - front of sealed copy with black/white sticker, scan by Hans Seegers

Tracklisting:

Side 1: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; Blowin' In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; It Ain't Me, Babe: Like A Rolling Stone
Side 2: Mr Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; I Want You; Positively 4th Street (1965 single); Just Like A Woman

This album came with a "psychedelic" poster by Milton Glaser, shown above left. The front cover of the album had a sticker advertising the poster which came in both black/white and purple/white. The rear sleeve advertised all seven of Bob's previous albums and had another live 1966 picture of Bob. This mono album was first released with the "MONO" and "360º SOUND"/arrows label design, the earlier "GUARANTEED HIGH FIDELITY" design (see the mono Bob Dylan page) had by now been discontinued. However, it was later released with just "MONO" and without the "360º SOUND"/arrows logos, as seen on the John Wesley Harding mono label - thanks to Keith Polasko for the information and scans. Gerd Rundel's first release copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP 117275-1A, Side 2 - XLP 117276-1A. The front sleeve has the sticker advertising the giant poster as shown.

Columbia KCL 2663 (US) - front scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia KCL 2663 (US) - detail from front (mono logo), scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia KCL 2663 (US) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (first release)

Columbia KCL 2663 (US) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (first release)

Columbia KCL 2663 (US) - Side 2 scan by Keith Polasko (second release)

Columbia KCL 2663 (US), black/white sticker - scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia KCL 2663 (US), purple/white sticker - scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia KCL 2663 (US) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia KCL 2663 (US), Side 1 with misprint - photo by Harley ("Big Neon")

Columbia KCL 2663 (Canada) - front photo by Henry V. Bell

Columbia KCL 2663 (Canada) - rear photo by Henry V. Bell

Columbia KCL 2663 (Canada) - Side 1 scan by Henry V. Bell

Chip Ordway has a copy of this album with the second release mono labels as below, but which plays stereo - matrix numbers: Side 1 - XSM117277-1E, Side 2 - XSM117278-1A. As these are stereo matrix numbers I can only assume that the wrong labels were affixed to a stereo record! Hans Seegers and Ron Kraft also have copies like this, so it would appear to have been a mislabelled batch. Gerd Rundel's second release copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-117275-1D. Side 2 - XLP-117275-1B.

Roger Ford informs me that this album was compiled from the various mono albums, unlike the UK mono album - see 1967.

The Mexican album has orange CBS labels and written matrix numbers 02-10-6399/6400-1A/B (scans required).

Harley ("Big Neon") has a copy of this album where Side 1 is blank except for the white pre-printed Columbia information, the black text is missing - photo shown above. This is an extreme rarity as I know of no other such copy.

Although the design had been discontinued in the USA, Henry V. Bell has a Canadian copy of KCL 2663 with "Guaranteed High Fidelity" labels with matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-117275-1C. Side 2 - XLP-117275-1G.

Arie de Reus has a French test pressing of this album with Side 1 only, with classical music on the reverse. This test pressing has blank labels, so a scan would be pointless.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Roger Ford, Keith Polasko, Harley ("Big Neon"), Henry V. Bell and Gerd Rundel for information, photos and scans.

Thanks to Christian Attfield for information and scans.

Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information, to Hans Seegers for the front scan, and to Franck Faugère for the photo.