This page lists mono releases of this regular Bob Dylan album. For mono Greatest Hits albums with different track lists, see Mono Dylan-Only Compilation Albums. 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!
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Revised: 23 April, 2008.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - vinyl LP, Columbia KCL 2663 (USA/Canada),
27 Mar 1967; Discos CBS CL 5238
(Mexico), 1968; (other countries/catalogue numbers?):
The front photograph is a live 1966 shot by Rowland Scherman. The mono front
cover has a slightly lower crop of the picture than the stereo cover. For the stereo
release of this album, see
International Album
Releases (Regular).
 Columbia KCL 2663 (US/Canada) - poster scan by Hans Seegers |
This album came with a "psychedelic" poster by
Milton Glaser, shown on the right. 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 "360º Sound" label, the earlier "Guaranteed High
Fidelity" label (see the mono Bob Dylan page) had by now been
discontinued. However, it was later released with the "Mono" label without
the "360º Sound"/arrows logos, as seen on the John Wesley Harding mono label -
thanks to Keith Polasko for the information and scans. 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. 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). |
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 Columbia KCL 2663 (US) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia KCL 2663 (US) - front of sealed copy with black/white sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia KCL 2663 (US) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia KCL 2663 (US) - front of sealed copy with black/white sticker on slant, photo by "Joe" |
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 Columbia KCL 2663 (US), purple/white sticker - scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia KCL 2663 (US), Side 1 with misprint - photo by "Big Neon" |
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 on left. This is an extreme rarity as I know
of no other such copy. Although the use 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. Information, photos and scans from Hans Seegers, Roger Ford and Keith Polasko, Harley and Henry V. Bell. |
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 Columbia KCL 2663 (Canada) - front photo by Henry V. Bell |
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 Columbia KCL 2663 (Canada) - Side 2 scan by Henry V. Bell |
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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.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - vinyl LP reissue, Columbia/Sundazed LP 5156 (USA), May 2003:
 Columbia/Sundazed LP 5156 (USA) - picture from the Sundazed web-site |
This album has been released in 180gm vinyl, sourced from the original
analogue mono masters (as noted above, this was a true mono album). Thanks to Tim Dunn for the information, to Hans Seegers for the front scan, and to Franck Faugère for the photo. |
 Columbia/Sundazed LP 5156 (USA) - detail from rear cover with barcode, photo by Franck Faugère |
 Columbia/Sundazed LP 5156 (USA) - detail from front cover with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
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