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 1960s and Mono Dylan-Only Compilation Albums 1970s. 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).
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existing entries, please let me know!
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Revised: 09 June, 2010.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia KCL 2663
(USA/Canada), 27 Mar 1967:
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). Roger Ford informs me that this album was compiled from the various
mono albums, unlike the UK mono album - see 1967.
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 Columbia KCL 2663 (USA/Canada) - poster scan by Hans Seegers |
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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 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 "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 (the label change can now be dated to late 1967). 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.
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.
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.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Roger Ford, Keith Polasko, Harley ("Big Neon"), "Joe" and Gerd Rundel for information, photos and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia KCL 2663 (USA/Canada), 27 Mar 1967:
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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. Thanks to Henry V. Bell for information and scans. |
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 Columbia KCL 2663 (Canada) - Side 2 scan by Henry V. Bell |
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - mono vinyl LP, CBS
BP-233407 (Australia), 1967:
For the stereo release of this album, CBS SBP-233407, see
International Album
Releases (Regular).
 CBS BP-233407 (Australia) - front scan by Christian Attfield |
This album has the US tracklist but a different rear sleeve. The record
has orange CBS labels with the Allan's logo (Allan's were distributors in
Australia for Bob Dylan records in the 1960s). The record is in a clear
plastic inner sleeve and has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 -
“MX151978-B
BP233407-1”, Side 2- “MX151979 BP233407-2”. Thanks to Christian Attfield for information and scans. |
 CBS BP-233407 (Australia) - rear scan by Christian Attfield |
 CBS BP-233407 (Australia) - detail of rear scan by Christian Attfield |
 CBS BP-233407 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Christian Attfield |
 CBS BP-233407 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Christian Attfield |
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - mono vinyl LP reissue, Sundazed/Columbia LP 5156 (USA), May 2003:
 Sundazed/Columbia 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. |
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5156 (USA) - detail from rear cover with barcode, photo by Franck Faugère |
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5156 (USA) - detail from front cover with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - mono vinyl LP, Discos CBS CL 5238 (Mexico), 1968; (other countries/catalogue numbers?):
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The Mexican album has orange CBS labels and written matrix
numbers 02-10-6399/6400-1A/B
(scans required). 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. |
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