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
dealers on my Trading page for assistance!
Revised: 06 March, 2010.
"John Wesley Harding" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia CL 2804 (USA),
Jan 1968:
bobdylan.com says the release date was 27 Dec 1967, but contemporary sources
say the album did not appear in stores until Jan 1968. The front photograph is by John Berg, another Columbia staff photographer.
The picture has promoted much discussion, such as who are the people shown (the
Bauls of Bengal), and whether or not you can see faces of The Beatles in the
trees! For more information, see the EDLIS "Things Twice" page
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 Columbia CL 2804 (US) promo album - front scan with timing strip by Hans Seegers |
This was the last US mono album, and is very rare! The mono version was for a long time thought just to be a reduction of the stereo mix, but Bob Irwin of Sundazed has now confirmed there is a separate mono mix-down tape. Sundazed released a mono version on vinyl in Nov 2003 (see below). |
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 Columbia CL 2804 (US) promo album - front price sticker scan by Renaud Depierreux |
 Columbia CL 2804 (US) regular album - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia CL 2804 (US) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
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 Columbia CL 2804 (US) - detail of Side 2, scan by Gerd Rundel (second variant, "B. Dylan" credit missing!) |
The labels have the final mono design used by Columbia with "MONO" at bottom centre in white without the "360º SOUND"/arrows logos on either side (see the mono versions of earlier Dylan albums for examples). Gerd Rundel's first copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-135309-1A, Side 2 - XLP-135310-1A. Gerd Rundel's second copy with variant labels has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-135309-1C, Side 2 - XLP-135310-1C.
Renaud Depierreux has two promo copies without timing strips: the first has a price sticker ("Special Value $1.59"), a promo sticker and a promo punched hole, the second is still in the original shrink wrap with a price sticker on top of the shrink wrap, a gold promo sticker under the shrink wrap but no punched hole.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Peter Lindberg and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"John Wesley Harding" - mono vinyl LP, CBS BPG 63252/CL2804 (UK), 23 Feb 1968:
The sleeve of the mono commercial release was also used for the stereo release by putting a stereo sticker on the back. The record has orange CBS labels. For the equivalent stereo album, see International Album Releases (Regular).
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"John Wesley Harding" - mono vinyl LP, CBS 63252 (Spain), 1968:
 CBS 63252 (Spain) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
The first release of the album in 1968 in Spain was manufactured by
Discophon of Barcelona on behalf of CBS, and is very rare, as only 250 were
produced. 125 were apparently sold by one record shop in Madrid, but the
record was banned by the Franco regime. It was in mono only, but apparently in very bad quality. The rear sleeve has a biography of Bob in Spanish instead of the liner notes. The song titles are given in English and Spanish. The record has orange CBS labels with catalogue numbers 63252 E.1 and 63252 E.2. The song titles are again listed in English and Spanish. Thanks to Juan B. Heinink for information and to Hans Seegers for further information and scans. |
 CBS 63252 (Spain) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS 63252 E.2 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
"John Wesley Harding" - mono vinyl LP, CBS BP 233498 (Australia), 1968:
 CBS BP 233498 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
The record of this release has orange CBS labels with the Albert's logo. Thanks to Chris Denyer for information and to Stuart
Moore and Peter Lindberg for the scans. For the equivalent stereo album, see International Album Releases (Regular). Scans required of the New Zealand mono release! |
 CBS BP 233498 (Australia) - rear scan by Stuart Moore |
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 CBS BP 233498 (Australia) - side 2 scan by Peter Lindberg |
"John Wesley Harding" - mono vinyl LP, CBS CL 4128 (Colombia), 1968:
 CBS CL 4128 (Colombia) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS CL 4128 (Colombia) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (promo release) |
 CBS CL 4128 (Colombia) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (promo release) |
 CBS CL 4128 (Colombia) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release) |
 CBS CL 4128 (Colombia) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release) |
This rare album has a standard front sleeve with Spanish sleeve notes on the rear. These are a short biography of Bob, not a translation of the English sleeve notes. It ends: "Se le ha preguntado un million de veces a Bob la causa de su popularidad. El contesta: 'No tengo idea; es la verdad y yo siempre digo la verdad.'" A rough translation is: "Bob's been asked a million times why he's so popular. He says: 'I have no idea. It's the truth and I always tell the truth.'"
Hans Seegers says "The sleeve quality is poor and fragile, they used a cheap kind of card, folded it and glued a front insert on it. The rear is rough and fragile."
The front sleeve has the mono number only, but the rear sleeve also has the stereo catalogue number CLS 4128. The promo release has white CBS labels, and the commercial release has orange labels. I don't know if this is a unique mono mix or a reduction from stereo.
Thanks to Bob Paxon for initial information and to Hans Seegers for further information and scans.
"John Wesley Harding" - 180gm mono vinyl LP reissue, Sundazed/Columbia LP 5123 (USA), 25 Nov 2003:
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5123 (USA) - picture from Sundazed web-site |
This is a unique mono mix rediscovered by Sundazed's founder and
engineer on many Dylan records, Bob Irwin. The label reproduces
the original US mono design as above. For more
information see Sundazed's web-site
Thanks to Robert Kornovich and Patrick Helfrich for scans. |
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5123 (USA) - front sticker scan by Patrick Helfrich |
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 Mono tape label information - picture from Sundazed web-site |
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