This new page is one of several listing the mono releases of regular Bob Dylan LPs that were created from the regular stereo mix by combining the left and right channels, not specially engineered for mono. New Morning was the last Dylan album to be released in mono, in Brazil only. The last US mono album was John Wesley Harding, and the last European mono album was Nashville Skyline. These LPs are eligible for inclusion on this site because the mono versions of these Dylan songs are now unavailable on CD. (The first eight Dylan albums were released on CD in mono as The Original Mono Recordings in 2010. For full details of the set, see here.) 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 (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: 01 January, 2012.
"Nashville
Skyline" - mono vinyl LP, CBS M 63601
(UK), 9 May 1969:
The front photograph is by Elliot Landy, taken not in Nashville, but at
Woodstock, NY. For the UK stereo album, which had sleeves printed
by both the
Upton Printing Group
and Quality Stationery Limited, see
International
Album (Regular).
 CBS M 63601 (UK) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Nashville
Skyline was released in a UK mono version, although it was not released in mono in the
USA. However the UK release was not a true mono mix, but merely a combining of the stereo
tracks (information from John Harju and Rob van Estrik). The sleeve shown was
printed by the
Upton Printing Group. Gerd
Rundel has two copies, one has
stamped matrix numbers:
Side 1 - 63601 A1, Side 2 - 63601 B1, the second has
stamped matrix numbers:
Side 1 - 63601 A2, Side 2 - 63601 B1. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Gerd Rundel for information and scans. |
 CBS M 63601 (UK) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS M 63601 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
"Nashville
Skyline" - mono vinyl LP releases, CBS
63601
(Spain), 1969, 1970:
Like the UK album, this is a stereo-to-mono reduction.
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - front scan by Luis Borrego (1969 release) |
Information from Luis Borrego and Manuel Garcia Jara: "This was the second Dylan album ever released in Spain (after John Wesley Harding released in 1968 also in mono). It reached #5 in the Spanish charts on 18 Aug 1969. The sleeve material was of light card laminated on both sides (same as the later version in Quadraphonic sound released in 1974). This release was manufactured and distributed by Discophon of Barcelona on behalf of CBS (subsequent albums such as John Wesley Harding released in 1971 were made by CBS Spain in Madrid). The record has orange CBS labels and legal texts in Spanish, while the songs titles and the album title are just like the original UK and USA releases, and it has also the Johnny Cash poem on the rear sleeve. The rear sleeve has “PRINTED IN SPAIN” in the right lower corner and “DISCOPHON – Barcelona” at bottom centre. The left lower corner has the following text in Spanish: "CBS es la marca registrada de Columbia Broadcasting Systems, Inc., USA" which means: "CBS is the trade mark of Columbia....."." |
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - detail of front, scan by Luis Borrego (1969 release) |
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - rear scan by Luis Borrego (1969 release) |
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 CBS 63601 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Luis Borrego (1969 release) |
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Luis Borrego (1969 release) |
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Luis Borrego (1969 release - compare with 1970 release below) |
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Luis Borrego (1969 release) |
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Luis Borrego (1969 and 1970 releases) |
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CBS 63601 (Spain) - detail of rear,
scan by Luis Borrego (1969 release)
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1970 limited release) |
This second mono release of
Nashville Skyline made by Discophon is a numbered limited edition of only
300, released in Jan 1970. The copy shown is #270, stamped at bottom centre
of the rear sleeve. Otherwise the sleeve is identical. The record labels
differ from those of the 1969 release in several ways, most noticeably in the positioning of the "BIEM"
copyright logo to the left of the centre hole. The record of the copy shown
has Matrix Numbers: Side 1 - 63601-A, Side 2 - 63601-B.
Dr. Hanns Peter Bushoff has a copy of this album in an unnumbered sleeve
with the 1970 labels - apparently some unnumbered copies were also
circulated. This album was released in Spain later in 1970 in stereo by Fonogram S.A., Madrid, see International Album (Regular). Thanks to Luis Borrego and Manual Garcia Jara for information and scans. |
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 CBS 63601 (Spain) - detail of front, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1970 limited release) |
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - rear scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1970 limited release) |
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1970 limited release) |
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1970 limited release) |
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1970 limited release - compare with 1969 release above) |
 CBS 63601 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1970 limited release) |
CBS 63601 (Spain) - detail of rear,
scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1970 limited release, #270 of 300)
"Nashville Skyline" - mono vinyl LP, CBS 37616 (Brazil), 1969:
 CBS 37616 (Brazil) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
Like the UK album, this is a stereo-to-mono reduction. On the rear sleeve the song titles are translated into Portuguese with English below, and the Johnny Cash poem is translated into Portuguese. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Stuart Moore for scans. |
 CBS 37616 (Brazil) - rear scan by Stuart Moore |
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 CBS 37616 (Brazil) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore |
"Horizonte De Nashville [Nashville Skyline]" - mono vinyl LP, CBS (catalogue number?) (Chile), 1969:
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Like the UK album, this is a stereo-to-mono reduction. The album title is translated into Spanish. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information. |
"Nashville
Skyline" - mono vinyl LP, CBS
CL-5299
(Mexico), 1970:
For the Mexican stereo album see
International
Albums (Regular).
 CBS CL-5299 (Mexico) - front scan by Hans Seegers (mono) |
Like the UK album, this is a stereo-to-mono reduction. The
song titles are
translated into Spanish on the front and rear sleeves and record labels. Both
front and rear sleeves have unique designs - on the rear sleeve the
Nashville skyline photo and the Johnny Cash poem are missing. The rear
sleeve is the same for both the mono and stereo releases, and the record has
orange CBS labels. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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 CBS CL-5299 (Mexico) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers (mono) |
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 CBS CL-5299 (Mexico)/CBS CLS-5299 (Mexico) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (mono/stereo) |
 CBS CL-5299 (Mexico)/CBS CLS-5299 (Mexico) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (mono/stereo) |
 CBS CL-5299 (Mexico) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (mono) |
 CBS CL-5299 (Mexico) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (mono) |
 CBS CL-5299 (Mexico) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (mono) |
"Lay Lady Lay [Nashville Skyline]" - mono vinyl LP, CBS 9.045 (Argentina), late 1970:
The rear sleeve has a completely different design from the US/UK releases with a picture of Bob at the Isle of Wight Festival on 31 Aug 1969. It still contains the poem by Johnny Cash, translated into Spanish. The titles are also translated into Spanish. On the record itself, sides 1 and 2 are reversed, with the labels having the song titles in Spanish and English. Matrix numbers: Side 1 - ALM 47308, Side 2 - ALM 47309
This again is a stereo-to-mono reduction. For the stereo album see International Albums (Regular).
Thanks to Sergio Magnacca and Hans Seegers for information and to Sergio Magnacca for photos.
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