This new page lists mono Bob Dylan compilation LPs that do not contain rare tracks. 1970 is the latest date for an entry on this page so far. These albums do not contain rarities or obscurities and are not eligible for the Searching For A Gem list. Nevertheless, the interest value or scarcity of these items means they're worth listing here - as far as I know some are not included on any other Internet site. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans of many of these elusive albums. Mono singles up to 1976 have their own pages, see the links above.
This page is still incomplete - more information on Dylan mono compilation LPs is required!
These pages are 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: 16 September, 2024.
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (non-US tracklists)
For a 1970 mono Bob Dylan Greatest Hits album from Brazil with a different tracklist, see here and 1970.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - mono vinyl LP, CBS BPG 62847 (UK),
Dec 1966/Jan 1967, re-released up to 1969:
The release date of this album is usually given as 1967 because it entered
the UK album charts on 14 Jan 1967. However, Brian Grist thinks he first saw the
album on sale between 26 and 31 Dec 1966.
CBS BPG 62847 (UK), Dec 1966/Jan 1967, 1968 (first and second releases):
CBS BPG 62847 (UK) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (first release) |
This album has a different sleeve and tracklist from the US release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits with twelve tracks instead of ten. The front photo is by Jerry Schatzberg from the Blonde On Blonde photo shoot and the rear sleeve shows six Dylan albums omitting Another Side Of Bob Dylan. Bob Johnston's name is misspelled "Bob Johnson". This album is also included on the 1967 page because it contains three rarities! There were four UK mono releases with different rear sleeves and labels. The catalogue number is "bpg 62847" on the record labels of all releases. |
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CBS BPG 62847 (UK) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (second release) |
CBS BPG 62847 (UK) - detail of front, scan by Gerd Rundel (second release - yellow album title) |
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CBS bpg 62847 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (first release) |
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CBS BPG 62847 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (first and
second releases - "Garrod & Lofthouse")
The first and second releases sleeve has a laminated front, a matt rear and three folded-over flaps. Thanks to Gerd Rundel for pointing out that the first release front sleeve has the album title in green, while the second release sleeve has the album title in yellow. The rear sleeve of both releases has "MONO" below the CBS logo at top right, the printer name (Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.) at bottom left, and the CBS copyright information on two lines at bottom right. "GB" is printed vertically on the bottom rear flap. Gerd Rundel's first release copy has the same printed inner sleeve as shown on this site for the second UK mono release of Blonde On Blonde in 1967, but this time with cut-off corners. On the Side 2 label, producer Bob Johnston's name is misspelled as "Bob Johnson". This mistake was repeated on the labels of all four releases.
The first release labels have "33" as the playing speed, the second release labels have "33⅓". Also, on the first release label, the Blossom Music publishing dates are shown individually to the right of the centre hole, while on the second to fourth release labels they are all shown as "(P) 1966". The records of both Gerd Rundel's first release copy and his second release copy have stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 62847 A1, Side 2 - 62847 B1.
Sergio Mariano Romay has found a first release copy online with "Tessa's Dream" printed on Side 1 under the CBS logo and "Dave's Lament" printed in the same position on Side 2. These additions are completely unofficial.
CBS BPG 62847 (UK), 1968-69 (third release):
CBS bpg 62847 (UK) - detail of
rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (third
release - "Ernest J. Day")
Paul Shenton has a very strange third release copy. It comes in the 1969 stereo Dutch second stereo release sleeve with a "B" in a circle next to the CBS logo at rear top right (see here). The labels are the same as those of Lars M. Banke's copy, which comes in the Ernest J. Day sleeve. It's possible that the sleeve and record have been mismatched by a dealer or previous owner.
CBS BPG 62847 (UK), 1969 (fourth release):
CBS BPG 62847 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (fourth
release - no printer name)
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Gerd Rundel, Paul Shenton and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Greatest Hits" - mono vinyl LP, CBS BP-473391 (New Zealand), 1967:
CBS BP-473391 (New Zealand) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
This album is almost identical to the UK release. The record has orange
CBS labels with the Allan's logo (Allan's were music publishers in
Australia and New Zealand for Bob Dylan records between 1965 and 1969). There are no track timings, but Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 is
the album length, not the 2:06 edit found on the stereo release. For some reason, Australia had mono and stereo releases of the
10-track US compilation, not the UK version, see Mono Album Releases
and
International Album
Releases (Regular). Thanks to Stuart Moore and Bill Hester for information and scans. |
CBS BP-473391 (New Zealand) - rear scan by Stuart Moore |
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CBS BP-473391 (New Zealand) - rear with record store stamp, scan by Bill Hester |
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CBS BP-473391 (New Zealand) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore |
Other Mono Dylan-only Compilations
"Songs By Bob Dylan" - unreleased 12" mono vinyl LP, Sound Makers Inc. (no catalogue number) (USA), 1963:
Full details are in 1963, but as all these tracks were officially released in mono in Oct 2010 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, they have ceased to be rarities.
Thanks to Arie de Reus, Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan In Concert" - Columbia acetates 77110 (mono), LP: Columbia CL-2302 (USA - mono), 1964:
Columbia CS-9102 (USA) - stereo front sleeve (no mono front sleeve has yet surfaced), picture from Jeff Gold, www.recordmecca.com |
Detailed information about this cancelled album and its two proposed tracklists is now here. |
"Nine Songs Publisher’s Sampler" 12"
single-sided mono vinyl LP, Warner Bros./7 Arts Music Inc. XTV 221567 (USA), 1967:
These are all Witmark & Sons demos recorded in the Witmark offices,
New York, in 1962-63 except I'll Keep It With Mine, which is an alternate Columbia studio take
from 1964 used as a demo. The record is single-sided so there is no label on Side 2.
Thanks to John R. Overall for information that this is really badly pressed and
appears not to have been equalised for LP.
Tracklist: Long Ago, Far Away; Long Time Gone; Ain't Gonna Grieve; John Brown; I Shall Be Free; Only A Hobo; The Death Of Emmett Till; (I'd Hate To Be You On That) Dreadful Day; I'll Keep It With Mine. Because these used to be all rarities, full details are in 1967. They have now been released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 - The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, 2010 Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - mono test pressing, CBS ALD 8035 (South Africa), 1967:
CBS ALD 8035 (South Africa) - front scan by Arie de Reus |
This single-sided mono acetate comes in the commercial mono album sleeve. There is a plain white cut-out inner sleeve. It has white CBS "SAMPLE RECORD" labels on both sides with typed text. It contains five tracks, taken from both Sides 1 and 2 of the commercial album: The Times They Are A-Changin'; Just Like A Woman; Mr. Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Blowin' In The Wind. The disc has no matrix numbers. For the commercial mono release of this album, see Mono Album Releases. |
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CBS ALD 8035 (South Africa) - acetate Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
Thanks to Gerd Rundel and Arie de Reus for information and scans.
"El Trovador De Nuestro Tiempo - Bob Dylan - Poeta O Profeta? [The Troubadour Of Our Time - Bob Dylan - Poet Or Prophet?]" - promo and commercial mono vinyl LP releases, CBS 8.703 (Argentina/Uruguay), 1967:
CBS 8.703 (Argentina), 1967:
CBS 8.703 (Argentina) - front scan by Hans Seegers (promo and commercial copies) |
This album has the Bringing It All Back Home front sleeve picture,
and a unique caricature on the rear sleeve plus the track listing in Spanish and
English. All tracks are the mono album versions:
Of interest are the differing Spanish translations of the song titles from the Mexican releases (see Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1965): for example, Like A Rolling Stone is translated as "Como Una Piedra Que Rueda" (Mexico) and "Como Un Vagabundo" (Argentina/Uruguay). (In Spain it was translated as "Como Una Piedra Rodante"!) Subterranean Homesick Blues is "El Blues Del Subterráneo Melancólico" (Mexico) and "Tristezas De Ausencia" (Argentina/Uruguay). |
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CBS 8.703 (Argentina) - rear scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (commercial copy with white lips) |
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CBS 8.703 (Argentina) - detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (white lips) |
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CBS 8.703 (Argentina) - Side 1 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (commercial copy) |
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CBS 8.703 (Argentina) - spine scan by Sergio Mariano Romay
Sergio Magnacca, Ulf Gyllenspetz and Sergio Mariano Romay have copies of this album where the rear sleeve drawing is entirely in black and white without the red lips. Sergio Mariano Romay and Michel Pomarede think the red lips are an unofficial addition!
CBS 8.703 (Uruguay), 1967:
CBS 8.703 (Uruguay) - front scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release) |
Thanks to Sergio Mariano Romay for finding a Sondor S.A. Uruguay test pressing of this album. Lars M. Banke found a second copy with that belonged to Radio Tabare in Uruguay with the station catalogue number on the front sleeve and Side 1, a tracklist in Spanish on the rear sleeve, plus radio station stickers on the rear sleeve and Side 2. Lars also has a third copy in a Sondor S.A. generic sleeve with stickers on both sides with typed track information in Spanish. The record matrix numbers are the same as those of Manuel's commercial copy. |
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CBS 8.703 (Uruguay) - test pressing front/Side 1 picture from eBay (second copy) |
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CBS 8.703 (Uruguay) - test pressing rear/Side 2 picture from eBay (second copy) |
CBS 8.703 (Uruguay) - test pressing Side 1 picture from eBay (second copy) |
CBS 8.703 (Uruguay) - test pressing Side 2 picture from eBay (second copy) |
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CBS 8.703 (Uruguay) - test pressing front sticker scan by Lars M. Banke (third copy) |
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CBS 8.703 (Uruguay) - test pressing rear sticker scan by Lars M. Banke (third copy) |
CBS 8.703 (Uruguay) - test pressing Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (third copy) |
CBS 8.703 (Uruguay) - test pressing Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (third copy) |
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CBS 8.703 (Uruguay) - Side 2 photo by Manuel García Jara (commercial release) |
CBS 8.703 (Uruguay) - detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (commercial
release)
Hans Seegers has a commercial copy of this album from Uruguay, again CBS 8.703, with the same front sleeve but with a different rear sleeve without the drawing of Bob and with the titles on the rear sleeve in Spanish only, also advertising twelve no Dylan LPs. The record has orange CBS labels, and the copy shown has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - ALM 46347, Side 2 - ALM 46348.Sergio Mariano Romay is of the opinion the Uruguayan commercial sleeve was actually imported from Argentina, with a sheet printed by Imp. Garcia S.A., Rio Branco, Uruguay, pasted over the rear with Uruguayan information as shown in the detail scan.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Ulf Gyllenspetz, Sergio Magnacca, Manuel García Jara, Sergio Mariano Romay and Lars M. Banke for information and pictures.
Bob Dylan and The Band - "Basement Tapes" test pressings, Sunset Sound Recorders (USA); Feldmans/Dwarf Music (UK), 1968:
US test pressing side 1, scan by Arie de Reus |
Because these test pressings contain rarities, full details
of these and several others are in
1968. Thanks to Arie de Reus and Andrew Codd for information and scans. |
UK test pressing side 1, scan by Andrew Codd |
"Songy Boba Dylana [Songs Of Bob Dylan]" - mono
compilation LP (record club release), CBS/Supraphon 0 13 0434
(Czechoslovakia), 1968:
The stereo versions Supraphon 1 13 0434 and Supraphon SUA ST 55994 are also of
great interest to collectors, but
all the tracks are regular album versions, see
International
Albums (Other Dylan-only Compilations) for details.
Side 1: Blowin' In The Wind; Girl From The North Country; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Only A Pawn In Their Game; All I Really Want To Do; It Ain't Me Babe
Side 2: Love Minus Zero/No Limit; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Positively 4th Street; Highway 61 Revisited; I Want You; Just Like A Woman
Unlike on the release below, Just Like A Woman is correct!
For the stereo version of this album,
Supraphon 1 13 0434, see International Albums (Other Dylan-only Compilations).Thanks to Hans Seegers, Martin Killeen and Lukáš Berný for information, and to Hans Seegers, Ronald Born, Lukáš Berný, Lars M. Banke and Sergio Mariano Romay for scans.
"Bob Dylan" - mono compilation LP (regular releases), CBS/Supraphon SUA 15994 (Czechoslovakia), 1968,
re-released 1969, 1970 (twice), 1971:
For the stereo version of this album, Supraphon SUA ST 55994, see
International
Albums (Other Dylan-only Compilations).
CBS/Supraphon SUA 15994 (Czechoslovakia)
- detail of rear, scan by Lukáš Berný (1970-71 re-releases, no Russian text)
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Ronald Born, Lukáš Berný, Michel Pomarede, Simon Blokker
and Lars M. Banke for information and
scans.
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