This page contains promotional and commercial releases of mono 7" singles and EPs with Dylan album tracks for 1962-64. These don't contain rare tracks, but they're included because it is no longer possible to buy mono versions of album tracks. Mono LPs have their own pages, see Mono Album Releases.
For 1962-64 Dylan mono 7" singles and EPs with rarities see the yearly pages in Part 1. For illustrations of all the generic 7" single sleeves used by Bob's record companies from the 1960s onwards, see the 7" Single Sleeves page. (A single has much less value to a collector if it doesn't have its correct original sleeve.)
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: 12 June, 2010.
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1961
"I'll Fly Away"/"Swing And Turn Jubilee" - mono 10" single-sided acetates, Columbia (no catalogue numbers (USA), Sep 1961:
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These acetates, which I assume are mono, are from Carolyn Hester's first
Columbia album and are of two of the three tracks on which Bob played
harmonica. Because they contain rarities, full
details are in
1962 (the album's release year). Thanks to Jeff Gold of Record Mecca for photos. |
 John Hammond's own acetate of I'll Fly Away, photo by Jeff Gold |
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 John Hammond's own acetate with Swing And Turn Jubilee, photo by Jeff Gold |
1962
"Freight Train Blues"/"Gospel Plow"/"You're No Good" - mono 10" single-sided acetates, Columbia (no catalogue numbers (USA), Mar 1962:
 John Hammond's own acetate with Freight Train Blues, photo by Jeff Gold |
Thanks to Jeff Gold of Record Mecca for photos of three of John Hammond's own acetates from Bob's first album, which I assume are mono. For more information, see Mono Album Releases. |
 John Hammond's own acetate with Gospel Plow, photo by Jeff Gold |
 John Hammond's own acetate with You're No Good, photo by Jeff Gold |
 John Hammond's own acetate with You're No Good, photo by Jeff Gold |
"Mixed Up Confusion"/"Corrina, Corrina" - 7" mono singles, Columbia 4-42656 (USA), 14 Dec 1962:
 Columbia 4-42656 (USA) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
This title was Bob's first single release under his own
name. Because these singles contain rarities, full details are in
1962. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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1963
"Blowin' In The Wind"/"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" - 7" mono promo and commercial singles, Columbia JZSP 75606/JZSP 75607 (USA)/Columbia 4-42856 (USA), Aug 1963:
 Columbia JZSP 75606/7 (USA) - sleeve scan by Lee Kaufman (promo release 1) |
The white label promo with black text has a custom sleeve with the famous "Rebel With A Cause" newsletter introducing Bob Dylan written by Bob Thompson of Columbia Records. The later white label promo with red text has the catalogue number Columbia 4-42856 - it has the generic mushroom-coloured Columbia sleeve shown on 7" Single Sleeves and comes without the newsletter. |
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Hans Seegers has a copy with a French-language date stamp of "19 Aout 1963 [19 Aug 1963]". The commercial single also came in this mushroom-coloured sleeve - copies are for sale today with an unauthorised picture sleeve with anachronistic photos - the front photo is from 1965 and shows Bob with an electric guitar!
Thanks to Lee Kaufman for information and scans of the first promo. Thanks to Ole Lien for finding the second promo with red text on eBay and to Hans Seegers for scans of this and the commercial release. The eBay description wrongly said the A-side is edited - it isn't.
"Long Ago, Far Away" - 8" metal acetate, Music Publishers Holding Corp. for Witmark Publishing Company (no catalogue number) (USA), 1963:
 A-side label of acetate, scan by Gil Walker |
Because this acetate contains a rarity, full details are in
1963. Thanks to Gil Walker for information and scan. |
"(I'd Hate To Be You) On That Dreadful Day" - 8" mono acetate, MPHC Reference Recording (no catalogue number) (USA), 1963:
 A-side of acetate, picture from eBay |
Because this acetate contains a rarity, full details are in
1963. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding this item on eBay. |
"Quit Your Lowdown Ways" - 8" mono acetate, MPHC Reference Recording (no catalogue number) (USA), 1963:
 A-side of acetate, picture from eBay |
This acetate contains the Witmark demo of this song, recorded Dec 1962,
different from the Freewheelin' out-take
released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3. Because this is a rarity full
details are in 1963. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding this item on eBay. |
"Ain't Gonna Grieve" - 10" acetate, Columbia (no catalogue number) (USA), Aug 1963:
 Scan by Hans Seegers |
Because this acetate contains a rarity, full details are in
1963. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
1964
"Only A Pawn In Their Game" - 10" mono acetate, Columbia (USA), 1964:
 Label scan by Hans Seegers |
As far as I know this track on a single-sided acetate was never actually
released as a single. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
"Dylan" - 7" mono EP, CBS EP 6051 (UK), 1964, re-released 1965:
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CBS EP 6051 (UK) - front scan by Keith Owen (both releases) |
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 CBS EP 6051 (UK) - detail of A-side, scan by Rene Jørgensen (1964 release) |
 CBS EP 6051 (UK) - B-side scan by Rene Jørgensen (1964 release) |
 CBS EP 6051 (UK) - detail of B-side, scan by Rene Jørgensen (1964 release) |
 CBS EP 6051 (UK) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (1965 release) |
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 CBS EP 6051 (UK) - B-side scan by Olav Langum (1965 release) |
 CBS EP 6051 (UK) - detail of B-side, scan by Olav Langum (1965 release) |
This was Bob's first EP in the UK: Don't Think Twice, It's Alright; Blowin' In The Wind; Corrina, Corrina; When The Ship Comes In - all regular album versions from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and The Times They Are A-Changin'.
Hans Seegers informs me he has this item with 5 label variations and 2 cover variations!
Olav Langum has two records, one with songs published 1963 and 1964 by Blossom Music, and the other with all songs published 1965. Thanks also to Olav Langum for the text from the rear sleeve, which is:
"As folk poet, Bob Dylan is without peer among his generation. His songs or "stories" as he calls them, have been sung and recorded by Odetta, Marlene Dietrich, Peter, Paul and Mary, The Kingston Trio, Ian and Sylvia, The Chad Mitchell Trio, Bobby Darin, Pete Seeger and Judy Collins. Joan Baez is preparing an album of all Bob Dylan material. Dylan is a deeply committed young man who conveys his concern for the world around him through unique and poetic imagery that makes explicit the human condition. Many of his songs such as "Don't Think Twice, It’s Alright" and "Blowin' in the Wind" have not only attained best-seller status as recordings, but have become classic "standards" of American folk music. As critic Robert Shelton has noted, "Dylan breaks all the rules of song writing except that of having something to say and saying it stunningly.".
The 1964 record labels have the name "BOB DYLAN" in much smaller text below the song titles. "EXTENDED PLAY" is on one line instead of two. Henry V. Bell's copy differs from Rene Jørgensen's by having a push-out centre. On the 1965 record label "BOB DYLAN" is printed vertically in large type. The 1965 rear sleeve differs only from the 1964 rear sleeve in that it doesn't have a cut-out on the left opening side. Rene Jørgensen's 1964 record has matrix numbers: Side 1 - EP6051-A-1, Side 2 - EP6051-B-1.
Thanks to Keith Owen, Hans Seegers, Olav Langum, Rene Jørgensen and Henry V. Bell for scans.
"Blowin' In The Wind" - 7" mono EP, CBS EP 5688 (France), Jun 1964:
 CBS EP 5688 (France) - front with blank side of languette, scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
This was the first Bob Dylan EP in France. The front cover is the same as the Freewheelin' album. Tracks
are: A-side: Blowin' In The Wind; Corrina, Corrina B-side: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance. Note the unique "languette" or index tab on the right edge of the sleeve of this French EP - these were included by all record companies in France at the time on both albums and EPs. They are easily broken off, but their absence reduces the value of the item considerably to a serious collector. This EP was released twice. The front of the second sleeve has "Bob Dylan" in a lighter orange, although the difference is not enough to scan successfully. There is a tiny difference on the B-side of the record itself - "45" is slightly larger at 7mm instead of 6mm (shown below). The A-sides are identical. Thanks to Robert Paulsen for information about this item and to Hans
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 CBS EP 5688 (France) - rear with index side of languette, scan by Hans Seegers (both variants) |
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 CBS EP 5688 (France) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (both variants) |
 CBS EP 5688 (France) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
 CBS EP 5688 (France) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (second variant) |
 CBS EP 5688 (France) - detail of B-sides, scan by Hans Seegers showing different sizes of "45" |
Various Artists - "Newport Folk Festival 1963" - three 7" mono EPs, Fontana TFE 18009/10/11 (UK), 1964:
These three
EPs were extracted from the Vanguard LPs Newport Broadside
(Topical Songs) and
The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 1,
released in the UK by Fontana. They were quickly withdrawn because of
legal problems with CBS Records (the then trading name of Columbia in
the UK) who had licensed Bob's appearances on the Fontana LPs only.
 Fontana TFE 18009 (UK) - front scan by Norman Barrett |
Bob appears on each of the title tracks recorded at the Newport
Folk Festival, Jul 1963. Because these performance are rarities, full details are in 1964. Thanks to Norman Barrett for information and scans. |
 Fontana TFE 18010 (UK) - front scan by Norman Barrett |
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"I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)" - 8" mono acetate, MPHC Reference Recording (no catalogue number) (USA), mid 1964:
 Picture from eBay found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
"MPHC" stands for “Music Publishers Holding Corporation,” of which Witmark was a part. This single-sided 8" acetate is housed in an "audiodisc" generic sleeve, see 7" Single Sleeves. It is described on eBay as a Witmark demo recording, although my understanding is that no such recording is known to exist and it's probably the studio version from Another Side Of Bob Dylan. This studio recording is in circulation amongst collectors from what are known as "the Emmett Grogan acetates" with Bob saying "OK? Ready?" before he starts the song, edited from the album. If this is that version I'll classify it as a rarity. |
 Picture from eBay found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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 Picture from eBay found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
The acetate is accompanied by a double-sided music and lyrics sheet which has suffered water damage. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding this on eBay and to Tim Dunn for further information. Tim saw an MPHC acetate with Let Me Die In My Footsteps at the Bob Dylan exhibition at the Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA, in Jan 2005. For three 1963 MPHC acetates of Long Ago, Far Away, Quit Your Lowdown Ways and I'd Hate To Be You On That Dreadful Day, see 1963. For a 1963 MPHC acetate of Paths Of Victory which surfaced in 1992, see 1992.
"All I Really Want To Do" - 7" mono EP, CBS EP 5923 (France), Nov 1964:
Various Artists - "All Star Hootenanny" - 7" mono EP, CBS BG-225035 (Australia), 11 Nov 1964/CBS BG-465004 (New Zealand), Nov 1964:
 CBS BG-225035 (Australia) - front scan by Stefan Haras |
The New Zealand release is one of five mono EPs exclusive to New Zealand. It was released with
two slightly different front covers. The Australian release appears to have only
one variant. The rear covers of the Australian and New Zealand releases are
different in that the Australian release shows three album covers, while the New
Zealand release shows only two. Taken from the album of the same name listed in 1964 because it contains a Dylan rarity, this EP has:
Side 1: Where
Have All The Flowers Gone? (Pete Seeger), This Land Is Your Land (New
Christy Minstrels) Thanks to Bill Hester for the information and to Hans Seegers and Stefan Haras for the scans. |
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 CBS BG-225035 (Australia) - rear scan by Stefan Haras |
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 CBS BG-465004 (New Zealand) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
 Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1965 |
 Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1966-68 |
 Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1969 |
 Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76 |
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