Mono 7" Singles 1965 - Positively 4th Street

Audio: Mono 7" Singles & EPs: 1965 - Positively 4th Street

These 7" Positively 4th Street singles 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 the other 1965 Mono Singles & EPs pages, see here:

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For 1965 Dylan mono 7" singles and EPs with rarities see 1965. 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.)

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"Positively 4th Street"/"From A Buick 6" - 7" mono single, Columbia 4-43389 (USA), Jul 1965:

Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - A-side scan by Keith Owen

This contained an early, slower, version of Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? released on a 7" single as Positively 4th Street by mistake and withdrawn very quickly. For full details see the rarities list for 1965.

See Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1965 for the regular single of Positively 4th Street and 1966 for the regular single of Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?, which has an longer version of Highway 61 Revisited on the B-side.

Thanks to Keith Owen for the scan.

"Positively 4th Street"" - 10" mono acetates, Columbia 4-43389 (USA), Sep 1965:

Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - acetate of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (first example)

Both these rare US mono acetates of Positively 4th Street are on 10" single-sided metal discs and have white Columbia Recording Studios labels with handwritten text (by the same person).

The first example is from Hans Seegers and shows the 3:47 timing but has no catalogue number.

The second example was found by Arie de Reus on eBay and has the catalogue number 4-43389 plus a pressing number ZSP 11386. This has a timing of 3:50. This copy is in a generic "audiodisc" sleeve from Audio Devices Inc. (manufacturers of the blank acetates). This version has a "one, two, three, four" countdown in a male voice, probably Bob Johnston's, which is unique to this one acetate. For full details see the rarities list for 1965.

Thanks to Hans Seegers and Arie de Reus for information and scan.

Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - acetate of A-side, picture from eBay (second example)

Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - acetate of A-side, picture from eBay in "audiodisc" sleeve (second example)

"Positively 4th Street"/"From A Buick 6" - 7" mono promo and commercial singles, Columbia 4-43389 (USA/Canada)/CBS 201824 (UK)/CBS 1.893 (NL/Norway)/CBS 1893 (West Germany/Sweden)/CBS 201 824 (Denmark)/CBS BA-221222 (Australia)/CBS BA-461074 (New Zealand)/CBS SSC.619 (South Africa/Southern Rhodesia), Sep 1965:

Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - red vinyl promo single, scan by Hans Seegers (same both sides)	Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - red vinyl promo single, label scan by Hans Seegers (same both sides)	Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - promo single, A-side scan by Hans Seegers		Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - promo single, B-side scan by Hans Seegers
Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers	Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers	Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - commercial single, A-side scan by Hans Seegers (first release)		Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - commercial single, B-side scan by Hans Seegers (first release)	CBS 201824 white label promo (UK) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers
Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - commercial single, A-side scan by Hans Seegers (1972 release)	Columbia 4-43389 (USA) - commercial single, B-side scan by Hans Seegers (1972 release)	Columbia 4-43389 (Canada) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers		Columbia 4-43389 (Canada) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 201824 white label promo (UK) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers
CBS 201824 (UK) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (first variant)	The US single Columbia 4-43389 was originally released with red labels but was reissued (still in mono) in 1972 with grey labels. The Canadian single had orange Columbia labels. The CBS UK single had no picture sleeve and came in two slightly different label designs. The differences are on the right side of the centre hole - "Blossom Music Ltd." is replaced by just "Blossom Music" and "Side A" or "Side B" is added just below the catalogue number. The CBS Dutch sleeve came in two designs, the first with song titles in a hard-to-see pale lime green and the second with titles in a more legible darker pine green and "BOB DYLAN" in white. As can be seen, the second A-side title is also slightly lower. The first design occurs in a misprint with part of the CBS logo reversed in the top right hand corner! The labels of the second release were virtually identical to those of the first except that they had "45 rpm" instead of "45 RPM". Hans Seegers has a Dutch mispressing that plays Positively 4th Street on both sides. For 1973 Columbia "Hall of Fame" mono singles with Positively 4th Street backed by Subterranean Homesick Blues, Columbia 4-33221/13-33221, see Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76. Thanks to Bill Hester for information about the New Zealand release, CBS BA 461074. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Stuart Moore for information and scans. Thanks also to Sam C. Visser, Éamonn Ó Catháin and Georg Hansson.				CBS 201824 (UK) - B-side scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin (first variant)
CBS 201824 (UK) - A-side scan by Georg Hansson (second variant)					CBS 201824 (UK) - B-side scan by Georg Hansson (second variant)
CBS 1.893 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers (first release)	CBS 1.893 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers (first release with misprint)		CBS 1.893 (NL) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers (first release with misprint)	CBS 1.893 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers (second release)	The second release of the Dutch single with the darker green lettering comes with either a folded sleeve or a regular sealed sleeve.
CBS 1.893 (NL) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (first release)	CBS 1.893 (NL) - detail of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (first release)		CBS 1.893 (NL) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (first release)	CBS 1.893 (NL) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (second release)	CBS 1.893 (NL) - detail of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (second release)
CBS 1893 (West Germany) - front scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1893 (West Germany) - rear scan by Hans Seegers		CBS 1893 (West Germany) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1893 (West Germany) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1.893 (Norway) - front scan by Hans Seegers (rear is plain white)
CBS 1.893 (Norway) - alternate front scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1.893 (Norway/Sweden) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (pressed in Oslo)		CBS 1.893 (Norway/Sweden) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1893 (Sweden) - front scan by Hans Seegers (rear is identical) This sleeve contained the Norwegian-pressed CBS 1.893 single	CBS 201 824 (Denmark) - front scan by Hans Seegers (rear is plain white)
CBS 201 824 (Denmark) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (A-side has the same label as a misprint!)	CBS BA-221222 (Australia) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (this single came in a standard CBS plastic sleeve)		CBS BA-221222 (Australia) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS BA-461074 (New Zealand) - A-side with solid centre, scan by Hans Seegers	CBS BA-461074 (New Zealand) - B-side with solid centre, scan by Hans Seegers
CBS SSC.619 (South Africa) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS SSC.619 (South Africa) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers		CBS SSC.619 (Southern Rhodesia) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS BA-461074 (New Zealand) - A-side with cut-out centre, scan by Stuart Moore	CBS BA-461074 (New Zealand) - B-side with cut-out centre, scan by Stuart Moore
CBS SSC.619 (Southern Rhodesia) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers	Hans Seegers explains that the centre of Stuart Moore's New Zealand single must have been cut out by a jukebox operator. It would not have been sold by CBS in this way, as their logo is missing! The South African release of this record has orange CBS labels with a UK-style push-out centre. The very rare release from Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) has a unique triangular cut-out centre. The label is identical to the South African release, but the record has "MADE IN S. RHODESIA" stamped in the vinyl itself.

Various Artists - "The Lively Ones: Five Swingin' 45s From Masterwork!" - 7" mono singles boxed set, Columbia Special Products (no catalogue number) (USA), 1965:
Another box containing five current Columbia US 7" singles.

Box front scan by Hans Seegers

Bob's contribution was Positively 4th Street c/w From A Buick 6, namely Columbia 4-43389, see above. The other singles were Don't Let Me Down by The Dave Clark Five, Hungry by Paul Revere and The Raiders, Pin The Tail On The Donkey by Paul Peek, and I Am A Rock by Simon & Garfunkel. The 45s are stamped "MASTERWORKS" - scans of the Dylan single required.

Information from Hans Seegers and Billy from Canada.

"Positively 4th Street"/"On The Road Again" - 7" mono jukebox single, CBS 2144 (France), Nov 1965:

CBS 2144 (France), jukebox single - front scan by Hans Seegers

This single had orange CBS labels.

Information and scans from Hans Seegers.

CBS 2144 (France), jukebox single - rear scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 2144 (France), jukebox single - A-side label scan by Hans Seegers

"Like A Rolling Stone"/"Positively 4th Street" - 7" mono jukebox and commercial singles, CBS 1896 (Italy), 12 Nov 1965/CBS BA 301089 (Greece), Nov 1965:

CBS 1896 (Italy) - first jukebox release with "J.B.S." below "45", A-side scan by Hans Seegers	The Italian single was released in two jukebox editions with generic sleeves. The first has "J.B.S." (Juke Box Service) below "45" on the left hand side, the second has "S.A.P.A.R.". CBS 1896 (Italy) - jukebox single strip for "J.B.S." release - scan by Hans Seegers The Italian commercial single was released in two sleeve designs and three label designs! On the withdrawn sleeve the catalogue number was given incorrectly as "1869" and overprinted with a black bar and the correct number underneath. The regular release was issued twice - see variations below. The Greek single, which did not have a picture sleeve, is one of the very few Dylan releases in Greece from this time period, most of Bob's albums and singles were not released there during the rule of "the colonels". Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
CBS 1896 (Italy) - first jukebox release with "J.B.S." below "45", B-side scan by Hans Seegers
CBS 1896 (Italy) - first jukebox release with "S.A.P.A.R." below "45", A-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1896 (Italy) - first jukebox release with "S.A.P.A.R." below "45", A-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1896 (Italy), front of withdrawn release - scan by Hans Seegers - (similar sleeve design to USA Columbia 4-43389 above)	CBS 1896 (Italy), back of withdrawn release - scan by Hans Seegers (shows US "Cashbox" chart positions)	CBS 1896 (Italy), label of withdrawn release - scan by Hans Seegers ("Prodotto da Tom Wilson" below "BOB DYLAN", time "6:00" on right-hand side of centre hole)
CBS 1896 (Italy), front of regular release - scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1896 (Italy), first back of regular release - scan by Hans Seegers (same back design as US and South African singles)	CBS 1896 (Italy), first label of regular release - scan by Hans Seegers ("Prod. Tom Wilson" on right-hand side of centre hole, time "6:00" below song title)	CBS 1896 (Italy), second back of regular release - scan by Hans Seegers ("Ray Coleman" has been moved and printed vertically in front of Bob's face!)	CBS 1896 (Italy), second label of regular release - scan by Hans Seegers ("Prodotto da Tom Wilson" back under "BOB DYLAN", time "6:00" still below song title)
The second version of the Italian regular release had the same front cover as the first version, but a slightly different back cover and record label.	CBS 1896 (Italy), second label of regular release - scan of promo single by Hans Seegers	CBS 1896 (Italy), detail of promo label - sticker with "DISCO CAMPIONE NON VENDABILE" (second commercial release)	CBS BA 301089 (Greece) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS BA 301089 (Greece) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers

"Positively 4th Street"/"From A Buick 6" - 7" mono promo and commercial singles, CBS/Sony LL-847-C (Japan), Dec 1965:

CBS/Sony LL-847-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers (promo and commercial releases)	These singles are very rare and expensive, especially in the condition shown. The sleeve is a folded sheet. The promo record has white labels and the commercial record has orange CBS/Sony labels. For the US release, Columbia 4-43389, and other international single with these two tracks, see above. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.		CBS/Sony LL-847-C (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (promo and commercial releases)
CBS/Sony LL-847-C (Japan) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (promo release)	CBS/Sony LL-847-C (Japan) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (promo release)	CBS/Sony LL-847-C (Japan) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release)	CBS/Sony LL-847-C (Japan) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release)

"Positively 4th Street"- 7" mono EP, CBS 6198 (Portugal), 1965:

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CBS 6198 (Portugal) - front scan by Hans Seegers

In addition to the title track, this EP has From A Buick 6 on the A-side, and Like A Rolling Stone on the B-side. The sleeve design is similar to USA Columbia 4-43389 above.

Information and scans from Hans Seegers

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CBS 6198 (Portugal) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS 6198 (Portugal) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

Various Artists - "Step Lively" - 7" mono EP, Columbia Special Products in association with Hot Potatoes by Keds (shoes) and Uni Royal US Rubber (car tyres) CSP 319 (USA), 1965:

Columbia Special Products CSP 319 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers

Bob's contribution was Positively 4th Street

Information from Hans Seegers.

"Como Una Piedra Que Rueda" [Like A Rolling Stone] - 7" mono EP, CBS EPC 496 (Mexico), 1965:
This EP exclusive to Mexico had a unique picture of Bob at the piano by Daniel Kramer. For the Mexican 7" single of Like A Rolling Stone, see the 1965 Like A Rolling Stone page, link below.

CBS EPC 496 (Mexico) - front of folded card sleeve (my copy)

A-side: Como Una Piedra Que Rueda [Like A Rolling Stone]
B-side: Positivamente La Cuarte Calle [Positively 4th Street]; El Blues Del Subterráneo Melancólico [Subterranean Homesick Blues]

All songs are the original English versions, not Spanish. There is also a Mexican album with the title Como Una Piedra Que Rueda, which is actually the regular version of Highway 61 Revisited

Hans Seegers adds: "There are 8 variations of the Mexican Like A Rolling Stone EP. The first one came in a bag type cardboard sleeve with folded over flaps, orange labels and was released in 1965 in 2 label and 2 sleeve variations. In 1966 CBS Mexico started using folded out paper sleeves and "1966" on the labels. This one came in many label and cover variations. Catalogue number and release date remain the same until into the 1980s, e.g. orange labels for half the 1970's, yellow/red labels afterwards. Front cover: CBS logo and catalogue number in blue, but also in red. Many “collectors” don't believe it until they've seen it!"

The copy shown (mine) is a later release with a folded card sleeve and "(P) 1966" on the orange labels. On the rear of the sleeve is an advert for a contemporary CBS jazz EP by pianist Ray Bryant.

CBS EPC 496 (Mexico) - rear of folded card sleeve

CBS EPC 496 (Mexico) - A-side

CBS EPC 496 (Mexico) - B-side

"Positively 4th Street" - 7" mono EP, CBS EP 6210 (France/Spain), Nov 1965:

CBS EP 6210 (Spain) - front scan by Hans Seegers

This EP contained an edited version of Mr. Tambourine Man. For full details see the rarities list for 1965.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

"Bob Dylan" - 7" mono EP, CBS EP 6020 (West Germany), end 1965:

CBS EP 6020 (West Germany) - front scan by Hans Seegers

This mono EP has Positively 4th Street (the single) and three songs from Highway 61 Revisited: Highway 61 Revisited; From A Buick 6; and It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry

The rear sleeve shows five Dylan LPs (not Bringing It All Back Home) and three Dylan singles.

Information and scans from Hans Seegers.