Mono 7" Singles 1965 - Subterranean Homesick Blues

Audio: Mono 7" Singles & EPs: 1965 - Subterranean Homesick Blues

These 7" Subterranean Homesick Blues 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 details of the promo and regular singles with Like A Rolling Stone split into two parts, which are rarities, see 1965. 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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"She Belongs To Me" - 7" mono acetate, Columbia (USA), Feb 1965:

Label scan by Hans Seegers

This 7" single-sided mono acetate is the B-side of the single below (Columbia 4-43242). The size is unusual, in that Columbia acetates were normally 10".

Information and scan from Hans Seegers.

Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand and Andy Williams - "Columbia Records Hit Pack" - 7 " mono singles radio station pack, Columbia (USA), Mar 1965:

Sleeve photo from "Goldmine" magazine - a colour scan is badly needed!

This very very rare item has three promo singles inside a colour sleeve, all three singles each have the same track on both sides:

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Columbia 4-43242 - red vinyl)

Barbra Streisand - Why Did I Choose You? (Columbia 4-43248 - blue vinyl)

Andy Williams - And Roses And Roses (Columbia 4-43257 - gold vinyl)

This was released to radio stations in late March, 1955, and all three singles entered the US charts in early April!

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the record scans. Hans Seegers has the red vinyl Dylan single that came out of the pack, but he doesn't have the rest of it - if anyone does, please contact me! For other promo and commercial releases of Columbia 4-43242, see below.

Kenneth Robson has a copy of this red vinyl promo with the word "TOUTANT" stamped on it - does anyone have an explanation?

Columbia 4-43242 (USA) - label close-up, scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia 4-43242 (USA), red vinyl single with Subterranean Homesick Blues on both sides - scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia 4-43242 (USA) - label close-up, scan by Kenneth Robson (second copy)

"Subterranean Homesick Blues"/"She Belongs To Me" - 7" mono single, Columbia 4-43242 (USA/Canada), 8 Mar 1965/CBS 201753 (UK)/CBS 2-468 (Hong Kong), Apr 1965/CBS BA 301079 (Greece)/CBS BA-221172 (Australia)/CBS BA-461059 (New Zealand)/CBS 4-43242 (Philippines), 1965/CBS LL-764-C (Japan), Jun 1965:

Columbia 4-43242 (USA) - promo single front, scan by Stefan Haras	Peter Stone Brown says this single entered the US Billboard charts on 4 Mar 1965 - this may have been because of radio play. Columbia 4-43242 (USA) has a paper picture sleeve. The rear sleeve is a reproduction of an article by Ray Coleman from the UK "Melody Maker " magazine, 9 Jan 1965. The promo record has white Columbia promo labels with red text. The commercial single has red Columbia labels Columbia 4-43242 (USA) was also reissued (still in mono) in 1972 with grey labels. For a promo single in red vinyl with black text and the A-side on both sides, see above. The Canadian single has dark orange Columbia labels. The UK single was available as a CBS white label promo (with a large "A" on the A-side) and with the regular orange CBS label with a push-out centre. The Greek single, CBS BA 301079, is very rare and was the first Bob Dylan single in Greece. It has orange CBS labels. The Hong Kong single has orange CBS labels with a solid centre. The very rare CBS 7" mono promo single from the Philippines (below left) uses the US catalogue number and has plain white labels with the text rubber-stamped. The A-side has been misprinted with a partial backwards stamp! CBS BA-461059 was the first Bob Dylan single to be released in New Zealand. It and the Australian single CBS BA-221172 have CBS orange labels. Thanks to Hans Seegers, Stefan Haras, Bill Hester and Peter Denzler for information and scans.			Columbia 4-43242 (USA) - promo single A-side, scan by Stefan Haras
Columbia 4-43242 (USA) - promo single back, scan by Stefan Haras				Columbia 4-43242 (USA) - promo single B-side, scan by Stefan Haras
Columbia 4-43242 (USA) - commercial single A-side, scan by Hans Seegers	Columbia 4-43242 (USA) - commercial single B-side, scan by Hans Seegers	Columbia 4-43242 (USA) - commercial single A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (1972 re-release, still mono)	Columbia 4-43242 (USA) - commercial single B-side, scan by Hans Seegers (1972 re-release, still mono)
Columbia 4-43242 (Canada) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers	Columbia 4-43242 (Canada) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 201753 promo single (UK) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 201753 promo single (UK) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 201753 regular single (UK) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers
CBS 4-43242 (Philippines) - promo A-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 4-43242 (Philippines) - promo B-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 2-468 (Hong Kong) - A-side scan by Peter Denzler	CBS 2-468 (Hong Kong) - B-side scan by Peter Denzler	CBS BA 301079 (Greece) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers
CBS BA-221172 (Australia) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS BA-221172 (Australia) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS BA-461059 (New Zealand) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS BA-461059 (New Zealand) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS BA 301079 (Greece) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers
CBS LL-764-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers	The Japanese 7" single CBS LL-764-C was the first Bob Dylan single to be issued in Japan, at a time when CBS was not yet part of Sony. The single has a 4-page folded insert and orange CBS labels. It is very rare indeed.	CBS LL-764-C (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers	CBS LL-764-C (Japan) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers	CBS LL-764-C (Japan) - B-Side scan by Hans Seegers

"Subterranean Homesick Blues"/"She Belongs To Me" - 7" mono single, CBS 1883 (Norway/Sweden), 1965:

CBS 1883 (Norway) - front scan by Olav Langum

Information from Hans Seegers: "Until 1973 all Scandinavian releases were pressed at the PolyGram pressing plant in Oslo, but up to 1968 the CBS companies in Norway, Denmark and Sweden printed their own picture sleeves. The labels of these Scandinavian singles are therefore completely identical, and all have 710 in the matrix number. Until 1968 all Norwegian releases came with cardboard inserts unless stated otherwise. Note that the Norwegian inserts feature the song titles of the A-side only."

The catalogue number of the Swedish single is shown as CBS S 1883, but the "S" does not appear on the record labels. Also "CBS" is mis-spelled as "CSB" on the sleeve, which is folded!

Thanks to Olav Langum for the information and Norwegian insert scan. Thanks to Hans Seegers for the label scans and further information,

CBS 1883 (Sweden) - front scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 1883 (Norway/Sweden) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 1883 (Norway/Sweden) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 1883 (Sweden) - front scan by Hans Seegers, "CSB" misprint

"Subterranean Homesick Blues"/"She Belongs To Me" - 7" mono single, CBS 556 (South Africa/Rhodesia), 1965:

CBS 556 (South Africa/Rhodesia) - front of picture sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers

Same as the UK single, but with the US picture sleeve, this time on card.

This single is very rare and one of the few South Africa-specific releases.

Information from Hans Seegers.

CBS 556 (South Africa/Rhodesia) - rear of picture sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers

Various Artists - "Philco Invites You To A Pop Party Vol. 1" - 7" mono singles boxed set, Columbia Special Products (no catalogue number) (USA), 1965:
This box contained five current Columbia 7" singles.

Box front scan by Hans Seegers

Bob's contribution was Subterranean Homesick Blues c/w She Belongs To Me, i.e. Columbia 4-43242. For details of that single, see above.

Information from Hans Seegers.

Various Artists - "Philco Invites You To A Pop Party Vol. 2" - 7" mono singles boxed set, Columbia Special Products (no catalogue number) (USA), 1965:
This second box contained also five current Columbia 7" singles.

Box front scan by Hans Seegers

Bob's contribution was again Subterranean Homesick Blues c/w She Belongs To Me, i.e. Columbia 4-43242! For details of that single, see above.

Information from Hans Seegers.

"Subterranean Homesick Blues"/"The Times They Are A-Changin'" - 7" mono jukebox and commercial singles, CBS 1.904 (NL/West Germany), 5 May 1965/CBS 1904 (France), May 1965/CBS 1904 (Italy), 10 Jun 1965:

CBS 1.904 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers (first variant)	The Dutch single CBS 1.904 was released in a bewildering number of variants! There were two main sleeve variants - the first has song titles in cobalt blue and occurs both as a folded sheet and as a regular pocket style sleeve. The second has song titles in dark blue-violet and occurs only as a folded sheet. The rear of the sleeve is identical to the front in both cases. There are also four other sleeves with minor variants not shown. Label variants were very complicated but essentially summarise to this: Large CBS logo overlapping the text "RESERVED UNAUTHORISED", playing speed shown as "45 rpm" on A-side and "45 RPM" on B-side (first variant below) Large CBS logo overlapping the text "RESERVED UNAUTHORISED", playing speed shown as "45 RPM" on A-side and "45 rpm" on B-side (second variant below) Misprint of second variant with catalogue number printed as "1904" instead of "1.904" (shown below) Large CBS logo overlapping the text "RESERVED UNAUTHORISED", playing speed shown as "45 RPM" on both sides (not shown as both sides already illustrated) Smaller CBS logo not overlapping text above, playing speed shown as "45 RPM" on both sides (third variant below) There were further tiny label variants, but these aren't shown. The pairing of sleeve and label variants appears to be random. The Dutch single was also distributed in West Germany - there was no separate German release. The French jukebox single uses the same picture for the front sleeve as the US and South African singles of Subterranean Homesick Blues/She Belongs To Me above . The rear sleeve has only the headline from the Ray Coleman article. The Italian release had The Times They Are A-Changin' as the A-side. The rear sleeve has the entire Ray Coleman article from the US and South African singles of Subterranean Homesick Blues/She Belongs To Me above. Also shown is a special edition that came in a red envelope (below) promoting "THE NEW SOUND" that also holds a single by The Byrds with their cover of Mr Tambourine Man, pictured on the other side (also below). This Dylan single with green lettering on the front of the picture sleeve is very rare, the normal text colour for CBS 1904 was black. Also rare is the illustrated jukebox single of CBS 1904 with white labels. This came with a generic sleeve.			CBS 1904 (France), jukebox single - front scan by Hans Seegers
CBS 1.904 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)				CBS 1904 (France), jukebox single - rear scan by Hans Seegers
CBS 1.904 (NL) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (first variant)				CBS 1904 (France), jukebox single - A-side label scan by Hans Seegers
CBS 1.904 (NL) - detail of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (first variant)	CBS 1.904 (NL) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (first variant)	CBS 1.904 (NL) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)	CBS 1.904 (NL) - detail of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)	CBS 1.904 (NL) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)
CBS 1.904 (NL) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (second variant misprint as "1904")	CBS 1.904 (NL) - detail of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant misprint as "1904")	CBS 1.904 (NL) - detail of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)	CBS 1.904 (NL) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (third variant)	CBS 1.904 (NL) - detail of A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (third variant)
CBS 1904 (Italy) - front scan by Hans Seegers (black text)	CBS 1904 (Italy) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (both variants)	CBS 1904 (Italy) - jukebox single A-side, scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1904 (Italy) - jukebox single B-side, scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1.904 (NL) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers (third variant)
CBS 1904 (Italy) - front scan by Hans Seegers (green text)	CBS 1904 (Italy) - promo single A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (first variant)	CBS 1904 (Italy) - detail of promo single A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (first variant)	CBS 1904 (Italy) - promo single B-side, scan by Hans Seegers (first variant)	The Italian commercial single had two label variants, shown on the left. The differences are in the text used for the catalogue number and the "BIEM" licence mark. The first variant was also available as a promo release with a sticker with text "DISCO CAMPANILE NON VENDIBLE". Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
CBS 1904 (Italy) - envelope picture sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1904 (Italy) - commercial single A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (first variant)	CBS 1904 (Italy) - detail of commercial single A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (first variant)	CBS 1904 (Italy) - commercial single B-side, scan by Hans Seegers (first variant)
CBS 1904 (Italy) - reverse of envelope picture sleeve is of The Byrds' Mr Tambourine Man, scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 1904 (Italy) - commercial single A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)	CBS 1904 (Italy) - detail of commercial single A-side, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)	CBS 1904 (Italy) - commercial single B-side, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant)

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" - 7" mono EP, CBS EP 6096 (France), May 1965:

CBS EP 6096 (France) - front scan by Manfred Endtner

The other tracks on this EP are It Ain't Me, Babe; The Times They Are A-Changin' and She Belongs To Me.

Information and scans from Manfred Endtner.

This cover picture was used again in France for the Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? singles, see Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1966-68.

CBS EP 6096 (France) - rear scan by Manfred Endtner

"Subterranean Homesick Blues" - 7" mono EP, CBS 6193 (Portugal), 1965:

CBS 6193 mono EP (Portugal), first release - front scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 6193 mono EP (Portugal), first release - "No Limit" misspelled as "No Limite", scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 6193 mono EP (Portugal), first release - rear scan by Hans Seegers (bottom text on right)
CBS 6193 mono EP (Portugal), second release - front scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 6193 mono EP (Portugal), second release - lighter typeface, "No Limit" corrected, scan by Hans Seegers	CBS 6193 mono EP (Portugal), second release - rear scan by Hans Seegers (bottom text in centre)
CBS 6193 mono EP (Portugal), first release - label scan by Hans Seegers	This EP had Subterranean Homesick Blues and Love Minus Zero/No Limit on the A-side plus Mr Tambourine Man on the B-side. The first release had "Limit" mis-spelled as "Limite" and the CBS logo in black, the second release corrected the spelling mistake and had the CBS logo in red. Information and scans from Hans Seegers.	CBS 6193 mono EP (Portugal), second release - label scan by Hans Seegers

"Como Un Vagabundo [Like A Rolling Stone]"/"Tristezas De Ausencia [Subterranean Homesick Blues]" - 7" mono promo and commercial singles, CBS 321.440 (Argentina/Uruguay), 1965:

CBS 321.440 (Argentina) - promo A-side scan by Hans Seegers

This 33¹/₃ RPM single was issued in Argentina as a white label promo and as a commercial release. Some copies of the commercial release were also issued as promos with a stamp on the B-side only. The white label promo has the text DISCO PROMOCIONAL PROHIBIDA LA VENDA" stamped in red. The orange label "demonstration single" has the text "DISCO PARA DEMOSTRACION - VENTA PROHIBIDA" stamped in black. The Uruguayan version of this release, distributed by Sondor S.A., has a slightly different label design.

Note the Spanish translation of these two titles is totally different from those on the Mexican single and EP on this page! My meagre Spanish tells me that the Mexican titles are literal, while these Argentinean titles are more subjective - "Como Un Vagabundo" means "Like A Vagabond", whereas "Como Una Piedra Que Rueda" means "Like A Stone That Rolls".

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

CBS 321.440 (Argentina) - promo B-side scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 321.440 (Argentina) - commercial A-side scan by Hans Seegers (also same as second promo)

CBS 321.440 (Argentina) - second promo B-side scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 321.440 (Argentina) - commercial B-side scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 321.440 (Uruguay) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 321.440 (Uruguay) - B-side scan by 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 above.

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 this title, 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.