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This page contains all 7" single and EP releases of A Fool Such As I. See here for a note about writer credits for this song from the 1973 Dylan album, actually written by Bill Trader, but often wrongly credited by Columbia to Buford Abner.
If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
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Revised: 08 March, 2010
Titles in red are not available
on a currently released Bob Dylan CD (for these see bobdylan.com
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Performances currently available on commercial CD are marked by
(these are the ones that count as obscurities
rather than as rarities)
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - 8" 45RPM acetates, Columbia ZSS 159122/ZSS 159123 (USA), 19 Nov 1973:
"A Fool Such As I" - radio station promo stereo/mono 7" singles, Columbia 4-45982/JZSP 159121 (USA), 19 Nov 1973:
![]() Columbia 4-45982 promo 7" single (USA) - stereo side with song wrongly credited to Buford Abner, scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
This promo single has
stereo and mono versions of the same song. There are three major variants,
illustrated here by the
mono sides. Two of the variants have differences between copies, also shown. R-0099-4 A Fool Such As I (Bill Trader) - stereo album version R-0099M A Fool Such As I (Bill Trader) - mono version not available on 1973 Dylan album, see 1973 (this is presumably a mono reduction of the stereo source) This release wrongly credits A Fool Such As I to Buford Abner. See the note about writer credits in 1973 and here. For the US commercial singles, see below. Label variants are:
The publishing details are of course incorrect! Also, the type face used is different on the second and third variants. Thanks to Ole Lien for the initial information
and Hans Seegers for the scans of all the variants. |
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![]() Columbia 4-45982 promo 7" single (USA) - mono side with song wrongly credited to Buford Abner, scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
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![]() Columbia 4-45982 promo 7" single (USA) - stereo side with song wrongly credited to Buford Abner, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant) |
![]() Columbia 4-45982 promo 7" single (USA) - mono side with song wrongly credited to Buford Abner, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant with right hand text printed next to central hole) |
![]() Columbia 4-45982 promo 7" single (USA) - detail of text, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant with right hand text printed next to central hole) |
![]() Columbia 4-45982 promo 7" single (USA) - mono side with song wrongly credited to Buford Abner, scan by Hans Seegers (second variant with right hand text further to right) |
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![]() Columbia 4-45982 promo 7" single (USA) - mono side with song wrongly credited to Buford Abner, scan by Hans Seegers (third variant) |
![]() Columbia 4-45982 promo 7" single (USA) - detail of text, scan by Hans Seegers (third variant) |
![]() Columbia 4-45982 promo 7" single (USA) - detail of text, scan by Hans Seegers (third variant with fainter text) |
![]() Columbia 4-45982 promo 7" single (USA) - detail of text, scan by Hans Seegers (third variant with fainter text) |
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" singles, Columbia 4-45982 (USA), 19 Nov 1973/Columbia 4-45982 (Canada), 14 Feb 1974:
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" single, CBS 2006 (Canada for export to the Far East), 1974:
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" single, CBS 7238 (Mexico), 1974:
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" singles, CBS S 2006 (West Germany)/CBS 2006 (NL), 11 Jan 1974/CBS 2006 (Sweden), 1974:
The Dutch and West German singles were released on 11 Jan 1974, the UK single below on 25 Jan 1974 - I don't have precise dates for the other European singles. The success of this single in mainland Europe is the reason why the short-lived CD release of the 1973 Dylan album (see 1973) was retitled (A Fool Such As I) in those countries!
R-0099-6 A Fool Such As I (Bill Trader) - Self Portrait out-take recorded at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 26 Apr 1969
R-0097-5 Lily Of The West (Traditional, arranged E. Davies/J. Peterson) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 3 Jun 1970
For the generic "CBS-Blitzinformation" rear sleeve of the West German promo single, see 7" Single Sleeves. The West German singles had R-0099 correctly credited to "B. Trader". However, the Dutch single has it wrongly credited to "B. Abner".
Hans Seegers informs me that for the Swedish release of CBS 2006, the record was made in Sweden but used the Dutch sleeve shown here. This record was unique in that R-0097 was the A-side! Again it was wrongly credited to "B. Abner".
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" singles, S CBS 2006 (UK), 25 Jan 1974:
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" singles, CBS Serie Gemini 2006 (France), 1974:
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" promo and commercial singles, CBS 2006 (Italy), 1974:
The promo copy of this Italian single CBS 2006 has the same sleeve design front and back. The records have orange CBS labels. Manuel Garcia Jara's promo copy has a stamp "DISCO CAMPIONE NON VENDIBILE" ["SAMPLE DISC NOT FOR SALE"] on the B-side. R-0099 on the A-side was wrongly credited to "B. Abner".
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Manuel Garcia Jara for information and scans.
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" singles, CBS 2006 (Spain), 1974:
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" single, CBS 2006 (Portugal), 1974:
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" single, CBS 301415 (Greece), 1974:
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" single, Suzy Records/CBS 2006 (Yugoslavia), 1974:
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7" promo and commercial singles, CBS/Sony SOPB 269 (Japan), Jan 1974:
R-0099-7 A Fool Such As I (Bill Trader) - Self Portrait out-take recorded at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 26 Apr 1969
R-0097-6 Lily Of The West (Traditional, arranged E. Davies/J. Peterson) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 3 Jun 1970
The Japanese single has a front picture by artist Nov Yabuki that previously appeared on a poster in the 1973 boxed set Eleven Years In The Life Of Bob Dylan, see 1973. The Japanese rear sleeve has sleeve notes in Japanese, and the lyrics of the A-side in English and Japanese. R-0099 is correctly credited to "B. Trader". This single was released as a promo with white CBS/Sony labels and commercially with orange CBS/Sony labels.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"A Fool Such As I"/"Lily Of The West" - stereo 7"
singles, CBS BA-222032 (Australia)/CBS BA 461497 (New Zealand), Jan
1974:
These singles didn't have picture sleeves.
Thanks to Bill Hester for information about the New Zealand release, CBS BA 461497 (on this single "Lily" was misspelled "Lilly" on the B-side as on the UK single shown above). Thanks to Hans Seegers for further information and scans.
"Dylan" - stereo EP, CBS/Sony SOPD 63 (Japan), 1974:
![]() CBS/Sony SOPD 63 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This EP contains four
tracks from the now deleted album Dylan, see 1973,
and has a variant of the album front
cover.
The record has orange/cream CBS/Sony labels. R-0099-9 A Fool Such As I (Bill Trader) - Self Portrait out-take recorded at Columbia Studios, Nashville, TN, 26 Apr 1969 R-0100-4 Can't Help Falling In Love (H. Peretti/L. Creatore/Donna Weiss) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 3 Jun 1970 R-0101-4 Mr. Bojangles (Jerry Jeff Walker) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 1 Jun 1970 R-0102-3 Big Yellow Taxi
(Joni Mitchell) - New Morning out-take, recorded Columbia Studios, New York,
4 Jun 1970 Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
![]() CBS/Sony SOPD 63 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS/Sony SOPD 63 (Japan) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers |
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door"/"A Fool Such As I" - mono
7" single in Hall Of Fame series, Columbia 4-33259/13-33259 (USA/Canada), 1974
onwards:
Scans of Columbia 4-33259 required!
![]() Columbia 13-33259 (Canada, 1974) - A-side scan (R-0536) by Hans Seegers |
R-0536-2 Knockin' On Heaven's Door - mono version of song from Pat
Garrett & Billy The Kid soundtrack album on A-side R-0099M-2 A Fool Such As
I (Bill Trader) - mono version not available on
1973 Dylan album on B-side |
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![]() Columbia 13-33259 (USA, 1975) - B-side scan (R-0099M) by Hans Seegers (variant without sunburst) |
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![]() Columbia 13-33259 (USA, 1987) - B-side scan by Dan Lardner (R-0099M, correctly credited to "B. Trader" but incorrect song length) |
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![]() Columbia/Collectables Records 13-33259 (USA, 1993) - A-side scan (R-0536) by Manfred Endtner |
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Columbia 13-33259 (USA, 1997) - B-side scan (R-0099M) by Hans Seegers |
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![]() Columbia 13-33259 (Canada, late 1980s) - B-side scan (R-0099M) by Hans Seegers |
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This single was re-released as Columbia 13-33259 in 1975, with three variants (all shown above):
On the variants without the sunburst, the original release date ("July 31, 1973") is printed slightly lower below the white line.
It was later released twice in the 1980s, again under licence by Collectables Records in 1993, and again by Columbia in 1997, still mono. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Manfred Endtner for information. The 1974 Canadian release of Columbia 13-33259 has the red/black design without the sunburst. It was re-released in the late 1980s with unique Canadian light blue/lilac labels with text in English and French. The B-side is correctly credited to "B. Trader".
Thanks to Patrick Helfrich for the scans of the Collectables Re-Issue 7" single. This copy has matrix numbers: A-side - ZSS-157664-IAA, B-side: ZSS159122-1K.
For locations of other "Hall Of Fame" singles: those containing rarities, those in mono, and those in stereo, see "Hall Of Fame".
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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