Audio: 1978 - "Street-Legal" (Original Album)

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Because of the length of the 1978 page, this sub-page contains details of all the stereo vinyl releases and CD reissues of this 1978 album in its original form, which is now unavailable. Information here is confined to listing all the releases only. Full details of each release are still to be found on the "Street-Legal" page of International Album Releases (Regular Albums).

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: 04 March, 2010


SLUKFront.JPG (30489 bytes) The front photograph by Howard Alk shows Bob outside the entrance to Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA. "Street-legal" is an American term for a hot rod car that has been modified to allow it to be driven on public roads. It has been suggested that the term refers to Bob's newly-divorced single status, but he's clearly wearing a wedding ring in the picture! The rear photo is also by Howard Alk, taken live on stage during the Far East tour in early 1978. The two photographs on the inner sleeve were taken by Joel Bernstein in a night club in Melbourne, Australia, on the same tour - the man with Bob on the inner sleeve back is singer and guitarist George Benson.

Vinyl and Tape Releases


"Street-Legal" - original vinyl album, Columbia JC 35453 (USA), 15 Jun 1978/S CBS 86067 (UK)/CBS 86067 (Greece/Israel/Italy), 15 Jun 1978/CBS S 86067CBS 86067 (Spain), 1978/Discos CBS CLS-5602 (Mexico)/Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina)/Discos CBS 138.084 (Brazil), 15 Jun 1978/CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Japan), 15 Jun 1978/Columbia LP-1567/JC 35453 (Philippines), 1978:


Columbia JC 35453 (USA) -
promo front cover with timing strip, photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz

Since this album was re-released on CD in 1999 in a remastered and remixed form, the differences on the original album from the 1999 release have become rarities! For the remastered CD see International Album Releases (Regular). Specific differences from that are:

R-0284 Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) - this track fades into True Love Tends To Forget, on the new version they're separated. Also, Keith Venturoni points out that the mandolin is much more prominent on this original mix.

Changing Of The Guards at 6:36 is 30 seconds shorter than the 1999 7:06 version, but this original version can still be found on CD on 1994's Greatest Hits Vol. 3, and even on the 2007 3CD set Dylan, so it's not a rarity.

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S CBS 86067 (UK) - front (my copy)
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CBS S 86067/CBS 86067 (Spain) - front scan by Hans Seegers

Discos CBS CLS-5602 (Mexico) - picture from eil.com

Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - detail of front with CBS logo and catalogue number, scan by Damián Martinez
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CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Japan - picture from eil.com
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CBS SBP 237187 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia LP-1567/JC 35453 (Philippines) - front photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz

John Wilson's promo copy has white Columbia labels with matrix numbers: Side 1: P AL 35453-2A (hand-etched), Side 2: P BL 35453-2A (machine-stamped). The "FOR PROMOTION ONLY" text is machine-stamped in gold ink on the upper left corner of the back cover. The front sleeve has a Columbia Records radio station timing strip. It has a black inner sleeve with the pictures as illustrated from the UK release (below).

Thanks to Hans Seegers and Ulf Gyllenspetz for information and pictures.


"Street-Legal" - 8-track cartridge release, Columbia TC8 35453 (USA), 1978:

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Columbia TC8 35453 (USA) - slipcase front scan by Stuart Moore
8-track was a continuous tape cartridge format, with four stereo "programs" per tape. The track order was rearranged to make all four programs of roughly equivalent length.

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

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Columbia TC8 35453 (USA) - slipcase back scan by Stuart Moore

"Street-Legal" - vinyl album reissue, Columbia PC 35453 (USA), 1980s:

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Columbia PC 35453 (USA) - front
This album has a gold promo stamp over the bar code on the rear sleeve. The record is in a plain paper sleeve and has red Columbia labels with the yellow Columbia logo in a ring.

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scan.


CD Reissues


"Street-Legal" - CD reissues, Columbia CK 35453 (USA), 1986; CBS CDCBS 86067 (Europe/Australia), late 1980s; CBS/Sony 32DP 374 (Japan), 1988; Columbia CDCBS 86067 (Europe/Australia), 1991; Sony SRCS 6335 (Japan), 1993:

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CBS CDCBS 86067 (Europe) - 1980s CD release, front scan by Franck Faugere

Full details are on the Street-Legal page of International Album Releases (Regular).

Original Japanese CD releases were as follows:

1st edition: CBS/Sony 32DP 374, with red, white, black and yellow obi with price ¥3,200 and 36 page booklet (1988)

2nd edition: CBS/Sony 32DP 374, with red, white, black and yellow obi with price ¥3,008 and 36 page booklet (also 1988)

3rd "Nice Price" edition: Sony SRCS 6335, with black, red, white, blue and yellow obi with price ¥1,800 and 24 page booklet (1993)

For the remastered 1999 release, see International Album Releases (Regular).

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Franck Faugere and Keith Schweiger for the scans.


CBS/Sony 32DP 374 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (first release)

Columbia CDCBS 86067 (Australia) - front scan by Keith Schweiger (1991 release)

Sony SRCS 6335 (Japan) -front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers

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