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 releases 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 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: 02 February, 2012


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Original US stereo LP, Columbia JC 35453 (USA), 15 Jun 1978

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/CBS (various catalogue numbers) (worldwide), 1978:


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


Columbia JC 35453 (Canada) - front scan by Lars M. Banke


S CBS 86067 (UK) - front with sticker, scan by Colin Baker


CBS S 86067 (Ireland) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara


CBS 86067 (NL) - front with sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel (1978 release, re-released as CBS 32389 (1985) and Columbia COL 32389 1 (1991)


CBS S 86067/CBS 86067 (Spain) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara


CBS 86067 (Portugal) - front scan by Hans Seegers


CBS 86067 (Greece) - front with Greek sticker, scan by Ronald Born


CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - front with gold star, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara

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CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Japan) - front with obi, picture from eil.com


CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Hong Kong) - front scan by Arie de Reus


Discos CBS CLS-5602 (Mexico) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara


Discos CBS 138.084 (Brazil) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara


Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara


CBS 19.901 (Uruguay) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara


CBS 100422 (Costa Rica) - front scan by Lars M. Banke
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CBS SBP 237187 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia LP-1567/JC 35453 (Philippines) - front 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 more vinyl and tape releases of the original album, see the Street-Legal page of  International Album Releases (Regular). For the remastered CD also see International Album Releases (Regular).

Specific differences from the current remastered CD are:

R-0284 Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) - this track fades into True Love Tends To Forget, on the 1999 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.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Manuel Garcia Jara, Lars M. Banke, Damián Martinez, Stuart Moore 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 Releases


"Street-Legal" - CD releases, 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:


Columbia CK 35453 (USA/Canada) - front scan by Moise Potié
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CBS CDCBS 86067 (Europe) - 1980s CD release, front scan by Franck Faugere

Columbia 32389 2 (Europe) - front with sticker, scan by Keith Schweiger (1991 release)

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

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

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

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.


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