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Bob Dylan and The Band - Before The Flood

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Planet Waves (1974)
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This page is part of a list of original releases by release
date of international commercially-released regular stereo Dylan albums.
They do not contain rarities or obscurities and are not eligible for the Searching For A Gem
list. Nevertheless, their interest value or scarcity means they're worth listing
here - as far as I know some are not included on any other Internet site. Promo
releases of regular albums are now listed here and no longer in the former
yearly Promo sections.
This page is still incomplete - more entries required. For releases of this
album in CBS/Columbia multi-packs, see International
Album Releases (Regular) - Multi-Packs.
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Original US stereo 2LP set, Asylum AB 201, 20 Jun 1974, reissued as Columbia KC
37661, 1982 (later as CG 37661).
For Electric Lunch, a 1982 US Columbia promo 12" mini-album
with selections from Planet Waves and Before The Flood, see
International Albums
(Dylan-only Compilations) 1980-89.
The album was recorded live with The Band at various locations in the USA in Jan and Feb
1974.
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Vinyl and Tape Releases
Vinyl and tape releases were originally on Asylum in the USA, with worldwide
releases sometimes on other labels such as Island or Elektra. In 1982 rights to
release the set were purchased by Columbia, so releases after that date are on
Columbia, CBS or CBS/Sony.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - test pressings for 2LP set, Asylum AB-201 (USA),
May 1974:

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - test pressing label scan by Arie de Reus (the
others are the same) |
The first test pressings were made by Sonic Recording Products,
Inc, of Holbrook, Long Island, New York State. The track listings and all
other text are handwritten, and there's no album title. Sides 2 and 4 have
the name "Gilles Seinturier (London 74)". Side 3 has the name "Robin
Denzelow". Robin Denselow (with an "s") is a well-known UK journalist and
music writer, so it's possible this set was intended for him for review.
The second test pressings were made for Asylum by the Columbia Records
pressing plant at Terre Haut, IN. The records are in plain white paper
sleeves, each with a US letter sized sheet taped to it. The typed text says
the disc is a label copy for Asylum Records, and includes the artist name,
album title, track listings and track timings. The record labels are generic
with no identifying text.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Arie de Reus for information and
scans. |
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Asylum AB-201 (USA) - typed information sheet taped to record sleeve 1 - scan by Arie de Reus |

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - typed information sheet taped to record sleeve 2 - scan by Arie de Reus |

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - test pressing Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - test pressing Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - test pressing Side 3 scan by Hans Seegers |

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - test pressing Side 4 scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - promo 2LP set, Asylum AB-201 (USA), 20 Jun 1974:

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - front photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz |
This white label promo set has a promo sticker on the front left with
the words "PROMOTIONAL COPY - NOT FOR SALE". On the front right
there as an orange sticker with the words:
TOUR '74
RECORDED LIVE IN CONCERT
2 RECORD SET"
Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz for the photographs. |

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - Side 2 photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz |
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2LP set, Asylum AB-201 (USA), 20 Jun 1974:

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - detail of front with two stickers, scan by Jean-Pol
Hiernaux |

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |

Asylum AB-201 (USA) - alternate Side 1 scan by Mick Robinson |
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for scans of his copy of Asylum AB-201. The front
has two stickers, of which the one in the top right is the same as the promo
copy above. This copy has regular Asylum labels. The records are arranged as my
UK copy below: Record 1: Sides 1 & 4, Record 2: Side 2 & 3. Mick Robinson's copy
has a slightly different label design, and was pressed in Terre Haute, IN,
whereas the label on the left was from Pitman, NJ.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2LP set, Island IDBD 1 (UK), 20 Jun 1974:

Island IDBD 1 (UK) - outside of gatefold sleeve (my copy) |
Like Planet Waves, this album was released in the
UK by Island Records, licensed from Asylum.
The records have plain white paper sleeves and white Island "Caribbean island" labels with
matrix numbers:
Side 1 - #-DBD-1-A-SON (written), KENDUN (stamped), K-6779 (written)
Side 2 - DBD-1-B-1 SON (written), KENDUN (stamped), K-6784 (written)
Side 3 - DBD-1-C-1 SON (written), KENDUN (stamped), K-6785 (written)
Side 4 - DBD-1-D SON (written), KENDUN (stamped), K-6782 (written)
The sleeve has the words "Printed in USA" on the back, so was
imported from America. Thanks to Lars M. Banke for pointing
this out. I previously thought that the records themselves were
pressed in the UK, ao thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for pointing out a
discussion on the Steve Hoffman forum that said the "KENDUN"
in the matrix numbers means they were in fact pressed by Kendun Recorders of Burbank, CA, for
the UK market because of a shortage of vinyl in the UK at the time.
Nol Grint and
Lars M. Banke have copies of IDBD 1 with the same sleeve but completely
different Island labels as shown on left and right. These must have been subsequent
reissues of the album in the late 1970s or early 1980s, before the album
was transferred to Columbia in 1982. Information on the precise dates
required! These later records were probably pressed in the UK.
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Island IDBD 1 (UK) - detail from rear |

Island IDBD 1 (UK) - inside of gatefold sleeve |

Island IDBD 1 (UK) - detail from rear |

Island IDBD 1 (UK) - Side 1 |

Island IDBD 1 (UK) - Side 2 |

Island IDBD 1 (UK) - Side 3 |

Island IDBD 1 (UK) - Side 4 |

Island IDBD 1 (UK) - Side 1 (alternate), scan by Nol Grint |

Island IDBD 1 (UK) - Side 1 (alternate 2), scan by Lars M. Banke |
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - "Doupleplay"
8-track cartridge release, Island Y8 BD 1 (UK), 1974:

Island Y8 BD 1 (UK) - front of cartridge, scan by Stuart Moore |
This release on a single "Doubleplay" 8-track cartridge has a black
cartridge with monochrome artwork on the front label. The tracks are divided
into four "programmes". This copy was actually bought in Australia, but must
have been imported from the UK since the regular 1974 Australian releases
were on Asylum Records (see below). Thanks to Stuart
Moore for information and scans. |

Island Y8 BD 1 (UK) - reverse of cartridge, scan by Stuart Moore |
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Island Y8 BD 1 (UK) - end of cartridge, scan by Stuart Moore |
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2LP set, Asylum AS 32000 (West Germany), 20 Jun 1974:

Asylum AS 32000-1 (West Germany) - Side 1 scan by Patrick Helfrich |

Asylum AS 32000-1 (West Germany) - Side 2 scan by Patrick Helfrich |

Asylum AS 32000-2 (West Germany) - Side 3 scan by Patrick Helfrich
(labelled "Side One") |
This album was also sold in Holland. The gatefold sleeve
looks like the UK release except for the detail shown. It also has an "LC
number" at the right bottom corner of the rear sleeve, where the UK pressing
shows the Asylum logo (see above). The record sides are numbered "Side One"
and "Side Two" on both records. Stamped matrix numbers are: Side 1 - WEA
AB-201-A
Side 2 - WEA AB-201-B
Side 3 - WEA AB-201-C
Side 4 - WEA AB-201-D 63000 D
Thanks to Patrick Helfrich for information and scans. |

Asylum AS 32000-2 (West Germany) - Side 4 scan by Patrick Helfrich
(labelled "Side Two") |

Asylum AS 32000 (West Germany) - detail from rear (top right), scan by
Patrick Helfrich |

Asylum AS 32000 (West Germany) - detail from rear (centre bottom), scan
by Patrick Helfrich |
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2LP set, Asylum 500-95/500-96 (Spain), 20 Jun 1974:
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2LP promo and commercial sets,
Asylum/Warner-Pioneer
P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan), Jun 1974:

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - promo front with obi, scan by Hans
Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans
Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - promo front scan by Hans
Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - sample sticker, scan by
Hans Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - booklet front scan by
Hans Seegers
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Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - front scan by Hans
Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - promo Side 1, scan by
Hans Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - promo Side 2, scan by
Hans Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - promo Side 3, scan by
Hans Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - promo Side 4, scan by
Hans Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
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Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers
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Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Hans
Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Hans
Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - Side 3 scan by Hans
Seegers |

Asylum/Warner-Pioneer P-5138Y/P-5139Y (Japan) - Side 4 scan by Hans
Seegers |
There
is a orange/white obi and a unique Japanese
12"
booklet.
The promo release has white Asylum labels and a "sample" sticker on the
front cover (for a large picture of this, see below). The regular release
has "cloud-design" Asylum labels.
Information
from Ulf Gyllenspetz and Hans Seegers, scans from Hans Seegers.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2LP set, Asylum AB 201
(Australia), Jun
1974; reissue 2LP set, CBS S2BP 220245/CBS SBP 237726-CBS237727 (Australia),
1982:
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2LP set, Asylum AB 201
(New Zealand), Jun 1974:

Asylum AB 201 (New Zealand) - front scan by Bill Hester |
This double album was made in New Zealand for Asylum by EMI (New
Zealand) Ltd. The copy shown was bought at the Sound Seller store,
Centrepoint Mall, Masterton (a town in the Wellington region of the North
Island of New Zealand). |

Asylum AB 201 (New Zealand) - detail of front, scan by Bill Hester |

Asylum AB 201 (New Zealand) - rear scan by Bill Hester |

Asylum AB 201 (New Zealand) - detail of rear, scan by Bill Hester |

Asylum AB 201 (New Zealand) - detail of rear, scan by Bill Hester |

Asylum AB 201/1 (New Zealand) - Side 1 scan by Bill Hester (Record 1,
Side 1) |

Asylum AB 201/1 (New Zealand) - detail of Side 1, scan by Bill Hester |

Asylum AB 201/1 (New Zealand) - Side 2 scan by Bill Hester (Record 1,
Side 2) |

Asylum AB 201/2 (New Zealand) - Side 3 scan by Bill Hester (Record 2,
Side 1) |

Asylum AB 201/2 (New Zealand) - Side 4 scan by Bill Hester (Record 2,
Side 2) |
The rear sleeve has the catalogue number "2AE 201" although the records are
numbered "AB 201/1" and "AB 202/2". The records have white Asylum labels.
Thanks to Bill Hester for information and scans.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2LP set, Asylum ASYLP 3-06-404-007/008 - 50.007/50.008 (Brazil), Jun
1974:
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2LP set, Elektra AB 201 (Israel), Jun 1974:
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2LP set, Asylum AB-201 (Lebanon), 1975:
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Antes De La Inundacion [Before The Flood]" - promo
2LP set, Music Hall/Elektra MH-14.269/14.270 (Argentina), 1977:
The outside covers of the
album are standard but with the Spanish title on the spine. The song titles
are translated into Spanish on the record labels. Sergio Magnacca tells me
these translations are quite different from the translations made by
Columbia, often better but in one case incorrect - It's All Right Ma (I'm
Only Bleeding) is translated as "Esta Bien Ma (Solo Estoy Bromenado)"
[It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Joking)]!
Matrix numbers on the commercial records are: Side 1 - "MH 14269 1 1s",
Side 2 - "MH 14269 2 1s", Side 3 - "MH 14270 1 1s"',
Side 4 - "MH 14270 2 1s". There were also cassette and 8-track
versions of this release.
Information and photos from Sergio Magnacca and Paul Prince.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - reissue 2LP set, Columbia C2K 37661 (USA), Apr
1982/Columbia KG 37661 (USA), late 1980s:
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This
is the Columbia re-release of the original Asylum double album (the
transfer of rights took place in 1982). For Electric Lunch, a
12" Columbia US promotional album with three tracks each from Planet
Waves and Before The Flood released in 1982, see
International
Albums (Dylan-only Compilations) 1980-89. Michael Palinkas has a copy with catalogue
number KG 37661, which dates from the late 1980s.
Thanks
to Hans Seegers and Michael Palinkas for information.
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Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - reissue 2LP set, CBS
22137 (NL), 1982:
This set appears to be the first released in Holland by CBS
after the rights were sold to CBS, in that the rear sleeve looks like it has
a shaped sticker with CBS release details pasted over the Asylum logo and
release details. The records were made in Holland and have orange/yellow CBS
labels.
The
records have very difficult to read handwritten matrix
numbers:
Side 1 - 01-22137-1A-1, Side 2 - 01-22137-3B-1, Side 3 - 01-22137-2C-1, Side
4 - 01-22137-1D-1. Each side has two more stamped matrix numbers, for
example: Side 1 has
"AL
37662-1J"
and " 01-88565-1A-1". Additionally, each side is also stamped “COLUMBIA
NY” in dead wax.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - reissue 2LP set, CBS/Sony 36AP 2349 (Japan), 1982:

CBS/Sony 36AP 2349 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |

CBS/Sony 36AP 2349 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
This is the CBS/Sony reissue after the rights to Planet Waves
and Before The Flood were acquired by Columbia in 1982. The front cover is
the same as the previous Japanese release (see above), but with the CBS/Sony
logo replacing the Asylum logo.
The records have red labels with yellow "CBS SONY"
logos and stamped matrix numbers 36AP-2348/9A1/B1.
There is a dark blue/black/white obi and a unique Japanese
12" booklet with a different design from the previous Asylum booklet.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and
scans.
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CBS/Sony 36AP 2349 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |

CBS/Sony 36AP 2349 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |

CBS/Sony 36AP 2349 (Japan) - Side 3 scan by Hans Seegers |

CBS/Sony 36AP 2349 (Japan) - Side 4 scan by Hans Seegers |

CBS/Sony 36AP 2349 (Japan) - booklet front scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - reissue cassette
release, CBS 2PC 245 (Australia), 1980s:

CBS 2PC 245 (Australia) - insert scan by Stuart Moore |

CBS 2PC 245 (Australia) - inside of insert, scan by Stuart Moore |

CBS 2PC 245 (Australia) - cassette Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore |

CBS 2PC 245 (Australia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore |
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CBS 2PC 245 (Australia) - rear scan by Stuart Moore |
This "Double Nice Price" CBS cassette release has both LPs on a single cassette. There is a
single card insert with just the tracklisting. The cassette is white with
blue text printed directly on to the case, there are no paper labels.
Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans. |
CD Releases
All CD releases are after 1982 and therefore on Columbia, CBS, CBS/Sony or
Sony.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2CD reissue sets, CBS/Sony 48DP 1026-7
(Japan), 26 Aug 1987; Sony Records SRCS 6165-6 (Japan),
1 Dec 1991:

CBS/Sony 48DP 1026-7 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by "Dr. Bryant"
(1987 release) |
CBS/Sony 48DP 1026-7 (1987): This set comes in a double-width jewel case with a
dark green and black obi with white text in the "CBS CD Rock Classics 100"
series with price ¥4,511. The rear insert
has date code "O-8-26" (26 Aug 1987).
Sony Records SRCS 6165-6 (1991): This
set comes in an experimental 2CD jewel case that was quickly discontinued
in favour of the slimline 2CD jewel case (it was thinner than a
double-width jewel case but thicker than a single CD jewel case or a
slimline 2CD jewel case). The set has a black, red, white, blue,
yellow "Nice Price" obi with price ¥3,000
and date "91-12-1" (1 Dec 1991). The promo copy shown has a panel on the
rear insert and Japanese characters in the clear centres of the CDs.
Thanks to
Hans Seegers, Sheiji Murata, Wil Gielen and "Dr. Bryant" for information and scans.
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CBS/Sony 48DP 1026-7 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by "Dr. Bryant"
(1987 release) |

CBS/Sony 48DP 1026-7 (Japan) - detail of rear with date code, scan by "Dr. Bryant"
(1987 release) |

Sony Records SRCS 6165-6 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen (1991 release) |

Sony Records SRCS 6165-6 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen (1991
release) |

Sony Records SRCS 6165-6 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen (1991 release) |

Sony Records SRCS 6165-6 (Japan) - rear insert with promo panel, scan by Wil Gielen
(1991 release) |

SRCS 6165-6 (Japan) - detail of promo panel on rear insert, scan by Wil
Gielen (1991 release) |

CBS/Sony 48DP 1026-7 (Japan) - CD1 scan by "Dr. Bryant" (1987
release) |
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Sony Records SRCS 6165-6 (Japan) - detail of front, scan by Wil Gielen (1991
release)
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Sony Records SRCS 6165-6 (Japan) - promo CD1, scan by Wil Gielen (1991 release) |

Sony Records SRCS 6165-6 (Japan) - detail of promo CD1, scan by Wil Gielen (1991
release) |

Sony Records SRCS 6165-6 (Japan) - promo CD2, scan by Wil Gielen (1991 release) |

Sony Records SRCS 6165-6 (Japan) - detail of promo CD2, scan by Wil Gielen (1991
release) |
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2CD reissue set, Columbia C2K 37661 (USA/Canada), 1989:
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2CD reissue sets,
CBS CDCBS 22137 (Europe), 1980s; Columbia CD 22137 (Europe),
1991, re-released late 1990s:
These
reissue sets were manufactured in Austria for distribution Europe-wide.
The 1980s releases and the 1991 release come in a double-width 2CD jewel case with a stapled
8-page booklet, the late 1990s release comes in a single-width
slimline 2CD jewel case with a
clear 2CD tray and the stapled 8-page
booklet as the front insert.
The first 1980s release discs were made in Japan, the second in Austria. For
some reason CD2 of Keith Schweiger's second set is the same as CD2 for the
first set, made in Japan. The 1990s discs are identical for both releases.
Thanks to Peter Coulthard and Keith Schweiger for information and scans.
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" - 2CD reissue set, Columbia CDCBS 22137
(Australia),
1990s:
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" -
remastered 2CD reissue,
Digipak release: Sony Music 88697082242 (Austria for Europe), 30 Mar 2009; Jewel
case release: Sony Music 88697347022 (Austria for Europe), 30 Mar 2009:
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood" -
remastered 2CD reissue,
Sony Music SICP 2008-9 (Japan), 27 May 2009:
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Before The Flood"
- Blu-spec 2CD release,
Sony Music SICP 20225-6 (Japan),
30 Sep 2009:

Sony Music SICP 20225-6 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
This release is on Blu-spec CDs, an audio-only disc which is presumably
intended to be Sony's new high quality audio format, currently on sale in
Japan only. The copy shown is still
sealed, with a blue and white obi with price ¥3,500 (¥3,333 before tax). The
release date is shown as "09-9-30" (30 Sep 2009), the original release date
as "74-6-20" (20 Jun 1974) and the withdrawal date as "10-3-29" (29
Mar
2010). These are not actually Blu-ray discs as it says on the sticker, but
they are made using Blu-ray
technology. Thanks
to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |

Sony Music SICP 20225-6 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
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