Audio: International Album Releases (Regular)

Before The Flood (1974)

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.

The Basement Tapes (1975)

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Original US stereo LP, Columbia PC 33235, 20 Jan 1975
20 Jan 1975 is the release date given by bobdylan.com, Brian Hinton's 2006 book "Bob Dylan Album File & Complete Discography" (Cassell Illustrated), dates it as 17 Jan 1975.

The front picture is by Paul Till based on a photograph he took of Bob in Toronto in Jan 1974. The first US (and all UK) pressings of the album had a rear sleeve with notes by famed New York journalist and author Pete Hamill surrounding a painting by David Oppenheim. Unfortunately these notes were based on and quoted lyrics from the original versions of the songs on the Blood On The Tracks test pressing, see 1974. Also the original New York musicians were credited, but not those from Minnesota. The sleeve notes were then removed and replaced by a new larger painting by David Oppenheim. The New York musician credits were also lost. However, to the great embarrassment of Columbia, Pete Hamill was subsequently awarded a Grammy for his sleeve notes! The original rear sleeve was then restored, but with white text because the original black text had been almost unreadable. The Minnesota musicians were never credited! (Thanks to Rod MacBeath for information.)

From Michael Krogsgaard's series of articles about "Bob Dylan's Recording Sessions", the Minnesota Dec 1974 musicians were: Greg Inhofer (keyboards), Bill Berg (drums), Chris Weber (guitar), Bill Peterson (bass), Peter Ostroushko (mandolin) and Kevin Odegard (guitar). The Minnesota sessions were produced by David Zimmerman (Bob's brother).

Up to Sep 2003 the then current CD insert did not contain the sleeve notes, but they have now been restored in the booklet with the Sep 2003 hybrid SA-CD edition (see below).

Now, however, this title is one of the fifteen Dylan albums released in Sep 2003 as a hybrid CD/SA-CD. This is playable both in stereo on an ordinary CD player and in enhanced stereo on an SA-CD player or a DVD player that also plays SA-CDs (Sony's higher range models all do this). Blood On The Tracks is also available in 5.1 surround sound.

Blood On The Tracks test pressing 1 dated "9/25/74" - Side 1 scan from Michael Krogsgaard's book "Master of the Tracks"

Thanks to Jon McAuliffe for information and photos.

Thanks to Larry Weaver for information and scans.

Columbia PC 33235 (USA) - detail of promo LP front with timing strip, scan by Gerd Rundel

Dale Hargraves has a copy of this first release with matrix numbers Side 1 - PAL-33235-2, Side 2 - PBL-33235-1A that has the test pressing on Side 2 with alternate versions of If You See Her, Say Hello (R-0119) and Lily, Rosemary & The Jack Of Hearts (R-0116). This is confirmed by Sascha Kossjak, who has a copy of the same pressing. Arie de Reus confirms that the first vinyl test pressing did indeed have matrix numbers Side 1 - PAL-33235-1A, Side 2 - PBL-33235-1A (see above), so this apparently mispressed version has the test pressing on Side 2. Thanks to Harold Lepidus for the link to "Goldmine" magazine's web-site for an article by Tim Neely dated 28 May 2009 recording the discovery of a third copy with the original Side 2.

For a promo copy of this pressing, see above.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

Columbia PC 33235 (USA) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel (promo copy)

Columbia PC 33235 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (Dylan)

Presswell Records were based in Ancora, NJ, and normally made records for Atlantic. As Columbia's own pressing plant was at Pitman, NJ, it would at first sight seem odd that they asked Presswell to make a test pressing of an already released album. However, the album was selling well, and Columbia may have wanted more copies of the record than they could press themselves and needed to contract another pressing plant. This happened all the time in the days of vinyl (Beatles records were often pressed by Decca and other companies, because Parlophone couldn't keep up with the demand, and Columbia pressed Beach Boys albums for Capitol). Presswell could therefore have carried out some contract pressings for Columbia, because of excess demand, and this was a test pressing made by them as proof of quality.

I'm told Presswell pressings have "PW" somewhere in the wax around the label, near where the matrix numbers usually live, whereas Columbia pressings have a "C". My informants have never seen any copies of Blood On The Tracks with "PW", but the sales may have been confined to a small part of the USA, or Presswell may not actually have pressed any commercial copies after making this test pressing.

Thanks to Jason Draper of "Record Collector", Derek Barker and Ian Woodward for information. Thanks to Arie de Reus for scans.

The third commercial release of the album is the same at the front, but the rear has the first sleeve design restored with white text instead of black text. Gerd Rundel's copy of PC 33235 has an unusual sleeve of a dark violet cover instead of the expected maroon. It has the same front sticker promoting three tracks from the album as the eil.com second release copy above. On the spine of the outer sleeve Craig Callahan's copy has a sticker with "JC 33235" covering the original catalogue number of "PC 33235". It has the original inner sleeve.

The record itself has red Columbia labels and stamped matrix numbers. I have information on five copies:

1. Matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-33235-2C, Side 2 - PBL-33235-2AF (possibly the first pressing of this release)

2. Matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-33235-2C, Side 2 - PBL-33235-2AH

3. Matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-33235-2E, Side 2 - PBL-33235-2J

4. Matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-33235-2H, Side 2 - PBL-33235-2M

5. Matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-33235-2H (handwritten), Side 2 - PBL-33235-2AH (stamped)

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Craig Callahan, Michael Palinkas and Gerd Rundel for information, Thanks to Craig Callahan for the rear scan of the album still in the shrink-wrap.

Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.

Columbia JCT 33235 (USA) - cassette Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia JCT 33235 (USA) - cassette Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel

Before the hybrid SA-CD release came out, this was reportedly the best version to buy! This album has special "Half Speed Mastered" sleeves and labels and the record has stamped matrix numbers such as: Side 1 - HAL 43235-2A, Side 2- HBL 43235-2B (Gerd Rundel's copy), Side 1 - HAL 43235-2F, Side 2- HBL 43235-2J (Hans Seegers' copy).

Columbia HC 43235 (USA) - detail of rear with promo stamp, scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia HC 43235 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel

This release has special "Jazz Masterpieces" labels and written matrix numbers: Side 1- <P.AP> AL/BL-33235-G2D/G2H, Side 2 - <P.AP> AL/BL-33235-G2D/G2H.

Columbia JC 33235 (USA) - "Jazz Masterpieces" edition rear scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia JC 33235 (USA) - "Jazz Masterpieces" Side 1 label scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia JC 33235 (USA) - "Jazz Masterpieces" Side 2 label scan by Hans Seegers

This release has standard Columbia labels and written matrix numbers as the "Jazz Masterpieces" release above: Side 1- <P.AP> AL/BL-33235-G2D/G2H, Side 2 - <P.AP> AL/BL-33235-G2D/G2H.  The back sleeve is the third US design with white text and an added bar code This release also has a glossy sleeve. Craig Callahan tells me the later Columbia vinyl releases were pressed under licence by a company called Scorpio, and are of poor quality. This is because they were not pressed from new masters made from the original source tapes, but from old masters left over from the 1980s.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan.

This release again has standard Columbia labels and the same written matrix numbers as the two releases of JC 33235 above: Side 1- <P.AP> AL/BL-33235-G2D/G2H, Side 2 - <P.AP> AL/BL-33235-G2D/G2H.  The back sleeve is the third US design with white text and an added bar code This release also has a glossy sleeve. On the front sleeve is a gold on black sticker with 180 gram vinyl information.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information.

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information.

Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara for information and scans.

Columbia PC 33235 (Canada) - Side 1 photo by Manuel Garcia Jara

This album has the first US rear sleeve design with the deleted sleeve notes by Pete Hamill and the first picture by David Oppenheim -  for notes about the original "New York Sessions" test-pressing and the US replacement sleeve see above and 1974.

The record comes in a plain maroon cardboard inner sleeve with CBS 69097 but has old-style CBS orange labels with the catalogue number CBS S 69097 and stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS-S-69097-A2, Side 2 - CBS-S-69097-B2. This was the last UK CBS Dylan album to have plain orange labels.

There were two further pressings of the UK vinyl LP, one on CBS and one on Columbia - scans to follow.  Clay Ellwood has a copy in a Shorewood sleeve with the replacement rear design, although the record still has plain orange labels and the same matrix numbers as my copy.

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information and scans of the orange/yellow Irish record labels. The Irish album sleeve is the same as the UK release.

CBS 69097 (UK) - rear with Pete Hamill sleeve notes (black text)

CBS 69097 (UK) - detail of rear

CBS 69097 (UK) - catalogue number on maroon card inner sleeve

CBS 69097 (UK) - Side 1

CBS 69097 (UK) - Side 2

CBS 69097 (Ireland) - Side 1 scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin

Information and scans from Craig Callahan.

CBS 69097 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (first 1975 release)

CBS 69097 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (first 1975 release)

CBS 69097 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (second 1975 release)

CBS 69097 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (second 1975 release)

CBS 69097 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (1978 release)

CBS 69097 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (second 1975 and 1978 releases)

CBS 69097 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (1978 release)

Columbia 467842 1 (NL) - detail of rear with promo stamp for Portuguese market, scan by Hans Seegers (1992 release)

Columbia 467842 1 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (1992 release)

The first release of this album was made in Italy by CBS Sugar and has the first US rear sleeve design with Pete Hamill's sleeve notes in English. The record was also made in Italy by CBS Sugar and has orange/yellow CBS labels. There is an SIAE copyright stamp on Side 1. The copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - SCI 69097-1L, Side 2 - SCI 69097-2L.

Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara for information and scans.

This record is #2 of a series called "Il Rock" published by Italian company DeAgostini in 1988-89. There is no date on the record labels apart from 1975, but the sleeve is dated 1988. The rear sleeve has the second US design without Pete Hamill's sleeve notes. The record has red CBS labels with the "Il Rock" logo and the number 2 in the series, and sides numbered IGDA-0005 and IGDA-0006. The labels also have added text "NON IN VENDITA Allegato al fascicolo n. 2 "Il Rock" - DeAgostini [NOT FOR SALE except with magazine #2 "Il Rock" - DeAgostini]" as it was not for sale in record stores but only on news stands or in book stores.

DeAgostini published a series called "Rock. La Música. Los Intérpretes" (Rock. The Music. The Performers) in Spain in 1989: this Spanish collection may not be exactly the same series as published in Italy but Blood On The Tracks was also the second record in that series (see below).

Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara for information and scans.

This first edition, made in Spain by Discos CBS, is very limited and difficult to find with all the inserts: although some copies came to the stores, it was made to send to radio stations. The front sleeve has a dark maroon colour (each of the four Spanish editions had a lighter maroon colour than the previous release!).

The rear sleeve is a unique Spanish edition with the original design (the painting by David Oppenheim and the liner notes by Pete Hamill in black text translated into Spanish). This copy has a sticker of a radio station in Granollers, next to Barcelona. Credits are in Spanish and the song titles are in English and Spanish. The inner sleeve comes in plain maroon card, same both sides.

The labels are orange with song titles in English and Spanish. (From 1970 to 1973 all the Spanish releases have orange labels. In 1974 CBS Spain started to use orange labels for first editions and orange/yellow labels for reissues: first reissue with orange/yellow labels was Bob Dylan; the last album with orange labels for the first pressing was The Basement Tapes (1975) and the first album with orange/yellow labels for the first pressing was Desire (1976).
 

CBS S 69097 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1975 release)

CBS S 69097 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1975 release)

This second pressing, made by Discos CBS, was released in May and it was a hit in Spain, reaching :#3 on 28 Jul 1975 and spending 29 weeks on the charts. The front sleeve has a slightly lighter maroon than the first 1975 release. It has the second US rear sleeve (see above) with titles in Spanish only and without credits. It includes a maroon inner sleeve. The record has orange/yellow CBS labels with titles in English and Spanish. The record matrix numbers of the copy shown are: Side 1 - PAL-33235-2C, Side 2 - PBL-33235-2AG.

Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara for information and scans.

CBS S 69097 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (second 1975 release)

CBS S 69097 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (second 1975 release)

This release has the same catalogue number as the UK release above. Hans Seegers' 1975 record has CBS dark-red "original first pressing" 1960s-style labels with stamped matrix numbers Side 1 - 69097 A, Side 2 - 69097 B. I believe this release has the first US design rear sleeve. Scans required!

Manuel Garcia Jara's late 1970s copy has a front sticker in Greek which means "INCLUDES SONG LYRICS IN GREEK". The rear sleeve is the second US design. There was a double-sided insert with the song lyrics in Greek as advertised on the front. The record of this copy has orange/yellow CBS labels. The copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL 33235-2G, Side 2 - PBL 33235-2AG ("33235" is the US catalogue number).

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Manuel Garcia Jara for further information and scans.

This album with the European catalogue number was made in Israel by CBS records Ltd. of Tel Aviv. The rear sleeve has the original design with black text on a white background. The record has orange CBS labels and the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - S 69097-AII, Side 2: S 69097-BII.

Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara for information and scans.

1976: CBS/Sony 25AP 286 with a glossy sleeve, red obi, paper inner sleeve and an eight page stapled booklet in English and Japanese. The rear sleeve is now the same as the second US rear sleeve. Hans Seegers has a promo copy with commercial orange/cream labels with promo stamps and stamped matrix numbers: 25AP-286A2/B1.

Early 1977: CBS/Sony 25AP 286 with a glossy sleeve, purple obi, paper inner sleeve and an eight page stapled booklet in English and Japanese.

CBS/Sony SOPO-20 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Wil Gielen (1975 release)

CBS/Sony SOPO-20 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Wil Gielen (1975 release)

The gatefold sleeve was printed locally by K.M.I.L.P.J. for Hup Hup Records and CBS/Sony for sale in both Malaysia and Singapore. The copy shown from eBay has a record which was manufactured in Malaysia by Hup Hup Records, as stated on the record labels. Gerd Rundel has a copy with the identical sleeve where the record was manufactured in Singapore by Hup Hup Records. This copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-33235, Side 2 - BL-33235.

CBS/Sony PC 33235 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1975 Hup Hup release)

CBS/Sony PC 33235 (Singapore/Malaysia) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1975 EMI release)

The amazing Singapore/Malaysia EMI release is the only one worldwide with a light blue sleeve instead of maroon! It again uses the first US rear sleeve design with the Pete Hamill liner notes. It was jointly manufactured and distributed for CBS/Sony in Singapore by EMI (Singapore) PTE. Limited and in Malaysia by EMI (Malaysia) SDN, BHD. The 1975 record has orange/black CBS/Sony labels and the copy shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - PC 33235A, Side 2 - PC 33235B. This label design was also used for the Singapore/Malaysia release of Desire in 1976.

This album was a mystery in that the country it was released is not identified. It has an American-style label, and both the sleeve and the record labels say it was manufactured in the USA (see "MFD. IN USA" at the bottom of the label on the left side). However, it has CBS logos in the ring round the circumference of the label and the UK catalogue number. The sleeve is not laminated. The rear sleeve has the same design as the first US release with the first David Oppenheim picture and black text.

Manuel Garcia Jara has the definitive answer from his father's notebooks regarding a copy identical to this bought in Singapore in Apr 1975: "Before the edition of CBS-Sony for Malaysia and Singapore with blue sleeve, Blood On The Tracks was previously released in Malaysia in a maroon gatefold sleeve by CBS-Sony, but Singapore has not its own edition; in this country were sold copies manufactured in the USA although they have, for legal reasons, CBS labels and the European catalogue number." The Singapore PC 33235 Hup Hup copy with a maroon gatefold sleeve above contradicts this, so obviously both editions exist!

Jürg Ambühl has a Singapore copy where the record has matrix numbers: Side 1 - P AL 33235 2C, Side 2 - P BL 33235 2D, bought in Switzerland in Feb 1975.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans and to Lars M. Banke and Manuel Garcia Jara for further information.
 

CBS 69097 (Singapore) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 69097 (Singapore) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 69097 (Singapore) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 69097 (Singapore) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (compare with Hup Hup release above)

Rowland Ford's copy has the title and artist name on one line, whereas Stuart Moore's copy has them on two lines, together with longer copyright information at the bottom of the labels. Early Australian release labels had the text "MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY A REGISTERED USER OF THE TRADE MARKS" without a CBS copyright. This is because up to 1977 all Australian records were manufactured by the Australian Record Company (Pty) Ltd. (A.R.C.) on behalf of CBS. A.R.C. changed its name to CBS Records Australia Limited on 17 Oct 1977, and after that date the longer bottom edge text includes the CBS copyright information.

CBS SBP 234564 (Australia) - rear photo by Peter Lindberg (first release)

CBS SBP 234564 (Australia) - catalogue number on inner sleeve,  photo by Peter Lindberg (first release)

CBS SBP 234564 (Australia) - Side 1 photo by Peter Lindberg (first release)

CBS SBP 234564 (Australia) - Side 2 photo by Peter Lindberg (first release)

CBS SBP 234564 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore (fourth release)

CBS SBP 234564 (Australia) - rear scan by Stuart Moore (fourth release, tracklisting at top)

CBS SBP 234564 (Australia) - Side 1 photo by Rowland Ford (second release, before 17 Oct 1977)

CBS SBP 234564 (Australia) - Side 2 photo by Rowland Ford (second release)

CBS SBP 234564 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (third release, after 17 Oct 1977)

CBS SBP 234564 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (fourth release)

Thanks to Stuart Moore and Bill Hester for information and scans.

CBS SBP 474262 (New Zealand) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore

CBS SBP 474262 (New Zealand) - detail of rear, scan by Bill Hester

CBS SBP 474262 (New Zealand) - detail of Side 1, scan by Bill Hester

This release has a unique rear sleeve (for the US sleeves see above), with the first US design with text in black, but the maroon background colour changed to white. The Pete Hamill sleeve notes are translated into Spanish, as are the song titles and credits. There are a number of mistakes, pointed out by Sergio Magnacca and Manuel Garcia Jara:
"Jack Of Hearts" is mistranslated as "El Rey de Corazones" ["King of Hearts". In a Spanish pack of playing cards the suit of Hearts is called "Corazones", but the Jack or Knave is called "La Sota" [not "El Caballo" as previously stated]. The correct translation is therefore "La Sota de Corazones".
The song credits on the rear sleeve are to "Boby Dylan"
The recording is credited to "Phil Ramona" (actually Phil Ramone).

"Letras", the Spanish release of "Lyrics 1962-2001" translates the song title as "Lily, Rosemary y la Sota de Corazones" (see scan below)

Thanks to Paul Prince for information and photos.

CBS 137873 (Brazil) - Side 1 photo by Paul Prince

CBS ASF 1837 (South Africa) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers (1975 release)

CBS ASF 1837 (South Africa) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (1975 release)

CBS ASF 1837 (South Africa) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (late 1970s release)

CBS ASF 1837 (South Africa) - detail of front, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (late 1970s release)

CBS ASF 1837 (South Africa) - rear scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (late 1970s release)

CBS ASF 1837 (South Africa) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (late 1970s release)

CBS ASF 1837 (South Africa) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (1975 release)

CBS ASF 1837 (South Africa) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (1975 release)

Columbia 88697159481 (NL for Europe) - rear photo by Patrick Helfrich

Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara for information and scans.

CBS 42-69097 (UK) - slipcase reverse scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 42-69097 (UK) - tape cartridge scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 42-69097 (UK) - slipcase end scan by Hans Seegers

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

Thanks to Jason Draper for information and scan. Details of authorised Columbia/CBS releases required!

CBS/Sony 30DP 306 was one of the first Bob Dylan CDs released in Japan. The CD had a yellow, black, red and white shaped card obi with a top flap and a price of ¥3,000 (indicated by the "30" in the catalogue number - there was no sales tax in 1985). The album was released in 1989 after the introduction of sales tax with a new obi price of ¥2,812 (¥2,730 before sales tax). The rear insert showed the first David Oppenheim picture (see above) plus a tracklisting. There was a 32 page booklet. The CD was silver with black text.

The later mid-priced CD has a black, red, white, blue and yellow paper obi with the price ¥1,800. The rear insert shows the second picture by David Oppenheim (see above) with the tracklisting superimposed. There was a 24 page booklet. The CD itself is green with silver writing. It is actually a promo, but the only indication are small Japanese characters indicating a promo in the clear centre of the CD (not visible on the scan).

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
 

CBS/Sony 30DP 306 (Japan) - detail of obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1985 release)

CBS/Sony 30DP 306 (Japan) - detail of obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1989 release)

CBS/Sony 30DP 306 (Japan) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers (both releases)

CBS/Sony 30DP 306 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers (both releases)

CBS/Sony 30DP 306 (Japan) - CD scan by Hans Seegers (both releases)

Sony Records SRCS 6167 (Japan) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers (1991 release)

Sony Records SRCS 6167 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers (1991 release)

Sony Records SRCS 6167 (Japan) - CD scan by Hans Seegers (1991 release)

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

Columbia CK 33235 (USA) - detail of rear of "long box", scan by Hans Seegers

Columbia VCK 33235 was the first release of this album on CD in Canada. The copy with catalogue number Columbia CK 33235 was bought in 1988.

Thanks to Jack from Canada and Moise Potié for information and scans.

Columbia VCK 33235 (Canada) - CD scan by Jack from Canada

Columbia CK 33235 (Canada) - rear insert scan by Moise Potié

Columbia 467842 2 (Europe) - front sticker photo by Marc Kuszel (1991 release)

CBS CDCBS 69097 was released twice, the first release had a CD made in Japan and no barcode on the rear insert. The second release had a CD made in Austria and a barcode added to the rear insert.

Columbia 467842 2 (Europe) - inside photo by Marc Kuszel (1991 release)

Columbia 467842 2 (Europe) - rear scan by Keith Schweiger (1997 release)

Columbia 467842 2 (Europe) - CD scan by Keith Schweiger (2000 release)

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

Columbia CDCBS 69097 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Stuart Moore

CBS CDCBS 69097 (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia CDCBS 69097 (Australia) - inside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia CDCBS 69097 (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore (first release)

Columbia CDCBS 69097 (Australia) - detail of CD, scan by Stuart Moore (first release)

Columbia CDCBS 69097 (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore (second release)

Thanks to Keith Schweiger for information and scans.

Columbia CDCOL 3908 H (South Africa) - inside of unfolded front insert, scan by Keith Schweiger

Columbia CDCOL 3908 H (South Africa) - rear insert scan by Keith Schweiger

Columbia CDCOL 3908 H (South Africa) - detail of rear insert, scan by Keith Schweiger

Even though this release is for the USA and Canadian markets the disc itself was manufactured in Japan. Scans of the first US release required!

It's just the standard commercial CD, not remastered even though Columbia was known to have remastered the album before then.

Information and scans from David Burgess.

Information and scans from Keith Schweiger and Éamonn Ó Catháin.

Columbia COL MD 69097 (Austria for Europe) - outside of MiniDisc sleeve, scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin

Columbia CM 33235 (USA) - MiniDisc front scan by Keith Schweiger

Columbia COL MD 69097 (Austria for Europe) - rear of MiniDisc sleeve, scan by Éamonn Ó Cathái

Columbia COL MD 69097 (Austria for Europe) - inside of MiniDisc sleeve, scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin

Columbia COL MD 69097 (Austria for Europe) - MiniDisc front scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin

Thanks to Stuart Taylor for information and scans.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

Columbia CH 90323 (USA/Canada) - inside of digipak showing CD tray

Columbia CH 90323 (USA/Canada) - outside of 8-page booklet

There is an 8-page booklet with the original sleeve notes and two unpublished pictures of Bob from 1974. The picture on the rear of the booklet is the one used for the European/Australian release The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2 and the exclusive Swedish release The Very Best Of Bob Dylan - for both see 2000. The picture used on the rear insert of 1997's Time Out Of Mind also appears to be from this session. The SA-CD design reproduces the Columbia US stereo vinyl label used in 1974.

The booklet for the Canadian releases has been printed in Canada. This release also has the sticker shown for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan on the outside of the shrink-wrap.

There is an 8-page stapled booklet in English and a 28-page stapled booklet in English and Japanese, as well as a double-sided hybrid SA-CD insert in Japanese. The copy shown is a promo, with a yellow numbered promo sticker on the rear of the digipak, and the text "SAMPLE LOANED" in the clear centre of the CD itself.

Thanks to Wil Gielen for further information and scans.

Sony Music MHCP 10010 (Japan) - rear of digipak with promo sticker, scan by Wil Gielen

Sony Music MHCP 10010 (Japan) - detail of rear promo sticker, scan by Wil Gielen

Sony Music MHCP 10010 (Japan) - promo CD scan by Wil Gielen

Sony Music MHCP 10010 (Japan) - detail of promo CD, scan by Wil Gielen

Sony Music MHCP 10016 (Japan) - front of SA-CD insert, scan by Wil Gielen

Sony Music MHCP 10016 (Japan) - rear of SA-CD insert, scan by Wil Gielen

The Japanese release comes in a card sleeve reproducing the LP sleeve with a side obi. Both the promo and the commercial releases have the "DYLAN ALIVE '04" silver sticker with black text on the cellophane sleeve.

The copy shown is a promo, with a numbered promo sticker on the rear of the card sleeve. It also has "SAMPLE LOANED" in red in the clear centre of the CD itself. The obi has price ¥1,890 (¥1,800 before tax) and release date "04-9-23" (23 Sep 2004). The original release date is shown as "75-1-20" (20 Jan 1975) and the withdrawal date as "05-3-22" (17 Feb 2005). There is an insert in English and Japanese which folds out to a larger size. The CD is in a purple paper inner sleeve.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Wil Gielen for further information and scans.

Sony Music MHCP-377 (Japan) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy)

Sony Music MHCP-377 (Japan) - detail of rear of card sleeve, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy)

Sony Music MHCP-377 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy)

Sony Music MHCP-377 (Japan) - detail of CD, scan by Wil Gielen (promo copy)

This is a "left over" standard CD release of this album, not the Mar 2004 remastered CD layer from the hybrid SA-CD release.

Note the second picture by David Oppenheim (see above) is repeated on both the rear insert, and the inside of the front insert.

Thanks to Manfred Endtner for information and scans and to Hans Seegers for further information.

Thanks to Hervé from France for the photo.

Columbia 512350 2 (Europe) - outside of front insert (8-page booklet)

Columbia 512350 5 (Europe) - slipcase back (my copy)

Columbia 5123505000 (Australia) - slipcase front with sticker, scan by Stuart Moore

This release at mid-price is in a standard jewel case and consists of the remastered CD layer only of the 2003 hybrid SA-CD release above.

Columbia CK 92398 (Canada) - inside scan by Jack

Columbia CK 92398 (Canada) - rear scan by Jack

Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans.

Thanks to Nol Grint for information and scans.

Columbia/Sony Music 88697 70339 2/5 (NL) - CD scan by Nol Grint

Columbia/Sony Music 88697 70339 2 (NL) - front of box, scan by Nol Grint

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information.