Audio: International Album Releases (Regular)

Desire (1976)

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.

Street-Legal (1978)

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Original US stereo LP, Columbia PC 34349, Sep 1976

The album was recorded live with the Rolling Thunder Revue at Fort Worth, TX, 16 May 1976, and at Fort Collins, CO, 23 May 1976.

The LP version is shorter than the current CD, which has more applause between songs. On the LP the tracks are presented as nine separate songs, on the CD it is one continuous programme (Europe/Australia - 51:17, USA - 51:19, Japan - 51:20).

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information.

Lars M. Banke has a copy of the Canadian release bought in Sweden with a Swedish seal across the sleeve opening and taped rings obscuring the Columbia logos on the record labels ("MANUFACTURED BY CBS RECORDS CANADA LTD" is still visible). The Swedish text says that if the seal is broken the album will be replaced only if it was faulty when bought (see the 1973 Dylan album page in this section for a picture of it).

Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz, Stuart Moore, Lars M. Banke and Jeremy Mayle for information and pictures.

Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - promo LP rear photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz

Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - detail of promo LP front with timing strip, scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - detail of promo LP rear, scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - promo LP Side 1 (white label) scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - commercial LP rear scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - detail from inner sleeve, scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - commercial LP Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore

Thanks to Nol Grint for information and scans.

Columbia PCT 34349 (USA) - cassette Side 1 scan by Nol Grint

Columbia PCT 34349 (USA) - cassette Side 2 scan by Nol Grint

Thanks to Kenneth Robson for scans and Eerik Hakala for photos.

CBS S 86016 (UK) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson

The Dutch album has a lyric insert sheet and the record has orange/yellow CBS labels and a paper inner sleeve. Hans Seegers has a copy of the first release where the labels omit the text "Produced by Don DeVito and Bob Dylan". This was a misprint and was corrected by CBS. Gerd Rundel has a copy of this album bought as part of a French set from 1978 with Blood On The Tracks and Desire, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 1970s. The set has an outer sleeve to hold all three albums that was printed in France, although the records themselves were made in Holland. The rear of the album sleeve has "Y" in a white circle and "III" in a green circle at top right and "LC 0149" in a green capsule at bottom left, missing from the 1976 sleeves. The record in this set has orange/yellow labels, with a star above the side number to the left of the centre hole. It has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - S-86016-1A1, Side 2 - S-86016-1-B1. It comes in an inner sleeve printed with the lyrics that has exactly the same design as the lyrics insert.

The Greek record also has orange/yellow labels and surprisingly has no matrix numbers. Scans required!

Thanks to Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson for information and scans.

CBS 86016 (NL) - lyric insert sheet, front scan by Kenneth Robson (all releases)

CBS 86016 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (all releases)

CBS 86016 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (first release with production credits missing)

CBS 86016 (NL) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson (second release with production credits)

CBS 86016 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson (second release with production credits)

CBS 86016 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (third release)

CBS S 86016 (Spain) - rear scan by Manuel Garcia Jara

CBS S 86016 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara

CBS 86016 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Kenneth Robson (this text is missing from the Spanish release - see below)

CBS S 86016 (Spain) - detail of insert rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara

CBS S 86016 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Manuel Garcia Jara

CBS S 86016 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara

These releases were manufactured in Portugal. The two sleeves appear identical. The album is unusual in that Bob's name isn't on the record labels except in the song credits (it should presumably be above the centre hole).

The 1976 record comes in a coloured inner sleeve without text.

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

CBS 86016 (Yugoslavia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore

There were three Japanese vinyl releases of this album, all priced ¥2,500 (the meaning of the "25" in the catalogue number):

• 1976: Orange/cream labels, striped obi, paper inner sleeve and an eight page stapled booklet in English and Japanese (the copy shown is a promo with white/black labels)

• Early 1977: Orange/cream labels, red obi, paper inner sleeve and an eight page stapled booklet in English and Japanese.
• Late 1977: Same as early 1977 release, now with a wider obi giving the 1978 Japan Tour dates from which Bob Dylan At Budokan was taken.

Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans.
 

CBS/Sony 25AP 290 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Wil Gielen (1976 release)

CBS/Sony 25AP 290 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Wil Gielen (promo 1976 release)

Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.

Both releases of this album come in the same outer sleeve and a coloured inner sleeve with the text "SBP 234880". The records have orange/yellow CBS labels, the first has catalogue number "SBP 234880" and the second has "SBP 4880" only. The copyright text at the bottom of the second label style is longer.

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, as with the second copy shown here

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

CBS SBP 234880/SBP 4880 (Australia) - inner sleeve scan by Stuart Moore

Thanks to Bill Hester for information and scans.

This rare record has blue/white CBS/Sony labels. Hans Seegers' copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 25AP 290 A1 (stamped) APP-1060-A (handwritten), Side 2 - 25AP 290 B1 (stamped) APP-1060-B (handwritten). "25AP 290" was the Japanese catalogue number. Gerd Rundel's and David Abarca Esteve's copies have only the stamped matrix numbers.

Thanks to David Abarca Esteve and Hans Seegers for information and to Gerd Rundel for further information and scans.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans and information.

CBS CLS 5516 (Mexico) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

CBS CLS 5516 (Mexico) - original side 1 label scan by Hans Seegers

This record has Harmony labels - more information required.

This very rare release was made in Venezuela and has both "CBS" and "Columbia" on the rear sleeve. The record has orange CBS labels with titles in Spanish and English and handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CS 10245-A, Side 2 - CBS 10245-B.

Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.

CBS/Columbia CS 10.245 (Venezuela) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel

It was reissued in 1979 as a regular album. The differences are that the regular album labels have the price printed on them (80 kopecks) to the right of the centre hole. The club edition has a price sticker on the back which is absent from the regular edition.

Information and photos from Ulf Gyllenspetz, further information and scans from Ronald Born.

CBS/Supraphon Gramofonovy Klub 1 13 2217 (Czechoslovakia) - rear detail with price sticker, scan by Ronald Born

CBS/Supraphon Gramofonovy Klub 1 13 2217 (Czechoslovakia) - insert photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz

CBS/Supraphon Gramofonovy Klub 1 13 2217 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 1 photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz

CBS 40-32308 (UK) - cassette Side 1

Columbia CK 34349 (USA) - inside of front booklet, scan by Gil Lamont (plain on left side)

Columbia CK 34349 (USA) - rear insert scan by Gil Lamont

Columbia CD 32308 (Austria for Europe) - outside of front insert

Thanks to Keith Schweiger for information and scans.

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

CBS CDCBS 86016 (Australia) - detail of CD, scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia Australia double pack front scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia CDCBS 86016 (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore (both releases)

This mid-priced CD has a black, red, white, blue and yellow obi in the "Nice Price 15" series with price ¥1,800 and date "91-12-1" (1 Dec 1991). As far as I know this is the only CD release of this album in Japan. The copy shown is a promo with a panel on the rear insert and stamped Japanese characters in the clear centre of the CD itself. As well as the front insert there was a folded white paper insert in English and Japanese with the album lyrics.

Thanks to Hans Seegers, Wil Gielen and Moise Potié for information and scans.

Sony Records SRCS 6169 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen

Sony Records SRCS 6169 (Japan) - outside of unfolded front insert booklet, scan by Moise Potié

Sony Records SRCS 6169 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen (promo release)

Sony Records SRCS 6169 (Japan) - detail of rear insert, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release)

Sony Records SRCS 6169 (Japan) - inside pages of front insert booklet, scan by Moise Potié

Sony Records SRCS 6169 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen (promo release)