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Bob Dylan with the Rolling Thunder Revue - Hard Rain

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Desire (1976)

This page is part of a new section 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 not in the 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)

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 12 April, 2008.

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.

Vinyl and Tape Releases

"Hard Rain" - stereo vinyl promo and commercial LPs, Columbia PC 34349 (USA), Sep 1976:

Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - promo LP front photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz	The white label promo album has a radio station timing strip on the front and a sticker with "DEMONSTRATION - NOT FOR SALE" on the back. The commercial album has red Columbia labels and the record is in a plain purple inner sleeve with just the number "34349" at centre bottom. Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz and Stuart More for information and pictures.		Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - promo LP rear photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz	Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - promo LP Side 1 (white label) photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz
Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - commercial LP front scan by Stuart Moore	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	Columbia PC 34349 (USA) - commercial LP Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore

"Hard Rain" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS S 86016 (UK), Sep 1976/ reissue CBS 32308 (UK), 1984-85:

CBS S 86016 (UK) - front scan by Kenneth Robson	The record of the original 1976 release comes in a card inner sleeve with the catalogue number. The rear sleeve of the 1980s release had the current UK anti-piracy logo with the message "HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC" (taping on to cassette was much less prevalent in 1976). Both records have orange/yellow CBS labels with different text layouts. Thanks to Kenneth Robson for scans and Eerik Hakala for photos.		CBS S 86016 (UK) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson	CBS S 86016 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Kenneth Robson
CBS S 86016 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson	CBS S 86016 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson	CBS 32308 (UK) - Side 1 photo by Eerik Hakala	CBS 32308 (UK) - Side 2 photo by Eerik Hakala	CBS 32308 (UK) - detail of rear, photo by Eerik Hakala

"Hard Rain" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 86016 (NL/Greece), 1976:

CBS 86016 (NL) - front

The Dutch album has a lyric insert sheet and the record has orange/yellow CBS labels. The record has a paper inner sleeve. Hans Seegers has a copy where the labels omit the text "Produced by Don DeVito and Bob Dylan". This was a misprint and was corrected by CBS.

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) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson

CBS 86016 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson

CBS 86016 (NL) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson

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

CBS 86016 (NL) - lyric insert sheet, rear scan by Kenneth Robson

CBS 86016 (NL) - alternate Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 86016 (NL) - alternate Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers

"Hard Rain" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Sony 25AP 290 (Japan), 1976:

CBS/Sony 25AP 290 (Japan) - picture from eil.com

More information about this release required. Is this the first Japanese release?

"Hard Rain" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS SBP 4880 (Australia), 1976:

CBS SBP 4880 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore	This album has orange/yellow CBS labels and comes in a coloured inner sleeve with the text "SBP 234880". Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.
CBS SBP 4880 (Australia) - rear scan by Stuart Moore	CBS SBP 4880 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore	CBS SBP 4880 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore	CBS SBP 4880 (Australia) - inner sleeve scan by Stuart Moore

"Hard Rain" - vinyl album, CBS/Sony APP-1069/25AP 290 (Philippines), 1976:

This rare record has blue/black on white CBS/Sony labels and stamped matrix numbers: 25AP 290 A/B1, with APP-1069-A/B written. 25AP 290 was the Japanese catalogue number.

Information from Hans Seegers.

"Hard Rain" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS CLS 5516 (Mexico), Sep 1976:
The song titles are translated into Spanish on the record labels. Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans and information.

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

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

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

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

"Hard Rain" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Harmony 148.092 (Brazil), 1976:

CBS/Harmony 148.092 (Brazil) - picture from eil.com

This record has Harmony labels - more information required.

"Hard Rain" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 119.630 (Argentina), 1976:

This record has a gatefold sleeve - more information and scans required.

"Hard Rain" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Supraphon Gramofonovy Klub 1 13 2217 (Czechoslovakia), 1977/CBS/Supraphon 1 13 2217 (Czechoslovakia), 1979:

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

This "Gramophone Club" album was released by Supraphon in the former joined country of Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia) under licence from CBS. There is a Czech language insert. The record has orange CBS labels.

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.

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

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/Supraphon Gramofonovy Klub 1 13 2217 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 2 photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz

CBS/Supraphon 1 13 2217 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 1 scan by Ronald Born

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

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

CBS/Supraphon 1 13 2217 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born

"Hard Rain" - stereo cassette, CBS 40-32308 (UK), 1980s:

CBS 40-32308 (UK) - front insert (my copy)

This re-release has minimal artwork and a light-grey cassette with black text printed directly on it, there are no labels.

CBS 40-32308 (UK) - inside of front insert

CBS 40-32308 (UK) - Side 1

CD Releases

"Hard Rain" - CD reissue, Columbia CK 34349 (USA), mid-1980s:

Columbia CK 34349 (USA) - outside of front booklet, scan by Gil Lamont	This was the first US CD release of this title. The CD has a folded front insert with minimal information. Gil Lamont says: "This first release is incorrectly indexed. Oh, Sister doesn't end until around 1:04 of Lay, Lady, Lay. The timings listed on the inserts are accurate for this incorrect indexing. Although the indexing was corrected in the later Nice Price reissue -- Oh, Sister timing out at 5:08 and Lay, Lady, Lay timing out at 4:47 -- oddly enough the printed timings on the later insert have not been corrected." Information and scans from Gil Lamont.
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 CK 34349 (USA) - CD scan by Gil Lamont

"Hard Rain" - CD reissue, Columbia CD 32308 (Austria for Europe), 1990s:

Columbia CD 32308 (Austria for Europe) - front (my copy)	Like the current CDs (that haven't been replaced by hybrid SACD/remastered editions) and also the US release, this release again has a plain rear insert with just song titles. The front insert is an 12-page booklet. This release is still on sale.
Columbia CD 32308 (Austria for Europe) - CD	Columbia CD 32308 (Austria for Europe) - outside of front insert	Columbia CD 32308 (Austria for Europe) - rear insert

"Hard Rain" - CD reissues, Columbia CDCBS 86016 (Australia), 1990s:

Columbia CDCBS 86016* (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore (first release)*	This release had a single card insert and no other artwork. It was later released in the "Select" series with the "Select" logo on the front and rear inserts. The "Select" version was also sold in a double width jewel case with Highway 61 Revisited. Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.		Columbia Australia double pack front scan by Stuart Moore	Columbia Australia double pack rear scan by Stuart Moore
Columbia CDCBS 86016* (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore ("Select" release)*	Columbia CDCBS 86016* (Australia) - reverse of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore (both releases)*	Columbia CDCBS 86016* (Australia) - rear insert scan, by Stuart Moore (first release)*	Columbia CDCBS 86016* (Australia) - rear insert scan, by Stuart Moore ("Select" release)*	Columbia CDCBS 86016* (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore (both releases)*