Street-Legal
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. For releases of this album in CBS/Columbia multi-packs, see International Album Releases (Regular) - Multi-Packs. |
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Revised 16 September, 2024.
Original US stereo LP, Columbia JC 35453 (USA), 15 Jun 1978 This album was originally recorded at Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA, on 26-28 Apr 1978, and 1 May 1978, with overdubs on 2-3 May 1978. It was originally produced by Don DeVito. Don DeVito remixed and remastered the album in 1999, so all releases of the original 1978 album are now rarities, see 1978. However, the version of Street-Legal album in 2013's The Complete Album Collection Vol. One is one of the fourteen titles remastered by Steve Berkowitz. In this case Berkowitz went back to the original 1978 master tapes and remastered the original album. This means there are now three significantly different versions of the album on sale!
For details of the differences between the three versions, see Les Kokay's notes below. This title was one of the fifteen Dylan albums released in Sep 2003 as a hybrid CD/SA-CD. This version of the 1999 release 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). Some titles were released in 5.1 surround sound as well as stereo, but not this one. |
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Detail of rear sleeve with Bob's signature |
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"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! I originally stated that the front photograph by Howard Alk shows Bob outside the entrance to Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA. However, Patrick Rofflaer has discovered (thanks to work by Bob Egan and Derek Brown) that the actual location of the staircase is near 2 Pacific Terrace (the back of the house at 26 Arcadia Terrace), Santa Monica, CA. Billy Cross played guitar on Street-Legal and also on the 1978 tour which included Bob Dylan At Budokan. He moved to Denmark in 1980. This photo of Billy’s Danish wife Lise at the Santa Monica location for the Street-Legal photo comes from Billy’s Danish-language autobiography, "Så langt så godt [So Far So Good]" (Gyldendal, Copenhagen 2009), scan by Lars M. Banke. According to the caption Billy wanted to "re-create the cover photo of Street Legal". Billy's Delta Cross Band recorded Bob's unreleased song Legionnaire's Disease on their 1981 album Up Front, also a single B-side, see Starlight In The East: Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Songs. |
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 of the vinyl album were taken by Joel Bernstein in a night club in Melbourne, Australia, on the same tour - the man with Bob on the rear of the inner sleeve is singer and guitarist George Benson.
Thanks to Moise Potié for finding the signed copy above left on a Japanese Internet auction site. Above right are front and rear of a Columbia US display card for use in record stores, found at www.eil.com.
Tracklisting:
Side 1: Changing Of The Guards; New Pony; No Time To Think; Baby Stop Crying
Side 2: Is Your Love In Vain?; Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power); True Love Tends To Forget; We Better Talk This Over; Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat).
Although there are no officially-released additional tracks from this album, the 1978 rehearsal sessions and live shows included many songs as yet unreleased such as Stepchild; Coming From The Heart (The Road Is Long); Repossession Blues; If I Don’t Be There By Morning; Walk Out In The Rain; First To Say Goodbye; Angel, What'd I Do?, etc.
Notes by Les Kokay, who used EAC to look at the track times:
The original CD CDCBS 86067 produced by Don DeVito has
times 6.34.00, 4.30.70, 8.22.70 ....
Whereas the ones included in the 'two originals' CDCBS 86067 and the 3CD set
'original 123' CD 32389 2 both have the same (but different to the original CD)
times 6.35.45, 4.30.65, 8.23.05 ...,, when I take these tracks and compare then
in CoolEdit's mixer they are identical except that they have been chopped up
differently to the original CD. In other words the silence before and after the
tracks is treated differently.
The remastered CD K 65974 1999 new mix by Don DeVito has times 7.04.52, 4.40.05, 8.23.60 ... These are the same times found on the SACD (2003) and it seems identical to the compatible layer on the SACD. These timings are the same on the 'The 70's collection) 88697 70339 2-9 with two variations track #6 is 5.45.70 cf 5.44.00 and final track #9 is 6.15.26 instead of 6.15.25. The music is identical and the difference for track #6 is that there is an additional 1.7s of silence at the end of the track. However the Japanese mini LP MHCP 397 has these times 7.04.45, 4.40.05, 8.23.60 ... but all these variations are in the leading and trailing silences resulting from the way the tracks were cut, as the music is identical. This variation is much louder than the original 1978 CD.
The Complete Album Collection Vol. 1 [remastered by Steve
Berkowitz] 2013
This one has times 6.40.55, 4.29.52, 8.20.50 ....
I'm not aware of this mix being available anywhere else.
The 2013 mix is very close to the original 1978 mix but
I noticed/confirmed the following:
1 Changing Of The Guards - the premature fade of the original has been fixed so
you now hear the drums finish.
2 No Time To Think - the vocals have been noticeably brought forward
3. Is Your Love In Vain? - there is more presence; it is wider and fuller
4. True Love Tends To Forget - the new mix is less muddy
5. Where Are You Tonight? - the fade starts later but is faster, so the length
of the music is the same.
This 2013 mix is much the same volume as the original 1978 mix.
Finally the fade from "Señor" to True Love... needs a comment. On the original vinyl, Señor faded into True Love..., however the original 1978 CD did not have this but instead had 3.6 seconds of silence between tracks 6 and 7. This gap varied between the various mixes with the minimum of 3.5 seconds on the remaster, 3.9 seconds on the SACD to 5.6 seconds on The 70s Collection. It has, however, been restored on the 2013 Berkowitz mix.
Les has also examined the occurrences of Changing Of The Guards on The Essential Bob Dylan, The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 3 and the 2007 Dylan 3CD set. Their lengths indicate which versions these are: only on The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2 is it 7.04 (the 1999 remix), the others are 6.34-6.38 which would indicate that they are variations of the original 1978 version. Larry Crum confirms that the version on the 2007 Dylan 3CD set is actually an edited version of the 1999 remix and not the original version as expected!
Vinyl and Tape Releases (Original Album, 1978)
"Street-Legal" - stereo test pressing, Columbia (no catalogue number) (USA), May/Jun 1978:
"Street-Legal" - original promo and commercial stereo vinyl LP releases, Columbia JC 35453 (USA), 15 Jun 1978 (three variants):
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! All vinyl and tape releases of the original 1978 album are now rarities, so are also listed in 1978.
Columbia JC 35453 (USA) - detail of
rear, scan by Gerd Rundel
(all copies)
Gerd Rundel's first commercial copy has the same matrix numbers as Jon Wilson's promo copy! Gerd has a second commercial copy in the same outer and inner sleeve as shown but with different record labels. The black text is significantly fainter, and the text "Produced by Don DeVito" is on two lines instead of one (the same as the Gerd's second white label promo copy shown). The record of this copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - P AL 35453-2G, Side 2 - P BL 35453-2A.
Jon Wilson's promo copy has white Columbia labels with matrix numbers: Side 1 - P AL 35453-2A (handwritten), Side 2 - P BL 35453-2A (stamped). It has a black picture inner sleeve. The sleeve is not shaped, but has a raised edge on the rear to make removing the record easier. Renaud Depierreux has a promo copy with stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - P AL 35453-2C, Side 2 - P BL 35453-2C. Simon Blokker's promo copy (variant 1) has the same matrix numbers as John Wilson's promo copy: Side 1 - P AL 35453-2A (handwritten), Side 2 - P BL 35453-2A (stamped).
Manuel García Jara's commercial copy comes in the same sleeve but has a record pressed at Columbia's plant at Santa Maria, CA, where the record labels have "Produced by Don DeVito" on one line. I have called this variant 1B and Gerd's first copy variant 1A. The only difference between variants 1A and 1B is that on Manuel's copy the album title is shown as "STREET-LEGAL" whereas on both promo and commercial copies of variant 1A (and variant 2) it is shown as "STREET LEGAL" (no hyphen). The record of Manuel's copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - P AL 35453-2C S I, Side 2 - P BL 35453-2C S (note the added "S" on both side).
Because promo copies exist for record label variants 1A and 2, I assume they and commercial variant 1B are concurrent first releases, from different Columbia processing plants, not first and second releases.
Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz, Jon Wilson, Gerd Rundel, Manuel García Jara, Paul Shenton and Paul Melote for information and pictures.
Bob Dylan - "Street-Legal"/Harry Chapin - "Living Room Suite" - radio broadcast compilation LP, AFRTS RL 28-8 (USA), 1978:
"Street-Legal" - stereo vinyl LP release, Columbia JC 35453 (USA for export), late 1970s:
The record labels have red ring-shaped stickers covering the ring of "Columbia" logos with the text "SKIVGROSSISTEN" now in one word in yellow. The matrix numbers of this copy are: Side 1 - PAL 35453 2A (handwritten), Side 2- P BL 35453 – 2E (stamped).
Lars M. Banke says: "The sticker “Skivgrossisten” indicates that it is put on the label by the wholesale company that imports these records and sells them to retail shops. Why this wholesale company found it necessary to put the sticker on the discs, I do not know. Also I do not know why this one was not “stickered” like the other export copies – with CBS stickers or “neutral” stickers. The company “Skivgrossisten” was located in Skövde in Central Sweden and ceased trading in 2008. The purpose of the company was to “do retail business with music-related products like phonograms and other business in accordance herewith” [my translation]. A bit funny that it mentions retail business as the purpose when the name indicates wholesale business. “Skivgrossisten” was also in the 1970s the name of a (retail) record shop in Drottningsgatan in Stockholm. In fact it was a chain with three shops – mainly selling so-called “cut-out” LPs. So perhaps it is more likely that it was this “Skivgrossisten” shop who has put the sticker on the “Budokan” album? Or perhaps “Skivgrossisten” was one single company, meaning that the (mother) company in Skövde owned the three shops in Stockholm?"
Lars and Manuel García Jara have copies of John Wesley Harding and Bob Dylan At Budokan bought in Sweden with the same “Skivgrossisten” stickers on the sleeve and record labels.
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP reissue, Columbia PC 35453 (USA), 1980s:
Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - 8-track stereo cartridge release, Columbia JCA 35453 (USA), 1978:
Columbia JCA 35453 (USA) - front of slipcase, 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:
Program 1: Changing Of The Guards; Señor
(Tales Of Yankee Power) |
Columbia JCA 35453 (USA) - rear of slipcase, scan by Stuart Moore |
Columbia JCA 35453 (USA) - front of cartridge, picture from www.discogs.com |
Columbia JCA 35453 (USA) - rear of cartridge, picture from www.discogs.com |
Columbia JCA 35453 (USA) - end of slipcase, picture from www.discogs.com |
Columbia JCA 35453 (USA) - end of cartridge, picture from www.discogs.com |
New Pony is split between programs 3 and 4 - as this is a rarity, details are also in 1978.
This cartridge comes in a black/white slipcase with cut-outs to show the labels.
Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - stereo cassette releases, Columbia JCT 35453 (USA), 1978 (two variants); Columbia PCT 35453 (USA), early 1980s/late 1980s:
Columbia JCT 35453 (USA), 1978 (two variants):
Columbia PCT 35453 (USA), early 1980s/late 1980s:
The first 1980s cassette has Dolby noise reduction and the cassette is a more conventional light grey colour with black text printed directly on to it, there are again no paper labels. The second 1980s cassette comes in the same insert and is transparent smoked grey with white text. Apart from the catalogue number details shown, the text on all four cassettes looks identical.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP, Columbia JC 35453 (Canada), 15 Jun 1978 (two variants); Columbia PC 35453 (Canada), 1980s:
Columbia JC 35453
(Canada) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (all releases
- "CBS RECORDS CANADA LTD.")
There are two variants of the 1978 "JC 35473" release record labels - the first has the songs credited to Special Rider Music and the second does not. The record of the 1978s release variant 1 copy shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-35453-1A-2HZ:, Side 2 - BL-35453-1A-2HZ:. The record of the 1978s release variant 2 copy shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-35453-1A-2HZ:, Side 2 - BL-35453-1B-2HZ:. The 1980s "PC 35473" release labels are also missing the Special Rider credits. The record of the 1980s release "PC 35473" copy shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-35453-1A-2HZ:, Side 2 - BL-35453-1B-2HZ: (same as 1978 release variant 2).
Thanks to Lars M. Banke and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LPs, Columbia JC 35453 (Canada for export), 1978;
Columbia JC 35453 (Canada
for export)
- detail of rear, scan by Lars M. Banke (third copy)
The front sleeves of all three copies are as the regular Canadian releases.
The third export copy is different from the two already on the website because this one has white ring-shaped stickers on the record labels. The first two copies have black and golden stickers respectively. “Columbia” is erased with black pen on the rear sleeve and on the spine. This copy was bought in Sweden. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-35453 1A 2HZ, Side 2 - BL-35453 1A 2HZ.
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - 8-track stereo cartridge release, Columbia JCA 35453 (Canada), 1978:
Columbia JCA 35453 (Canada) - front of tape cartridge, picture from www.discogs.com |
The track order
of this Canadian 8-track tape cartridge was the same as that of the US
8-track release above.
Program 1: Changing Of The Guards; Señor
(Tales Of Yankee Power) |
Columbia JCA 35453 (Canada) - end of tape cartridge, picture from www.discogs.com |
New Pony is split between programs 3 and 4 - as this is a rarity, details are also in 1978.
This release has a red cartridge but the slipcase is missing.
"Street-Legal" - stereo cassette release, Columbia JCT 35453 (Canada), 1978, re-released 1980s:
Both these releases have the same cassette insert, which is blank on the inside. The cassette cases were made in the USA. They have Dolby noise reduction. The 1978 release has a buff case and yellow paper labels with black text. The 1980s release has a light grey case with grey paper labels.
Thanks to Moise Potié and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP, S CBS 86067 (UK), 15 Jun 1978; S CBS 86067/CBS 86067 (UK), late 1970s/early 1980s; CBS 86067 (UK), 1984; S CBS 86067 (UK), late 1980s:
S CBS 86067 (UK), 1978 releases:
S CBS 86067 (UK) - detail of rear with CBS UK and printer information (all
releases)
S CBS 86067 (UK) - detail of shaped inner sleeve rear (1978
release)
The 1978 record has a shaped card inner sleeve and orange/yellow CBS labels. The record of my copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS 86067-A4, Side 2 - CBS S 86067-B1.
Gerd Rundel has found a copy where the Side 1 label is misprinted, with no orange colour which means that the yellow logo above "CBS" is missing.
S CBS 86067/CBS 86067 (UK), late 1970s/early 1980s releases (2):
Gerd has an early 1980s copy, later than the first copy in this section, that comes in the same outer and inner sleeve as the 1980s releases below (with a square inner sleeve, not shaped), where the record still has orange/yellow CBS labels, but this time with catalogue number of just "CBS 86067" (no "S"), like the 1984 copy below. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS S 86067 A3, Side 2 - CBS S 86067 B9. Another "CBS 86067" copy owned by Gerd comes in the same 1980s sleeve as shown below with "57" at rear top right, but this time there is CBS copyright information at the bottom of the orange/yellow CBS labels, with "MADE IN ENGLAND" moved to the right hand circumference text. This second early 1980s copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS-86067-A-3, Side 2 - CBS-S-86067-B-9.
CBS 86067 (UK), 1984; S CBS 86067 (UK), late 1980s:
S CBS 86067/CBS 86067 (UK)
- detail of inner sleeve rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s releases)
The front sleeve of the 1984 release is the same as shown above. The rear sleeve is also the same except for the number ”57” in a circle in the top right hand corner. The 1984 record comes in the same inner sleeve as my 1978 copy but the sleeve is now square, not shaped. The 1984 record has red CBS labels and the catalogue number is just "CBS 86067" (no prefix "S", like the two early 1980s copies above). Like the second early 1980s release above, "MADE IN ENGLAND" is now in the circumference text to the right of the centre hole. The copy shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS 86067 A3, Side 2 - CBS-S-86067-B-9.
The front and rear sleeves of the late 1980s release are the same as that of the 1984 release. The record comes in the same square original printed inner sleeve as the record of the 1984 release, and again has red CBS labels, but now reverts to the original catalogue number "S CBS 86067". The copy shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS 86067-A4, Side 2 - CBS-S-86067-B-9. Apart from the catalogue number, the only difference that I can see between the 1984 and the late 1980s record labels is that the white CBS copyright information at the bottom of the 1984 label has been moved to the circumference text of the late 1980s label.
Thanks to Colin Baker, Manuel García Jara and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - stereo 8-track release, CBS 42-86067 (UK), 1978:
CBS 42-86067 (UK) - front of slipcase, picture from www.discogs.com |
The track order
of this UK 8-track tape cartridge was the same as that of the US and
Canadian 8-track releases above.
Program 1: Changing Of The Guards; Señor
(Tales Of Yankee Power) |
CBS 42-86067 (UK) - rear of slipcase, picture from www.discogs.com |
CBS 42-86067 (UK) - front of tape cartridge, picture from www.discogs.com |
CBS 42-86067 (UK) - rear of tape cartridge, picture from www.discogs.com |
CBS 42-86067 (UK) - end of slipcase, picture from www.discogs.com |
CBS 42-86067 (UK) - end of tape cartridge, picture from www.discogs.com |
New Pony is split between programs 3 and 4 - as this is a rarity, details are also in 1978.
This release has an off-white cartridge inside a black/white slipcase.
"Street-Legal" - stereo cassette releases, CBS 40-86067 (UK), 1978:
These original cassette releases have a short insert with just the tracklisting on the inside. The first cassette is light grey with black text printed directly on to it, there are no paper labels. The second copy shown has what looks like the same insert, although the text on the spine and rear of the outside of the insert has been printed slightly lower. This time the cassette has blue text.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP, S CBS 86067 (Ireland), 15 Jun 1978:
Gerd Rundel has found a copy on eBay which has "MADE IN ENGLAND" in addition to "Made in Ireland" at the bottom of the record labels. Lars M. Banke's copy of this first variant has with variant labels - all text (except for the album title and “BOB DYLAN”) is printed in a higher position than on the labels of Lars' first variant. There is more space between “MADE IN IRELAND” and “MADE IN ENGLAND” at the bottom of the labels. The record of this copy has matrix numbers that are the same as those of Lars' first variant.
matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS S 86067 A5, Side 2 - CBS S 86067 B3. Gerd has a second copymatrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS S 86067 A5, Side 2 - CBS S 86067 B3. matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS S 86067 A5, Side 2 - CBS S 86067 B2.
There may also be copies with record labels with the alternative text "Record mfd. in Ireland" - information required.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara, Lars M. Banke and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS 86067 (NL), 15 Jun 1978; CBS 32389 (NL), 1984-85; Columbia COL 32389 1 (NL), 1991:
CBS 86067 (NL), 15 Jun 1978:
CBS 86067 (NL) - detail
of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1978 release)
The record has a picture inner sleeve, not shaped like the UK release, orange/yellow CBS labels. "STREET-LEGAL" is above "BOB DYLAN" above the centre hole. Sergio Mariano Romay's copy also comes with a double-sided lyrics insert, The record of Gerd Rundel's copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 01-86067-4A-2, Side 2 - 01-86067-1B-2.
CBS 86067 (NL), second release - 1980s(?):
CBS 86067 (NL) - detail
of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (second release - same as 1978 release)
CBS 32389 (NL), 1984-85 (two variants):
CBS 32389 (NL) - detail of
rear, scan by Hans Seegers (mid-1980s releases)
Columbia COL 32389 1 (NL), 1991:
Columbia COL 32389 1 (NL) - detail of
rear, scan by Dag Braathen (1991 release)
Columbia COL 32389 1
(NL) - detail of insert rear, scan by Gerd Rundel
The record of this copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 01-86067-3A-1 (stamped), 01-32389-20 3A1 (handwritten), Side 2 - CBS 01-86067-1B-1 (stamped), 01-32389-20 1B1 (handwritten).
Thanks to Felix Epper for information and to Hans Seegers, Gerd Rundel, Dag Braathen and Ronald Born for further information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP release, CBS 86067 (Spain for NL), 1978:
CBS 86067 (Spain for NL) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (both
variants - printed in Spain by Indugraf)
The record labels have the Dutch "BIEM/STEMRA" copyright organisation logo. All label text is in English, no Spanish, and the catalogue number is just "86067" (again as the Dutch release). The labels also say "MADE IN SPAIN" but Manuel García Jara is sure the album was actually made for the Dutch market to meet excess demand, he does not think they were ever sold in Spain because they don't have the "SGAE" Spanish copyright logo. On these record labels the album title is "STREET-LEGAL", on the first Spanish record labels below the title is "STREET LEGAL" without the hyphen.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Manuel García Jara and Ger Hemel for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - stereo cassette release, CBS 40-86067 (NL), 1978:
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS 86067 (Italy), 15 Jun 1978:
The Italian release has the standard front sleeve and Italian text at the bottom of the rear sleeve. It was made by CBS Italiana S.p.A. and distributed by Messaggiere Musicali, Milan. |
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CBS 86067 (Italy) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers
The record in the Italian release of CBS 86067 has the original inner sleeve and orange/yellow labels. "MADE IN ITALY BY CBS" is aligned as if "SUGAR" has been omitted. The record of the copy shown has written matrix numbers: Side 1 - CI CBS 86067-1L DYLAN 12-6-78, Side 2 - CI 86067-2L/3 15 6-78. (12 Jun 1978 and 15 Jun 1978 are the mastering dates).
Warning - Manuel García Jara bought an "extremely rare Italian promotional pressing of Street-Legal with white labels" from an Italian seller on eBay only to find it was a regular Dutch copy as above with photocopied Italian labels in black and white glued over the orange/yellow labels! He complained to PayPal but the seller had disappeared. It's very probable such copies do not actually exist.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP
releases, CBS S 86067 (Spain), 1978 (three releases); CBS 32389 (Spain), 1983,
re-released 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989; CBS/Sony 32389 (Spain), 1992:
See the notes about the varying worldwide Spanish translations of the
song titles in the entry for the Mexican release below.
There were no special promo copies of this Spanish release, but the folded leaflet above was sent out with commercial copies of the first release of the album sent to radio stations and journalists. The front has a contemporary Dylan photo also used for 1978 singles releases and notes by Spanish journalist Diego A. Manrique. The rear has pictures of twenty Dylan albums up to The Basement Tapes. Inside the leaflet are the lyrics of the Street-Legal songs in English. The leaflet was printed by Offset ALG, San Raimundo, 31, Madrid-20.
CBS S 86067 (Spain), 1978 (four releases):
CBS S 86067 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (first
and second releases, printed in Spain by Offset ALG,
Discos CBS address "Avenida del Generalísimo 25, Madrid-16")
The record labels have a Spanish "Deposito Legal" number and the logo of the Spanish copyright organisation "SGAE". The layout of the song titles and the position of "33⅓" beneath "ESTEREO" to the left of the centre hole is different between the first and second releases. The copy of the first release shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL 35453 2A, Side 2 - PBL 35453 2A (US matrix numbers). On these record labels the album title is "STREET LEGAL" (no hyphen), on the record labels made in Spain for the Dutch market above the title is "STREET-LEGAL" (with hyphen).
Ger Hemel's copy has two 12" double-sided inserts, one with the song lyrics, and one with a Dylan discography. Manuel says these inserts were not actually included with the very first release, but with subsequent releases from 1978 to 1980. The Side 1 label is a variant of Manuel's first release Side 1 label, with the same text layout left and right of the centre hole as the first release, different from that of the second and third release). However it has a "2" at the end of line one. like the Side 1 labels of the second and third release. The Side 2 label is the same as Manuel's first release Side 2.
Lars M. Banke's third release copy has two stickers from Club Amigos Del Disco (a record store in Madrid) on the rear sleeve. The record labels have the same song titles layout as those of the second release, but the position of "33⅓" beneath "ESTEREO" to the left of the centre hole is the same as on the first release labels (this may be an intermediate release between the two others). The record of the third copy shown has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 86067-A◊, Side 2 - 86067-B◊ (the "◊" character looks like a diamond but could be an "O").
Lars M. Banke has a copy of what must be a fourth release in the same sleeve without stickers, dating from the late 1970s/early 1980s. The record labels have a new song title layout with the album title now "STREET-LEGAL" instead of "STREET LEGAL". There are now arrows under "ESTEREO" to the left of the centre hole. "33⅓" is now on the line as "ESTEREO" as on the 1983 labels. This is the same layout as the 1983 release of CBS 32389 below (apart from the catalogue number and the "1983" date) so that Side 2 has the "jour-ney" mistake highlighted below. The record of this copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 86067 A, Side 2 - 86067 B.
Manuel also has a copy of Street-Legal made in Spain for export to Portugal with "SPA" (Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores) instead of "SGAE" on the record labels to the right of the centre hole - scans to be added.
CBS 32389 (Spain), 1983, re-released 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989:
Street-Legal was reissued in 1983 in the CBS "PRECIO REDONDO [NICE PRICE]" series with a new catalogue number, CBS 32389. Only earliest albums of this series have a sticker like this, with the price printed on it: "max. 600 pts." = "máximo 600 pesetas" (today €3.60). The 1983 release of this album is very important in that it was the model for all the subsequent reissues. From now on, all the reissues have the same catalogue number, 32389, the same sleeve and the same record labels. The following description matches all the subsequent releases:
The record of the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 86067-A0 (stamped) 32389-A (handwritten), Side 2 - PBL-35453-2E (stamped) 86067-B (handwritten) 32389-B (handwritten).
CBS 32389 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (1983
release, printed in Spain by Indugraf)
CBS/Sony 32389 (Spain), 1992:
CBS/Sony 32389 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (1992
release)
The record has red CBS/Sony labels still dated 1983, the same style as the 1989 CBS labels. The record of Manuel García Jara's copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 32389-A0 (stamped), Side 2 - PBL 35453-2E (stamped) 86067-B (handwritten).
Thanks to John Stokes for initial information about the first 1978 release and to Manuel García Jara, Hans Seegers, Lars M. Banke and Ger Hemel for further information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - 8-track cartridge release, CBS 42-86067 (Spain), 1978:
This Spanish 8-track tape cartridge release had the same tracklisting as that of the US, Canadian and UK 8-track releases above. New Pony again is split between programs 3 and 4 - as this is a rarity, details are also in 1978. The copy shown does not have a slipcase, but it has a record store catalogue card. The track titles have the same Spanish translations as the LP above.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - stereo compact cassette release, CBS 40-86067 (Spain), 1978:
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS 86067 (Portugal), 1978:
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - compact cassette release, CBS 40 86067 (Portugal), 1978:
CBS 40-86067 (Portugal) - outside of cassette insert, picture from www.discogs.com |
This Portuguese cassette release has a double-sided insert. The cassette is buff with orange CBS paper labels. |
CBS 40-86067 (Portugal) - inside of cassette insert, picture from www.discogs.com |
CBS 40-86067 (Portugal) - cassette Side 1 picture from www.discogs.com |
CBS 40-86067 (Portugal) - cassette Side 2 picture from www.discogs.com |
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS 86067 (Greece), 1978; CBS 32389/86067 (NL/Greece), mid-1980s; CBS 32389 (Greece), late 1980s:
CBS 86067 (Greece), 1978:
CBS 86067(Greece) -
detail of rear with Greek album information, scan by Ronald Born (1978 release -
"MADE IN GREECE" in Greek on right plus printer information printed vertically)
The 1978 record was made in Greece and has orange/yellow CBS labels with English and Greek text.
CBS 32389/86067 (NL/Greece), mid-1980s:
The record was made in Greece and still has catalogue number "CBS 86867", but the orange/yellow CBS labels have a completely different design from the those of the Greek 1978 record. It now has two lines of circumference text but the Greek text at the bottom of the labels is missing. The album title and artist name are now below the centre hole instead of above, while the text layout to the left and right of the centre hole and the layout of the song titles are totally different. The record of this copy has matrix numbers:
Side 1 - 86067 A (handwritten). Side 2- 86067 B (handwritten) P BL 35453-2L (stamped).CBS 32389 (Greece), late 1980s:
CBS 32389 (Greece) -
detail of rear with Greek album information, scan by Lars M. Banke (late 1980s release
- printer information missing,
"MADE IN GREECE" in Greek printed vertically on right)
Thanks to Ronald Born, Michel Pomarede, Lars M. Banke, Thanos Oktoratos and Ger Hemel for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - compact cassette release, CBS 40 86067 (Greece), 1978:
CBS 40-86067 (Greece) - outside of cassette insert, picture from www.discogs.com |
This Greek cassette release has a double-sided insert. The cassette is grey with blue text, there are no paper labels. |
CBS 40-86067 (Greece) - inside of cassette insert, picture from www.discogs.com |
CBS 40-86067 (Greece) - cassette Side 1 picture from www.discogs.com |
CBS 40-86067 (Greece) - cassette Side 2 picture from www.discogs.com |
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS/Suzy 86067 (Yugoslavia), 1978 (four releases):
CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (first and second releases) |
I have listed four Yugoslavia releases of the album, all manufactured under licence for CBS by Suzy Records of Zagreb (now Croatia). The records were pressed in Yugoslavia by Diskos of Aranđelovac, now in Serbia (Suzy Records were normally pressed by Jugoton, also of Zagreb, although one release of The Last Waltz, from 1978 as well, was also pressed by Diskos, this time for Warner Bros). All these albums had the regular inner sleeve, but a folded lyric insert was included with the last three releases only. The first and second release front sleeves are the same as the UK release. |
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CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (all releases) |
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CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - inner sleeve front scan by Manuel García Jara (all releases) |
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CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - rear of lyrics insert, scan by Manuel García Jara (second, third and fourth releases) |
CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (first release) |
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CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (first release) |
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CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (first release, three text lines together) |
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CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (second and third releases, gap between first and second text lines) |
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CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (second release) |
CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke (second release in regular sleeve - song titles and credits on four continuous lines, "Produced by Don DeVito" on one line, space between first and second lines on right of centre hole) |
CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - detail of Side 2, scan by Lars M. Banke (second release in regular sleeve - song titles and credits on six continuous lines, "Journey Through Darke Heat", "Bob Dulan" on fifth line, space between first and second lines on right of centre hole) |
CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (second release) |
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CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (third release) |
CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (third release in "ZLATNA" sleeve - similar to first release, song titles and credits on five continuous lines, "Produced by Don DeVito" on two lines, space between first and second lines on right of centre hole) |
CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (third release in "ZLATNA" sleeve - similar to first release, song titles and credits on seven continuous lines, "Produced by Don DeVito" on one line, space between first and second lines on right of centre hole) |
CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (third release) |
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CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (fourth release) |
CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (fourth release in "ZLATNA" sleeve - song titles and credits on five separate lines, "Produced by Don DeVito" on one line, space between first and second lines on right of centre hole) |
CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (fourth release in "ZLATNA" sleeve - song titles and credits on eight separate lines, "Journey Through Darke Heat" mistake, "Produced by Don DeVito" on one line, space between first and second lines on right of centre hole) |
CBS 86067 (Yugoslavia) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (fourth release) |
Lars M. Banke has a copy of the album where the record labels are significantly different from those of the other two, and I'm calling this the second release because it has the same outer and inner sleeves as the first release, but it also has the lyrics insert not present with the first release. The second front sleeve does not have the gold star and "ZLATNA" that are on the front of the third and fourth releases. The song titles on the record labels are noticeably different from those of the first and third releases!
Side 1: Song titles are on four lines instead of five, “Produced by Don DeVito” is on one line only, while it is on two lines on the other Side 1 record labels
Side 2: Song titles are on six lines instead of seven, "Journey Through Dark Heat" is misspelled as "Journey Through Darke Heat", Dylan is misspelled as "Dulan".
The third release had a gold star printed on the front (not a sticker) with the text "ZLATNA [GOLD]", and was released after the album achieved "gold" sales in Yugoslavia. The rear sleeve and inner sleeve are the same as the previous two releases. It again has a lyrics insert. The labels have the same text layout as those of the first release, with one significant difference - there is a gap between the catalogue number and "SOKOJ" on the second and third release labels. ("SOKOJ" is the artists' organisation (Federation of Organisations of Composers of Yugoslavia) founded in 1976.)
Lars M. Banke additionally has two copies of the first release in the regular sleeve and two copies of what I've called the third release in the "ZLATNA" sleeve. The record labels of all four have slightly different placements of the text elements to the left and right of the centre holes from the labels shown but I've not included them to reduce the complexity of what is a very confusing set of Yugoslav releases (the Yugoslav releases of Desire are equally confusing, if not more so).
The fourth Yugoslav variant of the album comes with a front sleeve that again has the "ZLATNA" star. The rear sleeve, inner sleeve and the lyric sheet are identical to those of the previous releases. The record labels of Sides 1 and 2 are different from the other releases already shown, and are also different from one another - The Side 1 label has one song per line over seven lines, but the Side 2 label has the song titles as continuous text over eight lines. Like the second release Side 2 label, it also has the misspelled title "Journey Through Darke Heat" but "Bob Dylan" is correct (not "Bob Dulan").
The handwritten matrix numbers of all four copies shown are: Side 1 - CBS 86067 A 81278, Side 2 - CBS 86067 B 81278.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - stereo cassette release, CBS/Suzy 40-86067 (Yugoslavia), 1978:
This Yugoslav cassette was again manufactured under licence for CBS by Suzy Records of Zagreb. The inside of the cassette insert has the tracklist and composer credits. The cassette is black with red CBS/Suzy labels and black text including the "SOKOJ" logo as above.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - stereo vinyl LP release, Sierra LP 1782 (Turkey), 1978:
Sierra LP 1782 (Turkey) - front scan by Lars M. Banke |
This Turkish release by Sierra Records is unofficial and is therefore listed here. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - LP 1782 A, Side 2 - LP 1782 B. |
Sierra LP 1782 (Turkey) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke |
Sierra LP 1782 (Turkey) - detail of rear, scan by Lars M. Banke |
Sierra LP 1782 (Turkey) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke |
Sierra LP 1782 (Turkey) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke |
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS 86067 (Israel), 1978, re-released 1985:
CBS 86067 (Israel) - detail of rear, scan by
Sergio Mariano Romay (all releases)
CBS 86067 (Israel) - detail of spine, scan by
Sergio Mariano Romay (all releases)
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Japan), 21 Jul 1978; stereo compact cassette: CBS/Sony 25KP 319 (Japan), 21 Jul 1978:
CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Japan - front with obi, picture from www.eil.com |
The Japanese release, CBS/Sony 25AP 1099, has a red and green obi with black, light-blue and white text with price ¥2,500. The record has orange/cream CBS/Sony labels and comes in an inner sleeve. There is also a six page fold-out lyric insert. |
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CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
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Shown is the plain label from the test pressing and scans of Side 1 and an insert from the promo release. The promo release label can be distinguished by the three Japanese characters indicating a promo in the box to the right of "BOB DYLAN". The colour 12" x 12" promo leaflet advertises both the LP and cassette releases and gives the release date as "7/21". The picture must come from the Feb/Mar 1978 shows at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, from which Bob Dylan At Budokan was taken.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Wil Gielen for information and scans. Scans of the stereo cassette required.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Singapore/Malaysia), 1978:
CBS/Sony 25AP 1099
(Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (copy 1)
CBS/Sony 25AP 1099
(Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of rear, scan by
Lars M. Banke
(copy 2 with "MADE IN MALAYSIA" sticker)
The record comes in an original printed inner sleeve. It has orange/black CBS/Sony labels, with different track timings from the US release, although the material is probably identical.
Lars M. Banke has two copies with slightly different record labels. The lettering for the song titles is lighter on copy 1 and more bold on copy 2. Also copy 2 has a “MADE IN MALAYSIA”-sticker at the bottom of the rear sleeve. All the records of the copies shown have handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1: 25AP-1099A (3), Side 2: 25AP-1099B (3).
Thanks to Gerd Rundel and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo cassette release, CBS/Sony TC-25/KP 1099 (Singapore/Malaysia), 1978:
This release was again manufactured and distributed for CBS/Sony by EMI (Singapore) PTE, and in Malaysia by EMI (Malaysia) SDN. BHD. There is a single folded insert, blank on the reverse. The cassette is black and has white CBS/Sony labels with red text.
Thanks to Daniel Berg for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Hong Kong), 1978:
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Sony LP-1567 (Philippines), 1978:
For Philippine-specific details of the sleeve and record labels also see the Blackgold release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, which has the immediately preceding catalogue numbers LP-1565-66.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS SBP 237187 (Australia), 1978 onwards:
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. Despite the fact that the first release of this album was in 1978, the labels with the "Control" copyright still have the shorter text. The labels with the "Albert" and "Warner Bros" copyrights have the later longer text. (Stuart Moore says that the label change may not have occurred till late 1978 or early 1979, Bob Dylan At Budokan from 1978 still does not have a CBS copyright nor does Masterpieces, Slow Train Coming from 1979 does have the CBS copyright.)
Thanks to Stuart Moore and Peter Lindberg for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - stereo compact cassette releases, CBS PC 7187 (Australia), 1978, early 1980s, 1989:
These releases have a crop of the sleeve photo and just the track titles, no sleeve notes or other artwork. The first release from 1978 has a short insert with the tracklisting on the inside. The first release cassette is white with off-white labels and the songs are copyrighted by "Albert".
The second release from the late 1970s has a longer folded insert that is now blank on the inside. The second release cassette is again white with off-white labels, but the songs are now copyrighted by "Control".
The third release (early 1980s) comes with the same insert and the cassette is now off-white with blue text printed directly on to it, there are no paper labels. The songs are now copyrighted by "Chappell". The copy shown has a "Nice Price" sticker on the front of the outer case.
PC 7187 was also included in a 1989 CBS Australia boxed set called Bob Dylan Collection, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 1980s. The insert looks identical to that of the second and third releases but the cassette is now transparent smoked grey with a unique "striped" appearance and white text printed directly on to the case, there are again no paper labels.
Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP, CBS SBP 237187 (New Zealand), 1978:
"Street-Legal" - stereo compact cassette release, Sonny's Tape Gallery (no catalogue number) (Iran), 1978:
Front of cassette insert, photo by William Henry Prince |
This unofficial tape copy from Sonny's Tape Gallery, Tehran, Iran, also
contains Romance In Durango and Mozambique from Desire on Side 2. It
almost certainly dates from before the Iranian Revolution in 1979. The front
picture reproduces the original Dutch album sleeve above complete with
blue and white sticker! Full
details are in Questionable Releases. Thanks to William Henry Prince for information and photo. |
"Street-Legal" - stereo compact cassette releases, King's PCT 35453 (Indonesia); Contessa P-128 (Indonesia), 1978:
King's PCT 35453 (Indonesia) - front picture from www.discogs.com |
The King's unofficial cassette release from
Indonesia comes in a plastic case with a wrap-around insert similar in
construction to a DVD case. It purports to be an official CBS release, but
the cassette is unlabeled and was made by BASF. The front picture reproduces
an LP sleeve with a yellow "Nice Price" sticker! The Contessa unofficial tape copy comes in a regular cassette case and also contains the live 1976 versions of Shelter From The Storm and Stuck Inside Of Mobile with The Memphis Blues Again from Hard Rain on Side 2. The front picture again reproduces the original Dutch album sleeve above complete with blue and white sticker! |
King's PCT 35453 (Indonesia) - rear picture from www.discogs.com |
King's PCT 35453 (Indonesia) - cassette Side 1 picture from www.discogs.com |
Contessa P-128 (Indonesia) - front of cassette insert, scan by Dag Braathen |
Thanks to Dag Braathen for information and scan.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS DNW 2140 (South Africa), 1978; CBS COL 40074 (South Africa), 1985:
CBS DNW 2140 (South Africa), 1978:
CBS DNW 2140
(South Africa) - detail of front with chequered addition, scan by Manuel García Jara
(CBS COL 40074 is the same)
CBS DNW 2140
(South Africa) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (printed by
Interpak)
CBS COL 40074 (South Africa), 1985:
CBS COL 40074 (South
Africa) - detail of rear, photocopy by Paul Shenton
The sleeve was now printed by Artone Press and there is a front sticker with a barcode at bottom right. The record again has orange/yellow CBS labels and on Side 2 Journey Through Dark Heat is misprinted as "Journey Through Dark Heart". This mistake did not occur on the 1978 Side 2 label. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - COL 40074-A, Side 2 - COL 40074-B.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
"Street-Legal" - stereo compact cassette release, CBS 40 2140 (South Africa), 1978:
CBS 40 2140 (South Africa) - outside of cassette insert, picture from www.discogs.com |
The insert for this release was printed in South Africa by Interpak. The cassette is off-white with blue CBS paper labels. |
CBS 40 2140 (South Africa) - outside of cassette insert, picture from www.discogs.com |
CBS 40 2140 (South Africa) - cassette Side 1 picture from www.discogs.com |
CBS 40 2140 (South Africa) - cassette Side 2 picture from www.discogs.com |
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS DNW 2140 (Rhodesia), 1978; CBS DNW 2140 (Zimbabwe), mid-1980s, CBS COL 40074 (Zimbabwe), late 1980s:
CBS DNW 2140 (Rhodesia), 1978:
CBS DNW 2140
(Rhodesia) - detail of rear, scan by
Lars M. Banke ("4-A" on right)
Instead of the Interpak printer's name, these rear sleeves have "4-A" indicating Belmont Printers of Bulawayo at bottom right. Belmont Printers used codes starting with "4" for sleeves they printed for CBS Records, they used other codes for other record companies. The first record has distinctive Rhodesian white CBS labels with blue text and a blue CBS logo in a box, used in Rhodesia from late 1976 to 1980.
There was also a cassette release, CBS 40 2140 - scans required! It will be similar to the South African cassette release but with an insert printed by Belmont Printers.
CBS DNW 2140 (Zimbabwe), mid-1980s:
CBS COL 40074 (Zimbabwe), late 1980s:
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Legal Para Circular [Street-Legal]" - original stereo vinyl LP release, CBS CLS-5602 (Mexico), 1978:
Discos CBS CLS-5602
(Mexico) -
detail of rear, scan by
Manuel García Jara
Discos CBS CLS-5602
(Mexico) -
spine scan by Sergio Mariano Romay
The front sleeve has a white CBS logo below the album title and an "ESTEREO SONIDO 360 [360 STEREO SOUND]" logo at centre top, unusual for an album as late as 1978. The musician and other credits on the rear sleeve are in English. The record has orange/yellow CBS labels with song titles translated in Spanish as well as the album title. The copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 0211-12946-1A, Side 2 - 0211-12947-1A. Sergio Mariano Romay has a copy exactly the same in the standard picture inner sleeve. Unlike several other worldwide releases, the inner sleeve has no catalogue number on the front or rear.
Manuel García Jara says:
"Note the different translations in the Spanish-speaking countries. This
album was released in
Changing Of The Guards: Cambio de guardia (Spain, Argentina/Uruguay); Cambio de guardias (Mexico); Cambio de la guardia (Venezuela); Cambio de los guardias (Colombia)
New Pony: Nuevo pony (Spain, Colombia); Pony nuevo (Mexico, Argentina/Uruguay, Venezuela)
The Spanish translation of "Pony" is actually "Poni".
No Time To Think: Sin tiempo para pensar (Spain, Mexico, Argentina/Uruguay); Ningún tiempo para pensar (Venezuela); No hay tiempo para pensar (Colombia)
Baby, Stop Crying: Nena, deja de llorar (Spain, Mexico, Argentina/Uruguay); Nena, no llores (Venezuela); Nena, para de llorar (Colombia)
Is Your Love In Vain?: ¿Tu amor es en vano? (Spain) ¿Es tu amor en vano? (Mexico, Argentina/Uruguay, Venezuela, Colombia)
Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power): Señor (Cuentos del poder yanqui) (Spain); Señor (Cuentos del poderío yankee) (Mexico); Not translated (Argentina/Uruguay); Señor (Cuentos del poder yankee) (Venezuela, Colombia)
True Love Tends To Forget: El verdadero amor es olvidadizo (Spain); El verdadero amor perdona (Mexico); El amor verdadero tiende a olvidarse (Argentina/Uruguay); El amor verdadero a veces se olvida (Venezuela); El verdadero amor tiende a olvidarse (Colombia)
We Better Talk This Over: Deberíamos hablarlo (Spain); Hablemos nuevamente (Mexico); Mejor hablemos sobre esto (Argentina/Uruguay); Deberíamos conversarlo (Venezuela) Mejor que hablemos (Colombia)
Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat): ¿Dónde estás
esta noche? (Viaje a través
There are some mistakes in translation: the Mexican translation of True
Love Tends To Forget as "El verdadero amor perdona" (True Love Tends To
Forgive) and the Colombian Journey Through Dark Heat as "Viaje a través
de la oscuridad" (Journey Through Darkness)
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Frank Fritsching for information and pictures.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP releases, Discos CBS 138.084 (Brazil), 1978 (two variants):
Discos CBS 138.084 (Brazil) - detail of rear, scan by
Manuel García Jara
(both variants)
"Street-Legal" - test pressing, promotional and commercial original stereo vinyl LP releases, Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina), 15 Jun 1978:
Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina), 1978 (test pressings):
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white labels with handwritten text in a generic CBS promo card sleeve with a
circular cut-out to show the labels. The front of the sleeve has the CBS logo
and text "DISCO
PARA PROMOCION [PROMOTIONAL RECORD]". The Side 1 label also includes the catalogue number of the Argentinean cassette release (59.901). The song titles are translated in to Spanish but No Time To Think is translated as just "Sin Tiempo [No Time]". On the Side 2 label Señor (Tales of Yankee Power) is translated as just "Señor". |
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Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - Side 1 in generic promo sleeve with sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke (test pressing 2) |
Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - Side 2 in generic promo sleeve, scan by Lars M. Banke (test pressing 2) |
Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - Side 1 with promo stickers, scan by Lars M. Banke (test pressing 2) |
Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - Side 2 with promo stickers, scan by Lars M. Banke (test pressing 2) |
Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - front of generic promo sleeve, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - test pressing in generic promo sleeve, photo from www.collectorsfrenzy.com (test pressing 3 3) |
Lars M. Banke has a copy with blank Discos CBS labels with promo stickers and typed text. It comes in the same promotional sleeve with a front sticker with the Spanish text typed in green. The record of this copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL 40439, Side 2 - BL 40439. Also shown is a third test pressing found by Sergio in the same sleeve with a different front sticker with black text.
Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina), 15 Jun1978 (promo and commercial releases):
Thanks to Damián Martinez, Manuel García Jara and Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - stereo cassette release, Discos CBS 59.901 (Argentina), 15 Jun 1978:
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo test pressing and commercial vinyl LP releases, CBS 19.901 (Uruguay), 1978 (two variants):
CBS 19.901 (Uruguay), 1978 (test pressing):
CBS 19.901 (Uruguay) - detail of front of Sondor S.A. sleeve, scan by
Lars M. Banke (test pressing)
This rare album was manufactured for CBS Records by Sondor S.A. in Uruguay. It has the same catalogue number as the Argentinean release above. The text pressing comes in a Sondor S.A. generic sleeve with cut-outs for the record labels. Side 1 has a card at top right with details of the album (Sergio Mariano Romay believes this is just part of the commercial cassette inlay card - see the Argentinean cassette release above), Side 2 sticker at top right with handwritten "119". The record has black CBS/Sondor S.A. orange/yellow labels with handwritten text and white stickers with handwritten "119". The text pressing record has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 19901 A, Side 2 - 19901 B.
CBS 19.901 (Uruguay), 1978 (commercial release - two variants):
The commercial sleeve was printed in Uruguay by AS. The musician credits on the rear sleeve are in Spanish, while the song titles are in English and Spanish on the rear sleeve and record labels. For notes on the various Spanish translations see the Mexican entry above. There is no inner sleeve. On the rear sleeve of this Uruguayan release at bottom centre there are two pictures of Dylan LPs: Hard Rain (not released in Uruguay) and Los Más Grandes Éxitos De Bob Dylan [Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits] (with the erroneous front sleeve from Jul 1977 - see the appropriate page for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, 1967)!
The record has orange/yellow CBS labels which occur in two variants. The record of the first copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 19901 A WL, Side 2 - 19901 B WL. The second label variant has four differences from the first:
Under the text “Dir. Art. Don DeVito” below the song title lines the word “ESTEREO” is omitted on both sides
The word “LADO [SIDE]” at top right is in a different (serif) type face on both sides
The text to the left of the CBS logo is "(P) 1978"/"CBS. Inc.” on both sides - on the first variant labels this is "CBS Inc.”/"(P) 1978)"
On the Side 1 label the song title lines under the centre hole are more narrowly spaced than the song title lines on Side 1 of the first variant
Scans of the cassette release required! Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP, CBS 100422 (Costa Rica), 1978:
"Street-Legal" - original promo and commercial stereo vinyl LPs, CBS 14-1163 (Colombia), 1978:
All the text on the rear sleeve is in English, while the song titles are in English and Spanish on the record labels. For notes on the various Spanish translations see the Mexican entry above. The record has orange/yellow CBS labels. The record of the commercial copy shown has matrix numbers including mastering dates: Side 1 - 14-1163 A 2-8-78 (2 Aug 1978), Side 2 - 14-1163 B 8-8-78 (8 Aug 1978).
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo vinyl LP, CBS CS-10.311 (Venezuela), 1978:
CBS CS-10.311 (Venezuela) -
detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original stereo cassette release, Columbia/Sony Music 032289 4 (India), Jun 1997:
Columbia/Sony Music 032289 4
(India)
- bottom of cassette, photocopy by Paul Shenton ("Sony Music" on
leader tape)
This very rare Indian cassette release is dated "6/97" on the outside of the insert. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) is mistitled "Tables Of Yankee Power" on the outside of the insert, but is correct on the inside of the insert and on Side 1 of the cassette. Both sides are timed at 24:55 on the inside of the insert and on the cassette sides, but this is wrong - Side 1 is actually 24:40 and Side 2 is 24:46. The cassette is transparent grey with white text printed directly on to it, there are no paper labels. The leader tape has "Sony Music" in blue.
Thanks to Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
CD Releases (Original Album, 1978)
All original CD releases of the original 1978 album are now rarities so are also listed in 1978.
"Street-Legal" - original CD releases, Columbia CK 35453 (USA/Canada), 1986 onwards:
Columbia CK 35453 (USA/Canada) - detail of rear insert with US and Canadian
information (my copy)
There are barcodes on the rear insert and the
reverse of the front insert. The CD has the inverted triangle symbol found
on Side 1 of LPs and cassettes after Biograph in 1985. It also has "DIDP
020299" below the catalogue number and in the inner ring. The "DIDP" number
(Digital Identification Popular) was a code used by Sony DADC (Digital Audio
Disc Corporation) on CDs pressed in Terre Haute, IN, or one of their other
CD plants in the USA, from 1983 onwards (Classical CDs had "DIDC").
My copy was bought in the USA and Moise's in Canada but they are
identical apart from the positioning of the text around the CD centre hole.
Thanks to Moise Potié for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original CD releases: CBS CDCBS 86067 (Europe), late 1980s (two variants); CBS CD 32389 (Europe), 1990; Columbia 32389 2 (Europe), 1991:
CBS CDCBS 86067 (Europe), late 1980s (two variants):
CBS CD 32389 (Europe), 1990:
Éamonn Ó Catháin has two European CD copies, his CBS copy is now identified as this one (inner ring number "CDCBS 86067 21") and his Columbia copy is the release below (inner ring number "CDCBS 86067 54").
Columbia CD 32389 2 (Europe), 1991:
Thanks to Franck Faugere, Stuart Moore, Keith Schweiger and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - original CD releases, CBS/Sony 32DP 374 (Japan), 21 Sep 1988; Sony SRCS 6335 (Japan), 22 Sep 1993:
Japanese CD releases of the original album 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)
Both rear inserts have the date "H-9-21" (21 Sep 1988).
3rd "Nice Price" edition: Sony Records SRCS 6335, with black, red, white, blue and yellow obi with price ¥1,800 (¥1,748 plus sales tax) and 24 page booklet (1993)
The rear insert has the date "93-9-22" (22 Sep 1993). The withdrawal date is "95-9-21" (12 Sep 1995). For the 1999 remastered CD release see below. Wil Gielen has a promo copy with a numbered promo sticker on the rear insert and Japanese characters indicating a sample in the clear centre of the CD itself.
Thanks to Alan Hoaksey, Hans Seegers and Wil Gielen for information, and to Hans Seegers for scans.
"Street-Legal" - original CD releases, CBS CDCBS 86067 (Australia), late 1980s; Columbia CDCBS 86067 (Australia), 1991:
"Street-Legal" - original CD release, Columbia CDCOL 5080 S (South Africa), 1996:
"Street-Legal" - remastered original CD release, Columbia/Sony Music (catalogue number?) (USA/Europe), 5 Nov 2013:
Picture from https://www.qobuz.com |
This remastered CD release in a card sleeve is part of the 47CD boxed set The Complete Album Collection Vol. One. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for pointing out this is a remastered version of the original 1978 album, so for example Changing Of The Guards reverts to its original length of 6:37, instead of the extended version at 7:06 from the 1999 remixed release below. |
Flyer front scan by Gerd Rundel |
Vinyl/Tape Releases (Remastered/Remixed Album, 1999)
This album was remixed and remastered by Don DeVito in 1999, so all vinyl and tape releases of the original 1978 album are now rarities, see 1978.
"Street-Legal" - promo and commercial stereo deluxe 180gm vinyl LP releases, Columbia 86067 1/Simply Vinyl SVLP 197 (UK), 2000, re-released 2010:
Columbia 86067 1/Simply Vinyl SVLP 197 (UK), 2000 promo and commercial releases (two variants):
The second 2000 commercial release also comes in a plastic sleeve but with a different gold foil front sticker. The record is quite different. Is Your Love In Vain has been restored to track 1 on Side 2 as for the 1978 releases, and the two record label errors have been corrected. Ronald Born's corrected copy comes in a plain inner sleeve with the original inner sleeve replaced by a double-sided insert with the artwork.
Columbia 86067 1/Simply Vinyl SVLP 197 (UK), 2010:
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Manuel García Jara, Franck Faugere, William Henry Prince and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - stereo cassette release, Columbia CT 65974 (USA), 1999:
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - stereo 180gm vinyl LP release, Columbia Legacy 19075907301 (USA/Europe), 5 Apr 2019:
This is a "We are vinyl" series release that includes a MP3 download code of the album. The front sleeve is the same for the USA and Europe releases. The rear sleeves are different because copies sold in the USA do not include "LC00162" anywhere on the release and no "SONY MUSIC" logo at rear bottom left.
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin, Harold Lepidus, Bob Meyer and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
CD and MD (MiniDisc) Releases (Remastered/Remixed Album, 1999)
This album was remixed and remastered by Don DeVito in 1999, so all CD releases of the original 1978 album are now rarities, see 1978.
"Street-Legal" - test pressing of remastered CD, Columbia CK 121873 (USA), 1999:
"Street-Legal" - remastered and remixed CD release, Columbia CK 65974 (USA/Canada), 1999:
"Street-Legal" - remastered and remixed CD release, Columbia COL 494788 2 (Europe/Australia), 1999:
"Street-Legal" - remastered and remixed MiniDisc release, Columbia COL 494788 8 (Austria for Europe), 1999:
"Street-Legal" - remastered and remixed CD release, Sony Records SRCS 9484 (Japan), 22 Sep 1999:
"Street-Legal" - advance promo CD-R, Columbia/Sony Music Studios CH 90338 (USA), 16 Jun 2003:
"Street-Legal" - hybrid SA-CD release, Columbia CH 90338 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512355 6 (Europe), Sep 2003:
"Street-Legal" - hybrid SA-CD release, Sony Music MHCP 10012 (Japan), 17 Dec 2003:
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information about the Japanese release. It has a black and white obi with white and yellow text and price ¥2,520 (¥2,400 before tax). The release date is "03-12-17" (17 Dec 2003) and the original US release date is shown as "78-6-15" (15 Jun 1978). The withdrawal date is "04-6-16" (16 Apr 2004). There is a single 16-page stapled booklet in English and Japanese plus a double-sided hybrid SA-CD leaflet. 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 Keith Schweiger and Wil Gielen for further information and scans.
"Street-Legal" - remastered CD release, Columbia CK 92403 (USA/Canada), 1 Jun 2004; Columbia COL 512355 2 (Austria for Europe), 29 Mar 2004:
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information. Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the Canadian release (the US release is almost identical) and to Juergen Flicker for scans of the European release.
"Street-Legal" - remastered CD release, Columbia 494800 2 (Australia), 2004:
"Street-Legal" - gold CD release, Columbia/Sony Music 190759363423 (Australia), 1 Mar 2019:
"Street-Legal" - remastered CD release, Sony Music MHCP-379 (Japan), 23 Sep 2004:
Thanks to Wil Gielen, Jack from Canada and Brian Clarke for information and pictures.
"Street-Legal" - Blu-spec CD release, Sony Music SICP 20230 (Japan), 30 Sep 2009:
"Street-Legal" - remastered CD release, Columbia/Sony Music 88697 70339 2/9 (NL), 22 Apr 2010:
Columbia/Sony Music 88697 70339 2/9 (NL) - front of card sleeve, scan by Tom Willems |
This remastered CD release in a card sleeve is part of the 10CD boxed
set The Bob Dylan 70s Collection made by
Sony Music in Austria for the Dutch newspaper "De Volkskrant", see
International Album Releases
(Multi-Packs) 2010s. Thanks to Tom Willems for information and scans. |
Columbia/Sony Music 88697 70339 2/9 (NL) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Tom Willems |
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Columbia/Sony Music 88697 70339 2 (NL) - rear of box, scan by Tom Willems |
CD Release (Remastered Original Album, 2013)
Instead of including the 1999 remixed/remastered release of the Street-Legal album in The Complete Album Collection Vol. One, it's one of the fourteen titles newly remastered by Steve Berkowitz. In this case Berkowitz went back to the original 1978 master tapes and remastered the original album. This means there are now two significantly different versions of the album on sale! Changing Of The Guards has reverted to a shorter length of 6:41, instead of the 7:06 version on the 1999 album. It does however, have a final drum beat that was missing from the 1978 version (which is still on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 3, 1994, and even on the 2007 3CD set Dylan, which should have had the 7:06 version from 1999), timed at 6:36. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) again fades into True Love Tends To Forget, on the 1999 version they're separated, and the prominent mandolin from the original mix has been restored. If this 2013 release becomes the standard CD version on sale, then the original vinyl, tape and CD releases currently listed as rarities in 1978 will cease to be rarities!
"The Complete Album Collection Vol. One" - 47CD boxed set, Columbia/Legacy 88691-92431-2 (USA), 5 Nov 2013/Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691-92431-2 (Europe), 4 Nov 2013; USB stick, Columbia/Legacy 88883-77314-5 (USA), 5 Nov 2013/Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88883-77314-5 (Europe), 4 Nov 2013; Sony Music SICP 30471-30520 (Japan), 26 Mar 2014 onwards:
This massive set is the latest in a series of "Complete Columbia Album Collections" featuring artists such as Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and even Blue Oyster Cult. The CD version of the set includes 41 Dylan albums in card sleeves, 14 of which have been remastered for this project, plus a 2CD set of previously released non-album tracks entitled Side Tracks. The albums exclude all compilations and The Bootleg Series sets, but do include the deleted 1973 Dylan album, also see 1973, and the extra 2CD set Side Tracks includes one side of the 1971 single George Jackson (Acoustic version), R-0085, see 1971. The set is therefore listed in 2013. The set also includes a hard cover book with extensive new liner notes and previously unseen photos.
All the CDs come in card sleeves. The European sleeves are made of thicker card than the US sleeves, but they are otherwise identical, so are not shown. The catalogue number on the sleeve is "88691924312JK20" plus "DISC 23". The CDs are different in detail, the US Street-Legal CD has catalogue number "88691924312D23", whereas the European CD has catalogue number "88691924312-23". This album has been remastered, so is the fifth Dylan album remastered for this project. See the notes above about the remastering, which affects all releases of the original 1978 album currently listed as rarities in 1978. The European CD was made in the EU (probably Austria). The US and European copyright details are printed at the bottom of the Bob Dylan CDs, and round the circumference for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan onwards, so I haven't shown them for the later CDs.
For more details of the set, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 2010s.
Sony Music SICP 30497 (Japan) - picture from www.cdjapan.co.jp |
Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson and Éamonn Ó Catháin for news that The Complete Album Collection will be released in Japan in four decade-related parts, with the intention to release them all in 2014. The Blu-Spec CD2 specification CDs come in card sleeves with printed inner sleeves and "SONY MUSIC" instead of "COLUMBIA" on the discs. Bob's 1970s albums from Self Portrait to Slow Train Coming will be released in Japan on 23 Apr 2014 in card sleeves as Blu-Spec CD2 discs numbered Sony Music SICP 30482 to SICP 30500. The 2014 release of Street-Legal will be SICP 30497, more details will be added when available. David Carswell has a copy and says that surprisingly this Blu-spec CD2 release is actually the 1999 remastered version, not the 2013 Steve Berkowitz remix of the original 1978 album! |
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
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