Audio: International Album Releases (Regular)

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.

Bob Dylan At Budokan (1978)

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Original US stereo LP, Columbia JC 35453 (USA), 15 Jun 1978

This album was remixed and remastered in 1999, so all releases of the original 1978 album are now rarities, see 1978.

The front photograph by Howard Alk shows Bob outside the entrance to Rundown Studios, Santa Monica, CA. "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! 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 inner sleeve back is singer and guitarist George Benson.

This title is one of the fifteen Dylan albums released in Sep 2003 as a hybrid CD/SACD. This is playable both in stereo on an ordinary CD player and in enhanced stereo on an SACD player or a DVD player that also plays SACDs (Sony's higher range models all do this). Some titles are available in 5.1 surround sound, but not this one.

Columbia JC 35453 (USA) - detail of promo front cover with radio station timing strip, scan by Jon Wilson

Columbia JC 35453 (USA) - detail of promo rear cover with gold demo stamp, scan by Jon Wilson

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 included in 1978.

John Wilson's promo copy has white Columbia labels with matrix numbers: Side 1: P AL 35453-2A (hand-etched), Side 2: P BL 35453-2A (machine-stamped). The "FOR PROMOTION ONLY" text is machine-stamped in gold ink on the upper left corner of the back cover. The front sleeve has a Columbia Records radio station timing strip. It has a black inner sleeve with the pictures as illustrated from the UK release (below).

Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz and Jon Wilson for information and pictures.

Columbia JC 35453 (USA) - promo rear cover with gold demo stamp, photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz

Columbia JC 35453 (USA) - promo Side 1 (white label), scan by Jon Wilson

Columbia JC 35453 (USA) - promo Side 2 (white label), scan by Jon Wilson

Italian release: CBS 86067 -  orange/yellow labels with written matrix numbers: side 1 - CI CBS 86067-1L DYLAN 12-6-78, side 2 - CI 86067-2L/3 15 6-78, original inner sleeve.

The Israel release CBS 86067 was released in 1978 with orange/yellow labels and in 1985 with red labels with stamped matrix numbers: 86067 AQ/BQ. Both releases had a special insert.

S CBS 86067 (UK) - Side 1

S CBS 86067 (UK) - Side 2

CBS 86067 (Italy) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 86067 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 86067 (Greece) - Side 1 scan by Ronald Born

CBS 86067 (Greece) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born

CBS 86067 (Israel) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (1978 release)

CBS 86067 (Israel) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (1985 release)

The first variant is a typical Spanish release with a "Deposito Legal" number and controlled by the Spanish copyright organisation "SGAE". The text on the cover and labels is in Spanish. The catalogue number is "S 86067". The cover is made by "Offset ALG/San Raimundo, 31/Madrid-20".

The second variant comes with cover and labels like the Dutch release, but with "Made in Spain" on rear sleeve and labels. The sleeve is made by "Indugraf ALCORCON – Madrid". Unusually the labels have the Dutch "BIEM/STEMRA" copyright logo. All text is in English, no Spanish, and the catalogue number is just "86067" (again as the Dutch release). This implies that additional copies of the album were sourced by CBS from a company who used the Dutch release as a template instead of the Spanish release!

Thanks to John Stokes for initial information about the first release and to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

The Argentinean album Discos CBS 19.901 has orange/yellow Discos CBS labels with song titles translated into Spanish, The rear sleeve also has song titles and credits in Spanish, plus pictures of two Dylan albums - Hard Rain and Los Mas Grande Exitos [Greatest Hits].

Thanks to Hans Seegers and Damián Martinez for information and scans.

Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - detail of back with album credits in Spanish, scan by Damián Martinez

Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - detail of back with catalogue number, scan by Damián Martinez

Discos CBS 138.084 (Brazil) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

Discos CBS 138.084 (Brazil) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

Discos CBS 138.084 (Brazil) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers

Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - Side 1 scan by Damián Martinez

Discos CBS 19.901 (Argentina) - Side 2 scan by Damián Martinez

Japanese release: CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 - red, black, light-blue and white obi, orange/cream labels plus inner sleeve and six page fold-out lyric insert.

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 Japanese characters in the box to the right of "BOB DYLAN".

Information and scans from Hans Seegers.

CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Japan) - booklet scan by Hans Seegers

CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Japan) - test pressing label scan by Hans Seegers (same both sides)

CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Japan) - promo release Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

CBS/Sony 25AP 1099 (Japan) - commercial release Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans. Thanks also to Peter Lindberg for information that the first release in 1978 differed from releases from 1979 onwards in that the songs were just copyrighted to "Control" on both the labels and the lyrics sheet. On later releases the songs were copyrighted to "Albert".

CBS SBP 237187 (Australia) - lyrics insert front, scan by Stuart Moore (copyright "Control")

The records have red CBS/Sony labels with a yellow logo in a ring.

Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz for information and photos. For Philippine-specific details of the sleeve and record labels see the Blackgold release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, which has the catalogue number LP-1565-66.

Columbia LP-1567/JC 35453 (Philippines) - Side 1 photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

CBS PC 7187 (Australia) - cassette Side 1, scan by Stuart Moore

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

CBS CDCBS 86067 (Europe) - 1980s CD release, rear insert scan by Franck Faugere

CBS CDCBS 86067 (Europe) - 1980s CD release, booklet scan by Franck Faugere

CBS CDCBS 86067 (Europe) - 1980s CD release, CD scan by Franck Faugere

Japanese CD releases 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)

3rd "Nice Price" edition: Sony SRCS 6335, with black, red, white, blue and yellow obi with price ¥1,800 and 24 page booklet (released in either 1993 or 1995)

Information from Alan Hoaksey and Hans Seegers, scans from Hans Seegers, Franck Faugere and Stuart Moore.

Sony SRCS 6335 (Japan) - "Nice Price" obi, price ¥1,800, scan by Hans Seegers

Apart from a general brightness and crispness not present on the 1978 album, you can also hear the backing singers more clearly on several tracks (thanks to Siwert Aldenryd  for pointing this out). Specific differences are that Changing Of The Guards is about 30 secs longer and Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) no longer fades into True Love Tends To Forget, they're clearly separated.

Information and scans from David Plentus.

Columbia CK 65974 (USA) - front sticker scan by David Plentus

Columbia CK 65974 (USA) - CD scan by David Plentus

Columbia COL 494788 2 (Europe) - front insert reverse scan by Franck Faugere

Thanks to Franck Faugere and Stuart Moore for information and scans.

Columbia COL 494788 2 (Europe) - rear insert scan by Franck Faugere

Columbia COL 494788 2 (Europe) - inside of front insert (my copy)

Columbia COL 494788 2 (Australia) - inside of front insert,  scan by Stuart Moore

The SACD design reproduces the Columbia US stereo vinyl label used in 1978. The UK and US discs are identical apart from the catalogue number

Thanks to Kevin Reilly for the US release.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information about the Japanese release. It has a yellow/white/blue on black obi with price ¥2,520 - scans required.

Columbia 512355 6 (Europe) - outside of digipak unfolded (Columbia CH 90338 is virtually identical)

Columbia 512355 6 (Europe) - inside of digipak with three new pictures including one behind CD tray (Columbia CH 90338 is virtually identical)

The 2004 remastered CD has CD-TEXT (as does the 2003 hybrid SACD), whereas the 1999 release does not. Éamonn Ó Catháin informs me that the 2004 release does sound better than the 1999 release to him. The corresponding US release was on 1 Jun 2004.

The Japanese release comes in a card sleeve reproducing the LP sleeve with a side obi.

Information from Hans Seegers. Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the Canadian release (the US release is almost identical).