
This is part of a list by release date of international (now including the USA, which was once listed separately) promo and commercially-released stereo 7" and 12" singles and EPs for 1971 that have been referred to me but do not qualify for my Searching For A Gem list because they contain only performances which are available on officially released Dylan albums. Nevertheless, their interest value or scarcity means they're worth listing here - as far as I know many are not included on any other Internet site. Special thanks to Hans Seegers for many of these items! Stereo promo versions of commercially released singles that were formerly listed in the Promotional Items sections of the yearly pages are now listed here. Singles from this period released exclusively for promotional purposes are now here also.
This page is still incomplete. 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 13 March, 2010.
"Lay, Lady, Lay" - 7" stereo EP, CBS 20287 (Bolivia), 1971:
The record was manufactured and distributed in Bolivia by Industrias Fonoelectricas "Lyra" on behalf of CBS. It has 1960s-style plain orange labels with a unique CBS/Columbia logo. All tracks are the regular stereo versions from Nashville Skyline.
For a 1979 Bolivian 7" single, see International 7" & 12" Singles 1979.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. Thanks also to Hans-Juergen Zollerg, who has a virtually identical copy with similar blue writing on the front.
"If Not For You"/"New Morning" - 7" promo and
commercial stereo singles, CBS S 7092 (UK/Ireland), 5 Mar 1971 (promo)/26
Mar 1971 (commercial release):
Both tracks are from New Morning, regular stereo album versions. Thanks to Bill Hester for
information about the New Zealand release, CBS BA 461336 - scans required.
Again, this was the first stereo 7" Dylan single for many countries. For a
1972 US Columbia promo 7" single of If Not For You paired with Tomorrow
Is A Long Time, see below.
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CBS S 7092 (UK) - A-side of promo single (my copy) |
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The UK single comes as both a white label promo with release date "5th March, 1971" and the regular release with orange labels. It did not have a picture sleeve.
Thanks to Kenneth Robson and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information and cans.
"If Not For You"/"New Morning" - 7" promo and
commercial stereo singles, CBS 7092 (NL/West
Germany/France), 5 Mar 1971 (promo)/26
Mar 1971 (commercial release):
Both tracks are from New Morning, regular stereo album versions. Thanks to Bill Hester for
information about the New Zealand release, CBS BA 461336 - scans required.
Again, this was the first stereo 7" Dylan single for many countries.
The French single sleeve has a "languette" - for more information about the unique French index tabs or "languettes" (few of which have survived), see 1965.
Thanks to Francisco Lima for information and to Hans Seegers for further information and scans.
"If Not For You"/"New Morning" - 7" stereo/mono single, CBS 7092 (Italy),
Apr 1971:
Both tracks are from New Morning, regular stereo album versions.
"Otra Mañana [New Morning]"/"Si No Fuera Por Ti [If Not For You]" - 7" stereo single, CBS 7092 (Spain), 26 Mar 1971:
"If Not For You"/"New Morning" - 7" stereo single, CBS 7092 (Portugal),
Apr 1971:
Both tracks are from New Morning, regular stereo album versions.
"If Not For You"/"New Morning" - 7" stereo single, CBS
BA 461336 (New Zealand),
1971:
Both tracks are from New Morning, regular stereo album versions.
"Si No Fuera Por Ti [If Not For You]"/"Nueva Mañana [New Morning]" - 7" single, CBS 155.028 (Venezuela), 1971:
Janis Joplin - "Yo Y Bobby McGhee [Me And Bobby McGhee]"/Media Luna [Half Moon]"/Bob Dylan - "Si No Fuera Por Ti [If Not For You]"/"Nueva Mañana [New Morning]" - 2 x7" promo singles, CBS 155.027/CBS 155.028 (Venezuela), 1971:
"Watching The River Flow" - 7" mono/stereo promo singles, Columbia 4-45409
(USA), 3 Jun 1971:
For more Watching The River Flow international mono and stereo 7" singles, see 1971,
Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76
and here.
Columbia 4-45409 (USA) - mono/stereo promo, stereo side scan by Hans Seegers (first variant) |
This promo single has the title track in mono on one side
with a white label and stereo on the other with a blue/yellow label. For the
mono side and commercial singles with Spanish Is The Loving
Tongue on the B-side, see 1971. There are two variants: 1 - Stereo side has
"RESERVICE" on the right and title on one line. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
Columbia 4-45409 (USA) - mono/stereo promo, stereo side scan by Hans Seegers (second variant) |
"Watching The River Flow"/"Spanish
Is The Loving Tongue" - 7" stereo singles, CBS 7329 (NL/Spain); CBS
SSC.1136 (South Africa), CBS BA-221831 (Australia); CBS BA 461349 (New Zealand), Jun
1971:
Although this single was released in mono in most countries worldwide, five
countries including Holland and Spain had a stereo release.
![]() CBS 7329 (Norway) - front scan by Yan Friis |
For complete details of these singles and other international singles
including a rarity on the B-side, see 1971. Thanks to Yan Friis for information and scan. |
"George Jackson" - 7" promo and commercial stereo singles, Columbia/CBS (Worldwide), 1971/1972:
![]() CBS S 7688 (West Germany) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
All international releases of this 7" single with
George Jackson on both sides are listed here.
For many countries this was their first stereo 7" single. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Bob Dylan - "Watching The River Flow"/The Raiders - "Indian Reservation" - 7" stereo/mono jukebox single, CBS YD 281 (Italy), 9 Sep 1971:
![]() CBS YD 281 (Italy) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers |
This white label jukebox single
had Bob on the A-side only and a non-Bob B-side. For international Columbia and CBS 7" singles with a non-album version of Spanish Is The Loving Tongue as the B-side see 1971. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
![]() CBS YD 281 (Italy) - B-side scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS YD 281 (Italy) - jukebox strip scan by Hans Seegers |
"New Morning" - 7"stereo EP, CBS SBG 225243 (Australia),
Oct 1971:
All tracks are the regular stereo versions from New Morning and
Self Portrait.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Wallflower" - 7" double-sided 10" acetate, Columbia CO 111696 (USA), Nov 1971:
![]() Columbia CO 111696 (USA) - label scan by Wim van der Mark |
This promo acetate has the same track on both sides - the song was recorded at the Blue Rock Recording Studio in New York in Nov 1971 at the same time as the tracks for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II but never released at the time. It eventually appeared on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 in 1991. For a second recording of this song (R-0088) with Doug Sahm and his band, see 1972. Information from Hans Seegers and Wim van der Mark. |
"When I Paint My Masterpiece"/"I Shall Be Released" - 7" promo and commercial stereo singles, CBS/Sony CBSA 82132 (Japan), Nov 1971:
Both tracks are from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II. This single has a gatefold picture insert with lyrics (in both the promo and commercial versions). I had this previously listed as a rarity, but Larry Crum points out that the version on Greatest Hits Vol. II does not fade in after the applause for Tomorrow Is A Long Time, but just starts with no pause - there is actually no overlap. This A-side is therefore identical to the album version.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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