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Shot Of Love 1981
Shot Of Love
(1981)

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.

Real Live 1984
Real Live
(1984)

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Revised 12 March, 2008.


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Original LP front

Original US stereo LP, Columbia QC-38819, 27 Oct 1983.

Although the photographs are uncredited, the photographs were taken by Sara Dylan during a visit to Israel in September 1983 for their son Jesse's bar-mitzvah. The front picture of Bob was taken through a car window. The rear picture is a drawing by Bob that was originally intended as the front cover. The photograph on the front of the inner sleeve shows Bob on the Mount of Olives with Jerusalem in the background. (Information from Rod MacBeath.)

This title was 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). Six titles were available in 5.1 surround sound, but not this one. Sadly the opportunity to include bonus tracks of the excellent unreleased material from the Infidels sessions was missed.

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US CD front with "Compact Disc" logo

This album is widely considered to have been a missed opportunity, because of the strength of the tracks left off the final release! The tracks included on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 speak for themselves. Out-takes from this album have been officially released as follows:

7" Singles (1983): Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground (Willie Nelson) - released as single B-side

Down In The Groove (1988): Death Is Not The End

The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (1991): Blind Willie McTell (the released version is solo acoustic, but many Dylan fans consider the still officially unreleased band version superior); Someone's Got A Hold Of My Heart (early version of Tight Connection To My Heart); Tell Me; Lord Protect My Child; Foot Of Pride

Other out-takes from the album sessions are Julius And Ethel (a song about the Rosenbergs, who were executed in 1951 for spying), This Was My Love (a song by Jim Harbert recorded by Frank Sinatra), an early version of When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky (later released on Empire Burlesque), and several alternate takes of Sweetheart Like You.


Vinyl and Tape Releases


"Infidels" - vinyl album, Columbia QC-38819 (USA), 26 Oct 1983:

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Columbia QC-38819 (USA) - front scan by David Plentus
The front and back of the sleeve and the front of the inner sleeve are essentially the same as my UK copy shown below. The back of the inner sleeve shows nine Dylan albums with the interesting point that the cover of Freewheelin' is the UK version (a higher crop of the design than the US version).

The record has red Columbia labels with the yellow Columbia logo in a ring round the outside.

Thanks to David Plentus for scans.


Columbia QC-38819 (USA) - rear of inner sleeve, scan by David Plentus


Columbia QC-38819 (USA) - Side 1 scan by David Plentus


Columbia QC-38819 (USA) - Side 2 scan by David Plentus

"Infidels" - vinyl album, CBS 25539 (UK), 26 Oct 1983:

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CBS 25539 (UK) - front (my copy)
This record has orange/yellow CBS labels with written matrix numbers:
Side 1 - CBS 25539-A1, Side 2 - CBS 25539-B2.

The back of the inner sleeve is the same as the US version apart from the bottom text with says "CBS records and tapes" instead of "Columbia records and tapes". While the cover of Freewheelin' is the UK version (a higher crop of the design than the US version), the cover shown of Shot Of Love is the US version with white title text (the UK version had black title text).

The vinyl album did not have a lyric insert like the Dutch release, but one was provided with the UK cassette release CBS 40-25539 and is shown below.

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CBS 25539 (UK) - back

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CBS 25539 (UK) - inner sleeve front

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CBS 25539 (UK) - inner sleeve back

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CBS 25539 (UK) - Side 1

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CBS 25539 (UK) - Side 2

"Infidels" - cassette release, CBS 40-25539 (UK/NL), 26 Oct 1983/CBS 460727 4 (UK), (date?):


CBS 40-25539 (NL) - front scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
This release came with a single fold inlay card and a folded lyrics insert. The cassette is light grey with text printed on the case, there are no paper labels.

Thanks to David Burgess and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and scans.


CBS 40-25539 (NL) - outside of cassette inlay card, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux


CBS 40-25539 (NL) - inside of cassette inlay card, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

CBS 40-25539 (NL) - cassette Side 1 scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux


CBS 40-25539 (NL) - cassette Side 2 scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux


CBS 460727 4 (UK) - outside of cassette inlay card, scan by David Burgess


CBS 460727 4 (UK) - inside of cassette inlay card, scan by David Burgess


CBS 460727 4 (UK) - cassette Side 1 scan by David Burgess


CBS 460727 4 (UK) - cassette Side 2 scan by David Burgess

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CBS 460727 4 (UK) - lyrics sheet with cassette release (front)

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CBS 460727 4 (UK) - lyrics sheet with cassette release (reverse)


"Infidels" - vinyl album, CBS 25539 (NL), 26 Oct 1983/CBS 460727 1 (NL), late 1980s :

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CBS 25539 (NL) - front (same as UK release), scan by Patrick Helfrich
This release is similar to the UK release but there is a full page lyrics insert like the UK cassette release.

Thanks to Patrick Helfrich for information and scans.


CBS 25539 (NL) - rear scan by Patrick Helfrich

CBS 25539 (NL) - front of insert, scan by Patrick Helfrich

CBS 25539 (NL) - reverse of insert, scan by Patrick Helfrich

CBS 25539 (NL) - Side 1 scan by Patrick Helfrich

CBS 25539 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Patrick Helfrich
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CBS 460727 1 (NL) fake gold vinyl release - Side 1 photo by Paul Prince
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CBS 460727 1 (NL) fake gold vinyl release - Side 1 photo by Paul Prince
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CBS 460727 1 (NL) fake gold vinyl release - Side 2 photo by Paul Prince
Thanks to Paul Prince for photos of what appears to be a 1980s Dutch release on gold vinyl. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information that this is a fake release originating from Italy and was not released by CBS Holland. I've left it here to help other collectors.

"Infidels" - vinyl album, CBS 25529 (Italy), 26 Oct 1983:

The record has the same catalogue number as the UK album with orange/yellow CBS labels and written matrix numbers: CI 25539-1/2L-26-10-83. It has the original inner sleeve.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information.


"Infidels" - vinyl album, CBS SBP 237955 (Australia), Oct 1983:

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CBS SBP 237955 (Australia) - front
This record has orange/yellow CBS labels and comes in the same inner sleeve as the UK release.

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.


CBS SBP 237955 (Australia) - rear scan by Stuart Moore

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CBS SBP 237955 (Australia) - inner sleeve front


CBS SBP 237955 (Australia) - inner sleeve rear, scan by Stuart Moore


CBS SBP 237955 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore


CBS SBP 237955 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore

"Infidels" - cassette release, CBS PC 7955 (Australia), Oct 1983:

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CBS PC 7955 (Australia) - outside of insert, scan by Stuart Moore
This release came with a single fold inlay card - there was no lyrics insert. The cassette is light grey with text printed on the case, there are no paper labels.

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

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CBS PC 7955 (Australia) - inside of insert, scan by Stuart Moore

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CBS PC 7955 (Australia) - cassette Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore

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CBS PC 7955 (Australia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore

"Infidels" - vinyl album, CBS QCL-22077 (Philippines), Oct 1983:

This rare record has red labels with CBS in orange on the circumference and written matrix numbers: P AL/BL-38819-1M/A QCL-22077-A/B with "MASTERDISC" stamped.

In a front cover variation the names of four songs are printed in yellow.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information.


"Infidels" - test pressing LP, CBS/Sony 25AP 2960 (Japan), 21 Nov 1983:
This LP is in a plain white sleeve with stickers front and back. The album title is wrongly shown as "Infidel"! The labels are also plain white with stamped titles. Information and scans from Hans Seegers. For the commercial Japanese release of Infidels, see below.

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CBS/Sony 25AP 2960 (Japan) - front sticker scan by Hans Seegers


CBS/Sony 25AP 2960 (Japan) - rear sticker scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony 25AP 2960 (Japan) - A-side label scan by Hans Seegers

"Infidels" - vinyl album, CBS/Sony 25AP 2690 (Japan), Nov 1983:
For a test pressing of this Japanese LP, see above.

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CBS/Sony 25AP 2960 (Japan) - front with top obi, scan by Hans Seegers
This album has an unusual top obi in grey with black and white text, and an insert with the same front as the UK inner sleeve, but a completely different reverse.

Information and scans from Hans Seegers.

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CBS/Sony 25AP 2960 (Japan) - rear with top obi, scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony 25AP 2960 (Japan) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony 25AP 2960 (Japan) - Rear insert scan by Hans Seegers

"Infidels" -  vinyl LP, Discos CBS 138.570 (Brazil), Nov 1983:

More information required about this release!

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the entry.


"Infidelidades [Infidels]" -  vinyl LP, Discos CBS 20.461 (Argentina), Nov 1983:

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Discos CBS 20.461 (Argentina) - front photo by Sergio Magnacca

This album has the title in white instead of black, and the  rear sleeve has song titles and credits in Spanish. The record labels have the song titles in English and Spanish. The matrix numbers are: Side 1 - AL 38119 (with some scratched matrix numbers with X's on them to the left that look like "AL 3915"), Side 2 - BL 38819 (38819 was the US catalogue number).

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information and Sergio Magnacca for the photos. Thanks also to Sergio for pointing out that the Spanish translation of the album title is incorrect - "Infidelidades" translates to "Infidelities" (as in "unfaithful acts"). Sergio suggests the correct Spanish translation is "Infieles"!

This album was also re-released as Columbia 20.461 in the 1990s - scans required.

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Discos CBS 20.461 (Argentina) - rear photo by Sergio Magnacca

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Discos CBS 20.461 (Argentina) - Side 1 photo by Sergio Magnacca

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Discos CBS 20.461 (Argentina) - Side 2 photo by Sergio Magnacca

CD Releases


"Infidels" - CD release: CBS/Sony 35DP 93 (Japan), 1983; CD reissue: Sony SRCS 6172 (Japan), 1 Dec 1991:

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CBS/Sony 35DP 93 (Japan) - front insert scan by Wil Gielen

As far as I know, these were the only two CD releases of this album in Japan before the hybrid SACD release in 2003.

CBS/Sony 35DP 93: This 1983 full-priced CD is possibly the first Bob Dylan CD ever released in Japan, making Infidels possibly the first Bob Dylan album to be released simultaneously on CD anywhere in the world. It had a grey card box-type obi with price ¥3,500 and a 28-page stapled booklet as the front insert.

Sony SRCS 6172: This 1991 mid-priced CD has a black, red, white, blue and yellow obi in the "NICE PRICE LINE 15" series with the price ¥1,800. It had a folded front insert plus an additional insert that opened out to a larger size.

Information from Hans Seegers, who has copies of both the promo and commercial releases of SRCS 6172, and Wil Gielen.

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CBS/Sony 35DP 93 (Japan) - front plus bottom of flattened box-type obi, scan by Wil Gielen

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CBS/Sony 35DP 93 (Japan) - rear plus top of flattened box-type obi, scan by Wil Gielen

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Sony SRCS 6172 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen
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CBS/Sony 35DP 93 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen
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CBS/Sony 35DP 93 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen

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Sony SRCS 6172 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen

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Sony SRCS 6172 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen


"Infidels" - CD reissues, Columbia CK 38819 (USA)/Columbia WCK 38819 (Canada), (date?):

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Columbia CK 38819 (USA)
- front scan by Gil Lamont
These releases were on sale in the USA and Canada until replaced by the hybrid SACD edition in 2003 (see below). The front insert is a square card folded twice. The catalogue number on the Canadian CD itself is just CK 38819. The CD was manufactured in the USA, as there was at that time no Columbia CD pressing plant in Canada.

Thanks to Gil Lamont and Jack from Canada for information and scans.

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Columbia CK 38819 (USA) - rear insert scan by Gil Lamont

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Columbia CK 38819 (USA) - front insert unfolded, scan by Gil Lamont

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Columbia CK 38819 (USA) - outside of front insert, scan by Gil Lamont
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Columbia CK 38819 (USA) - CD scan by Gil Lamont
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Columbia CK 38819 (USA) - inside of front insert, scan by Gil Lamont

Columbia WCK 38819 (Canada) - front scan by Jack


Columbia WCK 38819 (Canada) - rear scan by Jack


Columbia CK 38819 (Canada) - CD scan by Jack

   

"Infidels" - CD reissue, Columbia CDCBS 202655 (Australia), 1990s:


Columbia CDCBS 202655 (Australia) - front insert unfolded, scan by Stuart Moore
This CD has a folded card front insert. This release was still on sale in Australia until replaced by the hybrid SACD release in 2003.

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.


Columbia CDCBS 202655 (Australia) - inside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore


Columbia CDCBS 202655 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Stuart Moore


Columbia CDCBS 202655 (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore

"Infidels" - CD reissue, Columbia (catalogue number?) (Austria for Europe), (date?):

Scans of this release required!


"Infidels" - hybrid SACD reissue, Columbia CH 90317 (USA/Canada)/Columbia 512344 6 (Europe), 16 Sep 2003/Sony Music MHCP 10014 (Japan), 17 Dec 2003:


Columbia CH 90317 (USA/Canada) - outside of digipak (my copy)
This release is housed in a two-fold digipak and contains both a CD version and an SACD stereo version. There is no booklet. The SACD design reproduces the Columbia US vinyl label used in 1983. The inside of the digipak is a crop of the inner sleeve front picture from the vinyl album (see above).

This Canadian release also has the sticker shown for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan on the outside of the shrink-wrap.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information about the Japanese release. It has a black//red/white/blue on grey obi with price ¥2,520, thanks to Wil Gielen for scans.


Columbia CH 90317 (USA/Canada) - inside of digipak showing CD tray


Columbia CH 90317 (USA/Canada) - hybrid SACD

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Sony Music MHCP 10014 (Japan) - hybrid SACD scan by Wil Gielen

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Sony Music MHCP 10014 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen
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Sony Music MHCP 10014 (Japan) - outside of digipak, scan by Wil Gielen

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Sony Music MHCP 10014 (Japan) - inside of digipak, scan by Wil Gielen


"Infidels" - remastered CD reissue, Columbia CK 92392 (USA/Canada), 1 Jun 2004/Columbia 512344 2 (Europe), 29 Mar 2004/Sony Music MHCP-381 (Japan), 23 Sep 2004:


Sony Music MHCP-381 (Japan) - front with obi and sticker, picture from eil.com
This release at mid-price consists of the remastered CD layer only of the 2003 hybrid SACD release above. The North American and European releases come in a standard jewel case and . The North American/European front CD insert booklet includes pictures from the SACD booklet. The European release is made in Austria.

The Japanese release comes in a card outer sleeve reproducing the LP sleeve with a top obi and a paper inner sleeve.

Information and scans from Hans Seegers and Wil Gielen, whose copy has a promo stamp on the rear sleeve.

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Sony Music MHCP-381 (Japan) - front sticker scan by Wil Gielen
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Sony Music MHCP-381 (Japan) - unfolded top obi, scan by Wil Gielen
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Sony Music MHCP-381 (Japan) - rear of sleeve with promo sticker, scan by Wil Gielen
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Sony Music MHCP-381 (Japan) - rear promo sticker scan by Wil Gielen
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Sony Music MHCP-381 (Japan) - front of inner sleeve, scan by Wil Gielen
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Sony Music MHCP-381 (Japan) - rear of inner sleeve, scan by Wil Gielen
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Sony Music MHCP-381 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen
   

"Infidels" - CD reissue with issue of "L'espresso" magazine, Columbia/Sony Music GR02 (Italy), 15 Jul 2004:


Columbia/Sony Music GR02 (Italy) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers
This release in a jewel case has completely different red/white artwork and CD design from the previous regular CD release of this album. The version is the replaced 1990s European CD release, not the remastered CD released in Mar 2004.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.


Columbia/Sony Music GR02 (Italy) - inside of front insert, scan by Hans Seegers


Columbia/Sony Music GR02 (Italy) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers


Columbia/Sony Music GR02 (Italy) - CD scan by Hans Seegers

"L'espresso" magazine, 15 Jul 2004, (Italy) - front scan by Hans Seegers

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Shot Of Love 1981
Shot Of Love
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Infidels
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