Knocked Out Loaded
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In an interview to be found here
, Charles Sappington said:
Q: Did you create the image for the album cover? Or just the design?
A: I created the package. However, the deal was at the time … I promised them I wouldn’t talk about it. There was a reason, and it was legal. They had some legal problems with that cover. I suspect enough time has passed, but I have to stick to my word unless I get approval from the Dylan camp. (Note: Dylan’s camp had no comment.) What I can say is that Bob Dylan supplied the original image and then we distorted it from there.
Q: Did you have much interaction with Dylan on the cover?
A: They originally had a photographer shoot some photos of Dylan and Tom Petty. I heard Dylan took a look and threw them all in the trash. The only thing he liked from the shoot was a Polaroid test shot, which is the first thing they gave me. I fiddled with that, but they didn’t care for it, and we went in a different direction. That’s the part I can’t talk about. But on the inside there were the thank-yous …
Q: There were a ton of thank-yous …
A: Yes, but it didn’t start out that long. It was about 20 names. Bob told me he didn’t want it in this typeset. He wanted it hand-lettered but not calligraphy. I knew exactly what to do. I turned it over to my now ex-wife. She was at UCLA in a landscape architecture program. She was into lettering on drawings, which I thought would be perfect. I sent Bob a sample, and he liked it. But every morning he called with new names to add to the list. The morning it had to go to press he called with five more names. My wife was headed out the door to go to her job, and I said, “Wait, you have to do this before you leave.” She sat down and did it.
Vinyl and Tape Releases
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, Columbia OC 40439 (USA), 14 Jul 1986:
Gerd Rundel's sealed copy has a front sticker promoting "The New Bob Dylan Album". The record has red Columbia labels with the logo in a ring round the circumference and a picture inner sleeve. The front of the inner sleeve has musician credits superimposed over a live picture of Bob on stage in Australia in Feb 1986 with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The rear of the inner sleeve has a long list of credits superimposed over a picture of an as yet unidentified woman - maybe one of Bob's backing singers? Bob is now known to have married backing singer Carolyn Dennis on 4 Jun 1986, so it may be her.
Thanks to David Plentus and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 86326 (UK/Ireland), Aug 1986:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo cassette, CBS 40 86326 (UK), Aug 1986:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 86326 (NL), Jul 1986:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 86326 (Greece), Aug 1986:
This release has the UK sleeve with added Greek information - see below. It has a plain record sleeve and an insert with the pictures from the inner sleeve of other releases - both sides are monochrome. The record has red CBS labels.
Thanks to David Plentus for information and scans.
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS Suzy 86326 (Yugoslavia), Aug 1986:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LPs, CBS/Sony 28AP 3224 (Japan), Aug 1986:
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Wil Gielen for further information and scans.
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS SBP 8191 (Australia), Aug 1986:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS SBP 8191 (New Zealand), Aug 1986:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo cassette releases, CBS PC 8191 (Australia), 1986; CBS 467040 4 (Australia), 1990s:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS CLS-5862 (Mexico), 1986:
The picture from eil.com also has a purple/white sticker on the album cover which looks like a record shop label and isn't present on my copy.
The record has red/yellow labels with written matrix numbers: Side 1 - 0211-17009-1A, Side 2 -0211-17008-1B.
The song titles are translated into Spanish on the cover and on the labels. You Wanna Ramble and Under Your Spell are translated here as "Quieres Pasear" and "Hechizado" while in Costa Rica they were translated as "Quieres Aventurar" and "Bajo Tu Hechizo" (see US & International 7" & 12" Stereo Singles & EPs 1984-86). Others are "Ellos Lo Mataron" [They Killed Him]; "A La Deriva Lejos De la Playa" [Driftin' Too Far from Shore]; Preciosos Recuerdos [Precious Memories]; "Quiza Agun Dia" [Maybe Someday]; "La Chica De Brownsville" [Brownsville Girl]; "Estoy Recuperado" [Got My Mind Made Up].
"Knocked Out Loaded" - promo stereo vinyl LP, Discos CBS 120.811 (Argentina), 1986:
The song titles are translated into Spanish on the labels. All are good translations (says Sergio Magnacca) except "Got My Mind Made Up" which is clumsily translated as "Cambie Mi Forma De Pensar" which means "Changed My Way Of Thinking" (surprisingly similar to the title from Slow Train Coming). You Wanna Ramble is also translated here as "Quieres Pasear" (see the entry for Mexico above).
Information and photos from Sergio Magnacca.
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, Discos CBS 138.685 (Brazil), Aug 1986:
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More information required about this release! It apparently has a credits insert (probably the same as the inner sleeve in other countries). Thanks to Hans Seegers for the entry. |
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS CS-10-547 (Venezuela), 1986:
This very rare release is unusual in that it has the song titles (in English) on the rear sleeve. The sleeve and record were made in Venezuela. The record has red CBS labels with handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CS 10547-A, Side 2 - CS 10547-B. The labels have track titles in English and Spanish (again with varying translations) and the text "CBS/USA" to the left of the centre holes.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
CD Releases
"Knocked Out Loaded" - CD releases, CBS/Sony (Japan), 21 Sep 1986 onwards:
Third release (mid-price): Sony Records SRCS 6341, date?: This release has a black, red, white, blue and yellow obi with price ¥1,800. (Hans Seegers also has a promo of this - scans required.)
Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information and to Rob Cole and Sheiji Murata for scans.
"Knocked Out Loaded" - CD reissue, Columbia CK 40439 (USA/Canada), (dates?):
"Knocked Out Loaded" - CD reissues, CBS CDCBS 86236 (Australia), 1980s; Columbia CDCBS 86236 (Australia), 1990s:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - CD reissue, Columbia COL 467040 2 (Austria for Europe), 1990s:

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