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:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo cassette release, Columbia OCT 40439 (USA), 14 Jul 1986:
This cassette release has a folded insert with the tracklist and musician credits on the reverse. The cassette is light grey with black text, there are no paper labels.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 86326 (UK/Ireland), Aug 1986:
The sleeves of both the UK and Irish releases were made in England by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd. The records come in a printed inner sleeve with two fold-over flaps on the rear. The English record shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS 86326-A1, Side 2 - CBS 86326-B1. The Irish record shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS-86326-A, Side 2 - CBS-86326-B.
CBS 86326 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"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 S 86326 (SE) (Spain), Jul 1986:

CBS S 86326 (SE) (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 86326 (Greece), Aug 1986:
This release has the UK sleeve with added Greek information. 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), 1986:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LPs, CBS/Sony 28AP 3224 (Japan), 24 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 cassette releases, CBS PC 8191 (Australia), 1986; CBS 467040 4 (Australia), 1990s:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS SBP 8191 (New Zealand), Aug 1986:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS/Sony CYA 1194 (Hong Kong), 1986:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo cassette release, Contessa PC 1595 (Indonesia), 1986:
![]() Contessa PC 1595 (Indonesia) - front scan by Lars M. Banke |
This unofficial cassette release contains the eight tracks from
Knocked Out Loaded plus four tracks from Empire Burlesque and
Band Of The Hand from the 1986 MCA film
soundtrack album (R-0182, see 1986). Full details are
in Questionable Releases. Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scan. |
"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 138.685 (Brazil),
Aug 1986:
There was also a cassette release, Discos CBS K7 16685.
This release was made in Brazil. The copy shown is a promo, with a gold embossed promo stamp on the rear sleeve with text "AMOSTRA INVENDAVEL [SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE]" and a promo insert in Portuguese. There is a double-sided insert with the designs from the inner sleeve of other releases above. The record has orange/yellow Discos CBS labels with song titles in English and Portuguese.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Arie de Reus for further information and scans.
"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).
Thanks to Sergio Magnacca for information and photos.
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo cassette release, CBS KNJC-0677 (Chile), 1986:
"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.
"Knocked Out Loaded" - stereo vinyl LP, Columbia/CBS OC 40439 (Dominican Republic), 1986:
This very rare release has the same catalogue number as the US release and a standard US Columbia sleeve, including the bar code. The record has cream CBS labels with blue and black text and was manufactured and distributed by Mu&icor C.X.A.
CD Releases
"Knocked Out Loaded" - CD releases, CBS/Sony 32DP 499 (Japan), 21 Sep 1986, re-released 1989, Sony Records SRCS 6341 (Japan), 22 Sep 1993:
First release: CBS/Sony 32DP 499, 21 Sep 1986: This release has a orange and white obi with black and red panels with black, white and dark red text and price ¥3,200 (this was before sale tax was introduced in Japan- the "32" in the catalogue number indicates the price). The front insert is a 24-page stapled booklet.
Second release: CBS/Sony 32DP 499, 1989: This release is the same as the first release with the orange and white obi, this time with price ¥3,008 (¥2,920 plus sales tax).
Third release (mid-price): Sony Records SRCS 6341, 22 Sep 1993: This release has a black, red, white, blue and yellow obi with price ¥1,800 (¥1,748 plus sale tax). The release date is "93-9-22" (23 Sep 1993) and the withdrawal date is "95-9-21" (21 Sep 1995). The original Japanese release date is shown as "84-8-24" (24 Aug 1984). The copy shown is a promo, with a numbered promo sticker on the rear insert over the barcode, and Japanese characters indicating a sample in the clear centre of the CD.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information and to Rob Cole, Sheiji Murata and Wil Gielen for scans.
"Knocked Out Loaded" - CD release, Columbia CK 40439 (USA/Canada), (dates?):
"Knocked Out Loaded" - CD releases, CBS CDCBS 86326 (Holland/Japan for Europe), 1980s; Columbia COL 467040 2 (Austria for Europe), 1990s:
"Knocked Out Loaded" - CD releases, CBS CDCBS 86236 (Australia), 1980s; Columbia CDCBS 86236 (Australia), 1990s:

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