Audio: International Album Releases (Regular)

Dylan & The Dead (1989)

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.

Under The Red Sky (1990)

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Original US stereo album, Columbia OC 45281 (LP), OCT 45281 (MC), CK 45281 (CD), 12 Sep 1989.

The front cover is a photograph of a graffiti wall by "Trotsky" found on a New York street . This album was remastered by Columbia in 1997 but that remastered edition was never released. Remastered versions of  Shooting Star and Most Of The Time from it appeared in 2000 on the Wonder Boys and High Fidelity soundtrack albums respectively (for Wonder Boys see 2000, for High Fidelity see Released Rarities).

However, this title is now 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. Thanks to Howard Tom for the information that Most Of The Time has a fade-in start on the CD layer but a full-volume start on the SACD layer. This will be added as a rarity if the hybrid SACD release becomes unavailable.

Thanks to Keith Venturoni and Øyvind Svele for information and scans.

Columbia 45281 (USA) - side 1 scan by Keith Venturoni

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and scans.

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.

Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz for information and Hans Seegers for information and scans.

Discos CBS 177.207 (Brazil) - insert scan by Hans Seegers

Discos CBS 177.207 (Brazil) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

Information from Eduardo Gomez Kodela.

This record has red CBS labels with stamped matrix numbers: 01 465800 20 1A1/B1.

There is also an insert, more details required.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information.

This record also has red CBS labels with stamped matrix numbers: 01 465800 20 1A1/B1.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

This Canadian release shown is exactly the same as the US CD release of CK 45281 apart from the "Made in Canada" information on the rear insert and CD. The front insert is a single folded card.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information that the US release came in a "long box" - scans required.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the CD scan.

CBS 465800 2 (Europe) - rear insert

This CD has a white, grey, black, blue and carmine-red obi with price ¥2,300.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information.

This reissue release has a silver CD with black/red text. The CD has "Columbia" but the inserts still say "CBS". The front insert is a single folded card. This release was replaced by the hybrid SACD release in 2003.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information and to Stuart Moore for scans.

Columbia 465800 2 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Stuart Moore

The SACD design reproduces the type of orange Columbia US stereo vinyl label used in 1989, with the Columbia logo in a ring round the circumference.

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 SACD release. It has a black/white/blue on red obi with price ¥2,520. There is also a promo release with numbered promo stickers - scans of both required. Thanks to Stuart Moore for scans of the Australian release.

Columbia CH 90316 (USA/Canada) - hybrid SACD

Columbia 512343 6 (Australia) - inside of digipak, scan by Stuart Moore

The Japanese release comes in a card sleeve reproducing the LP sleeve with a top obi. There is a folded booklet containing Japanese language sleeve notes plus lyrics in English and Japanese. The CD itself is in a paper inner sleeve reproducing the LP inner sleeve.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information.

Apparently it was only available at performances by Wolfgang Niedecken in Germany in Oct/Nov 2005 when he read excerpts from the audiobook (published in Germany by Hoffman und Campe) and played Dylan songs.

Thanks to Ronald Born for information and scans.

Columbia 512343 2 (Germany) - front of digipak unfolded, scan by Ronald Born