Audio: International Album Releases (Regular)

Dylan & The Dead (1989)

This page is part of a list 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 no longer in the former 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 . The rear photo of Bob in the panama hat is credited to "Suzie Q", presumably his dresser/wardrobe mistress Suzie Pullen. 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/SA-CD. This is playable both in stereo on an ordinary CD player and in enhanced stereo on an SA-CD player or a DVD player that also plays SA-CDs (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 SA-CD layer. This will be added as a rarity if the hybrid SA-CD release becomes unavailable.

For a test pressing of Down In The Groove from CBS Records Inc, Carrollton, GA; with a different track listing and eventually withdrawn rarities, see 1987.

Thanks to Nol Grint for information and scans.

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

Variant insert scan by Øyvind Svele

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

The record has red Columbia labels and handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL 45281-IA DMM, Side 2 - BL 45281-IIA DMM.

Thanks to Hans Seegers and Gerd Rundel for information and scans. Thanks especially to Gerd for opening his sealed copy!

Columbia OC 45281 (USA) - inner sleeve front, scan by Gerd Rundel with Dirk and Uli Weitz

Columbia OC 45281 (USA) - inner sleeve rear, scan by Gerd Rundel with Dirk and Uli Weitz

Columbia OC 45281 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel with Dirk and Uli Weitz

Columbia OC 45281 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel with Dirk and Uli Weitz

Columbia OC 45281 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel with Dirk and Uli Weitz

The Dutch record comes in a picture inner sleeve with the song titles and musician credits on the front and a pattern on the reverse. There's a small cut-out at the top of  the rear of the Dutch inner sleeve which doesn't appear to be present on the US and Australian inner sleeves. The record has red CBS labels and stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 465800 20 1A1, Side 2 - 465800 20 1B1. Gerd Rundel's copy has "CB 291" in a lozenge below the bar code at top right of the rear sleeve - on Nol Grint's copy this has been covered with a sticker with "CB 321".

Thanks to Gerd Rundel and Nol Grint for information and scans.

CBS 465800 1 (NL) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel

CBS 465800 1 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel

CBS 465800 1 (NL) - inner sleeve front scan by Gerd Rundel

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and scans.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

CBS 465800 1 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 465800 1 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers

CBS 465800 1 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers

CBS/Gong SLPXL 37357 (Hungary) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

Thanks to Stuart Moore and Bill Hester for information and scans.

CBS 465800 1 (Australia) - rear scan by Stuart Moore

CBS ASF 3297 (South Africa) - rear scan by Nol Grint

This release has a lyrics insert and the record has orange/yellow Discos CBS labels. The song titles are in English only.

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

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

Discos CBS 177.207 (Brazil) - front of 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.

CBS CPL-1022 (South Korea) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

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 as the European release below.

Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and scans. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information that the US release came in a "long box" and to Gerd Rundel for scans. Gerd was assisted by Thomas Haegele, Uli Arlt and Uwe Paul.

Columbia CK 45281 (USA) - detail of rear of long box, scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia CK 45281 (Canada) - CD scan by Jack

Columbia CK 45281 (USA) - detail of rear of long box, scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia CK 45281 (USA) - rear photo by Gerd Rundel

Columbia CK 45281 (Canada) - rear scan by Jack

Columbia CK 45281 (USA) - detail of rear, photo by Gerd Rundel

Columbia CK 45281 (Canada) - detail of rear, scan by Jack

CBS 465800 2 (Europe) - inside of front insert

CBS 465800 2 (Europe) - rear insert

This CD has a red-brown, white and blue obi with black and white text with price ¥2,300 and date "E-10-19" (19 Oct 1989). "E" is the year letter indicating 1989, see International Albums (Regular) for full details of Japanese CD date codes from 1984 to 1991. There is a four page folded insert in English plus a second insert in English and Japanese that folds out. The copy shown is a promo with a promo panel on the rear insert and Japanese characters indicating a promo in the clear centre of the CD itself. As far as I know, this album was not released on vinyl in Japan.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information and to Wil Gielen for further information and scans.

CBS/Sony CSCS 5058 (Japan) - promo CD scan by Wil Gielen

Thanks to Hans Seegers for the information.

Columbia 465800 2 (Australia) - inside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore

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

Thanks to Hans Seegers for further information and scan.

This release is housed in a two-fold digipak and the hybrid disc contains both a CD version and an SA-CD stereo version. There is no booklet. The SA-CD 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.

Columbia CH 90316 (USA/Canada) - inside of digipak showing CD tray

Columbia CH 90316 (USA/Canada) - hybrid SA-CD

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

Sony Music MHCP 10015 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Keith Schweiger (promo release)

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information.

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.

Sony Music MHCP-382 (Japan) - front of inner sleeve

Columbia 512343 2 (Germany ) - CD scan by Ronald Born

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