This section comprises fourteen pages of Dylan mono albums, divided up as shown below, including two multi-year lists by release date. There are also now five pages of Dylan mono 7" singles and EPs. They do not contain rarities or obscurities and are not eligible for the Searching For A Gem list. Nevertheless, their interest value or rarity means they're worth listing here - as far as I know some are not included on any other Internet site.
These pages are still incomplete. If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities -
see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
dealers on my Trading page for assistance!
Revised 06 March, 2008.
Original Mono Releases of Regular Albums
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 Blonde On Blonde (1966) |
 Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967) |
 John Wesley Harding (1968) |
These nine pages list releases of regular Bob Dylan LPs that were separately engineered to create a mix specially for mono (then the most popular format). The last Bob Dylan album to have a separate mono mix has been for many years thought to be Blonde On Blonde, but it now appears that John Wesley Harding had a unique mono mix also. Later mono LPs (up to 1970) were just reductions to mono from the regular stereo mix (left and right channels combined to make a mono channel), and are listed in the "Reductions from Stereo" section below. Mono Bob Dylan LPs are eligible for inclusion on this site because the mono versions of Dylan songs are now unavailable on CD. Mono LPs with rare tracks (e.g. mono versions with significant differences from the album tracks, such as different mixes, edits or fades) are listed in the main chronological pages.
Because of limitations of 1960s stereo record players, stereo LP tracks had
to be considerably mixed down to stop the stylus jumping, and the bass especially
had to be greatly reduced. This means stereo CDs created from the 1960s stereo
LP mixes sound unsatisfactory today. Also, the stereo separation on early Dylan
albums was deliberately exaggerated and sounds very artificial to today's ears
(although this has been addressed in the remastered albums on hybrid SACD and
SACD from 2003 onwards). That's why, until Columbia get
around to reissuing the mono mixes on CD in remastered form, serious Dylan
collectors value the original mono LPs so highly. These mono LPs are being
reissued on 180 gm vinyl by specialist US record label Sundazed
with authorisation from Columbia, and these new editions are listed on the
individual album pages.
Thanks to David Burgess for the UK catalogue numbers - all my mono LPs were stolen when my Manchester flat was burgled in May 1968!
Mono Releases of Regular Albums (Reductions from Stereo)/Mono Compilation Albums
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These three regular albums did not have a unique mono mix, but were created by combining the two stereo channels from the stereo mix. The compilation page of Dylan-only compilations excludes the US release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, listed as a regular album above. The compilation page of Various Artist compilations includes albums with with one of more Dylan tracks.
Mono 7" Singles and EPs
 Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1962-64 |
 Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1965 |
 Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1966-68 |
 Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1969 |
 Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76 |
These five new pages list mono 7" singles and EPs released worldwide up to 1976. 1965 and 1969 have a large number of releases, so have their own pages. Those mono singles released from albums available only in stereo are all mono reductions of stereo tracks. Also note the page of 7" single sleeves - the value of a Dylan 7" single to a serious collector is considerably enhanced if it is in the correct sleeve for its time period, and not in a plain or incorrect sleeve!
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