This is the first part of a separate multi-year list by release date of commercially-released Bob Dylan stereo compilation albums (including Greatest Hits albums with non-standard tracklists) that have been referred to me but do not qualify for my Searching For A Gem list because they contain only performances which are all available on officially released Dylan albums. 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. Thanks to Hans Seegers for all the exclusive CBS Japanese releases, etc.! Promo-only Dylan compilation albums are now included here also. Because of the large number of entries, releases of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits with the UK tracklist are now here. For the US 1967 Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits album see International Albums (Regular.
Other International Albums and Compilations are now here:
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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 26 January, 2024.
Bob Dylan Compilations
For the other parts of this list, see the links above. This list now includes albums with the title Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (various Volumes) with non-standard tracklists. For Greatest Hits albums with the standard US tracklists see International Albums (Regular). There are also several international Bob Dylan compilation albums such as The Essential Bob Dylan which contain rarities in the main Searching For A Gem list.
1964
"Bob Dylan In Concert" - Columbia acetates 77182 (stereo), LP: Columbia CS-9102 (USA - stereo), 1964:
 Columbia CS-9102 (USA) - stereo front sleeve (no mono front sleeve has yet surfaced), picture from Jeff Gold, www.recordmecca.com |
Detailed information about this cancelled 1964 live album and its two proposed tracklists is now here. |
1965
"Bob Dylan!" - stereo vinyl album, CBS YS-537-C (Japan), Dec 1965:
Every original CBS Japanese album release is listed here or in
International
Albums (Regular). All Japanese Dylan releases before 1968, when Sony took over Columbia/CBS,
were exclusive to the country, and very different from other countries' releases
in both packaging and content. They were all in stereo. All these Japanese CBS
releases are very collectable and come with unique inserts and booklets.
 CBS YS-537-C (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers/David Olmsted |
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 CBS YS-537-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS YS-537-C (Japan) - front and rear of obi, scans by David Olmsted |
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 CBS YS-537-C (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Scott Smith (promo release) |
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This release, in the "College Folk Series" and Bob's first in Japan, uses the Times They Are A-Changin' sleeve but has no songs from that album! The promo and commercial releases of the album have the same sleeve. There was a red/white obi (a paper band which slips over the sleeve) with price ¥2,000. A copy still with an obi is today very hard to find. The record was in a picture inner sleeve with cutaway bottom corners and pictures of contemporary Columbia Japan albums.
Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; Mr. Tambourine Man; Corrina, Corrina; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; On The Road Again
Side 2: Blowin' In The Wind; Bob Dylan's Blues; Don't Think Twice; It's All Right; Talking World War (the "III Blues" is omitted from the title); Masters Of War; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
All are the regular album versions. For a promo version of this album with Side 1 only see below.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Scott Smith, Gerd Rundel and David Olmsted for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan!/The Best of Stonewall Jackson/" - promo vinyl album, CBS YS-537-C/Y-538-C (Japan), Dec 1965:
A strange combination! It is housed in the standard sleeve for the first
Japanese Bob Dylan album (see above).
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CBS YS-537-C/Y-538-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; Mr. Tambourine Man; Corrina, Corrina; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; On The Road Again All are the regular album versions. Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans and information. |
 Side 1 of this Japanese promo album - Side 1 of CBS Y-537-C (Bob Dylan), scan by Hans Seegers |
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 The Best Of Stonewall Jackson, picture from www.amazon.com (US "Collector's Choice" release) |
1966
 CBS S 62694 (NL) - scan by Wim van der Mark (1960s release) |
This unique album was the first Dylan Dutch stereo release and was released in stereo only. It had a different front sleeve picture (by Jerry Schatzberg) and tracklist from the US and UK versions released in 1967 (see here and below). |
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 CBS S 62694 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (1960s release) |
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 CBS S 62 694 (NL) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (1970s/1980s releases - first design) |
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 CBS S 62 694 (NL) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (1970s/1980s releases - second design) |
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Some sources give the release date as 1967, but there are no tracks from Blonde On Blonde included, so the 27 Mar 1966 date may be accurate. However, Tom Willems now thinks that the album was not finally released in the Netherlands until early 1967. See the 1967 Dutch Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 and Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. III below.
Tracklisting:
Side 1: Blowin' In The Wind; Don't Think Twice It's Alright; Queen Jane Approximately; Maggie's Farm; Mr. Tambourine Man; Bob Dylan's Blues
Side 2: The Times They Are A-Changin'; It Ain't Me, Babe; Subterranean Homesick Blues; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Like A Rolling Stone; Highway 61 Revisited
The rear sleeve illustrates six Bob Dylan albums up to Highway 61 Revisited.
The record of Gerd Rundel's first release copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - S 62694-1, Side 2 - S 62694-2.
The album was released three times in the 1970s and 1980s with orange/yellow CBS labels. The first variant has a rear sleeve with the CBS logo and catalogue number (same as on the front: "CBS S 62694", even though on the record labels it is just "CBS 62694") plus "NL Printed in Holland" printed vertically at bottom right; the second rear sleeve has "54" in a circle at top right below the CBS logo and "LC 0149" in a capsule at bottom; the third variant is the same as the second except that it has "57" instead of "54" in a circle at top right below the CBS logo. The copy of the record shown of the 1970s release has matrix numbers: Side 1 - S-62694-2A-3 (stamped), Side 2 - S 62694-2 (handwritten).
There were also releases in the 1970s with variant rear sleeves as shown above and 1970s style orange/yellow labels. Tony Anderson's copy, with catalogue number CBS S 62 694, looks similar to the 1970s German "Stern Musik" album below without the Stern logo.
The album was re-released in the mid-1980s with red CBS labels. The front sleeve is different in that there is the shadow of what appears to be a gold disc underneath the track titles. Gerd Rundel's copy, however, has a sleeve that is exactly the same as Manuel's listed third design above with “57” in a circle at rear top right and no shadow on the front. The record of this copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 01-62694-3A-1, Side 2 - CBS 01-62694-3B-3.
Thanks to Wim van der Mark, Jurgen Vreugdenhil, Patrick Helfrich, Manuel García Jara and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo vinyl compilation LP, CBS S 62 694 (West Germany), Jun-Jul 1966; CBS S 62 694 (NL for West Germany), 1970s:
 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - front picture from www.eil.com (Stern Musik 1960s releases) |
The unique Dutch compilation was also released in West Germany as a "Stern Musik" Record Club edition in June or July 1966. It may also have been imported into the Netherlands. The sleeve has the "Stern Musik" logo on the front and back, and the logo is also on the record labels (variant 1). Patrick Helfrich has a copy of the "Stern Musik" release with a different label design with a different placement of the "Stern Musik" logo (variant 2). Gerd Rundel's variant 1 copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 639603-2 A, S62694-2 A, Side 2 - 639603-2 B, S62694-2 B. The variant 2 copy shown has the same matrix numbers with “Made in Germany” additionally stamped opposite to the matrix numbers. Simon Blokker's scan shows this. |
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 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - inner sleeve front scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (Stern Musik 1960s release variant 2) |
CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - spine scan by
Lars M. Banke
(Stern Musik 1960s release variants 1 and 2)
CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - spine scan by
Lars M. Banke
(alternate sleeve for Stern Musik 1960s release variant 1)
The sleeves of both 1960s variants have text on the spine: "STERNMUSIK CBS S 62 694 BOB DYLAN's GREATEST HITS". However, Lars M. Banke has a sleeve variant of the variant 1 release with text on the spine: "BOB DYLAN's GREATEST HITS STERNMUSIK CBS S 62 694".
Sergio Mariano Romay has a copy that comes in the inner picture sleeve shown with eight pictures of contemporary CBS Germany albums on each side, including CBS S 62 694 on the front. This sleeve has a transparent plastic inner lining.
 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - detail of rear, scan by Patrick Helfrich (1970s release, variant 1, no number in circle) |
Patrick Helfrich has three 1970s releases where the record has orange/yellow CBS labels and was made in Holland, the rear sleeves are equivalent to the Dutch releases above. |
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 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - detail of rear, scan by Patrick Helfrich (1970s release, variant 3, "57" in circle) |
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Harald Sigvartsen comments: "As many of us now know, and speaking for myself only found out reading this on your website, there were three Dutch Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits albums released back in 1966/1967. The first one also subtitled “Nobody sings Dylan Like Dylan” – a fact that far too many won’t acknowledge even today. This album was also released later in a few other countries. But as far as I can see this first Dutch Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits has never been released on CD, maybe not even been bootlegged, though the other two were given official release on CD.
My next issue is Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Vo. II, the Dutch release from 1967. On this release we also find the song One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later), and also here the title is shortened to “One Us Must Know”. This is the case with all subsequent releases of this album, including the CD version I have in my own collection – and, again, is how I came to notice this piece of information. This, I think, is worth pointing out.
One other thing, while speaking of this release, is actually the album’s title – which is rather confusing if one takes a closer look at the release. On the front and rear of the album the title is Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits 2, while on the label the title is – as it is on the CD release’s spine, and inside of inlay card – Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Vol. II. The first pressing had this on the label: Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits - Vol. II, but that’s really a minor difference in my opinion. The main issue here is rather the difference in title from the album’s cover and the label itself. If I’m not mistaken, this fact has never really been pointed out. So maybe it’s time now to acknowledge this difference in the album’s title?
The third Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, originally released in The Netherlands, has actually never been released on CD in Europe, but only in Australia. Should this fact be underlined? Again, mostly for the sake of completeness and clarification of information regarding CD releases of this album?
Should it also be pointed out that the two latter releases weren’t “sequels” to the US (and UK) Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits, but to the 1966 Dutch release? One can get the impression when seeing the CDs, at least, that they were only released to “cash in” on the popularity of the first Greatest Hits collection. And three of the songs were both on the US (and UK) Greatest Hits and the Dutch Greatest Hits Vol. II. Back then this must have been very confusing and illogical, but the fact that the latter album were a “sequel” to the aforementioned Dutch album (and middle part of a “trilogy” of Dutch Greatest Hits albums) wasn’t I think neither in the public awareness nor known to others than die-hard fans of Bob Dylan."
Thanks to Patrick Helfrich, Gerd Rundel, Simon Blokker, Sergio Mariano Romay, Tom Willems and Arie de Reus for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo vinyl compilation LP (Club Edition), CBS 62694/CBSCL 32144-8 (NL for West Germany), early 1980s:
 CBS 62694/CBSCL 32144-8 (NL for West Germany) - front scan by Ronald Born |
This late 1970s/early 1980s release was
made for a different German record club. As well as catalogue number "CBS
62694" it has the text "CLUB-EDITION CBSCL 32144-8" on both the rear sleeve
and the record labels. There is a green record club sticker on the front
sleeve with German text "Wähl frei - nimm 2 (zwei) für's Quartal [Free
choice - take 2 for the Quarter]". The rear sleeve has the "LC|0149" capsule
at bottom right as well as "NL
printed in holland". The record labels are orange/yellow and also
have "MADE IN HOLLAND" in the circumference text. Thanks to Gerd Rundel for identifying the club as the Bertelsmann Club, where members could buy books, records and videos at a reduced price. The Bruce Springsteen album Born In The USA was released by the Bertelsmann Club in Germany with red CBS record labels and club catalogue number "CBSCL 32 308-9" in 1984, so this release could be from 1982-3. |
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 CBS 62694/CBSCL 32144-8 (NL for West Germany) - detail of front, scan by Ronald Born |
 CBS 62694/CBSCL 32144-8 (NL for West Germany) - rear scan by Ronald Born |
 CBS 62694/CBSCL 32144-8 (NL for West Germany) - detail of rear, scan by Ronald Born |
 CBS 62694/CBSCL 32144-8 (NL for West Germany) - Side 1 scan by Ronald Born |
 CBS 62694/CBSCL 32144-8 (NL for West Germany) - detail of Side 1, scan by Ronald Born |
 CBS 62694/CBSCL 32144-8 (NL for West Germany) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born |
CBS 62694/CBSCL 32144-8 (NL for West Germany) -
detail of rear, scan by Ronald Born
Thanks to Ronald Born and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS S 62694 (Greece), 1973:
 CBS S 62694 (Greece) - front scan by Arie de Reus |
 CBS S 62694 (Greece) - rear scan by Arie de Reus |
 CBS S 62694 (Greece) - detail of rear, scan by Arie de Reus |
 CBS S 62694 (Greece) - Side 1 scan by Arie de Reus |
 CBS S 62694 (Greece) - Side 2 scan by Arie de Reus |
This 1973 album is the same as the 1966 Dutch version of Greatest Hits (see above). The rear sleeve shows six Dylan albums up to Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid. On the rear sleeve the record sides are given the German names "Seite A" and "Seite B". The record has dark-red 1960s-style CBS labels with stamped matrix numbers S 62694-A/B.
Confusing, there were also Greatest Hits releases in Greece with the UK tracklist (see here) and the US tracklist (see International Albums (Regular).
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Arie de Reus for scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo cassette release, CBS 40-62694 (NL), 1978:
 CBS 40-62694 (NL) - outside of insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 40-62694 (NL) - alternate outside of insert, scan by Tom Willems |
 CBS 40-62694 (NL) - inside of insert, scan by Tom Willems |
 CBS 40-62694 (NL) - Side 1 scan by Tom Willems |
 CBS 40-62694 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Tom Willems |
This stereo cassette release of the Dutch 1966 Greatest Hits album is dated 1977 on the cassette and 1978 on the rear of the cassette insert. The cassette is light grey with black text. There were two outside insert designs with the same inside and cassette, the plainer design is the first.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Tom Willems for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo vinyl LP releases, Amiga 8 55 680 (German Democratic Republic/East Germany), 1980:
 Amiga 8 55 680 (East Germany) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This rare album is the only widely available commercial release from East Germany - the 1967 mono Bob Dylan album release (actually The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan), see Mono Album Releases, was for a record club only. |
 Amiga 8 55 680 (East Germany) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Amiga 8 55 680 (East Germany) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers |
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CBS S 62694 (NL, 1966) - scan by Wim van der Mark |
This album has the same tracklist as the Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits album released in Holland in 1966, and uses a variant of the sleeve (shown above right for comparison).
It was pressed at the Amiga pressing plant in Potsdam-Babelsberg, East Berlin, under licence from CBS Records International, Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, and has a fragile unlaminated sleeve. The German sleeve notes were written by Manfred Wagenbreth, pictured above with Searching for a Gem contributor Ronald Born at Beulbar, Germany, 13 May 2014. Gerd Rundel's 1980 copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 8 55 680-1A, Side 2 - 8 55 680-2A. The album was re-released in 1989 with the original dark purple labels replaced by blue. It was also released on cassette, see below.
Thanks to Wim van der Mark, Hans Seegers, Gerd Rundel, Manuel García Jara and Ronald Born for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo cassette releases, Amiga 055 680 (German Democratic Republic/East Germany), Dec 1979, re-released 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985:
 Amiga 055 680 (East Germany) - cassette insert scan by Manuel García Jara |
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This cassette version of the above Amiga LP was first released in Dec 1979 with 25,000 copies. More copies were released in 1980, 1981, 1983 and 1985, making 75,700 in total. There are several variations of cassette (three are shown), all with the same insert.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Ronald Born for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Suzy S 62 694 (Yugoslavia), 1982:
 CBS/Suzy S 62 694 (Yugoslavia) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
This 1982 album again has the same tracklist as the Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits album released in Holland in 1966. It has the original Dutch rear sleeve design with six Bob Dylan albums up to Highway 61 Revisited. It was made in Yugoslavia by Suzy Records of Zagreb (now Croatia) on behalf of CBS Records. The record has orange CBS/Suzy labels dated 1982. The record of the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side1 - 62694 A, Side 2 - 62694 B. For the second Yugoslav CBS/Suzy LP release in this series, also released in 1982, see below. |
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 CBS/Suzy S 62 694 (Yugoslavia) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara |
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The 1967 compilation Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits with the UK front design but the US tracklist was released in Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo cassette release, CBS/Suzy 40-62694 (Yugoslavia), 1982:
 CBS/Suzy 40-62694 (Yugoslavia) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 40-62694 (Yugoslavia) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 40-62694 (Yugoslavia) - cassette Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
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This is the cassette equivalent of the CBS/Suzy LP release above. The cassette is black with yellow CBS/Suzy paper labels. There is a song title mistake: Highway 61 Revisited is listed as "Highway 61 Revised" on the outside and inside of the insert and on the Side 2 cassette label.
For the second Yugoslav CBS/Suzy cassette release in this series, also released in 1982, see below.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo vinyl LP release, CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslovakia), 1987:
 CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslovakia) - front (my copy) |
This 1987 album again has the same tracklist as the Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits album released in Holland in 1966. It was manufacture in Czechoslovakia and distributed by Supraphon on behalf of CBS. The front sleeve still has the Dutch catalogue number, "CBS S 62 694". The rear sleeve has a new blue design, with sleeve notes in Czech and song titles in English and Czech. There is a price sticker of 280 Czech Koruny, which must have been a collector's resale price, as the original price printed on the record labels is 80 Czech Koruny. The record has orange labels with song titles in English and Czech and is dated "87 1" (first half of 1987). The record of the copy shown has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - "E 7763/A II A 13", Side 2 - "E 7764/A 7 C 13". |
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 CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslovakia) - rear |
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 CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of rear |
 CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of rear |
 CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 1 |
 CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of Side 1 |
 CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of Side 2 |
 CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 2 |
Many thanks to Lukáš Berný for the album! Thanks also to Simon Blokker for information.
"Bob Dylan Vol. 2" - stereo vinyl compilation LP, CBS YS-585-C (Japan), Mar 1966:
 CBS YS-585-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS YS-585-C (Japan) - rear of obi, scan by David Olmsted |
 CBS YS-585-C (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS YS-585-C (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
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This release, also in the CBS Japan "College Folk Series", uses the sleeve of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan this time, but like the 1965 Bob Dylan! CBS Japan release which used the sleeve of The Times They Are A-Changin' has no songs from that album! It has a red and white obi (a paper band which slips over the sleeve) with price ¥2,000 and a pink card insert. A copy that still has its obi is today very hard to find. Thanks to Moise Potié for translating the pink card, which is a "Bonus Record Exchange Card" for the "Columbia Stereo Club" with an order form and a music fan survey to complete on the reverse.
Tracklisting:
Side 1: Highway 61 Revisited; Tombstone Blues; It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry; From A Buick 6 (not the 1965 out-take release R-0046 that also appeared on later Sony Japanese releases, see 1965); Ballad Of A Thin Man
Side 2: Queen Jane Approximately; Maggie's Farm; Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues; Desolation Row
All are the regular album versions - as can be seen, this is Highway 61 Revisited, but with Like A Rolling Stone (released on the first Japanese Bob Dylan album in 1965) replaced by Maggie's Farm from Bringing It All Back Home!
Thanks to Hans Seegers and David Olmsted for scans and information.
 CBS YS-611-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This release, with an exclusive anachronistic sleeve, is the regular 1962 Bob Dylan
album with the tracks reordered! For full details, see
International
Albums (Regular). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
 CBS YS-641-C (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
This release, with an exclusive anachronistic sleeve, is the regular 1964 The
Times They Are A-Changin' album! For full details, see
International
Albums (Regular). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
 CBS YS-672-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This release, with an exclusive sleeve, is actually the first part of Blonde
On Blonde. For full details, see
International
Albums (Regular). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
"Gaumont Theatre Sheffield/Free Trade Hall Manchester" - four single-sided acetates, Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, TN (USA), 1966:
 Acetate 1 - picture from "On The Tracks", 1999, scan by C P Lee |
The first two pictures are of single-sided
acetates described in an article in "On The Tracks" in 1999. They are both
Manchester, England, 17 May 1966, but exact track lists are not known. The second two single-sided acetates were found by Annie West in Oct 2004. One is from Sheffield, England, 16 May 1966, and contains It's All Over Now, Baby Blue and Desolation Row. The second is from Manchester, 17 May 1966. She says: "I'm in Sligo Ireland by the way, and the story of the acetates is that they came from Bob Johnston when he was here producing an album for the Waterboys. He gave them away (after trying to sell them) and they ended up in my house where I found them at the very bottom of a box full of albums for throwing out!" |
 Acetate 2 - picture from "On The Tracks", 1999, scan by C P Lee |
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 Acetate 4 - Manchester, 17 May 1966, scan by Annie West |
Thanks to Arie de Reus for the information that Acetate 4 has One Too Many Mornings (final part), Ballad Of A Thin Man; Like A Rolling Stone.
For the long-awaited release of the Manchester 1966 concert in 1998 as The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966 - The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert, see International Albums (Regular).
For performances included in 1991 on a CD with Il Dizionario del Rock, an Italian part-work magazine, which are probably from the Manchester Free Trade Hall concert, see Questionable Releases.
Thanks to Annie West, C P Lee and Arie de
Reus for
information and scans. Annie is a renowned artist and illustrator, to find
her, see here
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"Live Set UK 1966" - double-sided Emidisc test pressing, CBS (UK), 1966:
 Side 1 photo from eBay |
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for finding this Emidisc UK 8-track double-side test pressing on eBay. (Emidisc was the most popular brand of vinyl blanks used by the recording industry throughout the UK, there is no EMI connection.) It has four tracks per side and is the live set from a UK May 1966 concert, most probably Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 17 May 1966. |
 Side 2 photo from eBay |
"The Bob Dylan Story" - promo and commercial vinyl stereo 2LP sets, CBS YS-696~7-C (Japan), Nov 1966:
 CBS YS-696~7-C (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
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This incredibly rare double album compilation, in an exclusive gatefold sleeve, was actually released in Japan between the two parts of Blonde On Blonde! (see International Albums (Regular). It has a red paper band obi with black and white text and price ¥3,800. To find a copy these days with the obi is almost impossible! The records are numbered "YS-696-C" and "YS-697-C" and are titled The Bob Dylan Story - 1 and The Bob Dylan Story - 2. The promo records have white labels with Japanese characters indicating a promo, the commercial records have orange CBS labels.
Side 1: House Of The Risin' Sun; Song To Woody; Gospel Plow; Talkin' New York; Talkin World War III Blues; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Side 2: Blowin' In The Wind; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Only A Pawn In Their Game; All I Really Want To Do; It Ain't Me, Babe
Side 3: Mr. Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Like A Rolling Stone; It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding); It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Side 4: Highway 61 Revisited; Positively 4th Street; Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (mono); One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later); Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; I Want You
Positively 4th Street is either the stereo mix at 3:56 from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits or the slightly extended 4:12 stereo mix, first released on a 1966 record club album called Disco Teen 66. The latest remastered CD edition of this US release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (including the 2012 Steve Hoffman remix) contains this slightly longer 4:12 mix, but the 3:56 mix is still available on Biograph.
I previously misreported that Side 4 of this album had the stereo version of Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? - this is now confirmed to be the "standard" mono version, as found on Biograph (1985, remastered CD release 1997) and the 2000/2001 Essential Bob Dylan/Ultimate Bob Dylan compilations. The only occurrence of the stereo version R-0513 was on a CBS stereo acetate, see 1965. (The CBS Spanish 7" EP and singles released in 1972 are now proved to have the track in mispressed mono, not stereo.) The single version released in Nov 2015 on the 18CD Collector's Edition of The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 (CD10, track 12) is in stereo and has been remixed from the original tapes. R-0513 will still remain a rarity, because of the limited availability of this massive set.
All other tracks are the regular album versions.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
1967
"Greatest Hits" - stereo compilation LP, CBS SBPG 62847 (UK),
Dec 1966/Jan 1967, plus various worldwide releases; digitally remastered 30th
Anniversary CD re-release, Columbia 460907 9 (Spain)/ CBS/Sony 460907 9 (Spain), 1997:
The release date of this album is usually given as 1967 because it entered the
UK album charts on 14 Jan 1967. However, Brian Grist thinks he first saw the
album on sale between 26 and 31 Dec 1966. The album is also listed on the
1967
page because it contains rarities, including a unique 2:06 edit of Rainy Day
Women #12 & 35 from Blonde On Blonde! Because of the large number of releases, both
in the UK and eight other countries, full
details are now here. Unlike the US
mono Greatest Hits release, which was separately compiled from mono
tracks, the mono version of this album is a reduction from stereo, and can be
found in Mono Dylan-Only Compilation Albums
1960s.
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This album has the same serial number as the 1967 French release with the US tracklist (see International Albums (Regular), but had a different front sleeve picture (again by Jerry Schatzberg) and a different tracklist from the US version - Positively 4th Street is missing (which means that every track here had previously appeared on LP in the UK), but is replaced by She Belongs To Me. (This swap was reversed on the second Greatest Hits UK and US vinyl albums in 1971, see International Album Releases (Dylan-Only Compilations) 1970s!) There are two additional tracks: It's All Over Now, Baby Blue and One Of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later). |
 CBS S 62847 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers (also sold in Holland and elsewhere with Spanish record labels!) |
 Columbia 460907 9 (UK) - front of CD jewel case with sticker (my copy) |
 CBS/Sony 460907 9 (Spain) - front of sealed CD copy, scan by Dag Braathen |
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 CBS S 62847 (Spain) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS SBPG 62847 (Kenya) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
This compilation was released in Italy as Il Meglio Di Bob Dylan N. 1 [The Best Of Bob Dylan No. 1] in 1976, see International Album Releases (Dylan-only Compilations 1970s).
There are many more LP, 8-track tape cartridge and compact cassette releases of this album with the 12 song UK tracklist listed here.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Tom Willems and Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Blonde On Blonde: Bob Dylan! Vol. 6" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS YS-748-C (Japan), Mar 1967:
 CBS YS-748-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This release, again with an exclusive sleeve, is the belated second part of Blonde
On Blonde. For full details, see
International
Albums (Regular). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
CBS S 62911 (NL), Mar 1967 (two variants)/CBS 62911 (NL), 1970s:
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CBS S 62911 (NL) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (1960s and 1970s releases) |
Like the first Dutch Greatest Hits (see above), this album had a quirky tracklist:
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 CBS S 62911 (NL) - Side 1 scan by Ronald Born (1970s release) |
 CBS S 62911 (NL) - detail of Side 2, scan by Gerd Rundel (both 1960s releases - "ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARY" mistake) |
 CBS S 62911 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Ronald Born (1970s release - "ABSOLUTELY SWEET MARY" mistake corrected) |
 CBS S 62911 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born (1970s release) |
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Gerd Rundel's Dutch copy has a sleeve that is laminated front and back and orange CBS labels. The rear sleeve has "NL" printed vertically at bottom right and is monochrome only. The Dutch record has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 599287 A, S 62911 A, Side 2 - 599287 B, S 62911 B.
Sergio Mariano Romay's copy was also made in Holland and the front sleeve and record labels are the same as those of Gerd Rundel's copy. The rear sleeve has three differences from that of Gerd Rundel's copy: there is a "B" in a circle at top right, the vertically printed "NL" is missing at bottom right, and the two lines of text starting “A Stereo Pickup of…” have been shifted to the right edge. The handwritten matrix numbers of this copy are: Side 1 - S 62911-A (plus a “club” symbol), Side 2 - S 62911-B.
Ronald Born's 1970s copy has a sleeve is that is exactly the same as for Sergio Mariano Romay's second release. The record now has orange/yellow labels. The prefix "S" is now missing from the labels, and on the Side 2 label they've corrected the "Mary" mistake (but not on the rear sleeve of course).
For the third Dutch Greatest Hits album, see below and 1967.
CBS 62911 (NL), 1980s:
 CBS 62911 (NL) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release) |
The record of the 1980s release now has red CBS labels. The “S” in the catalogue number is now missing on the sleeve and the record labels. |
 CBS 62911 (NL) - detail of front, scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release - no "CBS" logo, compare with 1960s/70s releases above) |
 CBS 62911 (NL) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release) |
 CBS 62911 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release - new codes, no "STEREO"/arrows") |
 CBS 62911 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release - "LC|0149" code, still "Mary" mistake) |
 CBS 62911 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release) |
 CBS 62911 (NL) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release) |
 CBS 62911 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release) |
 CBS 62911 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release) |
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“Absolutely Sweet Marie” is correct on the 1980s Side 2 label as on the 1970s Side 2 label above, but still wrongly titled ”Absolutely Sweet Mary” on the rear sleeve as shown. The sleeve has some differences from earlier releases: there is no CBS logo on the front, just “62911” in light green at top left; the “STEREO”/arrows logo on the rear sleeve is now missing but there is a “57” in a circle plus "CB|271" in a rectangle at top right; also "LC|0149" is in a capsule at bottom right of the rear sleeve. The record of this copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 01-62911-1A-1 (stamped), Side 2 - S 62911-B5 (handwritten).
Was there a late 1980s/early 1990s LP release with catalogue number 471243 1?
Thanks to Wim van der Mark, Jack from Canada, Gerd Rundel and Ronald Born for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2" - stereo compilation cassette release, Columbia 471243 4 (NL), early 1990s (two releases):
 Columbia 471243 4 (NL) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Pierre van der Pol (first release with "Mary" mistake) |
The
first folded insert
has the tracklist, barcode, “Chrome Tape” and the new Columbia catalogue number,
471243 4, still dated 1967. Absolutely Sweet Marie
is still misspelled as “Mary” on both sides of the
insert and the Side 2 label. The first cassette is black with dark red Columbia
labels including text “Made in Holland” and “BIEM/STEMRA”. The second Columbia 471243 4 release has a completely different insert and cassette. Absolutely Sweet Marie is now correct on both sides of the insert, and the cassette now does not have song titles. The second cassette is grey with black text printed directly on to it, there are no paper labels. There must be earlier Dutch cassette releases! |
 Columbia 471243 4 (NL) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Pierre van der Pol (first release with "Mary" mistake) |
 Columbia 471243 4 (NL) - cassette Side 1 scan by Pierre van der Pol (first release) |
 Columbia 471243 4 (NL) - cassette Side 2 scan by Pierre van der Pol (first release with "Mary" mistake) |
 Columbia 471243 4 (NL) - outside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (second release with "Marie" correct) |
 Columbia 471243 4 (NL) - inside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (second release with "Marie" correct) |
 Columbia 471243 4 (NL) - cassette Side 1 photocopy by Paul Shenton (second release) |
 Columbia 471243 4 (NL) - cassette Side 2 photocopy by Paul Shenton (second release) |
Thanks to Pierre van der Pol and Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2" - stereo compilation LP release, CBS S 62 911 (West Germany), Mar 1967:
 CBS S 62911 (West Germany) - LP front scan by Gerd Rundel |
Gerd Rundel's West German copy also has a sleeve that is laminated front and back and orange CBS labels (with the catalogue number shown as "CBS S 62 911"). The rear sleeve has some text in pink and "Made in Germany" at bottom right. Absolutely Sweet Marie is again misspelled as "Mary" on both the rear sleeve and the Side 2 record label. The German record has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - S 62911 A 599287 A, Side 2 - S 62911 B 599287 B. Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans. |
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 CBS S 62911 (West Germany) - detail of LP rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 CBS S 62 911 (West Germany) - LP Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
"Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits 2" - promo and commercial stereo/mono LP releases, CBS Sugar S 62911 (Italy), 22 Jul 1971:
 CBS Sugar S 62911 (Italy) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (promo and commercial copies) |
This album has the same sleeve and tracklist as the 1967 Dutch release above. It was released in Italy in 1971 and it was made by CBS Sugar and distributed by Distribuzione Messaggerie Musicali, Milan, Italy. The sleeve was printed in Italy by Rep. Grafico CBS Sugar. The rear sleeve is monochrome only and has two folded-over flaps. |
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 CBS Sugar S 62911 (Italy) - rear scan by Simon Blokker (promo and commercial copies) |
 CBS Sugar S 62911 (Italy) - detail of rear, scan by Simon Blokker (promo and commercial copies) |
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 CBS Sugar S 62911 (Italy) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo and commercial copies) |
 CBS Sugar S 62911 (Italy) - detail of rear, scan by Simon Blokker (promo and commercial copies - "Rep. Grafico CBS SUGAR") |
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 CBS Sugar S 62911 (Italy) - detail of Side 1 with promo stamp, scan by Simon Blokker (promo copy - variant 1) |
 CBS Sugar S 62911 (Italy) - detail of Side 1, scan by Simon Blokker (promo and commercial copies - variant 1, "MADE IN ITALY" at bottom of label) |
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 CBS Sugar S 62911 (Italy) - detail of Side 1 with sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo copy - variant 2) |
 CBS Sugar S 62911 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (commercial copy - variant 2) |
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Manuel García Jara has two copies - promotional and commercial. The sleeve of Hans Seegers' promo copy is rubber stamped "DISCO CAMPIONE NON VENDIBILE [SAMPLE RECORD NOT FOR SALE]", but Manuel García Jara's promo copy has this text on a white sticker on the Side 1 record label only.
The record has orange CBS labels marked "STEREOMONO". All the copies shown come in the same sleeve and have stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - S CI 62911 1L 22/7/71, Side 2 - S CI 62911 2L 22/7/71 (22 Sep 1971 is the mastering date). Simon Blokker's promo copy has the earlier orange CBS labels, with "MADE IN ITALY" at the bottom. This copy has "DISCO CAMPIONE NON VENDIBILE" stamped on the Side 1 label but not on the sleeve. Hans Seegers' promo copy and Manuel García Jara's two copies have "MADE IN ITALY BY CBS SUGAR S.p.A." in the circumference text.
This compilation was later released in Italy as Il Meglio Di Bob Dylan N. 2 [The Best Of Bob Dylan No. 2] in 1976, see International Album Releases (Dylan-only Compilations 1970s).
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Manuel García Jara and Simon Blokker for further information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2" - stereo cassette release, CBS 40-62911 (France), 1973:
 CBS 40-62911 (France) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Ger Hemel |
This cassette release is titled "Greatest Hits No 2" twice on outside of the insert and "Greatest Hits Vol. 2" on the inside of the insert and both sides of the cassette. Absolutely Sweet Marie is again misspelled as "Mary" on both the cassette insert (twice) and the Side 2 label. |
 CBS 40-62911 (France) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Ger Hemel |
 CBS 40-62911 (France) - cassette Side 1 scan by Ger Hemel |
 CBS 40-62911 (France) - cassette Side 2 scan by Ger Hemel |
Thanks to Ger Hemel for information and scans.
 IMD-7470 (Saudi Arabia) - outside of cassette insert (my copy - reverse is blank) |
This Saudi Arabian cassette release is probably unauthorised. Absolutely Sweet Marie is again misspelled as "Mary" on both the cassette insert (twice) and the Side 2 label. |
 IMD-7470 (Saudi Arabia) - cassette Side 1 |
 IMD-7470 (Saudi Arabia) - cassette Side 2 |
 CBS/Suzy 62911 (Yugoslavia) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 62911 (Yugoslavia) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 62911 (Yugoslavia) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 62911 (Yugoslavia) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 62911 (Yugoslavia) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 62911 (Yugoslavia) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 62911 (Yugoslavia) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
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This 1982 album again has the same tracklist as the Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2 album released in Holland in 1967. It has the original Dutch rear sleeve design in monochrome only. Absolutely Sweet Marie is again misspelled as "Mary" on both the rear sleeve and the Side 2 label. The album was made in Yugoslavia by Suzy Records of Zagreb (now Croatia) on behalf of CBS Records. The record was pressed by Jugoton, also of Zagreb. The record has orange CBS/Suzy labels dated 1982. The record of the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side1 - 62911 A, Side2 - 62911 B. For the first Yugoslav CBS/Suzy release in this series, also released in 1982, see above.
The 1971 double compilation More Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits with the UK front design and title but the US tracklist was released in Yugoslavia in the 1990s.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
 CBS/Suzy 40-62911 (Yugoslavia) - outside of cassette insert scan by Manuel García Jara (release 1) |
This cassette equivalent of the above vinyl album was also made in Yugoslavia by Suzy Records of Zagreb (now Croatia) on behalf of CBS Records. Absolutely Sweet Marie is again misspelled as "Mary" on both the cassette insert (inside and out) and the Side 2 cassette label. There are two different cassette releases, with almost the same insert, except for different Suzy Records logos on the outside. The first cassette is white with yellow CBS/Suzy paper labels with the first Suzy Records logo on the left, the second cassette is clear with yellow paper labels with the second Suzy Records logo on the left. Manuel has a second copy of the first release with exactly the same insert and yellow cassette labels as the first copy, but now the cassette is black instead of white. Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
 CBS/Suzy 40-62911 (Yugoslavia) - detail of outside of cassette insert scan by Manuel García Jara (release 1 - same logo on cassette labels) |
 CBS/Suzy 40-62911 (Yugoslavia) - cassette Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (release 1) |
 CBS/Suzy 40-62911 (Yugoslavia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (release 1) |
 CBS/Suzy 40-62911 (Yugoslavia) - inside of cassette insert scan by Manuel García Jara (release 1) |
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 CBS/Suzy 40-62911 (Yugoslavia) - cassette Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (alternate release 1) |
 CBS/Suzy 40-62911 (Yugoslavia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (alternate release 1) |
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 CBS/Suzy 40-62911 (Yugoslavia) - outside of cassette insert scan by Manuel García Jara (release 2) |
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 CBS/Suzy 40-62911 (Yugoslavia) - cassette Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (release 2) |
 CBS/Suzy 40-62911 (Yugoslavia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (release 2) |
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2" - stereo compilation cassette release, Columbia/Sony Music 471243/4CX 00070 (India), early 1990s:
 Columbia/Sony Music 471243/4CX 00070 (India) - front scan by Ger Hemel |
The inside of the folded insert of this rare release is blank. Absolutely Sweet Marie is misspelled as "Mary" on the cassette insert. On the bottom of the white cassette case there is a Sony sticker with "MUSIC NOT JUST OUR BUSINESS OUR PASSION". The cassette is black with silver text, there are no paper labels. The album title is "BOB DYLAN'S GREATEST HITS VOL. 2" and there are no song titles. |
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 Columbia/Sony Music 471243/4CX 00070 (India) - cassette Side 1 scan by Ger Hemel |
 Columbia/Sony Music 471243/4CX 00070 (India) - bottom of cassette insert, photo by Ger Hemel |
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 Columbia/Sony Music 471243/4CX 00070 (India) - cassette Side 2 scan by Ger Hemel |
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Thanks to Ger Hemel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2" - stereo compilation CD releases: Columbia 471243 2 (Austria for Europe), 1990s/Sony Music Media SMM 471243 6 (Germany), 2004:
 Sony Music Media SMM 471243 6 (Germany) - slipcase front scan by Tom Willems (Best Of The Best Gold 2004 release) |
The European CD (disc made in Austria) was released
in the 1990s. The CD and inserts of the gold CD release in Germany in 2004 are Columbia 471243 2 as shown while the slipcase has Columbia 471243 6. The slipcase is open at both ends. |
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 Columbia 471243 2 (Europe) - CD front scan by Jack from Canada (both releases) |
 Columbia 471243 2 (Europe) - CD rear scan by Jack from Canada (both releases) |
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Thanks to Tom Willems, Jack from Canada and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. III" - stereo vinyl LP releases: CBS
S 63111 (NL), Aug 1967, re-released mid-1970s/late 1970s; CBS S 63 111 (West Germany), 1969:
This album (using the US Greatest Hits sleeve) is the last of the
unique Dutch Greatest Hits 3LP series and is still on sale in Holland, which
must cause confusion with the "regular" 1994 CD Greatest Hits Vol. 3!
It's also included on the 1967
page because it contains rarities, alternate stereo mixes of Pledging My Time
and 4th Time Around. Jon Wilson has a Greek vinyl release of this
compilation - scans required.
CBS S 63111 (NL), Aug 1967, re-released mid-1970s, late 1970s, early 1980s:
 CBS S 63111 (NL) - LP front scan by Gerd Rundel (1967 and 1970s releases) |
Tracklisting:
Gerd Rundel's Dutch vinyl copy has a sleeve that is laminated front and back. The record has orange CBS labels with stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - S 63111 1A, Side 2 - S 63111 1B. |
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 CBS S 63111 (NL) - detail of LP rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1967 and 1970s releases) |
 CBS S 63111 (NL) - detail of LP rear, photocopy by Paul Shenton (1968 and 1970s releases - "STEREO"/"MONO" information present) |
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 CBS S 63111 (NL) - detail of LP rear, photocopy by Paul Shenton (late 1970s release - "54" in a circle printed, not a sticker) |
 CBS 63111 (NL) - detail of LP rear, photocopy by Paul Shenton (early 1980s release - "CB|271" plus "57" in a circle, no "STEREO"/arrows logo) |
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 CBS 63111 (NL) - LP front photocopy by Paul Shenton (early 1980s release) |
 CBS 63111 (NL) - detail of LP front, photocopy by Paul Shenton (early 1980s release - no CBS logo or "STEREO"/arrows) |
 CBS 63111 (NL) - LP rear photocopy by Paul Shenton (early 1980s release) |
 CBS 63111 (NL) - detail of LP rear, photocopy by Paul Shenton (early 1980s release - no "STEREO"/"MONO" information) |
 CBS 63111 (NL) - detail of LP front, photocopy by Paul Shenton (early 1980s release - "CBS 63111") |
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 CBS S 63111 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (1967 release) |
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 CBS 63111 (NL) - Side 1 scan by Simon Blokker (1970s and early 1980s releases) |
 CBS 63111 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Simon Blokker (1970s and early 1980s releases) |
 CBS 63111 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Simon Blokker (1970s and early 1980s releases) |
CBS S 63111 (NL) -
spine photocopy by Paul Shenton (1967 and 1970s releases)
CBS S 63111 (NL) -
detail of LP rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1967 and mid-1970s releases)
CBS S 63111 (NL) -
detail of LP rear, photocopy by Paul Shenton (late 1970s release
- "LC|0149" capsule added)
CBS 63111 (NL) -
spine photocopy by Paul Shenton (early 1980s release
- "S" missing from catalogue number on left)
CBS 63111 (NL) -
detail of LP rear, photocopy by Paul Shenton (early 1980s release
- "LC|0149" capsule now on right, stereo pickup information missing)
Simon Blokker has a copy of the Dutch release as shown with plain orange labels where both record sides have Sides 2 labels although the record plays Side 1 as normal. He also has a copy bought in Riga in Latvia in the same sleeve as Gerd Rundel's copy where the record has 1970s style orange/yellow CBS labels, this time with catalogue number just "CBS 63111". There is a sticker with "54" on the rear sleeve (not shown), The matrix numbers are again: Side 1 - S 63111-A, Side 2 - S 63111-B.
Paul. Shenton has a late 1970s copy with the same front sleeve as shown and where the record has the same orange/yellow CBS labels and matrix numbers as Simon Blokker's copy. The rear sleeve has two differences - the "54" in a circle at top right is now printed, not a sticker, and there is now an "LC|0149" capsule printed at bottom centre.
Paul. Shenton has what must be an early 1980s copy with a different front and rear sleeve and where the record has the same orange/yellow CBS labels as shown. The front sleeve is now missing the CBS logo and "STEREO"/arrows logo at top right. The rear sleeve is also very different - the "STEREO" information at top left and the "STEREO"/arrows logo at top right are both missing, there is now both "CB|271" in a lozenge and "57" in a circle at top right, both printed, the "STEREO" pickup information at bottom right is now missing and the "LC|0149" capsule has been moved to bottom right. The spine now has just "CBS 63111" instead of "CBS S 63111" as on the earlier sleeves.
CBS S 63 111 (West Germany), 1969 (three variants):
 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - LP front scan by Manuel García Jara (all variants) |
This album was made and released in West Germany in 1969 using the same front sleeve and tracklist as the Dutch release. The rear sleeve is completely different showing twelve contemporary CBS Germany albums, including Dylan's John Wesley Harding on sleeve variants 2 and 3. The record in the variant 2 sleeve has a CBS Germany inner sleeve showing more CBS albums, including the Dutch/German release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (top row, second left). Also shown is a still-sealed copy with price sticker "DM 14:00" and a variant 2 rear sleeve. There are three rear sleeve variants with the same laminated front sleeve for all three. |
 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - front of sealed LP with price sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - detail of LP front, scan by Manuel García Jara (all variants) |
 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - detail of LP rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (all variants) |
 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - LP rear photocopy by Paul Shenton (variant 1 with twelve no Dylan CBS albums, laminated) |
 CBS S 62 685 (West Germany, 1966) - LP front picture from www.discogs.com (shown in monochrome on variant 1 rear sleeve, includes cover of Mr. Tambourine Man) |
 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - LP rear scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 2 with "Bonnie & Clyde" at top left, John Wesley Harding on third row, laminated) |
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 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - LP rear scan by Lars M. Banke (variant 3 with Ivan Rebroff at top left, John Wesley Harding on third row, not laminated) |
 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - inner sleeve front with cut-out, scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 2 - variants 1 and 3 come in plain white sleeves) |
 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - inner sleeve rear scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 2 - variants 1 and 3 come in plain white sleeves) |
 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (all variants) |
 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (all variants) |
 CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (all variants) |
CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - detail of LP
rear, photocopy by Paul Shenton (variant 1 with three lines of text on
left and extra "D" printed vertically at bottom right)
CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - detail of LP
rear, scan by
Manuel García Jara (variant 2 with two lines of text on left and no "D"
printed vertically at bottom right)
CBS S 63 111 (West Germany) - detail of LP
rear, scan by
Lars M. Banke (variant 3, same as variant 2)
Paul Shenton's copy (variant 1) has a rear sleeve with twelve different CBS albums, not this time including a Dylan album. It also has three lines of text at bottom left, including an extra "D" printed vertically at bottom right. This sleeve includes an album by The Gisha Brothers called Dance Party In Stereo (CBS 62 685, 1966) with a cover of Mr. Tambourine Man. The sentence “Wir empfehlen bei Monoabspielgeräten den einbau eines Stereo-Abtastkopfes [We recommend the installation of a stereo cartridge on mono players]” between “Diese schallplatte kan mit jedem modernen Leichtonabnehmer abgespielt werden” and the English version “This longplay record should be played only with a modern light pick-up” in the lower left corner of the variant 1 rear sleeve is omitted on sleeve variants 2 and 3. Lars M. Banke's copy has a sleeve that is similar to variant 2, with John Wesley Harding on the bottom row and only one album change - it has an album by Ivan Rebroff instead of The Swinging Sounds Of Bonnie & Clyde at top left. Also this rear sleeve is not laminated, unlike the variant 2 sleeve,
The
record that comes in all three sleeves has plain orange CBS labels with the "GEMA"
German copyright organisation logo. The record of Paul
Shenton's copy (variant 1) has matrix numbers: Side 1 - J7 V D (turned
45º) S 63111 1A 599687 21A, Side 2 - J7 V E (turned
45º) S 63111 1B 599687 12B. The record of Manuel's copy
(variant 2) has matrix numbers: Side 1 - J7 V G (turned 45º) S
63111 1A 599687 1A, Side 2 - J7 V G (turned 45º) S 63111 1B 599687 1B.
The record of Lars M. Banke's
copy (variant 3) has hard to read matrix numbers that could be: Side 1 - 1 J7
o V = S 63 611 [an usual character that cannot be read!] A 599 687 [the same
character as mentioned earlier) A, Side 2 - 1 J 7 o V S 63 611 [the same
character as mentioned earlier] B 599 687 [the same character as mentioned
earlier) B.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. III" - stereo vinyl LP releases: CBS SBP 234735 (Australia), late 1960s/early 1970s, re-released
late 1970s (three times); CBS SBP 474357 (New Zealand), 1967:
Surprisingly, this Dutch compilation was also sold in Australia and New
Zealand.
CBS SBP 234735 (Australia), late 1960s/early 1970s, re-released late 1970s (three times):
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 CBS SBP 234735 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (late 1960s/early 1970s release) |
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 CBS SBP 234735 (Australia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke (mid 1970s release - shorter copyright text, no track timings) |
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 CBS SBP 234735 (Australia) - Side 1 photocopy by Paul Shenton (second late 1970s release) |
 CBS SBP 234735 (Australia) - detail of Side 1, photocopy by Paul Shenton (second late 1970s release - longer CBS copyright info, no track timings) |
 CBS SBP 234735 (Australia) - Side 2 photocopy by Paul Shenton (second late 1970s release) |
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 CBS SBP 234735 (Australia) - record paper inner sleeve, scan by Stuart Moore (third late 1970s release - other releases have clear plastic inner sleeves) |
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On the front and rear of all the sleeves the title of track 1 on side 2 is listed as "House Of The Risin' Sun" as on the 1962 Bob Dylan album. On all the Side 2 record labels it's listed incorrectly as "House Of The Rising Sun" as on the Dutch release of this album.
Early Australian release labels had the text "MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY A REGISTERED USER OF THE TRADE MARKS" without a CBS copyright. This is because up to 1977 all Australian records were manufactured by the Australian Record Company (Pty) Ltd. (A.R.C.) on behalf of CBS. A.R.C. changed its name to CBS Records Australia Limited on 17 Oct 1977, and after that date the longer bottom edge text, such as on the late 1970s release of CBS SBP 234735, includes the CBS copyright information. (Stuart Moore says that the label change may not have occurred till late 1978 or early 1979, Bob Dylan At Budokan from 1978 still does not have a CBS copyright nor does Masterpieces, Slow Train Coming from 1979 does have the CBS copyright.)
The late 1960s/early 1970s record has plain orange CBS labels with the shorter copyright text. There are no track timings and "House Of The Rising Sun" on Side 2 is copyrighted to "Control". Lars M. Banke has a mid-1970s copy which comes in the same sleeve where the record has orange/yellow CBS labels, still with the shorter copyright text. There are again no track timings and "House Of The Rising Sun" on Side 2 is again copyrighted to "Control". The record of this copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - MX 176297 SBP234735-1, Side 2 - MX 176298 SBP234735-2.
The late 1970s records have orange/yellow CBS labels with the longer copyright text. I have at the moment details of three releases:
CBS SBP 474357 (New Zealand), early 1970s, re-released mid-1970s:
 CBS SBP 474357 (New Zealand) - LP front scan by Bill Hester (both releases) |
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 CBS SBP 474357 (New Zealand) - rear scan by Bill Hester (both releases) |
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CBS SBP 474357 (New Zealand) - detail of rear, scan by Bill Hester (both releases)
These LPs were marketed in New Zealand by Phonogram Ltd., part of Philips (later PolyGram, now Universal). The early 1970s record has orange CBS labels. The mid-1970s record now has orange/yellow CBS labels. Both sets of labels have "MADE IN NEW ZEALAND BY A REGISTERED USER OF THE TRADE MARKS" on the bottom line - 1960s New Zealand labels just had "N.Z." instead of "NEW ZEALAND". The early 1970s record with plain orange labels has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - SBP 474357 A 9037 700, Side 2 - SBP 474357 B 9038 700. The numbers are hard to read.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel, Stuart Moore, Bill Hester, Fred Muller, Manuel García Jara, Simon Blokker, Lars M. Banke and Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. III" - stereo cassette releases: CBS 40-63111 (NL), 1974; CBS PC 4735 (Australia), 1976:
CBS 40-63111 (NL), 1974:
 CBS 40-63111 (NL) - outside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 CBS 40-63111 (NL) - outside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 CBS 40-63111 (NL) - cassette Side 1 photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 CBS 40-63111 (NL) - cassette Side 2 photocopy by Paul Shenton |
This Dutch cassette release is dated 1974 and has a short insert. There is one track order change - House Of The Rising Sun from Side 2 of the LP is swapped with She Belongs To Me on Side 1. Unlike on the LP, this title is listed as House Of The Rising Sun on both sides of the insert and on the cassette Side 1. The cassette is pale cream (although it looks white here) and has grey text printed directly on to it, there are no paper labels. Man Of Constant Sorrow on Side 2 of the cassette is listed as "Mon Of Constant Sorrow", but is correct on both sides of the insert.
CBS PC 4735 (Australia), 1976, re-released late 1980s:
 CBS PC 4735 (Australia) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Stuart Moore (1976 release, inside is blank) |
This Australian cassette release in "The Anytime Sound From CBS"
series dates from 1976, so there may be an earlier Australian cassette
release. It has a folded insert which is blank on the reverse. This cassette has yet another changed running order
from the LP. Corrina, Corrina from Side 2 is now on Side 1 instead of
Side 2 as on the album, leaving five songs on Side 2 of the cassette instead
of six. The single-sided insert also advertises the
Australian Blood
On The Tracks cassette release CBS PC4564 in the "Anytime Sound" series.
The cassette has a white case with pink CBS labels and black text. The late 1980s CBS release has a shorter insert, and the cassette is now transparent smoked grey with white text, there are no paper insert. The copy shown has a 1991 "Dylan Originals" sticker on the front of the cassette case, but is still on CBS, so dates from before that. |
 CBS PC 4735 (Australia) - cassette front with 1991 "Dylan Originals" sticker, scan by Stuart Moore (late 1980s release) |
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 CBS PC 4735 (Australia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (1976 release) |
 CBS PC 4735 (Australia) - cassette Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (late 1980s release) |
 CBS PC 4735 (Australia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (late 1980s release) |
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Thanks to Paul Shenton and Stuart Moore for information and pictures.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. III" - CD releases: CBS 465034 2 (Australia), 1989, re-released mid-1990s and early 2000s:
 CBS/Columbia 465034 2 (Australia) - CD photo by Trevor Gibb (this copy was bought in 1991, as it has a "Dylan Originals - 30 Years On Columbia" sticker) |
This album was also released on CD in 1989 in Australia as CBS 465034 2. As far as I know there has never been a European CD releases, although it is currently on sale in Ireland as an import at a price of €12.99. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for this album! It has a single card front insert with the song titles on the reverse and a plain blue/black rear insert, with just the song titles. |
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 CBS/Columbia 465034 2 (Australia) - CD photo by Éamonn Ó Catháin (Tower Records, Dublin, Feb 2012) |
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 Columbia 465034 2 (Australia) - detail of CD, scan by Stuart Moore (fourth release, "Sony" text on four lines, "MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT" on line three) |
 Columbia 465034 2 (Australia) - CD front insert, scan by Stuart Moore (fourth release) |
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 Columbia 465034 2 (Australia) - detail of CD, scan by Stuart Moore (sixth release) |
There were five earlier Australian CD releases than my copy. The first and third to sixth sets of jewel case inserts are identical, the second release has "Select" on both the front and rear inserts. The first two CBS CDs were made by Disctronics (only the second is shown) and are silver with black and red text. The silver Columbia CDs occur with three Sony Music Entertainment text variations to the right of the centre hole, the first has the text on three lines, the second has the text on four lines with "MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT" on line three, the third has the text on four lines with just "ENTERTAINMENT" on line three. The current CD (my copy) is red with silver text. The current rear insert still has CBS, not Columbia.
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin, Trevor Gibb, Fred Muller, Stuart Moore and Bill Hester for information and scans.
"The Bob Dylan Story 1" - stereo vinyl LP release: Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan), 1967:
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
This record looks like one of those unofficial Taiwanese albums, but in fact it is official: it was made by Haishan Records for Columbia. Only a few Dylan albums were made in Taiwan under license from Columbia Records. The Bob Dylan Story was a CBS 1966 2LP compilation released in Japan and it is very rare (see above). This single album is the equivalent to Record 1 of this Japanese release and it is even rarer. As usual with Taiwanese records, this album has a very flimsy cover: it is a folded insert rather than a sleeve, made of one piece of paper folded at the bottom not at left (like Japanese and Scandinavian 7" picture sleeves) and held in a thin plastic jacket. The front sleeve has the Dylan picture from Highway 61 Revisited with a light green background and the Haishan Records logo. The rear sleeve has lyrics of all tracks in English. The inside of the sleeve has a picture of another artist (the Italian singer Mina) and the song lyrics in Italian and Chinese of her 1964 compilation album Mina (Haishan Records HS 279). Tommy Lidgren's copy has a picture of the album Five Live Yardbirds and lyrics of that album on the inner sleeve instead of Mina. |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan) - detail of inside of sleeve, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Mina (Ri-Fi Records, Italy, 1964) - picture from www.wikipedia.com |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan) - outside of sleeve, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan) - inside of sleeve, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan) -altenate inner sleeve scan by Tommy Lidgren |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan) -altenate inner sleeve scan by Tommy Lidgren |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara |
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Due to the poor quality paper the image of Dylan on the front is clearly visible on the inside! However, the record is made of heavyweight vinyl with excellent sound quality. It has unusual black Columbia labels with silver text in English and in Chinese. The title on the labels is The Bob Dylan Story - 1. This record plays the tracklist as stated on labels correctly, including Talking World War III Blues as Side 1, track 5 (the same as the Japanese release), even though the rear sleeve has the lyrics of Masters Of War as Side 1, track 5. The copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - C-358-949 HS-505-A 3-A-2, Side 2 - C-358-950 HS-505-B 1-A-2.
Lars M. Banke has copies of this album on black, red and orange vinyl.
Lars also has unauthorised copies of these "Bob Dylan Story" albums on the Taiwanese Sunshine label.
- Bob Dylan Story 1 (Sunshine SS 176) orange
vinyl (in a Bringing It All Back Home-sleeve!)
- Bob Dylan Story 2 (Sunshine SS-175) red and orange vinyl
- Bob Dylan Story 3 (Sunshine SS-174) orange vinyl
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"The Bob Dylan Story 2" - stereo vinyl LP release: Haishan Records/Columbia HS 506 (Taiwan), 1967:
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 506 (Taiwan) - front of sleeve, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 506 (Taiwan) - rear of sleeve, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 506 (Taiwan) - inside of sleeve (top), scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 506 (Taiwan) - outside of sleeve, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 506 (Taiwan) - inside of sleeve, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Pop Gear - UK DVD release of 1965 film, picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 506 (Taiwan) - inside of sleeve (botom), scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 506 (Taiwan) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 506 (Taiwan) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke |
This record again looks like one of those unofficial Taiwanese albums, but in fact it is also official: it was again made by Haishan Records for Columbia. This single album is the equivalent to Record 2 of the Japanese release. It again has a very flimsy cover, a folded insert rather than a sleeve, made of one piece of paper folded at the bottom and held in a thin plastic jacket. The front sleeve has the Dylan picture from Highway 61 Revisited with a light green background and the Haishan Records logo. The rear sleeve has lyrics of all tracks in English. The inside of the sleeve has a picture of another album, the soundtrack to the 1965 UK music film Pop Gear (Haishan Records HS 349).The record again has unusual black Columbia labels with silver text in English and in Chinese. The title on the labels is The Bob Dylan Story - 2.
Lars M. Banke has copies of this album on black and orange vinyl.
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
1968
Bob Dylan/The Band - "Basement Tapes" test pressings, Sunset Sound Recorders (USA); Feldmans/Dwarf Music (UK), 1968:
 US test pressing side 1, scan by Arie de Reus |
R-0545 Too Much Of Nothing - alternate take to the officially released track, recorded at Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, Jul-Oct 1967 R-0546 Tears Of Rage - alternate take to the officially released track, recorded at Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, Jul-Oct 1967 All other tracks on these test pressings (shown on the label listings) were released on The Basement Tapes in 1975, on Biograph in 1985, or on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 in 1991, although these are mono versions. |
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 Alternate UK test pressing side 1, picture from www.discogs.com |
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 UK EP test pressing side 2, photo from eBay |
 UK single test pressing - picture from eBay (single-sided) |
 UK single test pressing - picture from eBay (A-side of double-sided test pressing) |
 UK single test pressing - picture from eBay (B-side of double-sided test pressing) |
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 UK single test pressing - scan by Gerd Rundel (single-sided) |
 Card sleeve for UK single test pressing - scan by Gerd Rundel |
 UK single test pressing - picture from eBay (single-sided) |
 UK single test pressing - picture from eBay (single-sided) |
The Emidisc UK 14 track test pressing LP (two copies of which are shown with different text, one typewritten, one handwritten) is reputedly the source of the songs made available to UK groups such as Manfred Mann (The Mighty Quinn), The Brian Auger Trinity/Julie Driscoll (This Wheel's On Fire), Fairport Convention (Million Dollar Bash), etc. Apparently only about ten copies were pressed. John Bauldie describes this 14 track test pressing in detail in his article "The Basement Tapes" in "Record Collector", Jul 1987, but Hans Seegers disputes its legality. Hans says the songs were only legally distributed on tape, which is confirmed by Dean Chambers, who has information the songs were supplied to the music publishing company Feldmans in London on a 7" reel by Albert Grossman. However, several test pressings were indeed made from this tape for private distribution, and these were the source of the much poorer quality bootleg LPs that surfaced. The US test pressing from Arie de Reus has exactly the same track list and appears official.
Also shown are other Emidisc double-sided and single-sided test pressings for sale on eBay. ("Emidisc" was EMI's brand of recording blank, made at Hayes, Middlesex, which could be used by anyone in the recording industry - exactly like a CD-R today - and the name does not mean this recording was produced by EMI itself. I have other 1960s test pressings pressed using Emidisc blanks. Note these are not acetates, an acetate is single-sided with a metal back, usually aluminium, covered with a soft lacquer on which the recording is cut.) The single Emidisc test pressing of "I Shall Be Released" is of the track from The Basement Tapes sessions eventually released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 in 1991, not the later version released on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II in 1971. The title is misspelled "Realeased"! The three other single Emidisc test pressings are all of tracks from the UK LP and later released on The Basement Tapes in 1975. Gerd Rundel's copy of Please Mrs. Henry is blank on the reverse and comes in a grey card sleeve with blue edges. The Emidisc test pressing EP has two takes of Tears Of Rage plus Quinn The Eskimo on Side 1, with Quinn the Eskimo, Open The Door, Richard and "Nothing Is There" (Too Much Of Nothing or Nothing was Delivered?) on Side 2.
R-0545 and R-0546 have now been released in Nov 2014 on The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - The Basement Tapes Complete, so are no longer rarities.
Thanks to Arie de Reus, Andrew Codd, Gerd Rundel and Wiebke Dittmer for information and scans.
"Songy Boba Dylana" - stereo vinyl LP (record club release),
CBS/Supraphon
1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia), 1968:
This was the first stereo Dylan album to appear in Czechoslovakia, all tracks are
the regular album versions. For details of the mono version Supraphon 0 13 0434, see Mono
LPs - Dylan-only Compilations.
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CBS/Supraphon 1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia) - front picture from eBay (stereo sleeve) |
This album was made in Czechoslovakia by Supraphon on behalf of CBS. It had a very thin paper sleeve, used for both the mono and stereo records, although Gerd Rundel has found a copy on eBay with a variant stereo-only sleeve with "STEREO" printed over the Supraphon logo at front top left. Lars M. Banke's copy has a "STEREO" sticker at front bottom right. The rear of both sleeves is the same with both mono and stereo catalogue numbers. This club edition had a 16 page pink booklet on thin paper with the English and translated lyrics of each song. The booklet also has both mono and stereo catalogue numbers. The record has dark blue Supraphon labels (some copies on eBay have light blue labels but this must be a digital photography fault).
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 CBS/Supraphon 1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of front, picture from eBay (stereo sleeve) |
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 CBS/Supraphon 0 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of front, scan by Lars M. Banke (mono/stereo sleeve) |
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 CBS/Supraphon 1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia) - booklet inside page scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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 CBS/Supraphon 1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS/Supraphon 1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS/Supraphon 1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke |
The record of Lars M. Banke's copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - E 1165/C A, Side 2 - E 1166/C A.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Lukáš Berný, Ronald Born and Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans. Thanks to Ian Woodward and Gerd Rundel for finding copies on eBay.
"Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994
(Czechoslovakia), 1968:
This album is the same as the previous one with a new sleeve (Lukáš Berný
says this release was just for export). For details of the mono version Supraphon SUA 15 994, see Mono
LPs - Dylan-only Compilations.
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 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of front with stereo gold sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of rear, scan by Ronald Born (1970 release) |
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 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (1968 release) |
 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of Side 2 (misspelling of Just Like A Woman), scan by Lars M. Banke (1968 release) |
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 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born (1970 release) |
 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of Side 2 (no date code), scan by Stuart Torrence (1970 release) |
 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of Side 2 (misspelling of Just Like A Woman), scan by Stuart Torrence (1970 release) |
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 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of Side 1 of 1971 release, scan by Ronald Born |
 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born (1971 release) |
The rear sleeve of Bob Dylan includes a picture of Bob from the Woody Guthrie Tribute Concert in Jan 1968 (not released until 1972) and the sleeve notes in English from Bringing It All Back Home. This album was also exported to Russia, which is why there is Russian text on the rear sleeve below the picture saying "Songs of an American poet, composer and singer - Bob Dylan" (thanks to Artur Jarosinski for the translation). The two Supraphon album sleeves illustrated on the rear of the Bob Dylan sleeve are by Yves Montand and Duke Ellington, not Bob.
Supraphon SAR ST 55 994 was reissued in 1970 and 1971 as "stereo/mono" with blue labels. The rear sleeve of the 1970 release was missing the Russian text and had "COMPATIBLE" under the Supraphon logo. However, the 1971 release reverted to the sleeve with the Russian text and omitted the "COMPATIBLE" (information from Ronald Born).
The numbers under the "SIDE 1" on a Supraphon record label indicate the six month period in which the record was issued, as the second number is always either "1" or "2". Thus the first release on red labels is the second half of 1968, the second release on blue labels is the second half of 1970, and the third release is the first half of 1971 (information from Ronald Born). As can be seen, the number is absent on Side 2. Thanks to Stuart Torrence for pointing out that there is a mistake on Side 2, with Just Like A Woman mistitled as "Must Like A Woman" on all the releases!
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Ronald Born, Stuart Torrence and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
1969
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo vinyl compilation LP, CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan), Jun 1969 (two variants), re-released 1975 (two variants):
CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan), Jun 1969 (two variants):
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This album, which dates from 1969, not 1967 as listed previously, has the same front sleeve as the US Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits release, but a different rear sleeve and track list. It has a gatefold sleeve with the song lyrics in Japanese inside. |
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 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - rear of poster, scan by Gerd Rundel (1969 release) |
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 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - detail of front of poster, scan by Gerd Rundel (1969 release) |
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 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - detail of front of poster, scan by Gerd Rundel (1969 release) |
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 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (1969 commercial release variant 1) |
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 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (1969 commercial release variant 2 - same as variant 1) |
These Japanese releases also have a folded poster with the same Milton Glaser picture on the front as the poster that came with the 1967 US release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. This Japanese poster has a discography on the rear that goes up to John Wesley Harding, and includes the Carolyn Hester album with Bob playing harmonica, see 1962.
Tracklisting:
Side 1: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; Blowin' In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; It Ain't Me, Babe; Love Minus Zero/No Limit (some copies play Outlaw Blues)
Side 2: Mr Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; I Want You; Positively 4th Street; Just Like A Woman; Highway 61 Revisited
This album was previously listed in 1969 because it contained a then rarity:
R-0049 Positively 4th Street - 1965 mix - slightly longer at 4:12 as opposed to 3:56 on single version
This is the same as the version from 1965 Witmark tape and the 1966 Columbia compilation album Disco Teen '66. Carsten Baumann informs me that he's checked the version on that 1966 album against the version now included on the remastered Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (US release), and they are the same. This would mean it replaces the single version which is now to be found on CD only on Biograph (it's also on the non-US release The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, see 2000). Thanks also to David Goldsmith for confirmation. This stereo version of R-0049 has ceased to be a rarity, and has been moved to the new Released Rarities page. The mono version of R-0049, R-0049M, remains a rarity and is still listed for 1965 and 1966.
Hans Seegers has never seen a 1969 copy with an obi. Gerd Rundel's 1969
copy also does not have an obi.
The 1969 release has plain orange CBS/Sony labels. Love Minus Zero/No
Limit on Side 1 is mistitled as "Outlaw Blues/No Limit" on
variant 2 of the commercial
label but not on the promo label and variant 1 of the commercial label. The song is listed correctly on the rear
sleeve. Gerd Rundel's 1969 copy (variant 2) has
"Outlaw Blues/No Limit" on the Side 1 label and plays Love Minus Zero/No
Limit.
This record has stamped matrix numbers: Side
1 - 60044 A4, 1 C 2 (opposite), Side 2 - 60044 B2, 1 A 1 3 (opposite).
Brendan Kane and Lars M. Banke have commercial copies where Love Minus Zero/No
Limit is listed on both the rear sleeve and the orange record label,
but actually play Outlaw Blues (variant 1). The record of Lars' copy has stamped
matrix numbers: Side 1 - 60044A2,
Side 2 - 60044B2.
CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan), 1975 (twice):
 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Gerd Rundel (both 1975 releases) |
The record of the 1975 reissue has orange/cream CBS/Sony labels and Love Minus Zero/No Limit is listed correctly on the Side 1 label. The song also plays correctly on the record itself instead of Outlaw Blues. The 1975 release has an orange/white obi with black text and price either ¥2,100 or ¥2,300. Gerd's 1975 record has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 60044 A6, 1 A 8 (opposite), Side 2 - NX 60044 B5, 1 A 4 (opposite). |
 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - unfolded obi, scan by Gerd Rundel (first 1975 release) |
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 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (both 1975 commercial releases) |
 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (both 1975 commercial releases - correct again!) |
 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (both 1975 commercial releases) |
I previously reported this album was reissued in 1976 with the catalogue number 25AP 276, but in fact 25AP 276 was a copy of the Japanese book club album Greatest Hits (CBS/Sony FCPA-19) and has the same tracklisting as the US Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (Columbia KCS 9463 stereo).
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
For the later parts of this list, see here:
Other International Albums and Compilations are now here:
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