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This page lists mono releases of this regular Bob Dylan album. These LPs were
listed here because the mono versions of Dylan songs were
unavailable on CD until the release of the first eight Dylan albums in mono as
The Original Mono Recordings in 2010. 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. Mono singles up to 1976 have
their own pages, see the links above. Thanks to David Burgess for the UK catalogue numbers - all my mono LPs were
stolen when my Manchester flat was burgled in May 1968!
For stereo releases of this album, see
International Album
Releases (Regular Dylan Albums).
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The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963)
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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:
22 May, 2025.
Vinyl Releases

Picture from
www.liveauctioneers.com |
Thanks to André Wilbers for news that
three 1961 Columbia US mono master tapes from Bob Dylan
are being auctioned in the USA on 14 Dec 2023. The tapes are unique in
that they contain previously unheard dialogue between Bob and producer
John Hammond.
This entry is also listed in
2023.
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Description from Guernsey's web-site:
Bob Dylan and producer John Hammond’s recording
session’s conversations
Record producer and civil
rights activist John Hammond was responsible for discovering an extraordinary
array of the twentieth century’s most popular performing artists. A partial list
of those who largely owe their careers to Hammond include Benny Goodman, Count
Basie, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Aretha Franklin, Pete
Seeger and Bruce Springsteen.
On November 20 and 22, 1961,
John took a young Bob Dylan into the Columbia Records, NYC recording studio.
From those sessions came more than four hours of tape footage and the birth of a
legendary career. Titled simply “Bob Dylan,” the album that resulted from those
two sessions was far from a commercial success. Nevertheless, it is universally
recognized for bringing attention to a man whose words and music powerfully
impacted a generation.
As one would imagine, there are multiple “takes” for
each of the thirteen songs that ultimately appeared on the three-track album.
Fortunately, one of those tracks recorded the control room microphone through
which John spoke with Bob. Recorded for posterity - and being heard for the
first time though this Guernsey’s offering - is the interesting banter between
the producer (Hammond) and the artist (Dylan) as they discuss what the
folksinger has chosen to perform. It is certainly interesting to note how young
indeed Bob Dylan sounds, and that the selection of the songs for the album was
made entirely by Dylan. Unlike today, it seems like little concern was given to
such matters as “copyrights.”
R-2335
Man Of Constant Sorrow - 1961 Columbia US mono master tape of track from
Bob Dylan with extra dialogue, auctioned in the USA, Dec 2023
Dialogue starts at 50 seconds:
John
Hammond: What was the name of that, Bob?
Bob Dylan: “Man of Constant
Sorrow.” Did you get that?
Hammond: Sure I did, it’s all right. Who
wrote that?
Dylan: I don’t know.
Hammond: Has it been recorded?
Dylan: Not that way.
Hammond: How has it been recorded?
Dylan: A
different way, I guess.
Hammond: Who did it?
Dylan: Judy Collins,
but not a version like that. That’s a different one. Judy Collins on
Electra.
Hammond: On Electra. We’ll find out from Electra who wrote
the damn thing.R-2336
In My Time Of Dyin' - 1961 Columbia US mono master tape of track from
Bob Dylan with extra dialogue, auctioned in the USA,
Dec 2023
Dialogue
starts at 22 seconds:
John Hammond: That is great. I’m going to
make an announcement on that because that’s the master right there. All
right 68733, just proceeded take one
Bob Dylan: Do you want me to do
that again?
Hammond: No, you don’t have to. That’s it. Who wrote “In
My Time of Dyin’?
Dylan: I don’t know. Who wrote that?
"Bob Dylan" - mono vinyl LP releases, Columbia CL 1779 (USA), 19
Mar
1962, re-released up to 1968:

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - front with sticker, scan by
Manuel García Jara (mono sleeve with one guitar tuning peg visible at top) |
In this case the original US commercially-released stereo LP, Columbia CS
8579 (with the "6-eye" logo on the record labels) is actually
rarer than any of the commercial mono LPs. For stereo releases of this album, see
International Album
Releases
(Regular). The uncredited photographer was Don Hunstein,
a Columbia staff photographer. The photograph has been
reversed for some reason (probably so that the neck of the guitar didn't obscure
the Columbia logo)! Only one guitar tuning peg is visible at the top right of
the mono front sleeve - the first stereo sleeve had a higher crop of the picture with
the top of Bob's cap and three guitar tuning pegs visible. |

Columbia CS 8579 (USA) - front picture from eil.com (stereo sleeve with
three guitar tuning pegs visible at top) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - detail of front of promo
copy with hole punched through sleeve,
photo by Maryann Kirk |
The first track,
"You're No Good" by Jesse Fuller, is listed correctly on the front sleeve but is
mistitled as "She's No Good" on the labels of several US and UK releases (see
below). There is some debate about this since Jesse Fuller's own version is
actually called "Crazy About A Woman"! (For more information, see
here.)
Note
the silver star sticker with the words "A NEW STAR ON COLUMBIA
RECORDS", this is unique to the first copies sent to stores, both
demonstration and commercial - Nicholas Kutscheid informs me he has three
copies of this album with the "6-eye" label (see below), but only one has a
silver star sticker. The same sticker was also used on first copies of the
Carolyn Hester album on which Bob plays harmonica, see 1962.
The "6-eye" label was discontinued by Columbia after this album, so no other
Dylan album has it. Good copies with the "6-eye" labels are nowadays very
rare.

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), the very first Dylan mono album released - front
with sticker, scan by
Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for finding a sealed promo copy on eBay with two
front stickers - the top sticker has text "Fantastic Savings" and a price
of only 59¢. The second gold sticker has text "Columbia Special Products
Promotional Album". On the rear sleeve of this copy is a white sticker
with text "COMPLIMENTS OF EASTERN ELECTRIC CO." Maryann Kirk has
a promo copy above with a hole punched through the top left hand corner of
the front sleeve. |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - silver star sticker on the initial copies,
scan by Hans Seegers |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - detail of front, scan by Bjarne Rother Jensen |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - front with promo and "Fantastic Savings"
stickers, photo found on eBay by Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - front promo sticker, photo found on eBay by
Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), demonstration copy of first release - rear scan by
Hans Seegers showing red stamp
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Columbia CL 1779 (USA), demonstration copy of first release - detail of rear, scan by
Gerd Rundel showing "4" |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - detail of rear with "Eastern Electric
Co." promo sticker, photo found on eBay by Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) promo release - rear scan by David O'Brien
showing radio station stamp (WBIC/540 KC) and DJ's comments ("?" after Bob's
name and "Hoot")! |
Shown below are four demonstration copies and four different commercial
copies of the "6-eye" design. David Eckstrom is of the opinion that the
variations in the "6-eye" designs occur because the examples came from
different Columbia US pressing plants, e.g. at Pitman, NJ, Terre Haute, IN, and
Santa Maria, CA. David has a "6-eye" copy with two songs listed above the
centre hole (not shown), the same as Manuel García Jara's demonstration
copy. The first track, "You're No Good" by Jesse Fuller, is listed
correctly on all the "6-eye" labels.

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release - rear of
demonstration copy with promo stamps, picture
from Heritage Auctions |
There were no white label promo
releases of this album, the only promos are as shown: the demo copies of the
first release, first variant, have a red demo stamp on the rear sleeve and white
overprinting or stickers on the labels; the demo copy of the first release,
second variant, shown has a white sticker on the rear sleeve and white stickers
on the labels; the demo copy of the first release, fourth variant, shown
has a white sticker on the Side 2 label. Sergio
Marianio Romay has found a promo copy with a red demo stamp on the rear
sleeve plus a humorous red stamp "STOLEN FROM WNJH". Thanks to Dag
Braathen for information that WNJH was a non-commercial AM radio station
broadcasting from Hammonton, New Jersey. This copy has a silver star
sticker on the front sleeve as shown above, |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release - detail of rear of
demonstration copy with promo stamps, picture
from Heritage Auctions |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release - rear of
demonstration copy with pin pricks, scan by
Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release - detail of rear of
demonstration copy with pin pricks, scan by Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), demonstration copy (first release, first variant) - Side 1 with silver
"DEMONSTRATION RECORD - NOT FOR SALE" stamp, scan by Gerd Rundel
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Columbia CL 1779 (USA), demonstration copy (first release, first variant)
with silver "DEMONSTRATION RECORD - NOT FOR SALE" overprinting - Side 2
scan by Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), demonstration copy (first release, first
variant) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (matrix number
"XLP-55619-1A") |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), demonstration copy (first release, first
variant) - detail of Side 2, scan by Gerd Rundel (matrix number
"XLP-55620-1A") |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release - rear scan by Hans
Seegers |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), demonstration copy (first release, second
variant) - rear scan by Hans Seegers showing printed sticker instead of
red stamp |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), demonstration copy (first release, first
variant) - detail of Side 1
with silver "DEMONSTRATION RECORD - NOT FOR SALE"
overprinting,
scan by Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - inner sleeve scan by Gerd Rundel (same both
sides, used for both demonstration and commercial copies) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), variant demonstration copy (first release,
first variant) without faint silver overprinting - Side 1 photo by John
Napa |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), variant demonstration copy (first release,
first variant) with white sticker - Side 2 photo by John Napa |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, first variant - Side 1 scan by
Gerd Rundel (first track correctly titled, no songs above centre hole,
tracks 1-3 on one lines, tracks 4-7 on two lines) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, first variant - Side
2 scan by Gerd Rundel (no songs above centre hole, tracks 1, 3 & 4 on one
line, tracks 2, 5 & 6 on two lines) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, second variant -
detail of rear bottom right with "2" stamp, scan by Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, second variant - detail of rear
bottom right with "8", photo by Bjarne Rother Jensen |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, second variant -
inner sleeve front scan by Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, second variant -
inner sleeve rear scan by Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, second variant - detail of rear top
right with "CODE 4 INSP." stamp, photo by Max from Italy |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), demonstration copy with white
sticker (first commercial release, second variant) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers
The first track (Jesse
Fuller's "You're No Good") is listed above the centre
hole
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Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, second variant - Side 1 scan by
Gerd Rundel (first track correctly titled and listed above centre hole on
one line, tracks 2-7 on one line) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, second variant -
detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel ("CBS" present below "COLUMBIA",
variants one and four are the same) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, second variant - Side
2 scan by Gerd Rundel (first track listed above centre hole on one
line, tracks 1, 3, 4 & 5 on one line, tracks 2 & 6 on two lines) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, second variant - Side
2 with demonstration sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, second variant - Side
2 demonstration sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel (same sticker as on Hans Seegers'
Side 1 copy above) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, third variant - Side 1
scan by Arie de Reus (first track correctly titled and listed above centre hole
on two lines,
tracks 1, 2 and 4-7 on two lines, track 3 on one line, "CBS" missing below "COLUMBIA" at top) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, third variant -
detail of Side 1, scan by Arie de Reus ("CBS" missing below "COLUMBIA"
at top) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, third
variant - Side 2 scan by Arie de Reus (first track listed above centre hole
on two lines,
tracks 1, 2, 5 & 6 on two lines, tracks 3 & 4 on one line, "CBS" missing below "COLUMBIA" at top) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, fourth variant - Side 1 scan by
Manuel García Jara (two tracks listed above centre hole, first track
correctly titled, all tracks on one line) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, second variant -
detail of Side 1, scan by
Gerd Rundel (first track correctly titled and listed above centre hole on
one line) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, third variant -
detail of Side 1,
scan by Arie de Reus (first track correctly titled and listed above centre hole
on two lines)
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Columbia CL 1779 (USA), first commercial release, fourth variant - Side
2 with white demonstration sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara (two tracks
listed above centre hole, tracks 1 & 3-5 on one line, tracks 2 & 6 on two
lines) |
Gerd Rundel's first demonstration copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 -
XLP-55619-1A, Side 2 - XLP-55620-1A. Renaud Depierreux also has a copy
with these matrix numbers, with the silver star on the front and with the
silver "DEMONSTRATION RECORD - NOT FOR SALE" stamps on the labels. It does not,
however, have the red "DEMONSTRATION - NOT FOR SALE" stamp on the rear
sleeve.
Thanks to John Napa for pictures of a variant first
demonstration copy with no demo text on Side 1 and a white sticker (no
silver stamp) on Side 2. This copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 -
XLP-55619-1A, Side 2 - XLP-55620-1B.
Gerd Rundel has a copy of the first commercial release with the "6-eye" labels
with a pattern of pin pricks at bottom right of the rear sleeve, the
record has stamped matrix numbers:
Side 1: XLP-55619-1B, Side 2: XLP-55620-1A. The sleeve is otherwise the
same as Hans Seegers' commercial copy.

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - rear with signature, scan by Vince Hockey |
Virtuoso guitar technician Vince Hockey has a mono copy that was bought
in June 1962 soon after first release and signed by Bob at Gerdes
Folk City in New York! The record has the "6-eye" labels with matrix numbers:
Side 1 -
XLP55619-1E, Side 2 - XLP55620-1F
Vince says: "When he signed it there was only myself, the barman and a lady
in the place so apart from the barman I was the only person he knew. I'd only
just bought the album because, working on a ship, I wouldn't have had time the
next day. So it was pure chance! It still seems pretty surreal to say "I was
having a drink with Bob Dylan!". More than once!!!!!!.
It's so long ago I can't remember the exact date but early June is most
likely. The pen is a "Sheaffer" which i discovered was only made in 1962 the
year Bob and I both became legal to drink alcohol in NYC."
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Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - detail of rear with signature, scan by Vince
Hockey |
Austin Settle has a copy of the first commercial
release, second variant, where the record labels have the first song
listed above the centre hole but with "CBS" in black missing below
"COLUMBIA" in white at the top of the labels. The rear sleeve has an "8"
printed at bottom right, see below. The record of this copy has stamped
matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-55619-1C, Side 2 - XLP-55620-1D.
Max from Italy has a copy of the first commercial
release, second variant, where the record labels have the first song
listed above the centre hole with "CODE 4 INSP." stamped on the rear
sleeve at top right and a "2" at bottom right. Gerd Rundel also has a copy
of the first commercial release, second variant, with a "2" at bottom
right of the rear sleeve. The record of this copy has
matrix
numbers: Side 1 - XLP 55619-1E (handwritten), Side 2 - XLP-55620-1F
(stamped). This record comes in the colour inner sleeve shown above.
Bjarne Rother Jensen has another copy of the
second
commercial release where the record labels have the first song listed
above the centre hole with "8" printed at bottom right. The record of Bjarne's copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-55619-1D, Side 2 -
XLP-55620-1C and comes in the blue and white inner sleeve
illustrated by Gerd Rundel above.
The numbers stamped at bottom right indicate the
manufacturer of the sleeve: "2" indicates that the sleeve was fabricated
by Imperial Paper Box Corp. of Brooklyn, NY; "8" indicates that the sleeve
was fabricated by Modern Album Finishing Co., probably at Terre Haute, IN.
Graham Small has a copy where the
record comes in a sleeve with a
"4" on the rear in the lower right corner.
The "4" indicates that the sleeve was fabricated by Imperial Packing Co., Inc.
of Indianapolis, IN. The record
has first release variant 2 labels. This copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 -
XLP55619-1E P (handwritten), Side 2 - XLP-55620-1E plus "?" ("?"
looks like a small "c" with a dot under it).
So far nine different record label designs for US mono releases
of Bob Dylan have been notified to me, in four label styles:
- "6-eye" label design, available in four variants, You're No Good
correctly titled on all four:
a) all tracks listed below centre hole (available also as demonstration
copies)
b) first track listed above centre hole on one line (available also as demonstration
copies)
c) first track listed above centre hole on two lines with "CBS" missing below "COLUMBIA" at
the top of the labels.
d) two tracks listed above centre hole (available also as demonstration
copies)
-
"GUARANTEED HIGH FIDELITY"
label design
(Columbia introduced this label design in the second half of 1962), first track listed above centre hole,
two variants:
a) You're No Good
correctly titled.
The record in Gerd Rundel's copy of this release has stamped matrix numbers:
Side 1:
XLP-55619-1F, Side 2: XLP-55620-1E
b) You're No Good incorrectly titled
as "She's No Good"
- "MONO"/"360º SOUND"/arrows label design (Highway 61 Revisited in Aug 1965 was
the first Dylan album to have this style of label on first release),
first track listed above centre hole, two variants:
a) You're No Good incorrectly titled
as "She's No Good"
b) You're No Good correctly titled
- "MONO" label design but "360º
SOUND"/arrows and "NONBREAKABLE" missing - this is a
1968 style label (see John Wesley Harding) and must date from then, first track listed
above centre hole, You're No Good incorrectly titled
as "She's No Good".
Columbia CL 1779 (USA), late 1962-67
(second to fifth mono releases):

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), second mono commercial release - new
"GUARANTEED HIGH FIDELITY" design Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (first
track correctly titled and listed above centre hole)
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Columbia CL 1779 (USA), second mono commercial release - Side 2 scan by
Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), third mono commercial release -
"GUARANTEED HIGH FIDELITY" Side 1 scan by Hans
Seegers (first track is now incorrectly titled "She's No Good")
|

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), third mono commercial
release - Side 1 with demo sticker, photo by Josh Berger |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), third mono commercial
release - Side 1 demo sticker, photo by Josh Berger |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), fourth mono
commercial release - "MONO/360º SOUND" Side 1 scan by Gerd
Rundel (first track is still incorrectly titled "She's No
Good") |
Mark from Southland CD, Redondo Beach, CA, has a copy
with second issue "GUARANTEED
HIGH FIDELITY" record labels (variant 2 above) with
You're No Good correctly titled above the centre hole. This copy has matrix
numbers: Side 1 - XLP 55619-1E P (handwritten), Side 2 - XLP-55620-1C P
(stamped). A curiosity is that Side 1 plays much more loudly than Side 2. There
is very little dead wax left of the vinyl on either side.
David Denyer has a third commercial release copy of Columbia CL 1779 with the
same "GUARANTEED
HIGH FIDELITY" label design as the example from Hans Seegers
above, but with matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-5519-1A, Side 2 -
XLP-55620-1A, which is unusual in that these are first pressing
matrix numbers.
Josh Berger from Brooklyn, New York, has a third
commercial release copy with a sticker with "FOR DEMONSTRATION USE ONLY
NOT FOR SALE" on Side 1 only. There are no stickers on the sleeve.
The fourth and fifth commercial releases date from
after Aug 1965.

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - front scan by Lars M. Banke
(fifth mono commercial release variant) |
The record of Gerd Rundel's fifth
release copy has "MONO/360º SOUND" labels with You're No Good correctly titled on
Side 1. The labels still have "NONBREAKABLE" to the left of the centre hole.
The record of the copy shown has stamped matrix numbers:
Side 1 -
XLP-55619-1L, Side 2 - XLP-55620-1AA.
The record of Lars M. Banke's variant fifth release copy has almost
identical labels with You're No Good again correctly titled on Side 1.
However, the labels no longer have "NONBREAKABLE" to the left of the centre
hole, like the sixth release labels below. The record of the copy shown has
stamped matrix numbers:
Side 1 - XLP-55619-1AB,
Side 2 - XLP-55620-1AB.
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Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke
(fifth mono commercial release variant) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (fifth mono
commercial release - "360º SOUND", first track is now correctly retitled
"You're No Good"!) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by
Gerd Rundel (fifth mono commercial release - "NONBREAKABLE") |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel
(fifth mono commercial release) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Lars M.
Banke (fifth mono commercial release variant, first track again
correctly retitled "You're No Good", "NONBREAKABLE" missing) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by
Lars M. Banke (fifth mono commercial release variant , "NONBREAKABLE"
missing) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Lars M.
Banke (fifth mono commercial release variant) |
Columbia CL 1779 (USA), ca. 1968
(sixth mono release):

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), sixth mono commercial release - front scan
by Gerd Rundel |
This copy of the sixth commercial release of Columbia CL 1779
has a hole punched through the sleeve and a promo sticker with "COMPLIMENTS OF EASTERN ELECTRIC CO." on the rear
sleeve. The record has labels in a new style introduced with the first mono release of
John Wesley Harding in 1968. The "360º SOUND" text, arrows and
"NONBREAKABLE" are all missing. However, the first track is again incorrectly
titled "She's No Good"!
|

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), sixth mono commercial release - detail of
front, scan
by Gerd Rundel (hole punched through
sleeve) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), sixth mono commercial release - detail of rear,
scan by Arie de Reus (promo sticker and
hole punched through sleeve) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), sixth mono commercial release - rear scan
by Gerd Rundel |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), sixth mono commercial release - Side 1 scan by
Arie de Reus ("360º SOUND", arrows and "NONBREAKABLE" are missing, first track is again incorrectly titled "She's No
Good") |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA), sixth mono commercial release - Side 2 scan by
Arie de Reus |
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Arie de Reus, Manuel García Jara, Raoul Verolleman, Gerd Rundel, Max from Italy, Bjarne Rother Jensen
and Austin Settle for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan" -
Sundazed mono vinyl LP reissue, Columbia
LP 5120 (USA), Jan 2004:
New York State-based small label Sundazed gained approval
in 2004 from Columbia
to reissue the 1960s Dylan album in their original mono on 180gm vinyl. Thanks
to Tim Dunn for information about this album. For more
information see Sundazed's web-site
, where this album is still for
sale.
Thanks to John W. Busher for
this extra information "I thought you would be interested to know that
there have been two pressings of the Sundazed "Bob Dylan" mono LP. The
first pressing is defective, and has some distortion problems. The matrix
numbers are: Side 1 - AM53895 LP5120A, Side 2 - AM53895 LP5120B. The second pressing corrects the
problem, and has matrix numbers: Side 1 - AM53895 LP5120A RE1, Side 2
- AM53895 LP5120B RE1. There
is no difference in the artwork, but the re-pressing can be ordered from Sundazed if you specifically ask for it."
Thanks to Robert Kornovich for photos of the labels, which reproduce the
second original Columbia US "6-eye" design with "You're No Good" listed
above the centre hole (see above) and to Moise Potié for finding
the picture of the sealed album with Sundazed sticker. Sergio Mariano
Romay's copy has two front stickers as shown. Scan of the rear sleeve
required!"
"Bob Dylan" - mono vinyl LP reissues, Columbia
88697761051-1/CL 1779 (USA);
Columbia/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 239 (NL/USA), 2010:

Columbia
88697761051-1/CL 1779 (USA) - front scan by
Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
This heavyweight vinyl mono release is part of
the LP version of the 2010 9LP set The Original Mono
Recordings, see
International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 2010s, sold separately. It
includes a reproduction of the original Columbia inner sleeve. |

Columbia/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 239 (NL/USA)
- front with sticker, scan by
Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |

Columbia/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 239 (NL/USA)
- front sticker scan by
Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |

Columbia/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 239 (NL/USA)
- rear with sticker, scan by
Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |

Columbia/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 239 (NL/USA)
- rear sticker scan by
Ronald Born (2010 release) |

Columbia
88697761051-1/CL 2389 (USA) - rear scan by
Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |

Columbia
88697761051-1/CL 1779 (USA) - inner
sleeve front scan by
Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |

Columbia
88697761051-1/CL 1779 (USA) - inner
sleeve rear scan by
Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |

Columbia
88697761051-1/CL
1779 (USA) - Side 1 scan by
Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |

Columbia
88697761051-1/CL
1779 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by
Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |

Columbia
88697761051-1/CL
1779 (USA) - Side 2 scan by
Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
The record labels reproduce the style of the original 1962 mono labels.
You're No Good on the Side 1 label is listed correctly. As well as "CL 1779" the
record sides are also numbered "88697761051-1A/B".
This album was also sold in Europe by the Dutch
company Music On Vinyl as MOVLP 239. The copy shown has a gold Music On Vinyl
sticker on the front sleeve and a white sticker with a barcode on the rear
sleeve at bottom right. The rear sleeve of Ronald Born's copy has a "7" at
bottom right. This indicates that the original 1962 sleeve that has been
reproduced was fabricated by
Modern Album Finishing Co., Terre Haute, IN.
The record in the Dutch release is the same as that in the US release.
Thanks to
Manuel García Jara and Ronald Born for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan" - mono vinyl 2LP
audiophile release, Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs MFSL 2-458 (USA), 2018:

Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs MFSL 2-458
(USA) - front scan by Gerd Rundel |
This unique high quality recording was released on
heavyweight vinyl playing at 45 RPM as a 2LP set in a gatefold sleeve with
Side 1 on Record 1 and Side 2 on Record 2.
LP 1
Side 1: You're No Good; Talkin' New York; In My Time of Dyin'; Man of
Constant Sorrow
Side 2: Fixin' to Die; Pretty Peggy-O; Highway 51
LP 2
Side 3: Gospel Plow; Baby, Let Me Follow You Down; House of the Risin' Sun
Side 4: Freight Train Blues; Song to Woody; See That My Grave Is Kept Clean |

Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs MFSL 2-458
(USA) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel |

Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs MFSL 2-458
(USA) - detail of rear with 2LP tracklist, scan by Gerd Rundel (limited edition
number obscured on left)
This was a Limited Edition of 3000
copies, the gatefold sleeve is numbered at bottom left of the
rear (obscured on the scan).
Scans of the MFSL
record labels required!
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan" - mono vinyl LP release, Columbia
CL 1779 (USA for export), 1963(?):

Columbia CL 1779 (USA for export) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (version pasted over with "CBS" to sell in France) |
Michel Pomarede has found a copy of CL 1779 in France
with "CBS" stickers on the sleeve, one on the front, four on the rear. The
sleeve has a "1" at bottom right, indicating that it was fabricated by Modern
Album Finishing Co., probably at Terre Haute, IN.
The record labels look like those of the first release,
second variant, with one song above the centre hole, track 1 on Side 1 correctly
listed as You're No Good, and "NONBREAKABLE" present. Each record label has a
red full ring-shaped sticker with four "CBS" logos.
The record has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 -
XLP-55619-1D, Side 2 - XLP-55619-1?.
The album was subsequently bought by Lars. M. Banke.
|

Columbia CL 1779 (USA for export) - detail of front with large "CBS"
sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA for export) - detail of front with small "CBS"
sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA for export) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke (version pasted over with "CBS" to sell in France) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA for export) - detail of rear with large "CBS"
sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA for export) - detail of rear with small "CBS"
sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA for export) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (first
release, second variant, with You're No Good above centre hole and
"NONBREAKABLE", version pasted over with four printed "CBS" logos to sell
in France) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA for export) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (first
release, second variant, with Gospel Plow above centre hole and
"NONBREAKABLE", version pasted over with four printed "CBS" logos to sell
in France) |

Columbia CL 1779 (USA for export) - detail of rear with two small "CBS"
stickers, scan by Lars M. Banke ("1" at bottom right)
Thanks to Michel Pomarede and Lars M. Banke for information and
scans.
"Bob Dylan" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia CL 1779 (Canada),
late
1962:

Columbia CL 1779 (Canada) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This album was made in Canada. I don't have an exact release
date, but it must be no earlier than late 1962 because of the label design. It has "LITHO IN CANADA" on
the front sleeve and "PRINTED IN CAN." on the record labels, which are a variant of the
third US commercial release above with
"GUARANTEED HIGH FIDELITY" and You're No Good
incorrectly titled
as "She's No Good". No tracks are listed above the centre hole. The copy of the record shown has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1- xlp 55619-1B,
Side 2 - xlp 55620-1B. Thanks to Gerd Rundel for finding this on eBay
and to Hans Seegers for scans.
|

Columbia CL 1779 (Canada) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers |

Columbia CL 1779 (Canada) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers |

Columbia CL 1779 (Canada) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |

Columbia CL 1779 (Canada) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers |

Columbia CL 1779 (Canada) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |

Columbia CL 1779 (Canada) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |

Columbia CL 1779 (Canada) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Bob Dylan" - mono vinyl LP releases,
CBS BPG
62022/CL 1779 (UK), Jun 1962 onwards:
The UK was the first country apart from the USA to release this album
- in other countries it was not released until well after Bob became successful,
sometimes as late as 1967, and then in stereo only. Thanks to David Burgess for
the 1985 "Record Collector" article by Tim Davies giving the UK
release date. Ian Woodward recalls an advert for the album in "Record
Retailer", 28 Jun 1962, with the title shown as "You're No Good". The test pressing has a white CBS blank label with handwritten
text, including "July". For the stereo version of this album, CBS SBPG 62022, see
International Album
Releases
(Regular).
CBS BPG 62022 (UK) - Philips-made
releases (2):

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), copy pressed by Philips - front scan by Arie
de Reus (both releases) |
The UK rear sleeve has a different layout from the US releases, without the
Dylan photo. There were three separate releases of this album before 1965, two
are definitely from 1962. Two of these three releases were manufactured by Philips (later
part of PolyGram, now Universal) on behalf of CBS Records. US Columbia releases
were previously released in the UK by Philips on either the Philips or Fontana labels before CBS
Records was established. Columbia ended the arrangement with Philips in 1961 and
formed CBS Records in 1962, but Philips made the first releases of Bob Dylan
in 1962 and also made early copies of The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan in 1963
plus The Times They Are A-Changin’ and Another Side Of Bob Dylan
in 1964. CBS Records did not have a pressing plant in the UK until they
bought the former Oriole Records plants and recording studio on 21 Sep 1964
(Oriole had also released American Columbia hits in the UK in the early
1960s). Unlike the USA, the UK did have a white label promo, which is in a
Philips-made sleeve. |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), copy pressed by Philips - detail of front, scan by Arie
de Reus (both releases, catalogue number under logo) |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK) - test pressing,
picture found on eBay by Arie de Reus |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK) - side 1 of test
pressing, picture found on eBay by Arie de Reus
|

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), copy pressed by Philips - rear scan by Arie
de Reus (both releases, note text at bottom is different from the CBS release |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), copy pressed by Philips - detail of rear, scan by
Arie de Reus (both releases, "BPG 62022" to left of logo) |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), first release pressed by Philips - Side 1 scan by Arie de Reus (first track correctly titled "You're No Good") |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), copy pressed by Philips - detail of
bottom left of rear sleeve, scan by Arie de Reus ("CBS IS A
TRADEMARK..."), there is no text below the liner notes at bottom right
(both releases) |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), first release pressed by Philips - Side 2 scan by Arie
de Reus |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), second release pressed by Philips - Side 1 scan by
Hans Seegers (first track incorrectly titled "She's No Good" -
Side 2 of this copy is the same as Arie's release)
|
The record of
Arie de Reus' copy of this album that was manufactured for CBS by
Philips has the first track on Side 1 correctly titled You're No Good and
Philips matrix numbers: Side 1 - BPG 62022 1L 2=420
VVV, Side 2
- BPG 62022 2L 2//420 VO. (The "V"
is an upside down triangle). Eddy Moors in Denmark has a copy of this release
that has "OT" stamped on the record labels. This is a British Purchase Tax
code that an Internet site says was in use only until 10 Apr 1962, when it was replaced
by "ZT". However, a 1964 UK copy of Another Side Of
Bob Dylan has also been found with this code, so the April 1962 date must
be incorrect.
Hans Seegers has a second release of the Philips pressing where
You're No Good is incorrectly titled "She's No Good". This is the same as
the CBS mono and stereo pressings, which are all incorrect. The Side 2
label is the same as Arie's first Philips release copy, not the same as Gerd's
second Philips release Side 2 label below.
The Philips rear sleeves and the CBS rear sleeves had three folded-over
flaps, not present on later CBS UK releases. Thanks to Harald Sigvartsen for
pointing out that Fixin' To Die and Highway 51 are wrongly listed as "Fixin'
To Die Blues" and "Highway 51 Blues" on all the Side 1 record labels.

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), first release pressed by Philips - Side 1 scan by
Gerd Rundel (first track correctly titled "You're No Good") |
Gerd Rundel explains there is more variation to
the two
Philips releases than just the first track title: the album
title "BOB DYLAN" is in a different typeface; also the second release has "BPG 62022"
to the right of the centre hole while the first release has "BPG62022".
Gerd Rundel has a copy
of the first Philips release in the same sleeve as shown above. On Side 1 (between 6
and 8 o'clock) is the embossed British Purchase Tax code "O/T1". This
record has stamped Philips matrix numbers: Side 1 - BPG 62022 1L v 2 = 420
V V V (v = small inverted triangle), Side 2 - BPG 62022 v 2L v 1 // 420 V
O O (v = small inverted triangle).
Gerd's second Philips release copy has the embossed British Purchase Tax code "O/T1"
on Side 2 directly left of the centre hole. The record of this copy has stamped
Philips matrix numbers: Side 1 - BPG 62022
1L v 2 = 420 V V 4 (v = small inverted triangle), Side 2 - BPG 62022 v 2L
v 1 // 420 V O 4 (v = small inverted triangle).
|

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), first release pressed by Philips - detail of Side 1, scan by
Gerd Rundel |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), first release pressed by Philips - detail of Side 1, scan by
Gerd Rundel ("BPG62022") |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), first release pressed by Philips - Side 2 scan by
Gerd Rundel |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), second release pressed by Philips - Side 1 scan by
Gerd Rundel (first track incorrectly titled "She's No Good") |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), second release pressed by Philips - detail of Side 1, scan by
Gerd Rundel ("BOB DYLAN" in different typeface) |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), second release pressed by Philips - detail of Side 1, scan by
Gerd Rundel ("BPG 62022") |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), second release pressed by Philips - Side 2 scan by
Gerd Rundel |
The
situation of the two Philips releases and the first CBS release below is complicated
by copies with mixed Philips and CBS labels! Hans
Seegers has a copy in a CBS sleeve that has a first CBS label on Side 1 (see CBS
scans below) and a
first Philips release label as above on Side 2.
Gerd also has a copy with mixed labels: this variant has
a first CBS label on Side 1 and a second Philips release label on Side 2. The sleeve is the same as Hans' listed
first CBS
commercial release with no catalogue number below the CBS logo on the front. The
record of this copy has stamped CBS matrix numbers: Side 1
- 62022-3A-1, Side 1 - 62022-3B-1. Peter Oudejans
has a copy with the second Philips label on Side 1, but with a CBS label
as
below on Side 2. This record also has
the same
CBS matrix numbers as Gerd's.
CBS BPG 62022 (UK) - first CBS-made release:

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release - front scan by
Hans Seegers
|
The third mono release was made by CBS itself (with the record probably
pressed by Oriole). |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release - detail of
front, scan by Hans Seegers (no catalogue number under logo) |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release - detail of
front, photo by Chris Chilvers ("rad" printed in white below logo) |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release - rear scan by
Hans Seegers. This rear sleeve has three folded-over flaps, later releases
did not
|

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release - detail of rear
sleeve showing logo with text "MONO BPG 62022", scan by Hans
Seegers |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release - detail of bottom
right of rear
sleeve, scan by Hans
Seegers ("CBS is a Trademark..." - corresponding text on
Philips pressing is on left, see above) |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release - detail of rear
sleeve showing "Red" above logo, scan by Kenneth Robson |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release - detail of
bottom left of rear
sleeve, scan by Hans
Seegers ("Printed and made by Garrod & Lofthouse...") |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release - rear
photo by Chris Chilvers ("RAD" and "UNIVERS 65" overprinting) |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release -
detail of rear, photo by Chris Chilvers ("RAD" overprinting) |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release -
detail of rear, photo by Chris Chilvers ("UNIVERS 65" overprinting)
|

CBS bpg 62022 (UK), CBS commercial release - Side 1 scan by Hans
Seegers (first track incorrectly titled "She's No Good")
|

CBS bpg 62022 (UK), copy with mixed labels, Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers
(CBS label with first track incorrectly titled "She's No Good") |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), copy with mixed labels, Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers
(Philips label) |

"Red - MONO" example, scan by Ian Woodward |

"Blue - STEREO" example, scan by Ian Woodward |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), first copy pressed by Philips - detail of
Side 1 scan by Arie de Reus |

CBS BPG 62022 (UK), second copy pressed by Philips - detail of
Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |

CBS bpg 62022 (UK), copy pressed by CBS - detail of Side 1 scan
by Hans Seegers |

CBS bpg 62022 (UK), copy pressed by CBS - Side
2 scan by Arie de Reus |
The
differences are as follows:
-
On the Philips-made
front sleeves (both identical) the catalogue number BPG 6022 is present at
top left under the stereo arrows and the CBS logo – on the CBS release it is
missing.
-
On the Philips-made
rear sleeves the catalogue number is printed at top right to the left of the
CBS logo – on the CBS release it is below the CBS logo.
-
On the Philips-made
rear sleeves the text "CBS IS A TRADEMARK OF COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM
INC." is printed at bottom left. On the CBS release it is printed at bottom
right with other copyright text and at bottom left is "Printed by Garrod &
Lofthouse".
-
On the Philips-made
record labels to the right of the centre hole underneath the music publisher
credits the matrix number is shown as “BPG 62022 1L” or “BPG 62022 2L” above
the text “"RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1962”. On the CBS release the matrix
numbers are “BPG 62022 A” or “BPG 62022 B” above the shorter text of “(P)
1962". (The “L” on the Philips label meant Mono, with “Y” for Stereo.) See
the three detailed scans above.
-
The Philips labels have
"BPG62022"/"BPG 62022" to the right of the centre
hole, while the CBS labels have "BPG 62022".
See the three detailed scans above.
-
On the first
Philips-made Side 1 record label the first song is titled “You’re No Good”, later
changed to “She’s No Good” – on the CBS release it’s listed as “She’s No
Good”.
Kenneth Robson has a copy of this first CBS commercial release with the
word "Red" printed above the logo at the top right of the rear
sleeve. This
may have indicated a mono copy, because Ian Woodward has mono and stereo
copies of a UK Decca album where the rear sleeve has a hole punched through
it with the text "RED - MONO/BLUE - STEREO" revealing different coloured
inside sleeves (I have a stereo copy of a UK Decca released Rolling Stones
album with the hole in the rear sleeve showing a blue inner sleeve). Chris
Chilvers has a copy of this first CBS commercial release with the word "rad"
printed below the logo at the top left of the front sleeve. The rear sleeve
has "RAD" printed above "BOB DYLAN" and "UNIVERS 65" printed below the mono
catalogue number at top right. Augie Krater points out that Univers 65 is a
typeface, and
it's possible "rad/RAD" is short for radio.

CBS SBPG 62022 (UK), possible 1968-69 release -
detail of rear, photocopy by Paul Shenton (three text lines in box, printer's
name Ernest J. Day at bottom right, no folded-over flaps)
The rear sleeve of this copy is completely new - it has
just "62022" below the CBS logo at top right, but the stereo information in the
text box has been expanded to three lines, unlike any other shown here. The
sleeve was printed by Ernest J. Day & Co., Ltd., London W11. The construction of
the sleeve is unusual (this is the only example I have of it). It is made of two separate pieces of card with the front
sleeve flaps folded under. This method of construction does not allow for a
proper spine. The spine text is on the rear half in roughly the same place as on
other sleeves, but in a very fine font with "BOB DYLAN" squeezed up and "62022"
spaced out. When the two pieces of card were glued together they were slightly
misaligned, so that the top of "62022" is hidden under the front half.

CBS bpg 62022 (UK), copy pressed by CBS - detail of Side 1,
photo by James Dunseth ("SBPG 62022 A" stereo
matrix number) |
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for finding a copy of the
CBS commercial release on eBay where the sleeve and record labels belong
to the mono album, but the record itself is actually the stereo album with
stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - SBPG 62022 A, Side 2 - SBPG 62022 B.
As shown above, both record labels have "BPG 62022"
as the catalogue number, "(P) 1962"
to the right of the centre hole and track 1 on Side 1 is listed as "SHE'S NO
GOOD". |

CBS bpg 62022 (UK), copy pressed by CBS
- detail of Side 2, photo by James
Dunseth ("SBPG 62022 B" stereo matrix number) |
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Arie de Reus, Kenneth Robson, Ian Woodward,
Éamonn Ó Catháin, James Dunseth, Paul Shenton and Gerd Rundel for
information and pictures.
"Bob Dylan" - mono vinyl LP releases, CBS BP-233206 (Australia), 1965
(two variants):
The records were made in Australia and have orange
CBS labels. The first track, You're No Good by Jesse Fuller, was correctly
titled on the Side 1 labels of both releases. The Australian record
labels have at the bottom 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. The songs are copyrighted by "Leeds Music and "Control", not
"Allan's" as later 1960s Australian releases. There are two variants of the
Side 1 label - on the first track 7 is shown as "HIGHWAY 51" on the first
line and "(Jones) Leeds" on the second line; on the first track 7 is shown
as "HIGHWAY 51 (Jones)" on the first line and just "Leeds" on the second
line. The Side 2 labels are the same.
For the stereo release of the Australian album, CBS
SBP-233206, see
International Album Releases
(Regular).
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Bill Hester and Stuart Moore for
information and scans.
"Bob Dylan" - mono vinyl LP release, CBS
BP-473216 (New Zealand), 1965:

CBS BP-473216 (New Zealand) - front scan by Bill Hester |

CBS BP-473216 (New Zealand) - rear scan by Bill Hester |

CBS BP-473216 (New Zealand) - detail of rear, scan by Bill Hester
|

CBS BP-473216 (New Zealand) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |

CBS BP-473216 (New Zealand) - detail of Side 1, scan by Bill Hester |

CBS BP-473216 (New Zealand) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
This was the second Bob Dylan album to be released
in New Zealand. The sleeve has three folded-over flaps. The record was made
in New Zealand and has ""MADE IN N.Z. BY A REGISTERED USER OF THE
TRADEMARKS" at the bottom of the labels.
For the later stereo release of the New Zealand album,
CBS SBP-474236, see
International Album Releases
(Regular). Note the different New Zealand catalogue numbers - BP-473216
(mono), SBP-474236 (stereo).
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Bill Hester for
information and scans.
"Bob Dylan" - mono vinyl LP releases, CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa/Rhodesia), 1965:

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - front scan by Arie de Reus |
The album sleeve was printed in South Africa by Record
Pac. It has no Bob Dylan picture on the rear, but it is unique in having
"BOB DYLAN" in red and the track listing in blue. Hans Seegers' copy has two
folded-over rear flaps, Arie de Reus' copy has three folded-over flaps.
(Manuel García Jara is doubtful about this, and thinks what looks like a
third flap is actually just a thick line where the front laminate ends on
the rear sleeve. A sleeve with two folded-over flaps is made of one sheet of
card with flaps, folded in half so that the flaps then overlap the rear
sleeve. A sleeve with three folded-over flaps will need to be made of two
separate pieces of card, with the three flaps from the front sleeve
overlapping the rear sleeve - Manuel has never seen a sleeve like this. |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (two folded-over
flaps) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - rear scan by Arie de Reus (three folded-over flaps) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - detail of rear, scan by Arie de Reus (three
folded-over flaps) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (variant 1) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - detail of Side 1, scan by Arie de Reus
(variant 1 - copyrights on six lines) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - detail of Side 1, scan by Arie de Reus
(variant 1) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (variant 1) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - detail of Side 2, scan by Arie de Reus
(variant 1) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (two folded-over
flaps) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (variant
2) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 2 -
"XLP" indented, copyrights on five lines) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 2) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (variant
2) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - detail of Side 2, scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 2 - "XLP" indented) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - detail of rear, scan by Arie de Reus (printer
"RECORD PAC" - three folded-over flaps) |

CBS ALD 6818 (South Africa) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers
(printer "RECORD PAC" - two folded-over flaps and laminate lines) |

CBS ALD 6818 (Rhodesia) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |

CBS ALD 6818 (Rhodesia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara
("MADE IN S. RHODESIA") |

CBS ALD 6818 (Rhodesia) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara |
The South African record has orange CBS labels in two variants. The first track,
You're No Good by Jesse Fuller, was correctly titled on the Side 1 label of
both variants. On variant
2 the playing speed "33⅓" to the left of the
centre hole is in a different typeface from that of variant 1, and the music
publisher information to the right of the centre hole on Side 1 is spread over
five lines on variant 2 instead of six on variant 1; also to the right of the
centre hole the matrix numbers XLP.55619" (Side 1) and "XLP.55620" (Side
2) are left-aligned on variant 1 and centred on variant 2. Arie de
Reus' copy with variant 1 record labels has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-55619-1H, Side 2
- XLP-55620-1K, as does Manuel García Jara's copy with variant 2 record
labels.
Manuel García Jara's very rare Rhodesian copy looks identical to the
South African copy (variant 1) but it has "MADE IN S. RHODESIA" stamped into the vinyl
on both sides of the record.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Arie de Reus and Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan" - mono vinyl LP, CBS CL 1779 (Singapore),
1965:

CBS CL 1779 (Singapore) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This release uses an imported US sleeve and the US catalogue number, but
has unique labels with three CBS logos and the white "MONO"/"360º SOUND"
label design without arrows. The first track, You're No Good by Jesse Fuller, was
correctly titled on the Side 1 label.
Gerd Rundel has a copy that is exactly the same as the one shown. The record
of his copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-55619, Side 2 -
XLP-55620.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Gerd Rundel for information and scans. |

CBS CL 1779 (USA for export to Singapore) - rear scan by Hans
Seegers |

CBS CL 1779 (Singapore) - Side 1 scan by Hans
Seegers |

CBS CL 1779 (Singapore) - Side 2 scan by Hans
Seegers |
"Bob Dylan" - mono vinyl LP, CBS
62022 (Italy), 22 Sep 1966 (two variants), re-released late 1960s; CBS
Sugar 62022 (Italy),
8 Jan
1975; CBS
62022 (Italy),
1978:
Despite the release date, the 1975 and 1978 albums were indeed still in mono! For the
stereo release of this album, see International Album
Releases
(Regular).
CBS
62022 (Italy), 22 Sep 1966 (two variants):

CBS 62022 (Italy) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (both 1966 releases,
bottom text on two lines, two folded-over flaps)
The 1966 records have orange
CBS labels. The first track, You're No Good by Jesse Fuller, was
correctly titled on the Side 1 labels of all releases. The two 1960s releases have quite
different orange CBS labels. Both variants of the first release have "BOB DYLAN" twice as
album title and artist name above the centre hole (the same as the 1966 stereo
release), the later 1960s release has "BOB DYLAN" below the centre hole, above
and below the song titles. There are two first release record label variants -
variant 1 has matrix number "62022-1L"to the right of the centre hole the right
way up, variant 2 has matrix number "62022-1L"to the right
of the centre hole upside down. The record with variant 1 labels has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 62022 1L 22/9/66, Side 2 - 62022 2L 22/9/66.
The record with variant 2 labels has
different stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS 62022 1L, Side 2 - CBS 62022
2L/2.
Manuel García Jara has a copy of the 1966 release first
variant exported to Yugoslavia with "PER ESPORTAZIONE [FOR EXPORT]" stamped on both labels.
Unlike other Communist regimes, the government
of Yugoslavia allowed the import of Western records in limited quantities, but
even so,
records with stamps like this are very rare. The record has the same stamped matrix numbers
as the variant 1 record above: Side 1 - 62022 1L 22/9/66, Side 2 - 62022 2L 22/9/66.
CBS 62022 (Italy), re-released late 1960s:

CBS 62022 (Italy) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (late
1960s, early 1970s and 1975 releases) |
The sleeves of the late 1960s, early 1970s and the 1975 albums are
the same, the rear sleeve has two
folded-over flaps. The 1978 sleeve below is essentially the same,
although it has no folded-over flaps, and the printer details at bottom right of
the rear sleeve are now missing. |

CBS 62022 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Hans
Seegers (later 1960s release)
|

CBS 62022 (Italy) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans
Seegers (later 1960s release - just "MADE IN ITALY") |

CBS 62022 (Italy) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (later 1960s
release - "62022-1L" right way up) |

CBS 62022 (Italy) - detail of rear, scan by Hans
Seegers (1960s, early 1970s and 1975 releases) |

CBS 62022 (Italy) - inner sleeve front scan by
Simon Blokker (early 1970s release) |

CBS 62022 (Italy) - inner sleeve rear scan by
Simon Blokker (early 1970s release) |

CBS 62022 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Simon
Blokker (early 1970s release) |

CBS 62022 (Italy) - detail of Side 1, scan by
Simon Blokker (early 1970s release - "MADE IN ITALY BY CBS SUGAR S.p.A." in
circumference text) |

CBS 62022 (Italy) - Side 2 scan by Simon
Blokker (early 1970s release) |

CBS 62022 (Italy) - detail of rear, scan by Hans
Seegers (later 1960s, early 1970s and 1975 releases, bottom text on one line, two folded-over flaps)
Simon Blokker's
early 1970s release comes in the second sleeve as shown with the bottom text on
one line and two folded-over flaps on the rear. The record comes in a CBS Sugar
picture inner sleeve with illustrations of contemporary albums (both LPs and
cassettes) such as New Blood by Blood, Sweat & Tears and Caravanserai
by Santana, both released in Oct 1972. The record now has "MADE IN ITALY
BY CBS SUGAR S.p.A." in the circumference text on the right, not at the bottom
of the labels. The record of this copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS 62022=1L
(stamped) ZZZZ xxxxx (handwritten) 22/9/66 (stamped), Side 2 - CBS 62022=2L/2
(stamped) ZZZ xxxxx (handwritten) 29/9/66 (stamped).
CBS
Sugar 62022 (Italy),
8 Jan
1975; CBS
62022 (Italy),
1978:

CBS 62022 (Italy) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara
(1978 release, no folded-over flaps, printer details at bottom right missing)
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Manuel García Jara, Simon Blokker
and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan: The Original Mono Recordings" - 9LP sets
in 12" box, Columbia/Legacy 88697761051 (USA), 21 Dec 2010; Columbia/Legacy/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 239-246
(NL), 7 Dec 2010:
For full details see
The Original Mono Recordings 2010.
Columbia/Legacy 88697761051 (USA), 21 Dec 2010:
Columbia/Legacy/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 239-246
(NL), 7 Dec 2010:

Columbia/Legacy/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 239-246
(NL) - vinyl LPs photo by Andreas Volkert
|
|
In Europe the 12" mono LP is available separately from the vinyl boxed set as a
Dutch release, Music On Vinyl MOVLP 239 (NL), see above.
|

Columbia/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 239 (NL)
- front with sticker, scan by
Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
Thanks to Gerd Rundel, Manuel García Jara
and Andreas Volkert for information and pictures.
"Bob Dylan" - mono
vinyl release, Columbia/Sony Music 88985455271 (Europe), 1 Dec 2017:

Columbia/Sony Music 88985455271 (Europe) - front
photo by
Sigbjørn Flyen |
This new release comes in a reproduction of the
1962 US stereo sleeve and has reproduction "6 eye" US stereo record labels.
It is, however, definitely a mono pressing on 180gm vinyl. There is a "We
are vinyl" sticker on the shrink-wrap of the front sleeve. |

Columbia/Sony Music 88985455271 (Europe) - front
sticker photo by
Sigbjørn Flyen |

Columbia/Sony Music 88985455271 (Europe) - rear
photo by
Sigbjørn Flyen |

Columbia/Sony Music 88985455271 (Europe) - Side 1
photo by
Sigbjørn Flyen |

Columbia/Sony Music 88985455271 (Europe) - Side 2
photo by
Sigbjørn Flyen |
The record of the copy shown has stamped matrix numbers:
Side 1 - 21108 2A 88985455271, Side 2 - 21108 1B 88985455271. This means the
record could have been pressed by Optimal (Germany) or GZ Media (Czech
Republic), but not MOV (NL) or MPO (France). It was probably sourced from
digital material, not a previous master.
Thanks to
Éamonn Ó Catháin and
Sigbjørn Flyen for information and photos.
CD Releases
"Bob Dylan: The Original Mono Recordings" -
9CD set in 5" box, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697761042 (USA/Europe),
19 Oct 2010; Sony Music SICP 2951-59 (Japan), 10 Nov 2010:
For full details see
The Original Mono Recordings 2010.
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697761042
(USA/Europe), 19 Oct 2010:
Sony Music SICP 2951-59 (Japan), 10 Nov 2010:

Sony Music SICP 2951-59 (Japan) - front of
box with obi and sticker, scan by Anthony Perry |
Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for
information about the Japanese release, Sony Music SICP 2151-59. It has a
wrap-around obi with price ¥18,900 (¥18,000
plus sales tax). This has been reduced from the originally announced price
of
¥25,000!
As the original mono albums were never released in Japan, each has a light
blue top obi based on those of the original stereo releases. The Japanese CD
also comes in the picture inner sleeve with a Japanese language booklet and
an insert reproducing the 1962 silver star sticker (see above).
|

Sony Music SICP 2951 (Japan) - front with
obi, scan by Anthony Perry |

Sony Music SICP 2951 (Japan) - rear with
obi, scan by Anthony Perry |

Sony Music SICP 2951 (Japan) - obi scan by
Anthony Perry |
 Sony Music SICP 2951 (Japan) - front of card
sleeve, scan by Anthony Perry |

Sony Music SICP 2951-59 (Japan) - rear of
box, scan by Anthony Perry |

Sony Music SICP 2951 (Japan) - rear of card
sleeve, scan by Anthony Perry |

Sony Music SICP 2951 (Japan) - insert scan
by Anthony Perry (original front sticker) |

Sony Music SICP 2951 (Japan) - front of
booklet, scan by Anthony Perry |

Sony Music SICP 2951 (Japan) - inner sleeve
front, scan by Anthony Perry |

Sony Music SICP 2951 (Japan) - inner sleeve
rear, scan by Anthony Perry |

Sony Music SICP 2951 (Japan) - CD scan by
Anthony Perry |
Thanks to Anthony Perry for information and
scans.
"Bob Dylan" - unauthorised 2CD stereo and mono release, Not Now Music
NOT2CD480
(UK), Jan 2013:

Not Now Music NOT2CD480
(UK) - front of slipcase, picture from www.ginza.se |
Thanks to Anders Lindh for information about this 2CD release, presumably "legal" because of copyright expiry in the EU after fifty years.
As well as stereo and mono versions of the album, it includes two bonus
tracks. According to Derek Barker of "Isis" magazine, Not Now Music informed
him they were both sides of the original Mixed Up Confusion/Corrina, Corrina
mono 7" single (R-0007 and R-0008, see 1962).
However, this is completely wrong - Mixed Up Confusion is the stereo
overdubbed alternate take
from the original release of Biograph (R-0748, see
1985) and Corrina, Corrina is an unfaded
version of mono track from The
Freewheelin' Bob Dylan with a final drum roll from drummer Herb Lovelle
(2:53 instead of 2:44)! As this is a completely new rarity, full details are
in 2013. Special thanks to Anders for the
album! |
"Bob Dylan" -
mono hybrid SA-CD release, Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs MFSL UDSACD 2177 (USA), 2016:
Thanks to
Éamonn Ó Catháin for
information about this mono hybrid SA-CD release from the US
audiophile company Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs. It comes in a folded card
sleeve with a booklet. There will be a simultaneous
release on hybrid SA-CD and vinyl of seven Dylan mono albums excluding
Blonde On Blonde.
This limited edition hybrid SA-CD mono release of this album is the first time
the mono version has
been remastered in audiophile quality. It is therefore also listed in
2016.
For the Mobile Fidelity 2014 stereo SA-CD release,
see
International Album Releases (Regular).
Thanks to André Wilbers
and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
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