Slow Train Coming
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This page is part of a list of original releases by release date of international commercially-released regular stereo Dylan albums. They do not contain rarities or obscurities and are not eligible for the Searching For A Gem list. Nevertheless, their interest value or scarcity means they're worth listing here - as far as I know some are not included on any other Internet site. Promo releases of regular albums are now listed here and no longer in the former yearly Promo sections. For releases of this album in CBS/Columbia multi-packs, see International Album Releases (Regular) - Multi-Packs. |
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Original US stereo LP, Columbia FC 36120, 20 Aug 1979 This album was produced by Jerry Wexler and Barry Beckett and recorded at Muscle Shoals Studio, Sheffield, AL. Thanks to Steven Fant for the photo from Jul 2009. The building is now called Cypress Moon Studios. Saved (1980) was also recorded here.The front train/workman design is from a woodcut by Catherine Kanner. The rear sleeve photograph is by Nick Saxton and the inner sleeve photograph by Morgan Renard. This title is one of the fifteen Dylan albums released in Sep 2003 as a hybrid CD/SA-CD. This is playable both in stereo on an ordinary CD player and in enhanced stereo on an SA-CD player or a DVD player that also plays SA-CDs (Sony's higher range models all do this). Slow Train Coming is also available on the SA-CD in 5.1 surround sound! |
 Muscle Shoals Studio, Sheffield, AL, Jul 2009 - photo by Steven Fant |
Tracklisting:
Side 1: Gotta Serve Somebody; Precious Angel; I Believe In You; Slow Train
Side 2: Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking; Do Right To Me, Baby (Do Unto Others); When You Gonna Wake Up?; Man Gave Names To All The Animals; When He Returns
Out-takes from this album have been officially released as follows:
7" Singles: Trouble In Mind (single B-side 1979/80 - the Brazilian release is supposed to have had the full version of the song, other releases had an edit with one verse missing), for all see 1979. The full 5:13 version was finally released officially in Oct 2011 on the Sony Music Germany compilation Pure Dylan: An Intimate Look At Bob Dylan, see 2011.
The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (1991): Ye Shall Be Changed
The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 - Trouble No More 1979-1981 (Live/Deluxe Edition) (2017): Ain’t No Man Righteous (No, Not One); Ain't Gonna Go To Hell For Anybody. Both of these were short listed for The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, but not finally released until Nov 2017 on both the 2CD Live Edition and the 8CD Deluxe Edition.
Thanks to Jesús Castro Ruiz for the photo of the Slow Train Coming jacket.
Vinyl and Tape Releases
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo acetate, Warner Bros. Recording Studios for Columbia Records (USA), 19 Jul 1979:
 Slow Train Coming - acetate Side 2, scan by Hans Seegers |
This single-sided acetate, dated 19 Jul 1979, is of Side 2 of the Slow Train
Coming album.
Thanks to Craig Callahan for finding this on eBay, and to Hans Seegers for the scan. |
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl test pressing, Columbia FC 36120 (USA), Aug 1979:
 Columbia FC 36120 (USA) - front with promo stamp, photo by Bruce Mulle |
This test pressing comes in a plain white sleeve with a gold embossed
CBS promo stamp at top left. The record has plain white labels without text.
It has stamped matrix numbers:
Side 1
- PAL-36120-1D, Side 2 - PBL-36120-2D. Thanks to Bruce Mulle for information and photos. |
 Columbia FC 36120 (USA) - front promo stamp photo by Bruce Mulle |
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 Columbia FC 36120 (USA) - detail of Side 2, photo by Bruce Mulle |
"Slow Train Coming" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LPs, Columbia FC 36120 (USA), 20 Aug 1979:
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Columbia FC 36120 (USA) - front scan by Gil Lamont |
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 US Songbook front scan by Stuart Moore |
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 Columbia FC 36120 (USA) - right front sticker scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia FC 36120 (USA) - military stamp on rear, scan by Lars M. Banke |
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 Columbia PC 36120 (USA) - rear with barcode sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release) |
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 Columbia PC 36120 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release) |
 Columbia PC 36120 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release) |
 Columbia PC 36120 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (1980s release) |
The US inner sleeve is heavy glossy paper, otherwise the album is similar to my UK copy below. Stuart Moore has a white label promo copy with a gold stamp on the rear sleeve. Gerd Rundel's white label copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1J, Side 2 - PBL-36120-2M.
Steven Fant's copy has a red sticker on the front sleeve with white text promoting four tracks: Gotta Serve Somebody; Precious Angel; When You Gonna Wake Up? and Do Right To Me, Baby (Do Unto Others). Gerd Rundel's 1980 copy has two stickers with one promoting the 1979 Grammy Award win for Gotta Serve Somebody (awarded 22 Feb 1980) plus Man Gave Names To All The Animals and a second sticker promoting Slow Train, Gotta Serve Somebody and Precious Angel. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1J, Side 2 - PBL-36120-2H.
The record of Stuart Moore's promo copy has white Columbia promo labels. There are two versions of the commercial record labels. The record of Gil Lamont's commercial copy has red Columbia labels with the yellow Columbia logo in a ring and matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1C, Side 2 - PBL-36120-2B. Stuart Moore's copy has slightly different labels with an ASCAP copyright below the "B. Dylan" composer credit. The records of Phill Townsend's white label copy have matrix numbers: Side1 - PAL 36120-1C, Side2 - PBL 36120-2A.
Lars M. Banke has a copy with a gold stamp "FOR MILITARY SALE ONLY" at top left of the rear sleeve. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1AC , Side 2 - PAL-36120-2AC.
The sleeve of Gerd Rundel's 1980s copy, Columbia PC 36120, has a wraparound sticker with a barcode on the rear and “PC 36120” on the spine. The record has catalogue number PC 36120 and handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1AD, Side 2 - PBL-36120-2AF. The labels again have an ASCAP copyright below the "B. Dylan" composer credit.
Stuart Moore's US songbook is published by The Benson Company, Tennessee, also listed on the back as "Exclusive Distributor to the Religious Trade", in association with Special Rider Music.
Thanks to Gil Lamont, Stuart Moore, Gerd Rundel and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP releases, Columbia FC 36120 (USA for export), 1979:
 Columbia FC 36120 (USA for export) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (both copies) |
The first copy of the US first release, Columbia FC 36120, was exported to Australia with all instances of "Columbia" erased with black marker pen on the rear sleeve plus on the spine, and the ring of "Columbia" logos on the record labels obscured with black rings. The black rings on the labels look like they have been printed directly on the labels, they do not look like stickers as with all other export copies shown on the web-site. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1K, Side 2 - PBL-36120-2D. The second copy has a similar sleeve, with "Columbia" erased with black marker pen in three places on the rear sleeve plus on the spine. This time the ring of "Columbia" logos on the record labels has been obscured with white stickers. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1K, Side 2 - PBL-36120-2E. |
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 Columbia FC 36120 (USA for export) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke (first copy) |
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 Columbia FC 36120 (USA for export) - Side 2 with ring of "Columbia" logos overprinted in black, scan by Lars M. Banke (first copy) |
 Columbia FC 36120 (USA for export) - Side 1 with white ring-shaped sticker over ring of "Columbia" logos, scan by Gerd Rundel (second copy) |
 Columbia FC 36120 (USA for export) - Side 2 with white ring-shaped sticker over ring of "Columbia" logos, scan by Gerd Rundel (second copy) |
Columbia FC 36120 (USA for export) - detail of rear with all instances of
"Columbia" obscured including entire right-hand logo, scan by Lars M. Banke (first copy)
Columbia FC 36120 (USA for export) - detail of rear with three instances of
"Columbia" obscured, scan by Lars M. Banke (second copy)
Thanks to Lars M. Banke and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo reel-to reel tape, Columbia 1R1 7095 (USA), Jun 1980:
 Columbia 1R1 7095 (USA) - box front scan by Hans Seegers |
This album was released on reel-to-reel tape, in
4-track stereo running at 3¾" per second. All tracks are the standard stereo
album versions. Not only was it the last Dylan album to be released on
reel-to-reel tape, it was the first to be released on tape since Dylan
in 1973! No tape versions were released of the Asylum
albums or any of the six intervening Columbia albums! The tape reel comes in a black card box, hinged on the left, with a white wrap-around label and a separate label on the top of the box. Steven Fant's copy has a "FACTORY SEALED" sticker still partially attached to the rear of the box. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Steven Fant for information and scans. |
 Columbia 1R1 7095 (USA) - box rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia 1R1 7095 (USA) - box rear with sticker, scan by Steven Fant |
 Columbia 1R1 7095 (USA) - detail of box rear, scan by Steven Fant |
 Columbia 1R1 7095 (USA) - box rear sticker scan by Steven Fant |
 Columbia 1R1 7095 (USA) - detail of tape reel, scan by Steven Fant |
 Columbia 1R1 7095 (USA) - tape reel scan by Hans Seegers |
Columbia 1R1 7095 (USA) - box spine scan by Steven Fant
Columbia 1R1 7095 (USA) - box top scan by Steven Fant
"Slow Train Coming" - 8-track stereo cartridge release, Columbia FCA 36120 (USA), Aug 1979:
 Columbia FCA 36120 (USA) - top of tape cartridge, scan by Stuart Moore |
This release has a dark grey tape cartridge with two separate labels - the rear label overlaps the spine. |
 Columbia FCA 36120 (USA) - underside of tape cartridge, scan by Stuart Moore |
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The tracklisting has been revised to make the four programs of equal length:
Program 1: Gotta Serve Somebody; I Believe In You; Do Right To Me, Baby (Do Unto Others) (Part 1)
Program 2: Do Right To Me, Baby (Do Unto Others) (Conclusion); Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking; ; When You Gonna Wake Up?
Program 3: Precious Angel; Slow Train
Program 4: Do Right To Me, Baby (Do Unto Others); Man Gave Names To All The Animals; When He Returns
Do Right To Me, Baby (Do Unto Others) occurs twice, first split between Programs 1 and 2, and then repeated in full on Program 4! Because the split track is a rarity, it is also listed in 1979, along with the Canadian 8-track release, which has the same tracklist.
Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo cassette releases, Columbia FCT 36120 (USA), Aug 1979; Columbia PCT 36120 (USA), 1979-80, re-released late 1980s:
Columbia FCT 36120 (USA), Aug 1979:
 Columbia FCT 36120 (USA) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Gerd Rundel (1979 releases) |
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The 1979 cassette release, Columbia FCT 36120, has a folded insert with details of other contemporary Columbia cassette releases on the flap and on the inside. The cassette is light grey with black text, there are no paper labels. Steven Fant's insert is identical to Gerd's on the outside, but has different Columbia releases listed inside. The last catalogue number listed on Steven's insert is "P2T 35564", while the last catalogue number listed on Gerd's inset is "JCT 35991" ("P2T 35564" is also listed). Neither list releases with catalogue numbers higher than "FCT 36120". The two FCT 36120 cassettes are identical.
Columbia PCT 36120 (USA), 1979-80, re-released late 1980s:
 Columbia PCT 36120 (USA) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Gerd Rundel (1979-80 release) |
The 1979-80 cassette release, Columbia PCT 36120, has a smaller insert that is blank on the reverse. |
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 Columbia PCT 36120 (USA) - cassette Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (1979-80 release) |
 Columbia PCT 36120 (USA) - cassette Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (1979-80 release) |
The cassette looks identical to the 1979 cassette apart from the catalogue number change. The first Columbia US Dylan cassette to have a barcode on first release was Saved in 1980, so this must date from before that.
 Columbia PCT 36120 (USA) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
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 Columbia PCT 36120 (USA) - cassette Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
 Columbia PCT 36120 (USA) - cassette Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
The late 1980s release has the same catalogue number and the same smaller insert, this time with a barcode instead of the names of five featured tracks. The cassette is now transparent smoked grey with white text, although the text layout looks identical to that of the previous release. All three cassettes have Dolby noise reduction.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel and Steven Fant for information and scans.
Bob Dylan - "Slow Train Coming"/Van Morrison - "Into The Music" - radio station stereo vinyl LP, AFRTS (American Forces Radio & Television Service) RL 39-9/P-18647-48 (USA), 1979:
 AFRTS RL 39-9/P-18647 (USA) - front scan by Lars M. Banke |
This very rare radio station LP has four songs from the Slow Train Coming album on Side 1, and songs from Van Morrison's 1979 album Into The Music on Side 2. |
 AFRTS RL 39-9/P-18648 (USA) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke |
 AFRTS RL 39-9/P-18647 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (Dylan) |
 AFRTS RL 39-9/P-18648 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (no Dylan) |
 Warner Bros HS 3390 (USA) - front picture from www.discogs.com (no Dylan) |
It came in a brown paper sleeve. The Dylan songs are: Precious Angel; I Believe In You (mispelled "Belieive"); Slow Train; Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others). This is the second AFRTS album with tracks from Slow Train Coming - P-18626 (probably a Various Artists compilation) included Gotta Serve Somebody, scans required!
For other 1970s albums in the same AFRTS series with Bob Dylan on one side and different artists on the other, see International Albums (Various Artist Compilations) 1970s. The 1978 AFRTS single LP release of Bob Dylan At Budokan (RL 21-9/P-18371-72) is not listed there because all tracks on both sides are by Bob Dylan. For that see the Bob Dylan At Budokan page inthisz section. For a 1981 AFRTS album with Bob Dylan and Art Garfunkel, see International Albums (Various Artists Compilations) 1980-86. For an AFRTS single LP release of The Concert For Bangladesh by George Harrison and Friends, see 1972.
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, Columbia FC 36120 (Canada), 20 Aug 1979 (two releases):
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well as the country of origin details shown on the rear, the sleeve has “LITHO IN CANADA”
printed on the spine. Like that of the US release, the rear sleeve has a
barcode. The record was made in Canada and has red Columbia
labels with yellow logos in a ring round the circumference. Like the US
releases above, there are two record label variants - the first is missing
the ASCAP copyright below the song titles and the second has the copyright
text. Both records shown
have handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL 36120 1A 2GHZ, Side 2 - BL
36120-2 1A 2GHZ. The record comes in a printed inner sleeve. Manuel García Jara has submitted scans of the same release. Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Gerd Rundel for information and scans. |
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 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (first release) |
 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (first release without ASCAP copyright) |
 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (first release) |
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 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (second release) |
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 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (second release) |
Columbia FC 36120 (Canada) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (both
releases)
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP releases, Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export), 1979:
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Lars M. Banke has a copy of the Canadian release of FC 36120 bought in Denmark with one instance of "Columbia" obscured on the rear sleeve and with black ring-shaped stickers obscuring the Columbia logos on the labels. He also has a copy bought in Sweden with two instances of "Columbia" obscured on the rear sleeve and white ring-shaped stickers obscuring the Columbia logos on the labels, plus a copy bought in Australia with three instances of "Columbia" obscured on the rear sleeve including the entire Columbia logo at bottom right. |
 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke (copy bought in Denmark) |
 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke (copy bought in Australia) |
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 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - Side 1 with "Columbia" obscured with white ring-shaped sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke (copy bought in Sweden) |
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 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - Side 1 with "Columbia" obscured with black ring-shaped sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke (copy bought in Denmark) |
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Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - detail of rear with one instance of
"Columbia" obscured (above logo on right), scan by Lars M. Banke (copy bought in
Denmark)
Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - detail of rear with two instances of
"Columbia" obscured (in Canadian information line and above logo on right), scan
by Lars M. Banke (copy bought in Sweden)
Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - detail of rear with three instances of
"Columbia" obscured including complete logo (in Canadian information line and above logo on right), scan
by Lars M. Banke (copy bought in Australia)
The copy bought in Australia has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL 36120 1K, Side 2 - PBL 36120 2D.
 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (second copy bought in Sweden) |
This second copy bought in Sweden is different from the others because it has a gold sticker on the rear sleeve and gold ring-shaped stickers on the record labels. |
 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - rear with gold sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke (second copy bought in Sweden) |
 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - detail of rear with gold sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke (second copy bought in Sweden) |
 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - Side 1 with "Columbia" obscured with gold ring-shaped sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke (second copy bought in Sweden) |
 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - Side 2 with "Columbia" obscured with gold ring-shaped sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke (second copy bought in Sweden) |
The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL 36120 1A 2GHZ, Side 2 - BL 36120-2 1A 2GHZ.
 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (third copy bought in Sweden) |
This third copy bought in Sweden has no markings or
stickers on the front and rear sleeve. It has black ring-shaped stickers on the record
labels. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL 36120 1A, Side 2 - BL 36129 1B. |
 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke (third copy bought in Sweden) |
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 Columbia FC 36120 (Canada for export) - Side 2 with "Columbia" obscured with black ring-shaped sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke (third copy bought in Sweden) |
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - 8-track stereo cartridge release, Columbia FCA 36120 (Canada), Aug 1979:
 Columbia FCA 36120 (Canada) - front of slipcase, scan by Manuel García Jara |
This release with the same catalogue number as the US 8-track release has a black slipcase with a 99c "Bargain Bin" sticker. The tape cartridge is red and has one label overlapping the end. Like other Canadian 8-track releases, the rear of the slipcase is generic and the reverse of the tape cartridge is blank. |
 Columbia FCA 36120 (Canada) - rear of slipcase, scan by Manuel García Jara (generic) |
 Columbia FCA 36120 (Canada) - top of tape cartridge, scan by Manuel García Jara |
Columbia FCA 36120 (Canada) - side of slipcase, scan by
Manuel García Jara (generic)
Columbia FCA 36120 (Canada) - end of tape cartridge, scan by
Manuel García Jara
The tracklisting has been revised to make the four programs of equal length:
Program 1: Gotta Serve Somebody; I Believe In You; Do Right To Me, Baby (Do Unto Others) (Begin)
Program 2: Do Right To Me, Baby (Do Unto Others) (Concl.); Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking; ; When You Gonna Wake Up?
Program 3: Precious Angel; Slow Train
Program 4: Do Right To Me, Baby (Do Unto Others); Man Gave Names To All The Animals; When He Returns
Do Right To Me, Baby (Do Unto Others) occurs twice, first split between Programs 1 and 2, and then repeated in full on Program 4! Because the split track is a rarity, it is also listed in 1979, along with the US 8-track release, which has the same tracklist.
Thanks to
Manuel García Jara for information
and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo cassette releases, Columbia FCT 36120 (Canada), Aug 1979; Columbia WFCT-36120 (Canada), 1980s (two releases):
Columbia FCT 36120 (Canada), Aug 1979:
 Columbia FCT 36120 (Canada) - cassette insert scan by Gerd Rundel (1979 release) |
The inside of the 1979 cassette insert is blank. The cassette was made in the USA, although it has a different design from the USA cassette release above. It has Dolby noise reduction and a light grey case with black text printed directly on to it, there are no paper labels. | ||
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 Columbia FCT 36120 (Canada) - cassette Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (1979 release) |
Columbia WFCT-36120 (Canada), 1980s (two releases):
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 Columbia WFCT-36120 (Canada) - inside of cassette insert scan by Gerd Rundel (first 1980s release) |
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 Columbia WFCT-36120 (Canada) - cassette Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (first 1980s release) |
Columbia FCT 36120 (Canada) - detail of cassette insert, scan by Gerd
Rundel (first 1980s release)
The outside of the first 1980s insert now has a barcode, the inside of the insert has song titles. The cassette is clear transparent grey with white text – there are again no paper labels.
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The second 1980s release has a shorter insert. The inside of the insert has song titles and CBS manufacturing information. The cassette is now Chrome and this time is black with white text – there are again no paper labels. |
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 Columbia WFCT-36120 (Canada) - detail of outside of cassette insert, scan by Gerd Rundel (second 1980s release) |
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 Columbia WFCT-36120 (Canada) - cassette Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel second 1980s release) |
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Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl test pressing and commercial LP releases, CBS 86095 (UK), Aug 1979; CBS 32524 (UK), 1984, re-released late 1980s:
CBS 86095 (UK), test pressings, Jul-Aug 1979:
 CBS 86095 (UK) - test pressing Side 1 photo by Bruce Mulle |
Thanks to Bruce Mulle for photos of his UK test pressing. It has plain
white labels and comes in a plain white sleeve. The only way of identifying
it is by the handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS-S-86095-A1, Side 2 -
CBS-S-86095-B1. Thanks to Gerd Rundel for finding a CBS UK test pressing on eBay from a German seller. The record is the same as Bruce's with plain white labels. There is a typewritten cover sheet on continuous stationery dated "030879" (3 Aug 1979) with all the record details. The sleeve has German text "Inhalt: BOB DYLAN [Contents: BOB DYLAN]" / "Unverkäufliches Musterexemplar [Material Sample Not For Sale]" plus "MADE IN ENGLAND". Hanns Peter Bushoff of Sony Music Germany has never seen anything like this before for Dylan or any CBS artists, and if such promo items existed, they'd also be seen in, for example, the Springsteen collecting world. Its authenticity therefore cannot be confirmed. |
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 CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of test pressing Side 1, photo by Bruce Mulle |
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 CBS 86095 (UK) - test pressing cover sheet and white label, photo from eBay |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - test pressing cover sheet, photo from eBay |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - test pressing sleeve with German text, photo from eBay |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of test pressing sleeve with German text, photo from eBay |
CBS 86095 (UK), Aug 1979:
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CBS 86095 (UK) - front (1979 release - my copy) |
This album was made in England and the sleeve was printed by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd. The record itself is in a white inner sleeve made of thin card (not paper as the US release), and has orange/yellow CBS labels with catalogue number "S CBS 86095". |
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 CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of rear of inner sleeve (1979 release - compare with Dutch releases below) |
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 S CBS 86095 (UK) - Side 2 (1979 release) |
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CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of rear
The "LC|0149" code on the record labels is on the bottom text line left of the centre hole. The record of the copy shown (although bought on the day of release) has written matrix numbers: Side 1 - S-CBS-86095-A2, Side 2 - S-CBS-86095-B1 (presumably copies with -A1/-A1 matrices exist). The front of the inner sleeve with the Dylan picture has a small cut-away area at the top (not visible in the scan) to enable the record to be removed more easily. The inner sleeve has folded-under flaps on the side with text, which makes it the rear.
CBS 86095 (UK), early 1980s (three releases):
 CBS 86095 (UK) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (early 1980s releases) |
This releases must date from the early 1980s as they still have the old catalogue number and orange/yellow CBS record labels. They all come in the same sleeve. The front sleeve and inner sleeve are the same as mine. |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel (early 1980s releases) |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (early 1980s releases) |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (early 1980s release variant 1) |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (early 1980s release variant 1- "MADE IN ENGLAND" still at bottom) |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (early 1980s release variant 1) |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (early 1980s release variant 1 - still has "STEREO" and arrows on left, "33⅓" on right, "LC|0149" capsule on second line on right, variant 2 is the same) |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (early 1980s release variant 3 - no arrows logo, "LC|0149" capsule at high top right, "33⅓" now on left, small "Stereo") |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - Side 1 photo by Peter Oudejans (early 1980s release variant 2) |
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 CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of Side 1, photo by Peter Oudejans (early 1980s release variant 2 - "MADE IN ENGLAND" in circumference text) |
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 CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (early 1980s release variant 3 - no text at bottom) |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (early 1980s release variant 3 - "MADE IN ENGLAND" in circumference text) |
 CBS 86095 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (early 1980s release variant 3 |
CBS 86095 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd
Rundel (early 1980s release)
The rear sleeve has two differences as shown: “CB|271” in a rectangle has been added at top right with “57” in a circle below it; “LC|0149” in a capsule has been added at rear bottom right next to the CBS logo.
On the record labels the catalogue number to the right of the centre hole is now “CBS 86095” instead of “S CBS 86095”. The first copy shown dates from around 1981 and still has “MADE IN ENGLAND” at the bottom of the labels, and arrows below “STEREO” to the left of the centre hole. The "LC|0149" capsule is below "33⅓ RPM" to the right of the centre hole. The song titles are still centred. The record of the copy shown has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 01-86095-2A-4, Side 2 - 01-86095-1B-8. Peter Oudejans has a copy with labels of this layout but where “MADE IN ENGLAND” is now in the circumference text, with no text at the bottom. I do not have the Side 2 label of this copy.
The record labels of the third early 1980s release are again totally different from those of the first early 1980s release: there are no arrows below "Stereo", which is now in upper/lower case instead of capitals; "33⅓ RPM" is now to the left of the centre hole; “LC|0149” in a capsule is now at top right instead of on the second line to the right of the centre hole; the song titles are left aligned instead of centred; “MADE IN ENGLAND” is now in the circumference text to the right. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS-S-86095-A-2, Side 2 - CBS-86095-B-3.
CBS 32524 (UK), 1984, re-released late 1980s:
 CBS 32524 (UK) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (1984 and late 1980s releases) |
The 1984 release has a new catalogue number, "CBS 32524". The sleeve was again printed by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd. The record comes in a generic CBS “NICE PRICE” white inner sleeve dated 1984 with details of other albums in the series, so the printed inner sleeve from the 1979 release is missing. For this reason the musician and other credits from the front of the 1979 inner sleeve are now printed on the rear sleeve at top left. The CBS logo and the new catalogue number are printed in the top right corner of the rear sleeve and the copyright text on the bottom is different. The record now has red CBS labels and the 1984 copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS-S-86095-A-2 (handwritten), 32524 (stamped); Side 2 - CBS-86095-B-3 (handwritten), 32524 (stamped). |
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 CBS 32524 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1984 and late 1980s releases) |
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 CBS 32524 (UK) - inner sleeve front scan by Gerd Rundel (1984 release) |
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 CBS 32524 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (1984 release) |
 CBS 32524 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (1984 release - text moved to circumference on late 1980s release) |
 CBS 32524 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (1984 release) |
 CBS 32524 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (1984 release) |
 CBS 32524 (UK) - detail of inner sleeve rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1984 release) |
 CBS 32524 (UK) - inner sleeve front scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
 CBS 32524 (UK) - inner sleeve rear scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
 CBS 32524 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
 CBS 32524 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
 CBS 32524 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
CBS 32524 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1984 and late 1980s releases)
The late 1980s copy shown comes in the same sleeve as the 1984 album. It has a different generic CBS “NICE PRICE” inner sleeve, now black. The record of the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS S 86095 A2 (handwritten), 32524 (stamped); Side 2 - CBS 86095 B3 (handwritten), 32524 (stamped). The only differences that I can see between the 1984 and the late 1980s record labels are that the white CBS copyright information at the bottom of the 1984 label has been moved to the circumference text of the late 1980s label, which is now a much bolder white.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel and Peter Oudejans for information and pictures.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo cassette release, CBS 40-86095 (UK), Aug 1979 (three variants), CBS 40-32524 (UK), mid-1980s:
CBS 40-86095 (UK), Aug 1979 (three variants):
 CBS 40-86095 (UK) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Tom Willems (variants 1-3) |
The 1979 release has a single folded card as the insert
with just the track details on the inside. The first cassette (variant 1) is light grey with printed text in black, there are no
paper labels. Paul Shenton's second copy (variant 2) has the same insert but has a white cassette with exactly the same printed text in blue, there are again no paper labels. Paul Shenton's third copy (variant 3) again has the same insert but has another light grey cassette with black printed text, there are again no paper labels. This time there is a European "LC|0149" code on the left of each cassette below the CBS logo. The "LC" code was missing from the first releases and means this release is later than the other two. |
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 CBS 40-86095 (UK) - cassette Side 1 photocopy by Paul Shenton (variant 2) |
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 CBS 40-86095 (UK) - detail of outside of cassette insert, scan by Tom Willems (variants 1-3) |
 CBS 40-86095 (UK) - cassette Side 1 scan by Tom Willems (variant 1 - variant 2 has the same details in blue) |
 CBS 40-86095 (UK) - cassette Side 1 scan by Paul Shenton (variant 3 with "LC|0149" code) |
 CBS 40-86095 (UK) - cassette Side 1 photocopy by Paul Shenton (variant 3) |
 CBS 40-86095 (UK) - cassette Side 2 photocopy by Paul Shenton (variant 3) |
CBS 40-32524 (UK), mid-1980s:
 CBS 40-32524 (UK) - outside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
Paul Shenton's copy from around the mid-1980s has a new catalogue number and the cassette is off-white with different text in black, there are again no paper labels. The "CBS" logo on the spine of the insert is printed vertically, on the 1970s inserts it's upright. The European Licence Code "LC|0149" is printed on both the insert and on each side of the cassette. |
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 CBS 40-32524 (UK) - inside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 CBS 40-32524 (UK) - detail of outside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton ("LC|0149" code etc.) |
 CBS 40-32524 (UK) - detail of cassette Side 1, photocopy by Paul Shenton ("LC|0149" code again) |
 CBS 40-32524 (UK) - cassette Side 1 photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 CBS 40-32524 (UK) - cassette Side 2 photocopy by Paul Shenton |
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS 86095 (NL), Aug 1979; CBS 32524 (NL), 1983, re-released late 1980s; Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL), early 1990s:
CBS 86095 (NL), Aug 1979:
 CBS 86095 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1979 release) |
This important Dutch release was exported to several other mainland Europe countries including West Germany (as shown), France (see below), Austria, Switzerland and all of Scandinavia. |
 CBS 86095 (NL) - promo copy exported to West Germany, rear scan by Hans Seegers (1979 release) |
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 CBS 86095 (NL) - inner sleeve rear scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (1979 release) |
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 CBS 86095 (NL) - detail of inner sleeve rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (1979 release) |
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CBS 86095 (NL) - detail of
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The promo copy shown was exported to West Germany with an accompanying orange "Plattenpass [Record Passport]" promo letter describing the release. It has a gold foil stamp on the rear sleeve with German text "Unverkäufliches Muster" [Material Not For Sale]".
The inner sleeve was the same as the UK release on the front but different on the rear. In the central text, below “Percussion: Barry Beckett…” there are nine lines of text, grouped in three paragraphs of three lines each (the UK inner sleeve edition has only four lines). Mark Knopfler and Pick Withers from Dire Straits appear courtesy of Warner Bros Records, as on the UK inner sleeve rear. The text at bottom right reads “© 1979 CBS Inc 86095” (UK: “© 1979 CBS Inc CBS 86095”). The record of Sergio Mariano Romay's copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1K (handwritten) 01-86095-3A-3 (stamped) BH (faintly handwritten), Side 2 - 01-86095-1B-1.
Lars M. Banke has spotted that Man Gave Names To All The Animals on Side 2 has been misprinted as "Man Give Names To All The Animals", the same as the Portuguese release below.
CBS 32524 (NL), 1983, re-released late 1980s:
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 CBS 32524 (NL) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel (both releases) |
 CBS 32524 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (both releases) |
 CBS 32524 (NL) - inner sleeve front scan by Manuel García Jara (both releases) |
 CBS 32524 (NL) - inner sleeve rear scan by Manuel García Jara (both releases) |
CBS 32524 (NL) - detail of inner sleeve rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (both releases - still has "86095" as above) |
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 CBS 32524 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (1983 release) |
 CBS 32524 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (1983 release) |
 CBS 32524 (NL) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
 CBS 32524 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
 CBS 32524 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
CBS 32524 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (both 1980s
releases)
The 1983 release has a new catalogue number, CBS 32524. The front sleeve is the same as the 1979 release, but there are differences on the rear sleeve at top right and bottom right, details shown. The record comes in what looks like the same inner sleeve as before, still including the "86095" catalogue number at rear bottom right. There is one change - on the 1979 inner sleeve rear Mark Knopfler and Pick Withers from Dire Straits appear courtesy of Warner Bros Records, on the 1983 inner sleeve rear they appear courtesy of Phonogram Island. The record still has orange/yellow CBS labels. The copy of the 1983 record shown has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 01-86095-1A-5, Side 2 - 01-86095-2B-2.
Man Gave Names To All The Animals on Side 2 is now listed correctly.
The late 1980s CBS 32524 release comes in the same outer and inner sleeves and has an insert with other “CBS NICE PRICE” releases of different artists (not shown). The record now has red CBS labels, with the same text layout as for the 1983 record. The copy of the late 1980s record shown again has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 01-86095-1A-5, Side 2 - 01-86095-2B-2.
Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL), early 1990s:
 Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL) - front with stickers, scan by Gerd Rundel |
This transitional copy from the early 1990s has a Columbia sleeve but a record with red CBS labels. It was sold in the UK because the front sleeve has a price sticker from Penny Lane Records with price £3.99. There is also a red Sony Music "Nice Price" sticker, |
 Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL) - front stickers scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL) - inner sleeve front scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL) - inner sleeve rear scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL) - detail of inner sleeve rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (still "CBS") |
 Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel ("MADE IN HOLLAND") |
 Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (still "CBS") |
Columbia/CBS 32524 1 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd
Rundel ("Columbia" sleeve)
This may be a 1991 release because the sleeve and record labels both have "Sony Music Entertainment Inc." There is a barcode and a different copyright line on the rear sleeve. The red CBS record labels have a different layout from those of the late 1980s release. The record comes in the usual printed inner sleeve and the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 01-86095-1A-5 (stamped), 01-32524-1A-5 (handwritten), Side 2 - 01-86095-1B-3 (stamped), 01-32524- (handwritten). The incomplete matrix number on Side 2 is a manufacturer's error.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Gerd Rundel, Manuel García Jara and Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo cassette releases, CBS 40-86095 (NL), Aug 1979; CBS 40-32524 (NL), 1980s:
 CBS 40-86095 (NL) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Tom Willems (1979 release) |
The 1979 release has a single folded card as the insert with anti-counterfeiting print on the outside rear. The 1979 cassette is light grey with printed text in black, there are no paper labels. The sides are labelled "Side 1" and "Side 2". |
 CBS 40-86095 (NL) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Tom Willems (1979 release) |
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 CBS 40-32524 (NL) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Pierre van der Pol (1980s release) |
The 1980s release has the new 32524 catalogue number. The insert is now without the anti-piracy coloured print, still dated 1979, and has "Made in Holland". The cassette is again light grey with black text, with no paper labels. The sides are now named "program 1" and "program 2". |
 CBS 40-32524 (NL) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Pierre van der Pol (1980s release) |
 CBS 40-32524 (NL) - cassette Side 1 scan by Pierre van der Pol (1980s release) |
 CBS 40-32524 (NL) - cassette Side 2 scan by Pierre van der Pol (1980s release) |
Thanks to Tom Willems and Pierre van der Pol for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - 180gm stereo vinyl release, Music On Vinyl/Sony Music MOVLP 1459 (NL for Europe), 29 Jun 2015:
 Music On Vinyl/Sony Music MOVLP 1459 (NL for Europe) - picture from Badlands web-site |
This heavyweight vinyl
release is manufactured by Dutch company Music On Vinyl for Sony
Music/Columbia. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information. |
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS 86095 (France), 6 Sep 1979 onwards:
 CBS 86095 (France) - front scan by Hans Seegers (first release) |
 CBS 86095 (France) - front with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers (second release) |
 CBS 86095 (France) - front sticker scan by Hans Seegers (second release) |
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 CBS 86095 (France) - front with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers (third release) |
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 CBS 86095 (France) - front with sticker, scan by Michel Pomarede (alternate third release) |
 CBS 86095 (France) - front sticker scan by Michel Pomarede (alternate third release) |
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 CBS 86095 (France) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (first release, promo copy) |
 CBS 86095 (France) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (second and third releases, manufactured in Holland) |
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 CBS 86095 (France) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (first release, manufactured in France) |
 CBS 86095 (France) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (first release, "MADE IN FRANCE") |
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 CBS 86095 (France) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (first release, manufactured in France) |
 CBS 86095 (France) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (second and third releases, manufactured in Holland) |
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 CBS 86095 (France) - detail of Side 1., scan by Hans Seegers (second and third releases, "MADE IN HOLLAND") |
 CBS 86095 (France) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (second and third releases, manufactured in Holland) |
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There were three releases of the French album. The first release was made in France and was in fact the last Bob Dylan album to be manufactured in France. The first release has "Made in France" on the rear sleeve. The rear sleeve of the second and third releases is identical apart from the text now reading "Printed in Holland", because the second and third releases were manufactured in Holland and imported to France. The second release has a front sticker in English promoting Gotta Serve Somebody and Man Gave Names To All The Animals. The third release had a front sticker in English promoting the track now called just "Animals" (Man Gave Names To All The Animals). Sergio Mariano Romay has a copy of the third release where the matrix numbers are: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1K (handwritten) 01-86095-3A-4 (stamped), Side 2 - 01-86095-1B-3 (stamped). Michel Pomarede has a copy of the third release made in Holland with a different front sticker with the full name of the track Man Gave Names To All The Animals.
For 7" versions of the French "Animals" single with Trouble In Mind (R-0149) as the B-side, see 1979. For a 1979 French "Special Club" promo 12" single of "Animals", see International Singles 1979.
Thanks to Dave Leggett for information and to Hans Seegers, Sergio Mariano Romay and Michel Pomarede for further information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 86095 (Italy), 6 Sep 1979:
 CBS 86095 (Italy) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
The record has
orange/yellow CBS
labels
and handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 -
CI 86095-1L 4-9-79 (mastering date 4
Sep 1979), Side 2 - CI 86095-2L/2 6-9-79
(mastering date 6 Sep 1979)
and the original card inner sleeve. Both the sleeve and
record were made in Italy. Although the CBS subsidiary in Italy was no
longer called CBS Sugar, the placement of "MADE IN ITALY BY CBS" on the
record labels shows the text had not been repositioned after "SUGAR" had
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 CBS 86095 (Italy) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Italy) - inner sleeve front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Italy) - inner sleeve rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Italy) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Italy) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara |
CBS 86095 (Italy) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara
"Slow Train Coming" - advance promo stereo vinyl LP, CBS S 86095 (Spain), 1979:
Slow Train Coming, Saved,
Shot Of Love,
Infidels and Real
Live (1979-84) are the only Dylan albums from
Spain where promo copies were released with white labels.
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (advance promo copy - generic sleeve with information label over cut-out) |
This extremely rare advance promo release comes in a generic
CBS Spain promotional sleeve with an information label on the front describing the album.
The sleeve has a rear cut-out to show a record label, but in this case the
record is in the standard inner sleeve, so the label cannot be seen (see below). Only 25-30 copies of
this release were made, distributed to CBS commercial agents throughout
Spain. The sleeve just has "CBS - DISCO PROMOCIONAL [CBS - PROMOTIONAL
RECORD]" on the spine and the printer name on the back (Offset ALG, Madrid,
as previous releases and the commercial copies of this album). The front label reads "Adelanto Promocional. Nuevo disco de Bob Dylan Slow Train Coming. Incluye el single El hombre puso nombre a los animales [Promotional advance. New record of Bob Dylan: Slow Train Coming. Includes the single: Man Gave Names To All The Animals]". The record has white "1970s-style" CBS promo labels, different from Jordi Badell's later promo copy, see below. (These labels are actually the design that replaced the design used for the labels of Jordi's copy.) On Side 2 track 3 is wrongly titled as "When You Gonna Wake Me Up", this was corrected on the later promo and commercial labels. The record has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 86095 A, Side 2 - 86095 B. Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
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 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (advance promo copy) |
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"Slow Train Coming" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS S 86095 (Spain), 6 Sep 1979; CBS 32524 (Spain), mid-1980s; CBS/Sony 32524 (Spain), 1992:
CBS S 86095 (Spain), 1979:
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (promo copy 1) |
This release came with two sleeve variants - the first was withdrawn and is
very rare. As can be seen, the rear photo is incorrectly cropped so that
Bob's silhouette is much larger and the top of the ship's mast is missing. Both copies have the same card
inner sleeve and record, as well as a promo insert with the song lyrics in
English and a CBS Spain Dylan discography. The record has orange/yellow CBS labels. Both
sleeve and record were made in Spain. The
sleeve was printed in Spain by Offset ALG of Madrid, and the Discos CBS
address shown is
Avenida del Generalísimo 25, Madrid-16. Manuel García Jara and Jordi Badell have later promo copies of this album than the one above in the first variant sleeve with white "1960s-style" CBS record labels (actually an earlier design than the labels above) and a promo booklet in Spanish. The record labels have the text "DISCO PROMOCIONAL PROHIBIDA SU VENTA [PROMOTIONAL RECORD SALE PROHIBITED]". Manuel's first copy has record labels which show the playing speed of 33⅓r.p.m. The record of this copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1K 86095-A, Side 2 - PBL-36120-2F 86095-B. Manuel's second copy (the same as Jordi's) has record labels where the playing speed is omitted. |
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 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (promo copy 2) |
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 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (promo copy 2 - first variant) |
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 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - front of insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - rear of insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - promo booklet photo by Jordi Badell |
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 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - inner sleeve front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (commercial release) |
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (commercial release - "FABRICADO EN ESPAÑA POR DISCOS CBS S.A. - MADRID") |
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (commercial release) |
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 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - inner sleeve rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - detail of inner sleeve rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (commercial release) |
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (alternate commercial release) |
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke (alternate commercial release) |
 CBS S 86095 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (alternate commercial release) |
Lars M. Banke has a commercial copy of the Spanish release in the sleeve shown with slightly different record labels - the "SGAE" logo to the right of the centre hole is positioned lower than the logo on the labels of Manuel's commercial copy (actually the same position as on the Side 1 label of Manuel's second promo copy).
CBS S 86095 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo copy
1 - Discos CBS address is "Avenida del Generalísimo 25, Madrid-16")
CBS S 86095 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo copy
2 and commercial release - Discos CBS address is "Avenida del Generalísimo 25, Madrid-16")
Manuel also has a copy of Slow Train Coming (CBS S 86095) made in Spain for export to Portugal with "SPA" (Sociedade Portuguesa de Autores) instead of "SGAE" on the record labels to the right of the centre hole - scans to be added.
CBS 32524 (Spain), mid-1980s/late 1980s:
 CBS 32524 (Spain) - front with sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke |
The sleeve of this release with the new catalogue number "CBS 32524" is similar to the 1992 CBS/Sony sleeve below, except that it does not have a barcode on the rear at top left. The front sleeve has a “PRECIO REDONDO de CBS” sticker in Spanish as the copy below. The rear sleeve and the spine have “CBS 32524”. The sleeve was again printed in Madrid by Offset A.L.G., S.A. The Discos CBS address on the rear sleeve is now Paseo de la Castellana 93, 28046-Madrid (Manuel explains that Discos CBS did not in fact move offices, that part of Paseo de la Castellana was renamed "Avenida del Generalísimo" during the Franco regime, but reverted to its previous name after Franco died). The record still has orange/yellow labels and was made by Discos CBS S.A. It comes in the usual inner sleeve. This copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 86095 A, Side 2 - 86095 B. |
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 CBS 32524 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS 32524 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (all variants - CBS/Sony 32524 below is the same) |
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CBS 32524 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (all variants
- Discos CBS address is "Paseo de la Castellana 93,
28046-Madrid", CBS/Sony 32524 below is the
same)
Hans Seegers has a 1982 Spanish copy of Another Side Of Bob Dylan where Side 2 is mispressed and plays Side 2 of Slow Train Coming! This is very rare as it was quickly withdrawn.
CBS 32524 (Spain), late 1980s (two variants):
 CBS 32524 (Spain) - front with stickers, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 CBS 32524 (Spain) - front stickers scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (variant 1) |
 CBS 32524 (Spain) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (variant 2) |
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 CBS 32524 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (variant 1) |
 CBS 32524 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (variant 2) |
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The records now have red CBS labels. The front sleeve of the copy with the variant 1 record has a “PRECIO REDONDO de CBS” sticker in Spanish plus another sticker with the price of 795 pesetas, and the name of the record store El Corte Inglés. The front sleeve of the copy with the variant 2 record has no stickers. The variant 1 record was made by CBS itself, and now has red CBS labels. The inner sleeve is plain white with a cut-out on one side to allow one of the record labels to be seen. The record of this copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 32524-A (handwritten, very faintly), 86095-A (stamped), Side 2 - 32524-B (stamped). The variant 2 record was now made by Technodisco S.A. of Madrid for CBS and this copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 86095 A (the old catalogue number), Side 2 - 32524 B.
CBS/Sony 32524 (Spain), 1992:
 CBS/Sony 32524 (Spain) - front with "NICE PRICE" sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara |
This release is the rarest apart from the promo albums above. The sleeve has new catalogue number "CBS 32424" and the record has red CBS/Sony labels. The front sleeve has a "NICE PRICE" sticker in English. The rear sleeve now has a barcode at top left, and still has the CBS logo at bottom right as the 1980s sleeve above. The Discos CBS address is again Paseo de la Castellana 93, 28046-Madrid. The sleeve was again printed in Madrid by Offset A.L.G., S.A. but the record this time was made for CBS by Tecnodisco S.A., Madrid. The record of the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 32524-A (handwritten) 86095-A (stamped), Side 2 - 32524-B (stamped). |
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 CBS/Sony 32524 (Spain) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Sony 32524 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Sony 32524 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Sony 32524 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara ("FABRICADO EN ESPAÑA POR TECNODISCO S.A. MADRID" plus telephone number) |
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Thanks to Manuel García Jara, Jordi Badell, Sergio Mariano Romay, Lars M. Banke and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo compact cassette releases, CBS 40-86095 (Spain), 1979; CBS 40-32524 PR (Spain), 1984:
 CBS 40-86095 (Spain) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara (1979 release) |
The 1979 cassette has minimal artwork with
just track titles and timings, the reverse of the insert is blank. The cassette is of white plastic with orange
text printed directly on to it, there are no
paper labels. It is dated 1979. The album and song titles are in English on the
insert and printed on the cassette. The 1984 cassette has a new catalogue number with the suffix "PR" (Precio Redondo [Nice Price]". The cassette is of white plastic with black text printed directly on to it, there are no paper labels. It is dated 1984 The album and song titles are again in English on the insert and also printed on the cassette. Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
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 CBS 40-32524 (Spain) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara (1984 release |
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 CBS 40-86095 (Spain) - cassette Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (1979 release) |
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"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS 86095 (Portugal), Sep 1979; CBS 32524 (Portugal), mid-1980s:
CBS 86095 (Portugal), Sep 1979:
 CBS 86095 (Portugal) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
The 1979 record has the usual front and rear sleeve except for the Portuguese copyright and "GRAFICOS REUNIDOS PORTO" beneath the CBS logo on the rear. It has the original inner sleeve. The record was made in Portugal and has orange/yellow CBS labels. Lars M. Banke has spotted that Man Gave Names To All The Animals on Side 2 has been misprinted as "Man Give Names To All The Animals", the same as the Dutch release above. |
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 CBS 86095 (Portugal) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 CBS 86095 (Portugal) - detail of rear and spine, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Portugal) - inner sleeve front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Portugal) - inner sleeve rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Portugal) - detail of inner sleeve rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Portugal) - Side 1 scan by Ronald Born |
 CBS 86095 (Portugal) - Side 2 scan by Ronald Born |
CBS 86095 (Portugal) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara
CBS 32524 (Portugal), mid-1980s:
 CBS 32524 (Portugal) - front scan by Lars M. Banke |
The 1980s Portuguese re-release now has the new "Nice Price" catalogue number and the record has red CBS labels. The "044" just below the catalogue number in the upper right corner of the rear sleeve is a small round sticker - presumably a price code. The record of the copy shown has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 01-32524-A PORTUGAL, Side 2 - 01-32524-B PORTUGAL. |
 CBS 32524 (Portugal) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS 32524 (Portugal) - detail of rear, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS 32524 (Portugal) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS 32524 (Portugal) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke |
CBS 32524 (Portugal) - detail of rear, scan by Lars M. BankeThanks to Ronald Born, Manuel García Jara and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS 86095 (Greece), 1979; CBS 32524 (Greece), 1982, re-released late 1980s:
CBS 86095 (Greece), 1979:
 CBS 86095 (Greece) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (both variants) |
These Greek albums are unique because they have musician credits on the rear sleeve, unlike any other album worldwide. All copies have only a plain inner sleeve. Both the sleeves and records were made in Greece. The 1979 record has orange/yellow labels. Manuel García Jara's copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1K 86095 A1, Side 2 - PBL-36120-2D 86095 B1. Hans Seegers has a copy with the same handwritten matrix numbers. Tom Willems's later copy has slightly different record labels with "(R) 1979 CBS Inc." instead of "(P) 1979 CBS Inc.". This copy also has a CBS Greece two page promo insert. |
 CBS 86095 (Greece) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (both variants) |
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 CBS 86095 (Greece) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (both variants) |
 CBS 86095 (Greece) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (first variant) |
 CBS 86095 (Greece) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (first variant - "MADE IN GREECE" in English) |
 CBS 86095 (Greece) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (first variant - "MADE IN GREECE" in Greek) |
 CBS 86095 (Greece) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (first variant) |
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 CBS 86095 (Greece) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (both variants - compare with CBS 32524 below) |
 CBS 86095 (Greece) - first page of promo insert, scan by Tom Willems |
 CBS 86095 (Greece) - second page of promo insert, scan by Tom Willems |
 CBS 86095 (Greece) - Side 1 scan by Tom Willems (second variant) |
 CBS 86095 (Greece) - detail of Side 1, scan by Tom Willems (second variant - "MADE IN GREECE" in Greek) |
 CBS 86095 (Greece) - Side 2 scan by Tom Willems (second variant) |
CBS 86095 (Greece) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (both
variants)
CBS 32524 (Greece), 1982, re-released late 1980s:
 CBS 32524 (Greece) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (1982 release) |
This release has a new catalogue number, CBS 32524. The sleeve has the new catalogue number "32524" on the spine. The rear sleeve is the same as the CBS 86095 sleeve above except for the missing catalogue number below the CBS logo at bottom right. The first CBS 32524 Greek release still has orange/yellow CBS labels with "(R) 1979 CBS Inc." as Tom Willems's copy above. The late 1980s front sleeve has a “NICE PRICE” sticker and the record now has red CBS labels. The copy shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-36120-1AE, 86095 A1, Side 2 - PBL-36120-2AD, 86095 B1. Lars M. Banke has a copy of this late 1980s release without a "NICE PRICE" sticker on the front. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers on Side 1 - PAL-36120-1AE, Side 2 - 86095 B 2. |
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 CBS 32524 (Greece) - front with sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel (late 1980s release) |
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 CBS 32524 (Greece) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel (1982 and late 1980s releases) |
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 CBS 32524 (Greece) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1982 and late 1980s releases, compare with CBS 86095 above) |
 CBS 32524 (Greece) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (1982 release) |
 CBS 32524 (Greece) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke (1982 release) |
 CBS 32524 (Greece) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke (1982 release) |
 CBS 32524 (Greece) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (1982 release) |
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CBS 32524 (Greece) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (1982 and late 1980s
releases)
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Manuel García Jara, Tom Willems, Gerd Rundel and Lars M. Banke for further information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo cassette release, CBS 40-86095 (Greece), 1979:
 CBS 40-86095 (Greece) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
This release was made in Greece and has a single folded card as the insert.
The cassette is light grey with black text printed directly on to it, there
are no paper labels. Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
 CBS 40-86095 (Greece) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 40-86095 (Greece) - cassette Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 40-86095 (Greece) - cassette Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara |
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 86095 (Israel), 1979:
 CBS 86095 (Israel) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
This release was made in Israel and has a double-sided 12" insert
instead of an inner sleeve. The catalogue number is printed on the front
sleeve at top left, and the panel with the catalogue number at top right on
the rear sleeve looks as if it is overprinted. The record has orange/yellow
CBS labels. Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
 CBS 86095 (Israel) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Israel) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Israel) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Israel) - insert front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Israel) - insert rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 CBS 86095 (Israel) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Israel) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Israel) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS 86095 (Israel) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara |
CBS 86095 (Israel) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Japan), 1979:
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Japan) - front with obi, picture from www.eil.com |
This album has a grey, red, black and white obi with price ¥2,500. The promo release of this album also included a 5-page press kit. The record has orange CBS/Sony labels. The promo copy shown has Japanese characters indicating "Sample" on the record labels to the right of the centre hole. Also shown is a promo postcard advertising the album. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
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 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Japan) - front of press kit, scan by Wil Gielen |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Japan) - detail of Side 1, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
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 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Japan) - promo postcard, scan by Wil Gielen |
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia), 1979, reissued 1982:
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1979 release) |
This release has the Japanese CBS/Sony catalogue number 25AP 1610 and was manufactured for CBS/Sony jointly in Singapore by EMI (Singapore) PTE. and in Malaysia by EMI (Malaysia) SDN. BHD. The names of both companies appear on the rear sleeve. The record has the same inner sleeve as the UK release, with red CBS/Sony labels with CBS/Sony logos in yellow in a ring. There is a mistake on Side 2 - Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others) is track 1 and Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking is track 2. Both the rear sleeve and the Side 2 record label have the regular tracklist. |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (1979 release) |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (both releases) |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (both releases) |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (1979 release) |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (1979 release, no country of origin) |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (1979 release) |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of Side 2, scan by Hans Seegers (1979 release, tracklisting as US release) |
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CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of rear, scan by Hans
Seegers (1979 release)
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - front with stickers, scan by Manuel García Jara (1982 release) |
Manuel García Jara has a copy with a US promotional
sticker on the front sleeve together with an EMI price sticker for $14.90
for West Malaysia only (that part of Malaysia on the island of Borneo).
Manuel thinks this copy is actually
from 1982 because he has Singapore/Malaysia copies of Desire, Saved and Shot Of Love
with exactly the same West Malaysia price sticker. This copy has the same
mistake on Side 2 with tracks 1 and 2 reversed, but the record label has the
actual tracklist and there is also a sticker on the rear sleeve with the actual
tracklist. The 1982 record labels differ from those of the 1979 release in that the copy shown has "MADE IN MALAYSIA" added to the circumference text. Are there copies with "MADE IN SINGAPORE" on the record labels as with Blood On The Tracks? The record of the 1982 copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 25AP-1610A, Side 2 - 25AP-1610B. |
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 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - rear with sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara (1982 release) |
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 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (1982 release) |
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CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail of rear with sticker
showing revised tracklist, scan by Manuel García Jara (1982 release)
For some reason the "9" of "1979" in the copyright information has twice
been blanked out!
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo cassette release, CBS/Sony TC-25-KP-1610 (Singapore/Malaysia), 1979:
 CBS/Sony TC-25-KP-1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - front scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS/Sony TC-25-KP-1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Gerd Rundel (inside is blank) |
 CBS/Sony TC-25-KP-1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - cassette Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS/Sony TC-25-KP-1610 (Singapore/Malaysia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
This release again has a Japanese CBS/Sony catalogue number and was also manufactured for CBS/Sony jointly in Singapore by EMI (Singapore) PTE. and in Malaysia by EMI (Malaysia) SDN. BHD. The names of both companies appear on the insert. The cassette is black with white CBS/Sony paper labels with red text, now discoloured.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Hong Kong), 1979:
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CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Hong Kong) - front |
The record has the same inner sleeve as the UK release, with
red/yellow CBS/Sony labels with the logos in a ring. There is a two-sided lyric
sheet (the text has been darkened to make it more clear). Hans Seegers has a promo copy not shown, rubber stamped “SAMPLE” on the labels. The record is in the original CBS inner sleeve, and has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 25AP-1610A1 1A, Side 2 - 25AP-1610B1 1B. There is a black/white ‘SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE’ sticker on the rear sleeve. |
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 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Hong Kong) - rear scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Hong Kong) - inner sleeve front, scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Hong Kong) - inner sleeve rear, scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Hong Kong) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore |
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 CBS/Sony 25AP 1610 (Hong Kong) - lyrics sheet side 2, scan by Stuart Moore |
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and Stuart Moore for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo cassette release, CBS/Sony 25KP 475 (Hong Kong), 1979:
 CBS/Sony 25KP 475 (Hong Kong) - front photocopy by Paul Shenton |
This Hong Kong cassette release has a unique cassette insert that also wraps round the outside of the case and was presumably originally protected by shrink-wrap. This outside section is showing far more wear than the inside section. The cassette was made in Hong Kong and is white with yellow CBS/Sony paper labels. There is also a folded lyrics insert. |
 CBS/Sony 25KP 475 (Hong Kong) - rear photocopy by Paul Shenton (end of insert) |
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 CBS/Sony 25KP 475 (Hong Kong) - outside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (right side goes outside the cassette case) |
 CBS/Sony 25KP 475 (Hong Kong) - inside of cassette insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
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 CBS/Sony 25KP 475 (Hong Kong) - front of lyrics insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 CBS/Sony 25KP 475 (Hong Kong) - cassette Side 1 photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 CBS/Sony 25KP 475 (Hong Kong) - cassette Side 2 photocopy by Paul Shenton |
 CBS/Sony 25KP 475 (Hong Kong) - rear of lyrics insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton |
Thanks to Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Sony LP-1323 (Philippines), 1979:
 CBS/Sony LP-1323 (Philippines) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This album was made by Blackgold Records in the Philippines under
licence from CBS/Sony
Inc., Tokyo, Japan. It has blue/white CBS/Sony labels. Thanks to Gerd Rundel for finding this on eBay and to Hans Seegers for scans. |
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 CBS/Sony LP-1323 (Philippines) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony LP-1323 (Philippines) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony LP-1323 (Philippines) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony LP-1323 (Philippines) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
"Slow Train Coming" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS SBP 237339 (Australia), 1979, re-released 1980s:
 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (promo release) |
The promo release of this album has a gold embossed CBS promo stamp on the rear sleeve and the text "PROMOTION ONLY NOT FOR SALE" on the record labels. The first commercial release of this album had a sticker with text "FEATURING THE SINGLE GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY". The two pictures show that it was placed differently on each copy. The record has the same inner sleeve as the UK release, with orange/yellow CBS labels. The labels of the promo copy and the first commercial copy have songs credited to "Albert". The promo record shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - MX 88296, Side 2 - MX 88297. Stuart Moore's second commercial copy has the songs credited to "Warner Bros" instead of "Albert", which dates it after 1981. The text elements on these labels are placed differently, for example the title and artist names are on two lines instead of one on the original labels. The sleeve is the same as the first release without a sticker. |
 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - rear with promo stamp, scan by Lars M. Banke (promo release) |
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 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore (first commercial release) |
 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - detail of rear with promo stamp, scan by Lars M. Banke (promo release) |
 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - rear scan by Stuart Moore (both commercial releases) |
 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - detail of rear, scan by Lars M. Banke (all releases) |
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 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (promo release) |
 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke (promo release) |
 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke (promo and first commercial releases - "Albert") |
 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (promo release) |
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 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - front photo by Peter Lindberg (first commercial release) |
 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore (second commercial release) |
 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (first commercial release) |
 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (first commercial release) |
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 CBS SBP 237339 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (second commercial release) |
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 from late 1978/early 1979 the longer bottom edge text includes CBS copyright information. All these record labels have the longer copyright text.
Thanks to Stuart Moore, Peter Lindberg and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo compact cassette releases, CBS PC 7339 (Australia), 1979, early 1980s, mid-1980s:
 CBS PC 7339 (Australia) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara (1979 release, inside is blank) |
The 1979 release has a folded insert, black on the inside, with the tracklisting on a panel. The cassette is light grey with orange CBS paper labels. |
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 CBS PC 7339 (Australia) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Stuart Moore (early 1980s release) |
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 CBS PC 7339 (Australia) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Stuart Moore (mid-1980s release) |
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 CBS PC 7339 (Australia) - cassette Side 1, scan by Stuart Moore (mid-1980s release) |
 CBS PC 7339 (Australia) - cassette Side 2, scan by Stuart Moore (mid-1980s release) |
The later cassettes have a shorter folded insert with just the tracklisting. The early 1980s cassette is white with beige paper labels, the mid-1980s cassette is off-white with blue text printed directly on to it, there are no paper labels. The text layout of both of these cassettes is the same, different from that of the first release.
CBS 465984 4 (Australia) - 6 cassette set, 1989:
 CBS 465984 4 (Australia) - front of flattened cassette box, scan by Stuart Moore (1989 release) |
PC 7339 was also included in a 1989 CBS Australia boxed set called A Collection, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 1980s. The cassette insert looks identical to that of the 1980s release but the case is now transparent smoked grey with a unique "striped" appearance and white text printed directly on to the case, there are no paper labels. |
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Thanks to Stuart Moore and Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS SBP 237339 (New Zealand), 1979:
 CBS SBP 237339 (New Zealand) - front scan by Bill Hester |
This release has the same catalogue number as the Australian
release, but was manufactured in New Zealand. Thanks to Bill Hester for information and scans. |
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 CBS SBP 237339 (New Zealand) -detail of rear, scan by Bill Hester |
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 CBS SBP 237339 (New Zealand) - Side 1 scan by Bill Hester |
 CBS SBP 237339 (New Zealand) - detail of Side 1, scan by Bill Hester |
 CBS SBP 237339 (New Zealand) - Side 2 scan by Bill Hester |
 CBS SBP 237339 (New Zealand) - inner sleeve front, scan by Bill Hester |
 CBS SBP 237339 (New Zealand) - inner sleeve rear, scan by Bill Hester |
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP release, CBS DNW 2402 (South Africa), 1979:
 CBS DNW 2402 (South Africa) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS DNW 2402 (South Africa) - rear scan by Wayne Carr |
 CBS DNW 2402 (South Africa) - detail of rear, scan by Wayne Carr |
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 CBS DNW 2402 (South Africa) - detail of rear, scan by Wayne Carr (Rhodesian releases are the same) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (South Africa) - detail of rear, scan by Wayne Carr (Interpak printer details) |
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 CBS DNW 2402 (South Africa) - detail of Side 1, scan by Wayne Carr |
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 CBS DNW 2402 (South Africa) - Side 2 scan by Wayne Carr |
This album is also listed on the 1979 rarities page because it contains an edit of Slow Train! All these releases have fragile sleeves of thin recycled cardboard. There is no inner sleeve, the song credits and musicians are on the rear sleeve. The album was marketed and distributed by the Gramophone Record Company (Pty) ltd., part of EMI. The South African record has orange/yellow CBS labels and the copy shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL 36120, Side 2 - BL 36120 (the US matrix numbers).
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo cassette release, CBS 40 2402 (South Africa), 1979:
 CBS 40 2402 (South Africa) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
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The cassette insert was printed by Interpak. The inside of the insert is blank. The cassette is grey with blue paper labels with black text.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS DNW 2402 (Rhodesia), 1979; CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe), early 1980s (three times), late 1980s:
The South African catalogue number was also used in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) but with different CBS labels. In South Africa the sleeve was made by Interpak and in Rhodesia by Belmont Printers of Bulawayo. Belmont Printers used codes starting with "4" for sleeves they printed for CBS Records, they used other codes for other record companies. Both the South African and Rhodesian releases were manufactured for CBS by The Gramophone Company, part of EMI (bought by Universal in 2012). Michel Pomarede confirms that these releases also had the faded out Slow Train.
CBS DNW 2402 (Rhodesia), 1979:
 CBS DNW 2402 (Rhodesia) - front scan by Gerd Rundel |
This album was marketed and distributed by the Gramophone Record Company (Pty) Ltd., part of EMI. The sleeve is made of very flimsy cardboard. Instead of Interpak the rear sleeve has the "4-A" code of Belmont Printers at bottom right. The record has white record labels with a large CBS logo and blue text. This style of labels was used in Rhodesia from late 1976 until 1980. The playing speed "33⅓ RPM STEREO" is printed above "Reveille Music" to the left to the centre hole (not present on South African labels). The record of the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-36120 DNW-2402, Side 2 - BL-36120 DNW-2402. |
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 CBS DNW 2402 (Rhodesia) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Rhodesia) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Rhodesia) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Rhodesia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (playing speed "33⅓ RPM STEREO", album title below centre hole with "BOB DYLAN", song titles continuous) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Rhodesia) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
CBS DNW 2402 (Rhodesia) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel
The following four releases are from after Zimbabwe gained independence in 1980. Rhodesian/Zimbabwe records are scarce, so to have so many versions of the same album is very unusual!
CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe), early 1980s (first and second releases):
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CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (first and second releases) |
The rear sleeve has the same design as the South African sleeve with credits. In the bottom right hand corner is "4-A" (Belmont Printers code). The first release record doesn't come in a flimsy sleeve. The first release record from 1980 has orange/yellow CBS labels, the style used in Zimbabwe in the early 1980s, and the same text layout as the previous Rhodesian release. The record of the copy shown again has matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-36120 DNW-2402, Side 2 - BL-36120 DNW-2402. |
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 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (first and second releases) |
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 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (first and second releases) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (first and second releases, Belmont Printers code) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - Side 1 scan by Simon Blokker (first release) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - detail of Side 1 scan by Simon Blokker (first release - playing speed "33⅓ RPM STEREO", album title below centre hole with "BOB DYLAN", song titles continuous, layout same as Rhodesian release above) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - Side 2 scan by Simon Blokker (first release) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (second release) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (second release - first release has the same text) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (second release - playing speed "Speed 33⅓", album title above centre hole with "Bob Dylan", song titles continuous) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (second release) |
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The second release record again has orange/yellow CBS labels, the style used in Zimbabwe in the early 1980s, and Manuel thinks they look very strange: He thinks the record had different labels before, maybe from the first release. These labels have been removed, but not completely and new labels were glued over the originals, there are many traces of previous labels; These can be seen by looking carefully at the record but are not visible on the scans. The playing speed is now shown as "Speed 33⅓". The record of the copy shown again has matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-36120 DNW-2402, Side 2 - BL-36120 DNW-2402.
CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe), early 1980s (third release):
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (third release) |
The third release has an identical sleeve, but the rear of this copy has a white sticker with the text "Pop Shop", a record shop from Salisbury (now Harare). This sticker has been partially removed - under the sticker is "4-A", the record company code used by Belmont Printers. The record still has orange/yellow CBS labels but they are different from those of the second Zimbabwean release. "BOB DYLAN" below the album title above the centre hole is in capital letters instead of lowercase letters, and these labels have one song title per line; the first and second release labels have the song titles in a continuous text (as the South African labels above). Again Manuel says that if you look carefully at the labels you will again see there were previous labels underneath - the detail scan still shows the copyright text of a previous label faintly visible on the circumference! The record of the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-36120 DNW-2402, Side 2 - BL-36120 DNW-2402 (same as before). |
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 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - detail of rear with sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara (third release) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - detail of rear with sticker with sticker peeled back to show Belmont printer code "4-A", scan by Manuel García Jara (third release) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (third release) |
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 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (third release - playing speed "Speed 33⅓", album title above centre hole now with "BOB DYLAN", song titles one per line) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (third release) |
CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe), late 1980s (fourth release):
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (late 1980s release) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke (late 1980s release) |
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 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke (late 1980s release - playing speed just "33⅓ rpm", album title above centre hole with "Bob Dylan" again, song titles continuous again) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (late 1980s release) |
CBS DNW 2402 (Zimbabwe) - detail of rear, scan by Lars M. Banke (late
1980s release)
The fourth release of the album in the late 1980s was this time marketed and distributed by the Zimbabwe Music Corporation. The rear sleeve again has the "4-A" code of Belmont Printers at bottom right. The record has marbled blue record labels with the new CBS logo and blue text, with yet another different layout from the previous Zimbabwe releases.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Tom Willems, Michel Pomarede, Wayne Carr, Manuel García Jara, Gerd Rundel, Lars M. Banke and Simon Blokker for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS DNW 2402 (Zambia?), 1980s(?):
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zambia?) - front scan by Lars M. Banke |
This copy of Slow Train Coming was bought on eBay by Lars M. Banke. The seller claims that this is a Zambia pressing, and it is indeed different from any of the 1980s Zimbabwe pressings. Lars says "Compared to the second 1980s Zimbabwe variant the space between the song titles and "Composed by: Bob Dylan" (with a colon after "by" on Side 1) and the omission of "Marketed and distributed by Gramophone Record Co. (Pty) Ltd." at the bottom of the label of Side 1." The playing speed is shown as "Speed 33.3", not "Speed 33⅓" as on the Zimbabwe labels. The record has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL 36120 DNW 2402, Side 2 - BL 36120 DNW 2402, same as the Zimbabwe records above. |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zambia?) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke |
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 CBS DNW 2402 (Zambia?) - detail of rear with "MR" sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zambia?) - detail of rear with "4-A" printed, scan by Lars M. Banke (code used by Belmont Printers of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zambia?) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zambia?) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke (compare with second Zimbabwe release above) |
 CBS DNW 2402 (Zambia?) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke |
The eBay seller says: "This is not the Zimbabwe pressing. This is differentiated from Zimbabwe by primarily the quality of the record labels being lower and importantly the label font, which you will see across many Zambian releases. If you compare to South African or Zimbabwean record label fonts it is different. Check against Bob Dylan pressings from Zimbabwe on Discogs, the text is always in a neater/different font. Also the sleeves are usually lower quality than the Zimbabwean sleeves as well, and have some imperfections like the print errors in the right corners. Check on Discogs and compare the record label pictures. Compare with AC/DC, Prince or Led Zeppelin LPs from Zambia. It's a bit of nuanced area but I am something of an expert in the area so I can usually tell at a glance where it was pressed. For sure there is a Zimbabwe pressing of this Bob Dylan album out there but this is not it."
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS CLS-5661 (Mexico), 1979:
 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
The outer sleeve of this Mexican-made release is of excellent cardboard. The front has a "ESTEREO SONIDO 360" logo at top right, unexpected for an album as late as 1979. The record is in the usual inner sleeve and the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 0211-13787-1A, Side 2 - 0211-13788-1A. The labels are orange/yellow with translated titles, with the misprint "When He Returnes" on Side 2. |
 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - inner sleeve front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - inner sleeve rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - detail of inner sleeve rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara |
Manuel García Jara adds: "Note the different translations in Mexico/Argentina/Colombia:
Gotta Serve Somebody: Hay que servir a alguien (Mex) Sírvele a alguien (Col) Tengo que servir a alguien (Arg)
Precious Angel: Angel amado (Beloved Angel) (Mex) Angel precioso (Col/Arg)
I Believe In You: Yo creo en ti (Mex/Arg) Creo en ti (Col)
Slow Train: Tren lento (Mex/Arg) Tren despacioso (Col)
Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking: Voy a cambiar mi manera de pensar (Mex) Voy a cambiar mi modo de pensar (Arg) Vamos cambia mi modo de pensar (Col)
Do Right To Me Baby: Trátame bien (Mex) Hazme bien, nena (Arg) Hazlo bien, nena (Col)
When You Gonna Wake Up: ¿Cuándo vas a despertar? (Mex) Cuando te vas a despertar (Arg) Cuando vas a despertar (Col)
Man Gave Names To All The Animals: El hombre nombró a todos los animales (Mex) El hombre le dio nombres a todos los animales (Arg) Los hombres dan nombres a todos los animales (Col)
When He Returns: Cuando él regrese (Mex/Col) Cuando regrese (Arg)"
 CBS CLS-1556 (Mexico) - front photo from eBay (fake promo release) |
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. Thanks also to Manuel for finding a fake Mexican promo on eBay. The record looks genuine enough, although it has a fake promo stamp, but the sleeve is obviously fake. You are urged to avoid buying such items! |
"Slow Train Coming" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LP releases, Discos CBS 138.152 (Brazil), 1979; Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil), 1986-7:
Discos CBS 138.152 (Brazil), 1979:
 Discos CBS 138.152 (Brazil) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 Discos CBS 138.152 (Brazil) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara |
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Discos CBS 138.152 (Brazil) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara
(cassette catalogue number "16124")
The records of both the promo and commercial copies of CBS 138.152 have handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-36120-, Side 2 - 36120-B and the standard US inner sleeve. The promo album (not shown) is stamped "AMOSTRA INVENDÁVEL [SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE]" on the rear sleeve. There is a paper inner sleeve with a small raised flap on the front to assist removing the record, which has orange/yellow Discos CBS labels. The sleeve, inner sleeve and record were made in Brazil. The record was made for Discos CBS by Gravaçôes Eléctricas S.A. of São Paulo. On the Side 2 label track 1 is incorrectly shown as "GONNA CHANGE MY WAY OF THINKINS".
Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil), 1986-7:
 Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - front with sticker, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - front sticker scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - rear scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (record store sticker) |
 Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - Side 1 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - detail of Side 1, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (made by Discos CBS, Rio de Janeiro) |
 Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - detail of Side 1, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (now with track times) |
 Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - detail of Side 2, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay ("GONNA CHANGE MY WAY OF THINKING" correct) |
 Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - Side 2 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
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Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - detail of rear, scan
by Sergio Mariano Romay (cassette
catalogue number now "16718")
Discos CBS 138.718 (Brazil) - detail of spine, scan by
Sergio Mariano Romay
The next release, Discos CBS 138.718, can be dated from late 1986/early 1987 from other Discos CBS catalogue numbers. Hans Seegers' promo copy had a CBS promo stamp "AMOSTRA INVENDÁVEL [SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE]" and the record had handwritten written matrix numbers Side 1 - 138.718 A AL-36120, Side 2 - 138.718 B BL-36120.
The front sleeve has a “THE NICE PRICE” sticker. The rear sleeve of the copy shown also has a record store sticker from Blumenau, Southern Brazil. The rear has the new catalogue number at top right, and also has the new cassette release number at bottom right. The copy shown does not have a picture inner sleeve, but it may just be missing. This time, the record was manufactured by Discos CBS itself in Río de Janeiro. The labels are still orange/yellow, but there are considerable differences: track timings are now included and also Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking on side 2 is now correct.
The record of the copy shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-36120 138.718 A 1-1-4, Side 2 - BL-36120 138.718 B 1-1-3.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Manuel García Jara and Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans.
"Un Tren Llega Lentamente [Slow Train Coming]" - test pressing, promo and commercial stereo vinyl LP releases, CBS/Columbia 20.039 (Argentina), 1979:
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 CBS/Columbia 20.039 (Argentina) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo and commercial copies) |
 Discos CBS 20.039 (Argentina) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (test pressing) |
 Discos CBS 20.039 (Argentina) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke (test pressing) |
 Discos CBS 20.039 (Argentina) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (test pressing) |
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 CBS/Columbia 20.039 (Argentina) - front photo by Sergio Magnacca (commercial copy) |
 CBS/Columbia 20.039 (Argentina) - rear with promo sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo copy) |
 CBS/Columbia 20.039 (Argentina) - detail of rear with promo sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo copy) |
 CBS/Columbia 20.039 (Argentina) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo copy) |
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 CBS/Columbia 20.039 (Argentina) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (promo copy) |
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This album was made in Argentina and has the title and song titles translated into Spanish. The test pressing (Discos CBS 20.039) comes in
a white card promo sleeve with
a front sticker with red typed text in Spanish. The record has blank Discos CBS
labels with typed text and promo stickers, and the copy shown has stamped US
matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL 36120, Side 2 - BL 36120.
The commercial sleeve has a CBS logo on the front and a Columbia logo on the rear! The record now has orange Columbia labels with the song titles in Spanish and English. Both copies shown have matrix numbers Side 1 - AL 36120, Side 2- BL 36120 (the US matrix numbers). The promo copy shown has a sticker with "DISCO PARA DEMOSTRACION VENTA PROHIBIDA [DEMONSTRATION DISC SALE PROHIBITED]" on the rear sleeve and DISCO PROMOCIONAL PROHIBIDA LA VENTA [PROMOTIONAL DISC SALE PROHIBITED] printed on the record labels.
Thanks to Sergio Magnacca, Manuel García Jara and Lars M. Banke for information and pictures.
"Un Tren Llega Lentamente [Slow Train Coming]" - stereo cassette releases, Columbia 60.039 (Argentina), 1979; Columbia 580-688 (Argentina), 1980s:
 Columbia 60.039 (Argentina) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (1979 release, inside is blank) |
The original Argentinean cassette
release has only the Columbia logo on the insert and the cassette labels
with no mention of CBS. The folded insert is blank on the inside. The
cassette was made in the USA and is white with orange Columbia paper labels. Two copies are shown of the 1980s cassette release, which is also on the Columbia label with no mention of CBS. The "Nice Price" logo on the front of the smaller insert is printed, not a sticker. Both insert fronts are the same, but the inside of Sergio's copy has the text in black, while the insert of Manuel's copy has the text in purple. The 1980s cassettes are both white with text printed directly on to them, there are no paper labels. Sergio's cassette has five screws on Side 2, and both sides have orange text. In contrast, Manuel's cassette has four screws on the front, and the Side 2 text is printed in red, not orange! |
 Columbia 60.039 (Argentina) - cassette Side 1 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (1979 release, "MADE IN U.S.A.") |
 Columbia 60.039 (Argentina) - cassette Side 2 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (1979 release) |
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 Columbia 580-688 (Argentina) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (1980s release, first copy) |
 Columbia 580-688 (Argentina) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (1980s release, first copy - black text) |
 Columbia 580-688 (Argentina) - cassette Side 1 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (1980s release, first copy - no screws, orange text) |
 Columbia 580-688 (Argentina) - cassette Side 2 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (1980s release, first copy - five screws, orange text) |
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 Columbia 580-688 (Argentina) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara (1980s release, second copy) |
 Columbia 580-688 (Argentina) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara (1980s release, second copy - purple text) |
 Columbia 580-688 (Argentina) - cassette Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (1980s release, second copy - four screws, orange text) |
 Columbia 580-688 (Argentina) - cassette Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (1980s release, second copy - no screws, red text) |
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Thanks to Sergio Mariano Romay and Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 14-1304 (Colombia), 5 Nov 1979:
 CBS 14-1304 (Colombia) - front (my commercial copy - promo front is the same) |
This rare album has a standard sleeve (untranslated album title) but no front logo. There is also no inner sleeve - the record is housed in a clear plastic bag. The record itself has orange/yellow CBS labels with the song titles in English and Spanish. As with many other South American releases, the Spanish translated song titles differ from those of other Spanish-speaking countries, such as those from Argentina above. The record has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - "COL 14-1304 A 5-11-79", Side 2 - "COL 14-1304 B 5-11-79". As an American style date of "May 11, 1979" would be before the US release, I assume this is the European style date of "5 Nov 1979". |
 CBS 14-1304 (Colombia) - rear scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (promo copy) |
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 CBS 14-1304 (Colombia) - Side 1 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (promo copy) |
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 CBS 14-1304 (Colombia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (promo copy) |
 CBS 14-1304 (Colombia) - detail of Side 1 (promo and commercial copies) |
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CBS 14-1304 (Colombia) - detail of spine, scan by
Sergio Mariano Romay (promo and commercial
copies)
Sergio Mariano Romay has a promotional copy - the Side 1 record label has a rubber stamp with test “DISCO PORMOCIONAL – PROHIBIDA SU VENTA [Promotional Record – Sale Forbidden]" and on the rear sleeve is printed: “PARA USO EXCLUSIVO DE EMISORAS Y PERIODISTAS. PROHIBIDA SU VENTA. DISCOS CBS S.A. SE RESERVA EL DERECHO DE PROPIEDAD DE ESTE DISCO [For exclusive use of radio stations and journalists. Sale Forbidden his sale. Discos CBS S.A. reserves the right of ownership of this record]". The record of this copy has the same matrix numbers as mine.
Thanks to Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 100498 (Costa Rica), 1979:
 CBS 100498 (Costa Rica) - front scan by Lars M. Banke |
This rare album was
manufactured for CBS Records by Indica S.A. (Industria de Discos
Centroamericano) in Costa Rica and
distributed throughout Central America. It has orange/yellow CBS labels. Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans. |
 CBS 100498 (Costa Rica) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke |
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 CBS 100498 (Costa Rica) - detail of rear, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS 100498 (Costa Rica) - detail of rear, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS 100498 (Costa Rica) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS 100498 (Costa Rica) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke |
 CBS 100498 (Costa Rica) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke |
"Slow Train Coming" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LPs, Nectar LP. 8001 (Turkey), (date?):
 Nectar LP. 8001 (Turkey) - front photo by Paul Prince (commercial release) |
These releases were legal in Turkey at the time of release,
but were produced without authorisation from Columbia. Because of this full
details are in Questionable Releases. Thanks to Paul Prince and Hans Seegers for information and photos. |
 Nectar LP. 8001 (Turkey) - front photo by Paul Prince (promo release) |
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo cassette release, Footprint S 900-A (Saudi Arabia), 1979:
 Footprint S 900-A (Saudi Arabia) - front scan by Tom Willems |
This cassette release is almost certainly unauthorised. Full details are in
Questionable Releases. Thanks to Tom Willems for information and scans. |
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia), 1980:
 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
This album was released by
Suzy Records of Zagreb (now Croatia) on behalf of CBS. The copy shown has a
Jugoton price sticker of 98 dinars on the rear sleeve.The record was pressed
in Yugoslavia by Jugoton, also of Zagreb, which
was a chain of record stores as well as a record company, and has the standard inner sleeve. It has
orange/yellow CBS labels and the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - ULS
644-1, Side 2 - ULS 644-2 21 5 80 (the mastering date - 25 May 1980). Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
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 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - inner sleeve front scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - detail of inner sleeve front, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - inner sleeve rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 86095 (Yugoslavia) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara |
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo cassette release, CBS/Suzy 40-86095 (Yugoslavia), 1980:
 CBS/Suzy 40-86095 (Yugoslavia) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 40-86095 (Yugoslavia) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 40-86095 (Yugoslavia) - cassette Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 40-86095 (Yugoslavia) - detail of cassette Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS/Suzy 40-86095 (Yugoslavia) - cassette Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara |
This Yugoslav cassette was again manufactured under licence for CBS by Suzy Records of Zagreb. The inside of the cassette insert has the tracklist and composer credits. The cassette is black with red CBS/Suzy labels and black text.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - stereo vinyl LP, АнТроп (Anfon) C90 31847/П91 0007 (St. Petersburg, Russia), 1991, 1993:
 Anfon C90 31847/П91 0007 (Russia) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1991 release) |
This release was legal in Russia at the time of release,
but was produced without authorisation from Columbia. Because of this full
details are in Questionable Releases.
Even so, it's very collectable because of the redrawn front sleeve. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Lars M. Banke for information and scans. |
 Anfon C90 31847/П91 0007 (Russia) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (1993 release) |
"Slow Train Coming" - remastered stereo vinyl LP release, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 889854492311 (Europe), 1 Dec 2017:
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More information will be added when available. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information. |
Original CD Releases
"Slow Train Coming" - CD releases, Columbia CK 36120 (USA/Canada), 1986:
 Columbia CK 36120 (USA) - front of "long box", scan by Hans Seegers |
The first CD release of the album in the USA came in the "long box" shown. |
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 Columbia CK 36120 (USA) - rear of "long box", scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia CK 36120 (Canada) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
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These releases were on sale in the USA and Canada until replaced by the hybrid SA-CD edition in 2003 (see below). The front insert is a single folded card. The Canadian CD itself was manufactured in the USA, as there was at that time no Columbia CD pressing plant in Canada. The Canadian release is dated 1986 on the rear of the front insert and the rear insert.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Gil Lamont, Jack from Canada and Moise Potié for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - CD releases, CBS/Sony 32DP 375 (Japan), 21 Sep 1986; Sony Records SRCS 6338 (Japan), 22 Sep 1993:
 CBS/Sony 32DP 375 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
CBS/Sony 32DP 375 was the first Japanese CD release and was available with three obis:
The front insert was a 36-page stapled booklet in English and Japanese. |
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 Sony Records SRCS 6338 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
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Sony Records SRCS 6338 was the second release and lasted up until 2003. It had a black, white and red obi with price also ¥1,800. The front insert was four pages and there was an additional fold-out insert in English and Japanese.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Wil Gielen for further information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - CD releases, CBS CDCBS 86095 (Europe), mid-1980s; CBS CDCBS 32524 (Europe), late 1980s; Columbia COL CD 32524 (Austria for Europe), 1990s:
 CBS CDCBS 86095 (Europe) - front scan by Keith Schweiger |
CBS CDCBS 86095 was the first release of this album on CD in Europe in the mid-1990s. The CD itself is silver with black text and was made in Japan. |
 CBS CDCBS 32524 (Europe)- front scan by Keith Schweiger |
 CBS CDCBS 32524 (Europe)- rear scan by Keith Schweiger |
 CBS CDCBS 86095 (Europe) - CD scan by Keith Schweiger |
 CBS CDCBS 86095 (Europe) - rear scan by Keith Schweiger |
 Columbia COL CD 32524 (Austria for Europe) - front (my copy) |
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 Columbia COL CD 32524 (Austria for Europe) - inside of front insert |
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CBS CDCBS 32524 is from the end of the 1980s and the CD was made in Austria. It is silver with red panels and black text.
The 1990s release Columbia COL CD 32524 has a stapled multi-page booklet as the front insert. The picture in the centre of the booklet is the same as the one from the inner sleeve of the LP. The difference in the colour of the sky in the two reproductions of the rear LP sleeve picture are very noticeable - the sky on the rear insert is tinted pink, while the picture on the back of the folded front insert is tinted blue. Keith Schweiger has a copy of Columbia COL CD 32524 with a red CD tray and a "Nice Price" front sticker. The insert booklet has a "Nice Price" promotional catalogue stapled in the centre, which my copy doesn't have. The CD is the same as mine.
Thanks to Keith Schweiger for information and scans.
"Slow Train Coming" - CD releases, CBS CDCBS 86095 (Australia), late 1980s; Columbia CDCBS 86095 (Australia), 1990s:
 CBS CDCBS 86095 (Australia) - outside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
The CBS release has a single folded card as the front insert, the
Columbia release has an 8-page stapled booklet. The later Columbia CD
release is identical except that the Sony Music Australia copyright
information on the CD itself in red to the right of the centre hole is on
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 Columbia CDCBS 86095 (Australia) - outside of front insert booklet, scan by Stuart Moore (first release) |
 CBS CDCBS 86095 (Australia) - inside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS CDCBS 86095 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Stuart Moore (all releases) |
 CBS CDCBS 86095 (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore |
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 Columbia CDCBS 86095 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore (second release) |
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 Columbia CDCBS 86095 (Australia) - inside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore (both releases) |
 Columbia CDCBS 86095 (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore (first release) |
 Columbia CDCBS 86095 (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore (second release) |
"Slow Train Coming" - CD release, Columbia CDCOL 5006 S (South Africa), 1996 (two variants):
 Columbia CDCOL 5006 S (South Africa) - front scan by Keith Schweiger (both variants) |
This release has a folded front insert.
Keith Schweiger's copy (variant 1) has stickers
on the reverse of the front insert and also on the rear insert. I believe
these inserts could have been sourced from the USA and then stickered.
Inserts of the US release are shown for comparison. The inserts from Paul
Shenton's copy (variant 2) have no stickers, all the information is printed. The CD was
made in South Africa (R.S.A.) and is dated 1996. It was manufactured and
distributed on behalf of Columbia by the Gallo Record Company.
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 Columbia CDCOL 5006 S (South Africa) - rear insert with sticker, scan by Keith Schweiger (variant 1) |
 Columbia CDCOL 5006 S (South Africa) - outside of unfolded front insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (variant 2) |
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 Columbia CK 36120 (USA) - rear of front insert with barcode, scan by Gil Lamont (shown for comparison) |
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 Columbia CDCOL 5006 S (South Africa) - detail of rear of front insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (variant 2 - printed "CDCOL 5006 S") |
 Columbia CDCOL 5006 S (South Africa) - detail of rear insert, photocopy by Paul Shenton (variant 2) |
 Columbia CDCOL 5006 S (South Africa) - detail of CD, scan by Keith Schweiger (both variants - "Made in R.S.A.") |
 Columbia CDCOL 5006 S (South Africa) - CD scan by Keith Schweiger (variant 1 - "Columbia" in black) |
 Columbia CDCOL 5006 S (South Africa) - detail of rear insert with sticker, scan by Keith Schweiger (variant 1 - centred text) |
 Columbia CK 36120 (USA) - detail of rear insert, scan by Gil Lamont (same centred text as variant 1) |
 Columbia CDCOL 5006 S (South Africa) - CD photocopy by Paul Shenton (variant 2 - "Columbia" in red) |
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Columbia CDCOL 5006 S (South Africa) - detail of rear insert, photocopy
by Paul Shenton (variant 2 - right aligned text)
Thanks to Keith Schweiger, Gil Lamont and Paul Shenton for information and pictures.
Remastered CD Releases (2003 onwards)
"Slow Train Coming" - advance promo CD-R, Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment CH 90322 (USA), 18 Jun 2003:
 Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment CH 90322 (USA) - promo insert scan by Hans Seegers |
This CD-R for radio play only comes in a clear plastic wallet with a
single-sided paper insert
dated what looks like "6/18/2003". I assume because it was sent to radio stations
the CD-R has only the CD layer of the hybrid SA-CD release below. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment CH 90322 (USA) - promo CD-R scan by Hans Seegers |
"Slow Train Coming" - hybrid SA-CD release, Columbia CH 90322 (USA/Canada); Columbia 512349 6 (Europe), 16 Sep 2003; Sony Music MHCP 10013 (Japan), 17 Dec 2003:
 Sony Music MHCP 10013 (Japan) - front scan by Keith Schweiger |
This release is housed in a three-fold digipak and the hybrid SA-CD disc contains a CD version and
SA-CD versions in stereo and 5.1 surround sound. The inside of the
digipak has two previously unpublished pictures of Bob from 1979 including
one at the recording session with Mark Knopfler, etc. The picture behind the
CD tray is the one from the LP inner sleeve. There is no booklet. The hybrid SA-CD design reproduces
the Columbia US stereo vinyl label used
in 1979. My North American copy illustrated was distributed from Canada, and has the same sticker on the outside of the shrink-wrap as the one illustrated for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The Japanese release has a parchment-coloured and white obi with black text and price ¥2,520. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Keith Schweiger for information and scans. |
 Sony Music MHCP 10013 (Japan) - rear scan by Keith Schweiger |
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 Sony Music MHCP 10013 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Keith Schweiger |
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 Columbia CH 90322 (USA/Canada) - outside of digipak (my copy) |
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 Sony Music MHCP 10013 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Keith Schweiger |
 Columbia CH 90322 (USA/Canada) - inside of digipak |
 Sony Music MHCP 10013 (Japan) - hybrid SA-CD scan by Keith Schweiger |
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"Slow Train Coming" - remastered CD release, Columbia CK 92397 (USA/Canada), 1 Jun 2004; Columbia 512349 2 (Europe), 29 Mar 2004; Sony Music MHCP 380 (Japan), 23 Sep 2004:
Columbia CK 92397 (USA/Canada), 1 Jun 2004:
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This release at mid-price is in a standard jewel case
and consists of the remastered CD layer only of the 2003 hybrid SA-CD
release above. The front CD insert booklet includes pictures from the SA-CD
booklet.
Scans of the US release required! |
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Columbia 512349 2 (Europe), 29 Mar 2004
 Columbia 512349 2 (Europe) - front scan by Billy Bolley |
The CD of the European release is made in Austria. |
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 Columbia 512349 2 (Europe) - rear insert scan by Billy Bolley |
 Columbia 512349 2 (Europe) - outside of front insert, scan by Billy Bolley |
 Columbia 512349 2 (Europe) - inside pages of front insert, scan by Billy Bolley |
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Sony Music MHCP 380 (Japan), 23 Sep 2004:
 Sony Music MHCP 380 (Japan) - front with obi and sticker, picture from eil.com |
The Japanese release comes in a card sleeve reproducing the LP sleeve with a side obi. The CD is in a card inner sleeve and there is also a sticker sheet. |
 Sony Music MHCP 380 (Japan) - obi scan by Keith Schweiger |
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 Sony Music MHCP 380 (Japan) - sticker sheet scan by Keith Schweiger |
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 Sony Music MHCP 380 (Japan) - front of inner sleeve, scan by Keith Schweiger |
 Sony Music MHCP 380 (Japan) - front of inner sleeve, scan by Keith Schweiger |
 Sony Music MHCP 380 (Japan) - CD scan by Keith Schweiger |
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Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Jack from Canada for scans of the Canadian release. Thanks to Keith Schweiger and Billy Bolley for scans of the European and Japanese releases.
"Slow Train Coming" - remastered CD release, Sony Music MHCP 814 (Japan), 21 Sep 2005:
 Sony Music MHCP 814 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Keith Schweiger |
This release at mid-price is in a standard jewel case and
consists of the remastered CD layer only of the 2003 hybrid SA-CD release
above. it has a white "Nice Price" obi with black text,
date "05-9-21" (21 Sep 2005) and price ¥1,785. The copy shown is
still sealed. Thanks to Keith Schweiger for information and scans. |
 Sony Music MHCP 814 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Keith Schweiger |
"Slow Train Coming" - Blu-spec CD release, Sony Music SICP 20231 (Japan), 30 Sep 2009:
 Sony Music SICP 20231 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
This release is on a Blu-spec CD, an audio-only disc which is presumably
intended to be Sony's new high quality audio format, currently on sale in
Japan only. The copy shown is still
sealed, with a blue and white obi with price ¥2,500 (¥2,381 before tax). The
release date is shown as "09-9-30" (30 Sep 2009), the original release date
as "79-8-20" (20 Aug 1979) and the withdrawal date as "10-3-29" (29
Mar
2010). It's not actually a Blu-ray disc as it says on the sticker, but it is made using Blu-ray
technology. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
 Sony Music SICP 20231 (Japan) - rear with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
"Slow Train Coming" - CD release, Columbia/Sony Music 88697 70339 2/9 (NL), 22 Apr 2010:
 Columbia/Sony Music 88697 70339 2/10 (NL) - front of card sleeve, scan by Tom Willems |
This remastered CD release in a card sleeve is part of the 10CD boxed
set The Bob Dylan 70s Collection made by
Sony Music in Austria for the Dutch newspaper "De Volkskrant", see
International Album Releases
(Multi-Packs) 2010s. Thanks to Tom Willems for information and scans. |
 Columbia/Sony Music 88697 70339 2/10 (NL) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Tom Willems |
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 Columbia/Sony Music 88697 70339 2 (NL) - rear of box, scan by Tom Willems |
"The Complete Album Collection Vol. One" - 47CD boxed set, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691-92431-2 (USA), 5 Nov 2013/(Europe), 4 Nov 2013; USB stick, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88883-77314-5 (USA), 5 Nov 2013/(Europe), 4 Nov 2013; Sony Music SICP 30471-30520 (Japan), 26 Mar 2014 onwards:
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 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691924312JK22 (USA)/Europe) - front of card sleeve (my copy) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691924312D26 (USA) - CD26 (my copy) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691924312D26 (USA) - detail of CD26 |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88883-77314-5 (USA/Europe) - top of USB box (my copy) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691924312JK22 (USA)/Europe) - rear of card sleeve (my copy) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691924312-26 (Europe) - CD26 scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691924312-26 (Europe) - detail of CD26, scan by Manuel García Jara |
This massive set is the latest in a series of "Complete Columbia Album Collections" featuring artists such as Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and even Blue Oyster Cult. The CD version of the set includes 41 Dylan albums in card sleeves, 14 of which have been remastered for this project, plus a 2CD set of previously released non-album tracks entitled Side Tracks. The albums exclude all compilations and The Bootleg Series sets, but do include the deleted 1973 Dylan album, also see 1973, and the extra 2CD set Side Tracks includes one side of the 1971 single George Jackson (Acoustic version), R-0085, see 1971. The set is therefore listed in 2013. The set also includes a hard cover book with extensive new liner notes and previously unseen photos.
All the CDs come in card sleeves. The European sleeves are made of thicker card than the US sleeves, but they are otherwise identical, so are not shown. The catalogue number on the sleeve is "88691924312JK22" plus "DISC 26" (because Blonde On Blonde, Before The Flood and The Basement Tapes and Bob Dylan At Budokan had two CDs each). The CDs are different in detail, the US Slow Train Coming CD has catalogue number "88691924312D26", whereas the European CD has catalogue number "88691924312-26". The European CD was made in the EU (probably Austria). The US and European copyright details are printed at the bottom of the Bob Dylan CDs, and round the circumference for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan onwards, so I haven't shown them for the later CDs.
For more details of the set, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 2010s.
 Sony Music SICP 30500 (Japan) - picture from www.cdjapan.co.jp |
Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson and Éamonn Ó Catháin for news that The Complete Album Collection will be released in Japan in four decade-related parts, with the intention to release them all in 2014. The Blu-Spec CD2 specification CDs come in card sleeves with printed inner sleeves and "SONY MUSIC" instead of "COLUMBIA" on the discs. Bob's 1970s albums from Self Portrait to Slow Train Coming will be released in Japan on 23 Apr 2014 in card sleeves as Blu-Spec CD2 discs numbered Sony Music SICP 30482 to SICP 30500. The 2013 remastered Slow Train Coming will be SICP 30500, more details will be added when available. |
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
 Bob Dylan At Budokan (1978) |
Slow Train Coming (1979) |
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