|
|
This page lists mono releases of this regular Bob Dylan album. These LPs were
listed here because the mono versions of Dylan songs were
unavailable on CD until the release of the first eight Dylan albums in mono as
The Original Mono Recordings in 2010. Mono LPs with rare tracks (e.g. mono versions with
significant differences from the album tracks, such as different mixes, edits or
fades) are listed in the main chronological pages. This page is still incomplete -
more international mono releases of this album are required. Mono singles up to 1976 have their
own pages, see the links above. Thanks to David Burgess for the UK catalogue numbers - all my mono LPs were stolen when my Manchester flat was burgled in May 1968! For stereo releases of this album, see
International Album
Releases (Regular). For information on differences between the various releases of this album,
see Roger Ford's "Electric Dylan" web-site
|
|
If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities -
see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
dealers on my Trading page for assistance!
Revised: 06 February, 2024.
Vinyl Releases
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia CL 2389 (USA),
30 Aug 1965:
This album does not have the alternate take of From A Buick 6
with harmonica intro found on the first US stereo pressings, see 1965.
Promo and demo copies - Columbia CL 2389 (USA), Aug 1965
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - front with timing strip, scan by Gerd Rundel (promo release) |
The front photograph is again by Daniel Kramer. The mono LP of Highway 61 Revisited has significantly different mixes and the length of the tracks frequently differ from the current stereo CD and the now deleted gold CD (information from Les Kokay and Roger Ford). It is now available on CD in remastered form as part of The Original Mono Recordings, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 2010s. |
|
|
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel (promo release) |
|
|
|
|
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (promo release - "4", also first commercial release) |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (promo and first commercial releases - "meaningful") |
|
|
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Edward Grazda (demo copy, variant 1) |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - Side 1 with demonstration sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara (demo copy, variant 2) |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - detail of demonstration sticker on Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (demo copy, variant 2) |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - Side 2 of demonstration copy, scan by Manuel García Jara (demo copy, variant 2) |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Edward Grazda (demo copy, variant 1) |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - detail of Side 2, scan by Edward Grazda (demo copy, variant 1) |
This mono album was only released in the USA with the "360º SOUND" label - the "Guaranteed High Fidelity" labels had been discontinued before its release, and it was the first Dylan album to have this style of label on first release. Note the white sticker with violet text on the US front sleeve advertising Like A Rolling Stone - the single produced by Tom Wilson came out and had made the charts before the album was released (the rest of the album was produced by Bob Johnston). In his article “Tracking Dylan #17: The Like A Rolling Stone single” in “Isis” 182, Ian Woodward suggests that Like A Rolling Stone was not originally intended to be part of the Highway 61 Revisited album but a stand-alone single like Positively 4th Street and Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? However, its chart success made it good commercial sense to include it! The original American liner notes on the rear sleeve are the ones printed in "Writings and Drawings" (1974) and "Lyrics 1962-85" (1987). Thanks to Chris Hood for pointing out that the promo and the first commercial copies have "meaningful" at the end of the next-to-last paragraph, which was subsequently replaced by "meaningless", as in "Writings and Drawings" ("the subject matter - tho meaningless as it is - has something to do with the beautiful strangers...". There is No Eye, the title of the book of photographs by John Cohen and an associated CD, comes from the last paragraph of these liner notes, see 2001 ("there is no eye - there is only a series of mouths..."). An essay by Les Kokay on the various versions of the liner notes is here.
Gerd Rundel has a promo copy with a timing strip on the front and white promo Columbia record labels. The rear sleeve has a "4" printed at bottom right (this means it was an original sleeve fabricated by Imperial Packing Co., Inc. of Indianapolis, IN). It has "meaningful" at the end of the next-to-last paragraph of the liner notes. The record of this promo copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP 110638-1B, Side 2 - XLP 110639-1B. Chris Hood has a copy of the first pressing of the US mono sleeve also with "meaningful". It has matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP 110638-1A, Side 2 - XLP 110639-1A as Gerd Rundel's copy below.
Commercial copies - Columbia CL 2389 (USA), 30 Aug 1965 ("meaningful" rear sleeve):
|
|
Sergio Mariano Romay has a copy where the rear sleeve has a "5" printed at bottom right (this means it was a reissue sleeve fabricated by Modern Album Finishing Co., probably at Terre Haute, IN). It again has "meaningful" at the end of the next-to-last paragraph of the liner notes. The record in this sleeve has variant 1 labels as shown above with both "NONBREAKABLE" and the "360º SOUND"/arrows logo on either side of "MONO". Manuel García Jara has a copy of the first commercial release in the "meaningful" sleeve with a demonstration sticker on Side 1 that reads "FOR DEMONSTRATION USE ONLY FOR SALE". "NOT FOR SALE" would be expected, and the text is aligned as if the word "NOT" should be present, however there is no sign on the sticker that it was originally present and has been erased. Edward Grazda's copy has the correct printing. Robert Dunn has a demo copy with "DEMONSTRATION NOT FOR SALE" stamped in red on the rear sleeve. The record labels do not have stickers. The rear sleeve has "4" at bottom right (as Gerd Rundel's copy above), and the matrix numbers are: Side 1 - XLP 110638-1B, Side 2 - XLP 110639-1B. |
Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - front with two stickers, photo by Jon McAuliffe (first commercial release) |
|||
|
|
|
|
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (first commercial release - "4", also second commercial release with "meaningless") |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (first commercial release - "7") |
|
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - detail of rear with "5" at bottom right, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (first commercial release) |
|
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - detail of Side 1, photo by Gerd Rundel (first commercial release) |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (first commercial release - "NONBREAKABLE") |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (first commercial release) |
|
The record of Gerd Rundel's commercial copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP 110638-1A, Side 2 - XLP 110639-1A. It comes in the sleeve shown with the "LIKE A ROLLING STONE" sticker. Jon McAuliffe has a sealed copy of the US album with the violet sticker. It also has a red sticker just like first releases of the stereo album (see International Album Releases (Regular) and 1965) with white text advertising that the package contains a free "striking portrait" suitable for framing. The picture by "Lambert" is still in the shrink-wrap on the back of the album, covering most of the rear of the album sleeve. Thanks to Robert Kornovich for information from a book called "The Label: The Story of Columbia Records" by Gary Marmorstein (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007) which says the picture was included by Columbia with the earliest copies of the album in one US region only. Edward Grazda has a demonstration copy with a white sticker on Side 2. It has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP 110638-1D, Side 2 - XLP 110639-1A.
Commercial copies - Columbia CL 2389 (USA), late 1965 onwards ("meaningless" rear sleeve):
Columbia CL 2389 (USA) - red and white vinyl copies:
 "Columbia CL 2389 (USA)" - front sleeve and fake red vinyl disc, photo from MercadoLibre (Argentina) |
Thanks to Sergio Mariano Romay for information about this
copy
of "Columbia CL 2389" with a red vinyl disc. Sadly, it is not a genuine
Columbia US release. Augie Krater thinks these eBay albums are
pirated from the 2010 mono remasters.
The sleeve and labels are the same as those of the variant 2 copy
above. Lars M. Banke has copies with red and white vinyl, and there is
a pink vinyl version on Discogs. The
handwritten matrix
numbers on both of Lars' copies shown are: Side 1 - “Highway 61 Revisited 1”,
Side 2 - “Highway 61 Revisited 2”, which means the discs have been
pressed unofficially. For genuine releases on white and coloured vinyl, see below. |
|
|||
 "Columbia CL 2389 (USA)" - front scan by Lars M. Banke (sleeve with fake red and white vinyl discs) |
 "Columbia CL 2389 (USA)" - rear scan by Lars M. Banke (sleeve with fake red and white vinyl discs) |
 "Columbia CL 2389 (USA)" - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (fake red vinyl disc) |
 "Columbia CL 2389 (USA)" - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (fake red vinyl disc) |
 "Columbia CL 2389 (USA)" - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (fake white vinyl disc) |
 "Columbia CL 2389 (USA)" - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (fake white vinyl disc) |
 Columbia CL 2328 (USA) - copy with a price sticker and a suspicious "MONO" sticker, picture from eBay |
I'm unconvinced of its authenticity, but for interest I show a copy of CL 2389 with three stickers, a "ROLLING STONE" sticker from the first release above, a record store price sticker, and a suspicious "MONO" sticker. I find these "MONO" stickers very confusing because I lived throughout the 1960s and I never saw a mono album with a “MONO” sticker! Even by 1965, mono albums were the majority and I did not hear a stereo album until 1967-68. There was no need for “MONO” stickers. Maybe they might highlight “STEREO”, the new innovation, but not mono. I have also shown a different Dylan album sleeve from the same eBay seller with a similar price sticker and the same suspicious "MONO" sticker. I suspect the Highway 61 Revisited album is genuine but possibly two of the front stickers are not. |
|
|||
Thanks to Chris Hood, Ulf Gyllenspetz, Hans Seegers, Edward Grazda, Lee Kaufman, Dr. Hanns Peter Bushoff, Manuel García Jara, Sergio Mariano Romay, Gerd Rundel, Derek Lai, Robert Dunn, Jon McAuliffe and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia CL 2389 (USA for export), 1965:
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA for export) - front with "CBS" sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA for export) - front "CBS" sticker scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA for export) - rear with three "CBS" stickers, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA for export) - detail of rear with "CBS" sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA for export) - Side 1 with red ring-shaped sticker with four "CBS" logos, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia CL 2389 (USA for export) - Side 2 with red ring-shaped sticker with four "CBS" logos, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Columbia CL 2389 (USA
for export) - detail of rear with two instances of "Columbia" covered
by "CBS"
stickers, scan by Gerd Rundel (also "7" at bottom right)
This US copy of CL 2389 was exported to Europe. The “Columbia” logos on the front and rear of the sleeve are pasted over with “CBS” logos. The sleeve was printed in the USA and has “meaningless” in the liner notes, also "7" at bottom right, meaning it was fabricated by Modern Album Finishing Co., probably at Terre Haute, IN. The record has red ring-shaped stickers with four black/white "CBS" logos pasted on the labels. The copy of the record shown has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP110638-1A, Side 2 - XLP110639-1D.
Michel Pomarede has found a copy in France with exactly the same "CBS" stickers on the front and rear sleeves and record labels. It also has "7" on the rear sleeve at bottom right as shown above. Lars M. Banke has now acquired this album. The record of this copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-110638-1D, Side 2 - XLP110639-1A.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel, Michel Pomarede and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP reissue, Sundazed/Columbia LP 5071 (USA), May 2001:
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5071 (USA) - front scan by Augie Krater |
|
|
|
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5071 (USA) - front with third sticker, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5071 (USA) - third front sticker scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5071 (USA) - rear scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5071 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5071 (USA) - inner sleeve front scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5071 (USA) - inner sleeve rear scan by Gerd Rundel |
|
 Sundazed/Columbia LP 5071 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Anthony Perry |
Sundazed/Columbia LP 5071 (USA) -
detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay
The mono version of Highway 61 Revisited, released by Sundazed under licence from Columbia on heavyweight vinyl in May 2001. Unusually, the copies owned by Anthony Perry, Hans Seegers and Sergio Mariano Romay have completely different front stickers.
Thanks to Ole Lien, Anthony Perry, Hans Seegers, Augie Krater, Sergio Mariano Romay and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono 180gm vinyl LP reissues, Columbia 88697761051-6/CL 2389 (USA), 2010; Columbia/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 244 (NL for Europe), 2010:
 Columbia 88697761051-6/CL 2389 (USA) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
This heavyweight vinyl mono release is part of the LP version of the 2010 9LP set The Original Mono Recordings, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 2010s, sold separately. It includes the insert (a print suitable for framing) that was available with first pressings of the album in 1965. The record labels reproduce the style of the original 1965 mono labels. As well as "CL 2389" the record sides are also numbered "88697761051-6A/B". This album was also sold in Europe by the Dutch company Music On Vinyl as MOVLP 244 (see also below). The copy shown has a gold Music On Vinyl sticker on the front sleeve and a white sticker with a barcode on the rear sleeve at bottom right. |
 Columbia 88697761051-6/CL 2389 (USA) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
 Columbia 88697761051-6/CL 2389 (USA) - insert scan by Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
||
 Columbia/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 244 (NL for Europe) - front with sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
 Columbia/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 244 (NL for Europe) - front sticker scan by Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
 Columbia/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 244 (NL for Europe) - rear with sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
 Columbia 88697761051-6/CL 2389 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
 Columbia 88697761051-6/CL 2389 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
 Columbia 88697761051-6/CL 2389 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono 180gm vinyl 2LP reissue, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA), 2015:
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA) - front of gatefold sleeve, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA) - inside of gatefold sleeve, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA) - rear of gatefold sleeve, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA) - front of inner sleeve for Record 1, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA) - rear of inner sleeve for Record 1, scan by Gerd Rundel |
|
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA) - front of inner sleeve for Record 2, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA) - rear of inner sleeve for Record 2, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA) - Side 3 scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab MFSL 2-463/Columbia 88875091841 (USA) - Side 4 scan by Gerd Rundel |
This is a Limited Edition of 3000 copies by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab in association with Columbia. The records of this mono 2LP set play at 45RPM. The records come in gatefold sleeve which is numbered at bottom left of the rear (number removed). The LPs have black/silver labels and are in printed Mobile Fidelity inner sleeves.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia CL 2389 (Canada), 30 Aug 1965 (two variants):
The sleeve also has "meaningful" on the rear, later replaced by "meaningless" on the US sleeve. The sleeve of Gerd Rundel's copy is not perfectly glued and shows the "STEREO"/"360 SOUND" logo and the stereo catalogue number at the top of the rear, folded over from the front sleeve and which should have been hidden. The black text on Gerd's record labels are printed higher than on those of Hans' copy - this means that "BOB DYLAN" and the album title above the centre hole is differently placed on the Side 1 label, and also that "GUARANTEED HIGH FIDELITY" at the bottom is differently placed on both labels.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Gerd Rundel for information and scans
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP, CBS BPG 62572 (UK), Oct 1965 onwards:
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - front scan by Hans Seegers (first release) |
The UK mono LP sleeve was laminated on the front only and had three folded flaps at the rear. Morgan from Totally Vinyl in the UK and Sergio Mariano Romay have copies that confirm this, although there may be copies with only two flaps and where the lamination line looks like a third flap on a scan. |
|
|
|
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 1, "62572 A" = correct - possible EMI pressing) |
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 1 - possible EMI pressing) |
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - detail of Side 2, scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 1, "62572 B" = correct - possible EMI pressing) |
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (variants 2 & 3) |
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (variants 2 & 3, "62575 A" = incorrect) |
|
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (variants 2 & 3) |
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - detail of Side 2, scan by Gerd Rundel (variants 2 & 3, "62575 B" = incorrect) |
|
|
|
|
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - detail of Side 2, scan by Gerd Rundel (alternate variant 3, "62575 B" incorrect) |
CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (first release
with unboxed track titles/times, no printer's name)
Sergio's copy has a sleeve printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. with a laminated front; the rear sleeve is unlaminated and has the boxed track titles as shown in the second sleeve variant below. Like Per Erik Dahlberg's copy, his record has matrix numbers that show it could have been a contract pressing by EMI for CBS Records.
The British rear design is completely different from that of the US release with just one photo of Bob, different from any of the three photos on the US rear sleeve. The liner notes contain many minor differences from the American notes. For example, the characters "Savage Rose & Fixable" are here called "Savage Rose & Openly". For a complete list of these differences, see Rod MacBeath's article "Looking Up Dylan's Sleeves Part One" in "The Telegraph" issue 50, Summer 1994. I can only assume CBS UK were given an earlier version of Bob's notes. Éamonn Ó Catháin also points out that From a Buick 6 is called "FROM A BUICK SIX" on the rear sleeve but not on the Side 1 record label.
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - front scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 4 - possible EMI pressing) |
|
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 4 - possible EMI pressing) |
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - detail of rear with mono catalogue number, scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 4 - possible EMI pressing) |
|
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 4 - possible EMI pressing) |
CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - detail of rear with boxed track titles/times and
printer's name, scan
by Gerd Rundel (variant 4, printed by Garrad & Lofthouse - Per Erik Dahlberg and
Sergio Mariano Romay's copy are the same)
The record inside this sleeve is a
possible EMI pressing
Per Erik Dahlberg and Gerd Rundel have variant 4 copies as listed below. The record matrix numbers show it could have been a contract pressing by EMI for CBS Records. The sleeve was printed by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. I am however informed that the copies belonging to Hans Seegers (variant 1) and Per Erik Dahlberg (variant 4) do not look like pressings from the EMI Plant at Hayes, Middlesex, so where they come from is yet unclear.
There are at least seven different sleeve/record label variants of this release! Examples found so far (not all illustrated) are:
*The "62575 A/B" on the record labels above "(P) 1965" as opposed to "62572 A/B" is a typesetting error. (CBS BPG 62575 is actually the catalogue number of the 1965 CBS UK release of Johnny Cash's Ride This Train, an album which interestingly was first released in the UK in 1960 on the Philips label.)
Martin Gayford has what looks like a variant 4 copy with boxed track titles/timings on the rear sleeve, "33" as the playing speed on the labels, the correct matrix numbers 62572A/B to the right of the centre hole. 1 - SBPG-62572-1A-1, Side 2 - SBPG-62572-1B-1. This may also have been a contract pressing by EMI for CBS Records, see above, but this is a stereo pressing!
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 7) |
Variant 7 is reportedly the rarest UK mono edition of this album in that it looks like a hybrid mono/stereo edition. The front sleeve is similar to the other mono editions with a CBS logo at top left without the catalogue number. The rear sleeve has two folded flaps like the other UK mono editions shown in this entry. The CBS logo on the rear sleeve at top right has only the catalogue number, 62572, but not "MONO BPG", and like the stereo releases has boxed Stereo information at the bottom. This rear sleeve has also information about printer and the initials "GB" printed vertically at bottom right. The record labels are plain orange with the mono reference "BPG 62572". "62572 A/B" is printed correctly, but amazingly both labels have the stereo arrows logo but with the word "MONO" above! |
|
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 7) |
||
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 7, just "62572") |
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 7) |
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 7, "MONO" plus arrows) |
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 7, "62572 A" correct) |
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 7) |
 CBS bpg 62572 (UK) - detail of Side 2, scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 7, "62572 B" correct) |
CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - detail of rear with track titles/times unboxed
and STEREO information box, scan by Manuel García Jara (variant 7, printed by
Ernest J. Day)
Tony Klein has a copy of the album which he bought in England somewhere between 1967-68. The sleeve is the mono version, corresponding to Hans Seegers' and Gerd Rundel's scans above. The labels give "BPG 62572 (CL2389)" and "33", but do not indicate mono or stereo in any way. The matrix number on the labels has the correct final "2", not the incorrect "5". However, both sides of the (stereo!) LP are actually from stereo matrices given as follows: Side 1 - SBPG-62572-1A-1, Side 2 - SBPG-62572-1B-1 (EMI matrix numbers). The sleeve has unboxed track titles/times and three true flaps of which the right hand flap is under the upper and lower ones. The lamination from the front doesn't actually reach all the way to the edge of the flaps, leaving between 1.5 - 2mm "naked" all the way on all three flaps. This is also true of the right hand edge of the front sleeve.
|
|
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke (later release) |
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Lars M. Banke (later release with producer credits) |
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Lars M. Banke (later release with musician credits) |
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (later release) |
 CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (later release) |
CBS BPG 62572 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Lars M.
Banke (later release, again printed by Garrad & Lofthouse -
bottom of sleeve same as previous release variant 4 above)
There is also a later release, still with the folded flaps, and with much more information on the rear sleeve - Like A Rolling Stone is shown as produced by Tom Wilson, with the rest by Bob Johnston, and the musicians are listed on the right below the CBS logo. The record labels show the playing speed as "33". The record of the copy shown has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 62572-2A-1, Side 2 - 62572-2B-1.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Mick Robinson, John Caruth, Gerd Rundel, Manuel García Jara and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP, CBS
62.572 (France),
Sep 1965 (two variants):
As far as I know there was no French stereo release in the 1960s.
 CBS 62.572 (France) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This album comes in a laminated gatefold sleeve with lyrics and French commentary on the inside. The rear is again unique, showing Bob's five previous albums and the EPs then available in France. The gatefold sleeve was printed by J. Colombet, Paris XV, France. On the copy shown the slot for the LP is at the centre of the inside sleeve, although Jérémie Viala has owned a copy where the opening edge was on the outside and also one with opening edges on both the outside and the inside, making three sleeve variations. |
||||
 CBS 62.572 (France) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
|
 CBS 62.572 (France) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
|
 CBS 62.572 (France) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
|
|
|
 CBS 62.572 (France) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (variant 1 with "CBS" logo at bottom and "MADE IN FRANCE" to the left) |
|
 CBS 62.572 (France) - Side 1 scan by Augie Krater (variant 2) |
 CBS 62.572 (France) - detail of Side 1, scan by Augie Krater (variant 2 without "CBS" logo at bottom and "MADE IN FRANCE" in the centre) |
 CBS 62.572 (France) - Side 2 scan by Augie Krater (variant 2) |
There are two variants of orange CBS record labels. The record of Gerd Rundel's copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS 62572A1, Side 2 - CBS 62572B1. Augie Krater's copy comes in the gatefold sleeve with the opening for the record in the centre and the record labels have different circumference text from that of Hans Seeger's copy, without the small "CBS" logo at the bottom. The record has very different handwritten matrix numbers in the US style: Side 1 - HXLP 110 638, Side 2 - HVLP 110 639 (the "V" must be a mistake, it should be an "X"). (The US matrix numbers are: Side 1 - XLP 110638-xx, Side 2 - XLP 110639-xx.)
Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz for information and to Hans Seegers, Gerd Rundel, Jérémie Viala, Lars M. Banke and Augie Krater for further information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono 180gm vinyl LP release, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France), released in association with French record store chain FNAC, 26 Mar 2017:
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France) - front with FNAC sticker (my copy) |
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin and Derek Barker for news that FNAC in France are selling a unique version of the mono Highway 61 Revisited on white vinyl. FNAC has recently acquired an exclusive deal on a wide selection of albums which they are releasing in France on coloured vinyl. This is the only Dylan title but there is also a Deep Purple album on multicoloured vinyl, Velvet Underground on white vinyl, Jethro Tull's Aqualung on green vinyl and many more. This white album was intended to be a reissue of the 2010 Dutch release from Music on Vinyl MOVLP 244, see above, and the record has red Columbia US mono labels, reproducing the style of the original 1965 mono labels. Both the rear sleeve and the record labels are dated "2017". |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France) - white vinyl Side 1, photo by Éamonn Ó Catháin |
||
|
|
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France) - front FNAC sticker |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France) - rear |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France) - detail of rear ("CL 2389") |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel ("meaningless") |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France) - Side 1 (dated 2017) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France) - detail of Side 1 ("CL 2389" - design of first US commercial release with "NONBREAKABLE") |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France) - detail of Side 1 ("Made in the EU") |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France) - Side 2 |
|
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88985415711 (France) -
detail of rear ("2017" date, "Sony Music" logo on right, Gütersloh,
Germany, address in centre, "Made in the EU"), scan by Gerd Rundel
The record of my copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 8897761051-LP5-A (handwritten) 88016 1A MOVLP243 (stamped) STERLING (stamped) RKS (handwritten); Side 2 - 8897761051-LP5-B (handwritten) 88016 1B MOVLP243 (stamped) STERLING (stamped) RKS (handwritten). This means the records were mastered at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ, by their senior engineer Ryan K. Smith. "88697761051"/"MOVLP243" are catalogue numbers for the 2010/2013 Music On Vinyl release of Bringing It All Back Home, see that page, and I can confirm the record actually plays Bringing It All Back Home! Thanks to Michel Pomarede for news in early Oct 2017 that the album has now been reissued by FNAC and plays the correct tracks! The record now has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 88697761051-LP6-A 88019A MOVLP 244, Side 2 - 88697761051-LP6-B 88019B MOVLP 244, as expected.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel and Michel Pomarede for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited: La Totale - Le Vinyle - Les Chansons Expliquées [The Total - The Vinyl - The Songs Explained]" - mono vinyl LP with book, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88875146301 (France), 6 Nov 2019:
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88875146301 (France)- box front scan by Michel Pomarede |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88875146301 (France)- book front scan by Michel Pomarede |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88875146301 (France)- Side 1 scan by Michel Pomarede |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88875146301 (France)- detail of Side 1, scan by Michel Pomarede |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88875146301 (France)- Picture from FNAC web-site |
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music
88875146301 (France) -
detail of rear ("2015" date, "Sony Music" logo on right, Gütersloh,
Germany, address in centre, "Made in the EU"), scan by Michel Pomarede
This package of the vinyl LP with a book inside a box is part of the "La Totale" series. As well as commentary in French on each of the album tracks, the book also includes commentaries on Sitting On A Barbed Wire Fence, Positively 4th Street and Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? The record inside has the same sleeve, catalogue number and release date as Jack from Canada's 2015 Dutch mono release listed below.
Thanks to Michel Pomarede for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - remastered mono vinyl LP release: Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France), 26 Feb 2021:
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France) - front with sticker (my copy) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France) - detail of front ("CL 2389") |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France) - front "Clear Classics" sticker |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France) - rear |
|
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France) - MP3 download insert (code obscured) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France) - Side 1 (transparent vinyl) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France) - Side 2 (transparent vinyl) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France) - Side 1 |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France) - detail of Side 1 |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France) - Side 2 |
|
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19439843101 (France) - detail of rear ("2021" date,
"Sony Music" logo on right, Gütersloh, Germany, address in centre, "Made in the
EU")
This transparent vinyl album by FNAC in France was released on 26 Feb 2021. This is part of FNAC's "Clear Classics" collection and comes with a voucher for am MP3 download from We Are Vinyl.
The rear sleeve is dated "2021". The record comes in a plain white inner sleeve. This album is another reissue of the 2010 Dutch release from Music on Vinyl MOVLP 244, see above. The labels reproduce the original US mono labels above. The record of my copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 88697761051-LP 6-A (handwritten) MOVLP244 (stamped), Side 2 - 88697761051-LP 6- B (handwritten) MOVLP244 (stamped). The "LP 6" in the matrix numbers indicates the pressing was part of the LP version of the Music On Vinyl 2010 9LP set The Original Mono Recordings, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 2010s.
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information and the album!
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LPs, CBS
62572 (NL),
Sep 1965, re-released late 1965 and 1966:
Tom Willems puts the release date as after 17
Sep 1965. It was released in Holland at the same time as the mono releases of
The Times They Are A-Changin' and Subterranean Homesick Blues [Bringing
It All Back Home]. Manuel García Jara has a purchase date of 25 Oct 1965.
 CBS 62572 (NL) - front scan by Hans Seegers (first release, moss green album title) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 CBS 62572 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (first and second releases) |
|
|
 CBS 62572 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (second and third releases, "B.I.E.M." on right) |
|
|
|
 CBS 62572 (NL) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (third release variant 1) |
|
 CBS 62572 (NL) - Side 1 photo by Simon Blokker (third release variant 2, actually plays Side 2) |
 CBS 62572 (NL) - detail of Side 1, photo by Simon Blokker (third release variant 2) |
 CBS 62572 (NL) - Side 2 photo by Simon Blokker (third release variant 2, actually plays Side 1) |
There were three different releases of this album, two in 1965 and the last in 1966 (with two record label variants as shown above). The two 1965 releases have a folded laminated sleeve open on three sides, inside a hard clear plastic wallet. This sleeve is about ½" smaller than a regular 12" sleeve. The only difference between the first and second sleeves is the colour of the album title on the front. The third release sleeve is very rare and is of standard size and construction, non-laminated with three folded-over flaps. The colour of the album title on the front is again brown.
Hans Seegers' first release record has matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP 110638-1D (stamped) 62572-A (written), Side 2 - XLP 110639-1A (stamped) 62572-B (written). The second release record has exactly the same matrix numbers. Joop van Seters has a copy of the rare third release bought in 1967 where the record has matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP 110638-1D, Side 2 - SBPG-62572-1B-1. Simon Blokker has a copy of the third release with variant labels that comes in a regular sleeve with three folded-over flaps where the Side 1 label is on Side 2 and vice-versa!
The records were all made in Holland with orange CBS labels. The differences are:
First release: "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1965" to the left of the centre hole, the two copyright logos to the right of the centre hole have "B.I.E.M." on the left and "COPYRIGHT CONTROL" on the right (in the UK this "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED..."text indicates the record was manufactured by Philips for CBS Records).
Second release: "RECORDING FIRST PUBLISHED 1965" to the left of the centre hole, the two copyright logos to the right of the centre hole have "COPYRIGHT CONTROL" on the left and "B.I.E.M." on the right (again similar to that of UK Philips pressings).
Third release: "P 1965" to the left of the centre hole, the two copyright logos to the right of the centre hole have "COPYRIGHT CONTROL" on the left and "B.I.E.M." on the right (in the UK this "(P) 196x " text indicates the record was manufactured by CBS Records itself). Simon Blokker has a variant of this where the labels have "(P) 1965" to the left of the centre hole.
CBS 62572 (NL) - detail of rear, scan
by Hans Seegers (first and second releases - trademark info at bottom right)
CBS 62572 (NL) - detail of rear, scan
by Hans Seegers (third release - trademark info at bottom left, "NL" printed
vertically at bottom right on vertical flap)
Hilda Fernhout has a transitional copy with the third release sleeve and record labels but where the record has the same matrix numbers as the first and second releases.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Tom Willems and Hilda Fernhout for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono 180gm vinyl LP release, Music On Vinyl MOVLP 244 (NL), 7 Dec 2010; released in association with Belgian newspaper "De Morgen", 19 May 2012:
 Music On Vinyl MOVLP 244 (NL) - picture from Music On Vinyl web-site |
The 2010 Dutch Music On Vinyl 180gm mono release of Bob's Highway 61 Revisited
can be bought from the Music On Vinyl web-site and is also the second of the "Ten Most
Legendary Vinyl Discs" released in conjunction with Belgian
Flemish-language newspaper "De Morgen". The first on 12 May 2012 is Leonard Cohen's Songs Of Love And
Hate., followed by Highway 61 Revisited, and then by albums by
Rage Against The Machine, Johnny Cash, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, The Cure, Jeff
Buckley, Miles Davis and Tom Waits. All albums are €9.95, or €89.50 for the
set of ten. The "De Morgen" web-site is also offering a Lenco USB turntable
which can be bought separately or bundled with the ten LPs. For more
information, see here
 .Thanks to Dag Braathen and Lars M. Banke for information and to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for the scan. |
 Screenshot from "De Morgen" web-site |
 "De Morgen" newspaper voucher, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono 180gm vinyl release, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music CL 2389/88875146301 (NL for Europe), 20 Nov 2015, re-released 1 Dec 2017:
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music CL 2389/88875146301 (NL for Europe) - front of sealed copy with sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel |
The mono Music On Vinyl album was reissued in Europe on 20 Nov 2015 with a new black "LEGACY VINYL" sticker with silver text. This is one of four new releases including Bringing It All Back Home, Blonde On Blonde and Nashville Skyline (which must be in stereo). The rear sleeve has the extra Sony Music information and "©2015". The spine has the "LP" logo and "CL 2389" as well as the latest catalogue number 88875146301. The record of Éamonn Ó Catháin's copy has matrix numbers: Side 1 - 88697761051-LP6-A 88019A MOVLP 244, Side 2 - 88697761051-LP6-B 88019B MOVLP 244. These are the old catalogue numbers from the 2010 release, not the new catalogue number. Each side also has "Sterling" and "RKS" stamped in the vinyl, which mean that the records were mastered by Ryan K Smith of Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ. |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music CL 2389/88875146301 (NL for Europe) - front sticker scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music CL2389/88875146301 (Europe) - rear of sealed copy, scan by Gerd Rundel |
||
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music CL 2389/88875146301 (NL for Europe) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music CL 2389/88875146301 (NL for Europe) - rear scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music CL 2389/88875146301 (NL for Europe) - Side 1 scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music CL 2389/88875146301 (NL for Europe) - Side 2 scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music CL 2389/88875146301 (NL for Europe) - detail of Side 1, scan by Jack from Canada ("Made in the EU") |
|
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music CL 2389/88875146301 (NL for
Europe) - detail of rear, scan by Jack from Canada (dated 2015, "Made in the
EU")
None of these releases came with an included CD or an
MP3 download link, although Amazon provided an "Autorip" MP3 download for
this release only.
Thanks to Jack from Canada, Éamonn Ó Catháin and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia CL 2389 (Singapore/Malaysia), 1965:
 Columbia CL 2389 (Singapore/ Malaysia) - front scan by Arie de Reus |
This very rare album has an imported US sleeve with no folded-over flaps
and the sleeve variation with "meaningless". The "Columbia" logos
have been covered by "CBS" stickers on the front and rear of the sleeve. On the rear sleeve there is a
small "7" in the bottom right corner, which means that it was made
in the USA by Modern Album Finishing Co., probably at Terre Haute, IN. The
sleeve has "PRINTED IN U.S.A." on bottom right. The record has labels with the top
"Columbia" logo replaced by a third CBS logo. "NONBREAKABLE" is missing from
left of the centre hole. It has handwritten matrix numbers:
Side 1 - xlp-110638, Side 2 - xlp-110639. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Manuel García Jara for information that the sleeves and records (without labels) were imported from the USA, while the labels with CBS logos were printed locally. |
||||
 Columbia CL 2389 (Singapore/ Malaysia) - detail of front with "CBS" sticker, scan by Arie de Reus |
 Columbia CL 2389 (Singapore/ Malaysia) - rear scan by Arie de Reus |
 Columbia CL 2389 (Singapore/ Malaysia) - detail of rear with "CBS" sticker, scan by Arie de Reus |
 Columbia CL 2389 (Singapore/ Malaysia) - detail of rear with "PRINTED IN U.S.A." and "7", scan by Arie de Reus |
 Columbia CL 2389 (Singapore/ Malaysia) - Side 1 scan by Arie de Reus |
 Columbia CL 2389 (Singapore/ Malaysia) - Side 2 scan by Arie de Reus |
Chris Hood thinks what is really interesting about this record is the mono mixes which are different from the standard U.S. mono mix. They run longer, as the stereo version does. Chris thinks it sounds as if they have mixed a mono version from the stereo master - this is confirmed by Roger Ford and Arie de Reus. It doesn't have the harmonica intro to From A Buick 6, and Highway 61 isn't as short as the mono take with the moan by Dylan at the end. The end of Desolation Row doesn't have the laugh either. The organ sound is very light and Bloomfield's guitar stands out more than on the US stereo or mono mixes. Much of this sounds like it could be the same as a Witmark mono reel-to-reel tape from Aug 1965, see 1965. "The Bridge" issue 39, Summer 2011, lists this copy in the "Down In The Groove" section, page 97.
Thanks to Chris Hood and Arie de Reus for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LPs, CBS BP-233279 (Australia), 1965 onwards:
 CBS BP-233279 (Australia) - front scan by Kenneth Robson (all variants) |
This album uses a variant of the US rear sleeve with a picture missing. The sleeve is laminated on the front and has two fold-over flaps. The record has orange CBS labels. The record labels shown have round the circumference at the bottom the text "MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY A REGISTERED USER OF THE TRADE MARKS" without a CBS copyright. This is because up to 1977 all Australian records were manufactured by the Australian Record Company (Pty) Ltd. (A.R.C.) on behalf of CBS. |
|
|||
|
|
|
 CBS BP-233279 (Australia) - detail of Side 2, scan by Peter Lindberg (variant 1A - "CL" line 2) |
 CBS BP- 233279 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Duncan Pedrana (variant 1B, Side 1 is variant 1A) |
 CBS BP-233279 (Australia) - detail of Side 2, scan by Duncan Pedrana (variant 1B - "MX" line 2) |
 CBS BP-233279 (Australia) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore (variant 1C) |
 CBS BP-233279 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore (variant 1C) |
|
|
 CBS BP-233279 (Australia) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson (variant 2) |
 CBS BP-233279 (Australia) - detail of Side 2, scan by Kenneth Robson (variant 2 - "CL" line 2) |
|
On Side 1 of Peter Lindberg's copy the track listings are all on one line except Track 3 which listed over two lines. Duncan Pedrana has a copy with the same Side 1 label as Peter Lindberg's but there is a minor difference in the text to the right of the centre hole on Side 2. Both Side 1s have "(CL2389)" underneath "BP-233279", then the Allan's logo and under that "MX146547". Peter Lindberg's Side 2 is the same as this, but Duncan's Side 2 has "MX146548" under "BP-233279" and "(CL2389)" is now under the Allan's logo. On the Side 1 record labels of Stuart Moore's variant 1C copy all the tracks are listed on one line, except track 3. On Side 2 Queen Jane Approximately is now on two lines". None of the stereo releases at the moment have this track listing layout.
The record labels of Kenneth Robson's variant 2 copy have a larger "Allans" logo and other slight differences such as larger text round the circumference of the label. Both sides have "(CL2389)" underneath "BP-233279" to the right of the centre hole and the "MX" number under the Allan's logo. Peter Lindberg has a copy with the same record labels as Kenneth's but in a sleeve without fold-over flaps.
Thanks to Stuart Moore, Peter Lindberg, Kenneth Robson, Duncan Pedrana and Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP, CBS BP-473233 (New Zealand), 1965:
 CBS BP-473233 (New Zealand) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
This was the only mono release of this album in New Zealand. It again
has the US rear sleeve design, this time with both pictures present. Like the first
US and Canadian releases, the rear sleeve has "meaningful" instead of
"meaningless". The sleeve was
printed by Whitcombe & Tombs Limited in New Zealand. The record was made in
New Zealand and has orange CBS labels with the Allan's logo (Allan's were
music publishers in Australia and New Zealand for Bob Dylan records between
1965 and 1969). Thanks to Stuart Moore and Bill Hester for information and scans. |
||||
 CBS BP-473233 (New Zealand) - rear scan by Stuart Moore |
|
|
|
|
 CBS BP-473233 (New Zealand) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore |
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP, Columbia/CBS CL 2389 (Philippines), 1965:
 Columbia/CBS CL 2389 (Philippines) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (US sleeve) |
 Columbia/CBS CL 2389 (Philippines) - rear scan by Lars M. Banke (US sleeve) |
 Columbia/CBS CL 2389 (Philippines) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke |
 Columbia/CBS CL 2389 (Philippines) - detail of Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke ("MFD. IN THE PHILIPPINES") |
 Columbia/CBS CL 2389 (Philippines) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke |
This mono release of this album in the Philippines has a Columbia US sleeve. Like the first US and Canadian releases, the rear sleeve has "meaningful" instead of "meaningless". The record was made in the Philippines by Mareco Inc. under license from Columbia Records and has orange CBS labels. The copy shown is rather battered and has the original owner's name written in marker pen on the rear sleeve and both record labels.
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP releases, CBS 62572 (Italy), mid 1966, re-released 1967, 1970, early 1970s:
 CBS 62572 (Italy) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (all releases) |
This album was made by CBS Italiana S.p.A. and distributed by Distribuzione Messagerie Musicali of Milan and Rome. All four mono releases of this album have the same sleeve, which is laminated on the front only and has two fold-over flaps on the rear. The sleeve was printed in Italy by Stampa Reparto Grafico C.G.D. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 CBS 62572 (Italy) - Side 2 scan by Andrea Brillo (1966 release) |
 CBS 62572 (Italy) - detail of Side 1, scan by Andrea Brillo (1967, 1970 and early 1970s releases) |
 CBS 62572 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Lars M. Banke (1970 release) |
 CBS 62572 (Italy) - detail of Side 1, scan by Lars M. Banke (1970 release - "MADE IN ITALY" only at bottom) |
 CBS 62572 (Italy) - Side 2 scan by Lars M. Banke (1970 release) |
 CBS 62572 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (early 1970s release) |
 CBS 62572 (Italy) - detail of Side 1, scan by Andrea Brillo (early 1970s release - no bottom text) |
 CBS 62572 (Italy) - detail of Side 1, scan by Andrea Brillo (early 1970s release - "MADE IN ITALY BY CBS SUGAR S.p.A" in circumference text) |
 CBS 62572 (Italy) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (early 1970s release) |
CBS 62572 (Italy) -
detail of rear, scan by
Andrea Brillo (all releases)
The records have orange CBS labels with song titles in English. The 1966 record labels have "MADE IN ITALY" plus extra text at the bottom, and the matrix number to the right of the centre hole is upside down. Giuseppe Orlandi's 1966 record has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 27/4/66 CBS 62572 1/L, Side 2 - 27/4/66 CBS 62572 2/L (27 Apr 1966 is the mastering date). Andrea Brillo's 1966 record has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS 62572-1L 27/4/66; Side 2 - CBS 62572-2L 27/4/66 (again dated 27 Apr 1966).
Lars M. Banke has a copy from 1970 in the same sleeve where the record labels have just "MADE IN ITALY" at the bottom. The labels are dated "(P) 1967" to the right of the centre hole. The matrix number to the right of the centre hole is now the right way up. The record of this copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - CBS 62572 1L 24/4/66, Side 2 - CBS 62572 2L 24/4/66.
The early 1970s are still dated "(P) 1967" and now have no text at the bottom of the labels with "MADE IN ITALY BY CBS SUGAR S.p.A." now in the circumference text to the right of the centre hole. Andrea Brillo's early 1970s record has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - CI 62572 1L/3 12/11/70; Side 2 - CI 62572 2L/3 12/11/70 (12 Nov 1970 is the new mastering date).
The stereo release of this album was not until 1975, see International Album Releases (Regular).
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono 180gm vinyl LP release as part of De Agostini magazine series, Columbia/Legacy CL
2389 (Italy), 2021:
 Columbia/Legacy CL 2389 (Italy) - front scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia/Legacy CL 2389 (Italy) - rear scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia/Legacy CL 2389 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia/Legacy CL 2389 (Italy) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia/Legacy CL 2389 (Italy) - De Agostini magazine front, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia/Legacy CL 2389 (Italy) - De Agostini magazine rear, scan by Gerd Rundel |
This 180gm De Agostini release from 2021 is part of the "Dylan Vinyl" series, see International Album Releases (Multi-packs) 2020s. The record apparently plays stereo even though it has a mono sleeve and mono labels. If this is verified it will need to be added to the stereo page for this album. The labels are reproductions of the original Columbia US mono labels above.
The text at the bottom of the rear sleeve and on the record labels is: "This record is part of a De Agostini publication. Not to be sold separately".
Thanks to Manuel García Jara, Giuseppe Orlandi, Andrea Brillo
, Lars M. Banke and Gerd Rundel for information and scans."Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP, CBS ALD 6913
(South Africa),
1966:
For the equivalent stereo album, see International Album
Releases (Regular).
 CBS ALD 6913 (South Africa) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
The sleeve of this rare album was printed in South Africa by Record Pac and is laminated on the front only. The front sleeve has the CBS logo at bottom centre. The rear sleeve has two folded-over flaps and was printed in South Africa by Record Pac. Like the stereo album it has "BOB DYLAN" and "HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED" in pink, and the "meaningless" text, as described in the US entries above. The record has orange CBS labels, dated 1966. This album does not include the alternate take of "From A Buick 6", as previously reported. Manuel has listened to three different copies of the album, including the Rhodesian release, and confirms this. The record of the copy shown has matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP110638-1A, Side 2 - XLP110639-1D. Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
||||
|
|
 CBS ALD 6913 (South Africa) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS ALD 6913 (South Africa) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS ALD 6913 (South Africa) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 CBS ALD 6913 (South Africa) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara |
|
"Como Una Piedra Que Rueda [Like A Rolling Stone]" - mono vinyl LP, CBS CL-5144 (Mexico), 1966 (two variants):
|
CBS CL-5144 (Mexico) - front scan by Hans Seegers (both variants) |
This album was manufactured in Mexico in 1966. It has a new title in Spanish and a unique rear sleeve with
country-specific sleeve notes in Spanish also. The Dylan sleeve notes are
missing. The song titles are not
translated. The record has orange CBS labels and there are two label
variants, both in the same sleeve. The Side 1 label of Hans Seegers' copy
has two songs listed above the centre hole, the Side 1 label of Gerd
Rundel's copy
has only one song listed above the centre hole. The variable text on Gerd's
Side 2 label is the same as on Hans' Side 2 label but is printed slightly
paler, this may something unique to that copy. The record of Gerd's copy has
handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - 02-10-4281-1A, Side 2 - 02-10-4282-1A. For the equivalent stereo release, see International Albums (Regular). Thanks to Renaud Depierreux for finding this on eBay and to Hans Seegers and Gerd Rundel for scans. |
||||
 CBS CL-5144 (Mexico) - detail of front, scan by Hans Seegers (both variants) |
|
|
 CBS CL-5144 (Mexico) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (both variants) |
|
|
 CBS CL-5144 (Mexico) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers (variant 1) |
 CBS CL-5144 (Mexico) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hans Seegers (variant 1, two songs above centre hole) |
 CBS CL-5144 (Mexico) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (variant 1) |
 CBS CL-5144 (Mexico) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 2) |
 CBS CL-5144 (Mexico) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 2, one song above centre hole) |
 CBS CL-5144 (Mexico) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (variant 2, paler variable text) |
"De Nuevo En La Ruta 61 [Highway 61 Revisited]" - mono vinyl LP, CBS 7.008 (Uruguay), 1966:
 CBS 7.008 (Uruguay) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This album was released by Sondor S.A. of Montevideo, Uruguay on behalf of CBS Records, and the front sleeve has a white printed panel (not a sticker) with the words "destacando-se LIKE A ROLLING STONE [highlighting LIKE A ROLLING STONE]". The rear sleeve is the US design, but with the liner notes translated into Spanish and only two photos of Bob. The track listings are translated into Spanish with a glossary of some English words. The album title is in English on the front sleeve, and in Spanish on the rear sleeve and labels. The record itself has orange CBS labels, again with the track listings in Spanish and English, and Hans Seegers' copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP-110638-1SX, Side 2 - XLP-1106389-1SX. Both labels of Hans Seegers' copy have been embellished with five stars! |
|
 CBS 7.008 (Uruguay) - test pressing Side 2 picture from eBay |
||
 CBS 7.008 (Uruguay) - detail of front, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
|
|
|
|
|
 CBS 7.008 (Uruguay) - detail of rear, scan by Hans Seegers (record store stamp) |
|
|
|
|
 CBS 7.008 (Uruguay) - Side 2 scan by Hanns Peter Bushoff |
CBS 7.008 (Uruguay) - detail of rear, scan by
Sergio Mariano Romay (Uruguay information and printer details)
CBS 7.008 (Uruguay) - spine scan by Sergio
Mariano Romay (Brazilian catalogue number "37457")
Sergio Mariano Romay's scan of the spine shows it has not "7.008" but "37457", the same catalogue number as the Brazilian release. The album was pressed in Uruguay, but the sleeve was imported from Brazil. The white front printed panel text is in Portuguese, not Spanish. The Uruguay printer (Imp. García - Río Branco 1511) printed a sheet of paper that was stuck over the Brazilian rear sleeve, with Spanish text. In the Glossary of words not translated in the main text, the "J" of "Juez" (Judge) is misplaced on to the bottom line of text. Sergio's information is that only 300 copies were pressed! The record of this copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - XLP - 110638 . 1SX A 2, Side 2 - XLP - 110639 . 1SX A 3.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Dr. Hanns Peter Bushoff and Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans. Thanks to Lars M. Banke for finding a test pressing on eBay, housed in a generic CBS 12" sleeve. This album has been won by Arie de Reus and more scans will be added soon.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono vinyl LP, CBS 37457 (Brazil), 1966:
 CBS 37457 (Brazil) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
|
|
|
 CBS 37457 (Brazil) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
The front sleeve of this album also has a white printed panel (not a sticker) with the words "destacando-se LIKE A ROLLING STONE [featuring LIKE A ROLLING STONE]". The rear sleeve has no photos, but the liner notes by Bob are in both Portuguese and English. The song titles are in English only on the rear sleeve and record labels.
The record has orange CBS labels with a unique design that uses only the very centre of the label, leaving the outer ring empty.
Simon Blokker has a copy with a white sticker with "PROMOCIONAL [PROMOTIONAL]" on the rear sleeve. This may not be genuine because Brazilian promos normally had stickers with Portuguese text "AMOSTRA INVENDÁVEL [SAMPLE NOT FOR SALE]".
Sergio Mariano Romay believes this was the first Bob Dylan album to be released in Brazil, and was actually released earlier than Bringing It All Back Home, whose catalogue number is the later "CBS 37490".
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Simon Blokker and Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan: The Original Mono Recordings" - 9LP sets in 12" box, Columbia/Legacy 88697761051 (USA), 21 Dec 2010; Columbia/Legacy/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 239-246 (NL), 7 Dec 2010:
For full details see The Original Mono Recordings 2010.
Columbia/Legacy 88697761051 (USA), 21 Dec 2010:
 Columbia/Legacy 88697761051 (USA) - front of box with stickers, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Thanks to "Isis" Newsletter 153½ for information about the vinyl box set - this was remixed by a different engineer from the CD set below and the sound is noticeably warmer. The records were mastered at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ. The eight albums (9 LPs) have sleeves reproducing the original Columbia US mono sleeves. The records have labels reproducing original Columbia US 1960s first issue mono records labels. For full details of the 2010 release and a 2010 test pressing see above. |
Columbia 88697761051-6/CL 2389 (USA) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
|
|
The 12" mono LP is available separately from the vinyl boxed set as a Dutch release, Music On Vinyl MOVLP 244 (NL) - for full details see above. |
Columbia/Music On Vinyl MOVLP 244 (NL for Europe) - front with sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara (2010 release) |
Thanks to Gerd Rundel, Manuel García Jara and Andreas Volkert for information and pictures.
CD Releases
"Bob Dylan: The Original Mono Recordings" - 9CD set in 5" box, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697761042 (USA/Europe), 19 Oct 2010; Sony Music SICP 2951-59 (Japan), 10 Nov 2010:
For full details see The Original Mono Recordings 2010.
Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697761042 (USA/Europe), 19 Oct 2010:
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697761042 (Europe) - front of outer box with sticker (my copy) |
This set of Bob's first eight albums in the original mono mixes comes in a cutaway card box inside an outer box. The CD albums are in thick card sleeves reproducing the original mono album artwork, in this case Columbia CL 2389. The CD comes in a plain inner sleeve and its design is based on the original Columbia design (see above). There is also a reproduction of the limited edition print given away with early US copies (again see above). Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information that this album can be downloaded in MP3 format from Play.com in the UK for £6.99 or £0.89 per track. For full details of the set, see here. |
||||
|
|
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697761042-6/CL 2389 (Europe) - front of card sleeve |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697761042-6/CL 2389 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697761042-6/CL 2389 (Europe) - reproduction of limited edition print |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697761042-6/CL 2389 (Europe) - CD |
|
Sony Music SICP 2951-59 (Japan), 10 Nov 2010:
 Sony Music SICP 2951-59 (Japan) - front of box with obi and sticker, scan by Anthony Perry |
Thanks to Sonny Boy McFitzson for information about the Japanese release, Sony Music SICP 2151-59. It has a wrap-around obi with price ¥18,900 (¥18,000 plus sales tax). This has been reduced from the originally announced price of ¥25,000! As the original mono albums were never released in Japan, each has a light blue top obi based on those of the original stereo releases. The Japanese CD also comes in a plain inner sleeve with a Japanese language booklet and three inserts: the original 1965 US sticker promoting "Like A Rolling Stone" (see above); a second sticker promoting the limited edition print (also see above), and the reproduction of the limited edition print. |
||||
 Sony Music SICP 2956 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Anthony Perry |
|
 Sony Music SICP 2956 (Japan) - obi scan by Anthony Perry |
|
|
|
 Sony Music SICP 2956 (Japan) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Anthony Perry |
|
 Sony Music SICP 2956 (Japan) - insert scan by Anthony Perry (original front sticker) |
 Sony Music SICP 2956 (Japan) - insert scan by Anthony Perry (original front sticker) |
|
 Sony Music SICP 2956 (Japan) - CD scan by Anthony Perry |
Thanks to Anthony Perry for information and scans.
"Highway 61 Revisited" - mono hybrid SA-CD release, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2182 (USA), 2017:
|
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2182 (USA) - front picture from www.musicdirect.com |
Thanks to
Éamonn Ó Catháin for
information about this Limited Edition
mono hybrid SA-CD release from the US
audiophile company Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab.
It comes in a folded card sleeve with a booklet. There was a simultaneous 2017 release on hybrid SA-CD and vinyl of seven Dylan mono albums excluding
Blonde On Blonde. This limited edition hybrid SA-CD mono release of this album is the first time the mono version has been remastered in audiophile quality. It is therefore also listed in 2016. For the Mobile Fidelity 2014 stereo SA-CD release, see International Album Releases (Regular). |
 Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab UDSACD 2182 (USA) - rear picture from www.musicdirect.com |
|
|
|
|
| <- | ^ | -> |
A Flying Pig production
Listings © 1998-2024
The rights to material from all quoted contributors remain
with them. Copyright of all included artwork remains with the various record
companies and artists.
The previous Web Counter has now been discontinued. There have been around 12 million visits since mid-1998. New statistics from end Jun 2022 are here.
|
Site hosted by |
 |
