SFAG - 1972 Steve Goodman

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Steve Goodman - "Election Year Rag (mono)"/"Election Year Rag (stereo)"/"Election Year Rag"/"Somebody Else's Troubles" - 7" promo and commercial singles, Buddah Records BDA-326 (USA), 2 Oct 1972:
Bob took part in the Steve Goodman Somebody Else's Troubles sessions at Atlantic Recording Studio, New York, in mid-Sep 1972. These singles copyrighted 1972 predate the release of the album in Dec 1972 below. Two singles with the catalogue number BDA-326 are shown here - the first has Election Year Rag on both sides in stereo and mono, the second has the mono versions of Election Year Rag on the A-side and Somebody Else's Troubles on the B-side. Election Year Rag was not included on the 1972 album, and first appeared on album on The Essential... Steve Goodman Buddah Records US 2LP compilation, 1976. It was presumably released as an A-side to coincide with the 1972 US Presidential election, but then dropped from the album because it was no longer topical! A third single, a promo with mono and stereo versions of Somebody Else's Troubles was released in 1973 with a new catalogue number, see below.

There are two variants of the mono/stereo promo 7" single shown. Manuel García Jara's copy does not have "NOT FOR SALE" as the bottom text line on the right of the centre hole on both sides. The copies shown from Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson do have this text.

Thanks to Manuel García Jara, Tim Dunn, Hans Seegers and Lars M. Banke for information about this single and scans, and to Kenneth Robson for the photo of the second US promo single. Hans Seegers points out the centre spindles were plastic and could be bought separately to fit into any "jukebox" style record, so this is not actually a variant release. The colour difference is almost certainly due to the lighting in the photograph. Thanks to Larry Crum for the information that the commercial single BDA 326 is actually in mono, so only the promo single had the stereo version R-0111!

Steve Goodman (1971) - no Dylan content on first release, but re-released on CD in 1999 with R-0111 as a bonus track (in stereo), see 1999. T.J. Jenkins adds that none of the CD releases of the Steve Goodman album before 1999 included R-0111 as a bonus track. Beware, the latest remastered CD release of this album also does not include R-0111! It was also released by BGO (Beat Goes On) Records in the UK in 2012 with Somebody Else's Troubles as a "2 on 1" CD but the CD only includes R-0093.

Election Year Rag/Somebody's Else's Troubles (1972) - 1972 and 1973 promo and commercial singles.

Somebody Else's Troubles (1972) - all releases of this album from Dec 1972 onwards include R-0093, but the 1990 CD release by Sequel in the UK included R-0111M as a bonus track (in mono). The album was subsequently released by Buddha Records in 1999 in a remastered edition with two live bonus tracks but not including R-0111M (it is therefore listed below with the original album). The latest 2011 Buddha Records CD release is only the original 11-track album without bonus tracks. It is also available as a 2012 BGO Records UK "2 on 1" 23-track CD with Steve Goodman, again with just the original 11 tracks, not R-0111.

The Essential... Steve Goodman (1976) - this 20-track US 2LP set includes both R-0093 and R-0111M (still in mono), see 1976. This two LP 20-track set including both Dylan rarities was released on CD from Buddah in two versions, one on two CDs with 24 tracks (all Steve's Buddah output), and another on a single CD with just 19 tracks (catalogue numbers required!). Both of these items included the two Dylan tracks, but neither is now in print.

City Of New Orleans (1976) - this 23-track West German/Yugoslav 2LP set with the same gatefold sleeve and artwork as The Essential... Steve Goodman includes both Steve Goodman (on Record 1) and Somebody Else's Troubles (on Record 2) so includes R-0093, see 1976. The 2012 BGO Records UK "2 on 1" CD Steve Goodman/Somebody Else's Troubles has exactly the 23 same tracks as this 2LP set!

Election Year Rag /City Of New Orleans - 7" stereo West German single, see 1976.

The Original Steve Goodman (1989) - this 8-track US CD/cassette compilation includes R-0093, see 1989.

City Of New Orleans (1989) - this 19-track Buddah Records/Pair Records CD release includes R-0093 but is not the same as the 1976 release with the same name, see 1989.

Steve Goodman - "Somebody Else's Troubles (mono)"/"Somebody Else's Troubles (stereo)" - 7" promo single, Buddah Records BDA-369 (USA), 1973:

R-0093M-2 Somebody's Else's Troubles (Steve Goodman)

- Bob plays piano and provides harmony vocals - from the album of the same name (see Dec 1972 below), B-side of single (mono)
This is presumably a reduction from stereo (R-0093)

R-0093 Somebody's Else's Troubles (Steve Goodman)

- Bob plays piano and provides harmony vocals (stereo version)

Steve Goodman - "Somebody Else's Troubles" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LP releases: Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA), Dec 1972; Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada), 1973; Buddah Records 2318 079 (UK), 22 Jan 1973; Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan), 1973:
Bob appears under the name of "Robert Milkwood Thomas" (one of Dylan Thomas' best-known works is his verse play "Under Milk Wood"), although the credits include "Thanks to Bob Dylan.". The tracks were recorded in Sep 1972. Although the album is dated 1972, my previous information was that it was not released until Jan 1973, but Manuel García Jara has a first release copy that was definitely bought in Dec 1972, so it's now listed here.

R-0093-2 Somebody's Else's Troubles (Steve Goodman)

- Bob plays piano and provides harmony vocals (stereo version)
This track had previously been released on a mono US promo single, Buddah Records BDA-326, in Oct 1972, see above, and later on a mono/stereo US promo single, Buddah Records BDA-369, in 1973.

For Election Year Rag (R-0111) from this 1972 session also featuring Bob, see above, a 7" stereo West German single (1976) and The Essential... Steve Goodman Buddah Records US 2LP compilation, also 1976.

From its foundation in 1967, Buddah Records used a "kaleidoscope" design of labels and the icon was a silhouette of six-armed Shiva. This design was used in USA until mid 1972 in singles and until Dec 1972 in albums, when a new design was used as shown here with maroon labels and a fat Buddha (the correct spelling) as logo. This album must have been one of the first (if not the first) Buddah Records releases with this label style! However, the first commercial release album shown here was bought in San Francisco, CA, in early Dec 1972 and has the old style Shiva design labels. This is very rare and only a few must have been produced. This album is Buddah Records BDS-5121 - Manuel García Jara has examples of no Dylan Buddah albums such as BDS-5109 from 1972 where the labels have the Shiva design, and BDS-5129 or BDS-5133 from early 1973 where the labels have the new Buddha design labels. In Europe (except in UK, where Buddah records had black labels) the new design was not used until 1977. The sleeve retained the Shiva logo on the front after the label change.

Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (first commercial release)	The promo copy shown of this album has a sleeve that is identical to that of the commercial release but it has a hole drilled at top right front/top left rear. This sleeve is textured and the sleeve has been made in the US composite style of the 1960s with a printed paper slick glued over the cardboard; the rear of the promo sleeve is slightly tilted to the right. The records of the promo and all commercial copies have generic Buddah black inner sleeves and a double-sided insert with lyrics. Surprisingly the promo record labels are identical to those of the second commercial release using the Buddha design with the added text "PROMOTION COPY" to the left of the centre hole and "NOT FOR SALE" to the right.			Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo and all commercial releases)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo and all commercial releases - has text "Reg. US Pat. Off.")
Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara (first commercial release)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - front scan by Kenneth Robson (second and third commercial releases)
Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - rear scan by Kenneth Robson (second and third commercial releases)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Kenneth Robson (promo and all commercial releases)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Kenneth Robson (promo and all commercial releases)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (first commercial release, includes R-0093)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (first commercial release)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (first commercial release, no Dylan)
Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Kenneth Robson (promo and all commercial releases)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - inner sleeve scan by Kenneth Robson (promo and all commercial releases - same both sides)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (includes R-0093, promo release)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo release)		Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (no Dylan, promo release)
Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - front of lyrics insert with lyrics to R-0093, scan by Kenneth Robson (promo and all commercial releases)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - rear of lyrics insert, scan by Manuel García Jara (promo and all commercial releases)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Kenneth Robson (second commercial release, includes R-0093)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Kenneth Robson (second commercial release)		Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Kenneth Robson (second commercial release, no Dylan)
Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Kenneth Robson (promo and second commercial releases - no copyright text)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (third commercial release, includes R-0093)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (third commercial release - copyright text)	Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara (third commercial release - Chicken Cordon Bleus now on two lines, no copyright text)		Buddah Records BDS-5121 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (third commercial release, no Dylan)

The third commercial release must have been issued not long after the second release because it still has a composite sleeve with a printed paper slick glued over the cardboard sleeve. The record labels have two differences from those of the promo and second commercial releases:

Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara

Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada) - spine scan by Manuel García Jara ("LITHO IN CANADA")

Steve Goodman - "Somebody Else's Troubles" - CD releases: Buddah Records BDK-5121 (Canada), 1992/One Way Records OW 28560 (USA), ca. 1993; promo CD release: Buddha Records BUADV 99626-2 (USA)/commercial CD release: Buddha Records 74465-99626-2 (USA), 27 Jul 1999:

This album was first released on CD by Sequel in the UK with the bonus Dylan track Election Year Rag (R-0111, see Oct 1972 above) in 1990, and in a remastered version with two bonus live no Dylan tracks by Buddha Records in July 1999. I've included the 1999 US release here because the Dylan content is the same as the LP releases above. As this copy is still sealed, more scans required!

There's some confusion about the spelling of the name of the record company. It was spelled as "Buddah" Records in the 1970s, but this spelling is in fact wrong. In the 1990s, when it was acquired by the BMG group, the label was given a new logo and the spelling of its name was changed to the correct "Buddha" Records. Thanks to Hanns Peter Bushoff of BMG (now Sony Music) for information.

The One Way Records US CD release was released under licence from Buddah Records. There is no date other than the original "(P) 1972" on this CD but it must have come out in the early to mid 1990s, circa 1993. This was a straight re-release of the 11 track album, with no bonus tracks.

There was also a US promo CD release of the first album Steve Goodman in a blue/yellow card sleeve, Buddha Records BUADV 99625-2, listed in 1999 because it has R-0111 as a bonus track (in stereo).

Thanks to Tim Dunn, Hans Seegers, Manuel García Jara, Kenneth Robson and Ian Woodward for information and scans.

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Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada) - front scan by Manuel García Jara	The Canadian release of this album was made for Buddah by Quality Records Limited, a Canadian label which released US albums there on behalf of different record companies. The sleeve is very similar to the US album, except for the detail shown plus "LITHO IN CANADA" on the spine. The sleeve is dated 1973. Like other Buddah albums released in Canada by Quality Records, the record has pink Buddah Records labels, in this case dated 1972.		Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara
Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada) - detail of spine, scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (includes R-0093)	Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara		Buddah/Quality Records BDS-5121 (Canada) - Side 2 scan by Manuel García Jara (no Dylan)

Buddah Records 2318079 (UK) - front scan by Manuel García Jara	The UK release of this album was manufactured and distributed by Polydor for Buddah Records. The UK catalogue number has seven digits, similar to those of other Polydor releases, e.g. Eric Clapton's No Reason To Cry, see 1976. (The catalogue number is "2318 079 SUPER" on the rear sleeve and "2318079" on the record labels.) The sleeve is similar to that of the US release, but the Buddah logo is bigger and the text "Buddah Records" is in a different position. The album includes the double-sided lyrics insert. The record has unique black Buddah Records labels with silver text, still with the Shiva design and dated "1972".
Buddah Records 2318079 (UK) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara (no text under logo)	Buddah Records 2318079 (UK) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records 2318079 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records 2318079 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records 2318079 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara
Buddah Records 2318079 (UK) - insert front scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records 2318079 (UK) - insert rear scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records 2318079 (UK) - Side 1 front scan by Manuel García Jara (includes R-0093)	Buddah Records 2318079 (UK) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records 2318079 (UK) - Side 2 front scan by Manuel García Jara (no Dylan)

Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - front scan by Manuel García Jara	This Japanese release was made in Japan by Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. on behalf of Buddah Records. The rear sleeve has price ¥2,000. There is a four page insert with Japanese text and song lyrics in English and Japanese. The record has Buddah Records labels, but it is significant that the Shiva logo does not appear anywhere on the sleeve, the insert or the record labels. The copy shown is missing its obi - scan required!			Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - detail of front, scan by Manuel García Jara (no Shiva logo)
Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara		Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - insert front scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - insert page 2 scan by Manuel García Jara
Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - insert page 3 scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - insert rear scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - detail of insert rear, scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (includes R-0093, no Shiva logo)	Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel García Jara	Buddah Records YZ-26-DA (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Manuel García Jara (no Dylan, no Shiva logo)

Buddah Records BDK-5121 (Canada) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1992)	Buddah Records BDK-5121 (Canada) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers (1992)		Buddah Records BDK-5121 (Canada) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers (1992)	Buddah Records BDK-5121 (Canada) - CD scan by Hans Seegers (1992)	Buddah Records BDK-5121 (Canada) - detail of CD, scan by Hans Seegers (1992)
One Way Records OW 28560 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada (ca. 1993)	One Way Records OW 28560 (USA) - rear insert scan by Jack from Canada (ca. 1993)	One Way Records OW 28560 (USA) - CD scan by Jack from Canada (ca. 1993)	One Way Records OW 28560 (USA) - detail of CD, scan by Jack from Canada (ca. 1993)	Sequel NEM CD 607 (UK) - scan by Hans Seegers (1990)	Buddha Records BUADV 99626-2 (USA) - front of promo release card sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers (1999)
Buddha Records BUADV 99626-2 (USA) - rear of promo release card sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers (1999)	One Way Records OW 28560 (USA) - outside of front insert, scan by Jack from Canada (ca. 1993)		One Way Records OW 28560 (USA) - inside of front insert, scan by Jack from Canada (ca. 1993)		Buddha Records BUADV 99626-2 (USA) - promo release card sleeve and CD, scan by Ian Woodward (1999)
Buddha Records 74465-99626-2 (USA) - front with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers (1999)	Buddha Records 74465-99626-2 (USA) - front sticker scan by Hans Seegers (1999)	Buddha Records 74465-99626-2 (USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (1999)	Buddha Records BUADV 99626-2 (USA) - promo CD scan by Manuel García Jara (1999)	1970s "Buddah" Records logo (incorrect)	1990s "Buddha" Records logo (correct)

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