| 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. This release on 30 Aug 2005 is associated with the documentary film of the same name directed by Martin Scorsese and which was shown both in the USA and on BBC2 in the UK on 26-27 Sep 2005. For releases of this album in Columbia multi-packs, see International Album Releases (Regular) - Multi-Packs. | US-only relelease' width='144' height='144'> -> |
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Final front design- the words 'A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE' have been added | US release (2CD set), Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937, 30 Aug 2005. Thanks to Ian Woodward for noticing that the final design has been changed in a couple of ways from that used in original promo pictures. The most obvious one is that the words 'A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE' have been added in blue under the album title. Less obvious is that the car number plate has been changed from '540 CYN' in the original photo to '1235 RD' (a reference to Rainy Day Women #12 & 35)! The full original photograph (of which this is a crop) can be found in the book 'Early Dylan' by Barry Feinstein, Daniel Kramer and Jim Marshall (Little, Brown & Co, 1999). | Original 1966 Daniel Kramer photo |
| Thanks to Harold Lepidus and Ian Woodward for news that the track list for The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home is now finalised as: Disc one: 'When I Got Troubles' (1959), 'Rambler, Gambler' (1960), 'This Land Is Your Land' (live at New York's Carnegie Chapter Hall, 1961) 'Song to Woody' (Bob Dylan, 1961, already released) 'Dink's Song' (1961) 'I Was Young When I Left Home' (1961) 'Sally Gal' ('The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan' outtake, 1962) 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright' (demo, 1963) 'Man of Constant Sorrow' (from TV Show 'Folksongs and More Folksongs', 1963) 'Blowin' in the Wind' (live at New York Town Hall, 1963) 'Masters of War' (live at New York's Town Hall, 1963) 'A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall' (live at New York's Carnegie Hall, 1963) 'When the Ship Comes In' (live at New York's Carnegie Hall, 1963) 'Mr. Tambourine Man' ('Bringing It All Back Home' early version with Rambling Jack Elliott, 1964) 'Chimes of Freedom' (live at Newport, R.I. Folk Festival, 1964) 'It's All Over Now, Baby Blue' ('Bringing It All Back Home' alternate take, 1965) Disc two: 'She Belongs To Me' (“Bringing It All Back Home' alternate take, 1965) 'Maggie's Farm' (live at Newport, R.I. Folk Festival, 1965) 'It Takes a Lot To Laugh, It Takes a Train To Cry' ('Highway 61 Revisited' alternate take, 1965), 'Tombstone Blues' ('Highway 61 Revisited' alternate take, 1965) 'Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues' ('Highway 61 Revisited' alternate take, 1965) 'Desolation Row' ('Highway 61 Revisited' alternate take, 1965) 'Highway 61 Revisited' ('Highway 61 Revisited' alternate take, 1965) 'Leopard Skin Pill-Box Hat' ('Blonde on Blonde' alternate take, 1966) 'Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again' ('Blonde on Blonde' alternate take, 1966), 'Visions of Johanna' ('Blonde on Blonde' alternate take, 1965) 'Ballad of a Thin Man' (live at Edinburgh's ABC Theatre, 1966) 'Like A Rolling Stone' (live at Manchester, England's Free Trade Hall, 1966, already released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966) |
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| Insert included with 2006 Dylan album US reissues, reverse scan by Jack from Canada | |
Slides taken by me using 127 transparency film of the Aust Ferry and the Severn Bridge (then without the roadway) in Aug 1964. The colours on the left-hand picture are somewhat faded, which shows I would have been better using black and white film! Thanks to Hamish Johnson for reminding me that although the Aust Ferry and the subsequent Severn Bridge can be said to 'link England to Wales', both ends are actually in Gloucestershire! |
The Time Has Come by The Chambers Brothers (Columbia, 1967) | Tombstone Blues is also new, with a background vocal on the choruses which may be the Chambers Brothers (a gospel/soul group with several 1960s hits). A take with the Chambers Brothers on background vocals does circulate, but they're more prominent than here. (That take is to be released on a new Mike Bloomfield Columbia US box set, Bloomfield: From His Head To His Heart To His Hands - A Retrospective, 4 Feb 2014, see 2014.) Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues is also new, as is Highway 61 Revisited. Of the Blonde On Blonde out-takes, Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat and Stuck Inside Of Mobile are new. Visions Of Johanna is also a new take, previously unknown to collectors, not the same as the circulating 'fast' version, although it does contain the line 'he examines the nightingale's code'. | Bloomfield: From His Head To His Heart To His Hands - A Retrospective, Mike Bloomfield boxed set (Columbia, 2014) |
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| Proof of pages 18-19 of booklet |
Thanks to Wil Gielen for the pictures of three No Direction Home artwork proofs. These are not from the manufacturing/printing factory or the original masters used to make the release artwork. These are samples of the artwork detail information sent out from Sony Music in the USA to their Japanese office as computer files. Shown are copies made from the files, they are not the original sheets used directly in the factory. Each page measures 14.4' x 10'.
Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 1 in plain sleeve with sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel (Sides 3, 5 and 7 are similar, but with different stickers) | The label design is the same as for the 2006 Classic Records The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966 - The 'Royal Albert Hall' Concert test pressing, see the appropriate album page. Sides 1, 3, 5 and 7 have generic Classic Records labels without text while Sides 2, 4, 6 and 8 have plain white labels. Each record comes in a plain white cut-out sleeve with a sticker affixed at the front top right corner. The records have handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - C2K-93937-A, Side 2 - C2K-93937-B, Side 3 - C2K-93937-C, Side 4 - C2K-93937-D, Side 5 - C2K-93937-E, Side 6 - C2K-93937-F, Side 7 - C2K-93937-G, Side 8 - C2K-93937-H. Each side also has “BG” handwritten in the vinyl. Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans. | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 2 in plain sleeve, scan by Gerd Rundel (Sides 4, 6 and 8 are the same) | |||
Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - sticker on front of LP1 sleeve, scan by Gerd Rundel | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - sticker on front of LP2 sleeve, scan by Gerd Rundel | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - sticker on front of LP3 sleeve, scan by Gerd Rundel | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - sticker on front of LP4 sleeve, scan by Gerd Rundel | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (Sides 3, 5 and 7 are the same) | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (Sides 4, 6 and 8 are the same) |
Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - picture from Classic Records web-site | Thanks to Tim Dunn and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information about this boxed set with the records pressed in 200gm heavyweight vinyl. | Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - detail of rear of box, scan by Gerd Rundel | Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - outside of gatefold sleeve 1 unfolded, photo by Robert Kornovich | |
Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - box front with stickers, scan by Gerd Rundel |
| Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - detail of rear of gatefold sleeve 1, scan by Gerd Rundel | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 1 photo by Robert Kornovich | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 2 photo by Robert Kornovich |
Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - inside of gatefold sleeve 1 unfolded, photo by Robert Kornovich | Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - inside of gatefold sleeve 2 unfolded, photo by Robert Kornovich | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 3 photo by Robert Kornovich | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 4 photo by Robert Kornovich | |
Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - rear of box, photo by Robert Kornovich |
| Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - detail of inside of gatefold sleeve 2, scan by Gerd Rundel | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 5 photo by Robert Kornovich | Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 6 photo by Robert Kornovich |
Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - 200gm front sticker picture from Classic Records web-site | Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - inside rear cover of booklet, photo by Robert Kornovich | Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 7 photo by Robert Kornovich | Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 8 photo by Robert Kornovich |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - insert for disc 1 of alternate promo copy, picture from eBay | Both US promo sets are dated 12 Jul 2005. The first comes in generic red and white Columbia card sleeves and has watermarked discs prepared for a specific reviewer (name removed). The second US promo set comes in clear plastic sleeves with paper inserts and was manufactured by Sony Music Studios, New York, for recording engineer Steve Berkowitz. Thanks to Hans Seegers, Hervé from France and Gerd Rundel for information and scans. Thanks to Peter Good for finding the second set on eBay. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding the UK promo on eBay. This time the disks (CDs, not shown) have white paper sleeves. There also appears to be a UK promo set without a catalogue number on CD-R - more information required. |
| Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - front of card sleeve with cut-out, scan by Hans Seegers | ||
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - insert for disc 2 of alternate promo copy, scan by Hervé from France |
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| Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - sealed slipcase with sticker (my copy) |
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| Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - detail of rear of booklet |
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - outside of rear insert |
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| Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - detail of front insert | ||
Columbia/Legacy 3OC 93937 (USA) - front picture from www.slcd.com |
| Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - inside of rear insert |
| Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - CD2 | Columbia/Legacy 3OC 93937 (USA) - rear picture from www.slcd.com |
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Columbia/Legacy 8887512440211 (USA) - front of Book 3 of Collector's Edition (my copy) | Thanks to Harald Sigvartsen for pointing out that the picture on page 46 of the booklet is the one used for the front of The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge in Nov 2015. |
Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe):