This is part of a list by release date of international (now including the USA, which was once listed separately) promo and commercially-released stereo 7" and 12" singles and EPs for 1976 that do not qualify for my Searching For A Gem list because they contain only performances which are available on officially released Dylan albums. Nevertheless, their interest value or scarcity means they're worth listing here - as far as I know many are not included on any other Internet site. Special thanks to Hans Seegers for many of these items! Stereo promo versions of commercially released singles that were formerly listed in the Promotional Items sections of the yearly pages are now listed here. Singles released exclusively for promotional purposes are now listed here also. I would also like to include cassette singles here, but I don't have any, and none have been notified to me so far.
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 16 September, 2024.
"Hurricane" - radio station promo 7" single, S CBS 3878 (UK), 16 Jan 1976:
S CBS 3878 (UK) - promo A-side scan by Hans Seegers (R-0441) |
This promo single had an edited version of this track from Desire
on the A-side, see 1975-76 Hurricane Singles. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Bob Dylan - "Hurricane (Part I)"/Bruce Springsteen - "Born To Run" - 7" jukebox single, CBS YD 452 (Italy), Jan 1976:
CBS YD 452 jukebox single (Italy) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (R-0126), B-side no Dylan |
This unique promo single had an edited version of this track from Desire
on the A-side, see 1975-76 Hurricane Singles. Thanks to Peter Schoefboeck for information and to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
CBS YD 452 jukebox single (Italy) - jukebox strip scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - untitled compilation EP, Express Songs EXP.160 (Thailand), 1976:
Express Songs EXP.160 (Thailand) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This stereo EP was legal in Thailand at the time of release, but there
is no association with Columbia. These Thai releases are extremely rare
and sell for very high prices. This EP contains two rarities, Part I and Part II of Hurricane, so full details can be found in 1975-76 Hurricane Singles. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Various Artists - "Mais 4 Hits Internacionais" - stereo EP, CBS 56487 (Brazil), 1976:
CBS 56487 (Brazil) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob's contribution to this stereo/mono EP is Part I of Hurricane
(unbleeped version). Because this is a rarity the main entry for this EP is
in
1975-76 Hurricane Singles. The other artists on the EP are Janis Ian, The Isley Brothers
and The Manhattans. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
"Mozambique"/"Oh, Sister" - 7" promo and commercial stereo singles, CBS/Sony SOPB 360 (Japan), Jan 1976:
"Mozambique"/"Oh, Sister" - 7" stereo single, CBS BA 222203 (Australia), Jan 1976, re-released mid 1976:
The Australian single came without a picture sleeve and has 1970s style orange/yellow CBS labels. The first release labels have noticeably more orange and less yellow than those of the second release, although the text is exactly the same.
Thanks to Mark Bahlen and Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Lay, Lady, Lay"/"I Threw It All Away" - 7" stereo singles in "Hall Of Fame" series, CBS 3945 (UK), Feb 1976; CBS A4595 (UK), 1984:
This stereo single in fact combines two original mono A-sides, as the original mono singles had Lay, Lay, Lay backed by Peggy Day and I Threw It All Away backed by Drifter's Escape, see Mono 7" Singles & EPs: 1969. It has the regular album tracks in stereo. Only the first release came with the picture sleeve shown - later releases had either generic "Hall Of Fame" sleeves or generic CBS sleeves. The copy owned by Kenneth Robson has catalogue number "S CBS 3945" and comes in a generic CBS sleeve. It has orange/yellow labels in the CBS "Hall Of Fame Hits" series. The matrix number of the A-side is "CBS S 3945 A1", but it also has "CBS 4434 A" which is the catalogue number of the original mono single backed by Peggy Day (see Mono Singles & EPs 1969). Gerard Germano's copy comes in the picture sleeve and has an open centre. This copy has stamped matrix numbers: A-side - CBS S 3945 A1, B-side - CBS S 3945 B1.
Paul Shenton has a copy with a different text layout below the centre hole as shown. The text lines to the right of the centre hole are the same, but "BOB DYLAN" to the left of the centre hole is much larger. This copy has stamped matrix numbers: A-side - CBS S 3945-A1 CBS 34434 A, B-side - CBS S 3945-B1. This copy also comes in a generic sleeve, although one from 1965-69 that may not be original, see 7" Single Sleeves.
For a 1973 US stereo mono single with these tracks and for locations of other "Hall Of Fame" singles: those containing rarities, those in mono, and those in stereo, see "Hall Of Fame".
This Hall Of Fame single was also released again in the UK with the new catalogue number of CBS 7071 in 1979 as part of the "Golden Decade" series - see below. It was then re-released in 1984 as CBS A4595 as part of the CBS "Back Tracks" series with unique black labels. For pictures of the "Back Tracks" sleeve, again see 7" Single Sleeves.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Kenneth Robson and Gerard Germano for information and scans.
"Lay, Lady, Lay"/"I Threw It All Away" - 7" stereo singles in "Golden
Decade 1967-76" series, S CBS 7071 (UK), re-released Jun-Sep 1979:
This series of 20 singles by 20 artists had Bob as number 17.
Forever Young/All Along The Watchtower/I Want You (all live, CBS S 7473, see below) was released on 22 Jun 1979 and came without the LC capsule. This was the last single without the capsule. The first regular single with the LC capsule was Precious Angel/Trouble In Mind; release date 31 Aug 1979 (again, see below).
There were two sleeve variants with different gold coloured printing. (I assume the "faded" looking sleeve goes with the "faded" looking single from the first pressing plant.)
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Lay, Lady, Lay"/"I Threw It All Away" - 7" stereo single in "Back Tracks" series, CBS A4595 (UK), 1984:
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Dag Braathen and Éamonn Ó Catháin for information and scans.
"Lay, Lady, Lay"/"I Threw It All Away" - 7" stereo single in "Hall Of Fame" series, CBS 7071 (UK), late 1980s:
"Mozambique" - stereo/mono 7" promo single, Columbia 3-10298 (USA), 17 Feb 1976:
Columbia 3-10298 (USA) - A-side scan by Hans Seegers (stereo) |
This unique promo single had a mono version of this track from Desire on the B-side, see 1976. This will have been a mono reduction from stereo, since no mono version of the Desire album was released. For promo and commercial 7" singles of Mozambique with Oh Sister on the B-side, see below. For a US stereo single with this track as the B-side, also see below. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
"Mozambique"/"Oh, Sister" - 10"
acetate and 7" commercial stereo single,
Columbia 3-10298 (USA), Feb 1976:
Both these songs are the album versions from Desire.
Thanks to Tom Willems, Jeremy Mayle, Gerd Rundel and Stefan Haras for information and scans.
"Mozambique"/"Oh, Sister" - 7" commercial stereo single, Columbia 3-10298 (Canada), Feb 1976:
"Mozambique"/"Oh, Sister" - 7" stereo singles, CBS/Suzy CBS 4113 (Yugoslavia), Mar 1976:
"Mozambique"/"Oh, Sister" - 7" promo and commercial stereo singles,
S CBS
4113 (UK), 2 Apr 1976; CBS S 4113 (West Germany); CBS 4113 (NL/Italy/Spain/Portugal),
Apr 1976:
Both these performances are the album versions from Desire. For details of a 1976 US promo 7" single with a mono version of Mozambique, see
Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1970-76.
S CBS 4113 (UK):
These UK 7" singles did not have picture sleeves. For the 1976 CBS UK generic sleeve, see 7" Single Sleeves. The white label promo single is dated 2 Apr 1976 on the A-side.
CBS S 4113 (West Germany):
CBS S 4113 (West Germany) - promo front scan by Hans Seegers |
For the generic rear sleeve of the West German promo single, see 7" Single Sleeves. Lutz Haertlain has a copy bought in Stuttgart in the 1970s as shown but with an orange jukebox strip. It is extremely rare to find these in Germany. |
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CBS S 4113 (West Germany) - commercial release B-side scan by Ronald Born |
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CBS 4113 (NL/Italy/Spain/Portugal):
The Spanish single translated Oh, Sister as "Oh, Hermana" on the label. Tom Willems has a copy of this in a generic CBS Spain orange/white patterned sleeve printed in Madrid with text "El Sonido de los 70 [Sounds of the 70s]", see 7" Single Sleeves. This sleeve can be identified as from 1976 because it has the CBS Spain address of Avenida del Generalísimo 25, Madrid-16, where CBS Spain moved in 1976.
Thanks to Francisco Lima for information about the Portuguese release, CBS 4113. The Portuguese single has two variant sleeve designs and three variant label designs. The labels have minor differences in text placement that are too small to show in scans. There is also a mispressing that is correctly labelled but plays Mozambique on both sides. Scans required of sleeves and labels of other singles, especially the Italian single. Ronald Born's copy in the second variant of the picture sleeve has a distinctive transparent film over the record labels. Also, the "(E)" in a circle below the catalogue number to the right of the centre hole is in a different position from that of Hans' single.
Thanks to Raoul Verolleman, David Burgess, Tom Willems and Kenneth Robson for information, and to Hans Seegers, Sam C. Visser, Ronald Born, Manuel García Jara, Gerard Germano and Lutz Haertlein for scans.
"Mozambique"/"Oh, Hermana [Oh, Sister]" - 7" stereo single, CBS 7631 (Mexico), 1976:
"Mozambique"/"Oh, Sister" - 7" stereo single, CBS
43306 (Colombia), 1976:
Both these songs are again the album versions from Desire.
"Bob Dylan" - 7" stereo EP, CBS/Sony 08EP 17 (Japan), Spring 1976:
This was the best-selling Dylan EP in Japan, and contained Blowin' In the Wind, One More Cup Of Coffee (from the recently released Desire), Like A Rolling Stone and Mr. Tambourine Man, all regular album versions.
The record has orange/cream CBS/Sony labels - the A-side of the promo release has been stamped with three Japanese characters to the right of the centre hole.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"One More Cup Of Coffee"/"Romance In Durango" - 7" stereo single, CBS/Sony 06SP 1 (Japan), Apr 1976:
CBS/Sony 06SP 1 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
As the B-side of this single has a slight edit and is therefore a
rarity, full details are in 1976.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for the scan. |
"Tangled Up In Blue"/"If You See Her, Say Hello" - 7" stereo single in "Hall Of Fame" series, Columbia 13-33280 (USA), 1976:
Columbia 13-33280 (USA) - original release with unofficial centre plastic clip, A-side scan by Kenneth Robson |
This 7" single again has the regular album tracks in stereo. It was originally released in 1975 as Columbia 3-10106, see International Singles & EPs 1975. Jürgen Wasser has a copy with a jukebox strip. |
Columbia 13-33280 (USA) - jukebox strip scan by Jürgen Wasser |
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Columbia 13-33280 (USA) - mid 1980s release, A-side scan by Gerard Germano |
Columbia 13-33280 (USA) - mid 1980s release, B-side scan by Gerard Germano |
Columbia 13-33280 (USA) - mid 1980s release, A-side in picture sleeve scan by Gerard Germano |
Columbia 13-33280 (USA) - re-release in late 1980s, jukebox strip scan by Hans Seegers |
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Columbia 13-33280 was re-released twice in the 1980s with the same catalogue number, the last being by Collectables Records under licence from Columbia with grey labels. Gerard Germano's copy is from the mid 1980s and comes in a generic "Hall Of Fame" sleeve. For earlier "Hall Of Fame" sleeves and the Collectables Records sleeves, see 7" Singles Sleeves.
For locations of other "Hall Of Fame" singles: those containing rarities, those in mono, and those in stereo, see "Hall Of Fame".
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Kenneth Robson, Gerard Germano and Jürgen Wasser for information and scans.
"Mr. D's Collection # 2" - promo stereo 7" EP, CBS/Sony YBPB 3 (Japan), late 1976:
CBS/Sony YBPB 3 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Because this EP contains three rarities, full details are in 1976. |
"Hurricane Part 1"/"Mozambique" - 7" stereo singles in "Hall Of Fame" series, Columbia 13-33324 (USA), Nov 1976, re-released 1978, 1987, late 1980s, 2006; Columbia 13-33324 (Canada), 1997:
This single has an edited version of the album track from Desire on the A-side (R-0126). Because this is a rarity, full details are in 1975-76 Hurricane Singles.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan.
"New Gold Disc: Blowin' In The Wind"/"Like A Rolling Stone" - 7" stereo single, CBS/Sony 06SP 50 (Japan), Oct 1976:
This single was released in the "New Gold Disc" series. The insert (which came in two shades) has the lyrics in English and Japanese. The two songs are the regular album versions. For a mono version of this single (with the A- and B-sides reversed) released by CBS Japan in 1965 before it was taken over by Sony, see Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1965.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Kenneth Robson for information and scans.
"Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again" - single-sided metal acetate, CBS/Sony (no catalogue number) (Japan), Nov 1976:
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This single-sided metal acetate came in a plain white sleeve and
contains the A-side of CBS/Sony 06SP 126, a 3:35 edit of the track from Hard
Rain. As this is a rarity, full details are in 1976.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
"Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again"/"Rita May" - 7" promo and commercial singles, Columbia 3-10454 (USA/Canada); CBS 4859 (Mainland Europe); CBS BA 222268 Australia); CBS/Sony 06SP 126 (Japan), Nov 1976 onwards:
These singles have an edited version of the live track from Hard Rain on the A-side and an out-take from Desire on the B-side. Because these are rarities, full details are in 1976 and 1977.
The French single came with four different front sleeve variants, three with Rita May as the A-side! The US, Canadian, Australia, New Zealand and Mexican singles did not have picture sleeves. The New Zealand single had Rita May as the A-side.
Thanks to Hans Seegers, Yan Friis, Stefan Haras, Manuel García Jara and Gerard Germano for information and scans.
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