Audio: International Album Releases (Regular)

The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack


These pictures were taken by Barry Feinstein at the Aust Ferry across the River Severn from England towards Wales in May 1966. In the background is the Severn Bridge that eventually replaced the ferry. The first photo (found on Amazon before the release) is an alternate shot, but it does have the "new" car number plate of "1235 RD". The second photo is the final version. The third photo, advertising the 2DVD set, is the same shot as the final version, but it still has the original number plate "of "540 CYN"!
Two pictures I took of the Aust Ferry in 1964 are shown out of interest below.

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The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 - Live 1964 (2004)

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.

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The Best Of Bob Dylan
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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 18 October, 2024.



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 Barry Feinstein photo


"540 CYN"

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:

CD1:

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 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).

CD2:

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, now also released on The 1966 Live Recordings, 2016); 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)


"1235 RD"

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Insert included with 2006 Dylan album US reissues, front scan by Jack from Canada

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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!

Thanks to Fred Muller for pointing out that Richard Manuel is not credited in the booklet with this album for playing piano on Like A Rolling Stone - he is credited in the booklet with The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966.

Exciting news is that the documentary film and DVD contain previously unsuspected live footage of the Manchester Free Trade Hall show, including the "Judas!" shout!

This release means four Rarities are removed from the list:

BDC71 Dink's Song (traditional) - from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, from bobdylan.com in Sep 2001, see Online Performances). An excerpt of this song was included in the Highway 61 Interactive CD-ROM, 1995

R-0289 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Witmark demo version from Columbia US promo mono 12" LP, different from the regular Freewheelin' version, 1963

R-0373 When The Ship Comes In - live, Carnegie Hall, New York, 26 Oct 1963, from the unreleased 1964 Columbia album Bob Dylan In Concert, see 1964

R-0300 Maggie's Farm - recorded live with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band at the Newport Folk Festival, 25 Jul 1965, from Murray Lerner's film Festival, 1967 (see VHS & DVD 1960s), also available on a 1991 Italian CD Bob Dylan 1 accompanying an issue of Il Dizionario del Rock (The Dictionary of Rock) - a series of magazines in the early 1990s, see Questionable Releases

(Two songs from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival appear on the 208 track download set 50th Anniversary Collection 1965, Columbia/Legacy (USA), 4 Dec 2015, see 2015:

R-1590 Tombstone Blues, Contemporary Songs Workshop, Newport Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island, 24 Jul 1965

R-1591 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry, Newport Folk Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island, 25 Jul 1965

I Was Young When I Left Home (traditional) from the "Minnesota Hotel Tape", Minneapolis, MN, 22 Dec 1961, was first officially released on a bonus disc with the limited edition of "Love And Theft", Sep 2001, see 2001 and 2002. It is released here with a spoken intro, so the version without the intro remains a rarity as R-0514.

The take of Sally Gal is new - I previously had this listed as R-0580, unreleased Freewheelin' out-take from a 1962 Columbia acetate that surfaced in May 1982. Bob Stacy informs me that this version is in fact new, and does not match the two circulating Freewheelin' out-take versions! This newly released performance is take 1, whereas the two previously circulating performances were take 3 (R-0580) and take 4. These have now been released, along with takes 2 and 5, on the very limited Sony Music Europe 4CD set The 50th Anniversary Collection, Dec 2012.

The take of Phantom Engineer is also new - I previously had this listed as R-0394, an early version of this song, recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 15 June 1965, surfaced in 1980 on unreleased Columbia acetates, see 1980. I had R-0394 listed as an alternate take to the one released on The Bootleg Series Vols.1-3, but Bob Stacy now tells me that they are the same. A definite alternate take is now released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home! and R-0394 has been removed from the Rarities list.


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)

The studio out-take versions of It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; She Belongs To Me and Desolation Row (the "boiled guts of birds" version), already circulate, but of course appear here in much better quality. It's All Over Now Baby, Blue is dated wrongly as 16 Jan 1965, and almost certainly comes from 13 Jan 1965. The date of 16 Jan 1965 may have been when selected takes were extracted to a compilation reel for consideration for the album.

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for the information that the whole album is available for download from iTunes.

Out-takes from this album have been officially released as follows:

No Direction Home - Bob Dylan" - 2DVD set (2005): I Can't Leave Her Behind (R-0654); Blowin' In The Wind (live, R-0714); Girl Of The North Country (live, R-0715); Man Of Constant Sorrow (live, R-0716); Mr. Tambourine Man (live, R-0717); Love Minus Zero/No Limit (live, R-0718); Like A Rolling Stone (live, R-0719); One Too Many Mornings (live, R-0720), see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3

"Exclusive Out-takes From 'The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home - The Soundtrack'"- Three Track Download Only Single (2005): Baby, Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams) - out-take from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 25 Apr 1962 (R-0725); Mr. Tambourine Man (live, R-0726); Outlaw Blues - alternate take from Bringing It All Back Home, recorded Columbia Studios, New York, 13 Jan 1965 (R-0727), see 2005

"No Direction Home: Bootleg Volume 7 - Exclusive Radio Sampler" - US radio station CD, Columbia/Legacy (2005): Masters Of War - live, New York Town Hall, 12 Apr 1963 (R-0728, 5:21), extended version of track from The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home (4:43); Highway 61 Revisited banter, Columbia Studios, New York, Aug 1965 (R-0729); Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (R-0730, 5:08), edited version of track from The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home (5:44); Highway 61 Revisited intro, Columbia Studios, New York, Aug 1965 (R-0731), see 2005


Proof of outside of front insert


Proof of outside of booklet


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".


Vinyl and Tape Releases


"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" - stereo 4LP test pressing, Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (200gm) (USA), Jun 2006:


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)

"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" - stereo 4LP boxed sets, Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (200gm and 150gm) (USA), Jun 2006:


Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - box front scan by Gerd Rundel (both versions) 

Thanks to Tim Dunn and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information about this boxed set with the records pressed in either 200gm heavyweight vinyl or 150gm vinyl. The front of the box has a wider crop of the original photograph than the CD set and the text "Deluxe LP Edition" below the title. The four records are housed in two gatefold sleeves, one of which is an alternate take of the cover photo of Bringing It All Back Home and the other of which is an alternate take of the cover photo of Blonde On Blonde. The booklet uses many wider crops of the photos from the CD booklet rather than just enlargements. The release in regular weight vinyl (150gm) is Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (RW). The record labels look identical.

 

Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - box front with stickers, scan by Gerd Rundel (200gm version) 


Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - front sticker scan by Gerd Rundel (both versions) 


Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - 200gm front sticker scan by Gerd Rundel 

Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (RW) (USA) - box front with stickers, scan by Gerd Rundel (150gm version) 
 
Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (RW) (USA) - box front sticker scan by Gerd Rundel (150gm version) 

Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - rear of box scan by Gerd Rundel (both versions) 

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) - Side 3 photo by Robert Kornovich  

Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - detail of rear of box, scan by Gerd Rundel 

Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 4 photo by Robert Kornovich  

Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 5 photo by Robert Kornovich  

Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - outside of gatefold sleeve 1 unfolded, photo by Robert Kornovich 

Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - detail of rear of gatefold sleeve 1, scan by Gerd Rundel 


Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-200gm (USA) - outside of gatefold sleeve 2 unfolded, scan by Gerd Rundel 


Classic Records/ Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 6 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 7 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) - inside rear cover of booklet, photo by Robert Kornovich 

Classic Records/Columbia C2K-93937-1 (USA) - Side 8 photo by Robert Kornovich 

Thanks to Robert Kornovich and Gerd Rundel for further information and pictures.


CD Releases


"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" - promo 2CD sets, Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA), 12 Jul 2005; Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe), Aug 2005:


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) - disc 1 of promo copy, CD-R scan by Hans Seegers


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


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - disc 2 of promo copy, CD-R scan by Hans Seegers


Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - sleeve and CD1 of UK promo set, picture found on eBay by Jean-Pol Hiernaux


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - disc 1 of alternate promo copy, CD-R scan by Gerd Rundel


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - disc 2 of alternate promo copy, CD-R scan by Gerd Rundel


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - rear of card sleeve, scan by Hans Seegers

"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA); Columbia/Legacy D 204141 (USA) BMG Direct Club Edition, 30 Aug 2005:

Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA):


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - front of sealed slipcase with sticker (my copy) 


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - front sticker advertising PBS broadcast 


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - slipcase rear  

 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - detail of slipcase rear (compare with BMG Direct edition below)

Columbia/Legacy 8887512440211 (USA) - front of Book 3 of Collector's Edition (my copy)    

Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - detail of rear of front insert (compare with BMG Direct edition below)  


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - outside of unfolded front insert 


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - rear insert 


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - detail of rear insert (compare with BMG Direct edition below) 


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - reverse of rear insert  

Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - detail of inside of front insert (just "9393", the "7" is barely visible)


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - inside of front insert


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - inside pages 46-47 of booklet (picture used for The Bootleg Series Vol. 12 - Bob Dylan 1965-1966 The Cutting Edge in Nov 2015)


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - booklet front

 

Columbia/Legacy 3OC 93937 (USA) - front picture from www.slcd.com


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - rear of booklet (no text at top right, compare with BMG Direct edition below)


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - detail of rear of booklet 


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - CD1


Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA) - CD2

Columbia/Legacy 3OC 93937 (USA) - rear picture from www.slcd.com


Comparison of slipcase widths: above - Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - above; below - Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (USA). This is because the US booklet is so much thicker!

The 2CD set comes in a slipcase with a 60-page bound booklet with previously unpublished photographs and essays by Andrew Loog Oldham (former manager of the Rolling Stones) and Al Kooper, plus performance notes by Eddie Gorodetsky.

Thanks to Tim Dunn for information about the US version in a 6"x12" long box, Columbia/Legacy 3OC 93937. 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 D 204141 (USA) BMG Direct Club Edition:


Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - front of slipcase scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - rear of slipcase scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - rear insert scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - detail of rear insert, scan by Gerd Rundel (compare with regular US release above)

Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - detail of rear of front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel 

Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - reverse of rear insert scan by Gerd Rundel 
 
Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - detail of inside of front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel ("93937")

Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - detail of rear of slipcase, scan by Gerd Rundel (compare with regular US release above)
 
Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - front of booklet, scan by Gerd Rundel
 
Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - rear of booklet, scan by Gerd Rundel
 
Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - detail of rear of booklet, scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - CD1 scan by Gerd Rundel (same as regular US release)

Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - inside of front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel

Columbia/Legacy/BMG Direct Club D 204141 (USA) - CD2 scan by Gerd Rundel (same as regular US release)

This is the BMG Direct Club edition (see the barcode on the rear of the slipcase). The outside of the front insert, the rear insert and the rear of the booklet have "D 204141". The CDs are the same as those of the regular US 2CD set.

Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.


"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada), 30 Aug 2005:

 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - front of slipcase, scan by Gerd Rundel 

The slipcase and booklet of the Canadian 2CD release look the same as those of the US release. The inside of the front insert has "C2K 93937" whereas the US releases have just "93937". The rear insert has Canadian copyright text and the CDs have "Made in Canada" in the circumference text.

 
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - rear of slipcase, scan by Gerd Rundel
 
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - detail of rear insert, scan by Gerd Rundel ("Printed in Canada") 
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - rear insert scan by Gerd Rundel
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - outside of unfolded front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - inside of front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - detail of inside of front insert, scan by Gerd Rundel ("C2K 93937", different from US releases)
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - reverse of rear insert scan by Gerd Rundel
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - booklet front scan by Gerd Rundel
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - booklet rear scan by Gerd Rundel
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - CD1 scan by Gerd Rundel
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - detail of CD1, scan by Gerd Rundel ("Made in Canada")
 
Columbia/Legacy C2K 93937 (Canada) - CD2 scan by Gerd Rundel

Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.


"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe), 30 Aug 2005:


Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - slipcase front without sticker (my copy)

The 2005 European release is made in Austria and has a much thinner 60-page booklet. Consequently the slipcase is also much thinner, without the top and bottom cut-outs of the US slipcase - it also does not have an information sticker. Other packaging differences are shown below - the Austrian CDs have writing all round their circumferences and don't have the US FBI Anti-Piracy Warning.

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for the information that this release features CD-TEXT.


Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - detail of front insert

Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - outside of front insert

Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - rear of slipcase


Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - outside of rear insert


Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - detail of rear insert


Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - rear of booklet


Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - detail of rear of booklet

Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - CD1

Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - CD2

Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - flyer for "No Directions Home" 2DVD release (this picture has the original "540 CYN" car number plate!)


Columbia/Legacy 520358 2 (Europe) - reverse of flyer advertising previous Bootleg Series releases

The UK slipcase also contains a flyer advertising the 5 Oct 2005 release in the UK of the "No Direction Home" 2DVD set, see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3.

Purchases of this album in Holland and reportedly at HMV in the UK have included a new release of the promo CD Chronicles Volume One 6 Song Sampler, see 2004


"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" - 2CD set, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697732942 (Europe), Nov 2010:


Columbia/Legacy/ Sony Music 88697732942 (Europe) - front scan by Arie de Reus
This "budget" release made in Austria has only the two audio CDs in a slimline 2CD jewel case. There is no slipcase. It is dated 2010 and the CDs and inserts have the "Sony Music" logo.

Thanks to Arie de Reus for information and scans.


Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697732942 (Europe) - unfolded front insert, scan by Arie de Reus


Columbia/Legacy/ Sony Music 88697732942 (Europe) - CD1 scan by Arie de Reus

Columbia/Legacy/ Sony Music 88697732942 (Europe) - rear insert scan by Arie de Reus


Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697732942 (Europe) - detail of rear insert, scan by Arie de Reus


Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697732942 (Europe) - detail of CD1, scan by Arie de Reus


Columbia/Legacy/ Sony Music 88697732942 (Europe) - CD2 scan by Arie de Reus

"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" - promo 2CD set, Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan), 30 Aug 2005:


Sony Music MHCP-794 (Japan) - promo CD1 scan by Hervé from France
This promo set is just the two CD-Rs in a clear wallet.

Thanks to Hervé from France for information and scans.


Sony Music MHCP-795 (Japan) - promo CD2 scan by Hervé from France

"The Bootleg Series Vol. 7 - No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" - commercial 2CD set, Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan), 14 Sep 2005:

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Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - front of slipcase in shrink-wrap with obi and two stickers, scan by Sheiji Murata (promo and commercial releases)

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Sony Music MHCP-794 (Japan) - outside of front insert, scan by Sheiji Murata (promo and commercial releases)


Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - rear of slipcase with promo sticker, scan by Wil Gielen


Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - detail of rear of slipcase with promo sticker, scan by Wil Gielen

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Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - unfolded obi, scan by Sheiji Murata (promo and commercial releases)

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Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - front of slipcase, scan by Sheiji Murata (promo and commercial releases)
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Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - rear of slipcase in shrink-wrap with obi, scan by Sheiji Murata (commercial release)

Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - rear insert with promo sticker, scan by Wil Gielen

Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - detail rear insert with promo sticker, scan by Wil Gielen
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Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Sheiji Murata (commercial release)
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Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - detail of rear insert, scan by Sheiji Murata (promo and commercial releases)

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Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - outside of 56-page English booklet, scan by Sheiji Murata (promo and commercial releases)

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Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - outside of 76-page Japanese booklet, scan by Sheiji Murata (promo and commercial releases)
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Sony Music MHCP-794/5 (Japan) - inside page from Japanese booklet with tracklisting, scan by Sheiji Murata (promo and commercial releases)

Sony Music MHCP-794 (Japan) - CD1 scan by Wil Gielen (promo release)

Sony Music MHCP-794 (Japan) - detail of CD1, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release)

Sony Music MHCP-795 (Japan) - CD2 scan by Wil Gielen (promo release)

Sony Music MHCP-795 (Japan) - detail of CD2, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release)
NoDirectionHomeJpnCD1.jpg (17173 bytes)
Sony Music MHCP-794 (Japan) - CD1 scan by Sheiji Murata (commercial release)

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Sony Music MHCP-795 (Japan) - CD2 scan by Sheiji Murata (commercial release)

This release has two booklets, the English language 56-page booklet, and a Japanese language 76-page booklet. It comes in a slimline 2CD jewel case in a card slipcase with an obi and two stickers. The obi has a price of ¥3,780 (¥3,600 plus sales tax), an original US release date of 30 Aug 2005 and the Japanese withdrawal date of 13 Mar 2006. Wil Gielen's promo copy has numbered promo stickers on the rear of the slipcase and the rear insert, as well as text "SAMPLE LOANED" in the clear centres of each CD.

Thanks to Sheiji Murata and Wil Gielen for information and scans.


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