This page contains items that aren't eligible for the main Searching For A Gem or International Stereo Releases lists because Bob does not personally perform on them, but are nevertheless of interest to Dylan collectors. This page contains details of covers of Blowin' In The Wind by Peter, Paul and Mary. I have no details of chart success in other countries but in the USA the cover by Peter, Paul and Mary reached #2 on the Billboard pop chart on 17 Aug 1963 with sales exceeding one million copies. In the UK Peter, Paul and Mary's version spent 16 weeks in the charts, reaching #13 on 10 Oct 1963 (I bought my copy of the UK EP around then).
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The picture of Bob, Mary and Donovan taken by Barry Feinstein at the Newport Folk Festival, 1965, comes from the rear sleeve (bottom right) of their 1966 album just titled Album, which has no Dylan covers - thanks to Paul Shenton for information.
Thanks to Stuart Moore for information about the Australian DVD release Bandstand Live In Australia: Peter, Paul and Mary at Sydney Stadium, 1967, Umbrella Entertainment, 6 Aug 2014, with a live performance of Blowin' In The Wind.
US Releases, 1963-90:
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The 7" mono EP (or "Little LP"), is a promo only release with six tracks from the album In The Wind, see below. The record comes in a generic Warner Bros sleeve inside the card sleeve reproducing the LP sleeve. The B-side of the single was Flora, a song covered by Bob in 1970 during the New Morning sessions as Lily Of The West (R-0097) and released on the 1973 deleted album Dylan, see 1973. This comes from their second LP, Movin', released in Mar 1963. Also shown are mono and stereo singles in generic sleeves from 1968 to 1990. |
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![]() Warner Bros S 1507 (USA, mono) - 7" promo EP A-side in generic sleeve, scan by Manuel García Jara (1963) |
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![]() Warner Bros 7101 (USA) - 7" mono single A-side in generic sleeve, scan by Manuel García Jara (1968) |
![]() Warner Bros GWB 7101 (USA) - 7" stereo single A-side in generic sleeve, scan by Manuel García Jara (1978) |
![]() Warner Bros GWB 7101 (USA) - 7" stereo single A-side in generic sleeve, scan by Manuel García Jara (1990) |
![]() Witmark US sheet music (1963) |
Canadian Release, 1963:
UK/Ireland Releases:
Warner Bros WB 104 (UK), Sep 1963; Warner Bros G-5368 (UK), 1966:
The single Blowin' In The Wind/Flora (Warner Bros WB 104) was released in the UK in Sep 1963 and reissued several times in 1964. There were at least five variants of this single in generic Warner Bros sleeves: one of these is a promotional record; the four commercial releases have a slight difference: three of them have "K / T" below the Warner logo, in slightly different positions, not present on the first variant label. It was re-released in 1966 with a new catalogue number and orange Warner Bros labels.
Warner Bros WEP 6114/ED 1449-1 (UK), Sep 1963 (three variants); Warner Bros WEP 600 (UK), 1966:
Warner Bros WEP 6114 (UK) - 7" mono EP front (1963 releases, my copy) |
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![]() Warner Bros W 1449 (USA, 1962) - mono LP picture from www.discogs.com (no Dylan material) |
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![]() Warner Bros WEP 600 (UK) - 7" mono EP front scan by Ronald Born (1966 release) |
![]() Warner Bros WEP 600 (UK) - 7" mono EP rear scan by Ronald Born (1966 release) |
![]() Warner Bros WEP 600 (UK) - 7" mono EP A-side scan by Ronald Born (first 1966 release) |
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The UK 7" mono EP Warner Bros WEP 6114 was also released in Sep 1963 and reissued in 1964. These EPs have identical sleeves with white border and a laminated front. There were at least three record label variants of the 1963 release: the first release has the text "Recording (C) and first published 1962" on the right above the catalogue number (this date is incorrect because Peter, Paul and Mary did not not record Blowin' In The Wind until May 1963, although the other three tracks on the EP are from 1962). The other two record label variants have only "(C) & (P) 1962". These two variants have "M/T" below the Warner Bros logo on the left, in slightly different positions (a British purchase tax code). As well as the logo of the UK copyright organisation "M.C.P.S." (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society), the record labels also have the logo of "NCB", the Nordisk Copyright Bureau, allowing them also to be sold in Scandinavia (1960s and 1970s Scandinavian Dylan singles also have this logo). Manuel García Jara has a copy of the first variant UK EP bought in Norway where the record comes in a generic Warner Bros. sleeve (mine, bought in Manchester in Sep 1963, is in a plain white inner sleeve). This sleeve has a barely readable record store stamp, but "LILLEHAMMER" can be made out.
This UK EP gives the US EP catalogue number as Warner Bros ED 1449-1 on both the front sleeve and the record labels, but I have not found this release yet, and Manuel García Jara says there was not a US EP (or "Little LP" as they were called there). The reference "ED 1449-1" is the same as that of the US release of Peter, Paul and Mary's self-titled debut album from 1962 (W 1449, mono and WS 1449, stereo), from which three of the tracks on the UK EP were taken. This album (UK mono catalogue number W 4064) does not include Blowin' In The Wind. The cover photo was used for several German EPs/singles that do include Blowin' In The Wind, see below.
Thanks to Bill Hester for information the UK EP was also sold in New Zealand in early 1964. Manuel García Jara confirms this with a scan of the rear sleeve of a copy with a sticker from John Court's department store, Auckland, New Zealand, bought in Jan 1964.
Ronald Born's UK 1966 copy has a new catalogue number, WEP 600 (because of the change in distribution from Decca to Pye), the front sleeve does not have a white border and the record has orange Warner Bros labels dated 1964. On the first 1966 labels the copyright text to the left of the centre hole has lines 2 and 4 indented, and there is a gap between these lines and the catalogue number. On the second 1966 labels, also dated 1964, the copyright text lines are all left aligned and there is no gap between these and the catalogue number.
Warner Bros EWEP 6114/ED 1449-1 (Ireland), 1963:
Related releases with no Dylan material: Warner Bros ED 1449-2 (Australia), 1963; Warner Bros WEP 6122/ED 1449-3 (UK, mono)/Warner Bros WSE 6122/ESD 1449-3 (UK, stereo), Oct 1963:
There is another important mystery. There was also a UK stereo version of Peter, Paul & Mary Vol. 2! This extremely rare EP has the catalogue number WSE 6122 and the sub-reference ESD 1449-3. The sleeve is identical but the record has now golden labels, used by Warner for Stereo releases. Does a stereo version exist for the EP with Blowin' In The Wind, which would be WSE 6114? Manuel García Jara is still looking for this EP after over fifty years even though he has been told that WSE 6122 was made only for jukebox use and there never was a stereo version of WEP 6114.
Warner Bros K 16207 (UK/NL), 1972 (three variants):
This stereo EP was released in 1972 as part of the Warner Bros "4 FOURS" series. There was a promo release which came in the commercial sleeve, and two commercial releases, one with a push-out centre, and one with a solid centre. Ronald Born has a copy with the same front sleeve and the record with the push-out centre, but where the sleeve has "NL printed in Holland" printed vertically at bottom left. Ronald thinks the record was exported to Holland but the sleeve was printed locally. The cut-outs at the top of the UK and Dutch rear sleeves are differently shaped!
West Germany - English Language Releases:
There were four mono releases of the West German English language single, all with the same catalogue number, A 5368.
First release (1963): white front sleeve, rear sleeve dated "1963", "GEMA" and "BIEM" on record labels. On the variant record label the text to the right of the centre hole "M. Witmark... / FX 13153/ " is closer to the arrows than on the first copy. Also, the title track and composer are in a higher position.
Second release (1963 or 1964): black front sleeve, different rear sleeve and "GEMA" only on record labels. On the variant record label there is less space between the "GEMA" logo and "RECORDS".
Third release (1965): same sleeve design as the first release but different text on the rear, dated "1965", same record labels as the second release.
Fourth release (1967-70): again the same sleeve design as the first release, but this time the rear sleeve is the same as the front. The record has green Warner Bros/Seven Arts labels.
Warner Bros 16 112 (West Germany), 1978 (two variants), re-released 1982:
West Germany - German Language Releases:
In Sep 1963 Peter, Paul and Mary visited West Germany and recorded three songs in German at Warner Bros Studios in Berlin: Die Antwort Weiß Ganz Allein Der Wind [Only The Wind Knows The Answer (Blowin' In The Wind)] with German lyrics by Hans Bradtke, Pretty Mary and Puff (The Magic Dragon) - see the recording studio invoice below right. These new recordings appeared on three rare 7" releases: a German single; a German EP released by Warner Bros in conjunction with the Deutsche Schallplatten Club [German Record Club]; and a Dutch single. The Dutch single has a sleeve like Scandinavian singles of the time, a folded sheet with the same design on both sides. On the German Record Club EP only Flora is sung in English and the Blowin' In The Wind song title is listed incorrectly as "Die Antwort Weiß Nur Der Wind" on the front and rear of the sleeve but as "Die Antwort Weiß Ganz Allein Der Wind" on the record A-side. Manuel García Jara has a rare copy of this German Record Club EP sold in Norway. The record is the German Club EP without and differences from the one sold in Germany. The sleeve has the usual Scandinavian design, like a folded insert, and it has the same front as for the German release, but in a different colour. The rear sleeve is plain white except for some small text "trykk og lay-out: team trykk a.s" in Norwegian.
Dutch Releases:
Warner Bros WB 5368 (NL)/Warner Bros A 5560 (NL), 1963:
Warner Bros WB 7101 (NL), 1969:
French Releases:
Warner Bros 5042 (France), 1963:
Warner Bros EB.55 (France), 1963-64:
The record of the third release has a different label design, and on the rear sleeve there is a stamp with "Oct.64" (not shown), which may be the release date, although it still has "1963" printed on the front and back of the sleeve.
Warner Bros 16 286 (France), 1973:
Norwegian Release: Warner Bros WB 5368 (Norway), 1963 (two releases), reissued 1966:
Italian Release: Warner Bros WB 1000 (Italy), 1964:
Also shown is another 1964 Peter, Paul and Mary mono 7" Italian single, Peter, Paul & Mary Cantano Bob Dylan [Peter, Paul & Mary Sing Bob Dylan], with covers of The Times They Are A-Changin' and When The Ship Comes In.
Spanish Releases: Warner Bros EP 68 (Spain), 1964 (two variants); Warner Bros HWB 327-11 (Spain), 1966:
Japanese Releases:
Peter, Paul and Mary were the most popular folk singers in Japan - more Peter, Paul and Mary records were released in Japan than in any other country in the world. These are just the ones that include Blowin' In The Wind.
Warner Bros/Toshiba 7B-26 (Japan), 1963:
This is the very first Peter Paul and Mary single with Blowin' In The Wind in Japan, made by Toshiba Records. First copies were released with red vinyl as shown but black vinyl copies also exist. The sleeve is a folded sheet and the record comes in a Warner Bros sleeve. The inside of the folded sheet has the lyrics. On the back it ends with the rest of the "Flora" lyrics. The printed price on the back is only ¥330.
Warner Bros/Toshiba BR 1487 (Japan), 1964 (stereo 7" single, two releases), re-released 1969:
There were two variants of the original single: one with red vinyl and another with black vinyl, both with red Warner Bros labels. The red vinyl single was first (It has "27" in addition to the matrix numbers; the black vinyl single has "28"). This single was reissued in 1969, again with a similar unfolded insert. This time the front has a slight difference: now the price is ¥400. The rear of this insert is different but the inside is again the same. It includes a different Toshiba inner sleeve and the record labels have now the new green "Seven Arts" design of labels.
Warner Bros/Toshiba BR 4017 (Japan), 1964 (stereo 7" EP, three releases):
This was the first Japanese EP with Blowin' In The Wind covered by Peter Paul and Mary. It was again made by Toshiba and cost ¥500 (the price this time is on the rear sleeve). There were again two variants of the record: first with red vinyl and later with black vinyl, both with black "WARNER BROS COMPACT" labels. Blowin' In The Wind is track 1 on the B-side; the EP also includes Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, track 2 on the B-side. As usual in Japanese EPs, it has a regular sleeve but not a generic inner sleeve. It includes a six-page insert. Ronald Born's copy has the red vinyl record, but the rear sleeve and the rear of the six-page insert are different from those of both Manuel's copies - this may be the first release. The rear of the insert of Ronald's copy lists two Warner Bros/Toshiba Japan EPs and eight singles, although not 7B-26 above, all priced at ¥330 (the 1963 price). The rear of the inserts of Manuel's copies just have a Warner Bros logo.
Warner Bros/Toshiba BP 4317-4318 (Japan), 1965 (stereo 7" 2EP set, two releases):
The set was again made by Toshiba for Warner Bros Records, this time as part of their "Compact DeLuxe Best 8" series, which also included releases on Capitol Records like the 1965 Kingston Trio 2EP set below. There is a 4-page folded insert with lyrics. The Times They Are A-Changin' is track 1 on the A-side of the first EP (BP 4317), Blowin' In The Wind is track 1 on the B-side of the same EP and Don't Think Twice It's All Right is track 2 on the A-side of the second EP (BP 4318). There were two record label variants, on the first one "STEREO" is without arrows, on the second variant "STEREO" is in smaller text with arrows on either side. Both sets of records came in the same gatefold sleeve.
Warner Bros/Toshiba BP 4515 (Japan), 1966 (stereo 7" EP, two releases):
Warner Bros/Toshiba BR 2616 (stereo 7" single, Japan), ca. 1970:
Warner Bros.-Pioneer P-2504W (Japan), early 1970s:
Warner-Pioneer P-1742 (Japan), 1983:
This single with two Dylan covers was released in 1983, now made by Warner-Pioneer. It now has a single insert, not a regular sleeve, and comes in a blue/white Warner-Pioneer generic sleeve. The front of the insert reproduces the artwork of Peter Paul and Mary's 1963 Moving album, used again for a 1983 Japanese compilation entitled The Best Collection, from which these two tracks were taken. The record labels now have the 1980s Warner Bros design with parallel lines on a beige background and are dated 1983. The price is now ¥700!
Australian Releases:
Warner Bros ED 1507-2 (Australia), 1963 (three variants), re-released 1966:
This mono EP, In The Wind, originally released in late 1963, includes Blowin' In The Wind on the A-side and Don't Think Twice, It's All Right on the B-side. There are three variants of this release with the same laminated front for all of them and two folded-over flaps on the rear. Only the first variant was released in 1963; the other two variants must have been released between 1964 and 1965.
Variant 1 was the first and the rarest: Rear sleeve - the text "High Fidelity" below the Warner logo is centred. Record labels - Side 1 has the Essex logo and the text "Warner Bros. Control"; Side 2 has both Essex and Allan's logos.
Variant 2: Rear sleeve same as Variant 1. Record labels - Sides 1 and 2 have only the Allan's logo.
Variant 3: Rear sleeve - the text "High Fidelity" below the Warner logo is now right aligned. record labels - both sides have only the Allan's logo but it is bigger than in previous variants, Side 1 has the tracklist on three lines, instead of four lines as Variants 1 and 2.
This EP was reissued in 1966. It has the same catalogue number, laminated front sleeve and two folded-over flaps on the rear, but the rear is different from the two 1963 variants. The text "High Fidelity" is again centred, and the copyright text at the bottom is different. The record now has orange Warner Bros labels.
For Warner Bros ED 1449-2, a 1963 mono EP released in Australia that did not have any Dylan covers, but is still of interest, see above.
Warner Bros EPW 203 (Australia), 1972:
The front sleeve is laminated, the rear has no flaps and the first release record has plain green Warner Bros labels. The second release record comes in the same sleeve and now has the then brand new "Burbank Palm Trees" design of Warner Bros labels.
Warner Bros WB 7101 (Australia), 1980s:
New Zealand Releases:
Warner Bros EP 61 (New Zealand), 1963 (three variants):
The first variant has a white Warner Bros logo, white text in the circumference and the EP title on two lines; the second has a white Warner Bros logo, white text in the circumference and the EP title on one line; the third has a black Warner Bros logo, black text in the circumference, the EP title on one line and one song title above the centre hole. The third variant record label shown has a sticker from "John Court's Record Bar, Queen Street". (John Court's was a department store in Auckland, New Zealand, that closed in 1972.) Unlike the Australian version, this EP includes only Blowin' In The Wind but not Don't Think Twice, It's All Right.
Warner Bros EPW 2552 (New Zealand), 1972:
Mexican Release: "Peter, Paul Y Mary", Gamma/Warner Bros GX 07-187 (Mexico), 1965:
Ronald Born has three copies of this EP with different record labels. The first comes in a bag type sleeve as shown with folded-over flaps, the second and third have folded open paper sleeves with the same design. The second copy has the same label design as the first but with the artists' names in bold type, the third copy has Warner Bros "Burbank Palm Trees" record labels.
Colombian Release: Warner Bros WC-7700 (Colombia), 1965:
Indian Release: Warner Bros 5742 (India), 1966:
Russian Flexidisc Release, 1970:
Thailand Release, 1970s:
Brazilian Release: Warner Bros 96.069 (Brazil), 1981:
Thanks to Ronald Born, Manuel García Jara and Ian Woodward for information and scans.
Peter, Paul and Mary - "In The Wind" - stereo and mono vinyl LP releases, Warner Bros WS 1507 (USA, stereo)/Warner Bros W 1507 (USA/Canada, mono)/Warner Bros WB.1507 (New Zealand, mono), Dec 1963; CD: Warner Bros 26224-2 (USA), 1990:
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for news that this album has been remastered by Steve Hoffman and Stephen Marsh, and will be released as a stereo SA-CD by Audio Fidelity in the USA in 2014.
Thanks to Jack from Canada, Manuel García Jara and Bill Hester for information and scans.
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