ORIGINAL COLUMBIA RECORDS LIMITED EDITION PROMOTIONAL RELEASE
BOB DYLAN HIGHWAY 61 REVISITED 1965
PROMOTIONAL COVER WITH A COLUMBIA RECORDS RADIO STATION SERVICE NOT FOR RESALE CL 2389 TIMING STRIP BANNER
ORIGINAL featuring LIKE A ROLLING STONE PROMOTIONAL SINGLE HYPE STICKER
RED ROUND FREE INCLUDES A STRIKING PORTRAIT SUITABLE FOR FRAMING STICKER
PROMO EDITION ONLY TEXTURED PAPER BOB DYLAN PORTRAIT POSTER
ORIGINAL 1st MISPRINT MEANINGFUL COVER
COLUMBIA RECORDS SPECIAL PROMOTIONAL RADIO STATION COPY NOT FOR RESALE WHITE LABEL
PROMOTIONAL PRESSING WITH THE VERY EARLY FIRST -1B / -1B MATRIX NUMBERS
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Original Columbia Records promotional release for radio station DJs, the media and distributors of Bob Dylan s 6th studio album released on August 30, 1965. Limited edition featuring an incredibly rare original promotional sketch style portrait of Bob Dylan executed on the textured paper and measuring 9 x 12 . The portrait was included only with the earliest 1st pressing copies, commercial and promotional, and only one day after the album was released Stan Kavan, the vice-president of merchandising and advertising for Columbia Records, wrote to the company s distributors enclosing the portrait and advising that it would be packed under the shrink wrap on the liner side of all copies of your initial shipment as well as reorders for the next few weeks or as long as the supply lasts . Promotional 1st print cover with a large Columbia Records Radio Station Service Not For Resale timing strip banner. The cover remains in the original factory shrink wrap which still has the original hype stickers - promotional single featuring LIKE A ROLLING STONE and a red round FREE Includes A Striking Portrait Suitable For Framing sticker. The promotional poster is located on the back cover underneath the shrink wrap. In order to make sure that this cover contains a misprint indicating Meaningful instead of Meaningless , it s enough to slightly pull the poster as seen on the photos. Special print Columbia Records 2.75 pressing ring CL 2389 RADIO STATION COPY NOT FOR RESALE white labels. The vinyl pressed at the Columbia Records Terre Haute, contains the T machine stamp in the runout grooves. The mastering of this copy was done by the Columbia Records and CBS, Inc subsidiary, Customatrix Inc. with the runout grooves containing a small machine stamped o symbol. The full matrix numbers of this promotional radio station pressing are as follows: Side 1 XLP110638-1B T o Side 2 XLP110639-1B T o. This rare promotional album comes with the original blue striped Columbia Records inner sleeve.
Please take into consideration that promotional copies, before they ended up in a collection, they were actively being used at a radio station as a demonstration example and this couldn t to one degree or another but affect their condition. If you intend to acquire this copy for the listening purpose only, perhaps the best solution would be to purchase a CD with a great mastering where you ll hear a perfect sound without all the flaws which almost all of the vintage promotional copies have due to being used by DJs during broadcasts. Additionally, some flaws such as ticks, pops and background noise of such records might be resolved with a good cleaning, please take this circumstance into consideration when reading the description of the vinyl in our listings. If you re a collector and purchase such copies as an investment then you re on the right path as without any doubts the value of these rare examples increases every year.
The cover is in stunning Near Mint condition. The promotional vinyl is graded as Strong Good having surface hairlines and marks as well as scuffs from the inner sleeve which is in Excellent condition. The clean white labels are graded as Excellent having just a few very light scuffs and spindle marks that can be seen under a strong light source. The Side 1 label has a small blank sticker below the Columbia logo. The vinyl sounds well in general but has light clicks and pops in several places. Perhaps some flaws will disappear if you change the balance of your tonearm. Most likely, the static and pops also could get reduced or go away if the record was professionally cleaned using a VPI cleaning machine.
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