Bob Dylan – Bob Dylan

I fckn love this album..he puts more heart into this than most of his albums...this and his break up album..2 hardest Dylan. Love it

I have a more modern 8579 pressing that I bought new in a Japanese shop in Tokyo in 2003. It seems to be a US pressing and it has that dark red label with those black scattered enhancements on it. No bar code and has a little silver Columbia trade mark sticker on the shrink with the word "lisenced" on it. It is a great pressing but I can't find it here. One side on the runoff has the name Randy M on it.

why are bobs albums out of order of release dates on here?

I have a sealed copy. Stereo, no barcode ... at the bottom back of the cover there are no numbers ie; 7 , 4 , etc. just a small grey heart 🩶 ... does anyone know of this? I can't tell which eye it is, two or six because I'm not opening it. So now what? 😆 H. E. L. P.
Thank you!!!

Having a hard time identifying my copy. Any experts that can provide guidance?

Double-eye Nonbreakable 360 sound Mono label with "You're No Good".

Side 1: XLP-55619-1C IN SM (Another stamp that looks almost like a teardrop)
Side 2: XLP-55620-1AB (etched S, the teardrop again, and what looks like a small 3)

Also has a 7 on the bottom of the back cover vertically centered to the right of the box with the songs.

Seems like a combination of:
https://discogs.programascracks.com/release/11243866-Bob-Dylan-Bob-Dylan

Just listened to copy of original release. Wow so much energy from Dylans voice. Not like his later albums and drone voice. Very excellent record which was quite worth listening too. 🎶

On my copy, KCS 8579, All words " Columbia" are covered out with black stickers both on record label and cover. Why has this been done? And who has done it.

One of my favorite of Dylan's albums. Great performances, full of grit.

"Dear Mom & Dad,

Got myself a record deal with Columbia, it ain’t all that much, but it will help payin’ the rent, and you needn’t worry about me eating. Things are goin’ pretty good these days. New York seemed big at first, but it’s really just a bunch of small towns all strung out together. Woody and I have been spending alot of time together, he really digs my tunes. I’m enclosing a copy of my record for you, though there’s no need for you to play it, just thought you’d like the picture is all.

Bob"

This is probably one of my least favorite albums by Dylan, though his interpretation of several standard folk songs are very good; with his rendition of “Baby, Let Me Follow You Down” probably being the strongest track on the record. For me, this record seems like it could almost be part of one of those Bootleg Series that folks are making such a huge fuss over, songs that were left on the cutting room floor, or material he wanted to keep around for future consideration and exploration ... yet never did.

The release wasn’t hugely successful either. Columbia seriously thought about dropping Bob from their label, and this during a time when record companies nurtured their artists, helping to bring them along, allowing them the time to find their footing. Fortuity for us, someone had the vision to allow this young man to ramble on, to ramble on and become the most venerated and recognizable voices in music of all time.

Like his Bootleg Series, this is fun to listen to, but you won’t be playing it much, even back in ‘62 we didn’t play it much ... it was one of those records most people found by walking the cat backwards, discovering it only after Dylan was already famous.