Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding (1968)

Description

Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding 1968 vinyl on the classic Columbia red Two-Eye “360 Sound” stereo label.

This early U.S. Columbia pressing of Dylan’s John Wesley Harding carries catalog number CS 9604 and features the iconic red Two-Eye labels with white “360 Sound” stereo text and arrows.

This particular variation has the writer’s credit immediately below the track listing on both labels, while no writer’s credit appears at the lower-right of the rear jacket.

Exact Matrix / Runout

Side A: XSM135311-1E
Side B: XSM-135312-1B

Both are etched.

Fully Play Tested

The vinyl is visually impressive, retaining excellent gloss and presenting considerably better than many records carrying a VG grade.

Playback determines the final grade, however.

Surface noise is audible through much of the music, so this copy is conservatively graded Very Good (VG). It plays completely through without skips or pops.

The original jacket is Very Good Plus (VG+), presenting extremely well for a late-1960s cover with only light age/storage and edge/corner wear.

Condition

Vinyl: VG — fully play tested
Cover: VG+
Labels: Excellent

Release Details

Artist: Bob Dylan
Album: John Wesley Harding
Label: Columbia
Catalog: CS 9604
Year: 1968
Country: United States
Format: LP, Album, Stereo
Label: Columbia Two-Eye “360 Sound”
Producer: Bob Johnston

With songs including “All Along the Watchtower,” “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine,” “Dear Landlord,” “The Wicked Messenger,” and “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight,” John Wesley Harding remains one of Dylan’s defining late-1960s albums.

An attractive and precisely identified original-era Columbia stereo pressing for the Dylan collector.