The BandBefore The Flood

Label:

Asylum Records – AB-201

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , CTH - Terre Haute Pressing, Gatefold

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Classic Rock

Tracklist

A1 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
Written-ByDylan*
3:16
A2 Lay Lady Lay
Written-ByDylan*
3:00
A3 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Written-ByDylan*
3:09
A4 Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Written-ByDylan*
3:30
A5 It Ain't Me, Babe
Written-ByDylan*
3:15
A6 Ballad Of A Thin Man
Written-ByDylan*
3:29
B1 Up On Cripple Creek
Written-ByRobertson*
4:57
B2 I Shall Be Released
Written-ByDylan*
3:19
B3 Endless Highway
Written-ByRobertson*
4:45
B4 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Written-ByRobertson*
4:05
B5 Stage Fright
Written-ByRobertson*
4:22
C1 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Written-ByDylan*
3:34
C2 Just Like A Woman
Written-ByDylan*
4:46
C3 It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
Written-ByDylan*
5:12
C4 The Shape I'm In
Written-ByRobertson*
3:33
C5 When You Awake
Written-ByRobertson*
2:54
C6 The Weight
Written-ByRobertson*
4:20
D1 All Along The Watchtower
Written-ByDylan*
2:58
D2 Highway 61 Revisited
Written-ByDylan*
4:05
D3 Like A Rolling Stone
Written-ByDylan*
6:06
D4 Blowin' In The Wind
Written-ByDylan*
3:46

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyWarner Communications Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Asylum Records
  • Copyright ©Asylum Records
  • Manufactured ByElektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
  • Mixed AtThe Village Recorder
  • Mastered AtKendun Recorders
  • Lacquer Cut AtKendun Recorders
  • Pressed ByColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
  • Published ByDwarf Music
  • Published ByBig Sky Music
  • Published ByRam's Horn Music
  • Published ByM. Witmark & Sons
  • Published ByCanaan Music, Inc.

Credits

  • Bass, VocalsRick Danko
  • Drums, VocalsLevon Helm
  • Electric Guitar, VocalsRobbie Robertson
  • Engineer [Mixing]Rob Fraboni
  • Engineer [Recording]Rob Fraboni
  • Guitar, Harmonica, Piano, VocalsBob Dylan
  • Organ, Piano, Clavinet [Clavinette]Garth Hudson
  • Photography By, DesignBarry Feinstein
  • Piano, Electric Piano, Drums, Organ, VocalsRichard Manuel

Notes

"CTH" in label matrix and etched in runouts denotes a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute, pressing. Remainder of runouts are etched, mastering and plating (e.g., B) stamped.

Sides are auto-coupled A & D and B & C.

Issued in gatefold jacket.

Catalog number AB 201 on back cover, in label matrices.
Catalog number AB-201 on spine.

Village Recorders / Mixing
Kendun Recorders / Mastering

℗ © 1974 Asylum Records • Mfg. By Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records • A Division Of Warner Communications Inc.

Track publishers:
A1, A3, B2, C2, C6, D1: Dwarf Music ASCAP
A2: Big Sky Music ASCAP
A4: Ram's Horn Music ASCAP
A5, A6, C1, C3, D2 to D4: M. Witmark & Sons ASCAP
B1, B3 to B5, C4, C5: Canaan Music, Inc. ASCAP

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Pressing Plant ID (In label matrix): CTH
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): AB-201-A-CTH
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): AB-201-B-CTH
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C label): AB-201-C-CTH
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D label): AB-201-D-CTH
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): T1 AB-201-A-4 CTH KENDUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): T2 AB-201-AB4 CTH KENDUN A̶
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, variant 1): T2 AB-201-C-4 CTH KENDUN
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, variant 1): T2 AB-201-D4--CTH KENDUN C̶P̶
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): T2 AB-201-A-4 CTH KENDUN A4 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): T2 AB-201-A̶ B4 CTH KENDUN D2 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, variant 2): T1 AB-201-C-4 CTH KENDUN C2 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, variant 2): T2 AB-201-D4-C̶P̶- CTH KENDUN C3 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): T2 AB-201-A-4 CTH KENDUN B B6
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): T2 AB-201-AB4 CTH KENDUN A6 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout, variant 3): T1 AB-201-C-4 CTH KENDUN B3 B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, variant 3): T2 AB-201-D-4 - C̶P̶ CTH KENDUN B

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Before The Flood (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Asylum Records AS 63 000 1974
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Before The Flood (2×LP, Album) Island Records IDBD-1, IDBD 1 UK 1974
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Before The Flood (2×LP, Album, Hollywood Pressing, Gatefold) Asylum Records AB 201, AB-201 US 1974
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Before The Flood (2×LP, Album, Stereo) Asylum Records 63000 1974
Before The Flood (2×LP, Album) Asylum Records P-5138~9Y Japan 1974

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Reviews

  • david.j.novak.5's avatar
    david.j.novak.5
    my copy is closest to this with a runout variation:
    Side A: 1T, AB-201-A5-CTH A, KENDUN (stamped)
    Side B: T2, AB-201- A(crossed out with 2 lines)B4, CTH, KENDUN (stamped)
    Side C: T2, AB-201- C-4, CTH, KENDUN (stamped)
    Side D: T2, AB-201- D4- (crossed out letters), CTH, Kendun (stamped)

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