This is the first part of a separate multi-year list by release date of commercially-released Bob Dylan stereo compilation albums (including Greatest Hits albums with non-standard tracklists) that have been referred to me but do not qualify for my Searching For A Gem list because they contain only performances which are all available on officially released Dylan albums. Nevertheless, their interest value or scarcity means they're worth listing here - as far as I know some are not included on any other Internet site. Thanks to Hans Seegers for all the exclusive CBS Japanese releases, etc.! Promo-only Dylan compilation albums are now included here also. Because of the large number of entries, releases of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits with the UK tracklist are now here.
Other International Albums and Compilations are now here:
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This page is still incomplete. If you have any entries to add to the list or additions/corrections to
existing entries, please let me know!
Please note I cannot value your Dylan rarities -
see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
dealers on my Trading page for assistance!
Revised 09 March, 2010.
Bob Dylan Compilations
For the other parts of this list, see the links above. This list now includes albums with the title Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (various Volumes) with non-standard tracklists. For Greatest Hits albums with the standard US tracklists see International Albums (Regular). There are also several international Bob Dylan compilation albums such as The Essential Bob Dylan which contain rarities in the main Searching For A Gem list.
"Bob Dylan In Concert" - Columbia acetates 77182 (stereo), LP: Columbia CS-9102 (USA - stereo), 1964:
 Columbia CS-9102 (USA) - stereo front cover (no mono front cover has yet surfaced), picture from Jeff Gold, recordmecca.com |
Detailed information about this cancelled album and its two proposed tracklists is now here. |
"Bob Dylan!" - stereo vinyl album, CBS YS-537-C (Japan), Dec 1965:
Every original CBS Japanese album release is listed here or in
International
Albums (Regular). All Japanese Dylan releases before 1968, when Sony took over Columbia/CBS,
were exclusive to the country, and very different from other countries' releases
in both packaging and content. They were all in stereo. All these Japanese CBS
releases are very collectable and come with unique inserts and booklets.
 CBS YS-537-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS YS-537-C (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Scott Smith (promo release) |
 CBS YS-537-C (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Scott Smith (promo release) |
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 CBS YS-537-C (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers (commercial release) |
This release, in the "College Folk Series" and Bob's first in Japan, uses the Times They Are A-Changin' cover but has no songs from that album! The promo and commercial releases of the album have the same sleeve - as far as I am aware there was no obi.
Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; Mr. Tambourine Man; Corrina, Corrina; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; On The Road Again
Side 2: Blowin' In The Wind; Bob Dylan's Blues; Don't Think Twice; It's All Right; Talking World War (the "III Blues" is omitted from the title); Masters Of War; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
All are the regular album versions. For a promo version of this album with Side 1 only see below.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Scott Smith for scans and information.
"Bob Dylan!/The Best of Stonewall Jackson/" - promo vinyl album, CBS YS-537-C/Y-538-C (Japan), Dec 1965:
A strange combination! It is housed in the standard sleeve for the first
Japanese Bob Dylan album (see above).
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CBS YS-537-C/Y-538-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; Mr. Tambourine Man; Corrina, Corrina; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; On The Road Again All are the regular album versions. Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans and information. |
 Side 1 of this Japanese promo album - Side 1 of CBS Y-537-C (Bob Dylan), scan by Hans Seegers |
 Side 2 of this Japanese promo album - Side 1 of CBS Y-538-C (Stonewall Jackson), scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS S 62694 (NL) - scan by Wim van der Mark (1960s release) |
This 1966 album had a different front cover picture (by Jerry Schatzberg) and tracklist from the US
and UK versions
released in 1967 (see here and below).
Gerd Rundel's copy has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - S 62694-1, Side 2 - S 62694-2. Some reports give the release date as 1967, but there are no tracks from Blonde On Blonde included, so I think this 1966 dating is more likely. See the 1967 Dutch Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 below. |
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 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - front picture from eil.com (Stern Musik 1960s release) |
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 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - detail of rear, scan by Patrick Helfrich (1970s release, variant 1) |
 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - detail of rear, scan by Patrick Helfrich (1970s release, variant 2) |
 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - detail of rear, scan by Patrick Helfrich (1970s release, variant 3) |
 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - Side 1 scan by Patrick Helfrich (1970s releases) |
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 CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslavakia) - Side 1 scan by Patrick Helfrich |
The album was re-released in the early 1990s with red CBS labels. The front sleeve is different in that there is the shadow of what appears to be a gold disc underneath the track titles. It was also released in West Germany as a "Stern Musik" Record Club edition in the late 1960s. The cover has the "Stern Musik" logo on the front and back, and the logo is also on the record labels. Patrick Helfrich has a copy of the "Stern Musik" release with a different label design with a different placement of the "Stern Musik" logo. Gerd Rundel's copy with the "Stern Musik" first label design has stamped matrix numbers: Side A - S62694-2 A 639603-2 A, Side B - S62694-2 B 639603-2 B. There were also releases in the 1970s with variant rear sleeves as shown above and 1970s style orange/yellow labels. Tony Anderson's Dutch copy, with catalogue number CBS S 62 694, looks similar to the 1970s German "Stern Musik" album without the Stern logo.
The Czech album is from 1987 and has exactly the same front sleeve as the Dutch 1960s album, even with the catalogue number "CBS S 62 694".
Thanks to Wim van der Mark, Patrick Helfrich and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo LP, Amiga 8 55 680 (German Democratic Republic, East Germany), 1980:
This rare album is the only widely available commercial release from East Germany - the 1967 mono Bob Dylan album release, see Mono Album Releases, was for a record club only. It has the same tracklist as the Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits album released in Holland in 1966, and uses a variant of the cover (shown right for comparison).
It was printed at the Amiga pressing plant in East Berlin, under licence from CBS Records International, Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, and has a fragile unlaminated cover. The album was re-released in 1989 with the original dark purple labels replaced by blue. Gerd Rundel's 1980s copy has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 8 55 680-1A, Side 2 - 8 55 680-2A.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan Vol. 2" - stereo vinyl compilation LP, CBS YS-585-C (Japan), Mar 1966:
This release, also in the CBS Japan "College Folk Series", uses
the Freewheelin' cover this time, but again has no songs from that
album! It has a red and white obi (a paper band which slips over the sleeve) and
a pink card insert. Thanks to Moise Potie for translating the pink card, which
is a "Bonus Record Exchange Card" for the "Columbia Stereo Club" with an order
form and a music fan survey to complete on the reverse.
 CBS YS-585-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS YS-585-C (Japan) - rear of obi, scan by David Olmsted |
 CBS YS-585-C (Japan) - front with obi |
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 CBS YS-585-C (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
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Side 1: Highway 61 Revisited; Tombstone Blues; It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry; From A Buick 6 (not the 1965 out-take release R-0046 that also appeared on later Sony Japanese releases, see 1965); Ballad Of A Thin Man
Side 2: Queen Jane Approximately; Maggie's Farm; Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues; Desolation Row
All are the regular album versions - as can be seen, this is Highway 61 Revisited, but with Like A Rolling Stone (released on the first Japanese Bob Dylan album in 1965) replaced by Maggie's Farm from Bringing It All Back Home!
Thanks to Hans Seegers and David Olmsted for scans and information.
 CBS YS-611-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This release, with an exclusive anachronistic cover, is the regular 1962 Bob Dylan
album with the tracks reordered! For full details, see
International
Albums (Regular). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
 CBS YS-641-C (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
This release, with an exclusive anachronistic cover, is the regular 1964 The
Times They Are A-Changin' album! For full details, see
International
Albums (Regular). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
 CBS YS-672-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This release, with an exclusive cover, is actually the first part of Blonde
On Blonde. For full details, see
International
Albums (Regular). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
"Blonde On Blonde: Bob Dylan! Vol. 6" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS YS-748-C (Japan), Mar 1967:
 CBS YS-748-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This release, again with an exclusive cover, is the belated second part of Blonde
On Blonde. For full details, see
International
Albums (Regular). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
"Gaumont Theatre Sheffield/Free Trade Hall Manchester" - four single-sided acetates, Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, TN (USA), 1966:
 Acetate 1 - picture from "On The Tracks", 1999, scan by C P Lee |
The first two pictures are of single-sided
acetates described in an article in "On The Tracks" in 1999. They are both
Manchester, England, 17 May 1966, but exact track lists are not known. The second two single-sided acetates were found by Annie West in Oct 2004. One is from Sheffield, England, 16 May 1966, and contains It's All Over Now, Baby Blue and Desolation Row. The second is from Manchester, 17 May 1966. She says: "I'm in Sligo Ireland by the way, and the story of the acetates is that they came from Bob Johnston when he was here producing an album for the Waterboys. He gave them away (after trying to sell them) and they ended up in my house where I found them at the very bottom of a box full of albums for throwing out!" |
 Acetate 2 - picture from "On The Tracks", 1999, scan by C P Lee |
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 Acetate 4 - Manchester, 17 May 1966, scan by Annie West |
Thanks to Arie de Reus for the information that Acetate 4 has One Too Many Mornings (final part), Ballad Of A Thin Man; Like A Rolling Stone.
For the long-awaited release of the Manchester 1966 concert in 1998 as The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966 - The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert, see International Albums (Regular).
For performances included in 1991 on a CD with Il Dizionario del Rock, an Italian part-work magazine, which are probably from the Manchester Free Trade Hall concert, see Questionable Releases.
Thanks to Annie West, C P Lee and Arie de
Reus for
information and scans. Annie is a renowned artist and illustrator, to find
her, see here
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"The Bob Dylan Story" - vinyl stereo 2LP set, CBS YS-697-C (Japan), Nov 1966:
 CBS YS-697-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This double album compilation, in an exclusive gatefold sleeve, was actually released in Japan between the two parts of Blonde On Blonde! (see International Albums (Regular). |
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 CBS YS-697-C (Japan) - inside of gatefold sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
I previously misreported that Side 4 of this album had the stereo version of Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? - this is now confirmed to be the "standard" mono version, as found on Biograph (1985, remastered CD reissue 1997) and the 2001 Essential Bob Dylan/Ultimate Bob Dylan compilations. The only occurrence of the stereo version is on a CBS stereo acetate, see 1965. The superb stereo version is in circulation amongst collectors on several bootleg albums and should be released by Columbia. (The CBS Spanish 7" EP and singles released in 1972 are now proved to have the track in mispressed mono, not stereo.)
Side 1: House Of The Risin' Sun; Song To Woody; Gospel Plow; Talkin' New York; Talkin World War III Blues; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Side 2: Blowin' In The Wind; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Only A Pawn In Their Game; All I Really Want To Do; It Ain't Me, Babe
Side 3: Mr. Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Like A Rolling Stone; It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding); It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Side 4: Highway 61 Revisited; Positively 4th Street; Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (mono); One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later); Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; I Want You
All other tracks are the regular album versions.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Greatest Hits" - stereo compilation LP, CBS SBPG 62847 (UK), Mar 1967; CBS 460907 (UK) (date?)/Cassette: CBS 40-62847 (UK), 1970s:
 CBS SBPG 62847 (UK) - front (my copy) |
This album has the same serial number as the 1967 French release with the US
tracklist (see International
Albums (Regular), but had a different front cover picture (again by Jerry
Schatzberg) and a different tracklist from the US version - Positively 4th Street
is missing (which means that every track here had previously appeared on LP in
the UK), but is replaced by She Belongs To Me. (This swap was reversed on the
second Greatest Hits UK and US vinyl albums, see below!) There are two additional tracks:
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue and One Of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later). My copy
has matrix numbers: Side 1 - SBPG 62847 A2.Side 2 - SBPG 62847 B1 (Henry V.
Bell's copy has the same numbers). This album is included here for completeness, but also on the 1967 page because it contains rarities! Because of the large number of releases, full details are now here. |
 CBS S 62911 (NL) - LP front scan by Wim van der Mark |
Like the first Dutch Greatest Hits (see above), this album
had a quirky tracklist.
Gerd Rundel's West German copy has a sleeve that is laminated front and back and orange CBS labels (with the catalogue number shown as "CBS S 62 911"). The record has stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - S 62911 A 599287 A, Side 2 - S 62911 B 599287 B. |
 CBS S 62911 (West Germany) - LP front scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 CBS S 62911 (West Germany) - detail of LP front, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 CBS S 62 911 (West Germany) - detail of LP Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel |
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 Sony Music Media SMM 471243 6 (Germany) - CD front scan by Nol Grint |
 Sony Music Media SMM 471243 6 (Germany) - CD rear scan by Nol Grint |
 Columbia 471243 2 (Europe) - CD front scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia 471243 2 (Europe) - CD rear scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia 471243 2 (Europe) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
 CBS S 62 911 (West Germany) - LP Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel |
Scans of the 1967 Dutch rear and labels required! For the third Dutch Greatest Hits album, see below and 1967. This compilation was released in Italy as Il Meglio Di Bob Dylan N. 2 in 1975, see International Album Releases (Dylan-only Compilations 1970s). Thanks to Nol Grint for scans of a gold CD release in Germany in 2004 and to Jack from Canada for scans of the European CD (disc made in Austria).
Thanks to Wim van der Mark, Jack from Canada and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. III" - stereo LP: CBS S 63111 (Holland), 1967; CBS SBP 234735 (Australia), 1970s; CBS SBP 474357 (New Zealand), 1970s; CD: CBS 465034 2 (Australia), 1989, re-released mid-1990s and early 2000s:
 CBS S 63111 (NL) - LP front scan by Wim van der Mark |
This album (using the US Greatest Hits cover) is the last of the unique Dutch Greatest Hits set and is still on sale in Holland, which must cause confusion with the "regular" 1994 CD Greatest Hits Vol. 3! It's included here for completeness, but in more detail on the 1967 page because it contains rarities. Jon Wilson has a Greek vinyl release of this compilation - scans required. Gerd Rundel's Dutch vinyl copy has a sleeve that is laminated front and back. The record has orange CBS labels with stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - S 63111 1A, Side 2 - S 63111 1B. |
 CBS SBP 234735 (Australia) - LP front scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS 465034 2 (Australia) - copy on sale in Ireland in 2004 for €8.99 |
Tracklisting:
Side 1: Positively 4th Street; One Too Many Mornings; Pledging My Time (alternate stereo mix); She Belongs To Me; My Back Pages; All I Really Want To Do
Side 2: House Of The Rising Sun; Corrina, Corrina; Man Of Constant Sorrow; I Shall Be Free; Tombstone Blues; 4th Time Around (alternate stereo mix)
This album was also released on CD in 1989 in Australia as CBS 465034 2. It is currently on sale in Ireland as an import at a budget price of €8.99 ($10.91). Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for this album!
"Songy Boba Dylana" - stereo vinyl LP (record club release), Supraphon
1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia), 1968/"Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994
(Czechoslovakia), 1968:
This was the first Dylan album to appear in Czechoslovakia, all tracks are
the regular album versions. For details of the mono versions Supraphon 0 13 0434
and Supraphon SUA 15 994, see Mono
LPs - Dylan-only Compilations.
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The club edition had a 16 page pink booklet on thin paper with the English and translated lyrics of each song. Side 1: Blowin' In The Wind; Girl From The North Country; Don't Think Twice. It's All Right; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Only A Pawn In Their Game; All I Really Want To Do; It Ain't Me Babe |
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 Supraphon 1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 1 picture found on eBay by Ian Woodward |
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 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of rear, scan by Ronald Born (1970 release) |
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 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 2 of 1970 release, scan by Ronald Born |
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 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of Side 1 of 1971 release, scan by Ronald Born |
 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of Side 2 of 1970 release (no date code), scan by Stuart Torrence |
 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of Side 2 of 1970 release (misspelling of Just Like A Woman), scan by Stuart Torrence |
 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 2 of 1971 release, scan by Ronald Born |
Side 2: Love Minus Zero/No Limit; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Positively 4th Street; Highway 61 Revisited; I Want You; Just Like A Woman
The rear cover of Bob Dylan includes a picture of Bob from the Woody Guthrie Tribute Concert in Jan 1968 (not released until 1972) and the sleeve notes in English from Bringing It All Back Home. This album was also exported to Russia, which is why there is Russian text on the back cover below the picture saying "Songs of an American poet, composer and singer - Bob Dylan" (thanks to Artur Jarosinski for the translation). The two Supraphon album covers illustrated on the rear of the Bob Dylan sleeve are by Yves Montand and Duke Ellington, not Bob. Supraphon SAR ST 55 994 was reissued in 1970 and 1971 as "stereo/mono" with blue labels. The rear sleeve of the 1970 release was missing the Russian text and had "COMPATIBLE" under the Supraphon logo. However, the 1971 release reverted to the sleeve with the Russian text and omitted the "COMPATIBLE" (information from Ronald Born).
The numbers under the "SIDE 1" on a Supraphon record label indicate the six month period in which the record was issued, as the second number is always either "1" or "2". Thus the first release on red labels is the second half of 1968, the second release on blue labels is the second half of 1970, and the third release is the first half of 1971 (information from Ronald Born). As can be seen, the number is absent on Side 2. Thanks to Stuart Torrence for pointing out that on the 1970 release there is a misspelling on Side 2, in that Just Like A Woman" is listed as "Must Like A Woman"!
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Ronald Born for information and scans. Thanks to Ian Woodward for the stereo label picture of Supraphon 1 13 0434.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo vinyl compilation LP, CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan),
Jun 1969,
re-released 1975:
This album, which dates from 1969, not 1967 as listed earlier, has the same front cover as the US Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits release, but a different rear
cover and track list. It has a gatefold sleeve with the song lyrics in Japanese
inside. I previously reported this album was reissued in 1976 with the catalogue
number 25AP 276, but in fact 25AP 276 was a
copy of the Japanese book club album Greatest Hits FCPA-19 and has the
same tracklisting as the US Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (Columbia KCS 9463 stereo).
 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers (both releases) |
Tracklisting:
The 1969 release has plain orange CBS/Sony labels. Love Minus Zero/No Limit on Side 1 is mistitled as "Outlaw Blues/No Limit" on the commercial label but not on the promo label! (The song is listed correctly on the rear sleeve and plays correctly). |
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 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - reverse of booklet with discography, scan by Hans Seegers (both releases) |
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 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - detail of Side 1, scan by Gerd Rundel (1969 commercial release - error) |
 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (1969 commercial release) |
 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (1975 commercial release) |
 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Gerd Rundel (1975 commercial release) |
 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - front with top obi, scan by Gerd Rundel (1975 release) |
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 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - unfolded top obi, scan by Gerd Rundel (1975 release) |
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The 1975 reissue has orange/cream CBS/Sony labels and Love Minus Zero/No Limit is listed correctly on the Side 1 label. The 1975 release has an orange/white top obi with black text and price either ¥2,100 or ¥2,300. Hans Seegers has never seen a 1969 copy with an obi. Both releases have a 12" LP-sized booklet with the Milton Glaser poster on the front and a discography including 1968's John Wesley Harding on the back.
This album was previously listed in 1969 because it contained a then rarity:
R-0049 Positively 4th Street - 1965 mix - slightly longer at 4:12 as opposed to 3:56 on single version
This is the same as the version from 1965 Witmark tape and the 1966 Columbia compilation album Disco Teen '66. Carsten Baumann informs me that he's checked the version on this 1966 album against the version now included on the remastered Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (US release), and they are the same. This would mean it replaces the single version which is now to be found on CD only on Biograph (it's also on the non-US release The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, see 2000). Thanks also to David Goldsmith for confirmation. This stereo version of R-0049 has ceased to be a rarity, and has been moved to the new Released Rarities page. The mono version of R-0049, R-0049M, remains a rarity and is still listed for 1965 and 1966.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
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