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.!
See the Promotional Albums pages of International Promotional Releases for promo-only Dylan compilation albums. Other International 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
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Revised 10 July, 2008.
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!" - 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 |
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. |
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 CBS YS-537-C (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 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) |
"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). Side 1: Blowin' In The Wind; Don't Think Twice It's Alright; Queen Jane Approximately; Maggie's Farm; Mr. Tambourine Man; Bob Dylan's Blues Side 2: The Times They Are A-Changin'; It Ain't Me, Babe; Subterranean Homesick Blues; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Like A Rolling Stone; Highway 61 Revisited 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. 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. There were also releases in the 1970s with variant rear sleeves as shown below 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". |
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 CBS S 62 694 (NL) - picture from eBay (1970s release) |
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 CBS S 62694 (NL) - front detail without shadow, scan by Patrick Helfrich (1960s release) |
 CBS S 62694 (NL) - Side 1 scan by Patrick Helfrich (1960s release) |
 CBS S 62694 (NL) - front detail with shadow, scan by Patrick Helfrich (1990s release) |
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 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - alternate Side 1 scan by Patrick Helfrich (1960s release) |
 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - front picture from eil.com |
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 CBS S 62 694 (West Germany) - Side 1 scan by Patrick Helfrich (1970s releases) |
 CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslavakia) - rear scan by Patrick Helfrich |
 CBS/Supraphon 1113 4398 (Czechoslavakia) - Side 1 scan by Patrick Helfrich |
 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) |
"Bob Dylan Vol. 2" - vinyl album, CBS YS-585-C (Japan), Mar 1966:
This release, also in the "College Folk Series", uses
the Freewheelin' cover this time, but again has no songs from that
album!
 CBS YS-585-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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) replaced by Maggie's Farm from Bringing It All Back Home! Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans and information. |
 CBS YS-585-C (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 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 album, 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 |
As these Dylan acetate LPs are pre-release only, full details are in Promotional Albums Dylan-only. |
"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 |
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 CBS YS-697-C (Japan) - inside of gatefold sleeve 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).
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 LP, CBS SBGP 62847/CBS 460907 (UK), Mar 1967/Cassette: CBS 40-62847 (UK), 1970s:
 CBS SBGP 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! Note the same sleeve was used for both mono and stereo albums - the stereo album has a gold foil "Stereo" sticker to the left of the CBS logo on the rear sleeve. For the mono version of the album, see both 1967 and Mono Album Releases. Thanks to Hans Seegers that this vinyl album was reissued in the 1970s with orange/yellow labels (same catalogue number), and in the 1980s with red labels and a new catalogue number - CBS 460907 (which is the the number used today for the UK remastered CD release). Thanks to Patrick Helfrich for the label scan from the 1970s release. |
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 CBS SBGP 62847 (UK) - detail of front, same for stereo and mono |
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 CBS SBGP 62847 (UK) - Side 2 of stereo album ("Blossom Music"/"B. Feldman") |
 CBS SBGP 62847 (UK) - Side 1 of stereo album scan by Patrick Helfrich (1970s re-release) |
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 CBS 40-62847 (UK) - cassette insert front, scan by Phil Beale |
Phil Beale has a cassette copy of this album, CBS 40-62847, which has the same track listing as above, although She Belongs To Me on Side 1 and Just Like A Woman on Side 2 are reversed. The surprise is that Like A Rolling Stone on Side 2 is the live version from the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival from Self Portrait, not the expected studio version from Highway 61 Revisited. There's no indication on the cassette insert. Hans Seegers informs me that this variant, obviously a CBS mistake, is known to collectors. |
 CBS 40-62847 (UK) - cassette insert inside, scan by Phil Beale |
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 CBS 40-62847 (NL)- front of insert, scan by Nol Grint |
Nol Grint's 1974 Dutch cassette copy with the same catalogue number has a unique edit of Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (2:06). As this is a rarity, full details are in 1974. |
 CBS 40-62847 (NL)- Side 1 scan by Nol Grint |
 CBS 40-62847 (NL)- inside of insert, scan by Nol Grint |
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"Greatest Hits" - stereo LP, CBS S 62847 (Israel), 1967:
 CBS S 62847 (Israel) - front scan by Nol Grint |
This LP is a version of the UK release - compare the front
top right hand corners. The rear sleeve is different with only two album
pictures. Bob Johnston's name is misspelled "Johnson". The record has orange CBS labels with "MADE IN ISRAEL" in English and Hebrew. Bob Johnston's name is again misspelled "Johnson" on Side 2. Thanks to Nol Grint for information and scans. |
 CBS S 62847 (Israel) - rear scan by Nol Grint |
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 CBS S 62847 (Israel) - detail of front, scan by Nol Grint (compare with UK release) |
 CBS S 62847 (Israel) - Side 1 scan by Nol Grint |
 CBS S 62847 (Israel) - Side 2 scan by Nol Grint |
 CBS S 62847 (Israel) - detail of Side 2, scan by Nol Grint |
 CBS S 62847 (Israel) - detail of rear, scan by Nol Grint |
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo LP, Sony SONX 60044 (Japan), 1967:
This album has the same front cover as the US Greatest Hits release, but a different rear
cover. 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 Greatest Hits (Columbia KCS 9463 stereo).
 Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Side 1: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; Blowin' In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; It Ain't Me, Babe: Love Minus Zero/No Limit Side 2: Mr Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; I Want You; Positively 4th Street; Just Like A Woman; Highway 61 Revisited This album was previously listed in 1967 because it contained a 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 (not giving them separate R-numbers was a mistake on my part) remains a rarity, and is still listed for 1965 and 1966. Information and scans from Hans Seegers. |
 Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS S 62911 (NL) - scan by Wim van der Mark |
Like the first Dutch Greatest Hits (see above), this album
had a quirky tracklist.
Side 1: I Want You; One Of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later); It Takes A Lot To Laugh (It Takes A Train To Cry); Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues; Masters Of War; Chimes Of Freedom Side 2: Just Like A Woman; Obviously 5 Believers; Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35; Gates Of Eden; Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat; Absolutely Sweet Marie (misspelled as "Mary") For the third Dutch Greatest Hits album, see 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). |
 Sony Music Media SMM 471243 6 (Germany) - front scan by Nol Grint |
 Sony Music Media SMM 471243 6 (Germany) - rear scan by Nol Grint |
 Columbia 471243 2 (Europe) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia 471243 2 (Europe) - rear scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia 471243 2 (Europe) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. III" - stereo LP, CBS S 63111 (NL), 1967:
 CBS S 63111 (NL) - 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 also on the 1967
page because it contains rarities. Jon Wilson has a Greek vinyl release of this
compilation - scans required.
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! |
 CBS 465034 2 (Australia) - copy on sale in Ireland in 2004 for €8.99 |
"Songy Boba Dylana" - stereo vinyl album (record club release), Supraphon
1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia), 1968/"Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl album, 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; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Only A Pawn In Their Game; All I Really Want To Do; It Ain't Me Babe 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). 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. |
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 Supraphon 1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 1 picture found on eBay by Ian Woodward |
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 Supraphon 1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia) - booklet front scan by Ronald Born |
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 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - detail of rear, scan by Ronald Born (1970 release) |
 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 1 of 1968 release, scan by Hans Seegers (the mono version has blue labels) |
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 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 2 of 1970 release, scan by Ronald Born |
 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - Side 1 of 1971 release, scan by Ronald Born |
 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 |
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"!
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