The Rock Machine Turns You On, the first CBS UK commercial sampler album,
1968 (the "Heath Robinson" style cover drawing is by Milton Glaser)
There must be hundreds of these albums from round the world! This section 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 09 March, 2010.
This is a separate multi-year list by release date of commercially-released Various Artist stereo compilation albums released between 1962 and 1969 that have been referred to me but do not qualify for my Searching For A Gem list because they contain only Bob Dylan performances which are 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. Promo-only Various Artist compilation albums with Dylan tracks including radio station albums are now included here also.
To eliminate cross-references there are now no links to other pages in this list, please use the links at the top and bottom of the page.
1962
Various Artists - "Zenith Presents... All Star Hootenanny"
- stereo compilation vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products CSP 149 (USA), 1962:
There was also a mono album CLP 149, listed on the Various Artist
Compilations page of Mono Album Releases.
![]() CSP 149 (USA) - front cover scan by Hans Seegers featuring "Bobby Dylan" |
Zenith was a manufacturer of audio equipment at the time, and sponsored this album. This is not the same album as the later Columbia All Star Hootenanny (CL 2122/CS 8922, USA, Nov 1964, see below and 1964). |
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![]() CSP 149 (USA) - side 2 label scan by Hans Seegers (non-Dylan) |
Here Bob is represented by Freight Train Blues, Pretty Peggy-O and Corrina, Corrina, the regular album versions from Bob Dylan. The other artists are Pete Seeger, Orriel Smith and the Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem.
Thanks to Gord Pugh and Hans Seegers for information and scans. Thanks also to Gord Pugh for scanning the sleeve notes. Relating to Bob they say: "Bob Dylan is a fast-rising young man who has crossed and re-crossed the country, learning songs and writing them himself. Possessor of a compelling vocal style, Bob is heard to especial advantage on Freight Train Blues, Pretty Peggy-O and Corrina, Corrina." Confusingly, Bob is named as "Bobby" Dylan on the front cover and on the label!
For a 1966 Zenith sponsored compilation album with a rarity, Zenith Salutes... The Teen Sound, see 1966. For a 1966 Zenith sponsored compilation album with two album tracks, Zenith Salutes... The Folk Singers, see below.
1964
Various Artists - "Newport Broadside (Topical Songs)" - stereo vinyl LP, Vanguard VSD 79144 (USA), 1964:
![]() Vanguard VSD-79144 (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob appears on two songs recorded at the Newport Folk Festival, Jul
1963. Because these performances are rarities, full details are in 1964. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Various Artists - "The Newport Folk Festival - 1963: The Evening Concerts Vol. 1" - stereo vinyl LP, Vanguard VSD-79148 (USA), May 1964:
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1963. Because these performances are rarities, full details are in 1964. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
Various Artists - "All Star Hootenanny" - stereo vinyl LP, Columbia CS 8922 (USA), CBS SBPG 62217 (UK), Nov 1964:
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1965
Various Artists - "80 Biggest Hits By The Star Who Made Them Famous" - limited edition stereo boxed 4LP set, Columbia Record Club DS 78 (USA), 1965:
![]() Columbia Record Club DS 78 (USA) - box front scan by Hans Seegers |
There is also a mono version of this set, Columbia Record Club D 78, see
the Various Artist Compilations page of
Mono Album Releases. This stereo version is very rare indeed, as it was produced in much smaller quantities than the mono version. The same box and sleeves were used for D 78 and DS 78, only the records are different. Scans of the stereo records required! Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
![]() Columbia Record Club DS 78 (USA) - Record 1 sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "Folk Jamboree" - stereo compilation vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products CSP 205 (USA), 1965:
Various Artists - "Hootenanny Special" - stereo compilation vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products CSP 216 (USA), 1965:
![]() Columbia Special Products CSP 216 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob's contributions
to this limited edition compilation produced in association with Zenith were Don't Think Twice, It's All Right from The
Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
and House Of The Rising Sun from his first album. For the
mono version of this album, see the Various Artist
Compilations page of Mono Album Releases. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
![]() Columbia Special Products CSP 216 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "Great Entertainers - The Folk Sound" - stereo compilation vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products CSP 270 (USA), 1965:
Various Artists - "Great Entertainers - Sing Folk" - stereo compilation vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products CSP 271 (USA), 1965:
Various Artists - "When We're Together ...With The Folk Sound" - stereo compilation vinyl LP, Philco/Columbia Special Products CSP 280-S (USA), 1965:
![]() Columbia Special Products CSP 280-S (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This album is a limited edition release manufactured by Columbia Special
Products for customers of Philco, a US subsidiary of the Ford Motor Company.
(In Europe there was a different Philco, a small appliance subsidiary of
the Dutch electrical company Philips.) Although the Dylan album illustrated on the front cover is Bob's first
album Bob Dylan, Bob's contribution was actually Mr. Tambourine Man
from Bringing It All Back Home.
There is also a mono version of this album, CSP 280-M, see the Various Artist Compilations page of Mono Album Releases. Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz for initial information and to Hans Seegers for further information and scans. |
![]() Columbia Special Products CSP 280-S (USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Columbia Special Products CSP 280-S (USA) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "The Folk Sound" - stereo compilation vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products CSP 299 (USA), 1965:
Various Artists - "Contact: Sounds of Mod" - stereo compilation vinyl LP,
Columbia Special Products CSP 314 (USA), 1965:
Another attempt by Columbia to put Bob into a pigeonhole where he didn't
belong!
Various Artists - "Fleetwood Presents Stereo Highlights From The World Of Music" - stereo 10LP boxed set, Columbia Special Products CSPS-10 322F (Canada), 1965:
![]() Columbia Special Products CSPS-10 322F (Canada) - front of box, scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob's contribution is Talkin' New York from his first
album, plus an appearance playing harmonica on I'll Fly Away for Carolyn Hester,
from her first Columbia album Carolyn Hester. As this
is a rarity, for full details of this set,
see 1965. For Carolyn
Hester's original album, see 1962. Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for initial information, and to Hans Seegers for further information and scan. |
Various Artists - "It's Happenin' Here!" - stereo compilation vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products CSP 333/CSM 333 (USA), 1965:
Various Artists - "Just Plain Folk" - stereo compilation vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products CSS 344 (USA), 1965:
Various Artists - "Disco Teen '65" - limited edition vinyl LP, Columbia Record Club DS 81 (USA), 1965:
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Columbia Record Club DS 81 (USA) - front photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz |
Bob's contribution was Subterranean Homesick Blues. This was immediately
preceded by the Byrds' version of Mr. Tambourine Man.
For the stereo Disco Teen '66, which contains an alternate mix of Positively 4th St. which has now been released on CD, see below. For the mono release of this album, see the Various Artist Compilations page of Mono Album Releases. Information and photo from Ulf Gyllenspetz. |
Various Artists - "Great Folk Songs Vol. 2" - stereo compilation vinyl LP, CBS S 62 632 (West Germany), 1965:
Various Artists - "Beat Meets Folk" - stereo compilation vinyl LP, CBS S 62 700 (West Germany), 1965:
There's a nice photo of Gene Clark playing David Crosby's guitar during an early Byrds studio session on the front cover! The rear cover shows twelve current West German CBS albums in black and white, and the inner sleeve shows sixteen more in colour. The record has orange CBS labels.
Bob's contributions were It's All Over Now, Baby Blue on Side 1 and Tombstone Blues on Side 2. Both are the standard stereo album versions. Other artists include the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, Chad & Jeremy, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Pete Seeger, The Christy Minstrels, The Carter Family, The Brothers Four and The Jordanaires.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Raoul Verolleman for scans.
Various Artists - "All About American Folk Songs" - promo and commercial stereo compilation vinyl LPs, CBS YS-527-C (Japan), Dec 1965:
The promo release has white labels with a stamped date "40 12". This means Dec 1965, as Wil Gielen explains: The white labels have a very small date (40 - 12) hand-stamped on each side - the “40” is the Japanese year "Showa 40" (40th year of the reign of the Emperor Showa) which corresponds to 1965 in the 'western' calendar. The "12" on the label is for December. It's interesting that even now Japan uses its own system for calendar years, and each ends when the Emperor dies, and starts again when the new Emperor is announced. The current Emperor was crowned in 1988 and so that was "year zero" for his era (the Heisei era), and now we are in year "Heisei 20". This is used on newspapers, official documents, application forms, birthdays etc (but not on CD release dates) more often than our "Western" 2008 year. It's very confusing for non-Japanese, because you need also to know the era and the year to identify the correct year.
Thanks to Hanns Peter Bushoff for initial information and to Hans Seegers and Wil Gielen for further information and scans.
1966
Various Artists - "This Is Folk Rock!" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS YS-579-C (Japan), Feb 1966:
Despite the fact that Bob always rejected claims he invented or ever played
"folk rock", CBS insisted in sticking that label on him! For the
second album release in this series from Jul 1966, which contained two rarities,
see below and 1966.
![]() CBS YS-579-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; Highway 61 Revisited; All I Really Want To
Do
Side 2: Mr. Tambourine Man; From A Buick 6 ("regular" version, not alternate take with harmonica intro on the Japanese album, see 1965); Subterranean Homesick Blues The other tracks on the album are from the Byrds and Chad & Jeremy. Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans and information. |
![]() CBS YS-579-C (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob Dylan/Pete Seeger: "No More War!!/Protest Songs" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS YS-608-C (Japan), May 1966:
Various Artists - "This Is Folk Rock Vol. 2" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS YS-665-C (Japan), Jul 1966:
Despite the fact that Bob always rejected claims he invented or ever played
"folk rock", CBS insisted in sticking that label on him! For the first
album in the This Is Folk Rock series, see above.
![]() CBS YS-665-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Side 1 had a rarity, :Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - single edit, 2:26
(stereo). Side 2 had One Of Must Know (Sooner Or Later) but it was the
regular stereo album version. For the complete entry for this album, see 1966. Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans and information. |
Various Artists - "Folk Song De Luxe" - stereo compilation vinyl LP, CBS XS-8-C (Japan), Sep 1966:
Various Artists - "Disco Teen '66" - limited edition stereo vinyl LP, Columbia Record Club DS 155 (USA), 1966:
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R-0049 Positively 4th St - alternate stereo mix, longer
than standard single release
Carsten Baumann informs me that he's checked the version on this 1966 album (also on the 1965 Witmark tape, see 1965) 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. The stereo version, R-0049, is therefore no longer a rarity. The mono version, R-0672, remains a rarity, and is still listed for 1965 and 1966. John Goodwin has a copy of this album with Side 2 labels on both sides. the record is however pressed correctly and does play Positively 4th Street. For the previous release in this series, Disco Teen '65, which contains Subterranean Homesick Blues, see above. For the mono release of this album, see the Various Artist Compilations page of Mono Album Releases. |
Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger: "Protest And Folk Song: Blowin' in The Wind" - vinyl album, CBS Special Products H 015, Deutsche Schallplattenclub [German Mail Order Record Club], (West Germany), 1966:
Various Artists - "Zenith Salutes... The Teen Sound" - stereo vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products CSS 223 (USA), 1966:
![]() Columbia Special Products CSS 523 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob's contribution is Pledging My Time, an alternate stereo mix to the
one on Blonde On Blonde. Because this is a rarity, full details are in 1966. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
Various Artists - "Zenith Salutes... The Folk Singers" - compilation stereo vinyl LP, Columbia Special Products CSS 226 (USA), 1966:
Various Artists - "Constanze: The Best Of Folk & Protest" - compilation stereo vinyl LP, CBS S 62 804 (West Germany), 1966(?):
1967
Various Artists - "The Best of '66 Volume One" - compilation stereo vinyl LP, Columbia TBS 1 (USA), Jan 1967:
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![]() Columbia TBS 1 (USA) - Columbia 1967 datebook, scan by Hans Seegers |
This album was sold for 99¢ with the purchase of another Columbia album. It included a 1967 "datebook" (calendar) with an "obi" that wraps around the right of the front cover. To find the album complete with the datebook is very rare!
Bob's contribution is I Want You from Blonde On Blonde.
For the mono release of this album, see the Various Artist Compilations page of Mono Album Releases.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Various Artists - "CBS Showcase 1" - promo stereo vinyl LP, CBS SC 1 (UK), Jan 1967:
Various Artists - "CBS Showcase" - compilation vinyl 2LP set, CBS 66205/PR 15 (UK), 1967:
Various Artists - "Zenith Salutes... The World Of Stereo" - stereo vinyl 5LP boxed set, Columbia Special Products ZS 5 (USA), 1966:
![]() Columbia Special Products ZS 5 (USA) - front of box, picture found by Tim Dunn |
This boxed set includes the 1966 album
Zenith Salutes... The Teen Sound, see above. Bob's contribution to that
compilation is Pledging My Time, an alternate stereo mix to the
one on Blonde On Blonde. None of the other albums contain a Dylan
track. Because this is a rarity, full details are in 1966. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
Various Artists - "The Hit Sounds Of '67" - compilation stereo vinyl LP, CBS S 62 943 (West Germany), 1967:
1968
Various Artists - "The Rock Machine Turns You On" - sampler vinyl LP, CBS SPR 22 (UK), 1968:
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CBS SPR 22 (UK) - front (my copy) |
This was the first "sampler" album to be produced by CBS that was sold commercially in the UK as a general release (previous releases like the ones above had been limited editions). It was extremely successful, both in its own right and in terms of generating sales for the featured albums, all of which were newly released at the time. The front has a fabulous Victorian-style illustration of a "rock machine" by Milton Glaser! (For Milton Glaser's famous 1967 Dylan poster see Part 1). Bob's contribution is I'll Be Your Baby Tonight from John Wesley Harding. Other artists included are Leonard Cohen, Simon & Garfunkel, The Byrds, Blood, Sweat and Tears featuring Al Kooper, and The Electric Flag featuring Mike Bloomfield. This stereo release is housed in the mono PR 22 sleeve with a white Stereo/arrows logo sticker. The generic CBS UK paper inner sleeve has a cut-out for the record label and has the theme "The Sound Of Entertainment". Current CBS albums are illustrated on the front, including the 1967 UK version of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, and all Bob's UK albums are listed on the back amongst albums from others. The record has orange CBS labels with the "STEREO" logo to the left of the centre CBS logo. For the mono release of this album, CBS PR 22, see Mono LPs - Various Artists Compilations. The mono release has a slightly different inner sleeve and labels without the "STEREO" logo. |
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CBS SPR 22 (UK) -
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This album was reissued on CD in 1996, see below.
Various Artists - "The Rock Machine Turns You On" - compilation CD, Columbia/Rewind 484439 2 (UK), 1996:
This CD reissue of the groundbreaking 1968 compilation album was manufactured in Austria for the UK market, and also exported to France and Holland. Bob's contribution is I'll Be Your Baby Tonight from John Wesley Harding. For the original 1968 release, see above. It's included here and not in the 1990s because this is an exact reissue of a 1960s album,
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Various Artists - "That's Underground" - compilation stereo vinyl LP, CBS SPR 23 (West Germany), 1968; "Pop Revolution" - compilation vinyl LP, CBS SPR 23 (Israel), 1968; "The CBS Rock Machine Turns You On" - compilation vinyl LP, CBS ASF 1356 (South Africa), 1969:
Bob's contribution to these three incarnations of the same LP with different titles is Highway 61 Revisited on Side 2.
The West German and Israeli albums have the same catalogue number and on the rear sleeve the familiar words "The Rock Machine Turns You On". The Israeli album has the additional text "From The Underground" on the front sleeve. The West German and South African records are on distinctive "psychedelic" multicoloured vinyl, but all three records have orange CBS labels. The South African release uses a variant of the UK Rock Machine sleeve with the Milton Glaser picture, and has three squares cut out to show the coloured vinyl. All three rear sleeves show pictures of other contemporary CBS releases.
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Patrick Helfrich for information and scans.
1969
Various Artists - "Columbia Records Hall Of Fame Vol. VII: 1964-1965-1966" - promo vinyl LP, Columbia AE2 1018 (USA), 1969:
Various Artists - "Armed Forces Radio And Television Service TP-339" - radio station disc prepared for the US Armed Forces, afrts TP-339 (USA), 1969:
![]() afrts TP-339 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Truman Peyote |
Bob's contribution to this disc is I Threw It All Away from Nashville
Skyline. Thanks to Truman Peyote for the information and scan. |
Various Artists - "The Groovy Sounds" - compilation stereo vinyl LP, CBS SCEB-006 (Australia), 1969:
Various Artists - "Winter Hit Parade" - compilation stereo vinyl LP, CBS S 63933 (Israel), 1969:
For later entries in this list, see the links below:
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