Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II
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Original US stereo 2LP set, Columbia KG 31120, 17 Nov 1971. The front, rear and inner gatefold pictures are from the Concert For Bangladesh, Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 Aug 1971, for the Apple soundtrack album see 1972. The front and inside pictures are photographs by Barry Feinstein, the rear picture is a still from the Apple film The Concert For Bangladesh, see VHS & DVD 1970s. |
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Tracklisting:
Side 1: Watching the River Flow (recorded with Leon Russell and band at Blue Rock Studios, New York, 16-18 Mar 1971, released as a single Jun 1971); Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Lay, Lady, Lay; Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Side 2: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; All I Really Want To Do; My Back Pages; Maggie's Farm; Tonight I'll be Staying Here With You
Side 3: She Belongs To Me; All Along The Watchtower; Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) (recorded live with The Band at the Isle of Wight Festival, 31 Aug 1969, released on Self Portrait); Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall
Side 4: If Not For You; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Tomorrow Is A Long Time (live from New York Town Hall, 12 Apr 1963, previously unreleased and exclusive to this album); When I Paint My Masterpiece (recorded with Leon Russell and band at Blue Rock Studios, New York, 16-18 Mar 1971, previously unreleased and exclusive to this album); I Shall Be Released (recorded with Happy Traum at Columbia Studios, New York, 24 Sep 1971, previously unreleased and exclusive to this album); You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (recorded as I Shall Be Released); Down In The Flood (recorded as I Shall Be Released).
Except where noted, all tracks are from the original studio albums. Quinn The Eskimo, I Shall Be Released, You Ain't Goin' Nowhere and Down In The Flood are all later recordings of tracks originally recorded with The Band at Big Pink, West Saugerties, NY, Jun-Oct 1967. The original versions were subsequently released as follows:
The Basement Tapes (1975): You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; Down In The Flood
Biograph (1985): Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 (1991): I Shall Be Released
For albums with the title Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 with different tracklists, see International Albums (Dylan-only Compilations). For the UK release More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits, which has a slightly different tracklist, see here.
Ian Woodward has a copy of a contemporary Columbia US LP with an insert headed "SQ - The Quadraphonic Record" promoting the Columbia SQ Quadraphonic System which includes a list of available Columbia Quadraphonic LPs and 8-track Quadraphonic tape cartridges. This includes Nashville Skyline, where a Quadraphonic release is known to exist, but also Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 2, which to the best of my knowledge has never been available in Quadraphonic.
Vinyl and Tape Releases
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo vinyl 2LP set, Columbia KG 31120 (USA), 17 Nov 1971; Columbia PG 31120 (USA), mid-1970s:
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo vinyl 2LP set, Columbia KG 31120 (Canada), 17 Nov 1971; Columbia PG 31120 (Canada), mid-1970s:
Thanks to Robert Kornovich for scans of the original 1971 Canadian labels, which use the 1960s style with the "360° SOUND" - "STEREO" logo in white. Gord Pugh has a Canadian copy of the LP release where the catalogue number on the cover is PG 31120 but the discs are still KG 31120. It has a printed panel on the top right with the words "CONTAINS 2 RECORDS/ CONTIENT 2 DISQUES/ SPECIAL LOW PRICE" as shown for the mid-1970s copy. This is a Canadian re-release that used the original records in a reprinted cover. Derek Linfield has a copy of the same release where the catalogue number on the records is also KG 31120.
Manuel Garcia Jara has a mid-1970s copy of Columbia PG 31120 with a gold embossed promo stamp from CBS Records of Canada on the rear of the gatefold sleeve. The text is in French and English: "PRETE propriete exclusive de / COPY ON LOAN ONLY remains property of / CBS". This copy has the same record labels as those of Lars M. Banke, and the records of this copy have matrix numbers: Side 1 - AL-31121-1A, Side 2 - BL-31121-1B CG2, Side 3 - AL-31122-1B-2H,D,Z,K, Side 4 - BL-31122-1A 2HDK.
Lars M. Banke has a mid-1970s copy of Columbia PG 31120 bought in Sweden where the Columbia logo on the front sleeve has been covered by a black circular sticker. Unlike other copies of Canadian and US Columbia albums bought in Denmark around the same time, other Columbia logos on the sleeve and on the record labels have not been hidden.

Columbia PG 31120 (Canada) - detail of rear, scan by Lars M. Banke
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo reel-to-reel tape, Columbia GR 31120 (USA), 17 Nov 1971:
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo 8-track tape cartridge release, Columbia PGA 31120 (USA), 1971:
"More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits" - stereo vinyl 2LP sets, CBS S 67239 (UK/Ireland), Dec 1971, re-released mid-1970s:
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CBS S 67239 (UK) - front of gatefold sleeve (1971 release, my copy) |
For full details of this double album, see
here. It has a slightly different tracklist on Side 1 of Record 2 from the US
release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 2, For the original
UK 2LP vinyl release with a different tracklisting (Positively 4th Street
and New Morning instead of She Belongs To Me and It's All Over Now, Baby
Blue, which had already appeared on the first UK Greatest Hits
album), see here. The album was also released in Ireland in the mid-1970s with the same title and tracklist. |
![]() CBS 42-67239 (UK) - 8-track slipcase front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara |
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"More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits" - stereo 2LP set, CBS S 67239 (NL), 1971, re-released mid-1970s, 1987:
![]() CBS S 67239 (NL) - front (title in blue circle), scan by Rene Kejlskov Jørgensen (1970s releases) |
This Dutch album is a release of the 1971 UK More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits
album with the same catalogue number (see above). For full details, see
here. Thanks to Rene Kejlskov Jørgensen for information and scans. |
"Bob Dylan: Un Poeta Un Artista [Bob Dylan: A Poet An Artist]" - stereo 2LP set, CBS Sugar S 67239 (Italy), 1971; CBS S 67239 (Italy), late 1970s:
![]() CBS Sugar S 67239 (Italy) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara |
This Italian album is another release of the 1971 UK More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits
album with the same catalogue number (see above). For full details, see
here. Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara for information and scan. |
"More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits" - stereo 2LP set, CBS S 67239 (Portugal), mid-1970s, re-released 1980s:
![]() CBS S 67239 (Portugal) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara |
This Portuguese album is another release of the 1971 UK More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits
album with the same title and catalogue number (see above - strictly
speaking it's a version of the Dutch mid-1970s release with the same front
design with the title in a blue circle). For full details, see
here. This release has orange/yellow CBS labels and it
was re-released in the 1980s with red CBS labels. Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara for information and scan. |
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo vinyl 2LP set, CBS 66287 (Israel), 1971:
This set has the standard US tracklist. The gatefold sleeve is unusual because the inside photo is monochrome. Both the sleeve and the records were made in Israel. The catalogue number on the sleeve and spine is "S 66287", the same as the Spanish release below (the "S" is very hard to read on the front), but on the record labels it's just "66287". The records have orange CBS labels and stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - P AL 31121-1AA, Side 2 - P BL 31121-1AA, Side 3 - P AL 31122-1L, Side 4 - P BL 31122-1B.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl 2LP sets, CBS/Sony SONP 50450-51 (Japan), Nov 1971; CBS/Sony 40AP 282-3 (Japan), 1976:
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo vinyl 2LP set, CBS S2BP-220085 (SBP-234052/SBP-234053) (Australia), 1971, reissued late 1970s:
This set has catalogue number S2BP-220085. The early 1970s records have plain orange CBS labels and are numbered SBP-234052 and SBP-234053 respectively. The labels on the first release are a lighter orange and Sides 1-3 have a larger "CBS" within the centre logo with other differences from the second release labels as follows:
Side 1: track 4 is listed as "Stuck Inside Of Memphis With Thee" - on the second release it's changed to "Stuck Inside Of Memphis With The"
Side 2: Tracks 2 and 3 have no credits
Side 3: Track 2 has no credits
Side 4: text below logo printed higher.
Early Australian release labels had the text "MADE IN AUSTRALIA BY A REGISTERED USER OF THE TRADE MARKS" without a CBS copyright. This is because up to 1977 all Australian records were manufactured by the Australian Record Company (Pty) Ltd. (A.R.C.) on behalf of CBS. A.R.C. changed its name to CBS Records Australia Limited on 17 Oct 1977, and after that date the longer bottom edge text includes the CBS copyright information. The late 1970s release has orange/yellow new style CBS labels. The copyright text round the bottom edge was used from 17 Oct 1977 onwards. There may also be a release with orange/yellow labels and the shorter copyright text used before 1977.
Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo vinyl 2LP set, CBS SBP 473932 (New Zealand), 1971, re-released late 1970s:
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo vinyl 2LP set, CBS C 31122 (Singapore/Malaysia), 1971, later release CBS/Sony C 31122 (Malaysia), 1970s:
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo vinyl 2LP set, CBS KG 31120 (India), 1971:
Thanks to Arie de Reus for information and scans.
"Grandes Exitos Vol. II [Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II]" - stereo vinyl 2LP set, CBS S 66287 (Spain), 1972, re-released 1975, 1978, 1980, 1986:
1972 release (COFASA)
![]() CBS S 66287 (Spain) - front scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (COFASA and CBS releases) |
Even though the 1970 Spanish release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits had the 1967 UK tracklist, see here, this 2LP release had the US tracklist, so Positively 4th Street was missing from both albums. It has the US title on the front of the gatefold sleeve, but the Spanish title Grandes Exitos Vol. II on the spine. The gatefold sleeve was printed by Offset ALG of Madrid. The Discos CBS address is Calle Princesa 1, Madrid-13. The records were made in Spain by COFASA of Madrid for Discos CBS S.A. The inside of the gatefold sleeve has song titles in English and credits in Spanish. The records have orange CBS labels with song titles in English. The records of the copy shown have matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-31121-1H (stamped), Side 2 - PBL-31121-1F (stamped), Side 3 - P (handwritten) AL-31122-1J (stamped), Side 4 - PBL-31122-1AE (stamped). | |||
![]() CBS S 66287 (Spain) - detail of front, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (COFASA and CBS releases) |
![]() CBS S 66287 (Spain) - outside of gatefold sleeve, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (COFASA and CBS releases) |
![]() CBS S 66287 (Spain) - inside of gatefold sleeve, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (COFASA and CBS releases) |
![]() CBS S 66287 (Spain) - detail of inside of gatefold sleeve, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (COFASA and CBS releases) |
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![]() CBS S 66287 (Spain) - Side 1 scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (COFASA release) |
![]() CBS S 66287 (Spain) - detail of Side 1, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (COFASA release) |
![]() CBS S 66287 (Spain) - Side 2 scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (COFASA release) |
![]() CBS S 66287 (Spain) - Side 3 scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (COFASA release) |
![]() CBS S 66287 (Spain) - Side 4 scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (COFASA release) |

CBS
S 66287
(Spain) - detail of spine, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (COFASA and CBS releases)
1972 release (CBS)
The next Spanish release of this album was later in 1972. The sleeve was identical, but this time the records were made by CBS. The records have CBS orange labels, but with a different text layout from the COFASA labels. The matrix numbers of the records of the copy shown are: Side 1- PBL 31121-1F, Side 2 - PAL 31121-1AA, Side 3 - PAL 31121-1J, Side 4 - PBL 31121-1AE.
1975 release
The 1975 release had the same gatefold sleeve as the 1972 releases, this time with a pink sticker with black text "ALBUM 2 DISCOS PRECIO ESPECIAL [2 DISC ALBUM SPECIAL PRICE]". The 1975 records had orange/yellow CBS labels and were made by Discos CBS S.A. themselves. The 1975 records of the copy shown have stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-31121-1H, Side 2 - PBL-31121-1F, Side 3 - PAL-31122-1L, Side 4 - PBL-31122-1AE.
1978 release
The records again have orange/yellow CBS labels, but the labels of this copy are different - Sides 1 and 2 have the same labels as the 1975 release, while Sides 3 and 4 have a different text layout. The Sides 1 and 2 labels have text on three lines to the left of the centre hole, while the Sides 3 and 4 labels have text on four lines. Manuel thinks, as for the 1978 Spanish release of Self Portrait, CBS used sleeves and record 1s from stock and just ordered new copies of record 2! The 1978 records of the copy shown have stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL-31121-1H, Side 2 - PBL-31121-1F, Side 3 - PAL-31122-1L, Side 4 - 65287-10.
1980 release
The 1980 labels have reverted to the 1975 orange/yellow design! (The same situation occurs with the 1980 Spanish release of Self Portrait.) The records of the copy shown have stamped matrix numbers: Side 1 - 66287-1-A0, Side 2 - 66287-1-B0, Side 3 - 66287-C0, Side 4 - 65287-D.

CBS
S 66287
(Spain) - detail of spine, scan by Manuel Garcia Jara (1980 and 1986 releases)
1986 release
This release has the same sleeve as the 1980 release, again with the old Discos CBS S.A. address of Calle Princesa 1, Madrid-13. The records have red CBS labels and the copy shown has stamped matrix numbers which are still: Side 1 - 66287-1-A0, Side 2 - 66287-1-B0, Side 3 - 66287-C0, Side 4 - 65287-D.
Thanks to Manuel Garcia Jara for information and scans.
"Grandes Exitos Vol. II [Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II]" - stereo cassette releases, CBS 40-66287 (Spain), 1976 (twice):
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo vinyl 2LP set, PRC Records PRC-5220 (Taiwan), 1970s:
![]() PRC Records PRC-5220 (Taiwan) - front scan by Allan Burger |
This release was legal in Taiwan at the time of release,
but was produced without authorisation from Columbia. Because of this full
details are in Questionable Releases.
Thanks to Allan Burger for information and scan. |
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo cassette, CBS 2PC 085 (Australia), 1970s:
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - stereo vinyl 2LP set, CBS/Sony LP-1565-66/40AP 282-3 (Philippines), 1980s:
CD Releases
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - 2CD set releases, Columbia C2K 31120 (USA)/Columbia WC2K 31220 (Canada)/Columbia CC2K 31220 (Canada), (dates?):
"More Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - 2CD remastered releases, CBS CSCBS 67239 (Europe), late 1980s; Columbia 467851 2 (Europe), 1997:
For the original 1971 UK 2LP vinyl release with a different tracklisting (Positively 4th Street and New Morning instead of She Belongs To Me and It's All Over Now, Baby Blue, which had already appeared on the first UK Greatest Hits album), see here. As explained there, this means that She Belongs To Me and It's All Over Now, Baby Blue appear on each of the current CD versions of the first two UK Greatest Hits albums, while Positively 4th Street and New Morning are missing! Positively 4th Street is on Biograph, but New Morning appears now only on its own album for UK CD buyers.
The 1980s CBS set is in a double-width 2CD jewel case, the 1997 Columbia release is in a slimline 2CD jewel case. The 1980s CBS release has the title in a blue circle on the front insert as for the 1987 Dutch release of the 2LP set, see here. The 1997 "Nice Price" front sticker text is "24-bit Digitally Remastered! Restored to original packaging!"
Thanks to Peter Coulthard for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - 2CD set promo and commercial releases, CBS/Sony 48DP 1031-2 (Japan), 1987, reissued 1989:
CBS/Sony 48DP 1031-2 (1987) came in an old-style double-width 2CD jewel case. It had a dark-green/white obi in the "CBS CD Rock Classics 100" series with price ¥4,800 (the "48" in the catalogue number indicated the price). This was before Japan introduced sales tax. It was reissued in 1989 after the introduction of sales tax with a new obi price of ¥4,511 (¥4,380 plus sales tax).
Thanks to Hans Seegers and Wil Gielen for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - 2CD set promo and commercial releases, Sony Records SRCS 9009-10 (Japan), 22 Nov 1995:
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - 2CD set promo and commercial releases, Sony Records SRCS 9482-3 (Japan), 22 Sep 1999:
"More Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - 2CD set, Columbia CDANIC 061 (South Africa), 1991:
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - 2CD set, Columbia 2467581 (Argentina), (date?):
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"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - 2CD remastered release, Columbia C2K 65976 (USA/Canada), 1997:
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - 2CD set remastered release, Columbia/Legacy 494799 2 (Australia), 1997:
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - promo and commercial remastered 2CD releases, Sony Music MHCP 838-9 (Japan), 21 Sep 2005:
The front sticker, different from the ones on the 2004 Japanese releases in card sleeves, advertises the free six-track CD Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963 (see 2005). In Japan this can only be obtained in exchange for five tokens, one from each of the following newly-released albums:
Thanks to Michio Kinoshita for information about these albums and to Hans Seegers for scans of the promo release.
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - promo remastered 2CD release, Sony Music MHCP 1216-17 (Japan), 20 Dec 2006:
"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II" - Blu-spec 2CD set release, Sony Music SICP 20222-3 (Japan), 30 Sep 2009:
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