Grand Prix 20, compilation exclusive to Japan, 1976
Grand Prix 20, compilation exclusive to Japan, 1976
This is the second part of a separate multi-year list by release date of commercially-released stereo Dylan-only 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.! All promo-only Dylan compilation albums are now here also.
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 12 June, 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.
1970
"Gift Pack Series: Bob Dylan"- deluxe 2LP boxed set, CBS/Sony SOPB 55117/55118
(Japan), Nov 1970:
This is the first of a large number of unique compilations released by CBS/Sony in
Japan, most as boxed sets, but all with unique packaging and extras!
 CBS/Sony SOPB 55117/18 (Japan) - front scan with corner obi by Hans Seegers |
Thanks to Shawn Chambers for information: "This is Vol. 9 in the first Gift Pack Series issued in Nov 1970 to commemorate the second anniversary of CBS/Sony in Japan. It is a numbered, limited edition, 2-record box set issued with a booklet and colour poster." The number is printed on the unique corner obi (detail shown below). I am now positively informed that the version of Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? in this set is in mono, and not the stereo version unavailable on commercial CD. The version available as on Masterpieces (1978) and Biograph (1985, remastered CD reissue 1997) and the 2001 Essential Bob Dylan/Ultimate Bob Dylan compilations is also from the original single and still in mono! 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: Lay, Lay, Lay; John Wesley Harding; Girl From The North Country (with Johnny Cash); I Pity The Poor Immigrant; I Threw It All Away. Side 2: Like A Rolling Stone; Mr. Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?; Highway 61 Revisited. Side 3: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; I Want You; Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands (mistitled as "Lowland" on the cover and misspelled as "Lawland" on the record label). [This is the only place this song appears on a Dylan album other than on Blonde On Blonde!] Side 4: Blowin' In The Wind; When The Ship Comes In; My Back Pages; House Of The Rising Sun; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; The Times They Are A-Changin'. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans. Thanks also to Ulf Gyllenspetz. |
 CBS/Sony SOPB 55117/18 (Japan) - insert scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony SOPB 55117/18 (Japan) - Side 3 with "Lawland" misspelling, scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony SOPB 55117/18 (Japan) - detail from obi with stamped number, scan by Hans Seegers |
1971
"Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits 2" - promo LP, CBS S 62911 (Italy), 22 Jul 1971:
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The record has orange labels marked "stereo/mono" with stamped matrix numbers: S CI 62911 1/2L 22/7/71. From the catalogue number, this album is the same as the 1967 Dutch release above. The sleeve is rubber stamped: ‘DISCO CAMPIONE NON VENDIBILE’, and has two 2 folded over flaps. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information. |
"Greatest Hits Vol. 2" - stereo vinyl LP (1?), CBS 64618 (UK), 1971(?):
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This album is advertised on the inner sleeve for CBS 67239 below. It has
an earlier catalogue number from the More Greatest Hits album, but
must date from 1971 because it includes Watching The River Flow.
More information required - this could just be a mistake! |
"Gift Pack Series: Bob Dylan" - deluxe 2LP boxed set, CBS/Sony SOPB 55153/54 (Japan), Nov 1971:
"More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits" - stereo vinyl 2LP sets, CBS S 67239 (UK/Ireland), Dec 1971, re-released 1970s, 1980s:
 CBS S 67239 (UK) - front of gatefold sleeve (my copy, 1971 release) |
Like the first UK Greatest Hits (see
1967), this album had a different tracklist from the US version Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
Vol. II (Columbia KG 31120, 17 Nov 1971) - Positively 4th Street replaced She Belongs To Me as the first track on
disc 2 (Positively 4th St. was missing from the 1967 UK Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits,
where She Belongs To Me replaced it.). On Side 4, It's All Over Now, Baby Blue,
which had also appeared on the 1967 UK Greatest Hits album as one
of the two extra tracks, was replaced as track 2 by New Morning. The 1971 records have individual catalogue numbers S 64768 and S 64769 and are contained in the inner sleeves shown, with the theme "The Greatest Hits are on CBS", showing all the Greatest Hits albums currently on the label. Intriguingly, the reverse shows two Greatest Hits albums by Bob - the first (CBS 62847) is the expected album, but the second has an otherwise unexplained catalogue number (CBS 64618) - see above. |
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 CBS S 67239 (Ireland) Side 1 scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin (late 1970s release) |
 CBS S 67239 (Ireland) Side 2 scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin (late 1970s release) |
 CBS S 67239 (Ireland) Side 3 scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin (late 1970s release) |
 CBS S 67239 (Ireland) Side 4 scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin (late 1970s release) |
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 CBS 1971 inner sleeve - front |
 CBS 1971 inner sleeve - back |
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 CBS S 67239 (UK) - Disc 2, Side 3 photo by Jan Doczyn (1980s release) |
The matrix numbers of the records of my copy are:
Side 1 - S 64768 A1 S 67239 A (stamped)
Side 2 - S 64768 B1 S 67239 B (stamped)
Side 3 - S 64769 A1 S 67239 C (stamped)
Side 4 - S 64769 B1 S 67239 D (stamped)
The rear sleeve shows the then CBS postal address of CBS Records, 28/30 Theobalds Road, London WC1. Jan Doczyn has a 1980s release of the album with orange/yellow CBS labels and where the gatefold sleeve has a pocket in each side for the records, opening along the outside edges. The CBS logo on the front of the sleeve is in black whereas it was white on the 1971 release. The copy shown is a demo, with a gold demo stamp on the rear of the gatefold sleeve. Matrix numbers are:
Side 1 - CBS.S.64768.A-2 67239.A.2 (scratched)
Side 2 - CBS.S.64768.B-5 67239.B.5 (scratched)
Side 3 - CBS.S.64769.A-4 67239.C.4 (scratched)
Side 4 - CBS.S.64769.B-3 67239.D.3 (scratched)
The records are in plain white inner sleeves. For a 1987 Dutch release of this album, see below.
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for scans of the late 1970s Irish release - the sleeve is the same as the UK release but the records themselves were made in Ireland and have orange/yellow CBS labels.
"More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits" - stereo cassette, CBS 40-67239 (UK), 1970s:
 CBS 40-67239 (UK) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
Stuart Moore's Double Play cassette version of the UK release has an incorrect tracklisting on the insert, where tracks 8 and 9 on Side 1 are listed as She Belongs To Me and It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (as on the US release). The tracks are listed correctly on the cassette label, where tracks 8 and 9 are shown as Positively 4th Street and New Morning. |
 CBS 40-67239 (UK) - cassette Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS 40-67239 (UK) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS 40-67239 (UK) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Nol Grint (different copyright information) |
 CBS 40-67239 (UK) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Nol Grint (corrected) |
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"Tomorrow" is misspelled as "Tommorrow" on the insert but again is correct on the Side 2 cassette label. Nol Grint's copy has the errors on the insert and the Side 2 label corrected.
Thanks to Stuart Moore and Nol Grint for information and scans.
"More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits" - stereo 2LP set, CBS S 67239 (NL), 1987:
"More Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - 2CD set remastered reissues, CBS CSCBS 67239 (Austria for Europe), late 1980s; Columbia 467851 2 (Austria for Europe), 1997:
 CBS CDCBS 67239 (Europe) - front of booklet, scan by Peter Coulthard (1980s release) |
Due to what I can only suppose is a mistake by Columbia UK, the
UK/European CD releases of More Greatest Hits have
the UK title but the US tracklist, so 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, now available in the UK only on Biograph and the
New Morning album respectively. Full details of these releases are therefore in International Album Releases for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II. Thanks to Peter Coulthard for information and scan. |
 Columbia 467851 2 (Europe) - front with sticker (1997 release, my UK-bought copy) |
1972
"Un Poeta, Un Artista [A Poet, An Artist]" - tape cassette, CBS 40 S 64769 (Italy), 1972:
 CBS 40 S 64769 (Italy) - cassette inlay front scan by Nol Grint |
This Italian cassette release is actually the second LP of More Bob
Dylan's Greatest Hits, the 1971 UK release immediately above! Side 1: Positively 4th Street; All Along The Watchtower; The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo); Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall. Side 2: If Not For You; New Morning; Tomorrow Is A Long Time; When I Paint My Masterpiece; I Shall Be Released; You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; Down In The Flood. Thanks to Nol Grint for information and scans. |
 CBS 40 S 64769 (Italy) - cassette inlay inside scan by Nol Grint |
 CBS 40 S 64769 (Italy) - cassette Side 1 scan by Nol Grint |
"Grandes Exitos De Bob Dylan [Bob Dylan's Big Hits]" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS CS-10.18 (Venezuela), 1972:
 CBS CS-10.18 (Venezuela) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
As this set
contains George Jackson ("Big Band" version) full
details are in 1972 in the
main Rarities list. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
"Bob Dylan: Gift Pack '73"- deluxe 2LP boxed set, CBS/Sony SOPH 41-42 (Japan), Nov 1972:
 CBS/Sony SOPH 41-42 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
As this set contains George Jackson ("Big Band" version) full details are in 1972 in the main Rarities list. Side 1: Blowin' In The Wind; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Chimes Of Freedom; My Back Pages; Tomorrow Is A Long Time. Side 2: Subterranean Homesick Blues; She Belongs To Me; Mr. Tambourine Man; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Like A Rolling Stone; Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35. Side 3: I Want You; Just Like A Woman; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Lay, Lady, Lay; Living The Blues; If Not For You. Side 4: Watching The River Flow; When I Paint My Masterpiece; I Shall Be Released; You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; Down In The Flood; George Jackson ("Big Band" version). Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. Thanks also to Ulf Gyllenspetz. |
1973
"Bob Dylan" - deluxe 2LP boxed set, CBS/Sony SOPH 83-84 (Japan), Nov 1973:
 SOPH 83-84 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
This boxed set, exclusive to Japan, came with a booklet (dated 21
May 1973) and a 1974 calendar with a New Morning photo. All the tracks are the
regular album versions. Side 1: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; Desolation Row; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue Side 2: Like A Rolling Stone; Positively 4th Street; Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again; Queen Jane Approximately; One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later) Side 3: I Want You; Just Like A Woman; John Wesley Harding; All Along The Watchtower; Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn); Lay, Lady, Lay Side 4: New Morning; If Not For You; Blue Moon; Take A Message To Mary; Belle Isle; Alberta #2; You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; I Shall Be Released; Blowin' In the Wind Hans Seegers also has a promo copy of this with grey labels with promo stamps, and a promo card inside the box. Information and scans from Hans Seegers. Shawn Chambers adds: "This is part of the Gift Pack '74 Series (Vol. 10) issued Nov 1973 to commemorate the fifth anniversary of CBS/Sony. It is a limited edition 2-record box set issued with a booklet and 1974 poster calendar." |
 SOPH 83-84 (Japan) - box front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
 SOPH 83-84 (Japan) - box front scan by Hans Seegers |
"Eleven Years In The Life Of Bob Dylan"- 3LP set, CBS/Sony SOPI 11-13 (Japan), 1973:
 CBS/Sony SOPI 11-13 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
Because it contains three rarities from the 1973 Dylan album,
full information and pictures of this set are in 1973. Side 1: Blowin' In The Wind; Talkin' New York; Song To Woody; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Masters Of War; Ballad Of Hollis Brown; North Country Blues Side 2: The Times They Are A-Changin'; The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll; I Don't Believe You; Chimes Of Freedom; It Ain't Me, Babe |
Side 3: Mr. Tambourine Man; Maggie's Farm; It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding); Ballad Of A Thin Man; Highway 61 Revisited
Side 4: Like A Rolling Stone; Rainy Day Women # 12 & 35; Just Like A Woman; One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later); Most Likely You Go Your Way And I'll Go Mine
Side 5: John Wesley Harding; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; I Threw It All Away; Lay, Lady, Lay; Living The Blues; New Morning; Billy 4; Knockin' On Heaven's Door
Side 6: Early Morning Rain; Blue Moon; The Boxer; A Fool Such As I; Mr. Bojangles; Can't Help Falling In Love
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan.
1974
"Gold Disc" - vinyl album in gold foil sleeve, CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan), 1974:
 CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
As this set
contains George Jackson ("Big Band" version), the
full entry is in 1974. Side 1: Blowin In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; My Back Pages; Mr. Tambourine Man; Like A Rolling Stone; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; I Want You. Side 2: I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Girl From The North Country (with Johnny Cash); Lay, Lady, Lay; If Not For You; Watching The River Flow; George Jackson ("Big Band" version). For an extracted Gold Disc 7" EP with Blowin In The Wind; Like A Rolling Stone; The Times They Are A-Changin' and Rainy Day Women #12 & 35, see International 7" Stereo Singles & EPs 1974. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
"Mr. D's Collection # 1" - promo LP, CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan), 31 Dec 1974:
 CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - front scan by Lars M. Banke |
Because this album is a collection of rarities, full details are found
in 1974. Side 1: I'm So Restless (Roger McGuinn); I'll Fly Away (Carolyn Hester); Mixed Up Confusion (alternate take); From A Buick 6; George Jackson (Acoustic version). Side 2: Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?; Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live 1966); Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (solo version); Nashville Skyline Rag (Earl Scruggs); George Jackson ("Big Band" version). All tracks are the regular album versions, although 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 single 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.) Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scan. |
1975
"Il Meglio Di Bob Dylan N. 2 [The Best Of Bob Dylan No. 2] - stereo vinyl LP, CBS Sugar CBS 62911 (Italy), 1975:
"Bob Dylan - New Gold Disc"- vinyl album, CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Japan), Jul 1975:
 CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
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record has orange CBS/Sony labels with black text. Shawn Chambers adds:
"This is Vol.
23 in the New Gold Disc Series issued July 1975." It comes with
a six page booklet with 14 monochrome pictures of Bob. Tangled Up In Blue is
included from Blood On The Tracks. Side 1: Blowin' In The Wind; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; The Times They Are A-Changin'; My Back Pages; Mr. Tambourine Man; Just Like A Woman; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35. Side 2: Like A Rolling Stone; All Along The Watchtower, Lay, Lady, Lay; If Not For You; I Shall Be Released; Knockin' On Heaven's Door; Tangled Up In Blue. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans, and Ulf Gyllenspetz for extra pictures. For an illegal Taiwanese cassette release of this album, see Questionable Releases. |
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"Bob Dylan - New Gold Disc"- vinyl album, CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Singapore/Malaysia), Jul 1975:
 CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Singapore/Malaysia) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail from rear cover, scan by Hans Seegers |
This rare album has black/orange CBS/Sony labels and written matrix numbers: SOPO-59-A/B.
The front and rear covers are the same as the Japanese album above, but on the back cover the Japanese catalogue information is blacked out with new text "Trademark owned by COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM INC. and SONY CORPORATION. Manufactured and distributed in Singapore by EMI (SINGAPORE) PTE. LIMITED and in Malaysia by EMI (MALAYSIA) SDN, BHD."
Tracklisting is the same as the Japanese album.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Bob Dylan - Pack 20"- vinyl album, CBS/Sony SOPQ 11 (Japan),
1975:
This is a single album in a gatefold sleeve with 10 tracks per side, part of a series of
"Pack 20" albums with the same 10/10 track format. It has a unique dark red
"Pack 20" label. It has an orange, black, blue and white obi.
The inside cover comes with an insert which is a part of the cover, which has
eight black-and-white photos of Bob, text in Japanese, tracklisting and
advertisement for all the "Pack 20" LPs. This LP also has a four page
booklet with lyrics in Japanese and English.
 CBS/Sony SOPQ 11 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
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Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Just Like A Woman;
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; I'll be Your Baby Tonight; All Along The
Watchtower; Lay, Lady, Lay; The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo); Watching The
River Flow; I Shall be Released. Side 2: Blowin' In The Wind' Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Song To Woody; The Times They Are A-Changin'; North Country Blues; It Ain't Me, Babe; Positively 4th Street; If Not For You; Knockin' On Heaven's Door. Shawn Chambers informs me the version of Positively 4th Street on this album is 3:53, so it's not the 4:12 alternate mix R-0049 that appeared on earlier Japanese compilations. Because it's now included on the remastered US release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (it's also on the non-US release The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2, see 2000), 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 for information and scans. Hans has three cover variations, one of which is a promo. The variations are in the colours of the circles: light-brown and violet, dark-brown and violet, and black and lavender. |
 CBS/Sony SOPQ 11 (Japan) - obi by Hans Seegers |
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"Bob Dylan - Golden Double Series: 15"- 2LP set, CBS/Sony SOPW
57-58 (Japan),
1975:
This is Vol.
15 in the Golden Double Series issued in 1975. It is a two-record set in a thick gatefold
sleeve with an attached booklet and a cardboard obi.
The obi is yellow, black and gold with a price of ¥3,800. The booklet has 15
photos of Bob, lyrics, text in Japanese and a discography.
 CBS/Sony SOPW 57-58 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony SOPW 57-58 (Japan) - outside of gatefold sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony SOPW 57-58 (Japan) - unique cardboard obi scan by Hans Seegers |
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Side 2: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; It Ain't Me, Babe; Ballad Of A Thin Man; Song To Woody; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine). Side 3: Blowin' In The Wind; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; It's All Right, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding): If Not For You; Lay, Lady, Lay. Side 4: Knockin' On Heaven's Door; Mr. Tambourine Man; The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll; I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met); All Along The Watchtower; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight. Information and scans from Hans Seegers. |
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"Bob Dylan - New Gift Pack"- deluxe 2LP boxed set, CBS/Sony SOPZ 53-54 (Japan),
1975?:
This album contains the rarity A Fool Such As
I (R-0099), so is listed fully on the 1975
page.
 CBS/Sony SOPZ 53-54 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; Mr. Tambourine Man; Highway 61 Revisited; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; Just Like A woman; Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine) Side 2: Knockin' On Heaven's Door; If Not For You; New Morning; Watching The River Flow; Billy 4; I Shall Be Released Side 3: Blowin' In The Wind; Song To Woody; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; North Country Blues; My Back Pages; The Times They Are A-Changin' Side 4: Lay, Lady, Lay; I'll be Your Baby Tonight; John Wesley Harding; I Threw It All Away; The Boxer; A Fool Such As I As well as A Fool Such As I, this set contains other rarely-compiled tracks such as North Country Blues, John Wesley Harding and Billy 4. Information and scan from Hans Seegers. |
Shawn Chambers adds: "This is Vol. 8 in the New Gift Pack Series issued Nov 1974. It is a limited edition 2-record box set issued with a lyric insert." Shawn's Nov 1974 date may be wrong, since the "SOPZ" catalogue number implies it was released after SOPW 57/58 above. It is certainly no later than 1975, because in 1976 CBS/Sony changed over to using the "xx AP xxx" numbering system as with Grand Prix 20 (29 AP 35) here. Precise information required!
"Il Meglio Di Bob Dylan N. 2 [The Best Of Bob Dylan No. 2] - stereo vinyl LP, CBS Sugar CBS 62911 (Italy), 1975:
 CBS 62911 (Italy) - front scan by Manfred Endtner |
Side 1: I Want You; One Of Us Must Know; 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 This compilation is the 1967 Dutch Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits 2 with a new title and cover - see International Album Releases (Dylan-only Compilations) 1960s. Thanks to Manfred Endtner for information and scans. |
 CBS 62911 (Italy) - rear scan by Manfred Endtner |
 CBS 62911 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Manfred Endtner |
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - stereo vinyl LP, Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil), 1975:
Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil) - Side 2 (my copy) |
 Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil) - information sticker on front of sleeve |
This album had the following tracklist:
Side 1: Blowing In The Wind; It Ain't Me Babe; If Not For You; Lay, Lady, Lay; Like A Rolling Stone.
Side 2: Mr. Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; I Want You; Positively 4th Street; Just Like A Woman.
The album came with a white, red, blue on black information sticker on the front including the logo of a Brazilian TV programme called "Hollywood Rock". The record has orange/yellow Discos CBS labels.
This album was re-released in Brazil in 1977 with the same tracklist with the title Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 1 - see below.
Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz and Hans Seegers for information and to Hans Seeger for scans. Hans Seegers also has a promo copy, which has a stamp on the back with the words "AMOSTRA/INVENDAVEL" [DEMONSTRATION/NOT FOR SALE]". Thanks to Alexandre Froemming for a copy of the album.
1976
"Grand Prix 20" - vinyl album, CBS/Sony 29AP 35 (Japan), 1976:
1977
"Golden Grand Prix 30" - compilation 2LP set, CBS/Sony 40AP 465-466 (Japan), 1977:
 CBS/Sony 40AP 465-466 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
This 2LP set with unique graphics was housed in a gatefold sleeve with a
full-sized lyrics booklet in Japanese and English in the centre. The front
picture has a gold foil rectangle in the centre with a Rolling Thunder
Revue picture of Bob and the title embossed below. Note the
rear picture shows Bob in front of a crucifix, predating his Christian
conversion. All the 30 tracks are the regular stereo album versions (all
the tracks from Grand Prix 20 are included, see 1976 above).
Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; All Along The Watchtower; Lay, Lady, Lay; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; Just Like A Woman; I Want You; Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again; Tangled Up In Blue. Side 2: One More Cup Of Coffee; New Morning; Highway 61 Revisited; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall; Mozambique; Maggie's Farm; Shelter From the Storm. Side 3: Blowin' In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Song To Woody; It Ain't Me, Babe; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; My Back Pages;. Mr. Tambourine Man. Side 4: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; If Not For You; You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; John Wesley Harding; I Shall be Released; Knockin' On Heaven's Door. Thanks to Hans Seegers for scans and information. |
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 CBS/Sony 40AP 465-466 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 1" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 137.904 (Brazil), 1977:
 CBS 137.904 (Brazil) - front photo by Sergio Magnacca |
This album had the picture from the 1971 US Greatest Hits Vol. 2 album
and the following tracklist:
Side 1: Blowing In The Wind; It Ain't Me Babe; If Not For You; Lay, Lady, Lay; Like A Rolling Stone Side 2: Mr. Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; I Want You; Positively 4th Street; Just Like A Woman (this side is the same as the 1977 Argentinean album Los Mas Grandes Exitos De Bob Dylan, a version of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits with the tracks reordered, see International Album Releases). |
 CBS 137.904 (Brazil) - rear photo by Sergio Magnacca |
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 CBS 137.904 (Brazil) - Side 2 photo by Sergio Magnacca |
The record has orange CBS labels with song titles in English only and matrix numbers: Side 1 - XSLP-427- A, Side 2 - XSLP-428 -A.
Information and photos from Sergio Magnacca. This album was previously released in Brazil in 1975 as The Best Of Bob Dylan, see above.
1978
"Bob Dylan" - promo and commercial stereo vinyl LPs, CBS/Sony/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea), 15 Feb 1978; CBS/Sony/Jigu CPL-1109 (South Korea), 20 Dec 1990:
 CBS/Sony/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This rare 16-track release was manufactured by Jigu Records in South Korea on behalf of CBS/Sony in Japan. (The name of the country is printed as just "Korea".) It uses the same artwork as the Japanese Golden Grand Prix 30 album above (without the embossed title under the picture) and has the same catalogue number as the first album of that set (40AP 465) on the label. |
 CBS/Sony/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - promo release, Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - promo release, Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - commercial release, Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony/Jigu CPL-1109 (South Korea) - outer sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
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 CBS/Sony/Jigu CPL-1109 (South Korea) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony/Jigu CPL-1109 (South Korea) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony/Jigu CPL-1109 (South Korea) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 CBS/Sony/Jigu CPL-1109 (South Korea) - inner sleeve scan by Hans Seegers |
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The tracks are taken from Golden Grand Prix 30, Side 1 is a selection from Record 1, and Side 2 is a selection from Record 2. It was re-released in 1990 as CBS/Sony/Jigu CPL-1109.
Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; All Along The Watchtower; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; I Want You; One More Cup Of Coffee; New Morning; Highway 61 Revisited; Mozambique.
Side 2: Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; It Ain't Me, Babe; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; My Back Pages; If Not For You; You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Knockin' On Heaven's Door.
The promo album has the same sleeve as the commercial release, with a promo impressed stamp with the words “NOT FOR SALE PROMOTION USE ONLY" on the front that is difficult to scan (shown below). Strangely enough the promo record has white labels with the CBS/Sony logo, while the commercial record has orange/cream Japanese CBS/Sony style labels but with just the CBS logo. Both labels have the same South Korean government approval date, 15 Feb 1978. The Korean characters to the left of the centre hole on the promo label show it's a promo.
The 1978 record has handwritten matrix numbers: KJPL-0143 A/B. The 1990 record is credited just to CBS Records with title "GREATEST HITS" and has a completely different label design.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"Masterpieces" - 3LP set, CBS/Sony 57AP-875/6/7 (Japan), Columbia S3BP 220502 (Australia/New Zealand), Mar 1978:
 CBS/Sony 57AP-875/6/7 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Seiji Murata |
For full details of this release which contained several tracks
unavailable elsewhere on albums, see 1978. Thanks to Sheiji Murata, Stuart Moore and Bill Hester for information and scans. |
 Columbia S3 BP 220502 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
 CBS S3 BP 220502 (New Zealand) - front scan by Bill Hester |
"Bob Dylan 1960-1978 Forever Young" - promo LP, CBS (no catalogue number) (Spain), 1978:
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All twelve tracks on this LP are the standard album versions, although Changing Of The Guards is the original Street-Legal version now available on CD only on 1994's Greatest Hits Vol. 3 - all the song titles are given in Spanish and English. Side 1: Changing Of The Guards; Blowin' In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Mr. Tambourine Man; Like A Rolling Stone; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 Side 2: All Along The Watchtower; Girl From The North Country (version with Johnny Cash from Nashville Skyline); Lay, Lady, Lay; Knockin' On Heaven's Door; If You See Her, Say Hello; Hurricane The album front has a sticker with the text: "DISCO PROMOCIONAL: PROHIBIDA SU VENTA", and the same text is stamped on the white CBS record labels. The rear sleeve shows 20 Dylan albums, ending with Street-Legal. A few of the album titles are translated into Spanish, but most are given in English. There are also US (1988) and UK (1990) promo CDs with the title Forever Young, with completely different track listings from this and each other, see the 1980s and 1990s links below. |
 Rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
 Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
Bob Dylan/Rolling Thunder Revue - "Rock Around The World" - radio station LP, program 91 "Bob Dylan And The Rolling Thunder Revue" (USA), 1978:
 Side A scan by Hans Seegers |
This radio show LP presented by
John Brody comes with a white cover with the programme handwritten on it in
green. It includes
interviews with Joan Baez, Roger McGuinn, Mick Ronson, Rob Stoner, Scarlet
Rivera, tour director Lou Kemp and Rubin Carter. Dylan's contribution is: Side 1: Hurricane (0:17 excerpt); Mr. Tambourine Man (1:50 excerpt) Side 2: Blowin' In The Wind (0:43 excerpt); Black Diamond Bay (complete); Desolation Row (2:30 excerpt); Hurricane (8:30 faded out); One More Cup Of Coffee (complete). Because these excerpts are unique and not released on commercial/promo records, they are no longer listed with R-numbers. Information and scans from Hans Seegers. |
 Side B scan by Hans Seegers |
1979
"Bob Dylan: A Musical Biography" - radio station discs RR-91/94, Rock And Religion, Sacramento, CA (USA), 1979:
Thanks to Philip Bull for information: "It sounds as if there may have been four "Rock And Religion" shows about Dylan spread across two LPs. The cue sheet from my LP says "This is the beginning of a four-part series entitled "Bob Dylan: A Musical Biography".
Each show lasts 28 minutes 30 seconds and the records would have been distributed to radio stations and intended for broadcast. My copy was given to me by someone who used to present the Sunday morning religion show on Piccadilly Radio in Manchester back in the 1970s and he acquired it while working for a radio station in the US.
Lengthy excerpts of Dylan's music are featured, often with commentary spoken over instrumental passages. There is no unreleased music on the LP and no Dylan interview material. Show One opens with a live "Blowin' in the Wind" probably taken from the Budokan LP while Show Two inexplicably opens with the instrumental intro to "Stage Fright" by The Band!"
This corrects an erroneous entry on the Interviews with Bob page that these programmes contained interview material.
 RR-91/92 (USA) - sleeve front scan by Philip Bull |
RR-91 "The
Protest Years" covers the early years in Dylan's career, from
1961-1964, when he would have "an incalculable effect on the growing
radicalisation of young America". RR-92 "Dylan the Prophet" covers the years 1964-1973 when Dylan "pioneered mystical visionary music and became a hip existential hero, leading the way to a kind of karmic spirituality." |
 Label for programme RR-91 - scan by Philip Bull |
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 Cue sheet for programme RR-92 - scan by Philip Bull |
 RR-91/92 (USA) - detail from sleeve front, scan by Hans Seegers |
The Dylan content is as follows: RR-91: Blowin' In The Wind (live performance from Bob Dylan At Budokan, partly talked over, full length); With God On Our Side (partly talked over, 3:45 excerpt); The Times They Are A-Changin' (fadeout at 3:07); It Ain't Me, Babe; Maggie's Farm (live performance from Bob Dylan At Budokan, (partly talked over, 3:10 excerpt); Positively 4th Street (partly talked over, 2:35 excerpt); My Back Pages (partly talked over, 2:50 excerpt). RR-92: Mr. Tambourine Man (live performance from Bob Dylan At Budokan, partly talked over, 3:45 excerpt); Like A Rolling Stone (partly talked over, 3:00 excerpt); Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (partly talked over, 4:22 excerpt); Visions Of Johanna (partly talked over, 3:02 excerpt); All Along The Watchtower (partly talked over, full length); Lay, Lady, Lay (0:55 excerpt); Tonight I'll be Staying Here With You (live performance from Bob Dylan At Budokan, 0:28 excerpt); If Not For You (0:50 excerpt); New Morning (partly talked over, 0:55 excerpt); Forever Young (live performance from Bob Dylan At Budokan, partly talked over, 3:45 excerpt). |
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 RR-93/94 (USA) - picture from eBay: sleeve, record and cue sheets |
The second record shown on left (RR-93 and RR-94) contains
two half-hour radio broadcasts combining tracks from Bob's Slow Train
Coming album with commentary from the hosts interpreting the songs.
Again, there is no interview material. The Dylan content is as follows (all songs are partly talked over): RR-93: Shelter From The Storm (live performance from Hard Rain, 4:05 excerpt); Hurricane (5:34 excerpt); One More Cup Of Coffee (0:20 excerpt); Isis (3:39 excerpt); I Threw It All Away (live performance from Hard Rain, 3:11 fadeout); Oh, Sister; Sara. RR-94: A Satisfied Mind; Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power) (0:25 excerpt); When You Gonna Wake Up (5:16 fadeout); Gotta Serve Somebody; Solid Rock; I Believe In You (5:16 fadeout). Thanks to Philip Bull and Hans Seegers for information and scans. |
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Shows 91-94 were re-aired as "Bob Dylan: A Musical Biography Parts I to IV" in 1981: Show 143 (22 Feb 1981), Show 144 (1 Mar 1981), Show 145 (8 Mar 1981), Show 146 (15 Mar 1981). See the 1980s part of this section.
Philip Bull adds: "Incidentally, I also have another LP in the "Rock And Religion" series which deals with Punk Rock. This one features excerpts from the music of the Sex Pistols, the Clash and the Damned interspersed with two clean-cut announcers warning listeners to steer well clear of the evil influence of punk. It's actually far more entertaining than the Dylan show though neither of them is the kind of record you would want to listen to more than once."
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