Audio: International Album Releases - Dylan-only Compilations 1970-79


Grand Prix 20, compilation exclusive to Japan, 1976

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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.!

See the Promotional Albums pages of  International Promotional Releases for promo-only Dylan compilation albums. Other International Compilations are now here:


International Albums: Regular Albums from Round the World - Index


International Compilations: Various Artist Albums

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Compilations from Another Artist including a Dylan Album Track


US & International Singles & EPs

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 April, 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.


"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!

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CBS/Sony SOPB 55117/18 (Japan) - front scan with corner obi by Hans Seegers

Information from Shawn Chambers: "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.

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CBS/Sony SOPB 55117/18 (Japan) - insert scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony SOPB 55117/18 (Japan) - Side 3 with "Lawland" misspelling, scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony SOPB 55117/18 (Japan) - detail from obi with stamped number, scan by Hans Seegers

"Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits 2" - promo LP, CBS S 62911 (Italy), 22 Jul 1971

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.

Information from Hans Seegers.


"Greatest Hits Vol. 2" - stereo LP (1?), CBS 64618 (UK), 1971(?):

GH2UKAd.JPG (28560 bytes) 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:
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SOPB 55153/54 (Japan) - box front with obi scan by Hans Seegers

This limited release, part of the "Gift Pack Series", was exclusive to Japan and contained a 1972 calendar featuring CBS/Sony artists.

Side 1: Talkin' New York; Blowin' In The Wind; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Only A Pawn In Their Game; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Chimes Of Freedom

Side 2: Mr. Tambourine Man; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Highway 61 Revisited; Desolation Row

Side 3: Visions Of Johanna; Just Like A Woman; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; John Wesley Harding; Lay, Lady, Lay; Nashville Skyline Rag

Side 4: Like A Rolling Stone; The Mighty Quinn (Quinn, The Eskimo); She Belongs To Me; Wigwam; If Not For You; New Morning; Watching The River Flow

All the tracks are the regular stereo album versions - thanks to Tom Ringtved for finding this album on the Internet and to Hans Seegers for extra information and scans. Shawn Chambers adds; "This is Vol. 12 in the Gift Pack '71 Series issued Nov. 1971 to commemorate the third anniversary of CBS/Sony. It is a limited edition 2-record box set issued with a booklet and 1972 CBS/Sony artist calendar."

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SOPB 55153/54 (Japan) - 1972 Calendar scan by Hans Seegers
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SOPB 55153/54 (Japan) - box rear scan by Hans Seegers


"More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits" - stereo 2LP set, CBS S 67239 (UK), Dec 1971:

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CBS S 67239 (UK) - front of gatefold sleeve (my copy)
Like the first UK Greatest Hits, this album had a different tracklist from the US version Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II (Columbia KG 31120, Nov 1971) - Positively 4th St. replaces 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. Ironically, due to what I can only suppose is a mistake by Columbia UK, the UK CD release of More Greatest Hits (see International Album Releases) now has 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! GH2UKBack.JPG (18403 bytes)
CBS S 67239 (UK) - rear of gatefold sleeve (my copy)
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CBS S 67239 (UK) - Disc 2, Side 1 showing Positively 4th St. as track 1

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CBS S 67239 (UK) - inside of gatefold sleeve, the left-hand side is a fold-over cover, the right-hand side is a pocket that holds both LPs 

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CBS S 67239 (UK) - Disc 2, Side 2 showing New Morning as track 2
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CBS 1971 inner sleeve - front
The records 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.

The rear sleeve shows the then CBS postal address of CBS Records, 28/30 Theobalds Road, London WC1. The matrix numbers of the records 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)

For a 1987 Dutch release of this album, see International Album Releases (Dylan-only Compilations) 1980s.

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CBS 1971 inner sleeve - back

"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]" - vinyl LP, CBS CS-10.18 (Venezuela), 1972:

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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:

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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.


"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - stereo LP, CBS S 62694 (Greece), 1973:

I don't have a tracklist of this album, but the catalogue number 62694 implies that it's the same as the 1966 Dutch version of Greatest Hits (see International Album Releases (Dylan-only Compilations) 1960s). The rear sleeve shows six Dylan albums.

The record has dark-red "original first pressing" labels with stamped matrix numbers S 62694-A/B.

Information from Hans Seegers.


"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
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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:

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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


"Greatest Hits" - stereo cassette, CBS 40-62847 (NL), 1974/Greatest Hits" - stereo LP, CBS 62847 (Greece), 1976/CBS 4630881 (Greece), 1988:


CBS 40-62847 (NL)- front of insert, scan by Nol Grint
These releases of the UK version of the first Greatest Hits album contain a rarity, an edited version of Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (R-0656). For more information on the Dutch cassette, see 1974, and on the Greek LP, see 1976.

For the original 1967 UK Greatest Hits album, see International Album Releases (Dylan-only Compilations) 1960s. For the 1967 US Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, see International Album Releases

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Nol Grint and Ronald Born for scans.


CBS 62847 (Greece) - front scan by Ronald Born

"Gold Disc" - vinyl album in gold foil sleeve, CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan), 1974:

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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 1974-76.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan.


"Mr. D's Collection # 1" - promo LP, CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan), 31 Dec 1974:

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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.


"Il Meglio Di Bob Dylan N. 2 [The Best Of Bob Dylan No. 2] - vinyl LP, CBS Sugar CBS 62911 (Italy), 1975:

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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 Vol. 2 with a new title and cover (see above). Thanks to Manfred Endtner for information and scans.

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CBS 62911 (Italy) - rear scan by Manfred Endtner
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CBS 62911 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Manfred Endtner

"Bob Dylan - New Gold Disc"- vinyl album, CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Japan), Jul 1975:

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CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers

The front cover is a 1974 stage photo of Bob, the rear cover has a small 1974 stage photo of Bob in the centre. The 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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CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Japan) - booklet scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Japan) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers

"Bob Dylan - New Gold Disc"- vinyl album, CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Singapore/Malaysia), Jul 1975:

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CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Singapore/Malaysia) - rear 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.

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CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Singapore/Malaysia) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Singapore/Malaysia) - detail from rear cover, scan by Hans Seegers

"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.

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CBS/Sony SOPQ 11 (Japan) - obi by Hans Seegers

CBS/Sony SOPQ 11 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony SOPQ 11 (Japan) - outside of gatefold sleeve scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony SOPQ 11 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers

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!

Information and scans from Hans Seegers. 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.


"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.

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CBS/Sony SOPW 57-58 (Japan) - unique cardboard obi scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony SOPW 57-58 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony SOPW 57-58 (Japan) - outside of gatefold sleeve scan by Hans Seegers


Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; Highway 61 Revisited; Living The Blues; I Threw It All Away; When I Paint My Masterpiece, Just Like A Woman.

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.


"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] - vinyl LP, CBS Sugar CBS 62911 (Italy), 1975:

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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.

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CBS 62911 (Italy) - rear scan by Manfred Endtner
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CBS 62911 (Italy) - Side 1 scan by Manfred Endtner

"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - stereo LP, Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil), 1975:

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Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil) - front scan by Hans Seegers
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.

Information from Ulf Gyllenspetz and Hans Seegers, scans from Hans Seeger.  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.

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Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

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Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil) - rear scan by Hans Seegers (promo copy with stamp)


Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil) - Side 1 (my copy)

Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil) - Side 2 (my copy)

Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil) - information sticker on front of sleeve

"Greatest Hits" - stereo LP, CBS 62847 (Greece), 1976/CBS 4630881 (Greece), 1988:


CBS 62847 (Greece) - front scan by Ronald Born
This Greek LP has the 1967 UK cover, orange/yellow CBS labels and the UK 12-song tracklist. However, it contains a unique edit of Rainy Day Women #12 & 35. It is an edited version shorter than the single edit. It only has the first two verses and unlike the single edit it fades out in the final instrumental section. Although the cover shows 2.06 it actually plays 2.02. For more information about this album, which was re-released in 1988, see 1976.

"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" - vinyl LP, Family Club (CBS/Sony) FCPA-19 (Japan), 1976:
This record club edition has a different track list from previous versions of the album in Japan, the same tracklisting as the US Greatest Hits (Columbia KCS 9463 stereo).

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Family Club FCPA-19 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers
R-0049-2  Positively 4th Street - slightly longer at 4:12 as opposed to 3:56 on regular track
Same as the version from 1965 Witmark tape and 1966 Columbia compilation album Disco Teen '66 - see 1965 and above.

Side 1: Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; Blowin' In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; It Ain't Me, Babe: Like A Rolling Stone

Side 2: Mr Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; I Want You; Positively 4th Street; Just Like A Woman

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.

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Family Club FCPA-19 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

"Grand Prix 20" - vinyl album, CBS/Sony 29AP 35 (Japan), 1976:

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CBS/Sony 29AP 35 (Japan) - front with obi, scan from Esprit International
All 20 tracks on this exclusive-to-Japan compilation are the regular album versions. Thanks to Ole Lien and Hans Seegers.

Side 1: Like A Rolling Stone; All Along The Watchtower; Mr. Tambourine Man; Love Minus Zero/No Limit; Blowin' In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; Song To Woody; John Wesley Harding.

Side 2: One More Cup Of Coffee; New Morning; Just Like A Woman; Lay, Lady, Lay; Tangled Up In Blue; I Want You; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; If Not For You; You Ain't Goin' Nowhere; Knockin' On Heaven's Door.

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CBS/Sony 29AP 35 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

"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) - obi scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony 40AP 465-466 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony 40AP 465-466 (Japan) - rear scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony 40AP 465-466 (Japan) - inside right (front of lyric booklet), scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony 40AP 465-466 (Japan) - inside left with tracklisting, scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony 40AP 465-466 (Japan) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers


"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. 1" - stereo LP, CBS 137.904 (Brazil), 1977:

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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).

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.

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CBS 137.904 (Brazil) - rear photo by Sergio Magnacca

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CBS 137.904 (Brazil) - Side 1 photo by Sergio Magnacca

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CBS 137.904 (Brazil) - Side 2 photo by Sergio Magnacca

"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:

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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. 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.

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CBS/Sony/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - rear scan by Hans Seegers


CBS/Sony/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - detail of front of promo release, scan by Hans Seegers

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CBS/Sony/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - promo release, Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - promo release, Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers


CBS/Sony/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - detail of front of promo release, scan by Hans Seegers (this shows the imprinted promo stamp)


CBS/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - detail of front of commercial release, 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/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - commercial release, Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers


CBS/Sony/Jigu KJPL-0143 (South Korea) - plastic inner sleeve used by both releases, 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) - front scan by Hans Seegers (no logo at top left)
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CBS/Sony/Jigu CPL-1109 (South Korea) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony/Jigu CPL-1109 (South Korea) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony/Jigu CPL-1109 (South Korea) - rear scan by Hans Seegers
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CBS/Sony/Jigu CPL-1109 (South Korea) - inner sleeve scan by Hans Seegers

"Masterpieces" - 3LP set, Columbia S3BP 220502 (Australia), CBS/Sony 57AP-875/6/7 (Japan), Mar 1978:


Columbia S3 BP 220502 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore
For full details of this release which contained several tracks unavailable elsewhere on albums, see 1978.
CBS/Sony 57AP-875/6/7 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Seiji Murata

"Bob Dylan 1960-1978 Forever Young" - promo LP, CBS (no catalogue number) (Spain) , 1978:

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Front scan by Hans Seegers

As this Dylan compilation is promo only, full details are in Promotional Albums Dylan-only.

Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan.



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