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Modern Times

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The Best Of Bob Dylan
(2005)

This page is part of a new section of original releases by release date of international commercially-released regular stereo Dylan albums. They do not contain rarities or obscurities and are not eligible for the Searching For A Gem list. Nevertheless, their interest value or scarcity means they're worth listing here - as far as I know some are not included on any other Internet site. Promo releases of regular albums are now listed here and not in the yearly Promo sections.

For releases of this album in Columbia multi-packs, see International Album Releases (Regular) - Multi-Packs.


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US CD release, Columbia 82876 87606 2, 29 Aug 2006. Deluxe Edition (CD + DVD), Columbia 82876 87686 2 (European release is 28 Aug 2006)

Thanks to Ian Woodward for the information that the album cover photograph is by Ted Croner taken in 1947 and entitled "Taxi, New York at Night".

Tracklisting: Thunder On The Mountain; Spirit On The Water; Rollin' And Tumblin'; When The Deal Goes Down; Someday Baby; Workingman's Blues #2; Beyond The Horizon; Nettie Moore; The Levee's Gonna Break; Ain't Talkin'.

Bonus DVD: Blood In My Eyes (Promo Video, 1993), Love Sick (Live "Grammy®" Version, 1998, with gatecrasher "Soy Bomb" edited out); Things Have Changed ("Wonder Boys" Promo Video, 2000); Cold Irons Bound ("Masked And Anonymous" version, 2002). The Apple iTunes Online Music Store in the USA is offering a bonus of these four performances. In Europe only the Things Have Changed video was offered. The 1983 Jokerman video was offered for pre-sales in both the USA and Europe, but is no longer available.


Thanks to Franck Faugere for this flyer handed out at Bob Dylan concerts in France in Jul 2006
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Roll And Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern, credited to "Newbern" (Okeh, USA, 1929), picture found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux ()
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Rollin' And Tumblin' - Baby Face Leroy,  credited to "Muddy Waters" (Parkway, USA, 1950), picture found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
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Rollin' And Tumblin' - Muddy Waters, credited to "Muddy Waters" (Aristocrat, USA, 1950), picture found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
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When The Levee Breaks - Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie, uncredited (Columbia, USA, 1929), picture found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
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Someday Baby Blues - Sleepy John Estes,  credited to "Nixon-Estes" (Decca, USA, 1935), picture found by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

It's worth mentioning that three songs are not actually Dylan originals, his copyright credits are claimed probably for revised lyrics/new arrangements. Rolling and Tumblin' was first recorded as "Roll And Tumble Blues" by Hambone Willie Newbern in 1929 and also as Rollin' And Tumblin' by McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) in 1950. The Levee's Gonna Break was recorded in 1929 as "When The Levee Breaks" by Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie, while Someday Baby was recorded in 1935 as "Someday Baby Blues" by Sleepy John Estes and also as "Worried Life Blues" by Big Maceo Merriweather. Thanks to Graeme Jennings and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information.

Revised 29 April, 2008.


Vinyl and Tape Releases


"Modern Times" - 2LP set, Columbia 82876 87606 1 (USA), 29 Aug 2006/Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe), 28 Aug 2006:


Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - front (my copy)
Thanks to Tim Dunn for information about this album, which is a 2LP set on 180gm vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. The records are in picture inner sleeves. On my copy the label on Side 3 is torn. The musicians on the album shown in the group photograph are Bob's current touring band.

Thanks to Stuart Moore for scans of the US release.


Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - sticker from front (US sticker is identical)

Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - front of inside sleeve (Record 1)

Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - rear of inside sleeve (Record 1)

Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - rear


Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - inside of gatefold sleeve


Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - front of inside sleeve (Record 2)

Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - rear of inside sleeve (Record 2)

Columbia 82876 87606 1 (USA) - detail of rear, scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia 82876 87606 1 (USA) - Side 1 scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia 82876 87606 1 (USA) - Side 2 scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia 82876 87606 1 (USA) - Side 3 scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia 82876 87606 1 (USA) - Side 4 scan by Stuart Moore

Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - detail of rear

Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - Side 1

Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - Side 2

Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - Side 3 (torn label)

Columbia 82876 87606-1 (Europe) - Side 4

"Modern Times" - promo cassette, Sony Music Japan (no catalogue number), 30 Aug 2006:


Photo by Hervé from France
This extremely unexpected item is a promo cassette from Sony Music Japan International Inc. It's dated "2006/8/30". Michio Kinoshita assures me that cassettes are still used for promotional purposes in Japan, although I previously thought they'd been obsolete there for a couple of decades!

Thanks to Hervé from France for information and photo.


CD Releases


"Modern Times" - CD release, Columbia 82876 87606 2 (USA), 29 Aug 2006; Columbia 82876 87606-2 (Austria for Europe/Taiwan), 28 Aug 2006 (25 Aug 2006 in some countries); Sony Music Entertainment SICP 1138 (Japan), 30 Aug 2006; Sony/BMG 82876 87606-2 (Thailand), (date?):


Columbia 82876 87606 2 (USA) - front picture from Sony Music Store web-site
This CD comes in a standard jewel case with a clear plastic tray. The front insert is a single folded card. The band picture is different from the one on the 2LP set, see above. The CD is copyrighted 2005, but the artwork is copyrighted 2006. The 2005 date may be a mistake.

Servi Stevens has a copy of the US release without the FBI Anti-Piracy logo on the rear insert and CD - scans required.


Columbia 82876 87606 2 (USA) - front scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux with "Best Buy" stickers


Columbia 82876 87606 2 (USA) - outside of front insert, scan by David Plentus


Columbia 82876 87606 2 (USA) - inside of front insert, scan by David Plentus

Columbia 82876 87606 2 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada

Columbia 82876 87606 2 (USA) - rear insert scan by David Plentus


Columbia 82876 87606 2 (USA) - reverse of rear insert (under clear CD tray), scan by David Plentus


Columbia 82876 87606 2 (USA) - CD scan by David Plentus


Columbia 82876 87606 2 (Canada) - CD scan by Jack from Canada

Columbia 82876 87606 2 (Canada) - front scan by Jack from Canada

Columbia 82876 87606 2 (Canada) - rear scan by Jack from Canada
Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the Canadian release. The front of the US release has a slight coloured tint to the photo, whereas the Canadian photo is true black and white. The rear of the Canadian release is missing the US FBI Anti-Piracy logo. Detailed differences on the CD itself are shown on the right.
Columbia 82876 87606 2 (Canada) - detail of CD, scan by Jack from Canada


Columbia 82876 87606-2 (Austria for Europe) - copy with French sticker, scan by Hans Seegers


Columbia 82876 87606 2 (USA) - XM radio advertising flyer, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Jean-Pol Hiernaux has a copy of the album purchased at "Best Buy" in the USA, where a 100-page booklet is being given away with the album (not the same as the PDF booklet with The Bob Dylan Collection from iTunes, see Online Performances (Other) ). The Best Buy booklet is CD-sized and includes the 50 official albums presented in reverse chronological order, with two pages per album showing the cover and tracklist. This copy also has an insert advertising Bob's "Theme Time" XM radio show, see 2006. Pachi Becerril has a promo copy with a sticker with text "FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY NOT FOR SALE" on the front. Stuart Sonshine informs me this "Best Buy" release has the catalogue number 82876 89494 2 on the front sticker while the CD itself has the regular catalogue number 82876 87606 2.

Thanks to Tim Dunn and Stuart Sonshine for information about this album and to David Plentus, Jean-Pol Hiernaux and Hans Seegers  for scans.


Columbia 82876 87606-2 (Austria for Europe) - promo copy with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers


Sony Music SICP 1138 (Japan) - front of sealed copy, scan by Hans Seegers


Sony SICP 1138 (Japan) - rear of sealed copy, scan by Hans Seegers


Columbia 82876 87606 2 (USA) - "Best Buy" booklet unfolded, scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux

Sony/BMG 82876-87606-2 (Taiwan) - front with obi, picture from eil.com


Columbia European promo - scan by Ronald Born


Columbia Israeli promo - photo by Hervé from France


Columbia Israeli promo - photo by Hervé from France

Sony/BMG 82876 87606 2 (Thailand) - front of sealed copy (my copy)


Sony/BMG 82876 87606 2 (Thailand) - sticker from front of sealed copy


Sony/BMG 82876 87606 2 (Thailand) - rear of sealed copy


Sony/BMG 82876 87606 2 (Thailand) - detail from rear insert

Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding the Sony/BMG Taiwanese Standard Edition Edition on eil.com. Thanks to Ronald Born for the scan of the European promo CD, which has no catalogue number or custom sleeve. It has the text "for promotional use only" on the CD itself. Thanks to Hervé from France for the photos of the Israeli promo, which has a Hebrew language sticker on the rear of the jewel case with the name of Helicon Records.


"Modern Times" - Limited Edition CD release with DVD, Columbia 82876 88306-2 (USA)/Columbia 8 2876894942 9 (long box), 29 Aug 2006; Columbia 82876 88306-2 (Europe), 28 Aug 2006 (25 Aug 2006 in some countries); Columbia 82876883062 (Australia), 28 Aug 2006; Sony Music Entertainment SICP 1136-37 (Japan); Sony/BMG 82876 87686-2 (Taiwan), 30 Aug 2006; Australia/New Zealand 2007 Tour Edition: Columbia 82876876962 (Australia/NZ), 2007:


Columbia 82876 88306-2 (Europe) - front scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux
Because this Limited Edition contains rarities, full details are in 2006.

This release (but not the Standard Edition) was also available in the USA in a long box.


Columbia 82876 88306-2 (Austria for Europe) - copy with French sticker, scan by Hans Seegers


Sony Music SICP 1136-37 (Japan) - front of sealed copy (my copy)

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Columbia 82876876962 (Australia/NZ) - Australia/NZ 2007 Tour Limited Edition, front scan by Stuart Moore

"Modern Times" - CD release, Columbia 82876876062 (Australia/New Zealand), 28 Aug 2006:

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Columbia 82876876062 (Australia/New Zealand) - front scan by Stuart Moore
Thanks to Bill Hester for information about this album and to Stuart Moore for scans. ModernTimesAusFront.jpg (21092 bytes)
Columbia 82876876062 (Australia/New Zealand) - outside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore
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Columbia 82876876062 (Australia/New Zealand) - CD scan by Stuart Moore

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Columbia 82876876062 (Australia/New Zealand) - rear insert scan by Stuart Moore

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Columbia 82876876062 (Australia/New Zealand) - reverse of rear insert (under clear CD tray), scan by Stuart Moore

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Columbia 82876876062 (Australia/New Zealand) - inside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore

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(2006)


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