This is the fifth part of a separate multi-year list by release date of commercially-released stereo Bob 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:
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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 29 April, 2008.
Bob Dylan Compilations
For the earlier 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.
2000
"The Best Of Bob Dylan Vol. 2" - compilation CD, Columbia 498361-2
(Limited Edition with Bonus Disc 498361-9), (Europe/Australia)/Sony
TVK-24076 (Canada),
May 2000/ Sony Music SRCS 2306 (Japan), 2000; XXI Vinteum Internaçional/Columbia
110053/2-498361 (Brazil), 2003; Limited Edition 2LP set, Columbia COL 498361 1
(NL for Europe), 2000:
All older tracks on this album have been digitally remastered using SBM
- the version of Changing Of The Guards included is the extended version from
the 1999 remastered Street-Legal.
 Columbia 498361 9 (UK) - front including sticker (my copy) |
This compilation when released contained two rarities, so
details were then given in
2000. Both rarities have now been released on
regular Dylan compilations. R-0299 Things Have
Changed R-0273 Dignity Initial copies were accompanied by a bonus CD single with two further live rarities, for those still see 2000. |
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 Columbia 498361 9 (UK) - inside of three-fold front insert |
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 Columbia 498361 9 (UK) - rear insert (reverse is plain brown) |
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 Sony TVK-24076 (Canada) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
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 Columbia 498361 9 (UK) - CD2 (Limited Edition Bonus Disc) with R-0435 and R-0436 |
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 Sony TVK-24076 (Canada) - rear scan by Jack from Canada |
 XXI VinteumColumbia 110053/2-498361 (Brazil) - outside of rear insert |
 XXI Vinteum/Columbia 110053/2-498361 (Brazil) - inside of rear insert |
 XXI Vinteum/Columbia 110053/2-498361 (Brazil) - CD |
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Track listing: Disc 1 - Things Have Changed (R-0299); A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall; It Ain't Me, Babe; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Positively 4th Street; Highway 61 Revisited; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; I want You; I'll be Your Baby Tonight; Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn); Simple Twist of Fate; Hurricane; Changing Of The Guards; Licence To Kill; Silvio; Dignity (Original Version - R-0273); Not Dark Yet. Disc 2 - Highlands (live - R-0435); Blowin' In The Wind (live - R-0436). The Brazilian release shown is part of a series of "Major Successes of the Century" released by a company called "XXI Vinteum Internaçional" under licence from Columbia. The secondary catalogue number is the same as the UK release. Thanks to Alexandre Froemming for this album. Thanks to Jack from Canada for scans of the Canadian and Australian discs. Both the 2CD Canadian Limited Edition and the single CD Standard Edition have the same catalogue number - Sony TVK-24076. Thanks to C P Lee and Jamie Buckley for the information that this album was also released in the UK as a double vinyl set, catalogue number Columbia COL 498361 1. Hans Seegers adds that the vinyl version of the album was manufactured in limited quantities only in Holland for the British, Dutch, French and Italian markets. The copy shown was bought in Italy, and has an Italian SIAE sticker on the rear sleeve. The records were housed in a wide single sleeve, not a gatefold, with picture inner sleeves. Thanks to Hans Seegers for further information and scans. |
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 Columbia COL 498361 1 (NL for Europe) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia COL 498361 1 (NL for Europe) - sticker from front, scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia 498361 9 (Australia) - CD scan by Jack from Canada |
 Columbia COL 498361 1 (NL for Europe) - inner sleeve for Record 1, front scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia COL 498361 1 (NL for Europe) - inner sleeve for Record 1, rear scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia COL 498361 1 (NL for Europe) - inner sleeve for Record 2, front scan by Hans Seegers |
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 Columbia COL 498361 1 (NL for Europe) - front scan by Patrick Helfrich (no sticker) |
 Columbia COL 498361 1 (NL for Europe) - Side 1 scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia COL 498361 1 (NL for Europe) - Side 2 scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia COL 498361 1 (NL for Europe) - Side 3 scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia COL 498361 1 (NL for Europe) - Side 4 scan by Hans Seegers |
 Columbia COL 498361 1 (NL for Europe) - rear scan by Patrick Helfrich (no sticker) |
 Sony Music SRCS 2306 (Japan) - front picture found on eil.com by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
 Sony Music SRCS 2306 (Japan) - rear picture found on eil.com by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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 Sony Music COL 498361 2 (Taiwan) - rear with obi, scan by John Gaylor |
Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information about the Japanese release, which
contains a bonus 18th track, Forever Young.
Thanks to John Gaylor for scans of the Taiwanese release, which has the standard 17 tracks. |
"The Very Best Of Bob Dylan" - 2CD set, Columbia COL 498540 2 (Sweden), May 2000:
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Because this 2CD compilation contains a rarity, full details are in 2000. |
"The Essential Bob Dylan" - 2CD set, Columbia C2K 85168 (USA/Canada), 31 Oct 2000/Sony Music House MHCP 30-31 (Japan), 21 May 2003:
 Columbia C2K 85168 (USA) (my copy) |
R-0299 Things Have
Changed
 from the Wonder Boys soundtrack album as
well as Columbia compilations and singles, lyrics on bobdylan.com
 Now no longer a rarity since it is included in this album, which is included on the bobdylan.com albums page. For full details, see International Album Releases (Regular). |
2001
"Bob Dylan Live 1961-2000: Thirty-Nine Years Of Great Concert Performances"-
compilation CD,
Sony Music Entertainment SRCS 2438 (Japan), 28 Feb 2001:
This live compilation album was exclusive to Japan, released to coincide with
Bob's 2001 tour there.
 Sony Music Entertainment SRCS 2438 (Japan) - front insert (my copy) |
Because this album contains many rarities, full details are
in 2001. Tracklisting: Somebody Touched Me (R-0466 ); Wade In The Water (R-0240); Handsome Molly (R-0467); To Ramona (R-0294); I Don't Believe You (from The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live 1966); Grand Coulee Dam (R-0066); Knockin' On Heaven's Door (from Before The Flood); It Ain't Me, Babe (now from The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live 1975, formerly R-0137); Shelter From The Storm (from Hard Rain); Dead Man, Dead Man (R-0205); Slow Train (from Dylan And The Dead); Dignity (from MTV Unplugged); Cold Irons Bound (R-0267); Born In Time (R-0269); Country Pie (R-0468); Things Have Changed (R-0469). |
"The Best Of Bob Dylan Vols. 1 & 2" - 2CD set, Columbia 5031332000 (Australia), Mar 2001/Columbia DH0018A/B Hong Kong, Oct 2001:
 Columbia 5031332000 (Australia) - picture from Columbia Australia's web-site |
Because these sets contain rarities, full details are in 2001. |
 Columbia DH0018A/B (Hong Kong) - front photo by Hervé from France |
"The Ultimate Collection" - 2CD set, Columbia 5031339 (Germany), 21 May 2001:
This is an expanded edition of the 2000 USA release The
Essential Bob Dylan (for which now see
International Album Releases) with the same cover and six extra tracks, one of which
was a rarity at the time. The sleeve notes are in German. This expanded edition was
also released as The Essential Bob Dylan in the UK, France and
Australia, see below. This 36 track European version of The Essential Bob
Dylan was released in Nov 2003 as a 3CD set with a "Limited Tour Edition
Bonus Disc" with a further rarity in Holland, see 2003.
 Columbia 5031339 (Germany) - front picture from amazon.de |
R-0299 Things Have
Changed R-0273 Dignity
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 Columbia 5031339 (Germany) - front with sticker, scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin |
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 Columbia 5031339 (Germany) - CD1 scan by Éamonn Ó Catháin |
The original list of the six extra tracks posted by amazon.de was incorrect and must have been provisional - the six extra tracks were reported to have been:
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?; I Want You; Highway 61 Revisited; I Threw It All Away; On A Night Like This and Baby Stop Crying
instead of:
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?; I Want You; Changing Of The Guards (1978 version, now found on CD only on Greatest Hits Vol. 3); Blind Willie McTell; Tight Connection To My Heart and Dignity (Alternate Version).
Note that Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? is still in mono, as on Masterpieces (1978) and Biograph (1985). Track listing:
Disc 1: Blowin' In The Wind; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; The Times They Are A-Changin'; It Ain't Me, Babe; Maggie's Farm; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Mr. Tambourine Man; Subterranean Homesick Blues; Like A Rolling Stone; Positively 4th Street (3:54 stereo version from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits and Biograph); Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (from Biograph); I Want You; Just Like A Woman; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; All Along The Watchtower; Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) ("Basement Tapes" version with The Band from Biograph); I'll Be Your Baby Tonight; Lay, Lady, Lay; If Not For You; I Shall be Released (1971 version with Happy Traum from Greatest Hits Vol. 2/More Greatest Hits); You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (1971 version with Happy Traum from Greatest Hits Vol. 2/More Greatest Hits); Knockin' On Heaven's Door.
Disc 2: Forever Young (slow version from Planet Waves), Tangled Up In Blue; Shelter From The Storm; Hurricane; Changing Of The Guards (1978 version, as above); Gotta Serve Somebody; Blind Willie McTell (from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); Jokerman; Tight Connection To My Heart; Silvio; Everything Is Broken; Dignity (Alternate Version) (R-0273 as above); Not Dark Yet; Things Have Changed (R-0299 as above).
Thanks to Dave Plentus for spotting the reported differences, and to Anthony Perry and David Goldsmith for correcting the errors.
"The Essential Bob Dylan" - 2CD set, Sony Music TV STVCD 116
(UK)/Columbia 5031332 (France), 21 May 2001/Columbia 50313320000 (Australia),
Mar 2002:
This is yet another variant of the Essential/Ultimate
compilation, tracklist exactly the same as the German version immediately above.
This album was re-released in the UK in Sep 2005 as Columbia 503133 2, the
previous French catalogue number.
 Sony Music TV STVCD 116 (UK) - front picture from amazon.co.uk |
R-0299 Things Have
Changed R-0273 Dignity
Thanks to Christopher Rollason for the information about the French release of this album, which has sleeve notes in English - an essay by Patrick Humphries dated 2001 summarising Bob's career. I'm also told there is a South African release, Columbia CDCOL 6285 - more information required. Thanks to Bill Hester and Darren Tucker for the information that the Australian edition of this set (Columbia 5031332000, made in Australia) was released in New Zealand in Mar 2002, but not announced in Australia until Aug 2002 - this looks identical to the French release, with a similar catalogue number. Bill also informs me that the Australian "Limited Edition" Best Of Bob Dylan Vols. 1 & 2 (see above) is still on sale in New Zealand (as are the separate albums), which must make it extremely confusing for prospective purchasers new to Dylan! Thanks to Stuart Moore for scans of the Australian release, which has a unique white front sticker with blue text. |
 Columbia 5031332000 (Australia) - front scan with sticker by Stuart Moore |
 Sony Music TV STVCD 116 (UK)- rear insert scan of UK release by Anthony Perry (this picture is darker than the German release) |
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 Columbia 5031332000 (Australia) - rear scan by Stuart Moore |
2003
"Bob Dylan Revisited - The Remasters" - 15-track Multichannel SACD, Columbia CSH 56477 (USA), Oct 2003:
 Columbia CSH 56477 (USA) - photo by Hervé from France |
As this Dylan compilation CD is promo only, full details are in
Promotional Albums Dylan-only 2000s. Thanks to Hervé from France for information and photo. |
2004
"Victoria's Secret Exclusive: Lovesick" - 9 track promo CD for Victoria's Secret, Sony A72812 (USA), Mar 2004:
 Sony A72812 (USA) - front (my copy) |
As this Dylan compilation CD contains a rarity, full details are in 2004. |
"Les Indispensables De Bob Dylan" - compilation CD, Sony Music Media SMM 516344-2 (France), 13 Apr 2004/Sony Music 5163342 (France), 2006:
 Sony Music Media SMM 516344-2 (France) - front (my copy) |
As this Dylan compilation CD contains a rarity, full details are in
2004. It was re-released in 2006 with a new cover design. This set is a repackaging of the earlier European compilation The Best Of Bob Dylan, see above and 1997. Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin and Jean-Pol Hiernaux for finding these releases. |
 Sony Music 5163342 (France) - 2006 release picture from eil.com |
"Bob Dylan And His Band Plus Very Special Guests" - promotional 6CD boxed set, Aiken Promotions (UK), May 2004:
 Front of Aiken Promotions box unfolded, scan by John Caruth |
This promotional box from Aiken Promotions of Northern Ireland has been
created in order to publicise Bob Dylan's performance at Stormont Castle in
Belfast on 26 Jun 2004. It includes a copy of the UK release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits
plus albums by all the supporting artists including Paddy Casey and Damien
Dempsey. The Dylan CD is the current UK release, see
1967. Thanks to John Caruth for information and scan. Thanks to Aiken Promotions for the discs, which include Living by Paddy Casey, Hi-Lo by The Walls, and Trading Snakeoil For Wolftickets by Gary Jules. |
 Rear of Aiken Promotions box unfolded |
"Iden & Tity" - film soundtrack album, Sony Music MHCP 166 (Japan), 2 Jun 2004:
 Sony Music MHCP 166 (Japan) - front (my copy) |
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 Sony Music MHCP 166 (Japan) - inside of rear insert |
 UK Project UKCD-1109 (Japan) - film soundtrack album (no Dylan involvement) |
The famous Japanese cartoonist and Dylan fan Jun Miura, who compiled the promo 2CD compilation Dylan Ga Rock (see 1993), also compiled this album (I Threw It All Away appears twice!). The songs on this CD are used in the independent Japanese movie "Iden & Tity", directed by Tomorowo Taguchi. Jun Miura originally created this artwork for the Japanese edition of The Essential Bob Dylan, see 2000. The CD front insert is a 56-page booklet entirely in Japanese which is illustrated with cartoons by Jun Miura. This artwork was also used for the obi of the 2004 Japanese release of The Best Of Bob Dylan (see 1997 for the original release of the album). I have as yet no information about the release of the film "Iden & Tity" on DVD. Thanks to Michio Kinoshita for information about this release, also that it was rescheduled for 2 Jun 2004 from the original release date of 21 Jan 2004. It was apparently delayed because Bob did not like the artwork, but he has been talked round! Also thanks to Anders Lindh. Note the film soundtrack album has already been released on the UK Project label in Japan, but does not contain any Dylan music (see above). Tracklisting:
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 Sony Music MHCP 166 (Japan) - obi |
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 Sony Music MHCP 166 (Japan) - CD |
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"Bob Dylan" - stereo acetate LP, Fantasy 77182 (USA), tracks recorded 1963-64, acetate mastered 1972-80, surfaced Jul 2004:
 Fantasy 77182 (USA) - Side 1 picture from Keith Venturoni |
As this Dylan acetate LP contains several rarities, full details are in
2004. Thanks to Keith Venturoni for information and scans. |
 Fantasy 77182 (USA) - Side 2 picture from Keith Venturoni |
2005
"Bob Dylan's American Journey 1956-1966" - compilation CD, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group A93709 (USA), Jan 2005:
 Sony Music Custom Marketing Group A93709 (USA) - front (my copy) |
This compilation CD is available from the
Experience Music Project,
Seattle, WA, to tie in with the exhibition of the same name, and contains eleven tracks from Bob's first seven
albums. The front insert is a stapled 8-page booklet with notes by Robert Santelli of the
EMP and several illustrations from the exhibition. This CD is
available for purchase only at the exhibition itself or online (USA and Canada only),
see here
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The Bob Dylan
Scrapbook, 1956-1966, the Sep 2005 book with text by Robert Santelli associated with this
exhibition, see Interviews with Bob.Thanks to Ian Woodward for information about this item and to Tim Dunn for the CD. |
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 Sony Music Custom Marketing Group A93709 (USA) - CD |
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 "The Bob Dylan Scrapbook", see Interviews with Bob |
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - compilation CD, Columbia 82876 75013 2
(USA/Canada)/Sony Music (catalogue number?) (Japan), 15 Nov 2005:
This album with liner notes by Bill Flanagan is not the same as the
1997 European release of the same name which
contained a rarity, the alternate version of Shelter From The Storm from the
"Jerry Maguire" film soundtrack, not the version from Blood On The Tracks.
It hasn't been added to the Bob Dylan albums page on bobdylan.com.
 Columbia 82876 75013 2 (USA) - front of sealed digipak with sticker (my copy) |
R-0299 Things Have
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from the Wonder Boys soundtrack album as
well as Columbia compilations and singles, lyrics on bobdylan.com
Now no longer a rarity since it is included in The Essential Bob Dylan (2000) on the bobdylan.com albums page. Tracklisting: Blowin' In The Wind; The Times They Are A-Changin'; Mr. Tambourine Man; Like A Rolling Stone; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35; All Along The Watchtower; Lay, Lady, Lay; Knockin' On Heaven's Door; Tangled Up In Blue; Hurricane; Forever Young; Gotta Serve Somebody; Jokerman; Not Dark Yet; Things Have Changed (R-0299); Summer Days. R-0299 has now been removed from the rarities list. Thanks to Tim Dunn for information. Hans Seegers has a copy of this album in a "long box" with a bonus CD of Bob Dylan Live At Carnegie Hall 1963, see 2005. For more pictures, see here. Thanks to Jean-Pol Hiernaux for information and scans of the Canadian release. The rear lacks the US FBI Anti-Piracy logo. |
 Columbia 130C 675013LB (USA) - "long box" front scan by Hans Seegers (includes bonus CD of Carnegie Hall) |
 Columbia 82876 75013 2 (USA) - rear of sealed digipak |
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 Columbia 82876 75013 2 (Canada) - rear scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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 Columbia 82876 75013 2 (Canada) - CD scan by Jean-Pol Hiernaux |
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2006
"Blues" - compilation CD, Columbia/Legacy 82876 88900 2 (USA), 8 Aug 2006:
 Columbia/Legacy 82876 88900 2 (USA) - picture from Barnes & Noble web-site |
Because this album contains three remastered tracks, it has been moved
to 2006. Thanks to Gino Galvez for information. |
2007
"Bob Dylan Classics Live" - live compilation limited edition CD, Columbia/Legacy 88697 21150 2 (USA), Dec 2007:
 Columbia/Legacy 88697 21150 2 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
This exclusive compilation is being given away by
public service broadcasters in the USA when you pledge money to support them
in 2008 by buying albums such as the 2007 Dylan compilation for an inflated
price of $75 for the single CD or $150 for the 3CD set. Because it contains
two live rarities, full details are in 2007.
Thanks to HwyCDRrev and Ian Woodward for information about this album and to Hans Seegers for the scan. |
For the earlier parts of this list, see the links below.
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