This is the fourth 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. Promo-only Dylan compilation albums are now included on this page. Thanks to Hans Seegers for all the exclusive CBS Japanese releases, etc.!
Other International Albums and Compilations are now here:
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Revised 16 September, 2024.
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.
1990
"Forever Young" - promo CD, CBS XPCD 116 (UK), Feb 1990:
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CBS XPCD 116 (UK) - front insert (my copy) |
This unique 13 track promo CD was released to commemorate Bob's residency at the Hammersmith Odeon in London from 3-8 Feb 1990. |
 CBS XPCD 116 (UK) - reverse of front insert |
 CBS XPCD 116 (UK) - rear insert |
 CBS XPCD 116 (UK) - CD |
 CBS XPCD 116 (UK) - detail of CD ("MADE IN U.K. BY PDO") |
All the tracks included, three of which come from Bob's then new album Oh Mercy, are from regular albums, although three other songs are versions from Biograph rather than from their original albums. It's a quite different album from the 1978 Spanish promo LP and the 1988 US promo CD (Columbia CSK 1151) with the same title. For those see the 1970s and 1980s links above and below.
Tracks included are:
Political World from Oh Mercy; The Times They Are A-Changin' from the album of the same name; Visions Of Johanna - live 1966 version from Biograph; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - live 1966 version from Biograph; Everything Is Broken from Oh Mercy; Rainy Day Women #23 & 35 from Blonde On Blonde; Forever Young - demo version from Biograph; Man In A Long Black Coat from Oh Mercy; Lay, Lady, Lay from Nashville Skyline; Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It All Back Home; A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall and Blowin' In The Wind from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan; Chimes Of Freedom from Another Side Of Bob Dylan.
This CD was made in England by PDO (Philips & Dupont Optical), who had a CD pressing plant in Blackburn, Lancashire. PDO manufactured mostly budget and classical CDs for a large number of record companies including Ace Records, Decca and Deutsche Grammophon. This copy is exhibiting the "bronzing" discolouration of two of my 1990s UK CD singles, see International Singles: Singles & EPs 1990-1999. For the 1989 CBS UK CD single of Everything Is Broken, also made by PDO but doesn't seem to be affected, see International Singles: Singles & EPs 1987-89.
"Los Monstruos Del Rock [The Monsters Of Rock]: Bob Dylan" - stereo compilation LP, CBS CLS-463764 (Mexico), 1990:
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CBS CLS-463764 (Mexico) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
This release has a unique picture sleeve and sleeve notes and song titles in Spanish. This album is part of a series released by CBS in Mexico called "Los Monstruos del Rock" (a similar series called "Los Monstruos del Pop" with the same artwork also was published by CBS at the same time). All of these albums were previously released in Mexico as "Greatest Hits" compilations: Janis Joplin, Earth, Wind & Fire, Electric Light Orchestra, Santana, Boston, Chicago, etc. The picture of Bob dates from 1978, used for the first time for the Spanish 7" single Baby Stop Crying and for the UK and Irish 12" Is Your Love in Vain singles. It was reused for a 2001 UK free CD called The Voice Of Every Generation, see 2001. |
This is actually the 1967 album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits with the tracks reordered, so is now listed in International Albums (Regular).
Side 1: Como Una Piedra Rodante (Like A Rolling Stone); La Respuesta Esta En El Viento (Blowin’ In The Wind); El Blues De La Guarida Subterranea (Subterranean Homesick Blues); No Me Tienes Nena (It Ain't Me Babe); El Hombre Del Tambor (Mr. Tambourine Man).
Side 2: Los Tiempos Cambian (The Times They Are A-Changin' ); Mujer En Dia Lluvioso (Rainy Day Women #12 & 35); Te Deseo (I Want You); Calle 4 Francamente (Positively 4th Street); Como Toda Una Mujer (Just Like A Woman).
The song titles are translated into Spanish and subtitled in English both on the rear sleeve and on the labels. The Spanish translations are different from earlier Mexican releases (see Mono 7" Singles & EPs 1965)! Also compare the different titles on a 1967 South American mono album called El Trovador De Nuestro Tiempo - Bob Dylan - Poeta O Profeta? - see Mono LPs - Dylan-only Compilations.
Thanks to Lars M. Banke and Manuel García Jara for the information and scan
1991
"The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 Sampler" - 12 track promo compilation: CD release: Columbia CSK 3081 (USA), Jan 1991; cassette release Columbia 47382 (USA), Jan 1991:
 Columbia CSK 3081 (USA) - scan by Hans Seegers |
Because these promo releases contain a rarity, full details are in
1991. Thanks to Hans Seegers and Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
 Columbia 47382 (USA) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
"Special Audio Buyway featuring excerpts from Bob Dylan/The Rolling Stones" - in-store promotional cassette, Columbia 47382 (USA), Jan 1991:
 Columbia 47382 (USA) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
Because this promo release contains rarities, full details are in
1991. Thanks to Anthony Pignataro, Tim Dunn and Gerd Rundel for information and scans. |
 Columbia 47382 (USA) - inside of cassette insert, scan by Gerd Rundel |
 Columbia 47382 (USA) - cassette Side 1 scan by Gerd Rundel (includes Bob) |
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - compilation LP, Han Su Li Records MHLR-1058 (South Korea), 17 Apr 1991:
 Han Su Li Records MHLR-1058 (South Korea) - photograph by Ulf Gyllenspetz |
This 12 track album was unique to South Korea. It has light-blue "CREATO"
labels with stamped matrix numbers: MHLR 1058A/B.
Side 1: Knockin' On Heaven's Door; Positively 4th St.; I Want You; Masters Of War; It Ain't Me Babe; Like A Rolling Stone. Side 2: Blowin' In The Wind; Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (mistitled as "Rainy Day Woman"); Just Like A Woman, Mr. Tambourine Man; The Times They Are A Changin'; Subterranean Homesick Blues. Thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz for the photograph and Hans Seegers for further information. |
Bob Dylan/John Lennon - "The Lost Lennon Tapes - Dylan And Lennon" - 2 radio broadcast LPs, Westwood One show #91-17 (USA), 22 Apr 1991:
 Westwood One show #91-17 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers |
The LP format is unusual for the date. Bob's contribution is: Side 1: Talkin' New York (full length); Blowin' In The Wind (full length); Corrina, Corrina (1:10 excerpt, partly talked over); Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (full length) |
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 Westwood One show #91-17 (USA) - Side 3 scan by Hans Seegers |
Side 2: Subterranean Homesick Blues (full length); Positively 4th Street (full length); Like A Rolling Stone (full length)
Side 3: Gotta Serve Somebody (2:20 excerpt)
Side 4 is blank! The show also includes Lennon's Dylan parody, Serve Yourself, on Side 3.
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scans.
"The Bob Dylan Bootleg Tapes" - 3CD set of radio station discs, Westwood One Show #91-20 (USA) , broadcast week of 13 May 1991:
 Westwood One Show #91-20 (USA) - cue sheet for CD1, scan by Jack from Canada |
These CDs contain shortened versions of several songs from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3 and excerpts from the 1991 interview with Bob by Elliott Mintz and are listed in Interviews with Bob. This interview was recorded in a hotel room in Los Angeles, CA, in Mar 1991. Excerpts were used in several Westwood One broadcasts. Most of the three hour radio programme consists of full length versions of songs from the newly-released compilation. |
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 Westwood One Show #91-20 (USA) - cue sheet for CD2, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Westwood One Show #91-20 (USA) - cue sheet for CD3, scan by Jack from Canada |
 Westwood One Show #91-20 (USA) - CD1 scan by Jack from Canada |
 Westwood One Show #91-20 (USA) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada |
 Westwood One Show #91-20 (USA) - CD3 scan by Jack from Canada |
 Westwood One US generic card sleeve, scan by Jack from Canada (rear is plain white) |
Thanks to John Gaylor for the information and Dan Jordan for the scans. Also thanks to Ulf Gyllenspetz.
1993
"Dylan Ga Rock [DylanがRock/Dylan 'N' Rock]" - 2CD promo set in digipak, Sony Records XDCS 93111-2 (Japan), 1993:
 Sony Records XDCS 93111-2 (Japan) - scan by Anthony Perry (1993 version) |
Because this album contains rarities, full details are found
in 1993. Tracklisting (thanks to Hans Seegers): CD1 - Tombstone Blues; Subterranean Homesick Blues (original album version); Subterranean Homesick Blues (version from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I Go Mine) (live performance from Before the Flood); Maggie's Farm (live performance from Before the Flood); Outlaw Blues; It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry; Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat; I Wanna Be Your Lover (from Biograph); One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later); Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) (live performance from Self Portrait); Idiot Wind; If You Gotta Go, Go Now (from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); Odds And Ends (from The Basement Tapes); Highway 51; It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (live performance from Before the Flood); She Belongs To Me (live performance from Self Portrait); Rita May (B-side of single, R-0130); Union Sundown. CD2 - Obviously 5 Believers; Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live version, B-side of single, R-0054); Absolutely Sweet Marie; George Jackson ("Big Band" version, R-0084); One Too Many Mornings (live performance from Before the Flood); Neighbourhood Bully; Foot Of Pride (from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); Unbelievable; Highway 61 Revisited; Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (still mono!); Political World; Jet Pilot [from Biograph); From A Buick 6 (alternate take with harmonica intro, R-0046); Frankie And Albert; Seven Days (from The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3); On A Night Like This; All Along The Watchtower; Bob Dylan's 115th Dream; I Threw It All Away (live performance from Hard Rain). This album has now been released in a new version but also with rarities, see 2010. |
 Sony Music SICP-2620 (Japan) - picture from hmv.co.jp (2010 version) |
"Mr. D's Collection # 3" - promo CD, Sony Records XDCS 93133 (Japan), 1993:
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Because this album is a collection of rarities, full details are found
in 1993. Tracklisting: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live 1966); I Ain't Got No Home (live with The Band at the Woody Guthrie Tribute 1968); Grand Coulee Dam (live with The Band at the Woody Guthrie Tribute 1968); George Jackson ("Big Band" version); George Jackson (Acoustic version); Rita May; People Get Ready (live from "Renaldo & Clara"); It Ain't Me, Babe (live from "Renaldo & Clara"); Never Let Me Go (live from "Renaldo & Clara"); Dead Man, Dead Man (live 1981); The Usual; Pretty Boy Floyd. |
1995
"Highway 61 Interactive" - CD-ROM (Windows/Macintosh), Columbia/Graphix Zone CDAC 085700 (USA), 1995:
 Columbia/Graphix Zone CDAC 085700 (USA) - front of the CD-ROM box (my copy) |
Although this is a CD-ROM, it is indeed a Dylan-only compilation! Because it contains many rarities, including one playable on an audio CD player, full details are in 1995. |
1997
"The Best Of Bob Dylan" - compilation CD releases, Columbia SONYTV28CD/31-487924-10 (UK); Columbia 487924 2 (mainland Europe); Columbia 487924 2 (Australia); Sony Music Direct TVK 24037 (Canada), 2 Jun 1997; Sony Records SRCS 8412 (Japan), 6 Aug 1997; compilation cassette releases, Sony Music SONYTV28MC (UK)/Columbia 487924 4 (Turkey), 1997/Columbia 487924 4 (Australia), 2 Jun 1997; Sony/ZMC McCOL 5300 (Zimbabwe), 1997:
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Because this compilation contains a former Dylan rarity, full details can be found in 1997. |
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SONYTV28CD (UK) - front (my copy) |
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 Columbia 487924 4 (Turkey) - cassette front scan by Lars M. Banke |
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 Sony/ZMC McCOL 5300 (Zimbabwe) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Manuel García Jara |
 Sony Records SRCS 8412 (Japan) - promo cassette insert scan by Wil Gielen |
 Sony Records SRCS 8412 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
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"Platin Series" - Columbia 487924 6 (Mainland Europe), 2001/"Platinum Series" - Columbia 487924 5 (Mainland Europe), 2002:
 Columbia 487924 6 (Germany) - front of slipcase, picture from www.discogs.,com (2001 release) |
In 2001 a Columbia series called "Platin" [Platinum] was released in mainland Europe with the albums manufactured in Austria for Europe-wide distribution and the "Platin" slipcases manufactured in Germany. The Best Of Bob Dylan shown here is "Columbia 487924 6" on the spine and "Sony Music 4879246000" on the rear. I suspect the "Platin" versions were intended for Germany only. Gerd Rundel's 2002 copy has a slipcase with the title "Platinum" with "Columbia 487924 5" on the spine and "Sony Music 4879245000" on the rear. The CD inside is the Sony Music UK release SONYTV28CD with the original inserts and the 1997 disc. |
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Thanks to Hans Seegers, Jean-Pol Hiernaux, Wolfram Winkler, Gerd Rundel, Wil Gielen, Stuart Moore, Dag Braathen, Manuel García Jara and Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Time Out Of Mind" - promo CD, Columbia COL PRCD 486 (Germany), Sep 1997:
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Because every track on this promo album is edited, full details are in
1997. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and scan. |
1998
"Music & Words 1998 To 1963" - promo CD, Columbia CSK 6226 (USA/Australia), 1998:
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CSK 6226 (USA) - front scan by David Plentus |
An interesting compilation in reverse chronological order, starting with Cold Irons Bound and ending with Don't Think Twice It's Alright - all tracks are the regular album versions. I'm told by Harold Lepidus that the CD insert information is not entirely accurate - All Along The Watchtower is from Before The Flood, not John Wesley Harding, and You Ain't Goin' Nowhere is from The Basement Tapes, recorded 1967, released 1975, but the date is incorrectly shown as "11/17/71", the date of the second version with Happy Traum from Greatest Hits Vol. 2/More Greatest Hits. Thanks to Christopher Perry for information and David Plentus for scans. Thanks to Stuart Moore for scans of the Australian release. The Australian CD has "All tracks published by Sony/ATV Music Australia" (on the US CD they're credited to Dwarf Music, Ram's Horn Music and Special Rider Music). |
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 CSK 6226 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore |
 CSK 6226 (Australia) - reverse of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore |
 CSK 6226 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Stuart Moore |
 CSK 6226 (Australia) - CD scan by Stuart Moore |
 CSK 6226 (USA) - rear scan by David Plentus |
 CSK 6226 (USA) - CD scan by David Plentus |
1999
Bob Dylan/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - "Superstars In Concert" - radio station discs, Westwood One Radio Broadcast, Westwood One SS99-06 (USA), broadcast 6-7 Feb 1999:
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As this set includes thirteen live rarities, full details are in 1999. |
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