This is a separate multi-year list by release date of commercially-released Various Artist stereo compilation albums released in 2009 that have been referred to me but do not qualify for my Searching For A Gem list because they contain only Bob Dylan performances which are 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 Various Artist compilation albums with Dylan tracks are now included in this list. Other International Albums and Compilations are now here:
There must be hundreds of these albums from round the world! 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 20 May, 2022.
For earlier entries in this list, see the links above.
2009 Pending Additions
101 Pirate Radio Hits (4CD) |
4 |
Virgin Records |
UK |
509996 98891 2 7 VTDCDX 952 |
Subterranean Homesick Blues.Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds, If You Gotta Go, Go Now by Manfred Mann |
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Feel the difference of the Blue-spec CD-Rock Selection 2 (2CD) |
2 |
Sony Music Japan |
Japan |
SICP 20158-9 |
Tangled up in blue (x 2: Blue ray and Original) |
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Rock your heart Te lo dice il cuore [Your heart tells you] (2CD) |
2 |
Sony Music Entertainment |
Italy |
88697467142 |
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Veronica's Album Top 1000 Allertijden - Editie 2009 [Top 1000 Of All Time 2009 Edition] (4CD) |
4 |
Sony Music |
NL |
88697505042 |
Hurricane |
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50 Great Songs (3CD) |
3 |
Sony Music |
Korea |
S30579C/88697606722 |
Don't think twice, it's allright |
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Between the lines- Stories of lovers and lunatics (2CD) |
2 |
Geco Tonwaren |
EU/Austria |
9006472014478 |
Love Sick |
Comes in digipack |
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Bruce Springsteen's Jukebox - The songs that inspired the man |
1 |
Chrome Dreams |
UK |
CDCD5028 |
Maggie's Farm |
Comes in outer slipcover |
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Leonard Cohen's Jukebox - The songs that inspired the man |
1 |
Chrome Dreams |
UK |
CDCD5034 |
Jokerman |
Comes in extra carton slipcase |
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Nick Cave's Jukebox - The songs that inspired the man |
1 |
Chrome Dreams |
England |
CDCD5029 |
Gotta Serve Somebody |
Comes with extra carton sleeve |
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Rock Classics |
1 |
Sony Music |
South Africa |
CDSM388 |
Knockin' on Heaven's Door |
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The Pop Years 1970-1971 (2CD) |
2 |
Crimson Productions |
UK |
CRIMPOP701 |
Watching the river flow |
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Tribute to the "Twentieth Century Boys"- The Final |
1 |
Imperial Records |
Japan |
TECI-35562 |
Like a rolling stone (Live) from Before The Flood |
Comes in hard carton digipack |
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Your favourite driving songs 2 (2CD) |
2 |
Australian Broadcasting/Universal Music |
Australia |
5316256 |
Most likely you go your way (and I'll go mine) |
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Various Artists - "Let Freedom Sing: The Music Of The Civil Rights Movement" - compilation 3CD set, Time-Life/Sony Music LS420024295Z (USA), Jan 2009:
Various Artists - "NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack" - compilation 2CD set, CBS CBSR 022 (USA), 10 Feb 2009:
![]() CBS CBSR 022 (USA) - picture from www.amazon.com |
This 2CD compilation of music from this TV series about the US Navy
Criminal Investigation Service starring Mark Harmon includes Things Have Changed from the 2000 Wonder Boys
soundtrack on CD1. This is now no longer a rarity since it is included in The Essential Bob Dylan
(2000) on the bobdylan.com albums page. CD1 also includes No Matter
What by Bob's son Jakob Dylan. This Dylan song was used in Episode 13 of Season 4, "Sharif Returns", broadcast in the USA on 23 Jan 2007. For the 2007 6DVD release see VHS & DVD (Films with Dylan Album Tracks) 2000s Part 2. For NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack Vol. 2, released in Nov 2009 with a then rare Dylan track, see below Thanks to Jack from Canada for information and Hans Seegers for scans. |
![]() CBS CBSR 022 (USA) - front with sticker, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() CBS CBSR 022 (USA) - rear scan by Hans Seegers |
Various Artists - "Watchmen: Music From The
Motion Picture" - film soundtrack CD, Reprise/Warner Bros
516751-2 (USA), 3 Mar 2009;
Warner Sunrise/Reprise WPCR-13349 (Japan), 25 Mar 2009:
There is also a companion album with the original movie score by Tyler
Bates - this has no Dylan content.
![]() Reprise/Warner Bros 516751-2 (USA) - picture from www.amazon.com |
This film soundtrack album includes The Times They Are A-Changin', Jimi Hendrix's
cover of All Along The Watchtower from John Wesley Harding and a
cover of Desolation Row from Highway 61 Revisited by My Chemical
Romance. It also includes Nina Simone's version of Berthold Brecht's
Pirate Jenny, thought to be an inspiration for When The Ship Comes In. The film "Watchmen" is adapted from the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, and directed by Zack Snyder. The Times They Are A-Changin' is played in full over the opening credits and Desolation Row is played during the closing credits. For DVD releases see VHS & DVD: Films With Dylan Album Tracks 2000s Part 2. The graphic novel, originally published in 1985-86 as a series of comic books, uses quotes from the lyrics of Desolation Row and All Along The Watchtower as chapter headings. |
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![]() Warner Sunrise/Reprise WPCR-13349 (Japan) - detail of promo obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
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![]() Warner Sunrise/Reprise WPCR-13349 (Japan) - promo CD scan by Wil Gielen |
![]() Warner Sunrise/Reprise WPCR-13349 (Japan) - detail of promo CD, scan by Wil Gielen |
![]() Warner Sunrise/Reprise WPCR-13349 (Japan) - promo CD-R scan by Wil Gielen |
![]() Film score album - picture from www.amazon.com (no Dylan) |
![]() Warner Sunrise/Reprise WPCR-13349 (Japan) - promo obi scan by Wil Gielen |
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![]() Warner Bros W851T (UK), picture from www.991.com |
Thanks to Wil Gielen for scans of two Japanese promos. The
first is a CD-R in a regular jewel case with a folded front insert, black on
the inside, there is no rear insert. The second is a promo copy of the
regular release with a promo stamp on the obi and the text "SAMPLE NOT FOR
SALE" in the centre of the CD itself. The front insert is a 12-page folded
insert and there is a second 20-page stapled booklet in English and
Japanese. The cover of Desolation Row by My Chemical Romance was released in the UK as a 12" picture disc! The B-side was a track by Tyler Bates. Thanks to Badlands for news that Record Store Day 2021 will include a 2LP set of the Watchmen: Music From The Motion Picture soundtrack album on blue and yellow vinyl. More information will be added when available. |
Various Artists - "Watchmen: Music From The Motion Picture" - promo film soundtrack CD, Reprise/Warner Bros 2-516751/9362-49809-1 2 (Argentina), Mar 2009:
Various Artists - "Feel The Difference Of The Blu-spec CD: Rock Selection" - compilation 2CD set, Sony Music SICP 20048-9 (Japan), 4 Mar 2009:
![]() Sony Music SICP 20048-9 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers |
A Blu-spec CD is an audio-only disc which is intended to be Sony's new high quality audio format (it's not actually a Blu-ray disc as previously reported or as stated on the sticker, although it is made with Blu-ray technology). Blu-spec discs are currently available only in Japan. This 2CD compilation promoting the format has the same material on each disc: CD1 is a Blu-spec disc, CD2 is a standard disc. |
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![]() Sony Music SICP 20048-9 (Japan) - obi scan by Hans Seegers |
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Both discs contain Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited - on CD1 this is the Blu-spec version released in Japan on 24 Dec 2008 (Sony Music SICP 20024). On CD2 it is the version from the last CD release from 18 Aug 2004 (Sony Music MHCP-372). The obi has budget price ¥1,500 (¥1,429 before tax), release date "09-3-4" (4 Mar 2009) and withdrawal date "09-9-3" (3 Sep 2009). For the second 2CD comparison compilation in this series released in Jul 2009, see below.
For a 2013 2CD compilation in the new "Blu-spec 2" format replacing Blu-spec, containing Tangled Up In Blue from Blood On The Tracks, see International Albums (Various Artists Compilations) 2013.
Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information and to Hans Seegers and Wil Gielen for scans.
Various Artists - "Feel The Difference Of The Blu-spec CD: Rock Selection 2" - compilation 2CD set, Sony Music SICP 20158-9 (Japan), 22 Jul 2009:
The obi has budget price ¥1,500 (¥1,429 before tax), release date "09-7-22" (22 Jul 2009) and withdrawal date "10-1-21" (21 Jan 2010).
For a 2013 2CD compilation in the new "Blu-spec 2" format replacing Blu-spec, also containing Tangled Up In Blue from Blood On The Tracks, see International Albums (Various Artists Compilations) 2013.
Thanks to Wil Gielen, Peter Oudejans and Jack from Canada for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Sony Music On Air Vol. 21" - promo 2CD set, Sony Music 886974560192 (Portugal), Apr 2009:
![]() Sony Music 886974560192 (Portugal) - front scan by Manuel García Jara |
Bob's contribution to this 2CD promo set is Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
from Together Through Life, track 4 on CD2. For Sony Music On Air Vol. 18 of this promo series with a Dylan rarity, see 2008. Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans. |
![]() Sony Music 886974560192 (Portugal) - rear scan by Manuel García Jara |
Various Artists - "Abril 2009" - promo compilation, Sony Music PCD 640 (Argentina), Apr 2009:
Various Artists - "Rock Your Heart: Te Lo Dice Il Cuore [Your Heart Tells You]" - 2CD set, Sony Music 88697467142 (Italy), 2009:
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Veronica's Album Top 1000 Allertijden - Editie 2009 [Top 1000 Of All Time - 2009 Edition] " - 4CD set, Sony Music 88697505042 (NL), 2009:
Bob's contribution to this 4CD set released in conjunction with Dutch station Radio Veronica is Hurricane from Desire on CD2.
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
1964 There & then- Original Hits by the original artists |
1 |
Sony Music |
Canada |
88697512682 |
Chimes of freedom |
Comes in card/enveloppe |
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1969 There & then- Original Hits by the original artists |
1 |
Sony Music |
Canada |
88697512742 |
Lay lady lay |
Comes in card/enveloppe |
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KULTUR SPIEGEL My Generation- Sex & The Sixties |
1 |
Sony Music Entertainment |
Germany/EU |
88697515112 |
Lay, Lady, Lay |
Comes in trifold digipack |
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Les annees Woodstock (3CD) |
3 |
Sony Music Entertainment |
EU/FR |
88697527622 |
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues |
Comes in digipack |
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The Woodstock Years (3CD) |
3 |
Sony Music Entertainment |
Australia |
88697575382 |
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues |
Comes in digipack |
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The Woodstock Years (3CD) |
3 |
Sony Music Entertainment |
EU/UK |
88697575382 |
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues |
Comes in digipack |
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Various Artists - "101 Pirate Radio Hits" - compilation 4CD set, Virgin/EMI VTDCDX 952/509996 98891 2 7 (UK), 6 Apr 2009:
![]() Virgin/EMI VTDCDX 952/509996 98891 2 7 (UK) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk |
This 4CD set of records played by the UK's several pirate radio ships
during the 1960s comes in a double-width jewel case. It contains Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It
All Back Home on CD2, which also contains Mr. Tambourine Man by The
Byrds and If You Gotta Go, Go Now by Manfred Mann. Thanks to Stuart Moore for finding this set and to Peter Oudejans for further information and scans. |
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![]() Virgin/EMI VTDCDX 952/509996 98891 2 7 (UK) - front insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
![]() Virgin/EMI VTDCDX 952/509996 98891 2 7 (UK) - rear insert scan by Peter Oudejans |
![]() Virgin/EMI VTDCDX 952/509996 98891 2 7 (UK) - CD1 scan by Peter Oudejans (no Dylan) |
![]() Virgin/EMI VTDCDX 952/509996 98891 2 7 (UK) - CD2 scan by Peter Oudejans (includes Bob and two Dylan covers) |
![]() Virgin/EMI VTDCDX 952/509996 98891 2 7 (UK) - CD3 scan by Peter Oudejans (no Dylan) |
![]() Virgin/EMI VTDCDX 952/509996 98891 2 7 (UK) - CD4 scan by Peter Oudejans (no Dylan) |
Various Artists - "Room Service De Luxe: The Ultimate Soundtrack for the Seriously Hip" - compilation 2CD set, Huh! Records huh 119 (New Zealand)/Liberation Records LMCD0022 (Australia), 24 Apr 2009:
Lay, Lady, Lay originally appeared on the (very rare) Australian release of Room Service 3 in 2003 (see the 2003 page of this Various Artists Compilations list). The Dylan track didn't appear on the New Zealand release of Room Service 3.
Thanks to Bill Hester for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Dylan Mania, Une Collection Obsessionelle De Béatrice Ardisson" - compilation CD, Naïve NS 91579 (France), 5 May 2009:
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This French collection of Dylan covers compiled by musician/composer Béatrice
Ardisson contains a Dylan track called "Apothecary" (also listed in some
sources as "Animals, Birds And Cigarettes") which is Bob's rap
outside the pet shop from the 2005 Martin Scorsese No Direction Home
documentary (see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 3). As
this is a Dylan rarity, full details are in 2009. The download and CD versions differ in that three tracks are available for download only, whereas several tracks such as A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall by Bryan Ferry are on the CD version only. The three download-only tracks were later released on a bonus disc included with the commercial CD release. The same record company has released a series of Béatrice Ardisson "Mania" compilations including Bowie Mania. Thanks to John-Willy Bakke and David Plentus for information. |
![]() Bowie Mania (Naïve Records, France, 2007) - picture from www.amazon.fr |
Various Artists - "Hit's A Sony Vol. 76 Jun 2009" - promo compilation 2CD set, Sony Music SDCI 80789~90 (Japan), Jun 2009:
![]() Sony Music SDCI 80789~90 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen |
This promo compilation contains Beyond Here Lies Nothin' from the
Japanese release of Together Though Life (the full album version, not
the radio edit), track 13 on CD2. The front insert
is an 6-page folded sheet in English and Japanese. There is no obi. For a Dec 2009 release in this series, see below. For other volumes in this series with Dylan rarities, see 2001, 2006 and 2007. For 2000s promotional albums in this series with Dylan album tracks, see International Album Releases (Various Artist Compilations) 2000s. For 1990s promotional albums in this series with Dylan album tracks, see International Album Releases (Various Artist Compilations) 1990s. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
![]() Sony Music SDCI 80789~90 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen |
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![]() Sony Music SDCI 80790 (Japan) - CD2 scan by Wil Gielen (includes Bob) |
Various Artists - "Away We Go: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack " - film soundtrack CD, Zero Summer Records 0 6700 30859 2 2 (USA), 23 Jun 2009:
![]() Zero Summer Records 0 6700 30859 2 2 (USA) - front of digipak, scan by Hans Seegers |
The soundtrack of this film directed by Sam Mendes starring John
Krasinski and Maya Rudolph mostly consists of songs by Scottish
singer-songwriter Alexi Murdoch, but it also includes Meet Me In The Morning
from Blood On The Tracks, and songs by George Harrison, The
Stranglers and The Velvet Underground. For the 2009 US DVD and Blu-ray
releases see VHS & DVD (Films with
Dylan Album Tracks) 2000s Part 2. The soundtrack CD comes in a digipak. Thanks to Stuart Moore and Tim Dunn for information and to Hans Seegers and Stuart Moore for further information and scans. |
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![]() Alternate front picture from www.amazon.com |
![]() Zero Summer Records 0 6700 30859 2 2 (USA) - outside of digipak, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Zero Summer Records 0 6700 30859 2 2 (USA) - rear of digipak, scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() Zero Summer Records 0 6700 30859 2 2 (USA) - CD scan by Hans Seegers |
![]() US DVD release, picture from www.amazon.com |
Various Artists - "Eddie's Mix Tape #18: The Rock, The Roll & So Much More..." - promo compilation 2CD set, Bug Music/Windswept (no catalogue number) (USA), Jul 2009:
Thanks to Tim Dunn for finding this on eBay and to Hans Seegers for the loan of the set.
Various Artists - "COLLECTORAMA #2: Folk - Tour Du Monde D'Austin Á Stockholm [Folk - World Tour From Austin To Stockholm]" - 2CD compilation produced in association with magazine "Inrockuptibles", FNAC 2630033507887 (France), Oct 2009:
As well as the two CDs, the box contains a 50-page book in French about the history of folk music with Woody Guthrie on the front plus a wallet with five photos by Henry Diltz, who was a member of the Modern Folk Quartet and later a photographer who covered the Monterey and Woodstock festivals and took the sleeve photo for the Doors album Morrison Hotel. The pictures (not shown) are of Neil Young, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Graham Nash with Joni Mitchell, and David Crosby. The first COLLECTORAMA compilation was "ELECTRO" and this second collection will be followed by "SOUL/FUNK" at the end of 2009 and "NEW WAVE" in 2010.
For other releases from "Les Inrockuptibles" with Dylan album tracks see the 1998, 2004, 2007 and 2010 pages of this Various Artists Compilations list.
Thanks to Franck Faugere for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Big Rock Biggest Gigs Biggest Songs Live" - compilation 2CD set, Sony Music 88697579272 (New Zealand), 2009:
This 2CD set is exclusive to New Zealand. Bob's contribution on CD2 is A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall, live with the Rolling Thunder Revue from the Forum de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 4 Dec 1975, from The Bootleg Series Vol.5 - Live 1975.
Thanks to Bill Hester for information and scans.
Essential 70s (4CD) |
4 |
Sony Music Entertainment Mexico |
Mexico |
886975283422 |
Lay lady lay |
4CD individual packed in sleeves in carton box |
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1970 The Best year of my life |
1 |
Sony Music Entertainment |
EU |
88697593872 |
If not for you |
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1973 The Best year of my life |
1 |
Sony Music Entertainment |
EU |
88697593912 |
Billy 4 |
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Radio Capital Rock n Soul (2CD) |
2 |
Sony Music |
Italy |
88697611852 |
Thunder on the mountain |
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Various Artists - "Alternative Sampler Vol. 12" - promo compilation CD, Sony Music ALT 12 (Poland), 2009:
Various Artists - "Columbia Records 2010 Grammy Nominees Highlights" - promo compilation CD-R, Columbia (no catalogue number) (USA), 12 Oct 2009:
Various Artists - "NCIS: The Official TV Series Soundtrack Vol. 2" - TV series soundtrack CD, CBS CBSR 029 (USA), 3 Nov 2009:
CBS CBSR029 (USA) - front of sealed copy with sticker (my copy) |
Bob's contribution is California, an early version of Outlaw Blues from Bringing It All Back Home with different lyrics (which appear in "Writings and Drawings" under this title, lyrics on bobdylan.com here), recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 13 Jan 1965. California is no longer a rarity since it was released in Nov 2015 on The Best of The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12. | |
CBS CBSR029 (USA) - reverse of rear insert |
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CBS CBSR029 (USA) - rear insert |
CBS CBSR029 (USA) - CD |
This out-take was originally released on Grandes De La Música: Mitos* Del Rock [Great Figures Of Music: Legends of Rock], a compilation CD given away in 1995 with an issue of "Diário de Noticias [News Diary]", a Spanish newspaper. For more details see Questionable Releases.
*The distinction between “myth” and “legend” made in English isn’t made in other European languages – they’re both types of traditional stories, but basically a “myth” is a story that was never actually true, whereas a “legend” is a story that is based on true events or people. This means an “urban legend” should actually be called an “urban myth”, while Bob’s certainly a legend and definitely not a myth!
The performance on this official album has been professionally remixed and remastered. The song was included in the episode of NCIS broadcast by CBS in the USA on 3 Nov 2009 (Season 7, episode 6 "Outlaws and In-laws"), for the DVD release see VHS & DVD 2000s Part 4. The remaining tracks from this soundtrack album will be placed in NCIS episodes throughout the current season, which ends in May 2010.
The front insert is a single three fold sheet. This release is on CBS Records rather than Columbia because the source is a CBS TV series. For the Hawaii Five-O CBS TV series soundtrack with another Dylan rarity, see 2011. Despite the fact it's from the 1960s, this song turned up again on an Open Records download-only album I Feel Good: 70s Hits in 2012.
For the first compilation in this series from Feb 2009 with Things Have Changed from the Wonder Boys film soundtrack and The Essential Bob Dylan, see above.
Thanks to Harold Lepidus, Rick Petreycik, Bob Stacy, Roger Stewart, David Plentus and Paul S. Levine for information about this item.
Various Artists - "Hit's A Sony Dec.2009" - promo compilation CD, Sony Music SDCI 80879 (Japan), Dec 2009:
![]() Sony Music SDCI 80879 (Japan) - front scan by Wil Gielen |
This promo compilation contains Must Be Santa from Christmas In The
Heart. The front features Leona Lewis and Alicia Keys. The front insert
is an 8-page stapled booklet in English and Japanese. There is no obi. For a Jun 2009 release in this series, see above. For other volumes in this series with Dylan rarities, see 2001, 2006 and 2007. For 2000s promotional albums in this series with Dylan album tracks, see International Album Releases (Various Artist Compilations) 2000s. For 1990s promotional albums in this series with Dylan album tracks, see International Album Releases (Various Artist Compilations) 1990s. Thanks to Wil Gielen for information and scans. |
![]() Sony Music SDCI 80879 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen |
![]() Sony Music SDCI 80879 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen |
Various Artists - "The People Speak" - TV documentary soundtrack CD, Hip-O Records/Verve B0013762-02 (USA), 8 Dec 2009:
![]() Hip-O Records/Verve B0013762-02 (USA) - front with sticker (my copy) |
Bob performs Do Re Mi by Woody
Guthrie, a new recording for this compilation. Because this is a rarity,
full details are in 2009. Other artists include Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder performing Masters Of War, Pink, Randy Newman, Jackson Browne, Taj Mahal and Rich Robinson performing Only A Pawn In Their Game. |
![]() Picture from www.amazon.com |
Bob performed two Woody Guthrie songs, Vigilante Man and Do Re Mi, for inclusion in a documentary film project called "The People Speak" to be broadcast on the History Channel in the USA on 13 Dec 2009. The documentary was inspired by two books: "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn (1980, revised edition 2003) and "Voices of A People's History of the United States", edited by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove (2004). Apparently only Do Re Mi is included in the broadcast, but Vigilante Man may be included in one of a number of supplementary videos which will be made available online. Amazon lists a DVD of “The People Speak” to be released by A&E Home Video on 26 Jan 2010 - more information will be added when available.
For earlier and later entries in this list, see the links below:
Other International Albums and Compilations are now here:
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