"Searching For A Gem"

Audio: International Album Releases - Various Artist Compilations 2015

This is a separate multi-year list by release date of commercially-released Various Artist stereo compilation albums released in 2015 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:

International Albums: Regular Albums from Round the World - Index

International Albums: Regular Albums - Multi-Packs

International Compilations: Other Dylan-only Compilations from Round the World

International Compilations: Dylan Album Tracks on Other Artist's Albums

US & International Singles & EPs

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 26 October, 2021.

For earlier entries in this list, see the links above.

Various Artists - "Live Sound - The Sound FM" - 2CD set, Sony Music 88875065512 (New Zealand), 6 Feb 2015:

Sony Music 88875065512 (New Zealand) - front scan by Hans Seegers

This 2CD compilation from New Zealand includes Lay, Lady, Lay by Bob Dylan and The Band live from Before The Flood on CD2.

For The Very Best Of The Sound FM Vol. 1 with another Dylan track, see the 2014 page of this list. For The Very Best Of The Sound FM Vol. 2, see below.

Thanks to Bill Hester and Hans Seegers for information and scans.

Sony Music 88875065512 (New Zealand) - rear insert scan by Hans Seegers

Sony Music 88875065512 (New Zealand) - CD2 scan by Hans Seegers

Sony Music 88875065512 (New Zealand) - outside of front insert, scan by Hans Seegers

Sony Music 88875065512 (New Zealand) - inside of front insert, scan by Hans Seegers

Sony Music 88875065512 (New Zealand) - reverse of rear insert, scan by Hans Seegers

Various Artists - "The Greenwich Village Folk Scene: Original Album Series" - 3CD set, Elektra 8122795661 (Europe), 23 Feb 2015:

Elektra 8122795661 (Europe) - front of slipcase, scan by John Buck

This 5CD set in a slipcase contains five original Elektra albums from the 1960s, including The Blues Project. This contains Downtown Blues where Bob plays piano as "Bob Landy" for Geoff Muldaur. As this is a rarity, full details are in 2015.

Elektra 8122795661 (Europe) - rear of slipcase, scan by John Buck

Elektra 8122795661-2 (Europe) - front of card sleeve, scan by John Buck

Elektra 8122795661-2 (Europe) - rear of card sleeve, scan by John Buck

Thanks to John Buck for information and scans.

Various Artists - "Music To Drink Beer To" - stereo vinyl compilation LP, Dogfish Head/Legacy 88875070411 (USA), 18 Apr 2015:

Dogfish Head/Legacy 88875070411 (USA) - front with stickers (my copy)

Dogfish Head/Legacy 88875070411 (USA) - front Record Store Day sticker

Dogfish Head/Legacy 88875070411 (USA) - rear

Dogfish Head/Legacy 88875070411 (USA) - Side 1 (includes Dylan)

Dogfish Head/Legacy 88875070411 (USA) - detail of Side 1

Dogfish Head/Legacy 88875070411 (USA) - Side 2 (no Dylan)

Dogfish Head/Legacy 88875070411 (USA) - detail of rear

This stereo vinyl compilation for Record Store Day, 18 Apr 2015, includes Please Mrs. Henry by Bob Dylan and The Band from The Basement Tapes, probably the 2014 restored version from The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 - The Basement Tapes Raw/Complete. This album was put together by long-time friends Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewery, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA, and Adam Block of Sony Music’s Legacy Recordings, hence the Dogfish Head logo on the front. It also contains a cover of You Ain't Goin' Nowhere by The Byrds. The record has Dogfish Head/Legacy labels and comes in a plain white inner sleeve with rounded corners.

My copy has a Record Store Day front sticker and also a £24.99 price sticker from Badlands, Cheltenham. Tim Dunn has a promo CD version of this album, Dogfish Head/Legacy 88875070412, with text "FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY - NOT FOR SALE" on the rear below the track listing.

Thanks to Wil Gielen, Harold Lepidus and Tim Dunn for information.

Various Artists - "Nick Cave Heard Them Here First" - compilation CD, Ace Records (catalogue number?) (UK), 27 Apr 2015:

Picture from www.amazon.co.uk

This compilation of songs recorded by Nick Cave includes Death Is Not The End from Down In The Groove.

Thanks to Fred Muller for information.

Various Artists - "The Vintage Collection: Folk" - compilation 3CD set, Delta (catalogue number?) (UK), 27 Apr 2015:

Picture from www.amazon.co.uk

This 3CD budget compilation includes two tracks from Bob Dylan: In My Time Of Dyin' and Talkin' New York.

Thanks to John Willy Bakke for information.

Various Artists - "The Age Of Adaline: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" - Lakeshore Records LKS 344782 (USA), 19 May 2015:

Lakeshore Records LKS 344782 (USA) - US film soundtrack album, picture from www.amazon.com

Thanks to Fred Muller and Tim Dunn for information that the soundtrack of this film starring Blake Lively includes Simple Twist Of Fate from Blood On The Tracks. As the story is about a woman born in 1908 who becomes immortal at the age of 29 through "a simple twist of fate", the song is appropriate! Other artists include Ella Fitzgerald and Jefferson Airplane. For 2015 DVD and Blu-ray releases, see VHS & DVD (Films with Dylan Album Tracks) 2010s.

US film poster, picture from www.imdb.com

Various Artists - "Magic Bus: 3 CDs of Hits From The Hippie Trail" - 3CD set, UMTV 5360905 (UK), 8 Jun 2015, re-released 17 Jun 2016:

UMTV 5360905 (UK) - front of digipak, picture from www.amazon.co.uk (2015 release)

This 3CD set from Universal contains Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It All Back Home (CD2, track 1). It also contains Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds (CD1, track 2), The Weight by The Band (CD1, track 7) and This Wheel's On Fire by Julie Driscoll and the Brian Auger Trinity (CD2, track 10).

Thanks to Stuart Moore for information that the set was re-released in 2016 with a slightly different front design featuring the same bus.

UMTV 5360905 (UK) - rear of digipak (my copy - 2015 release)

UMTV 5360905 (UK) - front of digipak, picture from www.amazon.co.uk (2016 release)

Various Artists - "Dylan, Cash And The Nashville Cats: A New Music City" - 2CD sets, Legacy Recordings 88875066552 (USA), 16 Jun 2015; Legacy Recordings/Sony Music 88875066552 (Europe), 15 Jun 2015:
This 2CD set accompanies the 2015 exhibition of the same name at the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum, Nashville, TN. There is also an associated large format book including illustrations of test pressings and acetates from this era owned by Searching For A Gem contributor Arie de Reus.

Legacy Recordings 88875066552 (USA) - 2CD set, picture from www.amazon.com

This 2CD set includes If Not For You, a previously unreleased version of track from New Morning with Lloyd Green on pedal steel. As this is a rarity, full details are in 2015.

Legacy Recordings/ Sony Music 88875066552 (Europe) - front with sticker (my copy)

Book - picture from www.amazon.com

Outside the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum, Nashville, TN, 26 May 2015 (my photo)

The set also includes Absolutely Sweet Marie from Blonde On Blonde, I'll Be Your Baby Tonight from John Wesley Harding, Girl Of The North Country (with Johnny Cash) from Nashville Skyline, as well as It Ain't Me, Babe by Johnny Cash, Down In The Flood by Flatt & Scruggs, This Wheel's On Fire by Ian & Sylvia, and You Ain't Goin' Nowhere by The Byrds.

Thanks to Tim Dunn and Fred Muller for information.

Various Artists - "Best Folk" - hybrid SA-CD release, Sony Music 88875127332 (Japan), Jun/Jul 2015:

Sony Music 88875127332 (Japan) - front scan by T. J. Jenkins	Sony Music 88875127332 (Japan) - outside of unfolded front insert booklet, scan by T. J. Jenkins	Sony Music 88875127332 (Japan) - inside pages of front insert booklet, scan by T. J. Jenkins	Sony Music 88875127332 (Japan) - rear insert scan by T. J. Jenkins
Sony Music 88875127332 (Japan) - reverse of rear insert, scan by T. J. Jenkins	Sony Music 88875127332 (Japan) - inside pages of front insert booklet, scan by T. J. Jenkins	Sony Music 88875127332 (Japan) - inside pages of front insert booklet, scan by T. J. Jenkins	Sony Music 88875127332 (Japan) - hybrid SA-CD scan by T. J. Jenkins

This 16-track hybrid SA-CD sampler release includes Blowin' In The Wind from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. The front insert is a 20-page stapled booklet.

Thanks to André Wilbers and T. J. Jenkins for information and scans.

Various Artists - "The Very Best Of The Sound FM Vol. 2" - 2CD set, Sony Music 88875130072 (New Zealand), 24 Jul 2015:

Sony Music 88875130072 (New Zealand) - front scan by Hans Seegers	This 2CD compilation from New Zealand includes Hurricane from Desire on CD1. For The Very Best Of The Sound FM Vol. 1 with another Dylan track, see the 2014 page of this list. For Live Sound - The Sound FM, see above. Thanks to Bill Hester and Hans Seegers for information and scans.
Sony Music 88875130072 (New Zealand) - rear scan by Hans Seegers	Sony Music 88875130072 (New Zealand) - outside of front insert, scan by Hans Seegers	Sony Music 88875130072 (New Zealand) - inside of front insert, scan by Hans Seegers	Sony Music 88875130072 (New Zealand) - CD1 scan by Hans Seegers

Various Artists - "True Detective: Music From The HBO Series" - TV series soundtrack CD release, Harvest 2547432889 (USA), 14 Aug 2015; Harvest 0602547432889 (Europe), 13 Aug 2015:

Harvest 2547432889 (USA)/Harvest 0602547432889 (Europe) - picture from www.amazon.co.uk

This film soundtrack album produced by T-Bone Burnett includes music from Seasons 1 and 2 of the series, including a previously unreleased 1963 performance of Rocks And Gravel [Solid Road], from Season 1. For full details, see 2015. For the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Season 1 containing this track, see VHS & DVD 2010s. Five songs of the fourteen are by Nashville-based Lera Lynn, who appears in the series as a singer in a dive bar frequented by the main characters.

Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque, Tim Dunn and Paul S. Levine for information and scan.

Harvest 2547432889 (USA) - front scan by Paul S. Levine (promo version)

Lera Lynn performing in "True Detective"

Various Artists - "The Changing Times Of The Folk Scene" - 2CD set, Jasmine Records (catalogue number?) (UK), 28 Aug 2015:

Picture from www.amazon.co.uk

This 2CD compilation contains Corrina, Corrina from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and Talkin' New York from Bob Dylan, tracks 14 and 15 on CD2.

Thanks to Ian Woodward for information.

Various Artists - "The Evolution Of Gospel" - CD compilation, Rendezvous Music REN 5158 (USA), 4 Sep 2015:

Rendezvous Music REN 5158 (USA) - picture from positivelygospel.com

Bob's contribution to this gospel music compilation is Gotta Serve Somebody from Slow Train Coming.

Thanks to Tim Dunn for information.

Various Artists - "The Real... Blues Collection" - 3CD set, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88875139732 (Europe), 25 Sep 2015:

Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88875139732 (Europe) - front picture from www. www.amazon.co.uk

This Sony Music CMG Europe 3CD set contains Dirt Road Blues from Time Out of Mind, track 14 on CD3. For The Real... Bob Dylan from 2012, see International Album Releases (Dylan-Only Compilations) 2010s. For The Real... Country Collection with another Dylan track, see the 2016 page of this Various Artists Compilations list.

Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information.

Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88875139732 (Europe) - rear picture from www. www.amazon.co.uk

Various Artists - "Talkin' New York: The Greenwich Village Scene 1940-1962" - 4CD boxed set, Proper Box (catalogue number?) (Europe), 25 Sep 2015:

Picture from www. www.amazon.co.uk

This Greenwich Village 4CD boxed set has four tracks from Bob Dylan on CD3, tracks 11-14: Talkin' New York; Highway 51; Baby Let Me Follow You Down; Freight Train Blues. Other artists include Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Odetta, Judy Collins and Lead Belly.

Thanks to John-Willy Bakke for information,

Johnny Hallyday/Various Artists - "Salut Les Copains: Johnny Hallyday Vol. 2 [Hello Friends: Johnny Hallyday Vol. 2]" - 2CD set, Universal 5364910 (France), 23 Oct 2015:

Universal 5364910 (France) - front scan by Jack from Canada	This 2CD set consists of 15 songs originally in English translated into French by Johnny Hallyday on CD1, and their English source versions by the original artists on CD2. Bob's contribution is If You Gotta Go, Go Now, out-take from Bringing It All Back Home (Take 4), recorded at Columbia Studios, New York, 15 Jan 1965, the version released on The Bootleg Series Vols. 1-3, 1991 (not the 1967 single version as originally thought, see 1967). This is track 3 on CD2, while track 3 on CD1 is Johnny's version, translated as "Maintenant Ou Jamais [Now Or Never]".	Universal 5364910 (France) - detail of inside of front insert, scan by Jack from Canada (Bob's song copyrighted 1991, not the 1967 single version)	Universal 5364910 (France) - rear insert scan by Jack from Canada	Universal 5364910 (France) - reverse of rear insert, scan by Jack from Canada
Universal 5364910 (France) - CD1 scan by Jack from Canada (includes Dylan cover)	Universal 5364910 (France) - outside of front insert, scan by Jack from Canada	Universal 5364910 (France) - inside of front insert, scan by Jack from Canada		Universal 5364910 (France) - CD2 scan by Jack from Canada (includes Dylan)

Bob's version is copyrighted "1991" as expected but bizarrely credited to "Bob Dylan/Jeff Rosen - Bob Dylan"!

"Salut Les Copains [Hello Friends/Hi Buddies]" was a French music magazine that was very influential in the 1960s and 1970s, and which contributed to the popularity of Johnny Hallyday and other contemporary French artists. It was renamed "Salut!" in 1994 but folded in 2006. The name lives on as a series of CD compilations released in France by Universal, of which this is one. As well as Various Artist compilations such as Hits 1966-1969, other artists who have "Salut Les Copains" compilations are Eddy Mitchell and Patricia Carli.

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin and Jack from Canada for information and scans.

Various Artists - "Rock The Kasbah: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" - film soundtrack CD release, Varese Sarabande 302 067 373 8 (USA), 23 Oct 2015:

Varese Sarabande 302 067 373 8 (USA) - film soundtrack album, picture from www.amazon.com

Bob's contribution to the soundtrack of this film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Bill Murray is Knockin' On Heaven's Door from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid.

For the 2015 film release, see VHS & DVD: Films & TV Series with Dylan Album Tracks - 2010s.

Thanks to Tim Dunn for information.

Universal 55166151 (USA) - DVD/Blu-ray combo release, picture from www.amazon.com (2016)

Various Artists - "Steve Jobs: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" - film soundtrack CD release, Back Lot Music (catalogue number?) (USA), 9 Oct 2015; Proper WS (catalogue number?) (UK), 23 Oct 2015; stereo 2LP release: Music On Vinyl MOVATM068 (NL), 16 Feb 2016:

Film soundtrack picture from www.amazon.co.uk (UK CD release - US front is exactly the same)

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information that this soundtrack album includes Shelter From The Storm from Blood On The Tracks. Also included in the film are Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 from Blonde On Blonde and Meet Me In The Morning from Blood On The Tracks, not on the soundtrack album. Thanks to Tim Dunn for pointing out that Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 is on the US Back Lot Music album, but not on the UK Proper WS album, which has a different track in its place. The 2016 Music On Vinyl Dutch 2LP release includes both tracks on Record 2.

Film poster picture from www.imdb.com

Music On Vinyl MOVATM068 (NL) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk (2016 2LP release)

Music On Vinyl MOVATM068 (NL) - rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk (2016 2LP release)

For the 2015 film release, see VHS & DVD: Films & TV Series with Dylan Album Tracks - 2010s.

Various Artists - "Retrospective: the Music Of 'Mad Men'" - TV series soundtrack CD/2LP releases, Republic Records/Universal B0023902-02/1 (USA), 9 Oct 2015:

Republic Records/Universal B0023902-02 (USA) - soundtrack album picture from www.amazon.com (CD)

Republic Records/Universal B0023902-01 (USA) - soundtrack album picture from Republic Records web-site (2LP)

Turntable and 2LP set - picture from Republic Records web-site

Mad Men: The Complete Collection Gift Set (23 Blu-ray/DVD discs) - picture from Republic Records web-site

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan was played over the closing credits of the final episode (episode 13). The song was not on the 2008 Manhattan Records soundtrack album, but is included in this 24 track album released to coincide with the release of the limited edition Mad Men: The Complete Collection Gift Set (23 discs) and Mad Men: The Final Season, Part 2 on Blu-ray and DVD on 13 Oct 2015 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. There is also a special edition limited-edition 12” vinyl 2LP set complete with a Crosley Executive Turntable in a "Mad Men" case.

The album includes two new songs performed by stars of the series, The Best Things In Life Are Free performed by Robert Morse a.k.a. Bertram Cooper, as well as a performance of C’est Magnifique by Christina Hendrick a.k.a. Joan Harris/Joan Holloway. The 24 song track listing features classics from Roy Orbison, Peter, Paul, & Mary, The Beach Boys, The Zombies, Nancy Sinatra, and more. Tim Dunn says the CD and 2LP sets are exclusive to Barnes & Noble, otherwise it is available only as a download.

Thanks to Tim Dunn for information.

Various Artists - "Get Together: The Colourful Sound Of The Sixties" - compilation 3CD set, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group (catalogue number?) (UK), 16 Oct 2015:

Picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Bob's contribution to this 3CD set is Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It All Back Home, track 1 on CD1. The compilation also includes All Along The Watchtower by Brewer & Shipley and It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry by Al Kooper and Stephen Stills.

Thanks to John Willy Bakke for information.

Picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Various Artists - "Made In America: All American Classics" - compilation 3CD set, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group (catalogue number?) (UK), 30 Oct 2015:

Picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Bob's contribution to this 3CD set is again Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It All Back Home, again track 1 on CD1. The compilation also includes Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds.

Thanks to John Willy Bakke for information.

Picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Various Artists - "Ultimate Christmas" - compilation 4CD set, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group (catalogue number?) (UK), 30 Oct 2015:

Picture from www.amazon.co.uk

This is the latest compilation in the "Ultimate" series from Sony Music Custom Marketing Group. Bob's contribution to this 4CD set is Must Be Santa from Christmas In The Heart, track 19 on CD1. He previously appeared on Ultimate Acoustic, a 2004 compilation in this Various Artists Compilations list.

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information.

Picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Various Artists - "Winter Wonderland" - compilation 2CD set, Sony Classical/Brigitte Musik 88875141212 (Germany), 30 Oct 2015:

Sony Classical/Brigitte Musik 88875141212 (Germany) - front picture from www.amazon.de

This 2CD compilation was released by Sony Classical in conjunction with "Brigitte", the German women's magazine. Bob's contribution is Winterlude from New Morning, track 10 on CD1.

Thanks to John Willy Bakke and Hans Seegers for information.

Various Artists - "Aquarium Drunkard Presents Lit Up Like A Christmas Tree Part 2" - 28 track download playlist, Rhino Records (no catalogue number) (USA), Nov 2015:

Picture from www.rhino.com

This online playlist for download only was compiled by Ryan Gage, a Los Angeles-based radio presenter who also writes the "Aquarium Drunkard" music blog. His second Christmas playlist includes The Christmas Blues from Christmas In The Heart.

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information.

Various Artists - "Love The Coopers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" - film soundtrack download release, Universal Music (no catalogue number) (USA), 13 Nov 2015:

Universal Music US film soundtrack album, picture from www.amazon.com

Bob's significant contribution to the soundtrack of this film directed by Jessie Nelson is Girl from the North Country from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, If Not For You from New Morning and Buckets Of Rain from Blood On The Tracks, as well as a cover of Ring Them Bells from Oh Mercy by Sarah Jarosz. Girl from the North Country, If Not For You from New Morning and the cover of Ring Them Bells are also included on the 2015 US Universal Music film soundtrack album, but not Buckets Of Rain.

CBS Films US film poster - picture from www.imdb.com

Follow Me Down (Sugar Hill Records) - 2011 US album by Sarah Jarosz with her cover of Ring Them Bells, picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Build Me Up From Bones (Sugar Hill Records SUG-CD-4093) - 2013 US album by Sarah Jarosz with her cover of Simple Twist Of Fate (my copy)

This film soundtrack album appears to be available as a download only. For the 2015 film release, see VHS & DVD: Films & TV Series with Dylan Album Tracks - 2010s.

As well as her cover of Ring Them Bells on this album, which comes from her 2011 Sugar Hill Records US album Follow Me Down, Sarah Jarosz has also covered Simple Twist Of Fate from Blood On The Tracks on her 2013 Sugar Hill Records US album Build Me Up From Bones.

Thanks to Tim Dunn for information.

Various Artists - "30 Stars Christmas" - 2CD compilation, Sony Music 88875095582 (Australia), 2015:

Sony Music 88875095582 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore	Bob's contribution to this 2CD compilation of Christmas songs in a slimline double jewel case is Must be Santa from Christmas In The Heart on CD1. Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.			Sony Music 88875095582 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Stuart Moore
Sony Music 88875095582 (Australia) - reverse of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore	Sony Music 88875095582 (Australia) - outside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore	Sony Music 88875095582 (Australia) - detail of inside page, scan by Stuart Moore	Sony Music 88875095582 (Australia) - CD1 scan by Stuart Moore (includes Dylan)	Sony Music 88875095582 (Australia) - CD2 scan by Stuart Moore (no Dylan)

Various Artists - "The Country Album" - 2CD compilation, Universal Music TV 5764421 (UK), 4 Dec 2015:

Universal Music TV 5764421 (UK) - front (my copy)	Bob's contribution to this 2CD TV-advertised country compilation is Lay, Lady, Lay from Nashville Skyline, track 13 on CD1. The compilation also includes Irish singer Nathan Carter's version of Bob's unreleased song Wagon Wheel, see Starlight In The East: Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Songs and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down by The Band, both on CD2. The CDs are individually numbered 5764422 and 5764423.			Universal Music TV 5764421 (UK) - outside of front insert
Universal Music TV 5764421 (UK) - rear insert	Universal Music TV 5764421 (UK) - reverse of rear insert	Universal Music TV 5764422 (UK) - CD1 (contains Dylan album track)	Universal Music TV 5764423 (UK) - CD1 (contains Dylan cover)	Universal Music TV 5764421 (UK) - inside of front insert