"Searching For A Gem"

Audio: International Album Releases - Various Artist Compilations 2016

This is a separate multi-year list by release date of commercially-released Various Artist stereo compilation albums released in 2016 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 04 June, 2020.

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

Various Artists - "Ultimate Guitar Legends" - 4CD set, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88875147882 (UK), 8 Jan 2016:

Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88875147882 (UK) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Bob's contribution to this 4CD set of electric guitar-driven tracks is Buckets Of Rain from Blood On The Tracks, track 3 on CD3, a somewhat strange selection, considering the compiler could have instead chosen one of many Dylan tracks with blistering guitar work by Mike Bloomfield or Robbie Robertson. Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds, track 7 on CD1, is also included, certainly because of Roger McGuinn's 12-string guitar.

For three more Ultimate Various Artists Compilations with Dylan tracks, see below.

Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information.

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Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88875147882 (UK) - rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Various Artists - "The Best Of American Folk & Blues" - 3CD set, Not Now Music NOT3CD211 (UK), 18 Jan 2016:

Not Now Music NOT3CD211 (UK) - picture from www.amazon.co.uk

This 3CD budget compilation includes Baby, Let Me Follow You Down from Bob Dylan, track 2 on CD1.

Thanks to John Willy Bakke and Hans Seegers for information.

Various Artists - "Ultimate 60s" - 4CD set, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985301282 (UK), 1 8 Mar 2016:

Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985301282 (UK) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Bob's contribution to this 4CD set is I Want You from Blonde On Blonde, track 3 on CD3 (18 Mar 2016) Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds, track 2 on CD3, is also included.

For three more Ultimate Various Artists Compilations with Dylan tracks, see above and below.

Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information.

Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985301282 (UK) - rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Various Artists - "Ultimate America" - 4CD set, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985301292 (UK), 18 Mar 2016:

Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985301292 (UK) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Bob's contribution to this 4CD set is Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It all Back Home, track 2 on CD2.

For three more Ultimate Various Artists Compilations with Dylan tracks, see above and below.

Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information.

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Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985301292 (UK) - rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Various Artists - "Ultimate Coffeehouse" - 4CD set, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985301612 (UK), 18 Mar 2016:

Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985301612 (UK) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Bob's contribution to this 4CD set is Shelter From The Storm from Blood On The Tracks, track 14 on CD1.

For three more Ultimate Various Artists Compilations with Dylan tracks, see above.

Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information.

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Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985301612 (UK) - rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Various Artists - "The Collection: An Adventure In Sound" - hybrid SA-CD compilation, Mobile Fidelity AFZ5 240 (USA), Mar 2016:

Mobile Fidelity AFZ5 240 (USA) - front picture from Éamonn Ó Catháin

Thanks to Éamonn Ó Catháin for information about this hybrid SA-CD sampler from Mobile Fidelity, which contains Lay, Lady, Lay from Nashville Skyline in SA-CD 4.0 (quadraphonic) surround sound, SA-CD stereo, and CD stereo. The 2003 Columbia hybrid SA-CD release of Nashville Skyline contains only a CD version and an SA-CD stereo version, and there was no surround sound version despite the fact the album was also released in quadraphonic sound.

Mobile Fidelity AFZ5 240 (USA) - rear picture from Éamonn Ó Catháin

Columbia CQ 32872 (USA) - front scan by Olav Langum (1974)

Columbia CH 90319 (USA) - front of digipak with sticker, scan by Manuel García Jara (2003 release, SA-CD stereo only)

This 4.0 surround sound version of Lay, Lady, Lay is the original 1974 mix by Neil Wilburn, remastered by Steve Hoffman, and is reported to precede a 4.0 quadraphonic release of the album. Because this is a rarity, this album is also listed in 2016.

Various Artists - "The Real... Country Collection" - 3CD set, Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985305602 (Europe), 15 Apr 2016:

Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985305602 (Europe) - front picture from www. www.amazon.co.uk

This Sony Music CMG Europe 3CD set contains Lay, Lady, Lay from Nashville Skyline, track 3 on CD2. For The Real... Bob Dylan from 2012, see International Album Releases (Dylan-Only Compilations) 2010s. For The Real... Blues Collection with another Dylan track, see the 2015 page of this Various Artists Compilations list.

Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque for information.

Sony Music Custom Marketing Group 88985305602 (Europe) - rear picture from www. www.amazon.co.uk

Various Artists - To Były Czasy! To Była Muzyka! [Those Were The Days! That Was The Music!] - five Sony Music annual CD compilations (catalogue numbers below) (Poland), 2016:

Sony Music 88875136852 (Poland) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk (Like A Rolling Stone/Mr. Tambourine Man)	These five Sony Music annual CD compilations for years between 1965 and 1981 were part of a series released in Poland in conjunction with the popular newspaper "Super Express". The other company names on the rear insert are all connected with media publishing. The text in the coloured stripe on the front reads: "Popular hits from yesteryear. Musical journey and a soundtrack to important moments in life. Ideal present for a birthday or any other occasion." 1965 appears to be the earliest in the series and 1989 (no Dylan) was the last.		Sony Music 88875136852 (Poland) - rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk (Like A Rolling Stone/Mr. Tambourine Man)	Sony Music 88875136862 (Poland) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk (Just Like A Woman)	Sony Music 88875136862 (Poland) - rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk (Just Like A Woman)
Sony Music 88875136912 (Poland) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk (Sign On The Window)	Sony Music 88875136912 (Poland) - rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk (Sign On The Window)	Sony Music 88875136942 (Poland) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk (Knockin' On Heaven's Door)	Sony Music 88875136942 (Poland) - rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk (Knockin' On Heaven's Door)	Sony Music 88875142652 (Poland) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk (The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar)	Sony Music 88875142652 (Poland) - rear picture from www.amazon.co.uk (The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar)

1965: Like A Rolling Stone from Highway 61 Revisited and Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds
1966: compilation includes Just Like A Woman from Blonde On Blonde
1970: compilation includes Sign On The Window from New Morning
1973: compilation includes Knockin' On Heaven's Door from Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
1981: compilation includes The Groom's Still Waiting At The Altar, the single B-side later added to Shot Of Love.

Thanks to John Willy Bakke and Jack Jakubowski for information.

Various Artists - "Superstar Seventies: The Super Sound Of The Decade" - 3CD set, Sony Music 88875166632 (UK), 15 Jul 2016:

Sony Music 88875166632 (UK) - front of digipak (my copy)	This budget Sony Music 3CD set in a three-panel plastic digipak was manufactured in the EU for the UK market and contains Tangled Up In Blue from Blood On The Tracks, track 1 on CD1.			Sony Music 88875166632 (UK) - detail of inside of digipak
Sony Music 88875166632 (UK) - outside of digipak		Sony Music 88875166632 (UK) - CD1 (includes Dylan)	Sony Music 88875166632 (UK) - CD2 (no Dylan)	Sony Music 88875166632 (UK) - CD3 (no Dylan)
Sony Music 88875166632 (UK) - inside of digipak with discs		Sony Music 88875166632 (UK) - inside of digipak without discs

Sony Music 88875166632 (UK) - detail of rear of digipak

Various Artists - "Keep Calm And Stay Cosy" - 2CD set, Sony Music 88985305482 (Australia), 2016:

Sony Music 88985305482 (Australia) - front scan by Stuart Moore	This Sony Music Australia 2CD compilation has a title inspired by the British World War II motivational poster "Keep Calm And Carry On". The front insert is a single folded card, the rear of which shows three other "Keep Calm" compilations. This set includes Make You Feel My Love from Time Out of Mind on CD2, track 4. Track 6 of CD2 is It Ain't Me, Babe by Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash. Thanks to Stuart Moore for information and scans.		Sony Music 88985305482 (Australia) - rear insert scan by Stuart Moore
Sony Music 88985305482 (Australia) - CD1 scan by Stuart Moore (no Dylan)	Sony Music 88985305482 (Australia) - outside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore	Sony Music 88985305482 (Australia) - inside of front insert, scan by Stuart Moore	Sony Music 88985305482 (Australia) - CD1 scan by Stuart Moore (includes Dylan)

Sony Music 88985305482 (Australia) - detail of rear insert, scan by Stuart Moore

Various Artists - "Kuschel Rock 30" - 2CD/3CD compilations, Sony Music Media (catalogue numbers?) (Germany), 19 Sep 2016:

2CD release - picture from www.kuschelrock.de

"Kuscheln" is German for "cuddle"! Kuschel Rock 30 comes in a 2CD edition and a 3CD edition ("Das Jubiläumsalbum [The Anniversary Album]"), both with Bob's version of Melancholy Mood from Fallen Angels as track 18 on CD2.

Kuschel Rock 14 from 2000 contains Rise by UK soul singer Gabrielle from her album of the same name with a looped sample from the start of the version of Knockin' On Heaven's Door from the Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid soundtrack used throughout this song. Because this is a rarity, full details are in 2000.

2CD release on heart-shaped box - picture from www.kuschelrock.de

3CD release - picture from www.discogs.com

Thanks to Ronald Born for information.

Robbie Robertson & Friends - "Testimony" - compilation CD release, Universal Music Enterprises B0025803-02 (USA), 11 Nov 2016:

Universal Music Enterprises B0025803-02 (USA) - front with sticker (my copy)

From Universal Music Enterprises press release: "On November 11, UMe will release Testimony, a new anthology of 18 recordings personally curated by Robertson to accompany his new memoir of the same name, to be released November 15 by Crown Archetype. Testimony journeys across studio and live recordings spanning Robertson's storied music career, before, during and after The Band's heyday." The album contains Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 from Before The Flood and Obviously 5 Believers from Blonde On Blonde.

Universal Music Enterprises B0025803-02 (USA) - front sticker

Universal Music Enterprises B0025803-02 (USA) - rear

Universal Music Enterprises B0025803-02 (USA) - flyer for "Testimony" book

"Testimony" book picture from www.amazon.co.uk

Thanks to Ian Woodward for information. Thanks to Brian Grist for information that in this book Robertson writes of recording Tell Me Momma at the same session (21 Jan 1966) as She's Your Lover Now, yet no evidence of such a recording has yet come to light. On page 207 he states: "We rambled through a song called She's Your Lover Now. Then another new tune, Tell Me, Momma, with its salty punch line- "Baby, tell me, what's wrong with you this time?''" Is the author mistaken or did Dylan and the Hawks work on it in the studio that day when the tapes were not rolling? If they did record it, why no sight of it on The Cutting Edge?

Various Artists - "Bad Santa 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" - MP3 download/CD compilation, Red River Entertainment (catalogue number?) (USA), 18 Nov 2016, CD released 3 Nov 2017: