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:
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 07 January, 2024.
For earlier entries in this list, see the links above.
Various Artists - "Heartbroken" - 3CD set, Sony Music 88875178762 (Germany), 2016:
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Acoustic Café" - 2CD set, Sony Music 88875180862 (UK), 2016:
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Ultimate 60s" - 4CD set, Sony Music 88985301282 (Europe), 18 Mar 2016:
Bob's contribution to this 4CD set in a four-panel digipak is I Want You from Blonde On Blonde, track 3 on CD3. Mr. Tambourine Man by The Byrds, track 2 on CD3, is also included. The set was made in Germany
For two more "Ultimate" Various Artists Compilations with Dylan tracks, see below. For more 4CD compilations in the "Ultimate" series, see the 2015 and 2017 pages of this Various Artists Compilations list.
Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Ultimate America" - 4CD set, Sony Music 88985301292 (Europe), 18 Mar 2016:
Bob's contribution to this 4CD set in a four-panel digipak is Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It all Back Home, track 2 on CD2. The set was made in Germany
For two more "Ultimate" Various Artists Compilations with Dylan tracks, see above and below. For more 4CD compilations in the "Ultimate" series, see the 2015 and 2017 pages of this Various Artists Compilations list.
Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Ultimate Coffeehouse" - 4CD set, Sony Music 88985301612 (Europe), 18 Mar 2016:
Bob's contribution to this 4CD set in a four-panel digipak is Shelter From The Storm from Blood On The Tracks, track 14 on CD1. The set was made in Germany. Bob's coffeehouse years are normally thought of being the early 1960s, before he signed to Columbia.
For two more "Ultimate" Various Artists Compilations with Dylan tracks, see above. For more 4CD compilations in the "Ultimate" series, see the 2015 and 2017 pages of this Various Artists Compilations list.
Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "The Collection: An Adventure In Sound" - hybrid SA-CD compilation, Mobile Fidelity AFZ5 240 (USA), Mar 2016:
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, Legacy/Sony Music 88985305602 (Europe), 15 Apr 2016:
For The Real... Bob Dylan from 2012, see International Album Releases (Dylan-Only Compilations) 2010s. For more "The Real..." compilations with other Dylan tracks, see the 2015 and 2018 pages of this Various Artists Compilations list.
Thanks to Freddy Ordóñez Araque and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Marek Sierocki Przedstawia [Marek Sierocki Presents] I Love Film" - compilation 2CD set, Sony Music 889853306527 (Poland), 2016:
For another compilation in this series with a Dylan rarity, see 2015.
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Car Hits - Auto Visie - Radio Veronica" - 5CD set, Sony Music 889853372027 (NL), 2016:
Various Artists - "1000 Klassiekers - De Absolute Top Vol. 8 [1000 Classics - The Absolute Top Vol. 8]" - 5CD set, Sony Music 88985381752 (Belgium), 2016:
Various Artists - "V&A
Records & Rebels" - 3CD
set, UMC 600753715802
(UK), 2016:
Various Artists - "Top 40 70's Hits" - 2CD set, Sony Music 88985363492 (NL), 2016:
For Top 40 60's Hits (which has a later catalogue number) and Top 40 Christmas Classics, see below.
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Top 40 60s Hits" - 2CD set, Sony Music 88985364772 (NL), 2016:
For Top 40 70's Hits (which has an earlier catalogue number) see above, for Top 40 Christmas Classics see Christmas Compilations below.
For other Dutch "Top 40" compilations with Dylan album tracks, see the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 pages of this Various Artists Compilations list. For Top 40 Bob Dylan with several Dylan rarities, see 2019.
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Now That's What I Call 70s" - 3CD set, Sony Music 88985368742 (UK), 2016:
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Veronica Top 1000 Allertijden Editie 2016 [Top 1000 Of All Time 2016 Edition]" - compilation 5CD set, Sony Music 88985374702 (NL), 2016:
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
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) |
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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) - detail of
rear of digipak
Various Artists - "Magic Bus -Summer Of Love: 3 CDs Of Hits From The Hippie Trail" - 3CD set, Universal Music TV 5370209 (UK), 17 Jun 2016:
CD1 of this 3CD set in a three panel digipak has no Dylan material, CD2 contains Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 from Blonde On Blonde (track 8) and Woody Guthrie's This Land Is My Land (track 9). CD3 contains Mr. Bojangles by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, released by Bob on Dylan, 1973 (track 11).
For Magic Bus with Subterranean Homesick Blues from Bringing It All Back Home see the 2015 page of this Various Artists Compilations list.
Thanks to Stuart Moore and Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Keep Calm And Stay Cosy" - 2CD set, Sony Music 88985305482 (Australia), 2016:
Sony Music
88985305482
(Australia) - detail of rear insert, scan by Stuart Moore
Various Artists - "Kuschel Rock 30" - 2CD compilation: Sony Music Media 88985 31348 2 (Germany), 19 Sep 2016; 3CD compilation: Sony Music Media 88985 33880 2 (Germany), 19 Sep 2016:
Sony Music Media 88985 31348 2 (Germany) - front picture from www.kuschelrock.de (2CD release) |
"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. The 2CD release was also available in a heart-shaped box. |
Sony Music Media 88985 31348 2 (Germany) - rear scan by T. J. Jenkins (2CD release) |
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Sony Music Media 88985 33880 2 (Germany) - picture from www.discogs.com (3CD release) |
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.
Thanks to Ronald Born and T. J. Jenkins for information and scan.
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?
Christmas Compilations
Bob's album Christmas In The Heart appeared in 2009, and tracks from it have been selected for Christmas compilations ever since!
Various Artists - "Last Christmas" - 2CD compilation, Sony Music 88985357072 (Germany), 2016:
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "So Fresh - Songs for Christmas 2016" - 2CD compilation, Sony Music 88985371182 (Australia), 2016:
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Top 40 Christmas Classics" - 2CD compilation, Sony Music 88985392072 (NL), 2016:
Sony Music 88985392072 (NL) - front of digipak, scan by Peter Oudejans |
Bob's contribution to this Dutch 2CD set in a digipak is Here Comes Santa Claus from Christmas In The Heart on CD2. For Top 40 60's Hits and Top 40 70's Hits, see above. For other Dutch "Top 40" compilations with Dylan album tracks, see the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 pages of this Various Artists Compilations list. For Top 40 Bob Dylan with several Dylan rarities, see 2019. |
Sony Music 88985392072 (NL) - rear of digipak, scan by Peter Oudejans |
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Sony Music 88985392072 (NL) - CD1 scan by Peter Oudejans (inckludes Bob) |
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Compilations with Out of Copyright Tracks
Sony let the copyright to the 1962 releases of Bob Dylan and Bob's first single Mixed Up Confusion expire in 2012. This has led to many budget record labels releasing unauthorised editions of Bob Dylan or including tracks from the album on compilations without authorisation. These are now listed separately from the other Various Artists Compilations. Sony has of course rectified this situation by renewing the copyrights of the albums from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan onwards, and with the limited edition 50th Anniversary Collection releases from 1962 onwards.
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.
This is almost certainly unauthorised and included because the copyright in
the EU had expired. Thanks to John Willy Bakke and Hans Seegers for information. |
Various Artists - "Best Of The 60s" - stereo vinyl LP, Bellevue 02000-LP3 (UK), 2016:
Various Artists - "Ohrwürmer [Ear Worms] - Summer Of Love" - compilation CD, Ohrwürmer 1483 (Germany), 2016:
Thanks to Peter Oudejans for information and scans.
Various Artists - "Greatest Hits Ever!" - compilation CD, Stargrove Entertainment STR 0036 (Canada), 2016:
For earlier entries in this list, see the links below:
Other International Albums and Compilations are now here:
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