This section is 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. Thanks to Hans Seegers for all the exclusive CBS Japanese releases, etc.! The list has now been divided by decade.
Bob Dylan Compilations other than "Greatest Hits" and other Dylan-Only compilation albums listed on the "bobdylan.com" Albums Page
These are now listed on seven pages, one per decade:
For Greatest Hits albums with the standard US tracklists see International Albums (Regular). The several international Bob Dylan compilation albums such as The Essential Bob Dylan which contain rarities in the main Searching For A Gem list are listed here for completeness. Promo-only Dylan compilation albums are now included in this list.
A summary is listed below:
1960s:
 CBS YS-537-C (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers/David Olmsted (1965) |
 CBS S 62694 (NL) - scan by Wim van der Mark (1966) |
 CBS YS-585-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1966) |
 CBS YS-611-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1966) |
 CBS YS-641-C (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1966) |
 CBS YS-672-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1966) |
 CBS YS-696~7-C (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1966) |
 CBS YS-748-C (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1967) |
 CBS SBPG 62847 (UK) - LP front (1967) |
 CBS S 62911 (NL) - LP front scan by Gerd Rundel (1967) |
 CBS S 63111 (NL) - LP front scan by Gerd Rundel (1967) |
 Haishan Records/Columbia HS 505 (Taiwan) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (1967) |
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 Supraphon 1 13 0434 (Czechoslovakia) - front picture from eBay (1968) |
 CBS/Supraphon SUA ST 55 994 (Czechoslovakia) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1968) |
 CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1969) |
Although CBS S 63111 (NL) and CBS/Sony SONX 60044 (Japan) use the front sleeve of the US release of Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, they have different tracklists. The Dutch compilations were also released in several other countries, such as West Germany and even Australia.
1970s:
 CBS/Sony SOPB 55117-18 (Japan) - front with corner obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1970) |
 CBS/Sony SOPB 55153/54 (Japan) - box front with obi scan by Hans Seegers (1971) |
 CBS S 67239 (UK) - front of gatefold sleeve (1971) |
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 CBS/Sony SOPH 41-42 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1972) |
 CBS/Sony SOPH 83-84 (Japan) - box front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1973) |
 CBS/Sony SOPI 11-13 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1973) |
 CBS/Sony SOPN 25 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1973) |
 CBS/Sony YBPC 2 (Japan) - front scan by Lars M. Banke (1974) |
 CBS/Sony SOPQ 11 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1974) |
 CBS/Sony SOPW 57-58 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1974) |
 CBS/Sony SOPZ 53-54 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Hans Seegers (1974) |
 CBS/Sony SOPO 59 (Japan) - front with obi, photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz (1975) |
 CBS 137.904 (Brazil) - front photo by Sergio Magnacca (1975) |
 CBS Sugar 62847 (Italy) - front photo from eBay (1976) |
 CBS Sugar 62911 (Italy) - front scan by Manfred Endtner (1976) |
 CBS/Sony 29AP 35 (Japan) - front with obi, scan from Esprit International (1976) |
 CBS/Sony 40AP 465-466 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen (1977) |
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CBS S 67239 (UK) has the same front sleeve as the US release Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, but has a different tracklist on Side 4. CBS 137.904 (Brazil) again uses the same front, but is a completely different compilation. The 1970s saw an amazing number of Japanese Dylan compilations!
1980s:
 CBS LSP 15264 (Spain) - LP front picture by Pachi Becerril (1980) |
 Columbia AS 1471 (USA) - front (1982) |
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 CBS (no catalogue number) (Spain) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1984) |
 Columbia CAS 2222 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers (1985) |
 CBS SAMP LP 1052 (NL) - front photo by Ulf Gyllenspetz (1986) |
 CBS CDNT-291 (Canada) - cassette insert scan by Manuel García Jara (1986) |
 CBS SAMP CD 1158 (NL) - front insert scan by Hans Seegers (1987) |
 Discos CBS 138.750/1 (Brazil) - front (1987) |
Discos CBS 279.001/1-463088 (Brazil) - front with sticker (1988) |
 Columbia CSK 1151 (USA) - front insert scan by Eddie Cockrell (1988) |
Astoundingly, there were no Japan-only Dylan compilations in the 1980s!
1990s:
 CBS XPCD 116 (UK) - front insert (1990) |
 CBS CLS-463764 (Mexico) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (1990) |
 Han Su Li Records MHLR-1058 (South Korea) - photograph by Ulf Gyllenspetz (1991) |
 SME Records XDCS 93111-2 (Japan) - scan by Anthony Perry (1993) |
 Columbia/Graphix Zone CDAC 085700 (USA) - front of the CD-ROM box (1995) |
 SONYTV28CD (UK) - front (1997) |
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2000s:
 Columbia 498361 9 (UK) - front including sticker (2000) |
 SME Records SRCS 2438 (Japan) - front of sealed promo copy with obi and sticker - scan by Keith Schweiger (2001) |
 Columbia 5020172000 (Australia) - front with sticker, scan by Bill Hester (2001) |
 Columbia 5031339 (Germany) - front picture from www.amazon.de (2001) |
 Sony Music TV STVCD 116 (UK) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk (2001) |
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 Columbia CSH 56477 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada (2003) |
 Sony A72812 (USA) - front (2004) |
 Sony Music Media SMM 516344-2 (France) - front (2004) |
 Sony Music MHCP 166 (Japan) - front with obi (2004) |
Sony Music Custom Marketing Group A93709 (USA) - front (2005) |
 Sony Music 5163342 (France) - picture from eil.com (2006) |
 Columbia/Legacy 82876 88900 2 (USA) - picture from Barnes & Noble web-site (2006) |
 Columbia/Legacy 88697 21150 2 (USA) - front scan by Hans Seegers (2007) |
 Columbia/Legacy 88697 42227 2 (USA) - front scan by Stuart Moore (2008) |
 Columbia/Legacy 88697 42942 2 (USA) - front scan by Stuart Moore (2009) |
 Camden 88697538692 (UK) - front (2009) |
 Columbia 88697 54084 2 (USA) - front of sealed digipak with sticker (2009) |
2001's Columbia 5031339 (Germany) and Sony Music TV STVCD 116 (UK) have the same front design as the 2000 US release The Essential Bob Dylan, and in the UK release's case, the same title, but they both have six extra tracks, 36 instead of 30. 2009's Columbia 88697 54084 2 (USA) is the 2000 US release The Essential Bob Dylan plus a bonus disc with six different extra tracks.
2010s:
 Sony Music SICP2620-1 (Japan) - picture from hmv.co.jp (2010) |
 Columbia/Legacy 88697 73811 2 (USA) - front with sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel (2010) |
 Sony Music 88697 78417 2 (Europe) - front scan by Ian Woodward (2010) |
 Columbia/Sony Music 12473-BDD1/2/3 (USA) - front scan by Herta and Gerd Rundel (2010) |
 Folio/Sony Music 88697806262 (France) - front of box, scan by Franck Faugere |
 Sony Music 88697850802 (Germany) - picture from www.amazon.co.uk (2011) |
 Camden Deluxe/Legacy 88697983862 (UK) - front of slipcase (2011) |
 Sony Music 88697988082 (Germany) - front of digipak with sticker, scan by Gerd Rundel (2012) |
 Sony Music 88691944972 (France) - front of 2CD set with sticker (2012) |
 Sony Music 88725406342 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada |
 Sony Music/ Columbia Legacy 88725496802 (UK) - front of digipak (2012) |
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 Sony Music 8883753692 (Italy) - front picture from www.amazon.co.uk (2013) |
 Sony Music 88725480042 (Brazil) - front scan by Manuel García Jara (2013) |
 Standard single CD Edition (18 tracks) - picture from www.amazon.co.uk (2013) |
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 Sony Music 88883780152 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada (2014) |
 Sony Music 88883780172 (USA) - front scan by Jack from Canada (2014) |
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 Columbia/Legacy 88875166212 (Canada) - front scan by Jack from Canada (2014) |
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 The Bootleg Series Vol. 13 - Trouble No More 1979-1981 (Sampler) Columbia (USA) - front picture from Freddy Ordóñez Araque (2018) |
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 Columbia/Sony Music 19075810362 (UK) - front scan by Jack from Canada (2018) |
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 The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 - More Blood, More Tracks" (Sampler) Columbia/Legacy (USA) - picture from Freddy Ordóñez Araque (2018) |
 Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 19075871011 (France) - front of gatefold sleeve, scan by Michel Pomarede (2018) |
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 Isis Anthology Volume 3 Red Planet (UK) - picture from www.bobdylanisis.com (2019) |
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 Sony Music 19075991162 (NL) - front of digipak (my copy, 2019)) |
 Sony Music 19075991161 (NL) - front of LP release, scan by Arie de Reus (2019) |
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2010's Dylan Ga Rock [Dylan In Rock], Sony Music SICP 2620-1 (Japan), is a different 2CD compilation from the 1993 Japanese 2CD release SME Records XDCS 93111-2 with the same title and front design. The Essential Bob Dylan, Sony Music 88697 78417 2 (Europe), still has 36 songs, as do the 2001 European releases, but as well as a different front design it has a different tracklist with changes on both CDs. Sony Music 88697850802 (Germany) is actually the 18-track single CD release of Dylan from 2007 with new artwork! The tracks included in the 2013 Music + Photos German release (catalogue number not yet known) apparently replicate the Oct 2010 European revised version of The Essential Bob Dylan. The CD included in the 2013 US release Threads + Grooves is the 2008 compilation CD+ Playlist: The Very Best Of Bob Dylan '60s. The 2016 vinyl 2LP version of The Essential Bob Dylan has only 23 tracks, but the once more revised tracklist includes tracks not released in 2000 up to Long And Wasted Years from Tempest in 2012.
2020s:
 Sony Music SICP-31361~2 (Japan) - front with obi and tour sticker, scan by Sonny Boy McFitzson |
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The Sony Music Japan 2CD compilation The Japanese Singles Collection was intended to be released to mark Bob's tour of Japan in April 2020. Although the tour did not take place, the compilation was released on schedule.
The Best of The Bootleg Series was a 28-track download only.
Other International Compilations are now here:
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existing entries, please let me know!
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see the Mission page for reasons why. Contact the
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