The Essential Bob Dylan (revised edition)

~ Release by Bob Dylan (see all versions of this release, 12 available)

Tracklist

▼ Digital Media 1
# Title Rating Length
1 Blowin’ in the Wind 4.45 2:47
2 Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right 4 3:39
3 The Times They Are A‐Changin’ 4.15 3:12
4 It Ain’t Me Babe 3:34
5 Maggie’s Farm 3:55
6 Mr. Tambourine Man 5:26
7 Subterranean Homesick Blues 4.25 2:18
8 Like a Rolling Stone 4.75 6:08
9 Positively 4th Street 4:08
10 Just Like a Woman 4:51
11 Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 4:35
12 All Along the Watchtower 4.25 2:31
13 Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) 2 2:17
14 I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight 4 2:40
15 Lay Lady Lay 3.35 3:18
16 If Not for You 3 2:41
▼ Digital Media 2
# Title Rating Length
1 I Shall Be Released 3 3:02
2 You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere 2:44
3 Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door 4.65 2:30
4 Forever Young 4 4:56
5 Tangled Up in Blue 3.2 5:41
6 Hurricane 4.2 8:33
7 Ring Them Bells 3:01
8 Gotta Serve Somebody 3 5:25
9 Jokerman 6:16
10 Not Dark Yet 3.65 6:28
11 Things Have Changed 5 5:08
12 Make You Feel My Love 2 3:31
13 Mississippi 5:21
14 Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ 5 3:51
15 Duquesne Whistle 5:43
16 When the Deal Goes Down 3 5:01

Credits

Digital Media 1

acoustic guitar:
Bob Dylan (track 1)
drums (drum set):
Herb Lovelle (track 2)
bass guitar:
George Barnes (track 2)
guitar:
Bruce Langhorne (track 2)
Bob Dylan (tracks 4, 15)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (track 1)
double bass:
Gene Ramey (track 2)
steel guitar:
Pete Drake (steel guitar player) (track 14)
piano:
Dick Wellstood (track 2)
additional lyricist:
Bob Dylan (1976) (track 15)
arranger:
Paul Clayton (1962) (track 2)
Bruce Langhorne (1962) (track 2)
composer:
Bob Dylan (tracks 5, 16)
[traditional] (Special Purpose Artist) (1962) (track 2)
Bob Dylan (1962) (track 2)
Bob Dylan (1962-04) (track 1)
Bob Dylan (1963) (track 3)
Bob Dylan (1964-02 – 1964-04) (track 6)
Bob Dylan (1964-05) (track 4)
Bob Dylan (1965-01) (tracks 5, 7)
Bob Dylan (1965) (track 8)
Bob Dylan (1965-06 – 1965-07) (track 9)
Bob Dylan (1966-02 – 1966-03) (tracks 10–11)
Bob Dylan (1967) (track 13)
Bob Dylan (1967-10 – 1967-11) (tracks 12, 14)
Bob Dylan (1968 – 1969) (track 15)
engineer:
Charlie Bragg (tracks 12, 14)
lead vocals:
Bob Dylan (tracks 1–2, 12, 14–15)
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (tracks 5, 16)
Bob Dylan (1962) (track 2)
Bob Dylan (1962-04) (track 1)
Bob Dylan (1963) (track 3)
Bob Dylan (1964-02 – 1964-04) (track 6)
Bob Dylan (1964-05) (track 4)
Bob Dylan (1964-12 – 1965-01) (track 7)
Bob Dylan (1965-01) (track 5)
Bob Dylan (1965) (track 8)
Bob Dylan (1965-06 – 1965-07) (track 9)
Bob Dylan (1966-02 – 1966-03) (tracks 10–11)
Bob Dylan (1967) (track 13)
Bob Dylan (1967-10 – 1967-11) (tracks 12, 14)
Bob Dylan (1968 – 1969) (track 15)
producer:
John Hammond (producer) (tracks 1–2)
Bob Johnston (American record producer) (tracks 12, 14–15)
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.) (tracks 3–4, 7)
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.) (1965-07-15 – 1965-07-16) (track 8)
remixer:
Michael H. Brauer (engineer) (tracks 5–7, 10–11)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (tracks 4, 15)
phonographic copyright by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (1969) (track 15)
publisher:
Big Sky Music (track 16)
M. Witmark & Sons (track 10)
Sony Music Holding (track 13)
Sony Music Publishing (worldwide except Japan, ended 1995) (track 1)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (track 9)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. (track 6)
Special Rider Music (track 5)
Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (tracks 6, 15)
Warner/Chappell (1962 – 1990) (track 1)
Warner/Chappell (1963 – 1991) (tracks 2–3)
Warner/Chappell (1964 – 1992) (tracks 4, 6)
Warner/Chappell (1965 – 1993) (tracks 7–9)
Dwarf Music (1966 –) (tracks 10–11)
Dwarf Music (1968 –) (track 12)
Dwarf Music (1968) (tracks 13–14)
Big Sky Music (1969 –) (track 15)
Special Rider Music (1990 –) (track 1)
Special Rider Music (1991 –) (tracks 2–3)
Special Rider Music (1992 –) (tracks 4, 6)
Special Rider Music (1993 –) (tracks 7–9)
has remixes:
If Not for You (stereo remix) by Bob Dylan (track 16)
Subterranean Homesick Blues (stereo remix #1) by Bob Dylan (track 7)
The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (stereo remix) by Bob Dylan (track 3)
mash-ups:
All Along the Love Lockdown by ToToM (track 12)
Blowin' in America by Elocnep (track 1)
Blowin' in My Mind (1st version edit) by ToToM (track 1)
Blowin' in My Mind (2009 version edit) by ToToM (track 1)
Blowin' in My Mind (2009 version) by ToToM (track 1)
I Can't Stand Along the Watchtower by ToToM (track 12)
Lay Bittersweet Lady by ToToM (track 15)
Subterranean Time Warp Blues by ToToM (track 7)
remasters:
Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan (track 7)
remix of:
It Ain’t Me Babe (officially released stereo studio recording) by Bob Dylan (track 4)
Just Like a Woman (officially released stereo studio recording) by Bob Dylan (track 10)
Maggie’s Farm (officially released studio recording) by Bob Dylan (track 5)
Mr. Tambourine Man (officially released studio recording) by Bob Dylan (track 6)
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (officially released stereo studio recording) by Bob Dylan (track 11)
sampled by:
Come una pietra scalciata by Articolo 31 con Bob Dylan (track 8)
is the basis for:
Acid Raindrops (track 15)
Watchtower (track 12)
later parody versions:
Ally McBeal (track 8)
Although None Could Watch an Hour (track 12)
Falling Stones (track 8)
Fartin' in the Wind (track 1)
Like a Rolling Pin (track 8)
Mediterranean Wholebook News (98.5% edition) (track 7)
Pausenbottle (track 1)
later translated versions:
Allan wia a Stan (track 8)
Als ob se'n Frau wöhr (track 10)
Blowin’ in the Wind (Romani) (track 1)
Ce n'était pas moi (track 4)
Comme des pierres qui roulent (track 8)
Comme une femme (track 10)
D'en haut de la tour du guet (track 12)
Dans le souffle du vent (track 1)
Dat benn ich nit (track 4)
Denk ned noch (track 2)
Die Antwort weiß ganz allein der Wind (track 1)
Er komen andere tijden (track 3)
Es kommen andere Zeiten (track 3)
Eskimo Quinn (track 13)
Fais de moi ton prisonnier (track 14)
Fridenswuchelied (track 1)
He, alter Liedersänger (track 6)
Hei leidi hei (track 15)
I bin's ned (track 4)
Jag ska va med dej inatt (track 14)
Kiedy wieje wiatr (track 1)
La Réponse est dans le vent (track 1)
Les temps changent (track 3)
Längst upp i högsta tornet (track 12)
L’Homme orchestre (track 6)
Mach kes Gstürm (track 2)
Maggans bar (track 5)
Maggie la ferme (track 5)
Mr l’homme orchestre (track 6)
Mr. Tambourine Man (Bengali) (track 6)
Muse feife inne Wind (track 1)
N'y pense plus, tout est bien (track 2)
Na straży w dzień i w nocy (track 12)
Naokoło wieży (track 12)
Quinn l'esquimau (track 13)
Quinn, dä Eskimo (track 13)
Siglo Yn Y Gwynt (track 1)
Som en hemlös själ (track 8)
The Times, They Are A‐Changin’ (English / Irish) (track 3)
Tout comme une vraie femme (track 10)
Tout l'mond'un jour s'est planté (track 11)
Tuulelta vastauksen saan (track 1)
Vi låter oss inte besegras (track 3)
Wie ’ne Stein (track 8)
Écoute dans le vent (track 1)
Časy se mění (track 3)
Ο παλιάτσος κι ο ληστής (track 12)
風に吹かれて (track 1)
later versions:
A Gwn Fod Popeth Yn Iawn (track 2)
Earth Change (track 3)
Låt mej va’ – de’ e’ bra (track 2)
N'y pense plus... tout est bien (track 2)
New Yorker (track 1)
Oh, My Lord Jesus (track 6)
두바퀴로 가는 자동차 (track 2)
recording of:
Blowin’ in the Wind (track 1)
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (track 2)
If Not for You (track 16)
It Ain’t Me, Babe (track 4)
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight (track 14)
Just Like a Woman (track 10)
Like a Rolling Stone (track 8)
Maggie's Farm (track 5)
Maggie’s Farm (track 5)
Mr. Tambourine Man (track 6)
Positively 4th Street (track 9)
Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn) (track 13)
Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 (track 11)
Subterranean Homesick Blues (track 7)
The Times They Are A‐Changin’ (track 3)
All Along the Watchtower (1967-11-06) (track 12)
Lay, Lady, Lay (1969-02-14) (track 15)
version of:
Who’s Gonna Buy You Ribbons (When I’m Gone) (track 2)

Digital Media 2

violin:
Scarlet Rivera (track 6)
drums (drum set):
Bill Berg (track 5)
Levon Helm (track 4)
Jim Keltner (track 3)
Pick Withers (track 8)
Howie Wyeth (track 6)
bass guitar:
Rick Danko (track 4)
Tim Drummond (track 8)
Terry Paul (track 3)
Bill Preston (track 5)
Rob Stoner (track 6)
organ:
Garth Hudson (track 4)
guitar:
Mark Knopfler (track 8)
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter) (track 7)
Roger McGuinn (track 3)
Ken Odegard (track 5)
Robbie Robertson (track 4)
Steven Soles (track 6)
Bob Dylan (tracks 3–6, 8)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (tracks 4–6)
brass [horns]:
Muscle Shoals Horns (track 8)
percussion:
Mickey Buckins (track 8)
steel guitar:
Buddy Cage (track 5)
keyboard:
Malcolm Burn (track 7)
Greg Inhofer (track 5)
keyboard and percussion:
Barry Beckett (track 8)
piano:
Richard Manuel (track 4)
Bob Dylan (track 7)
harmonium, organ and spinet:
Carl Fortina (track 3)
12 string guitar:
Chris Weber (track 5)
congas:
Luther Rix (track 6)
additional lyricist:
Bob Dylan (1971) (track 2)
additional performer:
Eric Weissberg (track 5)
arranger:
Harrison Calloway (track 8)
assistant engineer:
David Yates (track 8)
background vocals:
Carolyn Dennis (track 8)
Regina Havis (Regina McCrary Brown) (track 8)
Carol Hunter (track 3)
Brenda Patterson (track 3)
Helena Springs (track 8)
Donna Weiss (track 3)
composer:
Bob Dylan (tracks 3–4, 14–15)
Bob Dylan (1967) (tracks 1–2)
Bob Dylan (1974) (track 5)
Bob Dylan (1975) (track 6)
Bob Dylan (1979) (track 8)
Bob Dylan (1982 – 1983-05) (track 9)
Bob Dylan (1989-02 – 1989-03) (track 7)
Bob Dylan (1996-09 – 1996-10) (track 10)
Bob Dylan (1996-09 – 1997-01) (track 13)
Bob Dylan (1997-01) (track 12)
Bob Dylan (1999-07) (track 11)
Bob Dylan (2006) (track 16)
engineer:
Josh Abbey (track 9)
Gregg Hamm (US engineer) (track 8)
Phil Ramone (track 5)
Dan Wallin (track 3)
Rob Fraboni (1973-11-05 – 1973-11-09) (track 4)
lead vocals:
Bob Dylan (tracks 4–5, 8)
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (tracks 3–4, 14–15)
Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non-performing member of the Grateful Dead) (tracks 14–15)
Bob Dylan (1967) (tracks 1–2)
Bob Dylan (1974) (track 5)
Bob Dylan (1975) (track 6)
Jacques Levy (1975) (track 6)
Bob Dylan (1979) (track 8)
Bob Dylan (1982 – 1983-05) (track 9)
Bob Dylan (1989-02 – 1989-03) (track 7)
Bob Dylan (1996-09 – 1996-10) (tracks 10, 13)
Bob Dylan (1997-01) (track 12)
Bob Dylan (1999-07) (track 11)
Bob Dylan (2006) (track 16)
mixer:
Mark Aglietti (engineer) (track 2)
Ed Anderson (engineer) (track 2)
Rob Fraboni (track 2)
Nat Jeffrey (track 2)
Ian Taylor (Rock Producer/Engineer) (track 9)
producer:
Barry Beckett (track 8)
Gordon Carroll (track 3)
Don DeVito (track 6)
Jerry Wexler (track 8)
recording engineer:
Garth Hudson (track 2)
Neil Dorfsman (track 9)
vocals:
Ronee Blakley (track 6)
Bob Dylan (tracks 3, 6, 8)
phonographic copyright by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (track 8)
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004; operated worldwide except in JP) (1974) (tracks 4–5)
Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (1976) (track 6)
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. (track 14)
Ram’s Horn Music (tracks 3–4)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France (tracks 10–11, 13, 16)
Special Rider Music (track 14)
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) (track 3)
Dwarf Music (1967 –) (tracks 1–2)
Ram’s Horn Music (1974 – 2002) (track 5)
Ram’s Horn Music (1975 – 2003) (track 6)
Special Rider Music (1979 –) (track 8)
Special Rider Music (1983 –) (track 9)
Special Rider Music (1989 –) (track 7)
Special Rider Music (1997 –) (tracks 10, 12–13)
Special Rider Music (1999 –) (track 11)
Special Rider Music (2002 –) (track 5)
Special Rider Music (2003 –) (track 6)
Special Rider Music (2006 –) (track 16)
engineered at:
The Burbank Studios in Burbank, California, United States (track 3)
Village Recorder (alternate branding of The Village Recorder in West LA since 1990s) in Los Angeles, California, United States (track 4)
mixed at:
Village Recorder (alternate branding of The Village Recorder in West LA since 1990s) in Los Angeles, California, United States (track 2)
Shangri La Studios in Malibu, California, United States (track 2)
recorded at:
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, United States (track 8)
Power Station at BerkleeNYC in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (track 9)
basement of Big Pink, West Saugerties (basement tapes Dylan) in Ulster County, New York, United States (1967) (track 2)
mash-ups:
Knockin' on Ziggy's Big Ego by ToToM (track 3)
Knockin' on Ziggy's Door (long mix) by ToToM (track 3)
remasters:
Tangled Up in Blue (mfsl remaster) by Bob Dylan (track 5)
sampled by:
Gotta Serve Somebody (cover) by Aleister X feat. Andrew W.K. and Bob Dylan (track 8)
Rise by Gabrielle (track 3)
Rise by Gabrielle (track 3)
Rise by Gabrielle (track 3)
Rise (part of a “Club 2K” DJ‐mix) by Gabrielle (track 3)
Rise by Gabrielle (track 3)
Rise (Artful Dodger Above Board Vox Mix) by Gabrielle (track 3)
part of:
Gary Calamar’s Top 10 Songs of ‘09 (number: 10) (track 14)
is the basis for:
No puedo enamorarme de ti (track 3)
later translated parody versions:
Nagln mer nuch ans nei (track 3)
later translated versions:
Cloches sonnez (track 7)
Doblen campanas (track 7)
Du får hålla dej här (track 2)
Dä Joker danz (track 9)
För att jag älskar dig (track 12)
Für immer jung (track 4)
Il faudra que tu serves quelqu'un (track 8)
Inte natt än (track 10)
Jag ska bli fri (track 1)
Je zult iemand moeten dienen (track 8)
Jeune pour toujours (track 4)
Ještě není tma (Not Dark Yet) (track 10)
Jokerman (Hindi) (track 9)
Knock knock ouvre-toi porte d'or (track 3)
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (Japanese version) (track 3)
Lockiget Hoor (track 3)
Längesen (track 11)
Nix mitnehma (track 8)
Nous serons libres (track 1)
On ne va nulle part (track 2)
Tot jij mijn liefde voelt (track 12)
Παράξενος κόσμος (Things Have Changed) (track 11)
later versions:
Brand New Day (track 1)
Forever Young (Rod Stewart arrangement) (track 4)
I Shall Be Released (1986 lyrics (only used in 1986 shows; 1987 and later, use the original version)) (track 1)
Ring Them Bells (orchestral version) (track 7)
[Knockin’ on the Dragon’s Door] (track 3)
recording of:
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ (track 14)
Duquesne Whistle (track 15)
Forever Young (Bob Dylan song) (track 4)
Gotta Serve Somebody (track 8)
Hurricane (Bob Dylan song) (track 6)
I Shall Be Released (original lyrics) (track 1)
Jokerman (track 9)
Make You Feel My Love (track 12)
Mississippi (song from the "Time Out Of Mind" sessions) (track 13)
Not Dark Yet (track 10)
Ring Them Bells (track 7)
Tangled Up in Blue (track 5)
Things Have Changed (track 11)
When the Deal Goes Down (track 16)
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (track 2)
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (1973-02) (track 3)
version of:
Doing Alright (track 10)

Release

phonographic copyright by:Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (2000)
purchase for download:https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/id834450798 [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/album/1y3abw64BlSEeFuuhjlke1 [info]
https://www.deezer.com/album/7505951 [info]

Release Group

part of:The Essential (Sony/Legacy compilations)
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000621182 [info]
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/262237 [info]
Wikidata:Q1754003 [info]