Bob Dylan – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (2-CD)
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Compiled at a crossroads moment, this 1971 double album captures Dylan between eras, pulling together deep cuts and fan favorites that his first Greatest Hits largely bypassed. The newly recorded collaborations with Happy Traum, including a stretched-out "I Shall Be Released" and a reworked "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere," gave longtime listeners something genuinely fresh alongside the retrospective material, and those versions remain definitive for many.
24 Bit Digitally Remastered. Double CD - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, also known as More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits, is the second compilation album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on November 17, 1971, by Columbia Records.
With Dylan not expected to release any new material for an extended period, CBS Records president Clive Davis proposed issuing a double-LP compilation of older material. Dylan agreed, compiling it himself and suggesting that the package include a full side of unreleased tracks from his archives. After submitting a set of excerpts from The Basement Tapes that Davis found unsatisfactory, Dylan returned to the studio in September 1971 to recut several Basement songs, with Happy Traum providing backup.
The final package included one previously uncollected single, "Watching the River Flow", an outtake from the same sessions, "When I Paint My Masterpiece"; one song from Dylan's April 12, 1963 Town Hall concert, "Tomorrow Is a Long Time", and three songs from the September sessions, "I Shall Be Released", "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere", and "Down in the Flood". The remaining tracks were drawn from existing releases. As with the Beatles' 1962-1966 and The Basement Tapes, all the selections could fit on a single 80-minute CD, but were nevertheless released on two CDs to match the LP.
Tracklist
Disc 1
1-1. Watching The River Flow (3:32)
1-2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (3:36)
1-3. Lay Lady Lay (3:14)
1-4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues (7:06)
1-5. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (2:37)
1-6. All I Really Want To Do (4:02)
1-7. My Back Pages (4:21)
1-8. Maggie's Farm (3:49)
1-9. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (3:21)
Disc 2
2-1. She Belongs To Me (2:46)
2-2. All Along The Watchtower (2:30)
2-3. The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo) (2:43)
2-4. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (5:25)
2-5. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (6:47)
2-6. If Not For You (2:38)
2-7. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (4:13)
2-8. Tomorrow Is A Long Time (3:01)
2-9. When I Paint My Masterpiece (3:22)
2-10. I Shall Be Released (3:01)
2-11. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (2:41)
2-12. Down In The Flood (2:46)
UPC: 074646597620
Label: Sony
Release Date: 6.1.99
Format: CD