Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits Box [Box set] [Import]

Track Listings

1. Rainy Day Women 12 And 35

2. Blowin In The Wind

3. The Times They Are A-Changin

4. It Aint Me Babe

5. Like A Rolling Stone

6. Mr Tambourine Man

7. Subterranean Homesick Blues

8. I Want You

9. Positively 4th Street

10. Just Like A Woman

11. Watching The River Flow

12. Dont Think Twice Its Alright

13. Lay Lady Lay

14. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

15. Ill Be Your Baby Tonight

16. All I Really Want To Do

17. My Back Pages

18. Maggies Farm

19. Tonight Ill Be Staying Here With You

20. She Belongs To Me

See all 49 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Excusive & very limited (6,000 copies) 5 CD set from Canada released to commemorate his 2002 tour there. Includes the previously released retrospectives, 'Greatest Hits Vol.1', 'Greatest Hits Vol. II', 'Greatest Hits Vol. III' plus an exclusive 4 track li

Tracks:

Rainy Day Woman #12 & 35
Blowin' in the Wind
Times They Are A-Changin'
It Ain't Me, Babe
Like a Rolling Stone
Mr. Tambourine Man
Subterranean Homesick Blues
I Want You
Positively 4th Street
Just Like a Woman

Tracks:

Watching the River Flow
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Lay, Lady, Lay
Stuck Inside of Mobil With the Memphis Blues Again
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
All I Really Want to Do
My Back Pages
Maggie's Farm
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

Tracks:

She Belongs to Me
All Along the Watchtower
Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
If Not for You
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Tomorrow Is a Long Time
When I Paint My Masterpiece
I Shall Be Released
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Down in the Flood

Tracks:

Tangled Up in Blue
Changing of the Guards
Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar
Hurricane
Forever Young
Jokerman
Dignity
Silvio
Ring Them Bells
Gotta Serve Somebody
Series of Dreams
Brownsville Girl
Under the Red Sky
Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Album Description

Excusive & very limited (6,000 copies) 5 CD set from Canada released to commemorate his 2002 tour there. Includes the previously released retrospectives, 'Greatest Hits Vol.1', 'Greatest Hits Vol. II', 'Greatest Hits Vol. III' plus an exclusive 4 track li

Customer Reviews:

There is Just Simply No Song Man Better than Bob Dylan.......2006-06-02

"Blowin' in the Wind" one of the three acoustic songs from his too short protest period on this record conjures up images of a young man, wind blowing his hair every which way as he sings this song protesting all wars. The rock numbers are outstanding and the inclusion of "Postively 4th Street" was inspirational, because not only is it a divine song, but it had never been on an LP up until the release of this record. In fact this whole record is kind of inspirational, good early material that will have anybody up and thinking, good electric songs that will make you think as you sing along. Just an all around good record, this is.

Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits II" opens with the up tempo rocker "Watching the River Flow," then slows down some with the acoustic "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," then jumps into a great Dylan countryesqe love song, "Lay, Lady Lay," then onto "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" from the "John Wesley Album." It is a testament to how strongly Bob Dylan presents his songs that he can take you from fast to slow, electric to acoustic and grab you instantly into each song. Dylan is a master, no doubt about it. Then again, all Mr. Dylan's songs are all good aren't they? And then there's the new stuff on here that wasn't really a greatest hit, though now that the record has been out for umpteen years, probably nobody knows that, but anyway, that stuff is a good too, no it's great.

"In a crowded room full of covered up mirrors, looking into the lost forgotten years for dignity." What a line, delivered the way only Dylan can deliver them. The years just roll on and he just keeps getting better. Like a shape changer he keeps changing, redefining himself, putting out new stuff, rereleasing his old stuff, putting out his live stuff and I am always amazed. When I first got "Greatest Hits III) (I bought it on cassette), I stuck it into the play in my car, because I couldn't wait to get home. "Tangled Up in Blue" came on and I immediately forgot that I was listening to a Greatest Hits record, was taking right back to the first time I'd heard "Blood on the Tracks" and I stayed right there till "Changing of the Guard" came on, not the song I was expecting, but I was immediately hooked right in. Then right onto "The Groom's Still Waiting at the Alter", a down right rocker with a heck of a Gospel flavor. Next comes "Hurricane" a song with a different band, different flavor and that is the genius of Bob Dylan. He can pull you in any direction he wants you to go and you follow.

So Many Songs to Choose From, How Did They Ever Decide?.......2006-06-02

I really like Bob Dylan's first Greatest Hits record. I love "Tambourine Man", love the subtle electric guitar. I adore "It Ain't Me Babe," it ain't no stinkin' love song. And neither is "Positively 4th Street." These are bitter and biting songs that grip like glue. "If you were standing in my shoes, you'd know what a drag it is to see you." What a line. Nobody writes them like Bob Dylan. "Rolling Stone", "Rainy Day Woman," and "I Want You," three jumpin' rockers. And then there is "Just Like a Woman," Lord I love that song that shows what a mesmerizing voice Dylan can have when he wants to. And, of course, I can't forget that song that is almost impossible to sing along with, " Subterranean Homesick Blues." Try memorizing the lyrics to that one, try singing them without the record playing. Was Dylan ahead of his time? You betcha.

There is a song on Dylan's second Greatest Hits record "Tomorrow is a Long Time," which is just about one of the best songs I've every heard. It's from a concert that, if all of the performances were delivered this well, then I don't know why they didn't release the whole show. Also I agree that it would have been nice to have a whole record of Bob Dylan and Happy Traum together. It also would have been nice to have a whole record produced by Leon Russell, because as we see with the two songs he produced on this record, "Watching" the River Flow" and "When I Paint My Masterpiece" Mr. Russell knew how to get a good rocker out of Mr. Dylan. Still, even though we don't have the records it would have been nice to have, we have snippets here of what they could have been. Several different styles, all good, but then Bob Dylan is always reinventing himself, but to reinvent himself a couple times on the same record, amazing, simply amazing.

Dylan's third Greatest Hits record is a masterpiece in it's own right. In fact because of the many different styles Dylan uses, it kind of reminds my of a Beatles' record. You know, how the Beatles would switch the lead singer from song to song between John, Paul, George and Ringo. I think because of that Beatles' records never get old. This record is like that. Dylan's voice is so different from song to song, the bands are different. It seems like a record full of surprises, one I know I'll never get tired of and I don't think you'll ever tire of it either.

This is Just Simply an Excellent Collection,.......2006-06-02

"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits" came out after a long lapse, probably because of Dylan's motorcycle accident. At least that's what I've read. Unlike a lot of hits records, this is a great stand alone record in it's own right and it flows as if all of the songs were meant for this record and this record alone. The three acoustic songs are absolutely three of his best. The record starts out as a rocker with "Rainy Day Woman," where we hear a humorous, seemingly carefree Dylan, but unlike on "Highway 61" here the song segues into just about the greatest protest song every written, "Blowing in the Wind." Two more acoustic songs, good ones, and then were rocking through the rest of the CD, slowing down only for "Mr. Tambourine Man." I love this record and often have the CD playing in my car.

"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" is a very interesting collection. The songs, though are all very good, just don't seem to flow as well (at least for me) as they do on "Greatest Hits, Volume 1." Sticking the acoustic, "Don't Think Twice" between the Rocking "Watching the River Flow" and "Lay, Lady Lay" just someone seems not right. I would have grouped the three early acoustic songs together along with the very excellent "Tomorrow is a Long Time" a live song that until this record came out, had been unreleased. It is such a good song and maybe should have been grouped with its brothers. All that being said, this is a very good collection with some outstanding songs you're just gonna love and even with my problem with the grouping, I still have to give this record five stars.

"Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3" starts out with the hard driving "Tangled Up in Blue," moves into "Changing of the Guards", the best song, in my opinion, from the underrated "Street Legal" album. "The Groom is Still Waiting at the Alter" was originally released as a single and later turned up in the "Biograph Box", and then the disc dives into "Hurricane" from "Desire." Like the first "Greatest Hits" LP, this CD stands on its own. All of the songs seem to work well together. There are no pre-electric songs, but this stuff is a long time away from that earlier period so, I guess, I shouldn't have been surprised when the CD came out, but I would have liked to see "Girl from the North Country" or maybe "To Ramona." I think, despite the fact that they were recorded earlier, that they would have fit right in with this five star collection. Still, it is a Greatest hits record and those songs were not hits. But then Dylan is famous for sticking stuff on these hits records that his audience has never heard before, like "Dignity" and "Series of Dreams" on this record.

All the Best of Bob Dylan.......2006-06-02

My husband is just about the greatest Bob Dylan fan that ever lived, so needless to say, I hear him coming out of the speakers in our house all the time. That's not to say I don't like him too. I do, a lot. One of the record's Jack (my husband) plays often is the first Greatest Hits CD. In fact it's probably the CD he plays the most. I can only imagine the impact this record must have made back when it came out. Just imagine "Rainy Day Woman" and "Like a Rolling Stone" on the same record. What must the establishment thought back then. There there is "Mr. Tambourine Man." How could they ever understand that. Add "Blowing in the Wind" and "Times" two songs they probably understood only too well, understood and didn't like. Yes, America was changing, the times were blowin' away in the wind. The future was coming fast. This record must have really shook 'em up.

"Greatest Hits, Volume 2" originally came out as a double record which was not only a greatest hits record, but it had a lot of new songs on it as well. The three songs, "I Shall Be Released", "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" and "Down in the Flood", recorded with banjo player Happy Traum are just superb. I, for one, wish he would have recorded the whole album with him. What a joy that would have been. Dylan is in fine voice on those songs. They are so upbeat. What a great end to the set. Then there is the beginning. The Leon Russell produced "Watching the River Flow" is quite a rocker and so is "When I Paint My Masterpiece" also produced by Leon Russell. There are plenty of Dylan standards on this record as well and one wonders how in the world they picked them, because to my way of thinking just about every song, from every LP released up to this time, could have been included. This is a fine collection, just fine. Mighty fine.

I just love "Greatest Hits, Volume 3," with the super long, intricate "Brownsville Girl" and "Under a Red Sky" too. These are the best songs from the albums they were culled from. Maybe they weren't really hits, but they deserved to be rereleased in this collection and I believe the collection is bettebr for it. "Jokerman" is one of the best songs in Dylan's catalog and I could well imagine him doing it when he was much younger. You can see it's Subterranean Homesick Blues" ancestry. "Ring them Bells" from the "Oh Mercy" record is haunting as are "Series of Dreams" and "Dignity" that were left off that record, but show up here. And, of course, there is that Dylan song that has closed so many concerts, " Knockin' On Heaven's Door." It closes this collection too. It's a great song, ending a great collection. This whole album works well for me. Isn't it amazing how Dylan can put this stuff together like this, making is seem fresh and new?

When The Saints Come Marching In.......2006-01-30

I can't help but go to this place, so you'll have to forive me ( or not...smile). But this collection of music is so spectacular, in my opinion, it is not only for those "new" to Bob Dylan and his music. It is for everyone world-wide even if one doesn't understand the words, (our Americanized English Language). I have no idea what it is - about this extraordinary soul but as someone said once - Dylan has you from the cradle to the grave. I only hope that Bob Dylan's life is as enriched as he makes our own. I do know this - but it's from my most limited experience. When the darkest of hours seem to harming and literally demoralizing us everyday-folks-out-there, a gifted soul emerges like Dylan and...well, it just "feels" like When The Saints Come Marching In. Bottomline: if you can afford it, this is worth every hard-earned cent and more.

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1. Rainy Day Women 12 And 35
2. Blowin In The Wind
3. The Times They Are A-Changin
4. It Aint Me Babe
5. Like A Rolling Stone
6. Mr Tambourine Man
7. Subterranean Homesick Blues
8. I Want You
9. Positively 4th Street
10. Just Like A Woman
11. Watching The River Flow
12. Dont Think Twice Its Alright
13. Lay Lady Lay
14. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
15. Ill Be Your Baby Tonight
16. All I Really Want To Do
17. My Back Pages
18. Maggies Farm
19. Tonight Ill Be Staying Here With You
20. She Belongs To Me