More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits [Import]

Track Listings

1. Watching The River Flow

2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right

3. Lay Lady Lay

4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

5. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

6. All I Really Want To Do

7. My Back Pages

8. Maggie's Farm

9. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You

10. She Belongs To Me

11. All Along The Watchtower

12. Mighty Quinn

13. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

14. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall

15. If Not For You

16. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

17. Tomorrow Is A Long Time

18. When I Paint My Masterpiece

19. I Shall Be Released

20. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Watching the River Flow
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
Lay Lady Lay
Stuck Inside of Mobile 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
Positively 4th Street
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
New Morning
Tomorrow Is a Long Time
When I Paint My Masterpiece
I Shall Be Released
You Ain't Going Nowhere
Down in the Flood

Album Description

Import pressing of this 21-track double-disc collection that is out-of-print domestically. Originally released in 1991, it includes tracks that are unavailable on any other collection or studio albums. Highlights include a live take on 'Tommorow is a Long time', two previously unreleased tracks produced by Leon Russell, 'When I Paint My Masterpiece and 'Wathcing the River Flow. Sony.

Customer Reviews:

Several Different Styles Here, All Good.......2006-05-20

There is a song on this 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 Grabs You Instantly into Each Song.......2006-05-20

This CD 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.

I also like the photograph on the cover which was taken during the Bangladesh benefit with George Harrison. I like how the photographer tried to duplicate the cover of the "Greatest Hits, Volume 1." This is a good package with good songs. 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.

This is a Fine Collection, Mighty Fine.......2006-05-20

This 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.

An Excellent Collection.......2006-05-20

This 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.

Plenty Jewels and Gems Here.......2005-04-22

This Double Record was a shocker when it came out, because it not only had some of Dylan's Greatest hits, but it had plenty of new stuff as well, and some stuff that had been left behind. "Tomorrow is a Long Time," one of Dylan's best acoustic songs, heretofore unreleased, is presented here live, taken from the 1963 Town Hall Concert that Columbia never released, but should've (If anyone from CBS/Sony is reading this, Town Hall would make an excellent addition to the official Bootleg Series). Two other unreleased gems are the hard driving, hard rocking, "Watching the River Flow," produced by Leon Russell and the beyond superb "When I Paint My Masterpiece" also produced by Mr. Russell.

But in my opinion, the three jewels of this album are the songs recorded with banjo player Happy Traum, "I Shall Be Released", "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" and "Down in the Flood". Oh, wouldn't it have been great if Dylan would have reworked a whole albums worth of those songs he'd done down in that basement with the Band. Not that the "Basement Tapes" aren't good, they are excellent, but I sure do love they way he's done these three songs. I guess they just wetted our whistles for "Blood on the Tracks." The Bob Dylan we knew and loved was coming back.

This record is packed with plenty more gems, like "The Mighty Quinn," taken from the Isle of Wight show with Bob singing in his countryfied voice, "She Belongs to Me" from "Bringing it all Back Home", "If Not for you," from "New Morning," and lots more. Thumbs up from me for this one.

Jack Priest, Writer from the Darkside

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Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000DEPRM
Release Date: 2002-07-23

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1. Watching The River Flow
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Lay Lady Lay
4. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
5. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
6. All I Really Want To Do
7. My Back Pages
8. Maggie's Farm
9. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
10. She Belongs To Me
11. All Along The Watchtower
12. Mighty Quinn
13. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
14. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
15. If Not For You
16. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
17. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
18. When I Paint My Masterpiece
19. I Shall Be Released
20. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere