Bob Dylan: The Collection
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Bob Dylan: the Collection was the fourth iTunes complete digital album, following The Complete U2
, The Complete Stevie Wonder
, and The Complete Depeche Mode. It came with 763 songs and a 100-page digital booklet
. The price was only $199.99, although iTunes usually charges $0.99 per song. This package was removed from iTunes in December of 2009.
The Complete U2
-Live from Boston 1981:Live from Boston 1981 is a live album recorded during U2's Boy Tour at Boston's Paradise Rock Club on . Some of the tracks on this album have been originally released on other singles previous to the release of this album....
, The Complete Stevie Wonder
The Complete Stevie Wonder
The Complete Stevie Wonder is a digital compilation featuring the work of Stevie Wonder. Released a week before the physical release of A Time To Love, the set comprises almost all of Wonder's officially released material, including single mixes, extended versions, remixes, and Workout Stevie...
, and The Complete Depeche Mode. It came with 763 songs and a 100-page digital booklet
Digital booklet
Digital booklets are the digital equivalent of liner notes that often accompany digital music purchases. They are most commonly distributed in Portable Document Format. One well-known distributor of digital booklets with digital purchases is the iTunes Store; the first instance of this on the...
. The price was only $199.99, although iTunes usually charges $0.99 per song. This package was removed from iTunes in December of 2009.
Track listing
| Disc Number | Title | Type | Number of songs | Total Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (album) Bob Dylan is the debut album by the American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in March 1962 on Columbia Records. It features two original compositions, the rest being old folk standards, and was produced by Columbia's legendary talent scout John H... |
Studio | 13 | 36:33 |
| 2 | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in May 1963 by Columbia Records. Whereas his debut album Bob Dylan had contained only two original songs, Freewheelin initiated the process of writing contemporary words to traditional melodies.... |
Studio | 13 | 49:43 |
| 3 | The Times They Are a-Changin' The Times They Are a-Changin' The Times They Are a-Changin opens with the title track, one of Dylan's most famous songs. Dylan's friend, Tony Glover, recalls visiting Dylan's apartment in September 1963, where he saw a number of song manuscripts and poems lying on a table. "The Times They Are a-Changin'" had yet to be recorded,... |
Studio | 10 | 45:06 |
| 4 | Another Side of Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan Another Side of Bob Dylan is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released August 8, 1964 by Columbia Records.... |
Studio | 11 | 50:50 |
| 5 | Bringing It All Back Home Bringing It All Back Home Bringing It All Back Home is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's fifth studio album, released in March 1965 by Columbia Records. The album is divided into an electric and an acoustic side. On side one of the original LP, Dylan is backed by an electric rock and roll band - a move that further alienated... |
Studio | 11 | 46:50 |
| 6 | Highway 61 Revisited Highway 61 Revisited Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released in August 1965 by Columbia Records. On his previous album, Bringing It All Back Home, Dylan devoted Side One of the album to songs accompanied by an electric rock band, and Side Two to solo acoustic numbers... |
Studio | 9 | 51:04 |
| 7 | Blonde On Blonde Blonde on Blonde Blonde on Blonde is American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's seventh studio album, released in May or June 1966 on Columbia Records and produced by Bob Johnston. Recording sessions commenced in New York in October 1965, with a plethora of backing musicians, including members of Dylan's live backing... |
Studio | 14 | 1:12:33 |
| 8 | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits is the eighth album released by Bob Dylan on Columbia Records, original catalogue number KCS 9643. It contains every Top 40 single Dylan enjoyed through 1967. It peaked at #10 on the pop album chart in the United States, and went to #3 on the album chart in the United... |
Compilation | 10 | 40:01 |
| 9 | John Wesley Harding John Wesley Harding (album) John Wesley Harding is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's eighth studio album, released by Columbia Records in December 1967.Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan's return to acoustic music and traditional roots, after three albums of electric rock music... |
Studio | 12 | 38:20 |
| 10 | Nashville Skyline Nashville Skyline Nashville Skyline is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's ninth studio album, released by Columbia Records in April 1969.The album marked a dramatic departure for Dylan, previously known for his groundbreaking, poetic folk music and rock and roll... |
Studio | 10 | 26:51 |
| 11 | Self Portrait Self Portrait (Bob Dylan album) Self Portrait is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's tenth studio album, released by Columbia Records in June 1970.Self Portrait was Dylan's second double album, and features mostly cover versions of well-known pop and folk songs. Also included are a handful of instrumentals and original compositions... |
Studio | 24 | 1:13:15 |
| 12 | New Morning New Morning New Morning is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 11th studio album, released by Columbia Records in October 1970.Coming only four months after the controversial Self Portrait, the more concise and immediate New Morning won a much warmer reception from fans and critics. Most welcome was the return of... |
Studio | 12 | 35:22 |
| 13,14 | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II , also known as More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits, was the second compilation album released by Bob Dylan. With Dylan not expected to release any new material for an extended period of time, CBS Records president Clive Davis proposed issuing a double LP compilation of... |
Compilation | 21 | 1:17:8 |
| 15 | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | Studio | 10 | 34:58 |
| 16 | Dylan | Studio | 9 | 33:15 |
| 17 | Planet Waves Planet Waves Planet Waves is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 14th studio album, released by Asylum Records in January 1974.... |
Studio | 11 | 41:56 |
| 18,19 | Before the Flood Before the Flood Side threeSide four-Personnel:* Bob Dylan – vocal, guitars, harmonica, piano* Robbie Robertson – electric guitar, backing vocal* Richard Manuel – vocal, piano, electric piano, organ, drums* Garth Hudson – Lowrey organ, clavinet, piano, synthesizer, saxophone... |
Live | 21 | 1:26:08 |
| 20 | Blood On the Tracks Blood on the Tracks Blood on the Tracks is Bob Dylan's 15th studio album, released by Columbia Records in January 1975. The album marked Dylan's return to Columbia after a two-album stint with Asylum Records.... |
Studio | 10 | 51:32 |
| 21,22 | The Basement Tapes The Basement Tapes The Basement Tapes is a 1975 studio album by Bob Dylan and The Band. The songs featuring Dylan's vocals were recorded in 1967, eight years before the album's release, at houses in and around Woodstock, New York, where Dylan and the Band lived... |
Studio | 24 | 1:1:45 |
| 23 | Desire | Studio | 9 | 56:08 |
| 24 | Hard Rain Hard Rain Hard Rain may refer to:* Hard Rain , 1976* Hard Rain , 1997* Hard Rain , a British rock band* Hard Rain , a 1998 action movie... |
Live | 9 | 51:16 |
| 25 | Street Legal | Studio | 9 | 50:10 |
| 26, 27 | Bob Dylan at Budokan Bob Dylan at Budokan Bob Dylan at Budokan is a live album by Bob Dylan, released in 1979 by Columbia Records. It was recorded during his 1978 world tour and is composed mostly of the artist's "greatest hits"... |
Live | 22 | 1:39:40 |
| 28 | Slow Train Coming Slow Train Coming Slow Train Coming is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 19th studio album, released by Columbia Records in August 1979.It was the artist's first effort since becoming a born-again Christian, and all of the songs either express his strong personal faith, or stress the importance of Christian teachings... |
Studio | 9 | 46:48 |
| 29 | Saved Saved (album) Saved is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 20th studio album, released by Columbia Records in June 1980.Saved was the second album of Dylan's "Christian trilogy," following his conversion to born-again Christianity. It expanded on themes explored on its predecessor, Slow Train Coming, with gospel... |
Studio | 9 | 42:37 |
| 30 | Shot of Love Shot of Love Shot of Love is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 21st studio album, released by Columbia Records in August 1981.It is generally considered to be Dylan's last of a trilogy of overtly religious, Christian albums. Also, it was his first since becoming born-again to focus on secular themes, from... |
Studio | 10 | 44:20 |
| 31 | Infidels Infidels Infidels is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 22nd studio album, released by Columbia Records in October 1983.Produced by Mark Knopfler and Dylan himself, Infidels is seen as his return to secular music, following a conversion to Christianity and three evangelical, gospel records... |
Studio | 8 | 42:01 |
| 32 | Real Live Real Live Real Live is a live album documenting Bob Dylan's 1984 tour of Europe, released at the end of that same year by Columbia Records. Most of the concert was recorded at Wembley Stadium on 7 July, but "License to Kill" and "Tombstone Blues" come from St James' Park, Newcastle on 5 July, and "I and I"... |
Live | 10 | 52:14 |
| 33 | Empire Burlesque Empire Burlesque Empire Burlesque is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 23rd studio album, released by Columbia Records in June 1985. The album peaked at #33 in the US and #11 in the UK.... |
Studio | 10 | 46:42 |
| 34, 35, 36 | Biograph Biograph (album) Biograph is a 53-track compilation spanning the career of Bob Dylan, from his 1962 debut album to the 1981 LP Shot of Love. Released in 1985 by Columbia Records, on both a 5-LP and a 3-CD Box set, it was one of the earliest and most successful examples of the CD Box set... |
Compilation | 53 | 3:35:28 |
| 37 | Knocked Out Loaded Knocked Out Loaded Knocked Out Loaded is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 24th studio album, released by Columbia Records in July 1986.The album was received poorly upon release, and is still considered by some critics to be one of Dylan's least-engaging efforts... |
Studio | 8 | 35:11 |
| 38 | Dylan & The Dead Dylan & The Dead Dylan & the Dead is a collaborative live album by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead, released in 1989 by Columbia Records. It consists of seven songs written and sung by Dylan, with the Dead providing accompaniment. The album was produced by Jerry Garcia and John Cutler.Dylan & the Dead was... |
Live | 7 | 44:02 |
| 39 | Down in the Groove Down in the Groove Down in the Groove is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 25th studio album, released by Columbia Records in May 1988.A highly collaborative effort, it was Dylan's second consecutive album to receive almost unanimous negative reviews... |
Studio | 10 | 31: 58 |
| 40 | Oh Mercy Oh Mercy Oh Mercy is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 26th studio album, released by Columbia Records in September 1989.Produced by Daniel Lanois, it was hailed by critics as a triumph for Dylan, after a string of weaker-reviewed albums... |
Studio | 10 | 38:58 |
| 41 | Under the Red Sky Under the Red Sky Under the Red Sky is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 27th studio album, released by Columbia Records in September 1990.The album was largely greeted as a strange and disappointing follow-up to 1989's critically acclaimed Oh Mercy... |
Studio | 10 | 35:25 |
| 42, 43, 44 | The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1 (Rare & Unreleased) (1961-1991) | Compilation | 58 | 3:49:40 |
| 45 | Good as I Been to You Good as I Been to You Good as I Been to You is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 28th studio album, released by Columbia Records in November 1992.It is composed entirely of traditional folk songs and covers, and is Dylan's first entirely solo, acoustic album since Another Side of Bob Dylan in 1964... |
Studio | 13 | 55:07 |
| 46, 47 | The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration is a live double-album release in recognition of Bob Dylan's 30 years as a recording artist. Recorded on October 16, 1992 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, it captures most of the concert, which featured many artists performing classic Dylan songs,... |
Live | 4 | 21:51 |
| 48 | World Gone Wrong World Gone Wrong World Gone Wrong is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 29th studio album, released by Columbia Records in October 1993.It was Dylan's second consecutive collection of only traditional folk songs, performed acoustically with guitar and harmonica... |
Studio | 10 | 53:56 |
| 49 | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume 3 is a compilation LP album by Bob Dylan, released on Columbia Records on compact disc in 1994, catalogue CK 66783. It peaked at #126 on the Billboard 200.-Content:... |
Compilation | 14 | 1:17:04 |
| 50 | MTV Unplugged MTV Unplugged (Bob Dylan album) MTV Unplugged is a live album by Bob Dylan, released in 1995 by Columbia Records . It documents Dylan's appearance on the then-highly popular MTV Unplugged television series, recorded at Sony Music Studios in New York on November 17, 1994 and November 18, 1994... |
Live | 11 | 1:04:09 |
| 51 | Time Out of Mind Time out of Mind Time Out of Mind is the 30th studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on September 30, 1997 on Columbia Records. It is his first double studio album since 1970's Self Portrait... |
Studio | 11 | 1:12:36 |
| 52, 53 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert | Live | 15 | 1:29:54 |
| 54, 55 | The Essential Bob Dylan The Essential Bob Dylan The Essential Bob Dylan is a compilation by Bob Dylan, released as a double-CD set in 2000, part of Columbia Records' "The Essential" series.... |
Compilation | 30 | 2:03:43 |
| 56 | "Love and Theft" | Studio | 12 | 57:27 |
| 57, 58 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue The Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Bob Dylan Live 1975, The Rolling Thunder Revue is a live album by Bob Dylan released by Columbia Records in 2002. It documents the Rolling Thunder Revue, led by Bob Dylan prior to the release of the album Desire... |
Live | 22 | 1:41:55 |
| 59, 60 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall The Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Bob Dylan Live 1964, Concert at Philharmonic Hall is a complete recording of Bob Dylan's October 31, 1964 "Halloween" show at New York's Philharmonic Hall. It was released in 2004.... |
Live | 19 | 1:33:36 |
| 61, 62 | The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack is the third most recent installment in the Bob Dylan "Bootleg Series" of rare and/or officially unissued recordings.... |
Compilation | 18 | 2:20:57 |
| 63 | The Best of Bob Dylan The Best of Bob Dylan The Best of Bob Dylan is a single-disc compilation album containing songs by Bob Dylan, released on November 15, 2005. It is an abbreviation of The Essential Bob Dylan, though, like the U.K... |
Compilation | 16 | 1:19:44 |
| 64 | Modern Times Modern Times (Bob Dylan album) Modern Times is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan's 32nd studio album, released by Columbia Records in August 2006. The album was Dylan's third straight to be met with nearly universal praise from fans and critics... |
Studio | 10 | 1:02:42 |
| 65 | Rare Tracks from the Vaults | Compilation (Bonus tracks on iTunes) | 42 | 3:01:12 |