Bob Dylan (born 1941)

American folk-rock/singer-songwriter with influences from blues, country, gospel and folk.

(Real name: Robert Zinneman. Name changed in 1962 in honour of poet Dylan Thomas. The group "The Band" were Bob's backup band on some albums. The albums up to 1966 were acoustic.)


Albums.

Title.year.Label.number
Bob Dylan1962 CBSBPG 62022 
[Reissue]1981 CBS40 32001
[Reissue]1989 CBSCD 32001
Freewheelin'1963CBSBPG 62193
[Reissue]1981 CBS40 62193
[Reissue]1989 CBS32390
Times They Are A-Changin'1964 CBSBPG 62251 
[Reissue]1981 CBS40 32021
[Reissue]1989 CBSCD 32021
Another Side1964 CBSBPG 62429 
[Reissue]1981 CBS40 32034
[Reissue]1989 CBSCD 32034
Bringing It All Back Home1965 CBSBPG 62515 
Highway 61 Revisited1965 CBSBPG 62572 
[Reissue]1985 CBS40 62572
[Reissue] (CD)1989 CBS62572
Blonde On Blonde (2 LPs)1966 CBSDDP 66012 
[Reissue] (LP)1982 CBS40 22130
[Reissue] (CD)1987 CBS66012
[Reissue]1989 CBS22130
[Reissue]1995 CBSCK 64411
John Wesley Harding1968  CBSSBPG 63252 
Nashville Skyline1969 CBS63601 
Self Portrait1970 CBS66250
New Morning1970 CBS69001 
Planet Waves1974 IslandILPS 9261 
Before The Flood1974 AsylumIDBD 1 
Blood On The Tracks1975 CBS69097 
[Reissue] (CD)1985 CBS69097
[Reissue]1993 Columbia467842-2/-4
The Basement Tapes (recorded 1967)1975 CBS88147 
[Reissue]1989 CBS466137-2
Desire1976 CBS86003
[Reissue] (LP)1985 CBS40 32570
[Reissue] (CD)1987 CBS86003
Street Legal1978 CBS86067
Slow Train Coming1979 CBS6499
Saved1980 CBS86113
Shot Of Love1981 CBS85178
Infidels1983 CBS25539
Empire Burlesque1985 CBS86313
Knocked Out Loaded1986 CBS86326
Down In The Groove1988 CBS460907 1
Dylan and the Dead (live July '87)1989 CBS463381 1
Oh Mercy1989 CBS465800 1
Under the Red Sky1990 CBS4671881
Bootleg Series 1- 3 1961 - 19911991 Columbia4680861
Good As I Been To You1992 Columbia4727102
World Gone Wrong1993 Columbia  474 8572
MTV Unplugged1995 Columbia4783742
Time Out Of Mind1997 Columbia4869362
Love and Theft2001 Columbia5043642
No Direction Home - The Soundtrack - the Bootleg Series vol 72005Columbia5203582
Modern Times2006  
Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol 8 (2 CDs)2008Columbia 
Tell Tale Signs: The Bootleg Series Vol 8/ Deluxe Edition (3 CDs) (*)2008Columbia 
Together Through Life2009  
Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased (1989 - 2006) - The Bootleg Series vol 8 (2 CDs)2009Columbia 
Christmas in the Heart2009Columbia 
The Bootleg Series Vol 9 - The Witmark Demos (2 CDs) 2010Columbia 
[Reissue] (Vinyl) (4 LPs) 2010Columbia 

(* The 3rd CD is a collection of live tracks)

Multi-volume albums.

TitleYear.Label.number.
Infidels/ Oh Mercy/ Time Out of Mind 2007 Columbia?
The Mono Box (9 CDs) (*)2010 Columbia?
The Mono Box + Live at Bradeis (10 CDs)2010 Columbia?

(*  the first 8 albums, with the double album "Blonde on Blonde" issued over 2 CDs, just like the original vinyl. i.e. "Bob Dylan", "Freeewheelin'", "Times They Are A-Changin'", "Another Side", "Bring It All Back Home", "Highway '61 Revisited", "Blonde On Blonde" and "John Wesley Harding")

Compilations.

Title.year.Labelnumber
Greatest Hits1967CBSSBPG 62847
More Greatest Hits [Greatest Hits vol II]1971 CBS  67238/9 
Biograph (5 LPs)1985   
Greatest Hits Volume III1994 CBS  460907 1
The Best of Bob Dylan1997 ColumbiaSONYTV 28CD 
The Best of Bob Dylan Vol 22000 Columbia4983612
The Essential Bob Dylan2001 ColumbiaSTVCD 116
Dylan (3 CDs) (*)2007 Columbia 
Dylan (1 CD) (*)2009 Columbia 
Playlist: The Very Best of Bob Dylan 80s 2010 SBME/ Legacy?
The Best of the Mono Box2010 Columbia 

(*  The two albums have an identical red cover design)

Live Albums.

Title. year. Label. number.
Hard Rain (live) 1976 CBS86016 
Bob Dylan at Budokan (live) 1979 CBS96004
Real Live (live) 1984 CBS26334
Live 1966. The Bootleg Series Volume 4. The Royal Albert Hall Concert 1998 Legacy4914852 
Live 1975 - The Rolling Thunder Revue (The Bootleg Series Vol 5) 2002 Columbia5101403 
The Bootleg Series Vol 6 - Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall2004 Columbia5123582
Live On Air2010 Northworld 
Folksinger's Choice (*)2010 Leftfield Media 

(* Recorded 1962)

Soundtrack albums.

Title. year. Label. number.
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (Soundtrack) 1975 CBS  69042 

Best albums(*).

Title. year.
Blonde On Blonde 1966
Bringing It All Back Home 1965
Highway 61 Revisited 1965
Blood On The Tracks1975
Freewheelin' 1963
Times They Are A-Changin'  1964
Desire 1976
Nashville Skyline 1969
John Wesley Harding 1968
The Basement Tapes 1975
Another Side 1964
Shot of Love 1981
Planet Waves 1974
Bootleg Series 1-3 1961 - 1991 1991
New Morning 1970

(*) Based on critical opinion. Much ink has been spilled over this issue. See also www.acclaimedmusic.net

Best compilations(*).

Title. year.
The Essential Bob Dylan2001
More Greatest Hits [Greatest Hits vol II]1971

(*) Based on critical opinion.

Singles.

Title. year. Label. Number
Mixed Up Confusion/ Corrina Corrina 1962    
Blowin' In The Wind/ Don't Think Twice It's All Right 1964    
The Times They Are A-Changin'/ Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance 1965 CBS 201751
Subterranean Homesick Blues/ She Belongs To Me 1965 CBS 201753
Maggie's Farm/ On the Road Again 1965 CBS 201781
Like A Rolling Stone/ Gates of Eden 1965 CBS 201811
Positively Fourth Street/ From A Buik 6 1965 CBS 201824
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window/ Highway 61 Revisited 1966 CBS201900
One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)/ Queen Jane Approximately 1966 CBS202053
Rainy Day Women Nos 12 & 35/ Pledging My Time 1966 CBS202307
I Want You/ Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live) 1966 CBS202258
Just Like A Woman/ Obviously 5 Believers 1966    
Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat/ Most Likely You Go You Way (And I'll Go Mine) 1967 CBS202700
I Threw It All Away/ Drifter's Escape 1969 CBS4219
Lay Lady Lay/ Peggy Day 1969 CBS4434
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You/ Country Pie 1969 CBS4611
Wigwam/ Copper Kettle (The Pale Moonlight) 1970 CBS5122
Watching the River Flow/ Spanish Is The Loving Tongue 1971 CBS7329
Knockin' On Heaven's Door/ Turkey Chase 1973 CBS1762
A Fool Such As I/ Lily of the West  1974 CBS206
On a Night Like This/ You Angel You 1974    
Tangled Up In Blue/ If You See Her, Say Hello 1975 CBS3160
Million Dollar Bash/ Tears of Rage 1975 CBS3665
Hurricane (part 1)/ Hurricane (full version) 1976 CBS3878
Mozambique/ Oh, Sister 1976 CBS4113
Baby Stop Crying/ New Pony 1978 CBS6499
Is Your Love In Vain1978 CBS6718
Forever Young (live)/ All Along the Watchtower (live)/ I Want You (live) 1979    
Tight Connection to My Heart/ We'd Better Talk this Over 1985    
When the Night Comes Falling From the Sky/ Dark Eyes 1985    
The Usual/ Got My Mind Made Up 1986    
Silvio/ Driftin' Too Far From Shore 1988    
Everything Is Broken/ Dead Man, Dead Man  1989    
Series of Dreams/ Seven Curses 1991Columbia656707
Dignity/ John Brown1995 Columbia6620762
Love Sick/ Cold Irons Bound (live)/ Cocaine (live)/ Born in Time (live)1998 Columbia6659972
Things Have Changed/ To Make You Feel My Love/ Hurricane2000 Columbia6693792

DVDs.

Title year. Label.
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan 2005  
Bob Dylan - 1966 World Tour: The Home Movies 2004  
Bob Dylan - After The Crash - Bob Dylan 1966 to 1978 2005  
The Last Waltz (1978) 2002  
Live Aid - 20 Years Ago Today 2005  
Bob Dylan - Unplugged 2004 
Bob Dylan - World Tours 1966 To 1974 2005 
Eric Clapton and Friends In Concert - A Benefit for the Crossroads Centre 2000 
Bob Dylan - Tales from a Golden Age 2004 
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back 2000 
Vision Shared: Tribute to Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly 2000 
Bob Dylan: Heartbreakers, Live in Australia 2003 
The Other Side of the Mirror - Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963 - 19652007 
Down The Tracks: The Music That Influenced Bob Dylan 2008Eagle Vision

Hit albums.

Title.year.Highest position.
Bob Dylan1962 13 (in 1965)
Freewheelin'1963 1
Times They Are A-Changin'1964 4
Another Side1964 8
Bringing It All Back Home1965 1
Highway 61 Revisited1965 4
Blonde On Blonde (2 LPs)1966 3
John Wesley Harding1968  1
Nashville Skyline1969 1
Self Portrait1970 1
New Morning1970 1
Planet Waves1974 7
Before The Flood1974 8
Blood On The Tracks1975 4
The Basement Tapes (recorded 1967)1975 8
Desire1976 3
Street Legal1978 2
Slow Train Coming1979 2
Saved1980 3
Shot Of Love1981 6
Infidels1983 9
Empire Burlesque1985 11
Knocked Out Loaded1986 35
Down In The Groove1988 32
Dylan and the Dead (live July '87)1989 38
Oh Mercy1989 6
Under the Red Sky1990 13
Bootleg Series 1- 3 1961 - 19911991 32
Good As I Been To You1992 18
World Gone Wrong1993 35 
MTV Unplugged1995 10
Time Out Of Mind1997 10
Love and Theft2001 3
No Direction Home - The Soundtrack - the Bootleg Series vol 7200521
Modern Times2006 ?
Tell Tale Signs: Rare and Unreleased (1989 - 2006) - The Bootleg Series vol 8 (2 CDs) 2009 9
Together Through Life 2009 1
Christmas in the Heart 2009 40
The Bootleg Series Vol 9 - The Witmark Demos (2 CDs) 2010 18

Hit albums - compilations.

Title.year.highest position
Greatest Hits19676
More Greatest Hits [Greatest Hits vol II]197112 
The Best of Bob Dylan19976
The Best of Bob Dylan Vol 2200022
The Essential Bob Dylan20019
Dylan2007 10

Hit albums - live.

Title.year.highest position.
Hard Rain (live)1976 3
Bob Dylan at Budokan (live)1979 4
Real Live (live)1984 54
Live 1966. The Bootleg Series Volume 4. The Royal Albert Hall Concert199819
Live 1975 - The Rolling Thunder Revue (The Bootleg Series Vol 5)200269
The Bootleg Series Vol 6 - Bob Dylan Live 1964 - Concert at Philharmonic Hall200433

Hit albums - soundtrack albums.

Title.year.highest position.
Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (Soundtrack)197529

Hit singles.

Title.year.Highest position.
The Times They Are A-Changin'/ Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance19659
Subterranean Homesick Blues/ She Belongs To Me19659
Maggie's Farm/ On the Road Again196522
Like A Rolling Stone/ Gates of Eden19654
Positively Fourth Street/ From A Buik 619658
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window/ Highway 61 Revisited196617
One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)/ Queen Jane Approximately196639
Rainy Day Women Nos 12 & 35/ Pledging My Time19667
I Want You/ Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (live) 1966 16
I Threw It All Away/ Drifter's Escape 1969 30
Lay Lady Lay/ Peggy Day 1969 5
Watching the River Flow/ Spanish Is The Loving Tongue 1971 24
Knockin' On Heaven's Door/ Turkey Chase 1973 14
Hurricane (part 1)/ Hurricane (full version)197643
Baby Stop Crying/ New Pony197813
Is Your Love In Vain197856
Dignity/ John Brown199533
Love Sick/ Cold Irons Bound (live)/ Cocaine (live)/ Born in Time (live)199864
Things Have Changed/ To Make You Feel My Love/ Hurricane200058
Most Likely You Go Your Way 200751
Blowin' In The Wind200993
Must Be Santa2009 69

Websites

www.bobdylan.com/


Books: "A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village Sixties" by Suze Rotolo (2009)
"Chronicles Volume 1" by Bob Dylan (2005)
"Revolution in the Air: The Songs of Bob Dylan 1957 - 1973" by Clinton Heylin (2009)
"Down The Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan" by Howard Sounes (2002)
"Tarantula" by Bob Dylan (1966/ 2005)
"The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia" by Michael Gray (2006)


Last updated on 22/01/2011