Masterpieces (Bob Dylan album)
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Released | March 12, 1978 | |||
Recorded | 1962–1976 | |||
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Length | 164:15 | |||
Label | CBS | |||
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Masterpieces is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on March 12, 1978 by CBS. The triple LP set was released in Japan, Australia and New Zealand in anticipation of his 1978 tour. Primarily a greatest hits collection spanning Dylan's career up to that point, the album features one previously unreleased track, a unique (1962) outtake version of "Mixed-Up Confusion". It also includes a live performance of "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" from Dylan's 1966 World Tour, which was first released as the B-side of his "I Want You" single in 1966. Masterpieces was reissued on CD in 1991 by Columbia (Cat. No. 4624489), but is no longer in print.
Track listing
All songs written by Bob Dylan, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From | Length |
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1. | "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" | Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid | 2:30 | |
2. | "Mr. Tambourine Man" | Bringing It All Back Home | 5:29 | |
3. | "Just Like a Woman" | Blonde on Blonde | 4:56 | |
4. | "I Shall Be Released" | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | 3:05 | |
5. | "Tears of Rage" | Dylan, Richard Manuel | The Basement Tapes | 4:14 |
6. | "All Along the Watchtower" | John Wesley Harding | 2:32 | |
7. | "One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below)" | Desire | 3:47 | |
Total length: | 26:33 |
No. | Title | From | Length |
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1. | "Like a Rolling Stone" (Live at Isle of Wight Festival, 1969) | Self Portrait | 5:17 |
2. | "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)" (Live at Isle of Wight Festival, 1969) | Self Portrait | 2:49 |
3. | "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" (Live at Town Hall 1963) | Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II | 3:02 |
4. | "Lay, Lady, Lay" (Live 1976) | Hard Rain | 5:00 |
5. | "Idiot Wind" (Live 1976) | Hard Rain | 10:06 |
Total length: | 26:14 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From | Length |
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1. | "Mixed-Up Confusion" | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan session outtake | 2:30 | |
2. | "Positively 4th Street" | single 1965 | 3:56 | |
3. | "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" | single 1965 | 3:35 | |
4. | "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (live version recorded at Odeon Theatre, Liverpool, England, May 14, 1966) | B-side of 1966 "I Want You" single | 5:40 | |
5. | "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue" | Traditional | B-side of 1971 "Watching the River Flow" single | 3:38 |
6. | "George Jackson" | "Big Band" version, single, 1971 | 5:38 | |
7. | "Rita May" | Dylan, Jacques Levy | single, 1976 | 3:13 |
Total length: | 28:10 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From | Length |
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1. | "Blowin' in the Wind" | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 2:47 | |
2. | "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 6:54 | |
3. | "The Times They Are a-Changin'" | The Times They Are a-Changin' | 3:16 | |
4. | "Masters of War" | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 4:33 | |
5. | "Hurricane" | Dylan, Levy | Desire | 8:36 |
Total length: | 26:06 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | From | Length |
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1. | "Maggie's Farm" (Live 1976) | Hard Rain | 5:30 | |
2. | "Subterranean Homesick Blues" | Bringing It All Back Home | 2:20 | |
3. | "Ballad of a Thin Man" | Highway 61 Revisited | 5:57 | |
4. | "Mozambique" | Dylan, Levy | Desire | 3:01 |
5. | "This Wheel's on Fire" | Rick Danko, Dylan | The Basement Tapes | 3:52 |
6. | "I Want You" | Blonde on Blonde | 3:09 | |
7. | "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" | Blonde on Blonde | 4:38 | |
Total length: | 22:57 |
No. | Title | From | Length |
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1. | "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" | The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan | 3:40 |
2. | "Song to Woody" | Bob Dylan | 2:41 |
3. | "It Ain't Me Babe" | Another Side of Bob Dylan | 3:35 |
4. | "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" | Bringing It All Back Home | 2:50 |
5. | "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" | John Wesley Harding | 2:39 |
6. | "If Not for You" | New Morning | 2:44 |
7. | "If You See Her, Say Hello" | Blood on the Tracks | 4:48 |
8. | "Sara" | Desire | 5:31 |
Total length: | 28:28 |
Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[2] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[3] | 2× Platinum | 30,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. Masterpieces at AllMusic
- ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
- ^ "Dylan Down Under" (PDF). Cash Box. March 22, 1986. p. 7. Retrieved December 9, 2021 – via World Radio History.
- 1978 greatest hits albums
- Albums produced by Bob Dylan
- Albums produced by Bob Johnston
- Albums produced by Don DeVito
- Albums produced by Garth Hudson
- Albums produced by John Hammond (producer)
- Albums produced by Leon Russell
- Albums produced by Levon Helm
- Albums produced by Richard Manuel
- Albums produced by Rick Danko
- Albums produced by Rob Fraboni
- Albums produced by Robbie Robertson
- Albums produced by Tom Wilson (record producer)
- Bob Dylan compilation albums
- Columbia Records compilation albums