While there have been several fine Dylan retrospectives in the past, especially the “Biograph” box (which also offered various rarities and such) and the two-CD “Essential Bob Dylan,” the upcoming “Dylan” on Columbia Records offers a definitive look at the singer-songwriter’s most influential, ground-breaking, and lasting material over the decades.

The release will be available on October 2nd in three versions: A deluxe Collector’s three-CD Box Set, three-CD eight-panel Digipak, and as a Single Disc Select Song Overview.

The collection is culled from four decades of Dylan’s studio recordings. For younger generations, it’s an instant lesson in musical diversity and vision, while older fans will have the opportunity to rediscover music they’d forgotten or perhaps were unaware of from Dylan.

The three-CD collection is broken down as: Disc 1: 1962-1967 - “Bob Dylan” through “John Wesley Harding”; Disc 2: 1967-1985 - “The Basement Tapes” through “Empire Burlesque”; Disc 3: 1986-2006 - “Knocked Out Loaded” through “Modern Times.” The 51-track collection comes packaged in an eight-panel digipak with a 24-page full color booklet and liner notes by music journalist Bill Flanagan.

The three-disc version of DYLAN will also be available in a monumental deluxe collector’s box set, with each of the three discs presented in classic LP-styled sleeves, featuring iconic Dylan and Columbia Records photos from his various albums (and his numerous looks over the years too). The box includes a 40-page book with extended liner notes and rare photos, as well as ten limited edition postcard lithograph prints.

The special single disc edition, packaged in a standard jewel case, will include a color 20-page booklet and feature 18 select songs from the retrospective.

The song selection was influenced by impassioned fans lobbying on the dylan07.com website, which went live in February, focusing on all things Dylan–from fan’s concert stories to in-depth looks at his albums and songs.

DYLAN - track listing

DISC ONE:

1. Song to Woody
Released March 19, 1962
Produced by John Hammond
From the album, Bob Dylan

2. Blowin’ in the Wind
Released May 27, 1963
Produced by John Hammond
From the album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

3. Masters of War
Released May 27, 1963
Produced by Tom Wilson
From the album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

4. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
Released May 27, 1963
Produced by John Hammond
From the album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

5. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Released May 27, 1963
Produced by John Hammond
From the album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

6. The Times They Are A-Changin’
Released February 10, 1964
Produced by Tom Wilson
From the album, The Times They Are A-Changin’

7. All I Really Want to Do
Released August 8, 1964
Produced by Tom Wilson
From the album, Another Side of Bob Dylan

8. My Back Pages
Released August 8, 1964
Produced by Tom Wilson
From the album, Another Side of Bob Dylan

9. It Ain’t Me, Babe
Released August 8, 1964
Produced by Tom Wilson
From the album, Another Side of Bob Dylan

10. Subterranean Homesick Blues
Released March 22, 1965
Produced by Tom Wilson
Columbia single #4-43242
From the album Bringing It All Back Home

11. Mr. Tambourine Man
Released March 22, 1965
Produced by Tom Wilson
From the album Bringing It All Back Home

12. Maggie’s Farm
Released March 22, 1965
Produced by Tom Wilson
From the album Bringing It All Back Home

13. Like a Rolling Stone
Released August 30, 1965
Produced by Tom Wilson
Columbia single #4-43346
From the album, Highway 61 Revisited

14. It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Released March 22, 1965
Produced by Tom Wilson
From the album Bringing It All Back Home

15. Positively 4th Street
Released September 7, 1965
Produced by Bob Johnston
Columbia single #4-43389
From the album, Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits

16. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Released 3/9/66
Produced by Bob Johnston
Columbia single #4-43592
From the album, Blonde on Blonde

17. Just Like a Woman
Released May 16, 1966
Produced by Bob Johnston
Columbia single #4-43792
From the album, Blonde on Blonde

18. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine)
Released May 16, 1966
Produced by Bob Johnston
From the album, Blonde on Blonde

19. All Along the Watchtower
Released December 27, 1967
Produced by Bob Johnston
From the album John Wesley Harding

DISC TWO:

1. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
Bob Dylan & The Band
Released July 1, 1975
Produced by Bob Dylan & The Band
From the album, The Basement Tapes

2. Lay Lady Lay
Released April 9, 1969
Produced by Bob Johnston
Columbia single #4-44926
From the album, Nashville Skyline

3. If Not for You
Released October 21, 1970
Produced by Bob Johnston
From the album, New Morning

4. I Shall Be Released
Released November 17, 1971
Produced by Bob Dylan
From the album, Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits Vol. II

5. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Released July 13, 1973
Produced by Gordon Carroll
From the soundtrack album, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

6. On a Night Like This
Released January 17, 1974
From the Asylum album, Planet Waves

7. Forever Young
Released January 17, 1974
From the Asylum album, Planet Waves

8. Tangled Up in Blue
Released January 20, 1975
Columbia single #3-10106
From the album, Blood on the Tracks

9. Simple Twist of Fate
Released January 20, 1975
From the album, Blood on the Tracks

10. Hurricane
Released January 5, 1976
Produced by Don DeVito
From the album, Desire

11. Changing of the Guards
Released June 15, 1978
Produced by Don DeVito
Columbia single #3-10851
From the album, Street Legal

12. Gotta Serve Somebody
Released August 20, 1979
Produced by Jerry Wexler & Barry Beckett
Columbia single #1-11072
From the album, Slow Train Coming

13. Precious Angel
Released August 20, 1979
Produced by Jerry Wexler & Barry Beckett
From the album, Slow Train Coming

14. The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar
Released August 12, 1981
Produced by Chuck Plotkin & Bob Dylan
Columbia single #18-02510
From the album, Shot of Love

15. Jokerman
Released October 27, 1983
Produced by Bob Dylan & Mark Knopfler
Columbia single #38-04425
From the album, Infidels

16. Dark Eyes
Released May 30, 1985
Produced by Bob Dylan
From the album, Empire Burlesque

DISC THREE:

1. Blind Willie McTell
Released March 26, 1991
Produced by Bob Dylan & Mark Knopfler
From the album, The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991

2. Brownsville Girl
Released July 14, 1986
From the album, Knocked Out Loaded

3. Silvio
Released May 19, 1988
From the album, Down in the Groove

4. Ring Them Bells
Released September 12, 1989
Produced by Daniel Lanois
From the album, Oh Mercy

5. Dignity
Recorded March, 1989
Produced by Daniel Lanois
Outtake from the album Oh Mercy

6. Everything Is Broken
Released September 12, 1989
Produced by Daniel Lanois
From the album, Oh Mercy

7. Under the Red Sky
Released September 11, 1990
Produced by Don Was & David Was and Jack Frost
From the album, Under the Red Sky

8. You’re Gonna Quit Me
Released November 3, 1992
From the album, Good as I Been to You

9. Blood in My Eyes
Released October 26, 1993
Produced by Bob Dylan
From the album, World Gone Wrong

10. Not Dark Yet
Released September 30, 1997
Produced by: Daniel Lanois… in association with Jack Frost Productions
From the album, Time Out of Mind

11. Things Have Changed
Released February 15, 2000
From the soundtrack album, Wonder Boys

12. Make You Feel My Love
Released September 30, 1997
From the album, Time Out of Mind

13. High Water (For Charley Patton)
Released September 11, 2001
Produced by Jack Frost
From the album, “Love and Theft”

14. Po’ Boy
Released September 11, 2001
Produced by Jack Frost
From the album, “Love and Theft”

15. Someday Baby
Released August 29, 2006
Produced by Jack Frost
From the album, Modern Times

16. When the Deal Goes Down
Released August 29, 2006
Produced by Jack Frost
From the album, Modern Times

DYLAN - single disc edition - tracklisting

1. Blowin’ in the Wind
Released May 27, 1963
Produced by John Hammond
From the album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

2. The Times They Are A-Changin’
Released February 10, 1964
Produced by Tom Wilson
From the album, The Times They Are A-Changin’

3. Subterranean Homesick Blues
Released March 22, 1965
Produced by Tom Wilson
Columbia single #4-43242
From the album Bringing It All Back Home

4. Mr. Tambourine Man
Released March 22, 1965
Produced by Tom Wilson
From the album Bringing It All Back Home

5. Like a Rolling Stone
Released August 30, 1965
Produced by Tom Wilson
Columbia single #4-43346
From the album, Highway 61 Revisited

6. Maggie’s Farm
Released March 22, 1965
Produced by Tom Wilson
From the album Bringing It All Back Home

7. Positively 4th Street
Released September 7, 1965
Produced by Bob Johnston
Columbia single #4-43389
From the album, Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits

8. Just Like a Woman
Released May 16, 1966
Produced by Bob Johnston
Columbia single #4-43792
From the album, Blonde on Blonde

9. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Released May 16, 1966
Produced by Bob Johnston
Columbia single #4-43592
From the album, Blonde on Blonde

10. All Along the Watchtower
Released December 27, 1967
Produced by Bob Johnston
From the album John Wesley Harding

11. Lay Lady Lay
Released April 9, 1969
Produced by Bob Johnston
Columbia single #4-44926
From the album, Nashville Skyline

12. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Released July 13, 1973
Produced by Gordon Carroll
From the soundtrack album, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid

13. Tangled Up in Blue
Released January 20, 1975
Columbia single #3-10106
From the album, Blood on the Tracks

14. Hurricane
Released January 5, 1976
Produced by Don DeVito
From the album, Desire

15. Make You Feel My Love
Released September 30, 1997
Produced by Daniel Lanois
From the album, Time Out of Mind

16. Things Have Changed
Released February 15, 2000
From the soundtrack album, Wonder Boys

17. Someday Baby
Released August 29, 2006
Produced by Jack Frost
From the album, Modern Times

18. Forever Young
Released January 17, 1974
From the album, Planet Waves

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