Masterpieces (Bob Dylan album)
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.
| Masterpieces | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | March 12, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1962–1976 | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, country | |||
| Length | 164:15 | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Producer | Gordon Carroll, Rick Danko, Don DeVito, Bob Dylan, Rob Fraboni, John H. Hammond, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Bob Johnston, Richard Manuel, Robbie Robertson, Leon Russell, Tom Wilson | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
All songs written by Bob Dylan, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | From | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No. | Title | From | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Certifications and sales
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| New Zealand (RMNZ)[2] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
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^shipments figures based on certification alone | ||
References
- Ruhlmann, William. Masterpieces at AllMusic
- "New Zealand album certifications – Bob Dylan – Masterpieces". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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