The Essential Bob Dylan

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The Essential Bob Dylan
Compilation album by Bob Dylan
Released	October 31, 2000
Recorded	July 1962 – July 1999
Genre	Folk, rock, country
Length	124:26
Label	Columbia
Producer	John H. Hammond, Tom Wilson, Bob Johnston, Leon Russell, Gordon Carroll, Don DeVito, Jerry Wexler, Barry Beckett, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Daniel Lanois
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The Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live 1966, The "Royal Albert Hall" Concert (1998) The Essential Bob Dylan (2000) Love and Theft (2001)

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. The Essential Bob Dylan spans from 1963's "Blowin' In The Wind" (taken from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan) to 1999's "Things Have Changed" (Dylan's Oscar-winning song from the motion picture, Wonder Boys).

The Essential Bob Dylan has proven to be a solid seller in Dylan's catalog, reaching #67 in the US, and peaking at #9 in the UK.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 1.3 Disc three [3.0 Edition]

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[edit] Disc one

1. "Blowin' in the Wind"
2. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
3. "The Times They Are A-Changin'"
4. "It Ain't Me, Babe"
5. "Maggie's Farm"
6. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
7. "Mr. Tambourine Man"
8. "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
9. "Like a Rolling Stone"
10. "Positively 4th Street"
11. "I Want You"
12. "Just Like a Woman"
13. "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"
14. "All Along the Watchtower"
15. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"
16. "Lay, Lady, Lay"
17. "If Not for You"
18. "I Shall Be Released"
19. "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"
20. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"

[edit] Disc two

1. "Forever Young"
2. "Tangled Up in Blue"
3. "Shelter from the Storm"
4. "Hurricane"
5. "Changing of the Guards"
6. "Gotta Serve Somebody"
7. "Blind Willie McTell"
8. "Jokerman"
9. "Dark Eyes
10. "Silvio"
11. "Ring Them Bells"
12. "Not Dark Yet"
13. "Things Have Changed"

[edit] Disc three [3.0 Edition]

1. "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall"
2. "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You"
3. "License To Kill"
4. "Dark Eyes"
5. "Love Sick"
6. "Mississippi"
7. "Someday Baby"

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