The Essential Bob Dylan

~ Release by Bob Dylan (see all versions of this release, 13 available)

Tracklist

▶ Digital Media 1
▼ Digital Media 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Shelter From the Storm
engineer:
Phil Ramone
bass:
Tony Brown (Bassist, late '70s - early '80s) (in 1974-09)
steel guitar:
Buddy Cage (in 1974-09)
lead vocals:
Bob Dylan (in 1974-09)
additional performer:
Eric Weissberg (in 1974-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1974)
recording of:
Shelter From the Storm (in 1974-09)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1974)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music (from 1974 until 2002) and Special Rider Music (from 2002 to present)
3.45:02
2Hurricane
recording engineer:
Lou Waxman (on 1975-10-24)
engineer:
Don Meehan
producer:
Don DeVito
bass guitar:
Rob Stoner (on 1975-10-24)
congas:
Luther Rix (on 1975-10-24)
drums (drum set):
Howie Wyeth (on 1975-10-24)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1975-10-24) and Steven Soles (on 1975-10-24)
harmonica:
Bob Dylan (on 1975-10-24)
violin:
Scarlet Rivera (on 1975-10-24)
background vocals:
Ronee Blakley (on 1975-10-24) and Steve Soles (on 1975-10-24)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1975-10-24)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1975) and Columbia Records (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Music Entertainment, only use for manufacturing/distribution and copyright holding) (in 1976)
recording of:
Hurricane (on 1975-10-24)
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1975) and Jacques Levy (in 1975)
composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1975)
publisher:
Ram’s Horn Music (from 1975 until 2003) and Special Rider Music (from 2003 to present)
4.358:33
3Gotta Serve Somebody
assistant engineer:
David Yates (engineer)
engineer:
Gregg Hamm (US engineer)
producer:
Barry Beckett and Jerry Wexler
bass guitar:
Tim Drummond (on 1979-05-04)
brass [horns]:
Muscle Shoals Horns (on 1979-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Pick Withers (on 1979-05-04)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1979-05-04) and Mark Knopfler (on 1979-05-04)
keyboard and percussion:
Barry Beckett (on 1979-05-04)
percussion:
Mickey Buckins (American singer-songwriter, session musician, producer and engineer) (on 1979-05-04)
background vocals:
Carolyn Dennis (American singer) (on 1979-05-04), Regina Havis (on 1979-05-04) and Helena Springs (on 1979-05-04)
lead vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1979-05-04)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1979-05-04)
arranger:
Harrison Calloway (American trumpeter, songwriter, producer and arranger.)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) and Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1979)
recorded at:
Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, United States (on 1979-05-04)
recording of:
Gotta Serve Somebody (on 1979-05-04)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1979)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (from 1979 to present)
45:24
4Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar
assistant engineer:
Dana Bisbee
engineer:
Toby Scott
producer:
Bob Dylan and Chuck Plotkin
bass guitar:
Tim Drummond (on 1981-05-11)
drums (drum set):
Jim Keltner (on 1981-05-11)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (on 1981-05-11), Danny Kortchmar (on 1981-05-11), Steve Ripley (guitarist, leader/producer of "The Tractors") (on 1981-05-11) and Fred Tuckett (on 1981-05-11)
keyboard:
Benmont Tench (on 1981-05-11)
piano:
Carl Pickhardt (on 1981-05-11)
saxophone:
Steve Douglas (American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist) (on 1981-05-11)
background vocals:
Carolyn Dennis (American singer) (on 1981-05-11), Clydie King (on 1981-05-11), Regina McCrary (on 1981-05-11) and Madelyn Quebec (on 1981-05-11)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (on 1981-05-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1981)
recorded at:
Clover Recorders (Chuck Plotkin’s Clover Studios in Hollywood CA, USA) in Hollywood, United States (on 1981-05-11)
earliest release:
The Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar by Bob Dylan
recording of:
The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Altar (on 1981-05-11)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1980 until 1980-10)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (from 1981 to present)
3.54:03
5Jokerman
producer:
Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler
bass guitar:
Robert “Robbie” Shakespeare
drums (drum set):
Sly Dunbar
guitar:
Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler and Mick Taylor
keyboard:
Bob Dylan
organ and piano:
Alan Clark (keyboardist)
vocals:
Bob Dylan
recording of:
Jokerman
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1982 until 1983-05)
publisher:
Special Rider Music (from 1983 to present)
6:14
6Everything Is Broken
recording engineer:
Malcolm Burn (from 1989-03 until 1989-04) and Mark Howard (producer/recording engineer, New Orleans/Los Angeles based) (from 1989-03 until 1989-04)
producer:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
additional mixer:
Malcolm Burn
mixer:
Malcolm Burn and Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
bass:
Tony Hall (bass player) (from 1989-03 until 1989-04)
drums (drum set):
Willie Green (drummer) (from 1989-03 until 1989-04)
guitar:
Brian Stoltz (from 1989-03 until 1989-04)
guitar and harmonica:
Bob Dylan (from 1989-03 until 1989-04)
percussion:
Daryl Johnson (from 1989-03 until 1989-04)
resonator guitar [dobro]:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter) (from 1989-03 until 1989-04)
tambourine:
Malcolm Burn (from 1989-03 until 1989-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1989)
recording of:
Everything Is Broken (from 1989-03 until 1989-04)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1989-03)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Special Rider Music (from 1989 to present)
4.53:13
7Blind Willie McTell
producer:
Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1991)
recording of:
Blind Willie McTell (on 1983-05-05)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1983)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music (from 1983 to present)
45:52
8Not Dark Yet
assistant engineer:
Chris Carrol
engineer:
Mark Howard (producer/recording engineer, New Orleans/Los Angeles based)
producer:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
drums (drum set):
Brian Blade (US jazz drummer, composer, and session musician) (from 1997-01-13 until 1997-01-28) and Jim Keltner (from 1997-01-13 until 1997-01-28)
slide guitar:
Cindy Cashdollar (from 1997-01-13 until 1997-01-28)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1997)
recorded at:
Criteria Studios in Miami, United States (from 1997-01-13 until 1997-01-28)
mixed at:
El Teatro Studio in Oxnard, United States
recording of:
Not Dark Yet (from 1997-01-13 until 1997-01-28)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1996-09 until 1996-10)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music (from 1997 to present)
version of:
Doing Alright
3.856:28
9Make You Feel My Love
assistant engineer:
Chris Carrol
engineer:
Mark Howard (producer/recording engineer, New Orleans/Los Angeles based)
producer:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1997)
recorded at:
Criteria Studios in Miami, United States
mixed at:
El Teatro Studio in Oxnard, United States
recording of:
Make You Feel My Love
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1997-01)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, LLC (1995–2020) and Special Rider Music (from 1997 to present)
3.43:31
10Dignity (alternate version)
producer:
Daniel Lanois (Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter)
bass:
Tony Hall (bass player) (from 1989-04-03 until 1989-04-12)
drums (drum set):
Willie Green (drummer) (from 1989-04-03 until 1989-04-12)
guitar:
Bob Dylan (from 1989-04-03 until 1989-04-12) and Brian Stoltz (from 1989-04-03 until 1989-04-12)
percussion:
Cyril Neville (from 1989-04-03 until 1989-04-12)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (from 1989-04-03 until 1989-04-12)
recording of:
Dignity (from 1989-04-03 until 1989-04-12)
additional lyricist:
Bob Dylan (in 1989-02, on 1989-04-11)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (on 1988-01-05)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music (from 1989 to present)
5:35
11Things Have Changed
bass:
Tony Garnier (American bassist) (in 1999-07)
drums (drum set):
David Kemper (in 1999-07)
guitar:
Larry Campbell (worked with Bob Dylan and Phil Lesh & Friends) (in 1999-07), Bob Dylan (in 1999-07) and Charlie Sexton (in 1999-07)
vocals:
Bob Dylan (in 1999-07)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 2000) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 2000)
recording of:
Things Have Changed (in 1999-07)
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 1999-07)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music (from 1999 to present)
part of:
The 73rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 73)
55:08
12Mississippi
assistant recording engineer:
Jeremy Welch
recording engineer, engineer and mixer:
Chris Shaw (US producer & engineer)
producer:
Jack Frost (pseudonym for Bob Dylan)
recording of:
Mississippi (song from the “Time Out of Mind” sessions)
lyricist:
Bob Dylan (from 1996-09 until 1996-10)
composer:
Bob Dylan (from 1996-09 until 1997-01)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music (from 1997 to present)
4.55:21
13Thunder on the Mountain
engineer:
Chris Shaw (US producer & engineer)
producer:
Jack Frost (pseudonym for Bob Dylan)
recording of:
Thunder on the Mountain
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 2006)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music (from 2006 to present)
45:55
14When the Deal Goes Down
engineer:
Chris Shaw (US producer & engineer)
producer:
Jack Frost (pseudonym for Bob Dylan)
recording of:
When the Deal Goes Down
lyricist and composer:
Bob Dylan (in 2006)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing France and Special Rider Music (from 2006 to present)
3.55:04
15Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
assistant recording engineer:
Bil Lane and Rich Tosi
recording engineer and mixer:
David Bianco (American engineer and record producer)
producer:
Jack Frost (pseudonym for Bob Dylan)
part of:
Gary Calamar’s Top 10 Songs of ‘09 (number: 10)
recording of:
Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
lyricist:
Bob Dylan and Robert Hunter (American lyricist, non‐performing member of the Grateful Dead)
composer:
Bob Dylan
publisher:
Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc. and Special Rider Music
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Credits

Release

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Release group

part of:The Essential (Sony/Legacy compilations) (order: 2)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/262237 [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000621182 [info]
Wikidata:Q1754003 [info]