Bob Dylan - SACD Collection (1963-2001) [16x SACDs Box Set, Remasters 2003] PS3 ISO + Hi-Res FLAC / RE-UP

In 2003, Columbia/Legacy reissued 15 selected titles from Bob Dylan's catalog as hybrid SACDs. Each title was packaged as a digipak, containing the full original artwork. On each of the titles, and on each of the layers, the remastered sound was spectacular, a considerable upgrade from the initial CD pressings. Five of these titles – Another Side of Bob Dylan, Blonde on Blonde, Bringing It All Back Home, Slow Train Coming, Blood on the Tracks, Love and Theft – also had 5.1 Surround Sound mixes.

Since many Dylan fans are fanatical collectors and were likely to purchase all 15, Columbia/Legacy also released a box set containing all the masters. There is no extra packaging to the set – just the box itself, a cardboard slipcase containing replicas of studio master tapes – so collectors that somehow bought the 15 titles without realizing that the box exists aren't really missing out on anything special. However, the set is an excellent, convenient way to pick up all the titles at once, which is what most Dylan fans are likely to do anyway.

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released in May 1963 by Columbia Records. Whereas his debut album Bob Dylan had contained only two original songs, Freewheelin’ initiated the process of writing contemporary words to traditional melodies. Eleven of the thirteen songs on the album are original compositions by Dylan. The album kicks off with “Blowin’ in the Wind”, which would become one of the anthems of the 1960s, and an international hit for folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary soon after the release of Freewheelin’. The album featured several other songs which came to be regarded as amongst Dylan’s best compositions and classics of the 1960s folk scene: “Girl from the North Country”, “Masters of War”, “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall” and “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”.

Tracklist:

01. Blowin' In The Wind
02. Girl From The North Country
03. Masters Of War
04. Down The Highway
05. Bob Dylan's Blues
06. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
07. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
08. Bob Dylan's Dream
09. Oxford Town
10. Talkin' World War III Blues
11. Corrina, Corrina
12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
13. I Shall Be Free


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Another Side of Bob Dylan is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s fourth studio album, released in August 1964 by Columbia Records. Dylan disliked the album’s title, which was the idea of producer Tom Wilson. Nevertheless, it does mark a shift away from the more overt, issue-oriented folk music that Dylan had previously been gravitating toward, dominating his previous LP, The Times They Are A-Changin’. This break from traditionalist roots prompted sharp criticism from influential figures in the folk community. Sing Out! editor Irwin Silber famously complained that Dylan had “somehow lost touch with people” and was tangled up in “the paraphernalia of fame”.

Tracklist:

01. All I Really Want To Do
02. Black Crow Blues
03. Spanish Harlem Incident
04. Chimes Of Freedom
05. I Shall Be Free No. 10
06. To Ramona
07. Motorpsycho Nightmare
08. My Back Pages
09. I Don't Believe You
10. Ballad In Plain D
11. It Ain't Me Babe


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Bringing It All Back Home is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s fifth studio album, released in March 1965 by Columbia Records. The album is divided into an electric and an acoustic side. On side one of the original LP, Dylan is backed by an electric rock and roll band – a move that further alienated him from some of his former peers in the folk song community. Likewise, on the acoustic second side of the album, he distanced himself from the protest songs with which he had become closely identified (such as “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”), as his lyrics continued their trend towards the abstract and personal.

Tracklist:

01. Subterranean Homesick Blues
02. She Belongs To Me
03. Maggie's Farm
04. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
05. Outlaw Blues
06. On The Road Again
07. Bob Dylan's 115th Dream
08. Mr. Tambourine Man
09. Gates Of Eden
10. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
11. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue


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Highway 61 Revisited is the sixth studio album by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. It was released in August 1965 by Columbia Records. On his previous album, Bringing It All Back Home, Dylan devoted Side One of the album to songs accompanied by an electric rock band, and Side Two to solo acoustic numbers. For Highway 61 Revisited, Dylan used rock backing on every track, except for the closing 11-minute acoustic song, “Desolation Row”. Critics have written that Dylan’s ability to combine driving, complex, blues-based rock music with the power of poetry, made Highway 61 Revisited one of the most influential albums ever recorded.

Tracklist:

01. Like A Rolling Stone
02. Tombstone Blues
03. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
04. From A Buick 6
05. Ballad Of A Thin Man
06. Queen Jane Approximately
07. Highway 61 Revisited
08. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
09. Desolation Row


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Blonde on Blonde is American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s seventh studio album, released in June 1966 by Columbia Records. It was produced by Bob Johnston, who had also recorded Dylan’s previous album, the highly successful Highway 61 Revisited. Initial work on the album went slowly, and little progress was made. Dylan and his backing band, made up of members of The Hawks, attended five recording sessions in New York from October 1965 to January 1966. However, only one recording from these sessions would make it onto the final album—”One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later)”. At Johnston’s suggestion, Dylan and two of his backing musicians moved to the CBS recording studios in Nashville, Tennessee. These sessions, augmented by some of Nashville’s top session musicians, were much more productive, and the album was successfully completed in March 1966.

Tracklist:

d1#01. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
d1#02. Pledging My Time
d1#03. Visions Of Johanna
d1#04. One Of Us Must Know (Sooner Or Later)
d1#05. I Want You
d1#06. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
d1#07. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
d1#08. Just Like A Woman

d2#01. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
d2#02. Temporary Like Achilles
d2#03. Absolutely Sweet Marie
d2#04. Fourth Time Around
d2#05. Obviously Five Believers
d2#06. Sad-Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands


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John Wesley Harding is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s eighth studio album, released by Columbia Records in December 1967. Produced by Bob Johnston, the album marked Dylan’s return to acoustic music and traditional roots, after three albums of electric rock music. John Wesley Harding was recorded around the same time as (and shares many stylistic threads with) a prolific series of home recording sessions with The Band, finally released in 1975 as The Basement Tapes.

Tracklist:

01. John Wesley Harding
02. As I Went Out One Morning
03. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
04. All Along The Watchtower
05. The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest
06. Drifter's Escape
07. Dear Landlord
08. I Am A Lonesome Hobo
09. I Pity The Poor Immigrant
10. The Wicked Messenger
11. Down Along The Cove
12. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight


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Nashville Skyline is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s ninth studio album, released by Columbia Records in April 1969. The album marked a dramatic departure for Dylan, previously known for his groundbreaking, poetic folk music and rock’n'roll. Nashville Skyline, building on a rustic style he experimented with on John Wesley Harding, displayed a complete immersion into country music. Along with the more basic themes, simple songwriting structures, and charming domestic feel, it introduced audiences to a radically new singing voice from Dylan — a soft, affected country croon. The result received mostly positive reaction from critics at the time, and was a commercial success. Reaching number 3 in the US, the album also scored Dylan his fourth UK number 1 album.

Tracklist:

01. Girl From The North Country
02. Nashville Skyline Rag
03. To Be Alone With You
04. I Threw It All Away
05. Peggy Day
06. Lay Lady Lay
07. One More Night
08. Tell Me That It Isn't True
09. Country Pie
10. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You


Uncompressed SACD ISO size > 1,09 GB



Planet Waves is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s 14th studio album, released by Asylum Records (Island Records in the UK) in January 1974. Dylan is supported on the album by longtime collaborators The Band, with whom he embarked on a major reunion tour following its release (documented on the live album Before the Flood.) With a successful tour and a host of publicity, Planet Waves was a hit, enjoying a brief stay at #1 on the US Billboard charts – a first for the artist – and #7 in the UK. Critics were not negative, as they had been with some recent Bob Dylan albums (namely Self Portrait and Dylan), but still not enthusiastic for the album’s brand of laid-back roots rock.

Tracklist:

01. On A Night Like This
02. Going, Going, Gone
03. Tough Mama
04. Hazel
05. Something There Is About You
06. Forever Young
07. Forever Young
08. Dirge
09. You Angel You
10. Never Say Goodbye
11. Wedding Song


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Blood on the Tracks is Bob Dylan’s 15th studio album, released by Columbia Records in January 1975. The album marked Dylan’s return to Columbia after a two-album stint with Asylum Records. The album, which followed years of lukewarm reception for Dylan’s work, was greeted enthusiastically by fans and critics. In the years following its release it has come to be regarded as one of his best albums; it is quite common for subsequent records to be labeled his “best since Blood on the Tracks.” It is also commonly seen as a standard for confessional singer-songwriter albums; though Dylan has denied that the songs are autobiographical, his son Jakob Dylan has stated: “The songs are my parents talking.”Most of the lyrics on the album revolve around heartache, anger, and loneliness. In 2003, the album was ranked number 16 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Tracklist:

01. Tangled Up In Blue
02. Simple Twist Of Fate
03. You're A Big Girl Now
04. Idiot Wind
05. You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go
06. Meet Me In The Morning
07. Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts
08. If You See Her, Say Hello
09. Shelter From The Storm
10. Buckets Of Rain


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Desire is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s 17th studio album, released by Columbia Records in January 1976. It is one of Dylan’s most collaborative efforts, featuring the same caravan of musicians as the acclaimed Rolling Thunder Revue tours the previous year (later documented on The Bootleg Series Vol. 5); many of the songs also featured backing vocals by Emmylou Harris. Most of the album was co-written by Jacques Levy, and is composed of lengthy story-songs, two of which quickly generated controversy: the over-11-minute long “Joey”, which is seen as glorifying the violent gangster “Crazy Joey” Gallo, and “Hurricane”, the opening track that tells a passionate account of the murder case against boxer Rubin Carter, whom the song asserts was framed. Carter was released in 1985, after a judge overturned his conviction on appeal.

Tracklist:

01. Hurricane
02. Isis
03. Mozambique
04. One More Cup Of Coffee
05. Oh, Sister
06. Joey
07. Romance In Durango
08. Black Diamond Bay
09. Sara


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Street-Legal is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s 18th studio album, released by Columbia Records in June 1978. The album was a serious musical departure for Dylan, who uses a large pop-rock band—complete with female backing vocalists—for the first time. Following the twin successes of Blood on the Tracks and Desire, Street-Legal was another gold record for Dylan, but it peaked at only #11 on the US Billboard charts, making it his first studio album to miss the US Top 10 since 1964. However, it became his best-selling studio album in the UK, reaching #2 on the charts (his highest position in eight years) and achieving platinum status with 300,000 copies sold (the only other Dylan album to do this was The Essential Bob Dylan).

Tracklist:

01. Changing Of The Guards
02. New Pony
03. No Time To Think
04. Baby, Stop Crying
05. Is Your Love In Vain?
06. Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
07. True Love Tends To Forget
08. We Better Talk This Over
09. Where Are You Tonight? (Journey Through Dark Heat)


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Slow Train Coming is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s 19th studio album, released by Columbia Records in August 1979. It was the artist’s first effort since becoming a born-again Christian, and all of the songs either express his strong personal faith, or stress the importance of Christian teachings and philosophy. The evangelical nature of the record alienated many of Dylan’s existing fans; at the same time, many Christians were drawn into his fan base. Slow Train Coming was listed at #16 in the 2001 book CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music.

Tracklist:

01. Gotta Serve Somebody
02. Precious Angel
03. I Believe In You
04. Slow Train
05. Gonna Change My Way Of Thinking
06. Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)
07. When You Gonna Wake Up
08. Man Gave Names To All The Animals
09. When He Returns


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Infidels is singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s 22nd studio album, released by Columbia Records in October 1983. Produced by Mark Knopfler and Dylan himself, Infidels is seen as his return to secular music, following a conversion to Christianity and three evangelical, gospel records. Though he never publicly renounced his faith or abandoned religious imagery, Infidels gained much attention for its focus on more personal themes of love and loss, in addition to commentary on the environment and geopolitics.

Tracklist:

01. Jokerman
02. Sweetheart Like You
03. Neighborhood Bully
04. License To Kill
05. Man Of Peace
06. Union Sundown
07. I And I
08. Don't Fall Apart On Me Tonight


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Oh Mercy was hailed as a comeback, not just because it had songs noticeably more meaningful than anything Bob Dylan had recently released, but because Daniel Lanois' production gave it cohesion. There was cohesion on Empire Burlesque, of course, but that cohesion was a little too slick, a little too commercial, whereas this record was filled with atmospheric, hazy production – a sound as arty as most assumed the songs to be. And Dylan followed suit, giving Lanois significant songs – palpably social works, love songs, and poems – that seemed to connect with his past. And, at the time, this production made it seem like the equivalent of his '60s records, meaning that its artiness was cutting edge, not portentous. Over the years, Oh Mercy hasn't aged particularly well, seeming as self-conscious as such other gauzy Lanois productions as So and The Joshua Tree, even though it makes more sense than the ersatz pizzazz of Burlesque. Still, the songs make Oh Mercy noteworthy; they find Dylan quietly raging against the materialism of President Reagan and accepting maturity, albeit with a slight reluctance. So, Oh Mercy is finally more interesting for what it tries to achieve than for what it actually does achieve. At its best, this is a collection of small, shining moments, with the best songs shining brighter than their production or the album's overall effect.

Tracklist:

01. Political World
02. Where Teardrops Fall
03. Everything Is Broken
04. Ring Them Bells
05. Man In The Long Black Coat
06. Most Of The Time
07. What Good Am I?
08. Disease Of Conceit
09. What Was It You Wanted
10. Shooting Star


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Time Out of Mind was a legitimate comeback, Bob Dylan's first collection of original songs in nearly ten years and a risky rumination on mortality, but its sequel, Love and Theft, is his true return to form, not just his best album since Blood on the Tracks, but the loosest, funniest, warmest record he's made since The Basement Tapes. There are none of the foreboding, apocalyptic warnings that permeated Time Out of Mind and even underpinned "Things Have Changed," his Oscar-winning theme to Curtis Hanson's 2000 film Wonder Boys. Just as important, Daniel Lanois' deliberately arty, diffuse production has retreated into the mist, replaced by an uncluttered, resonant production that gives Dylan and his ace backing band room to breathe. And they run wild with that liberty, rocking the house with the grinding "Lonesome Day Blues" and burning it down with the fabulously swinging "Summer Days." They're equally captivating on the slower songs, whether it's the breezily romantic "Bye and Bye," the torch song "Moonlight," or the epic reflective closer, "Sugar Baby." Musically, Dylan hasn't been this natural or vital since he was with the Band, and even then, those records were never as relaxed and easy or even as hard-rocking as these. That alone would make Love and Theft a remarkable achievement, but they're supported by a tremendous set of songs that fully synthesize all the strands in his music, from the folksinger of the early '60s, through the absurdist storyteller of the mid-'60s, through the traditionalist of the early '70s, to the grizzled professional of the '90s. None of this is conscious, it's all natural. There's an ease to his writing and a swagger to his performance unheard in years – he's cracking jokes and murmuring wry asides, telling stories, crooning, and swinging. It's reminiscent of his classic records, but he's never made a record that's been such sheer, giddy fun as this, and it stands proudly among his very best albums.

Tracklist:

01. Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
02. Mississippi
03. Summer Days
04. Bye And Bye
05. Lonesome Day Blues
06. Floater (Too Much To Ask)
07. High Water (For Charley Patton)
08. Moonlight
09. Honest With Me
10. Po' Boy
11. Cry A While
12. Sugar Baby


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The Reissue Series Sampler was released in 2003 as bonus disc of the “Masked And Anonymous” OST Limited Edition. Initial pressings of Masked and Anonymous contained a bonus disc touting the fall 2003 Columbia/Legacy reissue series, which contained 15 titles released as Hybrid Super Audio CDs. The remastering sounds superb, particularly on the SACD layer of “Love Minus Zero/No Limit.” This disc contains two semirarities: the original “Cold Iron Bounds,” plus a version of “All I Really Want to Do” taken from the forthcoming Bootleg Series, Vol. 6: Live 1964, The Philharmonic Hall Concert. Overall, it’s a really nice sampler.

Tracklist:

01. All I Really Want To Do
02. Love Minus Zero/No Limit
03. Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
04. Tangled Up In Blue
05. Gotta Serve Somebody
06. Moonlight
07. Cold Irons Bound


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