Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Volume II (1971)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Watching the River Flow (Single Version) (Album Version)
02. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Album Version)
03. Lay, Lady, Lay (Album Version)
04. Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again (Album Version)
05. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Album Version)
06. All I Really Want to Do (Album Version)
07. My Back Pages (Album Version)
08. Maggie's Farm (Album Version)
09. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You (Album Version)

CD2
01. She Belongs to Me (Album Version)
02. All Along the Watchtower (Album Version)
03. The Mighty Quinn (Quinn, the Eskimo) (Album Version)
04. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Album Version)
05. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Album Version)
06. If Not for You (Album Version)
07. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Album Version)
08. Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY - April 1963) (Album Version)
09. When I Paint My Masterpiece (Studio Outtake - 1971) (Album Version)
10. I Shall Be Released (Studio Outtake - 1971) (Album Version)
11. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Studio Outtake - 1971) (Album Version)
12. Down in the Flood (Live)

Where Dylan's first Greatest Hits took its title literally, Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 is a greatest-hits album only in the loosest sense of the term. While the double album does contain several genuine hits -- "Lay Lady Lay," "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You," the non-LP "Watching the River Flow" -- it is largely comprised of album tracks that became classics, either through Dylan's own version or through covers. These include "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right," "All I Really Want to Do," "My Back Pages," "Maggie's Farm," "She Belongs to Me," "If Not for You," and "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," among many others. There are also various rarities scattered throughout the 21 songs, including a live version of "Tomorrow Is a Long Time" from 1963, a live take of "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)," and the Basement Tapes songs "I Shall Be Released," "Down in the Flood," and "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere." While some of the cuts may not be immediately familiar to some listeners, Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 in many ways is a more accurate picture of the depth and breadth of Dylan's talents, making it an excellent introduction. And it's not just for casual fans, because the rarities and sequencing are revealing for even devoted Dylan fans.

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