Masterpieces (Bob Dylan album)

Masterpieces
Masterpieces
Greatest hits album by Bob Dylan
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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Last updated June 29, 2025

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AllMusic	^[1]

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.

Track listing

All songs written by Bob Dylan, except where noted.

Side one
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
Total length:				26:33

Side two
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
Total length:			26:14

Side three
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
Total length:				28:10

Side four
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
Total length:				26:06

Side five
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
Total length:				22:57

Side six
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
Total length:			28:28

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[2]	3× Platinum	210,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[3]	2× Platinum	30,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

↑ Ruhlmann, William. Masterpieces at AllMusic
↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved July 14, 2021.
↑ "Dylan Down Under" (PDF). Cash Box . March 22, 1986. p. 7. Retrieved December 9, 2021– via World Radio History.

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[1] Ruhlmann, William. Masterpieces at AllMusic

[AustraliaBob_DylanMasterpiecesalbumCertRef-2] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1996 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved July 14, 2021.

[NZ86-3] "Dylan Down Under" (PDF). Cash Box . March 22, 1986. p. 7. Retrieved December 9, 2021– via World Radio History.

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Masterpieces (Bob Dylan album)

Contents

Track listing

Certifications and sales

References