Biograph (album)

Biograph
A red-tinted photograph of Dylan's face in profile
Box set by Bob Dylan
Released November 7, 1985 (1985-11-07)
Recorded November 1961–August 1981
Genre Rock, folk
Length 214:50
Label Columbia
Producer Jeff Rosen
Bob Dylan chronology
Empire Burlesque
(1985)		 Biograph
(1985)		 Knocked Out Loaded
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
MusicHound[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Biograph is a box set compilation spanning the career of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on November 7, 1985 by Columbia Records. Consisting of 53 released and unreleased tracks from 1962 to 1981, the box set was released as both a five-LP set and a three-compact disc set. Biograph reached #33 on the Billboard 200 in the US and has been certified platinum by the RIAA.[4] It is widely perceived as the first-ever boxset.[5]

Content

The recordings on Biograph are a mix of rarities, hit singles, and album tracks. They are not presented in chronological order; 18 of its 53 tracks had not been previously issued, and three more had only been previously available on singles. The set comes accompanied with a 42-page booklet, containing rare photos and liner notes by Cameron Crowe, who interviews Dylan about each of the tracks. Nine of the ten tracks from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits appear on this compilation.

Initially released in all formats in a box conforming to the dimensions of a vinyl long-playing album, on August 19, 1997, it was reissued by Legacy Records in a smaller compact disc-sized package, the tracks remastered using Sony's Super-Bit Mapping process. In 2011, the album was repackaged as a book containing 3 CDs. The 2011 edition was mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC.

Track listing

Side one
No. TitleSource Length
1. "Lay Lady Lay"  Nashville Skyline, 1969 3:18
2. "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down"  Bob Dylan, 1962 2:34
3. "If Not for You"  New Morning, 1970 2:42
4. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"  John Wesley Harding, 1967 2:38
5. "I'll Keep It with Mine"  Previously unreleased, 1985; originally from 1965 3:45
Side two
No. TitleSource Length
1. "The Times They Are a-Changin'"  The Times They Are A-Changin', 1964 3:13
2. "Blowin' in the Wind"  The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, 1963 2:47
3. "Masters of War"  The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 4:32
4. "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"  The Times They Are A-Changin' 5:46
5. "Percy's Song"  Previously unreleased; originally from 1963 7:42
Side three
No. TitleSource Length
1. "Mixed-Up Confusion"  A-side single, November 1962 2:28
2. "Tombstone Blues"  Highway 61 Revisited, 1965 5:57
3. "Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar"  B-side single, September 1981 4:04
4. "Most Likely You Go Your Way (Live in Los Angeles, California, February, 14, 1974; Late Show)"  Before the Flood, 1974 3:29
5. "Like a Rolling Stone"  Highway 61 Revisited 6:09
6. "Jet Pilot"  Previously unreleased; originally from 1965 0:49
Side four
No. TitleSource Length
1. "Lay Down Your Weary Tune"  Previously unreleased; originally from 1963 4:36
2. "Subterranean Homesick Blues"  Bringing It All Back Home, 1965 2:20
3. "I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met)"  Previously unreleased; Live 1966 5:18
4. "Visions of Johanna"  Previously unreleased; Live 1966 7:33
5. "Every Grain of Sand"  Shot of Love, 1981 6:15
Side five
No. TitleSource Length
1. "Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)"  Previously unreleased; originally from 1967 2:20
2. "Mr. Tambourine Man"  Bringing It All Back Home 5:29
3. "Dear Landlord"  John Wesley Harding 3:16
4. "It Ain't Me, Babe"  Another Side of Bob Dylan, 1964 3:34
5. "You Angel You"  Planet Waves, 1974 2:54
6. "Million Dollar Bash"  The Basement Tapes, 1974 2:33
Side six
No. TitleSource Length
1. "To Ramona"  Another Side of Bob Dylan 3:54
2. "You're a Big Girl Now"  Previously unreleased; New York, September 1974 4:23
3. "Abandoned Love"  Previously unreleased; originally from 1975 4:29
4. "Tangled Up in Blue"  Blood on the Tracks, 1975 5:45
5. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"  Previously unreleased; Live 1966 5:40
Side seven
No. TitleSource Length
1. "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?"  A-side single, December 1965 3:34
2. "Positively 4th Street"  A-side single, September 1965 3:54
3. "Isis"  Previously unreleased; Live 1975 5:21
4. "Caribbean Wind"  Previously unreleased; originally from 1981 5:54
5. "Up to Me"  Previously unreleased; originally from 1974 6:18
Side eight
No. TitleSource Length
1. "Baby, I'm in the Mood for You"  Previously unreleased; originally from 1962 2:56
2. "I Wanna Be Your Lover"  Previously unreleased; originally from 1965 3:27
3. "I Want You"  Blonde on Blonde, 1966 3:07
4. "Heart of Mine"  Previously unreleased; Live 1981 3:43
5. "On a Night Like This"  Planet Waves 2:58
6. "Just Like a Woman"  Blonde on Blonde 4:55
Side nine
No. TitleSource Length
1. "Romance in Durango"  Previously unreleased; Live 1975 4:39
2. "Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)"  Street-Legal, 1978 5:41
3. "Gotta Serve Somebody"  Slow Train Coming, 1979 5:25
4. "I Believe in You"  Slow Train Coming 5:10
5. "Time Passes Slowly"  New Morning 2:36
Side ten
No. TitleSource Length
1. "I Shall Be Released"  Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, 1971 3:04
2. "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"  Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid soundtrack, 1973 2:30
3. "All Along the Watchtower"  Before the Flood 3:04
4. "Solid Rock"  Saved, 1980 3:58
5. "Forever Young"  Previously unreleased; Demo from 1973 2:02

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-02-07.
  2. ↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 371. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  3. ↑ Biograph - Rolling Stone
  4. ↑ RIAA Gold & Platinum database retrieved 22 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "30 Years Ago: Bob Dylan Invents the Box Set With 'Biograph'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 2016-08-17.
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