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]
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
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 |
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 |
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 |
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