

Editors’ Notes This 1971 set, compiled by Bob Dylan, is rich with hits and overlooked album cuts, rarities, and essential, then-new recordings. The delights are many, such as the single-only blues rocker “Watching the River Flow,” the dusty, dobro-enhanced outtake of “When I Paint My Masterpiece,” and the nimble love epistle “Tomorrow Is a Long Time.” Tunes re-recorded that year with folk singer Happy Traum—including Dylan’s ultimate song of reclamation, “I Shall Be Released,” and a singsong, banjo-stoked version of “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere”—sound even truer to Dylan’s ’60s gospel.
Watching the River Flow
1
3:33
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
2
3:37
Lay Lady Lay
3
3:16
Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again
4
7:05
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
5
2:38
All I Really Want to Do
6
4:02
My Back Pages
7
4:21
Maggie's Farm
8
3:51
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
9
3:21
She Belongs to Me
1
2:47
All Along the Watchtower
2
2:30
The Mighty Quinn (Quinn, the Eskimo)
3
2:44
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
4
5:25
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
5
6:48
If Not for You
6
2:39
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
7
4:14
Tomorrow Is a Long Time
8
3:01
When I Paint My Masterpiece
9
3:21
I Shall Be Released
10
3:02
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
11
2:44
Down In the Flood (Live)
12
2:47