The Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour is a series of four compilation albums featuring songs Bob Dylan played on his shows as a deejay on the XM Satellite Radio and Sirius XM Satellite Radio program, Theme Time Radio Hour, from May 2006 through April 2009. Each album in the series includes 52 songs on two CDs. The tracks cover the range of genres Dylan highlighted on the program, including blues, R&B, rockabilly, doo-wop, soul, jazz, rock-and-roll and country.
Track listings
Best of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, Volume 1
Disc one
"Keep on the Sunny Side", The Carter Family (Show 1, Weather) - 2:51
"(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean", Ruth Brown (Show 2, Mothers) - 2:59
"Ain't Got No Money to Pay for This Drink", George Zimmerman & The Thrills (Show 3, Drinking) - 2:33 "The Ball Game", Sister Winona Carr (Show 4, Baseball) - 3:09 "Java Jive", The Ink Spots (Show 5, Coffee) - 3:05 "Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair", Bessie Smith (Show 6, Jail) - 3:22 "Papa's on the Housetop", Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell (Show 7, Father) - 2:59 "Married Women", Big Joe Turner (Show 8, Wedding) - 2:48 "Alimony Blues", Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (Show 9, Divorce) - 2:24 "Ice Cream Man", John Brim (Show 10, Summer) - 2:48 "Tulip or Turnip", Duke Ellington & His Orchestra (Show 11, Flowers) - 3:12 "No Money Down", Chuck Berry (Show 12, Cars) - 2:57 "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", Bing Crosby (Show 13, Rich Man Poor Man) - 3:10 "Race with the Devil", Gene Vincent (Show 14, The Devil) - 2:03 "Brown Eyed Handsome Man", Chuck Berry (Show 15, Eyes) - 2:19 "Hound Dog", Freddy Bell & the Bell Boys (Show 16, Dogs) - 2:39 "Last Night", Little Walter (Show 17, Friends & Neighbors) - 2:43 "Disc Jockey Blues", Luke Jones & His Orchestra (Show 18, Radio) - 3:02 "John the Revelator", Blind Willie Johnson (Show 19, Bible) - 3:18 "Louisiana", Percy Mayfield (Show 20, Musical Map) - 2:04 "Good Morning Little School Girl", Sonny Boy Williamson (Show 21, School) - 3:01 "Telephone Is Ringing", Pee Wee Crayton (Show 22, Telephone) - 3:07 "Jesus Gave Me Water", The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi (Show 23, Water) - 2:48 "All the Time", Sleepy LaBeef (Show 24, Time) - 1:52 "Midnight Hour", Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (Show 24, Time) - 2:43 "Pistol Packin' Mama", Al Dexter & His Orchestra (Show 25, Guns) - 2:47
Disc two
"I Put a Spell on You", Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Show 26, Halloween) - 2:25
"When You Dance, The Turbans (Show 27, Dance) - 2:57
"When It's Sleepy Time Down South", Louis Armstrong (Show 28, Sleep) - 2:47
"Matzoh Balls, Slim Gaillard & His Flat Foot Floogie Boys (Show 29, Food) - 2:38
"Let Me Play with Your Poodle", Tampa Red & Big Maceo (Show 30, Thanksgiving Leftovers) - 2:39 "Tennessee", Carl Perkins (Show 31, Tennessee) - 3:04 "Blue Moon of Kentucky", Bill Monroe (Show 32, Moon) - 3:03 "Five Long Years", Eddie Boyd (Show 33, Countdown) - 2:42 "Christmas Is A-Comin'", Leadbelly (Show 34, Christmas/New Year) - 1:08 "Zindy Lou", The Chimes (Show 35, Women's Names) - 3:08 "Don't Touch My Head", J.B. Lenoir (Show 36, Hair) - 2:17 "Don't Mess with My Ducktail", Joe Clay (Show 36, Hair) - 2:27 "(Everytime I Hear) That Mello Saxophone", Roy Montrell (Show 37, Musical Instruments) - 2:25 "Alright, Okay, You Win!", Buddy & Ella Johnson (Show 38, Luck) - 2:48 "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry", Hank Williams (Show 39, Tears) - 2:48 "Lose Your Blues and Laugh at Life", Jimmie Rev & His Oklahoma Playboys (Show 40, Laughter) - 3:18 "Good Morning Heartache", Billie Holiday (Show 41, Heart) - 3:12 "Blue Suede Shoes", Carl Perkins (Show 42, Shoes) - 2:17 "Deep Purple", The Ravens (Show 43, Colour) - 2:48 "Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)", Bob Downen (Show 44, Texas) - 2:34 "Mystery Train", Little Junior Parker (Show 45, Trains) - 2:23 "This Train", Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Show 46, More Trains) - 2:53 "Why Do Fools Fall in Love", Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers (Show 47, Fools) - 2:18 "Take the "A" Train", Duke Ellington (Show 48, New York) - 2:54 "Taxes, Taxes", Hank Penny (Show 49, Death and Taxes) - 2:48 "Richest Guy in the Graveyard", Dinah Washington (Show 50, Spring Cleaning) - 2:54