High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Essential Bob Dylan is a compilation by Bob Dylan, released as a double-CD set in 2000, part of Columbia Records` "The Essential" series. The Essential Bob Dylan spans from 1963`s "Blowin` In The Wind" (taken from The Freewheelin` Bob Dylan) to 1999`s "Things Have Changed" (Dylan`s Oscar-winning song from the motion picture, Wonder Boys).