Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 (8-CD)
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Before he was a voice of a generation, he was a kid absorbing everything, Woody Guthrie records, old blues, traditional folk, Appalachian balladry, and turning it into something nobody had heard before. This sprawling document captures that transformation in real time, tracing the arc from Hibbing, Minnesota through the Greenwich Village coffeehouses where a scene was quietly igniting around him.
Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 -.This next volume in the award-winning Bootleg Series tells the story of Dylan's emergence and maturation as a songwriter and performer, from Minnesota to the Greenwich Village bohemia in the early 1960s. It includes rare Columbia Records outtakes, recordings made at club dates, in tiny informal gatherings, in friends' apartments, and at jam sessions in long-gone musicians' hangouts.
The 8CD Deluxe set features 139 tracks - 48 never-before-released performances, as well as 38 super-rare cuts plus a hardcover book with extensive liner notes by Sean Wilentz and over 100 rare photographs.
The last two discs of the set consist of the unreleased complete recording of Dylan's 1963 landmark show at Carnegie Hall, mixed from original tapes.
Tracklist
Disc 1
1-1. Let The Good Times Roll
1-2. I Got A New Girl
1-3. San Francisco Bay Blues
1-4. Jesus Christ
1-5. East Virginia Blues
1-6. K.C. Moan
1-7. Hard Travelin'
1-8. Pastures Of Plenty
1-9. Remember Me
1-10. Song To Woody
1-11. Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
1-12. Ain't No Grave
1-13. I Ain't Got No Home
1-14. Death Don't Have No Mercy
1-15. Devilish Mary
1-16. Introduction: Riverside Church
1-17. Handsome Molly
1-18. Introduction: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
1-19. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
1-20. The Girl I Left Behind
1-21. Introduction: Pretty Boy Floyd
1-22. Pretty Boy Floyd
1-23. Railroading On The Great Divide
1-24. Introduction: Fixin' To Die
1-25. Fixin' To Die
1-26. I'll Fly Away - Take 1 (Alternate Take)
Disc 2
2-1. Introduction: In The Pines
2-2. In The Pines
2-3. Gospel Plow
2-4. Introduction: Young But Daily Growing
2-5. Young But Daily Growing
2-6. Man On The Street
2-7. This Land Is Your Land
2-8. Pretty Polly
2-9. Man Of Constant Sorrow - Rehearsal (Alternate Take)
2-10. House Carpenter - Take 1 (Outtake)
2-11. You're No Good - Take 2 With Take 6 Insert (Alternate Take)
2-12. He Was A Friend Of Mine - Take 2 (Outtake)
2-13. Ramblin' Round - Take 2 (Outtake)
2-14. Story: East Orange, New Jersey
2-15. Stealin'
2-16. Po' Lazarus
2-17. Dink's Song
2-18. I Was Young When I Left Home
2-19. In The Evening
2-20. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
2-21. Cocaine
Disc 3
3-1. The Death Of Emmett Till
3-2. Conversation: Folksinger's Choice
3-3. Roll On, John
3-4. Conversation: Folksinger's Choice, 2
3-5. Hard Times In New York Town
3-6. Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
3-7. Ballad Of Donald White
3-8. Midnight Special - Rehearsals
3-9. Midnight Special - Take 17 (Alternate Take)
3-10. Wichita (Album Version)
3-11. It's Dangerous (Album Version)
3-12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
3-13. Talkin' New York
3-14. Corrina, Corrina
3-15. Deep Ellum Blues
3-16. Introduction: Blowin' In The Wind
3-17. Blowin' In The Wind
3-18. Rambling, Gambling Willie - Take 3 (Outtake)
3-19. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle - Take 2 (Outtake)
3-20. Rocks And Gravel - Take 3 (Outtake)
3-21. Paths Of Victory
3-22. Train A-Travelin' (Album Version)
3-23. Hiram Hubbard
3-24. Quit Your Low Down Ways
3-25. Let Me Die In My Footsteps
3-26. Ramblin' On My Mind
3-27. Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
Disc 4
4-1. Baby, Please Don't Go - Take 3 (Outtake)
4-2. Worried Blues - Take 1 (Outtake)
4-3. Baby, I'm In The Mood For You - Take 4 (Outtake)
4-4. Bob Dylan's Blues - Take 2 (Outtake)
4-5. Introduction: Tomorrow Is A Long Time
4-6. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
4-7. This Land Is Your Land – The Last Verses
4-8. Long Time Gone
4-9. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
4-10. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
4-11. Barbara Allen
4-12. The Cuckoo
4-13. That's All Right - Take 5 (Outtake)
4-14. Mixed-Up Confusion - Take 10 (Single Alternate Take)
4-15. Ballad Of Hollis Brown - Take 2 (Outtake)
4-16. Kingsport Town - Take 2 (Outtake)
4-17. Whatcha Gonna Do? - Remake, Take 1 (Outtake)
4-18. Hero Blues - Take 4 (Outtake)
4-19. I Shall Be Free - Take 3 (Alternate Take)
Disc 5
5-1. The Ballad Of The Gliding Swan
5-2. Only A Hobo (Album Version)
5-3. John Brown (Album Version)
5-4. All Over You
5-5. Oxford Town (Demo)
5-6. Bob Dylan's Dream
5-7. Introduction: Walls Of Red Wing
5-8. Walls Of Red Wing
5-9. Introduction: Tomorrow Is A Long Time
5-10. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
5-11. Dusty Old Fairgrounds
5-12. Introduction: Pretty Peggy-O
5-13. Pretty Peggy-O
5-14. Who Killed Davey Moore?
5-15. Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie
5-16. James Alley Blues
5-17. I Rode Out One Morning
5-18. House Of The Rising Sun
5-19. Talkin' World War III Blues
5-20. Masters Of War - Take 6 (Alternate Take)
5-21. Girl From The North Country - Take 4 (Alternate Take)
Disc 6
6-1. Introduction By Cordell Reagon
6-2. Only A Pawn In Their Game
6-3. Blowin' In The Wind
6-4. Eternal Circle
6-5. Liverpool Gal
6-6. West Memphis
6-7. North Country Blues
6-8. With God On Our Side
6-9. Playboys And Playgirls
6-10. Blowin' In The Wind
6-11. Slate: Boots Of Spanish Leather
6-12. Boots Of Spanish Leather - Take 1 (Alternate Take)
6-13. Seven Curses - Take 3 (Outake)
6-14. Farewell - Take 5 (Outake)
6-15. Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag - Remake, Take 3 (Outtake)
6-16. Moonshiner - Remake, Take 1 (Outtake)
6-17. Introduction By Joan Baez
6-18. Troubled And I Don’t Know Why
6-19. Introduction By Ossie Davis
6-20. When The Ship Comes In
6-21. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
6-22. The Times They Are A-Changin'
6-23. One Too Many Mornings - Take 1 (Alternate Take)
6-24. Key To The Highway - Take 1 (Outtake)
Disc 7
7-1. The Times They Are A-Changin'
7-2. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
7-3. Introduction: Who Killed Davey Moore?
7-4. Who Killed Davey Moore?
7-5. Boots Of Spanish Leather
7-6. Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues
7-7. Lay Down Your Weary Tune
7-8. Introduction: Blowin' In The Wind
7-9. Blowin' In The Wind
7-10. Introduction: Percy's Song
7-11. Percy's Song
7-12. Seven Curses
7-13. Walls Of Red Wing
7-14. Introduction: North Country Blues
7-15. North Country Blues
7-16. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Disc 8
8-1. Talkin' World War III Blues
8-2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
8-3. Story: Hootenanny Hoot
8-4. With God On Our Side
8-5. Only A Pawn In Their Game
8-6. Introduction: Masters Of War
8-7. Masters Of War
8-8. Introduction: The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
8-9. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
8-10. Introduction: When The Ship Comes In
8-11. When The Ship Comes In
UPC: 198029129823
Label: Sony Legacy
Release Date: 10.31.25
Format: CD