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  • Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 - 1956-1963 - 1
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Bob Dylan

Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 - 1956-1963

£29.99

Released: 31st October 2025. This 18th 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 2CD Highlights edition features 42 tracks, of which 18 are completely unreleased as well as 9 super-rare cuts.

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  • Details

    Released:
    31st October 2025
    Category:
    Rock/Pop, Singer/Songwriter
    Format:
    CD Album
    Barcode:
    198029129922

  • Description

    This 18th 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 2CD Highlights edition features 42 tracks, of which 18 are completely unreleased as well as 9 super-rare cuts.

  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Let the Good Times Roll (Terlinde Music Shop, St. Paul, MN, 1956)
    Bob Dylan
    2.I Got a New Girl (Informal Recording, Hibbing, MN, 1959)
    Bob Dylan
    3.Jesus Christ (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
    Bob Dylan
    4.K.C. Moan (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
    Bob Dylan with Danny Kalb
    5.Remember Me (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    6.Railroading On the Great Divide (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan with Jim Kweskin
    7.Man of Constant Sorrow ('Bob Dylan' Rehearsal, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    8.He Was a Friend of Mine ('Bob Dylan' Outtake, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    9.Ramblin' Round ('Bob Dylan' Outtake, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    10.Story: East Orange, New Jersey (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    11.Po' Lazarus (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    12.Dink's Song (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    13.I Was Young When I Left Home (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    14.Cocaine (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    15.Talkin' New York (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    16.Corrina, Corrina (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    17.(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    18.Rocks and Gravel ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    19.Let Me Die in My Footsteps (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    20.Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    21.Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    22.The Cuckoo (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    23.The Ballad of the Gliding Swan (BBC-TV, London, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    24.John Brown ('Broadside Ballads' Album Version, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    25.Dusty Old Fairgrounds (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    1.House of the Rising Sun (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    2.Seven Curses ('The Times They Are A-changin'' Outtake, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    3.Masters of War ('Freewheelin'' Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    4.Girl from the North Country ('Freewheelin'' Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    5.Liverpool Gal (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    6.Boots of Spanish Leather ('The Times They Are A-changin'' Outtake, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    7.Moonshiner ('The Times They Are A-changin'' Outtake, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    8.The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Party, Los Angeles, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    9.The Times They Are A-changin' (Informal Recording, Los Angeles, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    10.Who Killed Davey Moore? (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    11.Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    12.Blowin' in the Wind (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    13.North Country Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    14.A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    15.Talkin' World War III Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    16.Only a Pawn in Their Game (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    17.When the Ship Comes In (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan

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