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Bob Dylan

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

£129.99

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 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.

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  • Details

    Released:
    31st October 2025
    Category:
    Rock/Pop, Singer/Songwriter
    Format:
    CD Box Set
    Barcode:
    198029129823

  • 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 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.

  • 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.San Francisco Bay Blues (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
    Bob Dylan
    4.Jesus Christ (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
    Bob Dylan
    5.East Virginia Blues (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
    Bob Dylan
    6.K.C. Moan (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
    Bob Dylan with Danny Kalb
    7.Hard Travelin' (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
    Bob Dylan with Danny Kalb
    8.Pastures of Plenty (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    9.Remember Me (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    10.Song to Woody (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    11.Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    12.Ain't No Grave (Informal Recording, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    13.I Ain't Got No Home (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    14.Death Don't Have No Mercy (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    15.Devilish Mary (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    16.Introduction: Riverside Church (Riverside Church, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    17.Handsome Molly (Riverside Church, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    18.Introduction: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    19.See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    20.The Girl I Left Behind (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    21.Introduction: Pretty Boy Floyd (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    22.Pretty Boy Floyd (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan with Jim Kweskin
    23.Railroading On the Great Divide (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan with Jim Kweskin
    24.Introduction: Fixin' to Die (Folklore Center, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    25.Fixin' to Die (Folklore Center, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan with Dave Van Ronk
    26.I'll Fly Away (Carolyn Hester Alternate Take, NYC, 1961)
    Carolyn Hester with Bob Dylan

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Introduction: In the Pines (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    2.In the Pines (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    3.Gospel Plow (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    4.Introduction: Young But Daily Growing (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    5.Young But Daily Growing (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    6.Man On the Street (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    7.This Land Is Your Land (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    8.Pretty Polly (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    9.Man of Constant Sorrow ('Bob Dylan' Rehearsal, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    10.House Carpenter ('Bob Dylan' Outtake, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    11.You're No Good ('Bob Dylan' Alternate Take, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    12.He Was a Friend of Mine ('Bob Dylan' Outtake, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    13.Ramblin' Round ('Bob Dylan' Outtake, NYC, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    14.Story: East Orange, New Jersey (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    15.Stealin' (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    16.Po' Lazarus (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    17.Dink's Song (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    18.I Was Young When I Left Home (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    19.In the Evening (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    20.Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan
    21.Cocaine (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
    Bob Dylan

    Disc 3

    Track name
    Artist
    1.The Death of Emmett Till (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    2.Conversation: Folksinger's Choice, 1 (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    3.Roll On, John (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    4.Conversation: Folksinger's Choice, 2 (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    5.Hard Times in New York Town (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    6.Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues (Informal Recording, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    7.Ballad of Donald White (Informal Recording, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    8.Midnight Special (The 'Midnight Special' Rehearsals, NYC, 1962)
    Harry Belafonte with Bob Dylan
    9.Midnight Special (The 'Midnight Special' Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
    Harry Belafonte with Bob Dylan
    10.Wichita ('Three Kings and the Queen' Album Version, NYC, 1962)
    Big Joe Williams with Bob Dylan
    11.It's Dangerous ('Three Kings and the Queen, Volume Two' Album Version, NYC, 1962)
    Victoria Spivey with Bob Dylan and Big Joe Williams
    12.Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    13.Talkin' New York (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    14.Corrina, Corrina (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    15.Deep Ellum Blues (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    16.Introduction: Blowin' in the Wind (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    17.Blowin' in the Wind (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    18.Rambling, Gambling Willie ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    19.(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    20.Rocks and Gravel ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    21.Paths of Victory (Broadside Office, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    22.Train A-travelin' ('Broadside Reunion' Album Version, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    23.Hiram Hubbard (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    24.Quit Your Low Down Ways (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    25.Let Me Die in My Footsteps (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    26.Ramblin' On My Mind (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    27.Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) [The Finjan, Montreal, 1962]
    Bob Dylan

    Disc 4

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Baby, Please Don't Go ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    2.Worried Blues ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    3.Baby, I'm in the Mood for You ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    4.Bob Dylan's Blues ('Freewheelin'' Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    5.Introduction: Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    6.Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    7.This Land Is Your Land - The Last Verses (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    8.Long Time Gone (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    9.A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    10.Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    11.Barbara Allen (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    12.The Cuckoo (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    13.That's All Right ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    14.Mixed-up Confusion (Single Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    15.Ballad of Hollis Brown ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    16.Kingsport Town ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    17.Whatcha Gonna Do? ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    18.Hero Blues ('Freewheelin'' Outtake, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    19.I Shall Be Free ('Freewheelin'' Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
    Bob Dylan

    Disc 5

    Track name
    Artist
    1.The Ballad of the Gliding Swan (BBC-TV, London, 1962)
    Bob Dylan
    2.Only a Hobo ('Broadside Ballads' Album Version, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    3.John Brown ('Broadside Ballads' Album Version, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    4.All Over You (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan with Happy Traum and Gil Turner
    5.Oxford Town (Witmark Demo, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    6.Bob Dylan's Dream (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    7.Introduction: Walls of Red Wing (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    8.Walls of Red Wing (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    9.Introduction: Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    10.Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    11.Dusty Old Fairgrounds (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    12.Introduction: Pretty Peggy-o (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    13.Pretty Peggy-o (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    14.Who Killed Davey Moore? (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    15.Last Thoughts On Woody Guthrie (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    16.James Alley Blues (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    17.I Rode Out One Morning (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    18.House of the Rising Sun (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    19.Talkin' World War III Blues (Club 47, Cambridge, MA, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    20.Masters of War ('Freewheelin'' Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    21.Girl from the North Country ('Freewheelin'' Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan

    Disc 6

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Introduction By Cordell Reagon (SNCC Rally, Greenwood, MS, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    2.Only a Pawn in Their Game (SNCC Rally, Greenwood, MS, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    3.Blowin' in the Wind (SNCC Rally, Greenwood, MS, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    4.Eternal Circle (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    5.Liverpool Gal (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    6.West Memphis (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963)
    Bob Dylan with Tony Glover
    7.North Country Blues (Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    8.With God On Our Side (Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963)
    Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
    9.Playboys and Playgirls (Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963)
    Bob Dylan with Pete Seeger
    10.Blowin' in the Wind (Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963)
    Bob Dylan with Joan Baez, Peter, Paul & Mary, The Freedom Singers & Pete Seeger
    11.Slate: Boots of Spanish Leather ('The Times They Are A-changin'' Sessions, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    12.Boots of Spanish Leather ('The Times They Are A-changin'' Outtake, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    13.Seven Curses ('The Times They Are A-changin'' Outtake, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    14.Farewell ('The Times They Are A-changin'' Outtake, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    15.Bob Dylan's New Orleans Rag ('The Times They Are A-changin'' Outtake, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    16.Moonshiner ('The Times They Are A-changin'' Outtake, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    17.Introduction By Joan Baez (Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    18.Troubled and I Don't Know Why (Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
    19.Introduction By Ossie Davis (March On Washington, Washington, D.C., 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    20.When the Ship Comes In (March On Washington, Washington, D.C., 1963)
    Bob Dylan and Joan Baez
    21.The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Party, Los Angeles, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    22.The Times They Are A-changin' (Informal Recording, Los Angeles, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    23.One Too Many Mornings ('The Times They Are A-changin'' Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    24.Key to the Highway ('The Times They Are A-changin'' Outtake, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan

    Disc 7

    Track name
    Artist
    1.The Times They Are A-changin' (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    2.Ballad of Hollis Brown (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    3.Introduction: Who Killed Davey Moore? (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    4.Who Killed Davey Moore? (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    5.Boots of Spanish Leather (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    6.Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    7.Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    8.Introduction: Blowin' in the Wind (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    9.Blowin' in the Wind (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    10.Introduction: Percy's Song (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    11.Percy's Song (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    12.Seven Curses (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    13.Walls of Red Wing (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    14.Introduction: North Country Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    15.North Country Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    16.A Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan

    Disc 8

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Talkin' World War III Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    2.Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    3.Story: Hootenanny Hoot (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    4.With God On Our Side (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    5.Only a Pawn in Their Game (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    6.Introduction: Masters of War (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    7.Masters of War (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    8.Introduction: The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    9.The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    10.Introduction: When the Ship Comes In (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan
    11.When the Ship Comes In (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
    Bob Dylan

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