Bob Dylan is really digging in the crates. The storied musician’s latest archival release takes us all the way back to his teenage years in Minnesota, through to his early 1960s days in New York’s Greenwich Village. Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 captures Dylan’s work between 1956 and 1963. The collection is out October 31. Below, listen to “Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road),” a previously released track that was recorded in April 1962 in sessions for The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.
The last two discs of Through the Open Window capture Dylan’s famed concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall on Saturday, October 26, 1963. The recordings on the new set are previously unreleased.
Through the Open Window will be released digitally and in 8xCD, 2xCD, and 4xLP editions. The physical editions will also come with a 125-page liner notes essay from Sean Wilentz. It’s Dylan’s first Bootleg Series entry in more than two years, following Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996-1997): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 17.
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Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18:
01 Let the Good Times Roll (Terlinde Music Shop, St. Paul, MN, 1956)
02 I Got a New Girl (Informal Recording, Hibbing, MN, 1959)
03 San Francisco Baby Blues (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
04 Jesus Christ (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
05 East Virginia Blues (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
06 K.C. Moan (With Danny Kalb) (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
07 Hard Travelin’ (With Danny Kalb) (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
08 Pastures of Plenty (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
09 Remember Me (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
10 Song to Woody (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1961)
11 Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1961)
12 Ain’t No Grave (Informal Recording, NYC, 1961)
13 I Ain’t Got No Home (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
14 Death Don’t Have No Mercy (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
15 Devilish Mary (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
16 Introduction by Bob Yellin (Riverside Church, NYC, 1961)
17 Handsome Molly (Riverside Church, NYC, 1961)
18 Introduction: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
19 See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
20 The Girl I Left Behind (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
21 Introduction: Pretty Boy Floyd (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
22 Pretty Boy Floyd (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
23 Railroading on the Great Divide (With Jim Kweskin) (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
24 Introduction: Fixin’ to Die (Folklore Center, NYC, 1961)
25 Fixin’ to Die (Folklore Center, NYC, 1961)
26 I’ll Fly Away (With Carolyn Hester)
01 Introduction: In the Pines (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
02 In the Pines (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
03 Gospel Plow (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
04 Introduction: Young but Daily Growing (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
05 Young but Daily Growing (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
06 Man on the Street (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
07 This Land Is Your Land (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
08 Pretty Polly (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
09 Man of Constant Sorrow (Bob Dylan Rehearsal, NYC, 1961)
10 House Carpenter (Studio Outtake – 1961)
11 You’re No Good (Bob Dylan Alternate Take, NYC, 1961)
12 He Was a Friend of Mine (Studio Outtake – 1961)
13 Ramblin’ Round (Bob Dylan Outtake, NYC, 1961)
14 Story: East Orange, New Jersey (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
15 Stealin’ (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
16 Po’ Lazarus (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
17 Dink’s Song (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
18 I Was Young When I Left Home (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
19 In the Evening (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
20 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
21 Cocaine (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
