Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol 18 Due, ‘Through the Open Window 1956-1963’

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The earliest years and development of Bob Dylan’s career will be explored in the latest edition of his acclaimed Bootleg Series. Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol 18: Through the Open Window 1956-1963, coming on October 31, 2025, via Legacy Recordings, 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 Deluxe edition on 8-CDs—featuring 139 tracks including 48 never-before released performances, as well as 38 “super-rare” cuts—is available for pre-order in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here; and as a highlights edition on 4-LPs or 2-CDs, available for pre-order in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here and here. All three editions are available in Canada here.

Listen to “Rock and Gravel (Solid Road),” recorded in 1962

The various editions include early stage and/or studio performances of such well known Dylan compositions as “Song to Woody,” “Baby, Let Me Follow You Down,” “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” “Girl From the North Country,” “Masters of War” and “The Times They Are A-Changin’.” The sets also feature rehearsals and stage collaborations with Joan Baez, Harry Belafonte, Pete Seeger, Dave Van Ronk, and others. The last two discs of the Deluxe edition consist of the unreleased complete recording of Dylan’s 1963 landmark show at Carnegie Hall, mixed from original tapes. It includes a hardcover book with extensive liner notes by Sean Wilentz and over 100 rare photographs.

Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series Vol 18: Through the Open Window 1956-1963 8-CD Deluxe Edition Track Listing

Disc 1
1. Let the Good Times Roll (Terlinde Music Shop, St. Paul, MN, 1956)
2. I Got a New Girl (Informal Recording, Hibbing, MN, 1959)
3. San Francisco Bay Blues (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
4. Jesus Christ (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
5. East Virginia Blues (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
6. K.C. Moan (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960) (Dylan with Danny Kalb)
7. Hard Travelin’ (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960) (Dylan with Danny Kalb)
8. Pastures of Plenty (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
9. 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: Riverside Church (Riverside Church, NYC, 196)
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) (Dylan with Jim Kweskin)
23. Railroading on the Great Divide (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961) (Dylan with Jim Kweskin)
24. Introduction: Fixin’ to Die (Folklore Center, NYC, 1961)
25. Fixin’ to Die (Folklore Center, NYC, 1961) (Dylan with Dave Van Ronk)
26. I’ll Fly Away (Carolyn Hester Alternate Take, NYC, 1961) (Carolyn Hester with Dylan)

Disc 2
1. Introduction: In the Pines (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
2. In the Pines (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
3. Gospel Plow (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
4. Introduction: Young But Daily Growing (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
5. Young But Daily Growing (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
6. Man on the Street (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
7. This Land Is Your Land (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
8. Pretty Polly (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
9. Man of Constant Sorrow (Bob Dylan Rehearsal, NYC, 1961)
10. House Carpenter (Bob Dylan Outtake, NYC, 1961)
11. You’re No Good (Bob Dylan Alternate Take, NYC, 1961)
12. He Was a Friend of Mine (Bob Dylan Outtake, NYC, 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)

Disc 3
1. The Death of Emmett Till (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
2. Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 1 (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
3. Roll On, John (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
4. Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 2 (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
5. Hard Times in New York Town (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
6. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (Informal Recording, NYC, 1962)
7. Ballad of Donald White (Informal Recording, NYC, 1962)
8. Midnight Special (The Midnight Special Rehearsals, NYC, 1962) (Harry Belafonte with Dylan)
9. Midnight Special (The Midnight Special Alternate Take, NYC, 1962) (Harry Belafonte with Dylan)
10. Wichita (Three Kings and the Queen Album Version, NYC, 1962) (Big Joe Williams with Dylan)
11. It’s Dangerous (Kings and the Queen, Volume Two Album Version, NYC, 1962) (Victoria Spivey with Dylan and Big Joe Williams)
12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
13. Talkin’ New York (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
14. Corrina, Corrina (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
15. Deep Ellum Blues (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
16. Introduction: Blowin’ in the Wind (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962) – 0:00:19
17. Blowin’ in the Wind (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
18. Rambling, Gambling Willie (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
19. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962) – 0:02:06
20. Rocks and Gravel (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
21. Paths of Victory (Broadside Office, NYC, 1962)
22. Train A-Travelin’ (Broadside Reunion Album Version, NYC, 1962)
23. Hiram Hubbard (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
24. Quit Your Low Down Ways (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
25. Let Me Die in My Footsteps (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
26. Ramblin’ on My Mind (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
27. Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)

Disc 4
1. Baby, Please Don’t Go (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
2. Worried Blues (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
3. Baby, I’m in the Mood for You (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
4. Bob Dylan’s Blues (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
5. Introduction: Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
6. Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
7. This Land Is Your Land – The Last Verses (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962) – 0:01:44
8. Long Time Gone (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
9. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
10. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
11. Barbara Allen (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
12. The Cuckoo (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
13. That’s All Right (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
14. Mixed-Up Confusion (Single Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
15. Ballad of Hollis Brown (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
16. Kingsport Town (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
17. Whatcha Gonna Do? (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
18. Hero Blues (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
19. I Shall Be Free (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)

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

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

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

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

Many of the other titles in the acclaimed Bootleg Series are available in the U.S. here, in Canada here and in the U.K. here.