Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window 1956-63 Highlights

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Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window 1956 - 1963 Highlights on 4LP Box Set: Features 42 Tracks of Rare Columbia Records Outtakes and Recordings. Includes a 24-page Book.

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 4LP Highlights edition includes a 24-page book and features 42 tracks, of which 18 are completely unreleased as well as 9 super-rare cuts.

Track Listing

Side A:

  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. Jesus Christ (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
  4. K.C. Moan (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
  5. Remember Me (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961) - Bob Dylan with Danny Kalb
  6. Railroading on the Great Divide (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961) - Bob Dylan with Danny Kalb
  7. Man of Constant Sorrow (Bob Dylan Rehearsal, NYC, 1961) - Bob Dylan with Jim Kweskin
  8. He Was a Friend of Mine (Bob Dylan Outtake, NYC, 1961) - Bob Dylan with Jim Kweskin
  9. Ramblin’ Round (Bob Dylan Outtake, NYC, 1961) - Bob Dylan with Jim Kweskin

Side B:

  1. Story: East Orange, New Jersey (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
  2. Po’ Lazarus (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
  3. Dink’s Song (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
  4. I Was Young When I Left Home (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
  5. Cocaine (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)

Side C:

  1. Talkin’ New York (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
  2. Corrina, Corrina (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1962)
  3. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
  4. Rocks and Gravel (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
  5. Let Me Die in My Footsteps (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
  6. Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)

Side D:

  1. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
  2. The Cuckoo (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
  3. The Ballad of the Gliding Swan (BBC-TV, London, 1963)
  4. John Brown (Broadside Ballads Album Version, NYC, 1963)
  5. Dusty Old Fairgrounds (Town Hall, NYC, 1963)

Side E:

  1. House of the Rising Sun (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
  2. Seven Curses (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
  3. Masters of War (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
  4. Girl from the North Country (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
  5. Liverpool Gal (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963)

Side F:

  1. Boots of Spanish Leather (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
  2. Moonshiner (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
  3. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Party, Los Angeles, 1963)
  4. The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Informal Recording, Los Angeles, 1963)

Side G:

  1. Who Killed Davey Moore? (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
  2. Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
  3. Blowin' in the Wind (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
  4. North Country Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)

Side H:

  1. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
  2. Talkin’ World War III Blues (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
  3. Only a Pawn in Their Game (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)
  4. When the Ship Comes In (Carnegie Hall, NYC, 1963)


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