Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 (8CD)

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 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.

CD 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) 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)
9 Remember Me (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
10Song 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) 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)
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

CD 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,