BOB DYLAN’S BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 18: THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW, 1956-1963 OUT OCTOBER 31

BOB DYLAN’S  BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 18: THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW, 1956-1963 SET FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 31, 2025ON COLUMBIA RECORDS / LEGACY RECORDINGSDELUXE 8CD BOX SET CHRONICLES EARLY YEARS OF DYLAN IN GREENWICH VILLAGE / INCLUDES RARE AND UNHEARD HOME RECORDINGS, STUDIO OUTTAKES, COFFEEHOUSE AND NIGHTCLUB SHOWS, ALL FROM BRAND NEW TAPE SOURCES.FEATURES UNRELEASED COMPLETE RECORDING OF DYLAN’S LANDMARK SHOW AT CARNEGIE HALL, ON OCTOBER 26, 1963, MIXED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPESALSO AVAILABLE IN 2CD AND 4LP HIGHLIGHT EDITIONS“ROCKS AND GRAVEL” ON DSPS TODAY
album artworkSeptember 17, 2025—Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release Bob Dylan’s  Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963  on October 31, 2025. Preorders begin today here. A preview of a song from the album, “Rocks and Gravel” is available today here.Through The Open Window 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. Arriving amidst a global resurgence in appreciation for Dylan, the collection 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. Many of the recordings are exceedingly rare; others have never been presented in any form.The box set is a unique account of Dylan’s early years, when he honed his talent, and transformed traditional folk songs and lyric sketches into some of his greatest and most enduring songs, including “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “The Times They Are A-Changin’.” It concludes with a previously unreleased recording, in its entirety, of Dylan’s landmark concert at Carnegie Hall on October 26, 1963. A culmination of Dylan’s exceptional early rise, that concert also marked the end of the beginning of Dylan’s long career. “Of that time and those places, this collection is just a fragment,” writes author and historian Sean Wilentz in his 125-page liner notes essay. “Even so, as an aural record of an artist becoming himself—or in Dylan’s case, his first of many artistic selves—the collection aims to collapse time and space, not as a nostalgic reverie but as a living connection between the past and the present, the old and the new, which are never as distinct as we might think.”The 8CD Deluxe set includes 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 2CD and 4LP highlight editions include 42 tracks.TRACKLIST BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 18: THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW, 1956-1963 Disc 11. Let the Good Times RollDecember 24, 1956 – Terlinde Music Shop, St. Paul, MN2. I Got a New GirlMay 1959 – Home of Ric Kangas, Hibbing, MN3. San Francisco Bay Blues4. Jesus ChristSeptember 1960 – Home of Bob Dylan, Minneapolis, MN5. East Virginia Blues6. K.C. Moan7. Hard Travelin’Late 1960 – Madison, WI8. Pastures of Plenty9. Remember MeFebruary 1961 – Home of Bob and Sid Gleason, East Orange, NJ10. Song to Woody11. Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre BluesSeptember 6, 1961 – The Gaslight Cafe, NYC12. Ain’t No GraveSummer 1961 – Home of Mell and Lillian Bailey, NYC13. I Ain’t Got No HomeMay 13, 1961 – Coffman Theater, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN14. Death Don’t Have No Mercy15. Devilish MaryMay 1961 – Minneapolis, MN16. Introduction: Riverside Church17. Handsome MollyJuly 29, 1961 – Saturday of Folk Music (WRVR-FM), Riverside Church, NYC18. Introduction: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean19. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean20. The Girl I Left Behind21. Introduction: Pretty Boy Floyd22. Pretty Boy Floyd23. Railroading on the Great DivideOctober 1, 1961 – Gerdes Folk City, NYC24. Introduction: Fixin’ to Die25. Fixin’ to Die1961 – Folklore Center, NYC26. I’ll Fly Away – Take 1 (Alternate Take)*September 29, 1961 – Carolyn Hester sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYCDisc 21. Introduction: In the Pines2. In the Pines3. Gospel Plow4. Introduction: Young But Daily Growing5. Young But Daily Growing6. Man on the Street7. This Land Is Your Land*8. Pretty PollyNovember 4, 1961 – Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC9. man of constant sorrow – Rehearsal (Alternate Take, Nov 20, 1961)10. HOUSE CARPENTER – Take 1 (Outtake, Nov 22, 1961)*11. YOU’RE NO GOOD – Take 2 with Take 6 Insert (Alternate Take, Nov 20, 1961)12. HE WAS A FRIEND OF MINE – Take 2 (Outtake, Nov 20, 1961)*13. ramblin’ round – Take 2 (Outtake, Nov 22, 1961)*Bob Dylan sessions Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC14. Story: East Orange, New Jersey15. Stealin’16. Po’ Lazarus17. Dink’s Song*18. I Was Young When I Left Home*19. In the Evening20. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down21. CocaineDecember 22, 1961 – Home of Bonnie Beecher, Minneapolis, MNDisc 31. The Death of Emmett Till2. Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 13. Roll On, John*4. Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 25. Hard Times in New York TownBroadcast March 11, 1962 – Folksinger’s Choice, WBAI-FM Studios, NYC6. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid BluesMarch 1962 – Home of Mell and Lillian Bailey, NYC7. Ballad of Donald WhiteSeptember 20, 1962 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC8. Midnight Special – Rehearsals9. Midnight Special – Take 17 (Alternate Take)February 2, 1962 – The Midnight Special sessions, Webster Hall, NYC10. Wichita (Album Version)*11. It’s Dangerous (Album Version)*March 2, 1962 – Three Kings and the Queen and Kings and the Queen, Volume Two sessions, Cue Recording Studios, NYC12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance**13. Talkin’ New York**14. Corrina, Corrina*15. Deep Ellum Blues**16. Introduction: Blowin’ in the Wind17. Blowin’ in the Wind*April 16, 1962 – Gerdes Folk City, NYC18. Rambling, Gambling Willie – Take 3 (Outtake)**19. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle – Take 2 (Outtake)**April 24, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC20. Rocks and Gravel – Take 3 (Outtake)**April 25, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC21. Paths of Victory22. Train A-Travelin’ (Album Version)*October-December 1962 – Broadside Office, NYC23. Hiram Hubbard**24. Quit Your Low Down Ways**25. Let Me Die in My Footsteps**26. Ramblin’ on My Mind**27. Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)**July 2, 1962 – The Finjan, Montreal, CanadaDisc 41. Baby, Please Don’t Go – Take 3 (Outtake)**April 25, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC2. Worried Blues – Take 1 (Outtake)**3. Baby, I’m in the Mood for You – Take 4 (Outtake)**4. Bob Dylan’s Blues – Take 2 (Outtake)**July 9, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC5. Introduction: Tomorrow Is a Long Time6. Tomorrow Is a Long Time7. This Land Is Your Land – The Last Verses8. Long Time GoneAugust 11, 1962 – Home of Dave Whitaker, Minneapolis, MN9. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall*10. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right*11. Barbara Allen*12. The Cuckoo*October 1962 – The Gaslight Cafe, NYC13. That’s All Right – Take 5 (Outtake)**October 26, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC14. Mixed-Up Confusion – Take 10 (Single Alternate Take)**November 1, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC15. Ballad of Hollis Brown – Take 2 (Outtake)**16. Kingsport Town – Take 2 (Outtake)*November 14, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC17. Whatcha Gonna Do? –  Remake, Take 1 (Outtake)**18. Hero Blues – Take 4 (Outtake)**19. I Shall Be Free – Take 3 (Alternate Take)**December 6, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYCDisc 51. The Ballad of the Gliding SwanBroadcast January 13, 1963 – “Madhouse on Castle Street,” BBC-TV Studios, London, England2. Only a Hobo (Album Version)*3. John Brown (Album Version)*February 1963 – Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1 sessions, Folkways Studio, NYC4. All Over You**February 8, 1963 – NYC5. Oxford Town* (Demo)March 1963 – Witmark Studio, NYC6. Bob Dylan’s Dream*7. Introduction: Walls of Red Wing8. Walls of Red Wing**9. Introduction: Tomorrow Is a Long Time10. Tomorrow Is a Long Time*11. Dusty Old Fairgrounds**12. Introduction: Pretty Peggy-O13. Pretty Peggy-O**14. Who Killed Davey Moore?**15. Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie*April 12, 1963 – Town Hall, NYC16. James Alley Blues**April 18, 1963 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC17. I Rode Out One Morning**April 19, 1963 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC18. House of the Rising Sun**April 18, 1963 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC19. Talkin’ World War III BluesApril 21, 1963 – Club 47, Cambridge, MA20. Masters of War – Take 6 (Alternate Take)21. Girl from the North Country – Take 4 (Alternate Take)April 24, 1963 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYCDisc 61. Introduction by Cordell Reagon2. Only a Pawn in Their Game3. Blowin’ in the WindJuly 6, 1963 – SNCC Voter Registration Rally, Greenwood, MS4. Eternal Circle5. Liverpool Gal6. West MemphisJuly 17, 1963 – Home of Tony Glover, Minneapolis, MN7. North Country Blues*8. With God on Our Side*July 27, 1963 – Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI9. Playboys and Playgirls*July 28, 1963 – Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI10. Blowin’ in the Wind*July 26, 1963 – Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI; Bob Dylan: vocals and guitar11. Slate: Boots of Spanish Leather12. Boots of Spanish Leather – Take 1 (Alternate Take)13. Seven Curses – Take 3 (Outtake)*14. Farewell – Take 5 (Outtake)*August 6, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC15. Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag – Remake, Take 3 (Outtake)August 7, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC16. Moonshiner – Remake, Take 1 (Outtake)*August 12, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC17. Introduction by Joan Baez18. Troubled and I Don’t Know Why*August 17, 1963 – Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, NYC19. Introduction by Ossie Davis20. When the Ship Comes In**August 28, 1963 – March on Washington, Washington, D.C.21. The Lonesome Death of Hattie CarrollSeptember 1963 – Home of Ben Shapiro, Los Angeles22. The Times They Are A-Changin’September 1963 – California23. One Too Many Mornings – Take 1 (Alternate Take)October 24, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC24. Key to the Highway – Take 1 (Outtake)October 23, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYCDisc 71. 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 Wind9. Blowin’ in the Wind**10. Introduction: Percy’s Song11. Percy’s Song**12. Seven Curses**13. Walls of Red Wing**14. Introduction: North Country Blues15. North Country Blues*16. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall*October 26, 1963 – Carnegie Hall, NYCDisc 81. Talkin’ World War III Blues**2. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right**3. Story: Hootenanny Hoot4. With God on Our Side*5. Only a Pawn in Their Game**6. Introduction: Masters of War7. Masters of War*8. Introduction: The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll9. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll*10. Introduction: When the Ship Comes In11. When the Ship Comes In*October 26, 1963 – Carnegie Hall, NYC * All tracks previously UNRELEASED unless otherwise noted** Previously released on 50th Anniversary Collection 1962 and The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963  (Sony)www.bobdylan.com
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