Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol. 18 confirmed as Through The Open Window 1956-1963 set for October release

Another entry into The Bootleg Series from Bob Dylan‘s team will chart his songwriting and performances from 1956 to 1963.

The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window will be released on October 31 in vinyl and CD formats. Slight information on the package was leaked earlier this year, with the album image seen weeks in advance of a formal album cover. Dylan’s team will formally announce news of the release in the coming days, but a streaming service listing of the album has left keen fans with a list of songs to expect from the new entry. Classics from The Gaslight Cafe, Carnegie Chapter Hall, and early years songs from the vault are to be released. A handful of songs featured on the set have since been released to Spotify. Further details of format releases and extended vinyl runs featuring all songs have not been announced yet.

An official statement from Dylan’s team reads: “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.”

A total of 165 songs will be included in the package, with a “highlights” version featured on Spotify. Both tracklists can be found below, with the highlights listing first, followed by the full 165-song set.

• Let the Good Times Roll (Terlinde Music Shop, St. Paul, MN, 1956)
• I Got a New Girl (Informal Recording, Hibbing, MN, 1959)
• Jesus Christ (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
• K.C. Moan (feat. Danny Kalb) (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
• Remember Me (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
• Railroading on the Great Divide (feat. Jim Kweskin) (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
• Man of Constant Sorrow (Bob Dylan Rehearsal, NYC, 1961)
• He Was a Friend of Mine (Studio Outtake – 1961)
• Story: East Orange, New Jersey (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Po’ Lazarus (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Dink’s Song (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• I Was Young When I Left Home (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Cocaine (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Talkin’ New York (Live at Gerde’s Folk City, New York, NY – April 1962)
• Corrina, Corrina (Live at Gerde’s Folk City, New York, NY – April 1962)
• (I Hear That) Lonesome Whistle
• Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
• Let Me Die in My Footsteps (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
• Tomorrow is a Long Time (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
• Don’t Think Twice, it’s All Right (Live at the Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
• The Cuckoo (Live at the Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
• The Ballad of the Gliding Swan (BBC-TV, London, 1963)
• John Brown (Broadside Ballads Album Version, NYC, 1963)
• Dusty Old Fairgrounds (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY – April 1963)
• House of the Rising Sun (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
• Seven Curses (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
• Masters of War (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
• Girl from the North Country (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
• Liverpool Gal (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963)
• Boots of Spanish Leather (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
• Moonshiner (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
• The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Party, Los Angeles, 1963)
• The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Informal Recording, California, 1963)
• Who Killed Davey Moore? (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Blowin’ in the Wind (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• North Country Blues (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Talkin’ World War III Blues (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Only a Pawn in Their Game (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• When the Ship Comes In (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)

A full tracklist of all 165 songs can be found below. The above list is the highlights package featured on Spotify.

• Let the Good Times Roll (Terlinde Music Shop, St. Paul, MN, 1956)
• I Got a New Girl (Informal Recording, Hibbing, MN, 1959)
• San Francisco Bay Blues (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
• Jesus Christ (Informal Recording, Minneapolis, MN, 1960)
• East Virginia Blues (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
• K.C. Moan (feat. Danny Kalb) (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
• Hard Travelin’ (feat. Danny Kalb) (Informal Recording, Madison, WI, 1960)
• Pastures of Plenty (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
• Remember Me (Informal Recording, East Orange, NJ, 1961)
• Song to Woody (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1961)
• Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues (The Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1961)
• Ain’t No Grave (Informal Recording, NYC, 1961)
• I Ain’t Got No Home (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Death Don’t Have No Mercy (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Devilish Mary (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Introduction by Bob Yellin (Riverside Church, NYC, 1961)
• Handsome Molly (Riverside Church, NYC, 1961)
• Introduction: See That My Grave is Kept Clean (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
• See That My Grave is Kept Clean (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
• The Girl I Left Behind (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
• Introduction: Pretty Boy Floyd (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
• Pretty Boy Floyd (feat. Jim Kweskin) (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
• Railroading on the Great Divide (feat. Jim Kweskin) (Gerdes Folk City, NYC, 1961)
• Introduction: Fixin’ to Die (Folklore Center, NYC, 1961)
• Fixin’ to Die (feat. Dave Van Ronk) (Folklore Center, NYC, 1961)
• I’ll Fly Away (Carolyn Hester feat. Bob Dylan)
• Introduction: In the Pines (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
• In the Pines (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
• Gospel Plow (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
• Introduction: Young But Daily Growing (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
• Young But Daily Growing (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
• Man on the Street (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
• This Land is Your Land (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
• Pretty Polly (Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC, 1961)
• Man of Constant Sorrow (Bob Dylan Rehearsal, NYC, 1961)
• House Carpenter (Studio Outtake – 1961)
• You’re No Good (Bob Dylan Alternate Take, NYC, 1961)
• He Was a Friend of Mine (Studio Outtake – 1961)
• Ramblin’ Round (Bob Dylan Outtake – 1961)
• Story: East Orange, New Jersey (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Stealin’ (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Po’ Lazarus (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Dink’s Song (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• I Was Young When I Left Home (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• In the Evening (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• Cocaine (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1961)
• The Death of Emmett Till (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
• Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 1 (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
• Roll On, John (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
• Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 2 (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
• Hard Times in New York Town (WBAI-FM, NYC, 1962)
• Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (Informal Recording, NYC, 1962)
• Ballad of Donald White (Informal Recording, NYC, 1962)
• Midnight Special (The Midnight Special Rehearsals, NYC, 1962) (Harry Belafonte feat. Bob Dylan)
• Midnight Special (The Midnight Special Alternate Take, 1962) (Harry Belafonte feat. Bob Dylan)
• Wichita (Three Kings and the Queen Album Version, NYC, 1962) (Big Joe Williams feat. Bob Dylan)
• It’s Dangerous (Three Kings and the Queen, Volume Two Album Version, NYC, 1962) (Victoria Spivey feat. Bob Dylan and Big Joe Williams)
• Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance (Live at Gerde’s Folk City, New York, NY – April 1962)
• Talkin’ New York (Live at Gerde’s Folk City, New York, NY – April 1962)
• Corrina, Corrina (Live at Gerde’s Folk City, New York, NY – April 1962)
• Deep Ellum Blues (Live at Gerde’s Folk City, New York, NY – April 1962)
• Introduction: Blowin’ in the Wind (Live at Gerde’s Folk Ciy, New York, NY – April 1962)
• Blowin’ in the Wind (Live at Gerde’s Folk Ciy, New York, NY – April 1962)
• Rambling Gambling Willie
• (I Hear That) Lonesome Whistle
• Rocks and Gravel (Solid Road)
• Paths of Victory (Broadside Office, NYC, 1962)
• Train A-Travelin’ (Broadside Reunion Album Version, NYC, 1962)
• Hiram Hubbard (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
• Quit Your Low Down Ways (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
• Let Me Die in My Footsteps (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
• Ramblin’ on My Mind (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
• Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) (The Finjan, Montreal, 1962)
• Baby, Please Don’t Go (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
• Worried Blues (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
• Baby, I’m in the Mood for You (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
• Bob Dylan’s Blues (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
• Introduction: Tomorrow is a Long Time (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
• Tomorrow is a Long Time (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
• This Land is Your Land – The Last Verses (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
• Long Time Gone (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1962)
• A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Live at the Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
• Don’t Think Twice, it’s All Right (Live at the Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
• Barbara Allen (Live at the Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
• The Cuckoo (Live at the Gaslight Cafe, NYC, 1962)
• That’s All Right, Mama (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
• Mixed Up Confusion (Single Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
• Ballad of Hollis Brown (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
• Kingsport Town (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
• Whatcha Gonna Do? (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
• Hero Blues (Freewheelin’ Outtake, NYC, 1962)
• I Shall Be Free (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1962)
• The Ballad of the Gliding Swan (BBC-TV, London, 1963)
• Only a Hobo (Broadside Ballads Album Version, NYC, 1963)
• John Brown (Broadside Ballads Album Version, NYC, 1963)
• All Over You (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963) (feat. Happy Traum and Gil Turner)
• Oxford Town (Witmark Demo, NYC, 1963)
• Bob Dylan’s Dream (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY – April 1963)
• Introduction: Walls of Red Wing (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY – April 1963)
• Walls of Red Wing (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY – April 1963)
• Introduction: Tomorrow is a Long Time (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY – April 1963)
• Tomorrow is a Long Time (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY – April 1963)
• Dusty Old Fairgrounds (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY – April 1963)
• Introduction: Pretty Peggy-O (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY – April 1963)
• Pretty Peggy-O (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY – April 1963)
• Who Killed Davey Moore? (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY – April 1963)
• Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie (Live at Town Hall, New York, NY – April 1963)
• James Alley Blues (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
• I Rode Out One Morning (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
• House of the Rising Sun (Informal Recording, NYC, 1963)
• Talkin’ World War III Blues (Live at Club 47, Cambridge, MA, 1963)
• Masters of War (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
• Girl from the North Country (Freewheelin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
• Introduction by Cirdekk Reagon (SNCC Rally, Greenwood, MS, 1963)
• Only a Pawn in Their Game (SNCC Rally, Greenwood, MS, 1963)
• Blowin’ in the Wind (SNCC Rally, Greenwood, MS, 1963)
• Eternal Circle (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963)
• Liverpool Gal (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963)
• West Memphis (Party, Minneapolis, MN, 1963) (feat. Tony Glover)
• North Country Blues (Live at Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963)
• With God on Our Side (Live at Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963) (feat. Joan Baez)
• Playboys and Playgirls (Live at Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963) (feat. Pete Seeger)
• Blowin’ in the Wind (Live at Newport Folk Festival, RI, 1963) (feat. Joan Baez, Peter, Paul, and Mary, The Freedom Singers, and Pete Seeger)
• Slate: Boots of Spanish Leather (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Sessions, NYC, 1963)
• Boots of Spanish Leather (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
• Seven Curses (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
• Farewell (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
• Bob Dylan’s New Orleans Rag (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
• Moonshiner (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
• Introduction by Joan Baez (Live at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, NYC, 1963)
• Troubled and I Dont Know Why (Live at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, NYC, 1963) (feat. Joan Baez)
• Introduction by Ossie Davis (March on Washington, Washington, D.C., 1963)
• When the Ship Comes In (March on Washington, Washington, D.C., 1963) (feat. Joan Baez)
• The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Party, Los Angeles, 1963)
• The Times They Are A-Changin’ (Informal Recording, California, 1963)
• One Too Many Mornings (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Alternate Take, NYC, 1963)
• Key to the Highway (The Times They Are A-Changin’ Outtake, NYC, 1963)
• The Times They Are a-Changin’ (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Ballad of Hollis Brown (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Introduction: Who Killed Davey Moore? (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Who Killed Davey Moore? (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Boots of Spanish Leather (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Lay Down Your Weary Tune (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Introduction: Blowin’ in the Wind (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Blowin’ in the Wind (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Introduction: Percy’s Song (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Percy’s Song (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Seven Curses (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Walls of Red Wing (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Introduction: North Country Blues (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• North Country Blues (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Talkin’ World War III Blues (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Story: Hootenanny Hoot (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• With God on Our Side (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Only a Pawn in Their Game (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Introduction: Masters of War (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Masters of War (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Introduction: The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• Introduction: When the Ship Comes In (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)
• When the Ship Comes In (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY – October 1963)