The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 - 4LP - Black
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10/31/2025
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Highlights Set.
UPC: 0198029130010
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.
8CD - 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.
4LP - 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.
2CD - The 2-CD Highlights edition includes a 32-page perfect bound book and features 42 tracks, of which 18 are completely unreleased as well as 9 super-rare cuts.
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Disc 1
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 (Informal Recording, Madison, ...