Bob Dylan: esce il cofanetto “Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963”

NEW YORK – Oggi, 31 ottobre, esce in fisico e in digitale l’attesissimo cofanetto Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 (Columbia Records / Legacy Recordings) di Bob Dylan. Il cofanetto ‘Through The Open Window’ ripercorre la nascita e la crescita artistica di Bob Dylan come autore e interprete, dal Minnesota alla scena bohémien del Greenwich Village nei primi anni Sessanta. La raccolta include rari outtakes dagli archivi Columbia, registrazioni live in club e coffeehouse, sessioni improvvisate in appartamenti di amici e jam in ritrovi di musicisti ormai scomparsi. Molti di questi documenti sono rarissimi, altri vengono pubblicati per la prima volta.

Il cofanetto offre un ritratto unico dei primi anni di Dylan, quando affinava il proprio talento e trasformava brani folk tradizionali e abbozzi di testi in canzoni destinate a diventare classici immortali, come “Blowin’ in the Wind” e “The Times They Are A-Changin’.” La raccolta si chiude con la pubblicazione, in versione integrale e inedita, del concerto alla Carnegie Hall del 26 ottobre 1963: un evento che segnò l’apice della sua prima ascesa e, allo stesso tempo, la fine dell’inizio della sua lunghissima carriera.

« Di quel tempo e di quei luoghi, questa raccolta è solo un frammento– scrive lo storico Sean Wilentz nel saggio di 125 pagine che accompagna il cofanetto – Eppure, come documento sonoro di un artista che diventa sé stesso — o nel caso di Dylan, il primo dei suoi molti sé artistici — la raccolta mira a far collassare tempo e spazio, non come una rêverie nostalgica ma come un collegamento vivente tra passato e presente, tra vecchio e nuovo, che non sono mai così distinti come potremmo pensare».

Il box deluxe da 8CD contiene 139 brani, di cui 48 inediti assoluti e 38 rarità, oltre a un libro rilegato con note approfondite di Sean Wilentz e oltre 100 fotografie rare.

Le edizioni ridotte da 2CD e 4LP comprendono invece 42 brani.

TRACKLIST

BOOTLEG SERIES VOLUME 18: THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW, 1956-1963

Disc 1

1. Let the Good Times Roll

December 24, 1956 – Terlinde Music Shop, St. Paul, MN

2. I Got a New Girl

May 1959 – Home of Ric Kangas, Hibbing, MN

3. San Francisco Bay Blues

4. Jesus Christ

September 1960 – Home of Bob Dylan, Minneapolis, MN

5. East Virginia Blues

6. K.C. Moan

7. Hard Travelin’

Late 1960 – Madison, WI

8. Pastures of Plenty

9. Remember Me

February 1961 – Home of Bob and Sid Gleason, East Orange, NJ

10. Song to Woody

11. Talkin’ Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues

September 6, 1961 – The Gaslight Cafe, NYC

12. Ain’t No Grave

Summer 1961 – Home of Mell and Lillian Bailey, NYC

13. I Ain’t Got No Home

May 13, 1961 – Coffman Theater, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

14. Death Don’t Have No Mercy

15. Devilish Mary

May 1961 – Minneapolis, MN

16. Introduction: Riverside Church

17. Handsome Molly

July 29, 1961 – Saturday of Folk Music (WRVR-FM), Riverside Church, NYC

18. Introduction: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

19. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean

20. The Girl I Left Behind

21. Introduction: Pretty Boy Floyd

22. Pretty Boy Floyd

23. Railroading on the Great Divide

October 1, 1961 – Gerdes Folk City, NYC

24. Introduction: Fixin’ to Die

25. Fixin’ to Die

1961 – Folklore Center, NYC

26. I’ll Fly Away – Take 1 (Alternate Take)

September 29, 1961 – Carolyn Hester sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC

Disc 2

1. Introduction: In the Pines

2. In the Pines

3. Gospel Plow

4. Introduction: Young But Daily Growing

5. Young But Daily Growing

6. Man on the Street

7. This Land Is Your Land

8. Pretty Polly

November 4, 1961 – Carnegie Chapter Hall, NYC

9. 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, NYC

14. Story: East Orange, New Jersey

15. Stealin’

16. Po’ Lazarus

17. Dink’s Song

18. I Was Young When I Left Home

19. In the Evening

20. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

21. Cocaine

December 22, 1961 – Home of Bonnie Beecher, Minneapolis, MN

Disc 3

1. The Death of Emmett Till

2. Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 1

3. Roll On, John

4. Conversation: Folksinger’s Choice, 2

5. Hard Times in New York Town

Broadcast March 11, 1962 – Folksinger’s Choice,WBAI-FM Studios, NYC

6. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues

March 1962 – Home of Mell and Lillian Bailey, NYC

7. Ballad of Donald White

September 20, 1962 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC

8. Midnight Special – Rehearsals

9. Midnight Special – Take 17 (Alternate Take)

February 2, 1962 – The Midnight Special sessions, Webster Hall, NYC

10. 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, NYC

12. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance

13. Talkin’ New York

14. Corrina, Corrina

15. Deep Ellum Blues

16. Introduction: Blowin’ in the Wind

17. Blowin’ in the Wind

April 16, 1962 – Gerdes Folk City, NYC

18. 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, NYC

20. Rocks and Gravel – Take 3 (Outtake)

April 25, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC

21. Paths of Victory

22. Train A-Travelin’ (Album Version)

October-December 1962 – Broadside Office, NYC

23. 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, Canada

Disc 4

1. Baby, Please Don’t Go – Take 3 (Outtake)

April 25, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC

2. 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, NYC

5. Introduction: Tomorrow Is a Long Time

6. Tomorrow Is a Long Time

7. This Land Is Your Land – The Last Verses

8. Long Time Gone

August 11, 1962 – Home of Dave Whitaker, Minneapolis, MN

9. 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, NYC

13. That’s All Right – Take 5 (Outtake)

October 26, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC

14. Mixed-Up Confusion – Take 10 (Single Alternate Take)

November 1, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC

15. Ballad of Hollis Brown – Take 2 (Outtake)

16. Kingsport Town – Take 2 (Outtake)

November 14, 1962 – Freewheelin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC

17. 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, NYC

Disc 5

1. The Ballad of the Gliding Swan

Broadcast January 13, 1963 – “Madhouse on Castle Street,” BBC-TV Studios, London, England

2. Only a Hobo (Album Version)

3. John Brown (Album Version)

February 1963 – Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1 sessions, Folkways Studio, NYC

4. All Over You

February 8, 1963 – NYC

5. Oxford Town (Demo)

March 1963 – Witmark Studio, NYC

6. Bob Dylan’s Dream

7. Introduction: Walls of Red Wing

8. Walls of Red Wing

9. Introduction: Tomorrow Is a Long Time

10. Tomorrow Is a Long Time

11. Dusty Old Fairgrounds

12. Introduction: Pretty Peggy-O

13. Pretty Peggy-O

14. Who Killed Davey Moore?

15. Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie

April 12, 1963 – Town Hall, NYC

16. James Alley Blues

April 18, 1963 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC

17. I Rode Out One Morning

April 19, 1963 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC

18. House of the Rising Sun

April 18, 1963 – Home of Mac and Eve McKenzie, NYC

19. Talkin’ World War III Blues

April 21, 1963 – Club 47, Cambridge, MA

20. 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, NYC

Disc 6

1. Introduction by Cordell Reagon

2. Only a Pawn in Their Game

3. Blowin’ in the Wind

July 6, 1963 – SNCC Voter Registration Rally, Greenwood, MS

4. Eternal Circle

5. Liverpool Gal

6. West Memphis

July 17, 1963 – Home of Tony Glover, Minneapolis, MN

7. North Country Blues

8. With God on Our Side

July 27, 1963 – Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI

9. Playboys and Playgirl

July 28, 1963 – Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI

10. Blowin’ in the Wind

July 26, 1963 – Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI; Bob Dylan: vocals and guitar

11. Slate: Boots of Spanish Leather

12. 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, NYC

15. 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, NYC

16. Moonshiner – Remake, Take 1 (Outtake)

August 12, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC

17. Introduction by Joan Baez

18. Troubled and I Don’t Know Why

August 17, 1963 – Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, NYC

19. Introduction by Ossie Davis

20. When the Ship Comes In

August 28, 1963 – March on Washington, Washington, D.C.

21. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

September 1963 – Home of Ben Shapiro, Los Angeles

22. The Times They Are A-Changin’

September 1963 – California

23. One Too Many Mornings – Take 1 (Alternate Take)

October 24, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC

24. Key to the Highway – Take 1 (Outtake)

October 23, 1963 – The Times They Are A-Changin’ sessions, Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, NYC

Disc 7

1. 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 Wind

9. Blowin’ in the Wind

10. Introduction: Percy’s Song

11. Percy’s Song

12. Seven Curses

13. Walls of Red Wing

14. Introduction: North Country Blues

15. North Country Blues

16. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall

October 26, 1963 – Carnegie Hall, NYC

Disc 8

1. Talkin’ World War III Blues

2. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right

3. Story: Hootenanny Hoot

4. With God on Our Side

5. Only a Pawn in Their Game

6. Introduction: Masters of War

7. Masters of War

8. Introduction: The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

9. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

10. Introduction: When the Ship Comes In

11. When the Ship Comes In

October 26, 1963 – Carnegie Hall, NYC