Bob Dylan ha annunciato "Bootleg series, volume 18": cosa ci sarà

"Apriti, sesamo!": e l'archivio di Bob Dylan torna ad aprirsi, svelando i suoi tesori. Il leggendario cantautore ha annunciato l'uscita, prevista per il prossimo 31 ottobre, del volume numero diciotto delle "Bootleg series", la serie di cofanetti contenenti inediti e rarità inaugurata nel 1991. "Bootleg series volume 18: Through the open window 1956-1963", questo il titolo del nuovo mega-cofanetto, conterrà - come suggerisce il titolo - materiale d'archivio risalente ai sette anni compresi tra il 1965 e il 1963, quelli della "formazione" del futuro premio Nobel per la letteratura. 

Il cofanetto - già preordinabile sul sito di Sony Music - 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 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. L'antologia si chiude con la registrazione 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.

Come anticipazione del box, è già disponibile in digitale “Rocks and gravel":

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 playgirls*
   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

Note
* Tutti i brani inediti, salvo diversa indicazione
** Pubblicato in precedenza in 50th Anniversary Collection 1962 e The 50th Anniversary Collection 1963 (Sony)