Bob Dylan is an American musician, singer-songwriter, music producer, artist, and writer. He has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly reluctant figurehead of social unrest.
All songs written by Bob Dylan, except where noted.
1959–1960
Minnesota home recordings, part 1
May 1959
Home of Ric Kangas, Hibbing, Minnesota (time unknown) "When I Got Troubles" - Home recording released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack
September 1960
Home of Bob Dylan, Minneapolis, Minnesota (time unknown) "Rambler, Gambler" (Traditional) – Home recording released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack
1961
Carnegie Chapter Hall concert
November 4, 1961
Carnegie Chapter Hall, New York City (time unknown) "This Land Is Your Land" (Woody Guthrie) – Live recording released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack
Bob Dylan sessions
November 20, 1961
Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, New York City (7.00pm-10.00 pm) "You're No Good" (Jesse Fuller) [Takes 1–8] – Take 5 released on Bob Dylan "Fixin' to Die" (Bukka White) [Takes 1–3] – Take 3 released on Bob Dylan "He Was a Friend of Mine" (Traditional) [Takes 1–2] – Take 2 released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 "House of the Risin' Sun" (Traditional) [Takes 1–3] – Take 3 released on Bob Dylan "Talkin' New York" [Takes 1–2] – Take 2 released on Bob Dylan "Song to Woody" [Takes 1–2] – Take 2 released on Bob Dylan "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" (Traditional) [Take 1] – Take 1 released on Bob Dylan "Man of Constant Sorrow" (Traditional) [Take 1] "In My Time of Dyin'" (Traditional) [Take 1] – Take 1 released on Bob Dylan
November 22, 1961
Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, New York City (2.30pm-5.30 pm) "Man on the Street" [Takes 1–4, 6] – Take 2 released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991; included on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 "(As I Go) Ramblin' Round" (Woody Guthrie) [Takes 1–2] "Man of Constant Sorrow" [Remake] [Takes 1–3] – Take 3 released on Bob Dylan "Pretty Peggy-O" (Traditional) [Takes 1–2] – Take 2 released on Bob Dylan "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" (Blind Lemon Jefferson) [Takes 1–4] – Take 2 released on Bob Dylan "Gospel Plow" (Traditional) [Take 1] – Take 1 released on Bob Dylan "Highway 51" (Curtis Jones) [Take 1] – Take 1 released on Bob Dylan "Freight Train Blues" (Traditional) [Take 1] – Take 1 released on Bob Dylan "House Carpenter" (Traditional) [Take 1] – Take 1 released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991
Minnesota home recordings, part 2
December 22
Home of Bonnie Beecher, Minneapolis, Minnesota (time unknown) "Hard Times in New York Town" - Home recording released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 "Dink's Song (Traditional) – Home recording released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack "I Was Young When I Left Home" - Home recording released on Love and Theft (limited edition); included on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack
1962
New York home recordings, part 1
January 29, 1962
Home of Eve and Mac MacKenzie, New York City (time unknown) "Hard Times in New York Town" - Home recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "The Death of Emmett Till" - Home recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection
Leeds demo recordings
February 1962
Leeds Music Demos, New York City (time unknown) "Hard Times in New York Town" - Demo recording released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 "Poor Boy Blues" – Demo recording released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 "Ballad for a Friend" – Demo recording released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 "Rambling, Gambling Willie" – Demo recording released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 "Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues" – Demo recording released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964 "Standing on the Highway" – Demo recording released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964
Gerde's Folk City concert
April 16, 1962
Gerde's Folk City, New York City (time unknown) "Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance" (Dylan/Henry Thomas) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Talkin' New York" - Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Corrina, Corrina" (Traditional) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Deep Ellem Blues" (Traditional) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Blowin' in the Wind" - Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan sessions, part 1
April 24, 1962
Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, New York City (2.30pm-5.30 pm) "Going to New Orleans" (Traditional) [Takes 1–2] – Takes 1 and 2 released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Sally Gal" [Takes 1–3] Take 1 – Released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack Takes 2 and 3 – Released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Rambling Gambling Willie" [Takes 1–4] Takes 1 and 3 – Released on The 50th Anniversary Collection Take 4 – Released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961-1991 "Corrina, Corrina" (Traditional) [Takes 1–2] – Takes 1 and 2 released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "The Death of Emmett Till" [Take 1] – Take 1 released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues" [Takes 1–3] "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle" (Hank Williams/Jimmie Davis) [Takes 1–2] – Take 2 released on The 50th Anniversary Collection
April 25, 1962
Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, New York City (2.30pm-5.30 pm) "Rocks and Gravel" [Takes 1–3] – Take 3 released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Let Me Die in My Footsteps" [Take 1] – Take 1 released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 "Talkin' Havah Negeilah Blues" [Take 1] – Take 1 released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 "Sally Gal" [Takes 4–5] – Takes 4 and 5 released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) [Takes 1–3] – Takes 1 and 3 – released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Milk Cow's (Calf's) Blues (Good Morning Blues)" (Robert Johnson) [Takes 1–3] – Takes 1 and 3 – released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Wichita (Going to Louisiana)" (Traditional) [Take 1 and Take unnumbered] Take 1 – Released on The 50th Anniversary Collection An "unnumbered take" released on The 50th Anniversary Collection is a duplicate of Take 2 "Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues" [Takes 1–3] Take 3 – Released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 "Milk Cow's (Calf's) Blues (Good Morning Blues)" (Johnson) [Take 4] – Take 4 released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Wichita (Going to Louisiana)" (Traditional) [Take 2] – Take 2 released on The 50th Anniversary Collection
Broadside Show, recorded for WBAI-FM
May 1962
WBAI Studios, New York City (time unknown) Recorded under the alias Blind Boy Grunt. "The Ballad of Donald White" – Recording released on Broadside Ballads, Volume 6: Broadside Reunion "The Ballad of Emmett Till" – Recording released on Broadside Ballads, Volume 6: Broadside Reunion "Blowin' in the Wind" – Recording unreleased
Witmark demo recordings, part 1
July 1962
Witmark Studio, New York City (time unknown) "Blowin' in the Wind" – Demo recording released on The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962–1964
Finjan Club concert
July 2, 1962
Finjan Club, Montreal, Quebec (time unknown) "The Death of Emmett Till" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Stealin'" (Traditional) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Hiram Hubbard" (Traditional) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Blowin' in the Wind" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Rocks and Gravel" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Quit Your Low Down Ways" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "He Was a Friend of Mine" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Let Me Die in My Footsteps" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Two Trains Runnin'" (McKinley Morganfield) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Ramblin' on My Mind" (Johnson) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Blue Yodel No. 8 (Muleskinner Blues)" (Jimmie Rodgers) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Blue Yodel No. 8 (Muleskinner Blues), Part 2" (Rodgers) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan sessions, part 2
July 9, 1962
Studio A, Columbia Recording Studios, New York City (2.30pm-5.30 pm) "Baby, I'm in the Mood for You" [Takes 1–3] Take 2 – Released on The 50th Anniversary Collection Take 3 – Released on Biograph "Bob Dylan's Blues" [Take 1] – Take 1 released on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan "Blowin' in the Wind" [Takes 1–3] Takes 1 and 2 – Released on The 50th Anniversary Collection Take 3 – Released on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan "Quit Your Lowdown Ways" [Take 1] – Take 1 released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 "Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance" (Dylan/Thomas) [Take 1] – Take 3 released on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan "Down the Highway" [Take 1] – Take 1 released on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan "Worried Blues" (Traditional) [Takes 1–2] Take 1 – Released on The 50th Anniversary Collection Take 2 – Released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991 "Baby, I'm in the Mood for You" [Take 4] – Take 4 released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Bob Dylan's Blues" [Takes 2–3] – Takes 2 and 3 released on The 50th Anniversary Collection
Carnegie Hall concert
September 22, 1962
Carnegie Hall, New York City (time unknown) "Sally Gal" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Highway 51" (Curtis Jones) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Ballad of Hollis Brown" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection
New York home recordings, part 2
September 1962
Home of Eve and Mac MacKenzie, New York City (time unknown) "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" (Blind Lemon Jefferson) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Ballad of Donald White" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection
Gaslight Cafe concert
October 15, 1962
Gaslight Cafe, New York City (time unknown) "Barbara Allen" (Traditional) – Live recording released on Live at The Gaslight 1962 "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" – Live recording released on Live at The Gaslight 1962 "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" – Live recording released on Live at The Gaslight 1962 "Black Cross" (Lord Buckley) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "No More Auction Block" (Traditional) – Live recording released on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991; included on The 50th Anniversary Collection "Rocks and Gravel" – Live recording released on Live at The Gaslight 1962 "Moonshiner" (Traditional) – Live recording released on Live at The Gaslight 1962 "John Brown" – Live recording released on Live at The Gaslight 1962 "Ballad of Hollis Brown" – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" (Jefferson) – Live recording released on The 50th Anniversary Collection