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Dylan Bootleg Archive Reassessment

Coverage from Mojo, Flagging Down The Double E's, and others

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Recent coverage is dominated by Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol.

18 and related archival commentary, with heavy attention to early recordings, live performances, and curatorial framing. The material repeatedly treats Dylan's 1956-1963 development as the key lens, while older pieces provide context for earlier Bootleg Series releases and the broader archive market. The topic is coherent, structurally ongoing, and driven by archival release activity rather than isolated performance news.

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06/29/2026

The story has broadened from a Minnesota-centered archival release into a more fully framed early-career Dylan collection, with new emphasis on Greenwich Village venues, Carnegie Hall, and multiple consumer formats. The core significance now lies less in the discovery of early tape sources and more in how the set narrates Dylan's transition into a songwriter through a chronological career arc.

06/29/2026

The story has shifted from broad archival commentary to a concrete release announcement for Bootleg Series Volume 18, with new specifics on timing, title, and source material. The biggest added significance is the stronger Minnesota emphasis and the explicit preview of previously unheard material.

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Mojo / Danny Eccleston
The Bootleg Series Volume 18 is out October 31 on Columbia Legacy.
10/27/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Flagging Down The Double E's / Ray Padgett
An analytical guide examines the eight disc Through The Open Window set, chronicling Dylan's 1956–1963 tapes, studio sessions, and live performances and noting first appearances and improved transfers.
10/31/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Peter Stone Brown Archives / Peter Stone Brown
Columbia released The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3, a box set of 58 unreleased Dylan recordings spanning 1961–1989.
3/7/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Peter Stone Brown Archives / Peter Stone Brown
Bob Dylan remastering trends and controversies analyzed in a Substack article.
3/21/2024 • Albums & Recordings • reissue/remaster
Flagging Down The Double E's / Ray Padgett
Dylan performed in Antioch, Tennessee on Sep 8, 1999 during the tour with Paul Simon, with Marty Stuart sitting in for every song.
10/3/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Recliner Notes
On Feb 19, 1985, Bob Dylan recorded multiple versions of When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky in collaborative sessions with Steven Van Zandt, Roy Bittan, and Sly & Robbie.
10/13/2021 • Songs & Songwriting • Song Analysis
Americanpopularculture / Tara Brabazon
Spring 2020, Brabazon and Redhead analyze Dylan's reissues and Sony's Bootleg Series in the American Popular Culture journal.
1/1/1900 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Dylan.FM / Dylan.FM
Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window, 1956-1963, is reviewed as a comprehensive archive of Dylan's early performances.
11/1/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Ultimate Classic Rock / Michael Gallucci
Bootleg Series Volume 18 Through the Open Window documents Dylan's formative years from a 1956 Minneapolis recording to a 1963 Carnegie Hall performance.
10/28/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Ultimate Classic Rock / Michael Gallucci
Ultimate Classic Rock reviews Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16, detailing Infidels era outtakes and unreleased material on the site.
9/14/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
No Depression: Roots Music and Culture Journalism / Michael Elliott
Bob Dylan releases Springtime in New York, the 16th Bootleg Series installment, documenting 1980–1985 recording sessions for Shot of Love, Infidels and Empire Burlesque.
9/14/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
97X
Bootleg Series Volume 18 Through the Open Window chronicles Dylan's early career from a 1956 private recording to the 1963 Carnegie Hall concert.
10/28/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Jonimitchell
Columbia released Bootleg Series Vol. 1 of Bob Dylan rarities and outtakes to coincide with Dylan's 50th birthday, including unreleased tracks and extensive notes by John Bauldie.
1/1/1900 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
thebluemoment.com / Richard Williams
On 2025-11-14, The Blue Moment published a review of Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window, covering 1956–1963 recordings.
11/14/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Glide Magazine / Doug Collette
The Bootleg Series Vol. 18, issued as an 8-CD box set and double-CD, compiles Bob Dylan recordings from 1956 to 1963, curated by Sean Wilentz and Steve Berkowitz.
10/31/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Rock Cellar Magazine / Jeff Slate
In 2025, Rock Cellar Magazine publishes an interview with Sean Wilentz and Josh Ritter about Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series release Through the Open Window.
11/14/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Mojo / Dorian Lynskey
MOJO reports that Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series Vol. 18, spanning 1956–1963 and including a complete Carnegie Hall concert, is released October 31 on Columbia Records in the UK and USA.
9/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Metacritic
Bootleg Series Vol. 18 Through The Open Window 1956-1963 centers on the October 26, 1963 Carnegie Hall show, compiled by Steve Berkowitz and Sean Wilentz and summarized on Metacritic in late October 2025.
10/31/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Maxazine.com / Maxazine
On 2025-11-01, Maxazine published a review of Bob Dylan's Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18, covering 1956–1963 recordings with 48 unreleased tracks and the 1963 Carnegie Hall concert.
11/1/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Downbeat / Daniel Margolis
Bob Dylan’s Springtime In New York compiles rehearsals and outtakes recorded 1980–1985, including Letterman rehearsals and studio sessions.
3/22/1984 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
BourbonAndVinyl
This article reviews Bob Dylan's Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 (1980–1985), examining recordings from Dylan's early-1980s studio sessions and tours.
10/9/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Box Set
Bilingual Culture Blog / Dr Christopher Rollason
On 2025, Columbia released Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18, an eight-CD collection of Bob Dylan recordings from 1956–1963, including the October 26, 1963 Carnegie Hall concert.
12/1/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Paste Magazine / Matt Melis
Paste Magazine reviews Bob Dylan’s Through the Open Window, the 18th Bootleg Series volume spanning 1956–1963, documenting early recordings and New York Carnegie Hall performances to trace Dylan’s emergence.
11/3/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Louder Than War / Ian Corbridge
Louder Than War reviews Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18 Through The Open Window, assessing 1956-63 recordings across studio, home, club, and festival sources.
10/26/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Dylan Revisited
Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 12 surveys 1965-66 sessions across multiple studios, including Nashville.
3/3/2026 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
FLOOD
Springtime in New York compiles 57 tracks of Bob Dylan rehearsals, outtakes and live recordings from 1980–1985 across five discs.
3/22/1984 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Blogger / Harold Lepidus
On 2025-10-31, The Bootleg Series Through The Open Window Vol 18 documents Dylan's 1956–1963 recordings, concluding with the Carnegie Hall 1963 concert in New York.
10/23/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Americana Highways / Jeff Burger
On December 14, 2025, Americana Highways published a review of Bob Dylan's Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 18, covering 1956–1963 recordings.
12/14/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Rolling Stone / David Browne
Rolling Stone reviews Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18, surveying 1956-1963 recordings from New York and Minnesota to document his early artistic development.
10/26/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Clash / Robin Murray
Clash Music reviews Through The Open Window, 1956-1963, a box set compiling Bob Dylan recordings from 1956–1963, including early demos and full Carnegie Hall shows.
10/30/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Rolling Stone / Andy Greene
Rolling Stone reports that Sean Wilentz is curating Bootleg Series Vol 18 Through the Open Window, 1956-1963, detailing Dylan's early recordings and the Village community.
10/27/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Rolling Stone / Andy Greene
Earlier this month, Bob Dylan fans discovered a 28-track 50th Anniversary Collection 1973 of Pat Garrett studio outtakes in European record stores, prompting reseller activity and collector searches.
12/18/2023 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Rolling Stone / Andy Greene
Rolling Stone details the best Bob Dylan bootlegs, specifying when and where each recording occurred and what makes it essential.
5/11/2011 • Live Performance • archival/historical Analysis
Hot Press / Anne Margaret Daniel
Hot Press reviews Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18, covering 1956-1963 recordings from Saint Paul, New York, and London, produced by Steve Berkowitz and Sean Wilentz.
10/24/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Sterlewine / Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The review details Bootleg Series Vol. 18, spanning 1956–1963 recordings across St. Paul, Madison, and New York, including Gerde's Folk City and Carnegie Hall.
11/5/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
AOL / Michael Gallucci
Bootleg Series Volume 18 Through the Open Window documents Dylan's 1956-1963 formative years in an eight disc set.
10/28/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Star Tribune / Jon Bream
Bob Dylan and collaborators release Through the Open Window, a 139-track boxed set of Minnesota recordings from 1956-1963, spanning St. Paul and Minneapolis venues to document Dylan's maturation.
10/29/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
The Heights / Milo Priddle
On Halloween, Dylan's camp released The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window 1956–1963 (Highlights), a 42-track collection of early recordings.
11/2/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-11-03, Cult Following reviewed I Was So Much Younger Then Vol. 2, a bootleg compilation of Bob Dylan's early 1960s recordings, noting archival value despite poor audio.
11/3/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Exclaim! / Vish Khanna
This review details how Legacy Recordings' Through the Open Window documents Bob Dylan's 1956–1963 development across 139 recordings, co-produced by Sean Wilentz and Steve Berkowitz.
10/29/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Tulip Frenzy
Bob Dylan released Tell Tale Signs, a 39-song triple-CD of outtakes and unreleased material drawn from sessions for Oh Mercy, Time Out of Mind, Love & Theft and Modern Times.
10/8/2008 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Rhythms Music Magazine / Brian Wise
Bob Dylans Springtime in New York, a five-CD Bootleg Series compilation of late 1970s and early 1980s outtakes and alternate takes from Rundown Studios, highlights previously unreleased strong tracks.
9/23/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
NPR / Robin Hilton
Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 14 More Blood, More Tracks, drawing from 1974 NYC and Minneapolis sessions, is released on Nov 2 by Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings.
9/20/2018 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
NPR / Unknown
NPR offered an early listen to Tell Tale Signs on 2008-09-30 in the US ahead of the October 7 release.
10/30/2008 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
The FM Club
Bob Dylan recorded Another Side of Bob Dylan in 1964 at Columbia Studio A in New York, with producer Tom Wilson.
1/1/1900 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Pitchfork / Stephen M. Deusner
Pitchfork reviewed Bob Dylan's Through the Open Window, The Bootleg Series Vol. 18, covering 1956-1963 recordings from St. Paul, New York studios, Newport Folk Festival, and Carnegie Hall.
11/8/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Consequence / Paolo Ragusa
Bob Dylan announced Bootleg Series Volume 18 Through The Open Window, an 8xCD box set of 1956-1963 arriving October 31.
9/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Laura Hird / Laura Hird
The article on Laurahird.com examines Bob Dylan's Tell Tale Signs, a double Bootleg Series collection of outtakes and alternate takes from the 1990s and 2000s.
12/5/2009 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Time / Jim Farber
Time reviews Bob Dylan's The Cutting Edge 1965 66, a multi-format archival set covering January 1965 to March 1966 recording sessions.
10/29/2015 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Forbes / Hugh McIntyre
Bob Dylan's Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series, Volume 18, 1956-1963 debuts on four Billboard charts and enters the Top Album Sales at No. 9 in the United States on 2025-11-17.
11/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Forbes / Hugh McIntyre
On 2025-11-11, Forbes reports that Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window, 1956-1963, debuts at No. 1 on the UK Official Americana chart.
11/11/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Exclaim.ca
In an Exclaim! review, Springtime in New York presents Bob Dylan's early-1980s New York-era studio work through 57 unreleased recordings.
9/13/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
A bootleg release called New York Skyline compiles Dylan songs from 1969-1970 using Al Kooper's New Morning tracklist concept.
5/31/2026 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Dylan.FM / Dylan Revisited
The article shows how The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 documents Bob Dylan's 1965-1966 Columbia Studio A sessions in New York.
12/19/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Pitchfork / Matthew Strauss
On October 31, Dylan releases Through the Open Window The Bootleg Series Vol. 18, a 1956–1963 archive including a 1963 Carnegie Hall concert.
9/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Dylan.FM / Dylan Revisited
Bob Dylan performed at New York's Philharmonic Hall on Oct 31, 1964, a concert documented on The Bootleg Series Vol. 6 featuring Joan Baez.
4/3/2024 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Electric Review / Jacob Aiello
Through the Open Window, Bootleg Series Volume 18, compiles Bob Dylan recordings from 1956 to 1963 in New York studio, home, and Carnegie Hall sessions.
12/30/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Box Set
Electric Review / Jacob Aiello
Bob Dylan's Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 compiles 1980–1985 outtakes and alternates from Infidels, Shot of Love and Empire Burlesque.
10/1/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
The Telegraph
The Telegraph published a review of Bob Dylan Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol.16 1980-1985 in the United Kingdom.
9/16/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Johnny B.
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 16 Springtime in New York is analyzed for its 1980-85 rehearsals, outtakes, and live material in a 2021 blog post at johnnyborgan.blog.
9/9/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Johnny B.
Bob Dylan track by track notes on The Bootleg Series Vol 16 cover 1980-1985 rehearsals and outtakes, published Sep 10, 2021 on johnnyborgan.blog.
9/9/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
LongAndWastedYear
Dylan toured extensively across five tours with an MTV Unplugged release and collaborations with Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, and Mick Jagger at venues in Europe and the United States during the mid 1990s.
8/31/2014 • Live Performance • Tour Structure
Untold Dylan
Dylan's versions of This Old Man, You Belong To Me, and Ring Of Fire appear on Disney For Our Children (1991), Natural Born Killers (1994), and Feeling Minnesota (1996).
1/1/1900 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Express.co.uk / Garry Bushell
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol 18 compiles 168 recordings from 1956–1963, opening with a 15-year-old performance and closing with the November 1963 Carnegie Hall show.
10/31/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Variety
Variety reviews Bob Dylan's archival box set Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 (1980-1985), covering unreleased and alternate recordings from the 1980-1985 studio sessions.
9/22/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-10-31 a review assessed Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window 1956–1963, a streaming compilation of 1956–1963 recordings and live performances including Carnegie Hall and Gerdes Folk City, for its archival context and alternate takes.
10/31/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Shepherd Express / David Luhrssen
Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 16, covering the Infidels era in the early 1980s, is reviewed in Shepherd Express.
9/20/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Albums That Should Exist
In December 2025 a blogger published a restored bootleg of Bob Dylan's November 17, 2025 SEC Armadillo concert in Glasgow, adding audience audio from a Dublin show and repairing dropouts.
12/30/2025 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Greil Marcus / Greil Marcus
On December 5, in a Real Life Rock Top 10 column, Greil Marcus surveys Bob Dylan's early-1960s recordings and recent Dylan-related books.
12/4/2025 • Songs & Songwriting • Song Analysis
Elsewhere by Graham Reid / Graham Reid
Elsewhere reviews Bootleg Series Vol. 18 Through the Open Window, highlighting pre-fame performances at New York venues and Newport.
11/6/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Lightwood / Mike Jurkovic
On 2026-01-01, Lightwood Press published an article by Mike Jurkovic analyzing Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through the Open Window.
1/1/2026 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Tracking Angle / Michael Fremer
A four-record archival box set of Bob Dylan's early recordings, including the October 26, 1963 Carnegie Hall concert, is reviewed with notes on release content and booklet visuals.
12/27/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Blogcritics / Jeff Burger
Blogcritics reviews Bob Dylan's Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 18, covering recordings from 1956-1963 in Minnesota, New York, Newport, Washington, and Mississippi.
12/16/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Light Wood Press / Mike Jurkovic
On 2023-09-22, Mike Jurkovic published a subjective retrospective on Dylan's Bootleg Series volumes 11–14 and related releases on lightwoodpress.com.
9/22/2023 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
New York Post / Connor Surmonte
On 2025-10-31, The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 Through the Open Window, 1956-1963 documents Dylan's early New York recordings.
11/1/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Clash
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 is released on October 31, featuring a 1963 Carnegie Hall concert in New York.
10/5/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Variety / Chris Willman
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Volume 18 Through the Open Window, 1956-1963, is due Oct 31, featuring 139 tracks and a historic Carnegie Hall 1963 concert.
9/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Billboard
Billboard reports that Dylan arrived in New York in early 1961, began maturing as a performer and songwriter, and that Volume 18 documents this evolution.
11/6/2025 • Dylan Studies • archival/historical Analysis
Ultimate Classic Rock / Michael Gallucci
Ultimate Classic Rock ranked Bob Dylan Bootleg Series albums on its website, detailing how the 1991 launch reshaped the understanding of Dylan's career.
10/31/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Ultimate Classic Rock / Michael Gallucci
Dylan's Bootleg Series, launched in 1991, is examined in a ranking article on Ultimate Classic Rock.
7/9/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Bob Dylan's Tell Tale Signs bootleg collection is reviewed on Jan 23, 2024 in Cult Following, UK.
1/23/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
The Aquarian
Bob Dylan issues Springtime in New York (1980–1985), Vol. 16 of The Bootleg Series, a multi-disc anthology compiling 57 rehearsal tapes, outtakes and covers from 1980–1985.
9/24/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Bob Dylan's three-disc bootleg A Summer's Dream, drawn from summer 2022 Rough and Rowdy Ways tour shows in California, was reviewed on Feb 24, 2026.
2/24/2026 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following published a review on Feb 15, 2026, of The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1/2, a compilation of Bob Dylan live performances recorded across multiple tour dates including The Theatre of Living Arts in Philadelphia.
2/15/2026 • Live Performance • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On Feb 10, 2026, Cult Following reviewed Songs for Dwarf Music, a 14-track bootleg remaster of The Basement Tapes recorded around Woodstock, New York.
2/10/2026 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Bob Dylan’s bootleg compilation Evergreens / Roll, Roll, Roll, highlighting piano-led live performances and covers, is reviewed Feb 7, 2026 in a UK publication.
2/7/2026 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Dylan performs at Tramps in New York with Elvis Costello during a late 1990s tour.
1/24/2026 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following published on 2026-01-08 a review of Bob Dylan The Complete Recordings 1976 from the Rolling Thunder Revue era at cultfollowing.co.uk.
1/8/2026 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2026-01-07, Cult Following published a review of Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol. 16 Pt. 4 Never Ending Memories.
1/7/2026 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following published a review on 2026-01-05 in the UK of Best of the Rolling Thunder Revue Pt 7 bootleg box set.
1/5/2026 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following
On 2026-01-02, a review of the bootleg Minneapolis Coffee House described Bob Dylan's early coffeehouse recordings and Guthrie-influenced covers from Minneapolis.
1/2/2026 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-12-30, Cult Following reviewed Power, Greed and Corruptible Seed, a compilation of Bob Dylan Infidels-era outtakes and rehearsals featuring Mark Knopfler.
12/30/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Dylan's Through the Open Window, part of The Bootleg Series, is highlighted in Cult Following's 2025 top albums list.
12/19/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-12-19, a review on Cult Following assessed Stealin', a classic Bob Dylan bootleg, as an influential compilation of rarities and alternate performances.
12/19/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Dylan's Kiel 1994 bootleg documents a 1994 Kiel, Germany performance.
12/14/2025 • Live Performance • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-12-06, Cult Following published a review of Bob Dylan’s Asheville 2001 bootleg live recording from Asheville, North Carolina.
12/6/2025 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-12-02, CultFollowing published a review of The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1/2: Never Ending Memories, a bootleg compilation of Bob Dylan Never Ending Tour performances from varied venues.
12/2/2025 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following published on 2025-12-01 a review of Bob Dylan Best of the Rolling Thunder Revue Pt 6.
12/1/2025 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-11-17, cultfollowing published a review of the bootleg Putting Jewels in the Crown, documenting Bob Dylan's Winter 2021 tour performances in Washington and Hershey.
11/17/2025 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Dylan's 1987 GE Smith Audition Tape on tour documents rehearsal and performance moments from the mid 1980s period.
11/16/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-11-13, Cult Following reviewed The Tyrus Tapes Vol. 1, a bootleg compilation of Bob Dylan live performances from his post Love and Theft touring period.
11/13/2025 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-11-09, cultfollowing.co.uk published a review of The Kangas Tape, a minute-and-a-half home recording made at Ric Kangas's home capturing Bob Dylan's early songs and influences.
11/9/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On Nov 6, 2025, Cult Following published a review of The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1/2: Never Ending Memories Pt. 2, a bootleg compilation of Bob Dylan live performances online.
11/6/2025 • Live Performance • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-10-06, Cult Following published a review criticizing Live Sessions 1961-62 for lacking provenance and offering degraded Bob Dylan recordings.
10/6/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
CultFollowing published a review on 2025-09-22 of The Legendary Broadcasts 1960-1964, a Dylan compilation of early live tapes including a Quest, Toronto performance.
9/22/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-09-20, Cult Following published a review of Bob Dylan Through the Decades on the Dylan YouTube channel, detailing live performances from across Dylan’s career.
9/20/2025 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On September 13, 2000, Bob Dylan performed at Vicar Street in Dublin; a bootleg DVD documents this performance and its setlist.
8/14/2025 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-07-23, Cult Following published a review of Enough is Enough: The Best of the Rehearsal Tapes 1971–1989, an unofficial compilation of Bob Dylan rehearsal recordings from 1971–1989.
7/23/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following published a review of The Best of Bob Dylan on Jan 31, 2025 in the United Kingdom.
1/31/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On Jan 30, 2025, cultfollowing.co.uk published a review of Abandoned Desires, a Dylan bootleg focusing on the Desire era.
1/30/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Dylan's Less Blood, Less Tracks Volume 1 compiles live performances linked to Blood on the Tracks, spanning 1978 Toronto to 1992 Sydney.
1/27/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On Jan 26, 2025, Cult Following reviewed Rehearsals, a four-disc soundboard set of Bob Dylan rehearsing with the Grateful Dead recorded prior to their tour.
1/26/2025 • Collaborations & Other Artists • Collaboration
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following in the UK published a review of Blood on the Tracks: New York Sessions on Jan 22, 2025.
1/22/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following published on Jan 21, 2025 a review of Bob Dylan's A Rare Batch of Little White Wonder Vol 3.
1/21/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following published on Jun 18, 2024 on its website a review of Bob Dylan's Better Days Vol. 1 detailing unreleased sessions and live performances.
6/18/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
May 11, 2024, Cult Following published a review of Another Night: Unreleased Recordings 1961-2016 Volume 1.
5/11/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol 12 The Cutting Edge reviews six hours of takes and studio chatter from mid-1960s sessions.
2/27/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following at cultfollowing.co.uk published a review on Dec 6, 2021, of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Volume 1.
12/6/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
NJArts.net / Jay Lustig
On Oct. 31, Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 will be released, featuring two East Orange 1961 recordings made at 182 N. Arlington Ave.
9/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Americana UK / Jonathan Aird
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18, an eight-CD chronological collection of recordings from 1956–1963 across home, radio, clubs, Newport and studio sessions, documents Dylan's early artistic development.
10/30/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Americana UK
This review assesses Bob Dylan's Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 (1980-1985), featuring unreleased studio, rehearsal, and live recordings from the early 1980s.
9/13/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Bob Dylan’s Pennsylvania 2005 bootleg documents a 2005 Pennsylvania concert where piano-led arrangements and surprise setlist choices reworked classic and recent songs.
12/3/2025 • Live Performance • Bootleg
Cult Following / A Deeper Meaning Than Being
Cult Following published on 2025-11-02 in the United Kingdom a review of Bob Dylan best of the Rolling Thunder Revue Pt 5, examining its focus on Baez and the guest artists.
11/2/2025 • Collaborations & Other Artists • Context & Comparison
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following UK published a review on 2025-10-05 criticizing Folk-Singer Humdinger Vol 1 as a poorly curated Dylan compilation.
10/5/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-10-03, Cult Following published a review of The Bootleg Series: Never-Ending Memories Vol. 1, an unofficial compilation of Bob Dylan live shows from 1988–2017.
10/3/2025 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following published a review on 2025-09-18 evaluating Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series 0 Rare and Unreleased 1959-2010 Vol 1 on its site.
9/19/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Dylan will release Bootleg Series Vol. 18 Through The Open Window on October 31 in vinyl and CD formats.
9/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following
On 2025-09-08, Cult Following published a review of Vintage Collection, a YouTube compilation of early Bob Dylan recordings, criticizing its lack of source information.
9/8/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Bob Dylan’s Rothbury Music Festival 2009 performance in Rothbury, Michigan is presented on a nearly two-and-a-half-hour bootleg recording.
8/8/2025 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
At a 1991 Wolf Trap Farm Park performance, Bob Dylan delivered a bootleg-worthy set that reworked classics and included a Johnny Cash cover, reviewed here.
7/24/2025 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-07-04, Cult Following reviewed Bob Dylan's bootleg compilation Collecting My Thoughts in a Pattern, collecting Spring 2022 U.S. performances and rarities.
7/4/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
On 2025-06-22, Cult Following published a review of Odds and Ends, a bootleg compilation of Bob Dylan live and unreleased recordings spanning the early 1960s to mid-1980s.
6/22/2025 • Live Performance • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following published a review on Jun 25, 2024 of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 13 Trouble No More Live in Toronto 1980 in Toronto, Canada.
6/25/2024 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following, a UK based site, published on May 29, 2024, a review of Bob Dylan's The Thundering Sky Volume II, an unofficial bootleg of 1995 live acoustic performances.
5/29/2024 • Live Performance • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following published Feb 9, 2024 a review of Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes - Raw on cultfollowing.co.uk.
2/9/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol 3 Rare and Unreleased is reviewed on Jan 25, 2024 by Cult Following in the United Kingdom.
1/25/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Dylan's 1964 Philharmonic Hall concert in Manhattan is reviewed as part of the Bootleg Series.
1/18/2024 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cult Following published a Jan 14, 2024 review on cultfollowing.co.uk of Bob Dylan's Rare and Unreleased Vol. 2.
1/14/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Box Set
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 4: The Royal Albert Hall Concert is reviewed for its London show with the Hawks during Dylan's electric era.
1/10/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Cultfollowing.co.uk published a review of Dylan's Another Self Portrait on 2023-07-19.
7/19/2023 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Duluth News Tribune / Jay Gabler
On Oct. 31, Columbia/Legacy will release Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series Vol. 18, compiling early recordings from 1956–1963 and previewing a Freewheelin' outtake.
9/18/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Colm’s Substack
Dylan Revisited reviews Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 1, focusing on 1962–63 studio outtakes, demos, and live recordings from North American and UK venues.
2/12/2026 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Americana UK
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963, on 31 October 2025, chronicling Dylan's emergence from Minnesota to Greenwich Village.
9/19/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Under the Radar / Hays Davis
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18, Through the Open Window, 1956–1963, features an 8-CD set including the complete 1963 Carnegie Hall concert.
12/29/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Rock and Roll Globe / Tim Sommer
In a Rock and Roll Globe review, Bob Dylan's Through The Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 1956–1963 is examined as a significant early-years archival release.
12/26/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Americana UK / Jonathan Aird, Arlo Guthrie
Americana-UK published a review of Dylan's Lost Songs Vol 1 online, assigning a 7/10 rating.
6/6/2024 • Collaborations & Other Artists • Cover Version
Twin Cities / Ross Raihala
On Halloween 2025, Bob Dylan will release Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through the Open Window, 1956–1963, featuring rare Minnesota-era outtakes and home recordings.
10/6/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Tulip Frenzy
A one-album set of outtakes, More Blood, More Tracks, reveals Bob Dylan's original 1974 Columbia acoustic sessions recorded in New York and later re-recorded in Minneapolis for the 1975 album Blood On the Tracks.
11/2/2018 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Tulip Frenzy
On Aug 31, 2013, TulipFrenzy reviewed Bob Dylan's Another Self Portrait box set, assessing late-1960s studio outtakes and the complete Isle of Wight 1969 concert in England.
8/31/2013 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
AOL / Craig Rosen
The boxed set was announced on Sept 17 for an Oct 31 release of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through the Open Window, 1956-1963.
9/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Daily Dylan / Daniel Hildebrand
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series 18 Through The Open Window will be released on October 31, 2025 as an eight CD deluxe set.
9/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
The Second Disc / Joe Marchese
On December 22, 2025, The Second Disc published a review of Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window, 1956-1963.
12/22/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
PS Audio
Dylan's Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 box set, covering 1980–1985, is reviewed on the PS Audio site for its demos, outtakes, live tracks, and packaging.
9/27/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Dylan Books
An article on DylanBooks Substack details the Bootleg Series mini books volumes 1 through 17, with liner notes by multiple authors dated 1991-2023.
7/2/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
KLOF Mag / Danny Neill
KLOF Magazine reviews Bob Dylan's Through The Open Window Bootleg Series Vol 18 at klofmag.com in 2025 to assess the collection.
10/24/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Record Collector / Terry Staunton, The Band
Record Collector reviews Bob Dylan's The 1974 Live Recordings, a 27-disc box documenting the 1974 US and Canadian tour with The Band.
9/5/2024 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Albums That Never Were / soniclovenoize
soniclovenoize unveils a stereo reconstruction of Dylan's Dwarf Music acetate on the Albums That Never Were blog on May 31, 2024.
5/31/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Best Classic Bands / Jeff Burger
On 2025-12-17, Best Classic Bands published a review of Bob Dylan's Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 18, covering recordings from 1956–1963.
12/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Best Classic Bands / Harvey Kubernik
Bootleg Series Volume 18 spotlights Dylan's earliest recordings, released in 2025, tracing his path from Minnesota to Greenwich Village.
12/14/2025 • Career & Biography • Early Life
RTTNews
Sony Music Entertainment releases Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Volume 18 Through The Open Window on October 31, 2025.
9/24/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Folk Radio UK / Danny Neill
Bob Dylan's archival box set Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 (1980-1985) is reviewed, focusing on studio, rehearsal, and live recordings from the early 1980s.
9/14/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Folk Alley / Kim Ruehl
Folkalley reviews Bob Dylan’s Fragments — Time Out of Mind Sessions (1996–1997), a Bootleg Series release focused on the Time Out of Mind era and studio work produced with Daniel Lanois.
1/31/2023 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Best Classic Bands / Jeff Burger
Jac Holzman Presents Dylan's Circle was released July 18, 2025 in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
11/18/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Compilation
100 Greatest Bootlegs / thebasement67
Blog author documents a six disc fan bootleg series called Expecting Rain, focused on Dylan's Never Ending Tour, around 2011 on the 100greatestbootlegs blog and related sites, to reexamine live tracks.
12/21/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Crossroads / Cutlercomms
Dylan's biopic A Complete Unknown released on Christmas Day 2024 with worldwide distribution in 2025, while Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window 1956-63 arrived in October 2025.
12/14/2025 • Dylan Studies • Film About Dylan
WORLD / Arsenio Orteza
Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 Through the Open Window, 1956–1963, is reviewed for its historical scope and evolving performances across 1956–1963 in the United States.
12/11/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Beacon / Sadie DeJong
In late October 2025, a review examines Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window, focusing on early recordings through 1963 Carnegie Hall.
11/16/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Record Collector Magazine / Peter Barry
On 26 October 1963, Bob Dylan performed at Carnegie Hall in New York, later featured across two discs of this set.
10/30/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Best Classic Bands / Best Classic Bands Staff
On 2025-10-31, Legacy Recordings released The Bootleg Series Vol 18 Through the Open Window 1956-1963, chronicling Bob Dylan's early years from Minnesota to Greenwich Village and the 1963 Carnegie Hall performance.
11/9/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Stereophile / Sasha Matson
Stereophile reviews Columbia Legacy's Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window, a box set of Bob Dylan recordings from 1956-1963.
1/1/1900 • Release • 15
Music Connection Magazine / Harvey Kubernik
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings released Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 on October 31, 2025.
12/15/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Box Set
inkl
Bob Dylan's eight CD Bootleg Series Deluxe Edition traces his ascent from Minnesota to Greenwich Village and Carnegie Hall, including 139 tracks with 48 unreleased items.
11/2/2025 • Career & Biography • Chronology
Stereophile / Richard Lehnert
Stereophile published a critical essay analyzing Dylan's late career, unreleased vault material, and the reception of albums such as Under the Red Sky.
7/28/1991 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
The Columbian
Columbia Legacy announced Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18 Through the Open Window, 1956-1963, on 2025-11-08 to showcase archival recordings.
11/8/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
THE PRESS
Legacy Records released Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York 1980–1985 in September 2021, documenting Dylan's 1980s recordings.
10/23/2021 • Songs & Songwriting • Song Analysis
Cult Following / Ewan Gleadow
Under the Radar reviews a 2021 Rough and Rowdy Ways tour winter showcase bootleg featuring Dylan’s piano-led Watching the River Flow and vocal spotlights.
5/8/2026 • Live Performance • Concert Review
BourbonAndVinyl / kcorsini
On 2025-11-05, Bourbon and Vinyl published a review of Bob Dylan Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window and Faces Early Steps.
11/5/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
BourbonAndVinyl / Kenneth Corsini
Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963, is described in a two CD Highlights edition on bourbonandvinyl.net.
11/5/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
The Critic / Zachary Hardman
In this article for The Critic, the author describes Bob Dylan's immersion in traditional folk music and reviews the archival album Through the Open Window, covering recordings from the mid-1950s to 1963.
12/14/2025 • Dylan Studies • Big Ideas
Hawk Happenings / Delayna Grim
On 2025-10-31, Bob Dylan released The Bootleg Series Vol 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963, a box set featuring 48 previously unseen performances and a Carnegie Hall concert.
12/18/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Box Set
q94.5 The Rock Station KFRQ / Erick Castillo
The Bob Dylan Bootleg Series, launched in 1991, continues to release rare recordings and live performances worldwide, illustrating Dylan's songwriting process.
11/1/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
New Releases Now / New Releases Now
Bob Dylan's Through The Open Window bootleg series edition documents recordings from 1956–1963, released as an 8CD deluxe package featuring 139 tracks from New York clubs, studios, and Carnegie Hall.
10/25/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Journal-Advocate / Ross Raihala
Bob Dylan will release Bootleg Series Volume 18, featuring rare 1956–1963 Minnesota and Greenwich Village recordings, on Oct. 31, 2025.
10/8/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Chico Enterprise-Record / Ross Raihala
Bob Dylan will release Bootleg Series Volume 18, a multiformat box set of 1956-1963 recordings, on 2025-10-31 featuring rare Minnesota and Greenwich Village material.
10/8/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Beat / storm
In this Vocal Media blog post, a fan ranks Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series volumes, highlighting preferred eras and performances across multiple archival releases.
11/3/2017 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Creative Loafing / Tony Paris
Bob Dylan’s Springtime in New York, a five-CD Bootleg Series compilation of 1980–1985 sessions, compiles 57 tracks including 54 previously unreleased recordings.
11/1/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Christian's Music Musings
Bob Dylan released Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 1980–1985 on Sep 17, 2021 as a multi-format collection of rehearsals and outtakes recorded 1980–1985.
9/18/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
XS Noize
Columbia Records and Legacy Recordings will release Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Volume 18 Through The Open Window, 1956-1963 on October 31, 2025.
9/18/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
PopMatters / Justin Cober-Lake
PopMatters reviews Bob Dylan's Through the Open Window: The Bootleg Series Vol. 18, covering recordings from 1950s Minnesota to October 1963 at Carnegie Hall in New York.
11/19/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
1430 WCMY / Jill Lances
On 2025-09-17, Bob Dylan announced Bootleg Series Volume 18 Through The Open Window 1956-1963, a release featuring unreleased material and a Carnegie Hall recording.
9/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Mr Tambourine's Substack
mr tambourine ranks Dylan songs 238 to 261 in a Substack post, referencing Woodstock 1994 and Key West.
1/14/2026 • Songs & Songwriting • Song Analysis
American Songwriter / Lee Zimmerman
American Songwriter reviewed Dylan's Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16, 1980-1985.
9/20/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Oroville Mercury-Register / Ross Raihala
On Halloween 2025, Columbia will release Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18, compiling previously unreleased 1956–1963 recordings made in Minnesota and New York venues and homes.
10/8/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Oroville Mercury-Register / Ross Raihala
On Halloween 2025, Columbia will release Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Volume 18, gathering unreleased 1956–1963 recordings from Minnesota and Greenwich Village.
10/8/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
American Songwriter / Jim Beviglia
On Mar 26, 1991, Dylan released The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3 (Rare & Unreleased), sparking a trend in archival releases.
1/11/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Johnnogowski / John Nogowski
In a Substack essay, John Nogowski analyzes how Bob Dylan's track-selection decisions for studio albums and Bootleg Series releases affect Dylan's evolving catalog.
2/18/2026 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
AllMusic
AllMusic announces The Bootleg Series Vol. 18 Through the Open Window, 1956-1963, scheduled for October 31, 2025 on AllMusic, with streaming and purchase options.
10/31/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
AllMusic
AllMusic reports on 2025-10-31 the release of The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window, 1956-1963 in its catalog.
10/31/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Streamrewind / Bruce Sudano
Eric Cocks hosts a Sep 17, 2021 WPKN Connections episode about Bob Dylan's Springtime In New York Bootleg Series Vol. 16, 1980-1985 and Beatles Let It Be outtakes at WPKN.
9/17/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
Channel X94 / Brady Donovan
Dylan announced Bootleg Series Volume 18 Through The Open Window 1956-1963, a box set due Friday October 31 via Columbia Legacy Recordings to illuminate Dylan's early years.
9/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Paste Magazine / Matt Melis
The article ranks 25 essential recordings from Bob Dylan’s Bootleg Series, outlining decades of archival evolution and highlighting performances recorded in the United States and the United Kingdom.
11/11/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Parade
Parade reports on September 17 that Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Volume 18 will be released on October 31 in the United States.
9/17/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
NewsBreak / Matt Friedlander
Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18 Through the Open Window, a 1956-1963 archival box set, will be released on October 31.
9/19/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Analog Planet / Mike Mettler
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Vol. 18 Through The Open Window 1956-1963 releases October 31, 2025 worldwide.
9/24/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Paste Magazine / Douglas Heselgrave
In this Paste Magazine review, the writer evaluates Bob Dylan's Another Self Portrait and its 1969 Isle of Wight live recordings drawn from late-1960s sessions.
9/10/2013 • Albums & Recordings • Box Set
Vulture / Brady Gerber
Vulture published a January 2023 overview of Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series, detailing volumes from 1–3 to 17 and tracing their impact on Dylanology.
1/30/2023 • Albums & Recordings • Bootleg
The Arts Desk / Tim Cumming
The article reviews Bob Dylan - The 1974 Live Recordings, a 27-disc box set documenting Dylan and The Band's 1974 U.S. arena tour.
9/18/2024 • Live Performance • Tour Structure
Louder Than War / Ian Corbridge
Ian Corbridge reviews Bob Dylan's archival collection Springtime In New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 for Louder Than War.
9/13/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Rollingstone
Rolling Stone reviews Bob Dylan's Springtime in New York: The Bootleg Series Vol. 16, a five-disc archival collection of 1980–1985 sessions and unreleased tracks.
9/16/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
The Vinyl District
Bootleg Series Vol. 18 releases eight-CD and 4-LP editions documenting Dylan recordings from 1956-1963, including Village home tapes and major 1963 performances.
5/21/2026 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
The Daily Beast / Jeff Slate
On Oct. 31, Sony Legacy will release Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through The Open Window, 1956-1963, previewed at Electric Lady Studios in New York.
10/31/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
The Footy Almanac / Moondance
The article documents Bob Dylan's songs written May–Oct 1963, Columbia's shelved Dylan In Concert compilation, and related performances and covers in 1963.
8/12/2025 • Songs & Songwriting • Songwriting Process
Far Out Magazine / Sam Kemp
Bob Dylan’s live album Hard Rain, recorded May 16, 1976 in Fort Worth and May 23, 1976 in Fort Collins, documents the Rolling Thunder Revue’s faltering second leg.
9/10/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
Far Out Magazine / Tom Taylor
In an online Far Out Magazine article, the author surveys ten essential Bob Dylan bootleg recordings from concerts and studio sessions across several decades.
9/15/2021 • Songs & Songwriting • archival/historical Analysis
The Footy Almanac / Karl Dubravs
Bob Dylan's Every Song series adds twelve compositions from June 1962–October 1963, updating the anthology to sixty-six, reported on Footy Almanac.
9/17/2025 • Songs & Songwriting • Song Analysis
Americana Highways / Jeff Burger
On Sep 20, 2021, Americanahighways reviewed Bob Dylan’s Springtime in New York (1980–1985), a five-disc Bootleg Series deluxe set of rehearsals and outtakes from 1980–1985.
9/20/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Louder / Paul Whitelaw
Bob Dylan's Bootleg Series Volume 18 Through the Open Window 1956-1963 is described in the article as an eight CD Deluxe set with 139 tracks including 48 unreleased and 38 rare, plus two CD and four LP editions.
11/2/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Spectrum Culture / Jake Cole
Spectrum Culture reviews Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series Vol. 16: Springtime in New York, examining 1981–1985 studio recordings that reshape views of Dylan's mid-1980s output.
9/21/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Substack / John Kenyon
JP Kenyon reports today on Substack about Dylan related live outtakes and archival releases.
12/30/2024 • Live Performance • Concert Review
Blogger / Harold Lepidus
In this Boston Harold Podcast blog review, the writer evaluates Bob Dylan's box set Springtime in New York, Bootleg Series Vol. 16, focusing on its early-1980s studio recordings.
9/9/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Blogger / David Gwiazdowski
Blog post discusses Bob Dylan's Knocked Out Loaded, mid-1980s release, and bootleg oriented context.
11/27/2021 • Albums & Recordings • Album Review
At The Barrier / John Barlass
On 31 August 2019, the All Wight Now project presented Dylancentric, assembled by Ashley Hutchings on the Isle of Wight to commemorate Dylan’s 1969 festival appearance.
12/22/2019 • Collaborations & Other Artists • Cover Version
Tinnitist / Darryl Sterdan
In 2005, Dylan's No Direction Home soundtrack, Bootleg Series Vol. 7, was released to accompany Scorsese's two-part documentary.
9/2/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Tinnitist / Darryl Sterdan
On 2022-12-20, Tinnitist published a review of Bob Dylan Live 1975: The Rolling Thunder Revue box set online.
12/20/2022 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Tinnitist / Darryl Sterdan
On 2025-10-30, Tinnitist features Dylan's Bootleg Series Volume 18 Through The Open Window 1956-1963, highlighting rare and unreleased recordings.
10/31/2025 • Albums & Recordings • Box Set
Bob Porco Substack / Bob Porco (@GerdesPorcoFilm)
Bob Dylan performed at Gerde's Folk City in New York on Apr 11, 1961, launching his breakthrough and drawing label interest.
5/31/2024 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Bobdylan Comewritersandcritics / John Bauldie
The article catalogs Bob Dylan Bootleg Series booklets and box-set books included with releases from 1961 through 2025 on the referenced website.
1/1/1900 • Albums & Recordings • Archival Release
Untold Dylan
A songwriting-order analysis argues that Dylan compositions from 1964 onward form connected emotional sequences clearer than album track ordering.
6/22/2026 • Songs & Songwriting • Song Analysis
Flagging Down the Double E's
Interviews expand documentation of Bob Dylan and Rolling Thunder Revue on May 23, 1976 at Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, linking rain-soaked filming decisions to Hard Rain.
5/23/2026 • Live Performance • archival/historical Analysis
Flagging Down / Ray Padgett
A commentary analyzes how Don DeVito used Fort Worth and Fort Collins Rolling Thunder recordings to assemble Hard Rain and proposes alternate companion albums from the same shows.
5/16/2026 • Live Performance • Setlist Analysis