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The Bootleg Series Volume 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 introduces the first commercial release of 47 original recordings that trace Bob Dylan’s dramatic growth as a young songwriter before he turned 24 years old. Among the many gems to be discovered on this new installment of the esteemed Bootleg Series are 15 previously unreleased songs as well as a deluxe booklet featuring rare photographs of Dylan captured during this period and liner notes by music historian Colin Escott.

The Original Mono Recordings presents newly mastered mono versions of Bob Dylan’s first eight groundbreaking albums which are universally regarded as some of the most important works in the history of recorded music. Spanning the artist’s self-titled debut in March 1962 through John Wesley Harding in December 1967, The Original Mono Recordings box set is also accompanied by a deluxe booklet featuring vintage photographs of Bob Dylan and an expansive essay from renowned author and critic – and longtime Dylan aficionado – Greil Marcus.  

Together, The Bootleg Series Volume 9 – The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 and The Original Mono Recordings provide the public with a wide-ranging view of Bob Dylan’s work during the 1960s, chronicling his amazing evolution from fledgling songwriter to one of the world’s most inventive and singular recording artists.

The Bootleg Series Vol. 9 Tracklisting:

Disc 1: 

1. Man On The Street (Fragment)
2. Hard Times In New York Town
3. Poor Boy Blues
4. Ballad For A Friend
5. Rambling, Gambling Willie
6. Talking Bear Mountain Picnic Massacre Blues
7. Standing On The Highway
8. Man On The Street
9. Blowin’ In The Wind
10. Long Ago, Far Away
11. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
12. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
13. The Death of Emmett Till
14. Let Me Die In My Footsteps
15. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
16. Quit Your Low Down Ways
17. Baby, I’m In The Mood For You
18. Bound To Lose, Bound To Win
19. All Over You
20. I’d Hate To Be You On That Dreadful Day
21. Long Time Gone 
22. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues
23. Masters Of War
24. Oxford Town 
25. Farewell

Disc 2:

1. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
2. Walkin’ Down The Line
3. I Shall Be Free
4. Bob Dylan’s Blues
5. Bob Dylan’s Dream
6. Boots Of Spanish Leather
7. Girl From The North Country
8. Seven Curses
9. Hero Blues
10. Whatcha Gonna Do?
11. Gypsy Lou
12. Ain’t Gonna Grieve
13. John Brown
14. Only A Hobo
15. When The Ship Comes In
16. The Times They Are A-Changin’
17. Paths Of Victory
18. Guess I’m Doing Fine
19. Baby Let Me Follow You Down
20. Mama, You Been On My Mind
21. Mr. Tambourine Man
22. I’ll Keep It With Mine 

The eight albums in The Original Mono Recordings are as follows:

• Bob Dylan – 1962
• The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan – 1963
• The Times They Are A-Changin’ – 1964
• Another Side Of Bob Dylan – 1964
• Bringing It All Back Home – 1965
• Highway 61 Revisited – 1965
• Blonde on Blonde – 1966
• John Wesley Harding – 1967