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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:

LP 1 - Side A

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

LP 1 - Side B

1. Blowin’ In The Wind
2. Long Ago, Far Away
3. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
4. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
5. The Death of Emmett Till

LP 2 - Side A

1. Let Me Die In My Footsteps
2. Ballad Of Hollis Brown
3. Quit Your Low Down Ways
4. Baby, I’m In The Mood For You
5. Bound To Lose, Bound To Win
6. All Over You
7. I’d Hate To Be You On That Dreadful Day

LP 2 - Side B

1. Long Time Gone 
2. Talkin’ John Birch Paranoid Blues
3. Masters Of War
4. Oxford Town 
5. Farewell

LP 3 - Side A

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

LP 3 - Side B

1. Boots Of Spanish Leather
2. Girl From The North Country
3. Seven Curses
4. Hero Blues
5. Whatcha Gonna Do?
6. Gypsy Lou

LP 4 - Side A

1. Ain’t Gonna Grieve
2. John Brown
3. Only A Hobo
4. When The Ship Comes In
5. The Times They Are A-Changin’
6. Paths Of Victory

LP 4 - Side B

1. Guess I’m Doing Fine
2. Baby Let Me Follow You Down
3. Mama, You Been On My Mind
4. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. 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 (2 LP)  – 1966
• John Wesley Harding – 1967