I’ve been collecting Bob Dylan’s music for almost three decades now, and I still can’t get enough. Following is a list (though not definitive) of the Outtakes from albums past. Also included are rare recording from sessions other than for official album releases.

Before “Bob Dylan” - Early Years - Late 1950s - 1962

These recordings are the earliest known of the young Robert Zimmerman. The recording quality is poor, and many are not complete, or simply excerpts from the full recordings, who’s origination and whereabouts are unknown.

John Bucklen Tape: This tape is actually from 1958, and is the earliest known recording of Bob Dylan. It features the efforts of young Dylan and a boyhood friend John Bucklen playing around with a reel-to-reel tape recorder. The songs are fragmentary and unlistenable at times. There are several bootleg recordings both on CD and cassette kicking around.

Friendship Music
Little Richard
Johnny Cash
A Good Place To Leave
Best Kind Of Music
Talent Show/Buzz Buzz Buzz
Jenny /Ten Million In A Week
Scotty Moore
Blue Moon
Elvis Presley
Bass Player
Echo
Underground Folk Music
Bob Dillon

Minnesota Party Tape: These recordings were from several “sessions” beginning in 1959, and continuing through the following year. They were recorded in several locations, including Colorado, so the title “Minnesota Party Tape” is a misnomer.

Red Rosey Bush (Trad.)
Johnny I Hardly Knew You (Trad.)
Jesus Christ (Woody Guthrie)
Streets Of Glory (Trad.)
KC Moan (1927 Memphis Jug Band)
Blue Yodel #8 (Jimmie Rodgers)
Roving Gambler (Trad.)
Talking Columbia (Woody Guthrie)
Talking Merchant Marine (Woody Guthrie)
Talking Hugh Brown
Talking Lobbyist

Karen Wallace Tapes: This tape was recorded in the apartment of Karen Wallace in St. Paul, Minnesota in May of 1960.

The Two Sisters
Rising Sun Comment
Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
Blue Yodel #8 (Muleskinner Blues) (Jimmie Rodgers)
Payday At Coal Creek
Karen Wallace
One Eyed Jacks
Go Down You Murderers
This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)
Rockabye My Sara Jane
Nobody Knows You ...
Great Historical Bum
Mary Ann
Sinner Man
Abner Young
Blue Yodel #8 (Muleskinner Blues) (Jimmie Rodgers)
One Eyed Jacks
Columbus Stockade Blues
Go Down You Murderers
This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)
Gotta Travel On
Roving Gambler
The Two Sisters
Go Away From My Window
Rockabye My Sara Jane
Nobody Knows You...
Great Historical Bum
Mary Ann
Every Night When The Sun Goes Down
Sinner Man
Abner Young
900 Miles
Blue Yodel #8 (Muleskinner Blues) (Jimmie Rodgers)
One Eyed Jacks
Columbus Stockade Blues
Payday At Coal Creek

East Orange New Jersey: February, 1961

San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well (Trad)
Gypsy Davey (Trad-Guthrie arr)
Pastures Of Plenty (Woody Guthrie)
Trail Of The Buffalo (Trad-Guthrie arr)
Jesse James (Trad)
Car Car (Woody Guthrie)
Southern Cannonball (Jimmie Rodgers)
Bring Me Back My Blue-Eyed Boy (Trad)
Remember Me (Scott Wiseman)

Indian Neck Folk Festival: This concert was from May 6th, 1961.

Talking Columbia (Woody Guthrie)
Hangknot Slipknot (Woody Guthrie)
Talking Fish Blues (Woody Guthrie)

First McKenzie Tape: The Eve and Mac McKenzie Tapes originate from 1961 and 1963 during several informal sessions at their house in New York. These are the 1961 recordings.

Hard Times In New York Town
Wayfaring Stranger (Trad.)
Long Time Man Feel Bad (Trad.)
Lonesome Whistle Blues (Hank Williams)
Baby Of Mine
Baby Let Me Follow You Down (von Schmidt)
San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)
You're No Good (Jesse Fuller)
House Of The Rising Sun (Trad.)
instrumental
Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms (Trad.)
Bells Of Rhymney (Davies / Seeger)
Come All Ye Fair And Tender Ladies (Trad.)
Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms (Trad.)
Bells Of Rhymney (Davies / Seeger)
Highway 51 (Curtis Jones)
This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)

Gaslight Café: September 6th, 1961

Man On The Street
He Was A Friend Of Mine (Trad)*
Talkin' Bear Mountain Picnic Blues
Song To Woody
Car Car (w/Dave Van Ronk) (Guthrie)
Pretty Polly (Trad)

Gerdes Folk City: Located at 11 West 4th Street, Greenwich Village, New York, NY, Gerde’s Folk City was a restaurant that started as a Folk Music venue in 1959. This recording was from Septermber 30th, 1961.

San Francisco Bay Blues (Jesse Fuller)
Great Divide (Woody Guthrie)

Cynthia Gooding's Apartment Tape: This Tape was recorded in New York City in March, 1962 in the apartment of a friend.

Ballad Of Donald White (Bob Dylan original)
Wichita (Going To Louisiana) (Trad)
Acne (Eric von Schmidt) Rocks And Gravel (Brownie McGhee)
Long Time Man Feel Bad (Trad A Lomax arr)
Ranger's Command (Woody Guthrie)

Madhouse On Castle Street: This was a play for which Dylan was hired to play the role of Lenny. It was staged in London in December 1962, and played on BBC2 (I believe). The BBC later erased the tapes, so it is a very rare find. Dylan performed these two numbers during the play (I believe).

Blowin' In The Wind (Bob Dylan Original)
Ballad Of The Gliding Swan
© 2002 CD Pinkerton - bobsboots.com
Bob Dylan - 1962 - Outtakes and Alternate Takes. These Tapes are known as the Bonnie Beecher Tapes, Recorded in December, 1961 around the same time as the “Bob Dylan” sessions.
Candy Man (Rev. Gary Davis arr. of trad. song)
Baby Please Don't Go (Big Joe Williams)
Hard Times In New York Town (adapted*1)
Stealin' (Memphis Jug Band arr. of trad. song)
Poor Lazarus (Traditional)
I Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie)
It's Hard To Be Blind (adapted*2)
Dink's Song (John & Alan Lomax arr. of trad. song)
Man Of Constant Sorrow (Dylan arr. of trad. song)
Naomi Wise (Traditional)
Wade In The Water (Traditional)
I Was Young When I Left Home (adapted*3)
In The Evening (Leroy Carr)
Baby Let Me Follow You Down (E.Von Schmidt)
Sally Gal (adapted*4)
Gospel Plow (Traditional)
Long John (Traditional)
Cocaine Blues (Rev. Gary Davis arr. of trad. song)
VD Blues (Woody Guthrie)
VD Waltz (Woody Guthrie)
VD City (Woody Guthrie)
VD Gunner's Blues (Woody Guthrie)
See My Grave's Kept Clean
Ramblin' Round (Woody Guthrie)
Black Cross (Lord Buckley arr. of Joseph S. Newman)