New Bob Dylan box set features previously unreleased songs

Among Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan has been one of the most generous in sharing outtakes from his career.

On Halloween, he’ll release “Bootleg Series Volume 18: Through the Open Window, 1956-1963,” which digs into his earliest days. The eight CD box set — highlights of which will also be available as two CD and four LP sets — follows his move from Minneapolis to the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early ’60s. The collection includes rare Columbia Records outtakes and other recordings made at club dates, in tiny informal gatherings, in friends’ apartments and at jam sessions in long-gone musicians’ hangouts. The recordings come from new tape sources and many have never been presented in any form.

As such, “Through the Open Window” includes a handful of numbe