Don’t think twice, it’s all right. Bob Dylan’s earliest New York recordings are finally getting their due.

“The Bootleg Series Vol. 18: Through the Open Window, 1956‑1963,” a massive collection of previously unheard performances from the “Like a Rolling Stone” singer’s first years in Greenwich Village and beyond, dropped Friday, Oct. 31.

Spanning from his first appearances at the now-closed Gerdes Folk City to a charged performance uptown at Carnegie Hall, the compilation captures the young Dylan at a time when he was still finding his voice in the city that would help shape it.

Born Robert Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, in 1941, Dylan moved to downtown New York City in January 1961 with a stack of songs, a restless drive to make music and a dedication to tracking down his idol, Wo

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