The 15th chapter in acclaimed Bootleg Series unveils 47 previously unreleased recordings, including outtakes from John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline and Self Portrait plus first release of fabled Bob Dylan-Johnny Cash 1969 Nashville studio sessionsIt revisits Dylan's pivotal musical journeys to Nashville, from 1967 to 1969, focusing on previously unavailable recordings made with Johnny Cash and unreleased tracks from the John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, and Self Portrait sessions.

Disc One of Travelin' Thru, 1967 - 1969: The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 finds Dylan in Columbia's Studio A in Nashville recording alternate versions of compositions written for John Wesley Harding (October 17 and November 6, 1967) and Nashville Skyline (February 13-14, 1969) while introducing a new song "Western Road" (a Nashville Skyline outtake).

Discs Two and Three of Travelin' Thru are centered around Dylan's collaborations with American music icon Johnny Cash including the much sought-after Columbia Studio A sessions and on-stage performances at the Ryman Auditorium (May 1, 1969) for the recording of the premiere episode of The Johnny Cash Show (originally broadcast on ABC-TV on June 7, 1969).

Disc Three closes with tracks recorded on May 17, 1970 with Grammy Award-winning bluegrass banjo legend Earl Scruggs for the PBS television special, "Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends" (originally aired January 1971).

• - 1 -

  • 1. Drifter's Escape - Take 1 (Alternate Version)
  • 2. I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine - Take 2 (Alternate Version)
  • 3. All Along the Watchtower - Take 3 (Alternate Version)
  • 4. John Wesley Harding - Take 1 (Alternate Version)
  • 5. As I Went Out One Morning - Take 1 (Alternate Version)
  • 6. I Pity the Poor Immigrant - Take 4 (Alternate Version)
  • 7. I Am a Lonesome Hobo - Take 4 (Alternate Version)
  • 8. I Threw It All Away - Take 1 (Alternate Version)
  • 9. To Be Alone With You - Take 1 (Alternate Version)
  • 10. Lay Lady Lay - Take 2 (Alternate Version)
  • 11. One More Night - Take 2 (Alternate Version)
  • 12. Western Road - Take 1 (Outtake)
  • 13. Peggy Day - Take 1 (Alternate Version)
  • 14. Tell Me That It Isn't True - Take 2 (Alternate Version)
  • 15. Country Pie - Take 2 (Alternate Version)

• - 2 -

  • 1. I Still Miss Someone - Take 5
  • 2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right/Understand Your Man - Rehe
  • 3. One Too Many Mornings - Take 3
  • 4. Mountain Dew - Take 1
  • 5. Mountain Dew - Take 2
  • 6. I Still Miss Someone - Take 2
  • 7. Careless Love - Take 1
  • 8. Matchbox - Take 1
  • 9. That's All Right, Mama - Take 1
  • 10. Mystery Train/This Train is Bound For Glory - Take 1
  • 11. Big River - Take 1
  • 12. Girl From the North Country - Rehearsal
  • 13. Girl From the North Country - Take 1
  • 14. I Walk the Line - Take 2
  • 15. Guess Things Happen That Way - Rehearsal
  • 16. Guess Things Happen That Way - Take 3
  • 17. Five Feet High and Rising - Take 1
  • 18. You Are My Sunshine - Take 1
  • 19. Ring of Fire - Take 1

• - 3 -

  • 1. Studio Chatter
  • 2. Wanted Man - Take 1
  • 3. Amen - Rehearsal
  • 4. Just a Closer Walk With Thee - Take 1
  • 5. Jimmie Rodgers Medley No. 1 - Take 1
  • 6. Jimmie Rodgers Medley No. 2 - Take 2
  • 7. I Threw It All Away
  • 8. Living the Blues
  • 9. Girl From the North Country
  • 10. Ring of Fire (Outtake)
  • 11. Folsom Prison Blues (Outtake)
  • 12. Earl Scruggs Interview
  • 13. East Virginia Blues
  • 14. To Be Alone With You
  • 15. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
  • 16. Nashville Skyline Rag