

The dogged Dylan taper community has ensured that nearly all of Dylan’s live appearances since 1974 have been recorded for posterity. Ahead of Dylan’s 75th birthday on Tuesday (May 24), here are a few of the most enticing holy grails of Dylanology. But until every last second of Dylan's lengthy career has been dug up, the rumors will continue to fly.
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(Tip: Searching the Dylan aliases “Elston Gunn” or “Blind Boy Grunt” will usually help you find what you're looking for.) There's more than enough unofficial archival material out there to keep the official Bootleg Series rolling for years to come.īut what about the stuff that's never made it out into the wilds, either officially or unofficially? In fan circles there are whispers of material that remains unheard or unseen by all but a few, existing either in Dylan's own vaults or in the hands of so-called "super collectors." Or perhaps some of it doesn't exist at all. You can easily go down an unreleased Dylan rabbit hole via YouTube, where innumerable live shows, demos, studio outtakes, rehearsals, television appearances, and more reside for the intrepid Dylanologist to discover.

But are the Dylan obsessives sated? Not likely.
