BOB DYLAN - UNRELEASED AND UNHEARD 1961 CONCERT RECORDING - INC ONLY KNOWN SOLO RECORDING OF DYLAN P

A roll of BASF audio tape (4" spool) containing approx 15 minutes of audio, previously unpublished, of a performance by Bob Dylan at 'Gerde's Folk City' in New York City, September 1961. On the recording which is of very good quality, Dylan is Introduced as "Bob Dylan from New Mexico". It is believed that this tape contains the only known recording of Dylan performing '..T For Texas' unaccompanied.Tracklisting on the tape is as follows: Introduction by compere Brother John Sellers, T for Texas, tuning up with some quiet spoken words by Dylan inc an aside on his voice sounding bad due to a cold "I was up all night reading the New York Times" (this possibly the famous Robert Shelton profile that helped to launch Dylan to stardom, see here), Handsome Molly, more speaking by Dylan, a break in the recording, a rousing version of 'Rising Sun Blues', a break in recording- then from 12 minutes to 15 minutes (end of tape) - recording of 'headliners' the 'Greenbriar Boys'.Provenance: the vendor worked on the RMS Queen Mary transatlantic route in the 1960s between Southampton and New York, and when in NYC was a frequent attendee at folk clubs in Greenwich Village. In September 1961 he attended a performance by Bob Dylan at 'Gerdes Folk City', making a recording (this lot) and taking several photographs. He had the photographs developed the following day and returned the following night, whereupon he asked Dylan to sign them, as well as returning in 1962 and asking Dylan to sign a copy of his debut album (see lot 468 here). He also obtained handwritten directions/instructions from Dylan (on the back of an original ticket for this performance at 'Gerde's) on how to visit Woody Guthrie, who was in hospital at the time (see lot 470 here), this note featured in the book 'My Name Is New York' (Powerhouse Books, NYC).