A new two-CD set from Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series, Volume 9 — The Witmark Demos (Columbia/Legacy), showcases the songwriting talents of the troubadour from Hibbing, Minn. The 47 songs on the album were recorded by Dylan, accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, harmonica and piano, for Leeds Music, his first music publisher, in 1962, and for his second publisher, M. Witmark & Sons, from 1962 to 1964. The album includes 15 Dylan songs that have never been officially released until now. Many of the tunes were recorded and first made famous by other artists. — M.S.
