The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack unclear how much, if any, influence "Chronicles" may have had on "No Direction Home". Though raw material was being gathered for the project, Rosen needed someone to edit and shape it into a quality picture, and celebrated filmmaker Martin Scorsese was approached to "direct" the documentary planned from the project. Scorsese eventually agreed and came aboard in 2001. In the meantime, Dylan's office gathered hundreds of hours of historical film footage dating from the time covered in "No Direction Home". These included a scratchy recording of Dylan's high school rock band, his 1965 screen test for Andy Warhol, and newly
Bob Dylan (album) of Constant Sorrow" during his first national television appearance in mid-1963 (a performance included on the 2005 retrospective ""). "Baby Let Me Follow You Down" would later return in a driving electric arrangement during his 1965 and 1966 tours with the Hawks; a live recording was included on "". After 1966, Dylan performed only five songs from his debut album in concert, and only "Song to Woody" and "Pretty Peggy-O" would be heard with any frequency. Three additional songs recorded during the "Bob Dylan" sessions were included on "Volume 1" of the Bootleg Series: "House Carpenter", "He Was a Friend