The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack is the fifth installment in the Bob Dylan "Bootleg Series" of rare and/or officially unissued recordings. It was released in 2005 in conjunction with the Martin Scorsese PBS television documentary on Dylan "No Direction Home", and was compiled with Scorsese's input. It features mostly previously unreleased material from Dylan's formative years to his rise as an international figure, spanning 1959 to his legendary 1966 world tour. "The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack" fared well commercially, debuting
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan lot of stuff from Martin." Carthy taught Dylan two English songs that would prove important for the "Freewheelin" album. Carthy's arrangement of "Scarborough Fair" would be used by Dylan as the basis of his own composition, "Girl from the North Country". A 19th-century ballad commemorating the death of Sir John Franklin in 1847, "Lady Franklin's Lament", gave Dylan the melody for his composition "Bob Dylan's Dream". Both songs displayed Dylan's fast-growing ability to take traditional melodies and use them as a basis for highly personal songwriting. From England, Dylan traveled to Italy, and joined Albert Grossman, who was touring with