New York City, New York
Cynthia Gooding's apartment

Between 13 February and March 1962

 01 - Ballad Of Donald White
 02 - Wichita (Traditional)
 03 - Acne (Eric von Schmidt)
 04 - Rocks And Gravel
 05 - Long Time Man Feel Bad (Traditional)
(06 - Rangers Command (Woody Guthrie)) see note below

Bob Dylan (guitar & vocal).
3 unidentified shared vocal.
4 unidentified background vocal and percussion.


Song List Source

Krogsgaard

DylanBase lists an additional track on the end, "Ranger's Command" (Woody Guthrie). 
Björner, in his calendar summary of events, lists 6 songs performed 
(presumably including "Rangers Command" in the count) but in the detailed track 
listing lists only the 5 tracks as above.

However, examination of the recording reveals a cut between Long Time Man Feel Bad 
and Ranger's Command, and the recording characteristics alter (vocal much louder 
and more muffled). "Rangers Command" belongs to another source, one which was 
commonly circulated paired with the above recording, hence the common confusion.

Date Attribution

13 January 1962, could be March 1962: DylanBase
February: Bjorner
February/March 1962: Krogsgaard
Probably March: Dundas

It is clear that the earliest possible date must be 13 February 1962 because the first 
song performed, "Ballad Of Donald White", was only composed on the evening of 
12 February 1962.

All the cited sources agree that March is a possibility and so this would appear 
to be the latest possible date.


John Howells' review: http://www.punkhart.com/dylan/tapes/62-gooding.html
This is one of the more interesting party tapes around. 
The sound is good, the performances relaxed and uninhibited, and everyone involved 
sounds like they're having a good time. "Acne" is pretty unbearable overall and just 
shows Dylan to be having a great time fooling around with his friends. 
"Rocks and Gravel" is much more basic than the version that eventually appeared on 
early pressings of the Freewheelin' album. "Ballad of Donald White" isn't too good, 
but then this is true of most early Dylan originals. 
The tune was adapted from another old tune. "Wichita" is, of course, an old blues 
tune and not too badly done, although I much prefer the studio version recorded 
during the Freewheelin' sessions. Overall, a rather dispensible tape for the casual 
collector. For completists only. (obviously written down before Leyla Spencer uploaded
this tape to SoundCloud, in 2014)

CDs: 
- Hard Times in New York City 1961 -1962 
  Witchita 
  Rocks and Gravel 
  Ranger's Command 
- I Was So Much Younger Then [Dandelion] 

Notes: 
- This tape circulates as The Cynthia Gooding Tape (Recorded by Cynthia Gooding.)
- Uploaded to SoundCloud by Leyla Spencer, one of Cynthia Gooding's daughters, in 2014.
  https://soundcloud.com/leylaspencer/cynthia-gooding-archives-bob
  She added the note: 
     "This tape was made at Cynthia's apartment. 
      Also present were Mel and Lillian Bailey, Suze Rotolo, Leyla and Ayshe (Cynthia's daughers.)"


Mono recording, 25 minutes.

Source: SoundCloud
recorded streaming audio with audacity by Blindwilly, resulting in one lossy wav file.
Some pitch bending on Ballad of Donald White, between 0:21 and 0:26, using Cool Edit Pro 1.2
Splitted into tracks, using Cool Edit Pro 1.2
Converted wav files into FLAC level 5

Also added the lossless track: 09 - Rangers Command
which was taken from bootleg: "I Was So Much Younger Then"
The quality of this track is a lot worse than Leyla Spencer's upload