The Basement Tapes

by Bob Dylan & The Band

The Basement Tapes cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 June 1975
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:17:32
  • Community rating: 4.02/5 from 9 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Finally receiving an official release years after circulating as the first major rock bootleg, this legendary 1967 recording session captures Bob Dylan retreating from the psychedelic spotlight. 'The Basement Tapes' is an incredibly raw, wonderfully playful exploration of rustic Americana, matching intensely surreal, highly humorous folklore with beautifully pastoral, deeply lo-fi roots-rock jams.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, folklore, alcohol, acoustic, communal, male-vocals, folk, ensemble, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Odds and Ends (1:46)
  2. Orange Juice Blues (3:39)
  3. Million Dollar Bash (2:32)
  4. Yazoo Street Scandal (3:29)
  5. Goin' to Acapulco (5:27)
  6. Katie's Been Gone (2:48)
  7. Lo and Behold! (2:46)
  8. Bessie Smith (4:18)
  9. Clothes Line Saga (2:58)
  10. Apple Suckling Tree (2:48)
  11. Please, Mrs. Henry (2:33)
  12. Tears of Rage (4:16)
  13. Too Much of Nothing (3:03)
  14. Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread (2:15)
  15. Ain't No More Cane (3:58)
  16. Crash on the Levee (2:04)
  17. Ruben Remus (3:16)
  18. Tiny Montgomery (2:50)
  19. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (2:43)
  20. Don't Ya Tell Henry (3:13)
  21. Nothing Was Delivered (4:23)
  22. Open the Door, Homer (2:49)
  23. Long Distance Operator (3:39)
  24. This Wheel's On Fire (3:49)

Credits

  • Bob Dylan - primary artist, acoustic guitar, piano, vocals, producer, written-by
  • The Band - primary artist, producer, arranged by
  • Bob Cato - design [consultant]
  • Levon Helm - drums, mandolin, bass, vocals
  • Rick Danko - electric bass, mandolin, vocals, written-by
  • Robbie Robertson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, vocals, compiled by, written-by
  • Greil Marcus - liner notes
  • George Horn - mastered by
  • Ed Anderson - mixed by
  • Mark Aglietti - mixed by
  • Nat Jeffrey - mixed by
  • Rob Fraboni - mixed by
  • Garth Hudson - organ, clavinet, accordion, tenor saxophone, piano, recorded by
  • Reid Miles - photography by
  • Richard Manuel - piano, drums, harmonica, vocals, written-by
  • Traditional - written-by

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