(02) Bob Dylan & The Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)

"The Basement Tapes" is a 1975 studio album by Bob Dylan and The Band. The songs featuring Dylan's vocals were recorded in 1967, eight years before the album's release, at houses in and around Woodstock, New York, where Dylan and the Band lived. Although most of the Dylan songs had appeared on bootleg records, The Basement Tapes marked their first official release.

When Columbia Records prepared the album for official release in 1975, eight songs recorded solely by the Band in various locations between 1967 and 1975 were added to sixteen songs taped by Dylan and the Band in 1967. Overdubs were added in 1975 to songs from both categories. "The Basement Tapes" was critically acclaimed upon release, and reached number seven on the Billboard 200 album chart.

Track listing

Disc 1

01.  Odds and Ends  (Bob Dylan)  - 1:47

02.  Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)  (Richard Manuel)  - 3:39

03.  Million Dollar Bash  (Bob Dylan)  - 2:32

04.  Yazoo Street

Scanda l (Robbie Robertson)  - 3:29

05.  Goin' to Acapulco  (Bob Dylan)  - 5:27

06.  Katie's Been Gone  (Manuel, Robertson)  - 2:46

07.  Lo and Behold  (Bob Dylan)  - 2:46

08.  Bessie Smith  (Rick Danko, Robertson)  - 4:18

09.  Clothes Line Saga  (Bob Dylan)  - 2:58

10.  Apple Suckling Tree  (Bob Dylan)  - 2:48

11.  Please Mrs. Henry  (Bob Dylan)  - 2:33

12.  Tears of Rage  (Dylan, Manuel)  - 4:15

Disc 2

01.  Too Much of Nothing  (Bob Dylan)  - 3:04

02.  Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread  (Bob Dylan)  - 2:15

03.  Ain't No More Cane (Traditional)  (Bob Dylan)  - 3:58

04.  Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)  (Bob Dylan)  - 2:04

05.  Ruben Remus  (Manuel, Robertson)  - 3:16

06.  Tiny Montgomery  (Bob Dylan)  - 2:47

07.  You Ain't Goin' Nowhere  (Bob Dylan)  - 2:42

08.  Don't Ya Tell Henry  (Bob Dylan)  - 3:13

09.  Nothing Was Delivered  (Bob Dylan)  - 4:23

10.  Open the Door, Homer  (Bob Dylan)  - 2:49

11.  Long Distance Operator  (Bob Dylan)  - 3:39

12.  This Wheel's on Fire  (Danko, Dylan)  - 3:52

Released:  June 26, 1975

Recorded:  Dylan–Band recordings: June–September 1967; Band-only recordings: 1967–1975

Genre:  Rock, Folk, Blues, Country

Length:  76:41

Label:  Columbia

Producer:  Bob Dylan, The Band

Personnel

Bob Dylan - acoustic guitar, piano, vocals

Robbie Robertson - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, drums, vocals

Richard Manuel - piano, drums, harmonica, vocals

Rick Danko - electric bass, mandolin, vocals

Garth Hudson - organ, clavinet, accordion, tenor sax, piano

Levon Helm - drums, mandolin, electric bass, vocals