BOB DYLAN & THE BAND THE BASEMENT TAPES WLP 2xLP on COLUMBIA NR MT 1975
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Here is an EXCELLENT PLUS! DOUBLE LP by BOB DYLAN & THE BAND titled THE BASEMENT TAPES. It is an US WHITE LABEL PROMO! pressing on the COLUMBIA label, catalog #C2 33682 in STEREO sound and originally released in 1975. The vinyl is in NEAR MINT MINUS! condition, shiny and black, with some light non-sounding marks and should have excellent playback. It is a WHITE LABEL DEMONSTRATION NOT FOR SALE DOUBLE LP! The cover is in EXCELLENT! condition with some light ring wear at top, cut corner, small initials top right corner, some corner and edge wear. It is a very nice EXCELLENT PLUS! DOUBLE LP for you to own. It is an opportunity to purchase this BOB DYLAN & THE BAND DOUBLE LP in this condition. It’s a true gem for the COUNTRY-ROCK collector!! Email me with any questions and be sure to look at the pic’s. I DO NOT ACCEPT BIDS FROM OR MAIL TO SOUTH AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA, ITALY & OTHER COUNTRIES. IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE USA CONTACT ME BEFORE BIDDING! International bidders can email me for shipping rates. SHIPPING IN THE US IS $5.00 for MEDIA MAIL (IT IS NOT $4.00). US BUYERS PLEASE WAIT FOR INVOICE! Thanks for Looking & Good Luck!
Music Review from AllMusic.com by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
The official release of The Basement Tapes -- which were first heard on a 1968 bootleg called The Great White Wonder -- plays with history somewhat, as Robbie Robertson overemphasizes the Band's status in the sessions, making them out to be equally active to Dylan, adding in demos not cut at the sessions and overdubbing their recordings to flesh them out. As many bootlegs (most notably the complete five-disc series) reveal, this isn't entirely true and the Band were nowhere near as active as Dylan, but that ultimately is a bit like nitpicking, since the music here (including the Band's) is astonishingly good. The party line on The Basement Tapes is that it is Americana, as Dylan and the Band pick up the weirdness inherent in old folk, country, and blues tunes, but it transcends mere historical arcana through its lively, humorous, full-bodied performances. Dylan never sounded as loose, nor was he ever as funny as he is here, and this positively revels in its weird, wild character. For all the apparent antecedents -- and the allusions are sly and obvious in equal measure -- this is truly Dylan's show, as he majestically evokes old myths and creates new ones, resulting in a crazy quilt of blues, humor, folk, tall tales, inside jokes, and rock. The Band pretty much pick up where Dylan left off, even singing a couple of his tunes, but they play it a little straight, on both their rockers and ballads. Not a bad thing at all, since this actually winds up providing context for the wild, mercurial brilliance of Dylan's work -- and, taken together, the results (especially in this judiciously compiled form with its expert song selection, even if there's a bit too much Band) rank among the greatest American music ever made.
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