BOB DYLAN & THE BAND The Basement Tapes 1975 US COLUMBIA WHITE LABEL RADIO PROMO
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BOB DYLAN & THE BAND The Basement Tapes 1975 US COLUMBIA WHITE LABEL RADIO PROMO
BOB DYLAN & THE BANDThe Basement Tapes
US COLUMBIA (C2 33682) WHITE LABEL RADIO PROMO (June 1975)
WITH TRACK TIMING INFO STICKER TO THE BACK OF THE GATEFOLD
LOOKS UNPLAYED
PRESSED WITH WHITE *DEMONSTRATION NOT FOR SALE* COLUMBIA LABELS
MATRIX RECORD ONE: P AL 33683 - 1F / P AL 33683 - 1D
MATRIX RECORD TWO: P AL 33684 - 1C / P AL 33684 - 1F
SIDE ONE IS BACKED WITH SIDE FOUR, SIDE TWO WITH SIDE THREE
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL THICK CARD MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE
COMPLETE WITH THE TWO ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVES
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 overemphasises 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, humour, 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
Side 1:
Odds And Ends (1:43)
Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast) (3:40)
Million Dollar Bash (2:30)
Yazoo Street Scandal (3:26)
Goin' To Acapulco (5:25)
Katie's Been Gone (2:49)
Side 2:
Lo And Behold! (2:43)
Bessie Smith (4:17)
Clothes Line Saga (2:56)
Apple Suckling Tree (2:47)
Please, Mrs. Henry (2:31)
Tears Of Rage (4:17)
Side 3:
Too Much Of Nothing (3:00)
Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread (2:14)
Ain't No More Cane (3:57)
Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) (2:06)
Ruben Remus (3:11)
Tiny Montgomery (2:51)
Side 4:
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (2:39)
Don't Ya Tell Henry (3:12)
Nothing Was Delivered (4:22)
Open The Door, Homer (2:47)
Long Distance Operator (3:38)
This Wheel's On Fire (3:55)
LABELS: MINT
All four labels are clean and unmarked - no spindle traces - I don’t think this copy has ever been played
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
As with most North American pressings the surfaces have in-vinyl blemishes but these are audibly insignificant
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
My one careful play-check found little to fault - an occasional one-off tick noted - nothing really and nothing else to fault
SLEEVE: VERY GOOD
The top corner is cut and there is some some rub to the bottom edge otherwise good and solid with all spine text clear and bold
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