MINTY CLEAN 2xLP THE BAND & BOB DYLAN "THE BASEMENT TAPES"ASTONISHINGLY GOOD

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            ORIGINAL 1975 FIRST PRESS DOUBLE LP
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         Bob Dylan And The Band
          "The Basement Tapes"        
              Dele                                                                                                             ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..                                 USA - COLUMBIA RECORDS - C2 33682


MINTY CLEAN!
June 26, 1975 Orignal 2LP SET Release in CLEAN collection worthy condition!


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 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 solid 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,) rank among the greatest American music ever made.

                                        Side One
    "Odds and Ends"         1:47
    "Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)"    Richard Manuel    3:39
    "Million Dollar Bash"         2:32
    "Yazoo Street Scandal"    Robbie Robertson    3:29
    "Goin' to Acapulco"         5:27
    "Katie's Been Gone"    Manuel, Robertson    2:46
Side two            

    "Lo and Behold!"         2:46
    "Bessie Smith"    Rick Danko, Robertson    4:18
    "Clothes Line Saga"         2:58
    "Apple Suckling Tree"         2:48
   "Please, Mrs. Henry"         2:33
   "Tears of Rage"    Dylan, Manuel    4:15


Side three          

    "Too Much of Nothing"         3:04
    "Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread"         2:15
    "Ain't No More Cane"    Traditional    3:58
    "Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)"         2:04
    "Ruben Remus"    Manuel, Robertson    3:16
    "Tiny Montgomery"         2:47
Side four            

    "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere"         2:42
 "Don't Ya Tell Henry"         3:13
    "Nothing Was Delivered"         4:23
    "Open the Door, Homer"         2:49
    "Long Distance Operator"         3:39
                "This Wheel's on Fire"    Danko, Dylan    3:52 .

                 CONDITION: The cover: rated: near M- GATEFOLD LP shows very little war and is otherwise clean and looks GREAT! There are NO issues, 44 years of age and counting. There are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ...

The vinyl: Rated: M-  look and play CLEAN ...both rainbow Capitol labels are clean        Dele                                                         A cool addition to anyone's music library!






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