Volume one of this exhaustive series finds Dylan on 12 -string guitar for some songs, and piano on others. They are essential to any serious collector. Of course, they document a most historic six month period in the lives of Dylan and the Band. “For all of it’s brilliance, and for some truly superb and impassioned renditions … still, Basement Tapes, as a whole (even the official ones), have never quite been my cup of meat. Original pressing limited to 500 copies.”ĥ cds, 103 songs. High quality packaging, 2 booklets, extensive original source notes and reprints of important press coverage. Put together in a much more organized and logical sequence. 128 tracks in total, completely remastered with a major leap forward in sound quality compared to the original 5CD set. “A complete overhaul of the basement tapes. In my view, the two most comprehensive un-official releases have been: For some critics, the songs on The Basement Tapes, which circulated widely in unofficial form, mounted a major stylistic challenge to rock music in the late sixties.” In general, they possess a rootsy quality anticipating the Americana genre. While some of the basement songs are humorous, others dwell on nothingness, betrayal and a quest for salvation. Dylan’s new style of writing moved away from the urban sensibility and extended narratives that had characterized his most recent albums, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde On Blonde, toward songs that were more intimate and which drew on many styles of traditional American music. While Dylan was concealed from the public’s gaze during an extended period of convalescence in 1967, they recorded more than 100 tracks together, comprising original compositions, contemporary covers and traditional material. After Dylan was injured in a motorcycle accident in July 1966, the Hawks’ members gravitated to the vicinity of Dylan’s home in the Woodstock area to collaborate with him on music and film projects. “During his world tour of 1965–66, Dylan was backed by a five-member rock group, the Hawks, who would subsequently become famous as the Band. We have the original album and a lot of us has collected bootlegs over many years, and the big question is: Are there something in this new release that we haven’t heard before? Check out: Garth Hudson talking about the sessions at Big Pink 120 page deluxe-bound book containing rare and unseen photographs and memorabilia.We get a restored documentation/recording of Dylan’s legendary 1967 sessions with The Band.
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