The basement tapes

*The basement tapes*
The basement tapes
Bob Dylan and The Band studio album
Date of issue	June 25, 1975
Recorded by	June – September 1967 , March 1975
Genres	rock , folk , blues , country
Duration	76:41
Producers	Bob Dylan and The Band
A country	USA
Label	Columbia records
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The Basement Tapes ( Russian Films from the Basement ) is the sixteenth album by Bob Dylan, an American artist and band The Band , released in 1975 via Columbia Records . Dylan's songs were recorded in 1967 , The Band songs - from 1967 to 1975.

Content

1 About the album
2 List of Songs
- 2.1 Side 1
- 2.2 Side 2
- 2.3 Side 3
- 2.4 Side 4
3 notes
4 References

About the album

When Dylan recovered from an injury after a motorcycle accident in July 1966, he convened The Band musicians and began recording both new songs and country songs in parallel with them. All 16 compositions by Dylan were apparently recorded in 1967 in the Big Pink basement, [2] [3] the building where the three members of The Band lived, while eight The Band songs were recorded at different times and in different places between 1967 and 1975. In 1975, some of Dylan’s songs were dubbed overdubbing.

Material from these sessions often appeared on bootlegs since 1968, the most famous of which was the Great White Wonder of 1969.

The Basement Tapes reached 7th position in 1975 on Billboard's album chart and 8th position in the UK. In 2003, the album took number 291 on the list of 500 greatest albums of all time from Rolling Stone magazine .

List of Songs

Party 1

Odds and Ends (Dylan) (take 2) - 1:46
- Bob Dylan - vocal ; Robbie Robertson - electric guitar ; Garth Hudson - organ ; Rick Danko - bass , backing vocal ; Richard Manuel - drums . Overdubbed 1975: Manuel (or possibly Hudson) - piano ^[1]
Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast) (Manuel) - 3:37
- Manuel - vocal, piano; Danko - bass. Overdubbed 1975: Robertson - guitar; Hudson - saxophone ; Levon Helm - drums
Million Dollar Bash (Dylan) (take 2) - 2:31
- Dylan - vocal, guitar ; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano, backing vocal; Danko - bass, backing vocal ^[2]
Yazoo Street Scandal (Robertson) - 3:27
- Helm - mandolin , vocal; Robertson - guitar; Hudson - organ; Danko - bass; Manuel - drums. Recorded at A&R Studio, New York City , January 10, 1968
Goin 'to Acapulco (Dylan) - 5:26
- Dylan - vocal; Robertson - guitar; Hudson - organ; Danko - bass, backing vocal; Manuel - drums, backing vocal
Katie's Been Gone (Manuel, Robertson) - 2:43
- Manuel - piano, vocal; Robertson - guitar; Hudson - organ; Danko - bass, backing vocal. Overdubbed 1975: Hudson - additional keyboards; Helm - drums. ^[3]

Party 2

“Lo and Behold!” (Dylan) (take 2) - 2:45
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano, backing vocal; Danko - bass, backing vocal
Bessie Smith (Danko, Robertson) - 4:17
- Danko - vocal, bass; Robertson - vocal, guitar; Manuel - piano; Hudson - organ; Helm - drums, backing vocal. Recorded at Shangri-La Studio, 1975 ^[4]
Clothesline Saga (Dylan) (take 1) - 2:56
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Robertson - electric guitar; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano; Danko - bass
Apple Suckling Tree (Dylan) (take 2) - 2:48
- Dylan - vocal, piano; Hudson - organ; Manuel - tambourine , backing vocal; Danko - bass, backing vocal; Robertson - drums
"Please, Mrs. Henry ”(Dylan) (take 2) - 2:31
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano, backing vocal; Danko - bass, backing vocal
Tears of Rage (Dylan, Manuel) (take 3) - 4:11
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Robertson - electric guitar; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano, backing vocal; Danko - bass, backing vocal

Party 3

“ Too Much of Nothing ” (Dylan) (take 1) - 3:01
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Robertson - electric guitar; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano, backing vocal; Danko - bass, backing vocal. Overdubbed 1975: Hudson - additional keyboards; Helm - drums, backing vocal
"Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread ”(Dylan) (take 2) - 2:13
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano, backing vocal; Danko - bass, backing vocal
Ain't No More Cane (Traditional) - 3:56
- Helm - mandolin, vocal; Robertson - guitar, vocal; Hudson - accordion ; Danko - bass, vocal; Manuel - drums, vocal. Recorded at Shangri-La Studio, 1975
“ Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood) ” (Dylan) (take 2) - 2:03
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano; Danko - bass
“Ruben Remus” (Manuel, Robertson) - 3:13
- Manuel - vocal, piano; Robertson - guitar; Hudson - organ; Danko - bass, backing vocal; Helm - drums. Recorded at Music From Big Pink sessions, 1968 ^[5]
Tiny Montgomery (Dylan) - 2:45
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Robertson - electric guitar, backing vocal; Hudson - organ; Manuel - backing vocal; Danko - bass, backing vocal

Party 4

“ You Ain't Goin 'Nowhere ” (Dylan) (take 2) - 2:42
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano; Danko - bass; Robertson - drums. Overdubbed 1975: Robertson - electric guitar
Don't Ya Tell Henry (Dylan) - 3:12
- Helm - mandolin, vocal; Robertson - guitar; Hudson - piano; Danko - bass, backing vocal; Manuel - drums. Recorded at Shangri-La Studio, 1975
Nothing Was Delivered (Dylan) (take 2) - 4:22
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Robertson - electric guitar; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano, backing vocal; Danko - bass, backing vocal
“Open the Door, Homer” (Dylan) (take 1) - 2:49
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Robertson - electric guitar; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano, backing vocal; Danko - bass, backing vocal
Long Distance Operator (Dylan) - 3:38
- Manuel - vocal, harmonica ; Robertson - guitar; John Simon - piano; Hudson - organ; Danko - bass; Helm - drums. Recorded on February 28, 1968 in Los Angeles during the Big Pink sessions. ^[6]
“ This Wheel's on Fire ” (Danko, Dylan) - 3:49
- Dylan - vocal, guitar; Hudson - organ; Manuel - piano, backing vocal; Danko - bass, backing vocal; Robertson - drums

Notes

↑ Although Griffin lists no overdubs to this song, there is piano clearly audible on the released version which does not appear on the bootlegged original recording. This was most likely overdubbed in 1975 by Manuel or possibly Hudson.
↑ Griffin credits Dylan with harmonica on this track, but there is no harmonica audible.
↑ Griffin conjectures that it possibly might not be Helm playing the drums, but a session drummer who sounds somewhat like Ringo Starr in the fills.
↑ Griffin, Sid. Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan, the Band, and the Basement Tapes (London: Jawbone 2007) p. 294.
↑ Ibid. As per the liner notes, two drum kits are not audible, nor is piano. Helm may not be present at all if this was recorded prior to his return to the group, therefore it may be Manuel on drums and not piano.
↑ Griffin, 2007, Million Dollar Bash , pp. 255-256.

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[1] Although Griffin lists no overdubs to this song, there is piano clearly audible on the released version which does not appear on the bootlegged original recording. This was most likely overdubbed in 1975 by Manuel or possibly Hudson.

[2] Griffin credits Dylan with harmonica on this track, but there is no harmonica audible.

[3] Griffin conjectures that it possibly might not be Helm playing the drums, but a session drummer who sounds somewhat like Ringo Starr in the fills.

[4] Griffin, Sid. Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan, the Band, and the Basement Tapes (London: Jawbone 2007) p. 294.

[5] Ibid. As per the liner notes, two drum kits are not audible, nor is piano. Helm may not be present at all if this was recorded prior to his return to the group, therefore it may be Manuel on drums and not piano.

[6] Griffin, 2007, Million Dollar Bash , pp. 255-256.