The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 (Nov.4)

[Esau.]

 

Bob Dylan's The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 to be released November 4

Compiled from meticulously restored original tapes many found only recently this historic six-disc set is the definitive chronicle of the artist's legendary 1967 recording sessions with members of his touring ensemble who would later achieve their own fame as The Band. The Basement Tapes Complete brings together, for the first time ever, every salvageable recording from the tapes including recently discovered early gems recorded in the "Red Room" of Dylan's home in upstate New York.

 

Garth Hudson worked closely with Canadian music archivist and producer Jan Haust to restore the deteriorating tapes to pristine sound, with much of this music preserved digitally for the first time. The decision was made to present The Basement Tapes Complete as intact as possible. Also, unlike the official 1975 release, these performances are presented as close as possible to the way they were originally recorded and sounded back in the summer of 1967.

 

Learn more about The Basement Tapes Complete and pre-order the album at www.BobDylan.com

[hamilton]

Yes, yes, yes! Of course I've already heard the bootlegged tapes, but I look forward to an official release with as-cleaned-up-as-is-technologically-possible sound!

[Esau.]

Same here. I have a handful of different recordings from those sessions but look forward to a legit release. I'm mainly interested in hearing the "Red Room" stuff though. I'm hoping it really is some undiscovered (not bootlegged) stuff. Great to see Garth Hudson & Jan Haust were involved too, keeping the Canadian connection alive.

[guitarberman]

I'm looking forward to this one.

 

I have some of the discs of " A tree with roots" buy the quality is not too good.

 

Hopefully the quality is decent on this release.

 

It's already available for pre order on dylans website:

 

http://www.myplaydirect.com/bobdylan?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=bobdylan.com&cid=lg:g1b

[Esau.]

 

I have few different boots of the recordings circulating of the Basement Tapes, all of varying quality and a few simply reboots of already circulating boots. But, at the time I was in a completist mode, so I had to purchase or download any Dylan recording I didn't already have. in hindsight, I probably wasted a lot of cash and bandwidth. 

[bouche]

Is this as epic as the Get Back Sessions?  Or epicker?

[Esau.]

“LO AND BEHOLD!”: AN EXCLUSIVE ALTERNATE TAKE FROM BOB DYLAN’S ‘THE BASEMENT TAPES’

 

 

The more time that elapses since Bob Dylan’s 1967 recording sessions, the more its legend grows. As the story goes, following the tremendous success of Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde, Dylan was sidled by a serious motorcycle accident and recovered in upstate New York. While secluded there, Dylan and a group of five musicians known collectively as the Hawks (and would later become known as the Band) holed up in the basement of a small house in West Saugerties they’d nicknamed Big Pink. Over the next the few months, the group recorded over a hundred tracks—some that would go on to be classic songs of the Dylan canon and some that were just off-the-cuff jams.

 

Eventually, chunks and pieces of the basement sessions began trickling their way into the world. In 1969, a mysterious and unofficial record containing some of its tracks, Great White Wonder, began popping up in stores, giving birth to the music industry phenomenon of the bootleg. Later, in 1975, Columbia Records released The Basement Tapes LP, which featured a mere 16 tracks from the session. If you think that was enough to appease the rabid Dylan fans of the world, then man, you don’t know Dylan fans. For nearly 50 years, The Basement Sessions have been one of the most elusive and sought-after relics of Dylan’s legacy, with a 1968 Rolling Stone cover story about the them only adding more mystique and fueling fans’ fires. Because really, what the hell was on those tapes?

 

Now, all these years later, Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings is readying the release of Bob Dylan's The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11, a massive six-disc set with over 100 meticulously salvaged tracks from the sessions in chronological order. Below, we get an alternate cut of “Lo and Behold!” in which a then-26-year-old Dylan lets loose. Which is to say, right before two-minute mark, he starts breaking out into fits of uncontrollable laughter. It’s a great reminder that even iconic legends that reside in the uppermost echelon of music history are people too. Get them in a basement in a remote area with nothing but free time, some recording equipment, and maybe some prescription painkillers for those motorcycle injuries, and well, somewhere in between the sparks of genius, hilarity is bound to ensue.

 

Listen to this alternate version of “Lo and Behold!” below. The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 will be released on November 4. Additionally, a condensed version of highlights, The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11, will also be available as a three-LP set. Pre-order here.

 

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