The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Raw, is a two-disc version of highlights from the new 6CD Complete deluxe edition, and has been compiled from meticulously restored original tapes - many found only recently - this is the definitive chronicle of Bob Dylan’s legendary 1967 recording sessions with members of his touring ensemble who would later achieve their own fame as The Band.

Among Bob Dylan’s many cultural milestones, the legendary Basement Tapes have long fascinated and enticed successive generations of musicians, fans and cultural critics alike. Having transformed music and culture during the early 1960s, Dylan reached unparalleled heights across 1965 and 1966 through the release of three historic albums, the groundbreaking watershed single “Like A Rolling Stone,” a controversial and legendary ‘electric’ performance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival and wildly polarizing tours of the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom. Dylan’s mercurial rise and prodigious outpouring of work during that decade came to an abrupt halt in July 1966 when he was reported to have been in a serious motorcycle accident in upstate New York.

Over the years, the songs on The Basement Tapes have haunted and perplexed fans, with the recordings themselves representing a Holy Grail for Dylanologists.

Track listing:

CD

1. Open the Door, Homer (Restored version)

2. Odds and Ends (Alternate version)

3. Million Dollar Bash (Alternate version)

4. One Too Many Mornings (Unreleased)

5. I Don’t Hurt Anymore (Unreleased) (written by Donald I Robertson and Walter E Rollins)

6. Ain’t No More Cane (Alternate version) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)

7. Crash on the Levee (Restored version)

8. Tears of Rage (Without overdubs) (written by Bob Dylan and Richard Manuel)

9. Dress it up, Better Have it All (Unreleased)

10. I’m Not There (Previously released)

11. Johnny Todd (Unreleased) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)

12. Too Much of Nothing (Alternate version)

13. Quinn the Eskimo (Restored version)

14. Get Your Rocks Off (Unreleased)

15. Santa-Fe (Previously released)

16. Silent Weekend (Unreleased)

17. Clothes Line Saga (Restored version)

18. Please, Mrs. Henry (Restored version)

19. I Shall be Released (Restored version)

CD

1. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Alternate version)

2. Lo and Behold! (Alternate version)

3. Minstrel Boy (Previously released)

4. Tiny Montgomery (Without overdubs)

5. All You Have to do is Dream (Unreleased)

6. Goin’ to Acapulco (Without overdubs)

7. 900 Miles from My Home (Unreleased) (Traditional, arranged by Bob Dylan)

8. One for the Road (Unreleased)

9. I’m Alright (Unreleased)

10. Blowin’ in the Wind (Unreleased)

11. Apple Suckling Tree (Restored version)

12. Nothing Was Delivered (Restored version)

13. Folsom Prison Blues (Unreleased) (written by Johnny Cash)

14. This Wheel’s on Fire (Without overdubs) (written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko)

15. Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread (Restored version)

16. Don’t Ya Tell Henry (Alternate version)

17. Baby, Won’t You be My Baby (Unreleased)

18. Sign on the Cross (Unreleased)

19. You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Without overdubs)