The Basement Tapes - Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 (Deluxe Edition)
Bob Dylan & The Band
The Basement Tapes - Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 (Deluxe Edition)
Bob Dylan & The Band
6CD deluxe version in oversized slipcase with a separate hardcover photo book.
The Bootleg Series Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes Complete has been 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.
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. What’s on the rest of those reels?
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.
The tracks on The Basement Tapes Complete run in mostly chronological order based on Garth Hudson’s numbering system.
Track listing:
CD
Edge of the Ocean
My Bucket’s Got a Hole in It
Roll on Train
Mr. Blue
Belshazzar
I Forgot to Remember to Forget
You Win Again
Still in Town
Waltzing with Sin
Big River [Take 1]
Big River [Take 2]
Folsom Prison Blues
Bells of Rhymney
Spanish is the Loving Tongue
Under Control
Ol’ Roison the Beau
I’m Guilty of Loving You
Cool Water
The Auld Triangle
Po’ Lazarus
I’m a Fool for You [Take 1]
I’m a Fool for You [Take 2]
CD
Johnny Todd
Tupelo
Kickin’ My Dog Around
See You Later Allen Ginsberg [Take 1]
See You Later Allen Ginsberg [Take 2]
Tiny Montgomery
Big Dog
I’m Your Teenage Prayer
Four Strong Winds
The French Girl [Take 1]
The French Girl [Take 2]
Joshua Gone Barbados
I’m in the Mood
Baby Ain’t That Fine
Rock, Salt and Nails
A Fool Such As I
Song for Canada
People Get Ready
I Don’t Hurt Anymore
Be Careful of Stones That You Throw
One Man’s Loss
Lock Your Door
Baby, Won’t You be My Baby
Try Me Little Girl
I Can’t Make it Alone
Don’t You Try Me Now
CD
Young But Daily Growing
Bonnie Ship the Diamond
The Hills of Mexico
Down on Me
One for the Road
I’m Alright
Million Dollar Bash [Take 1]
Million Dollar Bash [Take 2]
Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread [Take 1]
Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread [Take 2]
I’m Not There
Please Mrs. Henry
Crash on the Levee [Take 1]
Crash on the Levee [Take 2]
Lo and Behold! [Take 1]
Lo and Behold! [Take 2]
You Aint’ Goin’ Nowhere [Take 1]
You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere [Take 2]
I Shall be Released [Take 1]
I Shall be Released [Take 2]
This Wheel’s on Fire
Too Much of Nothing [Take 1]
Too Much of Nothing [Take 2]
CD
Tears of Rage [Take 1]
Tears of Rage [Take 2]
Tears of Rage [Take 3]
Quinn the Eskimo [Take 1]
Quinn the Eskimo [Take 2]
Open the Door Homer [Take 1]
Open the Door Homer [Take 2]
Open the Door Homer [Take 3]
Nothing Was Delivered [Take 1]
Nothing Was Delivered [Take 2]
Nothing Was Delivered [Take 3]
All American Boy
Sign on the Cross
Odds and Ends [Alternate version]
Odds and Ends [Take 2]
Get Your Rocks Off
Clothes Line Saga
Apple Suckling Tree [Take 1]
Apple Suckling Tree [Take 2]
Don’t Ya Tell Henry
Bourbon Street
CD
Blowin’ in the Wind
One Too Many Mornings
A Satisfied Mind
It Ain’t Me, Babe
Ain’t No More Cane [Take 1]
Ain’t No More Cane [Alternate version]
My Woman She’s A-Leavin’
Santa-Fe
Mary Lou, I Love You Too
Dress It up Better Have it All
Minstrel Boy
Silent Weekend
What’s it Gonna be When it Comes Up
900 Miles from My Home
Wildwood Flower
One Kind Favor
She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain
It’s the Flight of the Bumblebee
Wild Wolf
Goin’ to Acapulco
Gonna Get You Now
If I Were a Carpenter
Confidential
All You Have to do is Dream [Take 1]
All You Have to do is Dream [Take 2]
CD
2 Dollars and 99 Cents
Jelly Bean
Any Time
Down by the Station
Hallelujah, I’ve Just Been Moved
That’s the Breaks
Pretty Mary
Will the Circle be Unbroken
King of France
She’s on My Mind Again
Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad
On a Rainy Afternoon
I Can’t Come in with a Broken Heart
Next Time on the Highway
Northern Claim
Love is Only Mine
Silhouettes
Bring it on Home
Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies
The Spanish Song [Take 1]
The Spanish Song [Take 2]
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