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Bob Dylan - Acoustic Guitar, Piano & Vocals
Robbie Robertson - Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drums
& Vocals
Richard Manuel - Piano, Drums, Harmonica & Vocals
Rick Danko - Electric Bass, Mandolin & Vocals
Garth Hudson - Organ, Clavinette, Accordion, Tenor Sax
& Piano
Levon Helm - Drums, Mandolin, Electric Bass & Vocals
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Dylan and the Band recorded what became known as THE
BASEMENT TAPES in the summer and fall of 1967, between
Dylan's albums BLONDE ON BLONDE and JOHN WESLEY HARDING.
The songs were recorded live on a home tape recorder in
the basement of a house called Big Pink, in West
Saugerties, New York. Some of the recordings were
bootlegged in the late '60s, but to many fans they were
just a rumor until this official version came out in 1975.
To emphasize Dylan's startling fecundity and In 1967 Dylan
was recovering from his much publicized motorcycle crash,
and with backing from the fledgling Band, he laid down
dozens of rudimentary demo recordings. Eventually gaining
an official release eight years later (with several
delightful songs from a later Band session added), THE
BASEMENT TAPES was a ragbag collection of alternately
playful and serious acoustic songs that drew on a deep
well of American tradition for their inspiration. Songs of
the caliber of "Tears Of Rage", "Too Much
Of Nothing", "Nothing Was Delivered" and
"This Wheel's On Fire" only served importance as
a songwriter.
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