The Basement Tapes

Locations
Call Number: CD Pop Dylan Basement
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 3rd Floor, CDs 2-week checkout	CD Pop Dylan Basement	2-week checkout	On Shelf

Compact disc.
Popular songs, principally by Bob Dylan, with instrumental ensemble.
Program notes by Greil Marcus on container.
Odds and ends -- Orange juice blues (blues for breakfast) -- Million dollar bash -- Yazoo Street scandal -- Goin' to Acapulco -- Katie's been gone -- Lo and behold! -- Bessie Smith -- Clothesline saga -- Apple suckling tree --Please, Mrs. Henry -- Tears of rage -- Too much of nothing -- Yea! heavy and a bottle of bread -- Ain't no more cane --Crash on the levee (down in the flood) -- Ruben Remus -- Tiny Montgomery -- You ain't goin' nowhere -- Don't ya tell Henry -- Nothing was delivered -- Open the door,Homer -- Long distance operator -- This wheel's on fire.
Bob Dylan, vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, with The Band.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

A few gems here submitted by kencza on July 31, 2018, 8:08pm Gives you the feel like you are in the room while songs are being performed. My faves are Million Dollar Bash, Tears of Rage,
Tiny Montgomery, You ain't Goin' Nowhere, and This Wheel's on Fire

The Basement Tapes submitted by Varshini on July 15, 2019, 7:05pm My favorite song from this is "Tears of Rage."

Bob Dylan/The Band; Minnesota met The South submitted by ccrose on August 20, 2019, 9:09pm Creativity can come alive if you meet someone who has a new set of sounds.
I love the Band. They were considered ‘alternative’ because finding a category that fit them was impossible. Just an alternate universe of chords, of instruments, lyrics that could have come from a southern preacher. Wow. Singing like a prayer meeting that was leaning toward fun. They co-wrote and played Dylan’s tunes and he liked it. There’s a real sense of humor bubbling up and it was fun. And it’s sincere music, not just playing but sounded like they collaborated like old friends.

Great Songwriting, But These Feel Like Demos submitted by Meginator on June 14, 2023, 11:24am This album is full of good songs, which is to be expected from musicians as talented as Bob Dylan and the Band, although it is somewhat incoherent and lacks a sense of focus when considered as a complete project. The Band makes for excellent collaborators with Dylan and are a natural musical fit for his songwriting style, and their contributions help to round out his songs and give them more complexity than when it’s just him and the guitar. Most of the tracks feel like demos rather than polished final products, for both better and worse, and it’s a solid group with a few standouts and the consistently good quality you’d expect from these artists at this point in time. This album is more of a deep cut than a must-have for the general listener, but it does represent Bob Dylan’s folk-rock roots rather well and provides an opportunity for the Band to showcase their own music alongside his.