The Basement Tapes [Digipak]

Performer: Bob Dylan
Engineer: Garth Hudson; Garth Hudson; Mark Aglietti
Producer: Bob Dylan; The Band; Jeff Rosen (Reissue); Steve Berkowitz (Reissue)
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Bob Dylan/The Band: Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Robbie Robertson (guitar); Garth Hudson (organ); Richard Manuel (keyboards); Rick Danko (bass); Levon Helm (drums). Recorded in the basement of the Big Pink, West Saugerties, New York between June and October 1967. Bob Dylan: Robbie Robertson (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, drums); Levon Helm (vocals, mandolin, electric bass, drums); Rick Danko (vocals, mandolin, electric bass); Richard Manuel (vocals, harmonica, piano, drums); Garth Hudson (accordion, tenor saxophone, piano, Clavinet, organ). Personnel: Bob Dylan (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano). Audio Mixers: Nat Jeffery; Ed Anderson; Rob Fraboni. Audio Remasterer: Greg Calbi. In 1967 Bob Dylan was recovering from his much-publicized motorcycle crash. To emphasize Dylan's startling fecundity, he laid down dozens of rudimentary demo recordings with backing from the fledgling Band. Eventually gaining an official release eight years later (with several delightful songs from a later Band session added), THE BASEMENT TAPES is a ragbag collection of alternately playful and serious acoustic-based songs that draw on a deep well of American tradition for their inspiration. Songs of the calibre of "Tears Of Rage", "Nothing Was Delivered" and "This Wheel's On Fire" on this ostensibly tossed-off masterpiece only serve to further underline Dylan's importance as a writer.

Bob Dylan began as a Woody Guthrie acolyte, imitating the dust-bowl balladeer as faithfully as a baby boomer from Hibbing, Minnesota, could. It wasn't long before he found his own voice, spearheading the early-1960s folk revival as well as the singer-songwriter movement, and introducing poetry into pop music. Through countless changes in sound, image, and even religion, he retained his unique artistic vision even when his popularity occasionally waned. By the 21st century, he was enjoying an upsurge of critical and popular interest based on a series of powerful late-career albums that crystallized his aesthetics and unique world view.

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