The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes - Raw

by The Band, Bob Dylan

Overview

A double-disc distillation of the six-disc box The Basement Tapes Complete, The Basement Tapes: Raw can't quite be seen as an expansion of the 1975 double-LP The Basement Tapes but rather a necessary revision. Shepherded by the Band's Robbie Robertson, that 1975 double-vinyl inserted Band recordings where they didn't belong, suggesting the group were equal partners when it was really Dylan's show. The Basement Tapes: Raw rights this wrong, stripping away the excess overdubs and excising the ten Band songs -- a process which includes handing some of the tunes back over to Bob, including a wildly careening version of "Don't Ya Tell Henry" -- and then adding in all the major Dylan originals missing from the 1975 LP ("I'm Not There," "Santa-Fe," "Minstrel Boy," "Quinn the Eskimo," "Get Your Rocks Off," "Sign on the Cross") and then adding hints of the covers and general madness that can be found in the complete haul. Naturally, some gems are available only in the big box, including a bunch of folk tunes, a rangy "Big River" and "Kickin' My Dog Around," plus the goofs "See You Later Allen Ginsberg" and "All American Boy," but that's the kind of stuff that seems better in context, when it's surrounded by the heavyweight songs showcased here. On their own on this superb two-disc set, those songs amount to a version of the Basement Tapes that not only represents what happened at Big Pink more accurately, but is a thrilling, endlessly captivating listen in its own right. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/04/2014
Label:	Columbia / Legacy
UPC:	0888750196729
Rank:	58903

Tracks

Disc 1

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]
6. Ain't No More Cane [Alternate Version]
7. Crash on the Levee [Restored Version]
8. Tears of Rage [Without Overdubs]
9. Dress It Up, Better Have It All [Unreleased]
10. I'm Not There [Previously Released]
11. Johnny Todd [Unreleased]
12. Too Much of Nothing [Alternate Version]
13. The Mighty Quinn (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]

Disc 2

20. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere [Alternate Version]
21. Lo and Behold! [Alternate Version]
22. Minstel Boy [Previously Released]
23. Tiny Montgomery [Without Overdubs]
24. All You Have To Do is Dream [Unreleased]
25. Goin' To Acapulco [Without Overdubs]
26. 900 Miles From My Home [Unreleased]
27. One For the Road [Unreleased]
28. I'm Alright [Unreleased]
29. Blowin' In the Wind [Unreleased]
30. Apple Suckling Tree [Restored Version]
31. Nothing Was Delivered [Restored Version]
32. Folsom Prison Blues [Unreleased]
33. This Wheel's On Fire [Without Overdubs]
34. Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread [Restored Version]
35. Don't Ya Tell Henry [Alternate Version]
36. Baby, Won't You Be My Baby [Unreleased]
37. Sign On the Cross [Unreleased]
38. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere [Without Overdubs]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bob Dylan   Primary Artist,Vocals
The Band   Primary Artist
Neil Young   Tape
Robert Young   Tape

Technical Credits

Bryan Lasley   Design
Will Schwartz   Production Crew
Sid Griffin   Liner Notes
Johnny Cash   Composer
Levon Helm   Musician
Peter J. Moore   Mastering,Tape Restoration
Debbie Sweeney   Production Crew
Elliott Landy   Photography
Callie Gladman   Production Crew
Jan Haust   Liner Notes,Tape Restoration,Release Production
George Guerra   Technical Assistance
Geoff Gans   Art Direction,Package Design
Reid Miles   Original Cover Photography
Glenn Korman   Research
Diane Lapson   Production Crew
Steve Berkowitz   Release Production
April Hayes   Production Crew
Arie De Reus   Photo Courtesy
Magne Karlstad   Research
Oddbjorn Saltnes   Research
Ben Rollins   Liner Notes
Jeroen Van Der Meer   Project Manager
Donald I. Robertson   Composer
Arie De Reuse   Research
John Schelle   Photography
Kevin James   Photography
Traditional   Composer
Bob Dylan   Arranger,Composer,Instrumentation
Jack Rollins   Composer
Garth Hudson   Engineer,Musician,Instrumentation,Tape Restoration
Jeff Rosen   Release Production
Robbie Robertson   Musician
Rick Danko   Composer,Musician
Richard Manuel   Composer,Musician