Well, with Robbie now gone, all that's left are Garth and Bob. This chapter's coming to a close. "This Wheel's On Fire"... Thank the heavens that these tapes are still here to commemorate a time when world culture truly shifted, from a basement in Saugerties (Woodstock) NY in the mid 60s. We were all blessed by this so very unlikely series of events, that, thanks to Garth Hudson, were immortalized on tape for us.

I've had 4 volumes (separate CDs) of these recordings for probably 30 years, and though much of the audio is rough, it's always been near the top, or at the very top of Dylan's music for me. I think those bootlegs contain most of what has been released, but I should still probably get Volume 11 that was commercially released 7 years ago or whatever. There might be only a handful of songs or less that I'm missing, and I have no idea how much the sound was improved. I've got a bootleg of the Billy the Kid sessions as well. I've never heard it mentioned, but it's also a top favorite of mine. You feel like you're right there sitting in, and it's great. I love playing it on a road trip. It's joyous, and free…

Bob Dylan thank you so much! “The Basement Tapes”… a pure lasting treasure!!!

Richard and Dylan singing together...it was stunning.

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Happy to hear this stuff glad it wasn't lost.🍀🎹

Rick Danko bathing in the stream is the most epic image I’ve ever seen in my whole life.

And wow... Such Grand ELECTRIC (Folk)Songs were still to follow🎶❤️🌺🌹👌🌞🌷

What? this was put on youtube Oct 2015 and I just notice it today !! This is bloody brilliant!

Im not even a Bob Dylan afficionado, but the Band is my favorite Band of all time.

@joegoliver3

5 жыл бұрын

Me too. The Band is more enhoyable than Dylan imo. Especially Levon.

@rvz77

4 жыл бұрын

I used to be a huge Band fanx until recently when I realized just what a powerhouse Dylan IS! Then I realized that many songs were actually written by Dylan, not the band. Dylan had a hand in it And it seems that the band was a terrifically cohesive set if musicians but they tried to sound like Dylan...hoe he sings etc. DYLAN is the true genius here!!

Mickey Jones was the drummer on that European tour. Levon went back home. He got tired of being booed.

@jackdcarter

6 жыл бұрын

that's right, Levon left the tour and got himself a job workin on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. I love that story.

@bobdylanger3022

6 жыл бұрын

Bill Fletcher rip Mickey Jones

@pollymiller9472

5 жыл бұрын

Yet, i love Levon regardless.

@stevepercival4774

4 жыл бұрын

Great drummer and a cool actor

@katherinekirkwood9632

4 жыл бұрын

Happy Bob didn't get sick of it all. Too much of nothing. I shall b releiced.one too many mornings my favorite. I don't hurt anymore.

You need this. Trust me. I know the sticker price is steep. But, seriously, you need this. This mammoth set is a force of nature. If you love the original basement tapes then you have to treat yourself to the COMPLETE BASEMENT TAPES box. Honestly, you haven't heard the basement tapes until you've immersed yourself in this. Literally HUNDREDS of unreleased songs. Pull the trigger already!

@VomitPinata

7 жыл бұрын

Well maybe (definitely!) not HUNDREDS of songs. But well over a hundred anyway! All hyperbole aside, what are you waiting for?

@bobdylanger3022

7 жыл бұрын

Vomit Pinata agreed ma friend 😉

@adandap

6 жыл бұрын

I already have it, but you make me want to buy it again!

@ItsNotDarkYet

6 жыл бұрын

I've had "A Tree With Roots" for several years.

@katherinea.rodgers8366

5 жыл бұрын

I have the Basement Tapes, but I will check out the box!

this is a real good commercial for this , so hyped

wow! i'm so happy Bob gave us all these videos, i'm gonna see them all

Thnks goodness this is celebrated.

i must have been the only one back then that understood wair they were comming from LMFAO ,,, the resturant, i cant tell you how many times i would play that ,,, my dad was a hurb albert fan ,, when he hurd Dylan sing he would say wooo wow lissin to that guy he's in a lot of pain, lissen to this guy he's in a lot of pain lmao but i got it from the start,, lissining to Robbie Robertson tell this story is a gas im lmao with him... thank you so much for shairing this

wonderful

2:30 Bob: did you boo me last night? Fan: we didn't! Bob: well... I want the names of all the people who boo'd me. He's so cute

@0otee

3 жыл бұрын

CUTE yes “Its a FolkSong!!!” So Sweet.. Bob saying that to his public! However.. an ELECTRIC FolkSong but what Grand Electric FolkSong..s... were still to follow! Thanks DearDylan❣️🌹🌺🌞👌🌷

@brubeck1

2 жыл бұрын

@@0otee yeah but its just music .People were acting like he let down humanity.

Amazing Bob

I have the original no name, no stamp, white labels LP set. I paid 25 cents for the double pack. Vinyl is in mint, sleeve is okay. Out of my thousands of records, this remains a favorite. Sounds mostly like solo hotel recordings though. A true piece of Americana.

@zachbruneau358

3 жыл бұрын

Is it possible for me to come and photograph it? Listen to it? I'll bring an excellent audio set up. zachbruneau@icloud.com

that film (NOT VIDEO) they shot...i NEED to see it all; I KNOW they have reeeeemzzzzz; how beautiful~E

@MonotoneCreeper

5 жыл бұрын

IIRC they were originally at Big Pink to shoot more footage for Eat the Document and got distracted by the music, so I don't imagine there is much more, sadly. Though if there's anything at all I would still love to see it!

Interesting to note that Levon Helm, the most badass of the bunch, quit halfway through this tour and went home to Arkansas. Only after the accident and the band regrouped at Woodstock did he come back to the fold.

@MonotoneCreeper

5 жыл бұрын

He also wasn't present for the recording and writing for a lot of the tracks on the Basement Tapes. You can hear that on the album, as a most of them do not have any drumming.

Ti sarò sempre riconoscente...x quello che hai fatto in quella cantina...

He didn't 'leave the music of the people behind and go for the charts' he progressed in his art and left a load of ear tugging dim folkies behind. They wanted the same old same old repeated ad nauseam. I heard him go electric and was blown away.

Tears of rage!

Inciting passion. That's Art kids.

Wow😍

Cool Stuff Bob.

wow, I thought I knew everything about Dylan, I was wrong!

i dreamed all this years ago

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Very interesting....but where's Dylan? What does he think about all this? Does he have any input over these releases?

Just a little information for the bob Dylan die hard fans,bob Dylan played in Scotland Glasgow United kingdom at George's square...1968..🎸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌏🌎😎😎🤟🏻🤟🏻🎙🎤🎙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Thank god, Dylan crashed. We all thought Blonde on Blonde was unsurpassable, but then Dylan's resurrection from the dead delivered his pinnacle of genius perfection, John Wesley Harding, his best or second-best album ever, although not widely recognized as such. Every song has great lyrical power and is perfectly balanced in sound, concept, lyrics, length, and such. And the songs Dylan wrote in between for others or just for fun, had been magical, too: Wheels on Fire, Knocking on Heaven's Door, I shall be released, just to name a few of the many gems. So, that was it. Anything that came afterward, had to be, ipso facto, of lesser greatness and impact. Nobody can maintain the level of genius that Dylan had when he was still free in his creations. Later on he tried to find himself, to resist things, it became a mess and high-quality songs gs became scarce. A jejune landscape of Lord knows what unfolded. Perhaps we need to wait a hundred years to appreciate it, but I never heard anything like John Wesley Harding anymore.

So is there a full length movie for this?

@bobdylanger3022

6 жыл бұрын

Joe Fudala wish there was.. just a promo for tbt

@shiitakestick

4 жыл бұрын

Joe Fudala - “Dont Look Back” ?

Looking for the Minnesota farm nice hood

'Don't you think your first records were better than the ones your making now?' It's hard to believe that people could be so idiotic; the fact that they were there witnessing the birth of those 'Blonde On Blonde' compositions and didn't appreciate them is even more fucking galling....I'd give my left bollock to have been there....maybe not...but you get the idea.

@nozecone

4 жыл бұрын

And even if it were true - what an insult for some twerp reporter - some failed writer - to throw at an artist.

@eargasm1072

3 жыл бұрын

the general public was indifferent to their favorite artists changing or evolving musically....not much change in that regard today

@robertfmorton

2 жыл бұрын

As a big fan of Dylan's folk albums, I went to see this tour in Liverpool. When the second half electric set began, some of the audience booed! I personally LOVED it! Dylan and the band rocked out. So glad I was there!

This music sounds pretty good , better than I expected . Dylan's voice is ok with the echo . What I have never been able to understand is how were The Band making a living at this time ? They were not doing any gigs that I know of , they would have got by playing bars etc. as they had done with Ronnie Hawkins a few years before . Maybe they did local gigs? I don't know .

@gleblerston37

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Fuller maybe bob was paying for them??

@Stephanjnj

4 жыл бұрын

Albert Grossman had them on retainer as Bob's backing band if and when the next tour ever materialized. And when it became apparent that wasn't in the works, to assist in creating demos.

@eargasm1072

3 жыл бұрын

Dylan was keeping them clothed and fed...they were on his (and Grossman's) i'm assuming, payroll at the time

@dylanthompson8511

3 жыл бұрын

Dylan was paying them. One of the reasons the basement tapes exist is bc they were STILL beomg paid, for the tour Dylan just canceled

Who was the guy with the tape that said don’t tell anyone where you got it?

@leemaloney8527

4 жыл бұрын

Marcus greil

Is this an Infomercial?

(2:37) "I want the names of ALL the people who booed me!" 🤣😂 So's he can have 'em rubbed out. Or at least deprogrammed with some electric Howlin' Wolf.

Dis The Great White Wonder album cover inspire The Beatles White Album cover???

@runedharma22

4 жыл бұрын

Or vice versa?

In the Woodstock video sequences is that really Bob and the Band or are they actors playing them?

@godriczimmerman

8 жыл бұрын

+pabloblue999 Thats really them.

@nancyrobinson7764

5 жыл бұрын

pabloblue999 You did see their faces ? Am I missing something , should I be reading between the lines .☀️☀️

@brianwolle2509

5 жыл бұрын

its them, no doubt

@TheRagBag

5 жыл бұрын

@Harry Lime I think they used actors to flesh out the Stones Exile on main St documentary...shots on guitars etc..no faces seen

@venetia6296

4 жыл бұрын

pabloblue999 .....only The Band played Woodstock

7

Anyone else notice the album picked up at 16:38 is Geogaddi by Boards of Canada?

Have you ever heard PF SLOAN

@Carlossantanamusicinc

Жыл бұрын

Hello dear, it’s nice meeting you on here

he disses Mickey Jones for Helm, a genius, but who quit long before the mayhem began

A 24-minute trailer?

@cjs4247

4 жыл бұрын

They called it a trailer but it's more of a mini documentary in my opinion. I enjoyed it.

@tompaulcampbell

4 жыл бұрын

@@cjs4247 Yes, it's very good!

Fuck the reissue got this original on vinyl

@renesrelics

8 жыл бұрын

this reissue is the original vinyl plus over a hundred other unreleased songs. you're missing out on a ton of great Dylan tunes.

@MrFartboy79

7 жыл бұрын

theabstrakt84 the original as in the one from 75? Yeah, that's not really the basement tapes... i mean, it is but it isn't. They added new overdubs before they released that, the band added a bunch of new songs to it recorded long after the Big Pink era etc. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy that release but trust me, this boxset is better... get the Basement Tapes Raw if you don't feel you need all the different versions, etc. But either set is well worth the expense and if you're a Dylan fan, it's essential, imo. See below from Wikipedia regarding the 75 release: When Columbia Records prepared the album for official release in 1975, eight songs recorded solely by the Band-in various locations between 1967 and 1975-were added to 16 songs taped by Dylan and the Band in 1967. Overdubs were added in 1975 to songs from both categories. The Basement Tapes was critically acclaimed upon release, reaching number seven on the Billboard 200 album chart. Subsequently, the format of the 1975 album has led critics to question the omission of some of Dylan's best-known 1967 compositions and the inclusion of material by the Band that was not recorded in Woodstock.

He never sold out. His CDs were selling for $6.00 when others' are $15-18.00. Ditto with ticket prices! Saw him in 2002 for $35.00. Eagles charged a lot more, as did others. The vital point, however, is that Mr. B.D. never betrayed God, Himself, or, His followers. In the end, that's what actually counts as the good life and therefore big merits in the given human soul-time; Real Change for Self-betterment. He is more proof "All things work for the good of those who love virtue's goodness."

What in god's name is this? A 24 minute trailer?

@murraythet

6 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@bobdylanger3022

6 жыл бұрын

DysnomiaFilms wish it was a couple a hours long!

@loisweatherly872

4 жыл бұрын

murraythet Trailer for a movie?? Sorry. I'm confused.

Around 1980 I saw Bob Dylan and Joan Baez singing in the Nassau Coliseum Nassau County New York and I have to say one of the worst shows I ever saw and it totally sucked I wish like Bob Dylan's albums his music so him in concert sucks

@commontater8630

6 жыл бұрын

Huh? Dude, that's incomprehensible.

@nancyrobinson7764

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Blouin I am trying to get the jest of what you’re saying but I am coming up short . I don’t believe I am an idiot .☮️

@jtfeasor

5 жыл бұрын

"It's people like you wot cause unrest."

@geraldlink7322

5 жыл бұрын

Paul Blouin

@rayferguson4859

4 жыл бұрын

I think what he was trying say was monkey uncle bedsheets are tired so yeah flowering radiation man

OVER RATED STUFF, a few VERY good Dylan tunes ( nuff said )

Its so weird I love Bob Dylan so much. I have ever album from the ist one to desire and I love them all except the basement tapes. I just dont like it much. It sounds so tired and uninspired. I dont own it and never will.

@asmusubermensch5889

5 жыл бұрын

Out of your mind.

@MaterLacrymarum

5 жыл бұрын

Think of it this way. You say it's "tired and uninspired". In fact it's "relaxed and casual". If you think of it in that context, perhaps you can find a way to enjoy it. This was music Dylan didn't intend to release - it's just a bunch of guys sitting around playing music. Think of it as a camp fire record.

@stevepercival4774

4 жыл бұрын

You have to complete your collection it'll grow on you

@loisweatherly872

4 жыл бұрын

JG Ballard Exactly! And, I love your analogy.

@leemaloney8527

4 жыл бұрын

Shitbull

This is awful. Truly awful.

Too much is made of this.

This was the height of Bob as a rock n roller. But for the last 45 yrs. or so he's been a mediocre to bad bandleader. His voice is bad, he's not a guitar player, his arrangements are sloppy. His shifting melodies may keep him from being bored, but they're almost never improvements on the originals. I think Robertson had the better idea: when you have nothing more to say as a songwriter, move on to something else. Go to Africa like Rimbaud.

@paularcher7991

6 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Clapp without Dylan music industry would be a lesser place,

@boxieracorn8445

6 жыл бұрын

I don’t go past desire

@ItsNotDarkYet

6 жыл бұрын

You're a fuckin moron.

@aliasdyln33

6 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Clapp - you are clearly 100-percent wrong about Bob. Not 99-percent, but a full f'n 100-percent. "Go to Africa?" No way. And to borrow from Bob Dylan's "Rolling Thunder Tour", you just 'gotta travel on'.

@TheClemcaster

6 жыл бұрын

That's a fairly sweeping statement; I've seen plenty of shows posted to youtube which are fairly brilliant. His choice of musicians as usual, inspired. And what of the last four or five albums...surely we'd miss those if he disappeared to Africa?