Dylan & The Band's legendary Basement Tapes – those amazing late 60s Woodstock
recordings – and an album that was a classic long before it was officially released in the mid 70s! Bootleg after bootleg of some these
recordings might have sold enough copies on the grey market in the early 70s to go platinum back in the
day, so there's little wonder that Columbia would finally get some kind of official release out there – and it lives up to the legend! Dylan's conversational, seemingly spontaneous lyricism stretches over a good portion of it, with some much more soulful numbers, too – and those are all the more effective with The Band's incredible instrumentation, backing and occasional lead vocals. Here for the first time is a 100% officially-sanctioned release of a wealth of the raw, original Woodstock
recordings, painstakingly re
stored from the original master tapes – but without the overdubs, editing and tinkerings of the mid 70s LP versions, and other tracks that never been officially released in any form! A truly vital document of one of the most legendary woodshedding efforts in rock history.
(180 gram pressing from 2014. Includes the booklet.)