The Basement Tapes

UNCUT – New Issue With Cover Stars THE BAND

Posted on by JL

9 January 2024

50 years on – 26 June 1975 – from the release of the Basement Tapes LP by Bob Dylan and The Band, Uncut invites compatriots, aficionados and heads, including Jason Isbell, Richard Thompson, Lucinda Williams, Elvis Costello, Van Morrison and more to celebrate
the 30 greatest songs of The Band.


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Also features with Sharon Van Etten, Aswad, Blue Öyster Cult, The Moody
Blues, Macca, Keith Richards, etc, and reviews of a heap of new albums.

You can buy a copy and let it be sent to your home address. Info HERE.

This month’s free CD, named Take A Load Off contains 15 tracks of new
music by The Weather Station, The Delines, Richard Dawson, Sunny War
and more.

UNCUT Website

BOB DYLAN AND THE BAND – Americana Masterpiece ‘THE BASEMENT TAPES’ Came Out 45 Years Ago

Posted on by JL

25 June 2020

Artists: Bob Dylan and The Band
Album: The Basement Tapes  – a double longplayer
Released: 26 June 1975 – 45 years ago – Dylan’s 16th LP
Artwork: the cover picture was taken by Reid Miles
in the basement of a Los Angeles YMCA
Score: #7 in the USA AND #8 in the UK

Rolling Stone said at the time: “The songs are home music, barroom music played for pleasure and for the hell of it by and for musicians with a shared experience outsiders
may not fully understand… the music and lyrics snarled and spit out of the corners of one’s mouth… these were inspired times, and Dylan and the Band could as well have been singing and playing the telephone book.” Full review here.

Key phrase: this is what happens when icon Bob Dylan and
his phenomenal backing band make Americana great again
Key tracks: too many to name

Full album…

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