Comments for Dylan, Bob, The Basement Tapes

Not bad for beginners, with great songs and performances, but it doesn't hold up if you've ever heard the "Genuine Basement Series". Still essential listening, though.

The album has it's good points, namely This Wheels On Fire, Million Dollar Bash, and Crash on The Levee, but the rest are rather weak. And those are just the Dylan tracks. Then there's the slew of dreadful Band songs that Bob didn't have anything to do with. And if that's not enough, Robertson overdubbed drums and guitars onto several of the songs when he "produced" it all in 1975.

This is a must own for all dylan fans. It shows a side to him that is completely unique from all his other works. The music reflects a man who loves music and is just having fun with a few of his friends (The Band). I must also add that The Band tunes are very good. Richard Manual's Orange Juice Blues and Katie's Been Gone show him at his best.

The reason why this album is good is because "Low and Behold!"is one of Dylan's coolest songs! Right up there with "The Mighty Quinn"

i have come to realize that when i don't immediately like a dylan song, it is usually because i don't immediately "get it". like all great art, this album requires participation on the listeners part to unlock it's power. music haunted by ghosts, with a longing heart dressed in wit.

In some ways this is Dylan''s wierdest, most timeless, and one of his best albums. It is truly a collaborative work as the musicianship of the Band is a big part of why this album succeeds. There are a lot of loopy, bizarre stories here, a lot of sexual and even scatalogical humor, but there is also a real mystical aura to such great pieces as "Tears of Rage", and "This Wheel''s On Fire". Most of the songs sound like they came out of the mountains about 60 years ago; in spirit it is more like the later work that the Band recorded than any other Dylan albums. I recommend it highly though it takes some getting acclimated to.

One of Dylan`s best albums, the "Basement Tapes" came between "Blond on Blond" and "John Wesley Harding" and after he had seculed himself up in Woodstock, New York. Recorded with The Band this album sounds nothing like anything Dylan has ever done. Recorded in the basement of Big Pink, this is something everyone should listen to and own.