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Basement Tapes (1975) is an album recorded by Bob Dylan and the

Band (pictured), the sixteenth studio album for Dylan. After the Band (then
known as the Hawks) backed Dylan during his world tour of 196566, four
of them moved to be near Dylan in Woodstock, New York, to collaborate
with him on music and film projects. They recorded more than 100
tracks together in 1967, including original compositions, contemporary
covers and traditional material. The world tour had controversially mixed
folk and rock; Dylan's new style moved away from rock, and from the urban
sensibilities and extended narratives of his most recent albums, Highway
61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. The new songs covered a range of
genres, with lyrics expressing humor, alienation, betrayal, and a quest for
salvation. Many of the songs circulated widely in unofficial form before the
album's release, and for some critics, they mounted a major stylistic
challenge to rock music in the late sixties. When released in 1975, the
album included sixteen songs taped by Dylan and the Band in 1967 and
eight songs recorded solely by the Band since then. Critically acclaimed
upon release, The Basement Tapes reached number seven on
the Billboard 200album chart. (Full article...)
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