Bob Dylan & the Band - The Basement Tapes

The official release of The Basement Tapes -- which were first heard on a 1968 bootleg called The Great White Wonder -- plays with history somewhat, as Robbie Robertson overemphasizes The Band's status in the sessions, making them out to be equally active to Dylan, adding in demos not cut at the sessions and overdubbing their recordings to flesh them out. As many bootlegs (most notably the complete five-disc series) reveal, this isn't entirely true and that The Band were nowhere near as active as Dylan, but that ultimately is a bit like nitpicking, since the music here (including The Band's) is astonishingly good. Read More