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Originally Posted by Gavin B.
The full story on the Basement Tapes is that the 24 songs on the cd are only a small portion of the 125 or so songs recorded at Big Pink by Dylan and the Band. I'm hoping the Complete Basement Tapes get released as part of the highly successful Dylan "Bootleg" release project because a lot of the best stuff still hasn't been issued.
Bootlegs of the complete sessions have been floating around for years and I've heard a few dozen cuts that didn't make it to the 1975 Basement Tapes collection.
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The official album is definitely more listenable as an "album experience". There are, however, a LOT of gorgeous moments in the complete sessions. However they are hard to sit and listen to as a whole. Better taken just a little bit at a time and mulled upon for days. Very low fidelity and very loose. Also does not include the Band tracks (minus Dylan plus Helm) from the official album, which are very much worth hearing. The complete session would make a good "Bootleg Series" entry, but the official album sequence was probably a good rocknroll call on someone's part.
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