The Band - Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series 11 (CD)

Two CD edition contains 38 highlights from these legendary sessions by Bob Dylan and the Band. Compiled from meticulously restored original tapes many found only recently, this historic set is the definitive chronicle of the artist's legendary 1967 recording sessions with members of his touring ensemble who would later achieve their own fame as the Band. The actual recordings, however, remained commercially unavailable until 1975, when Columbia Records released a scant 16 of them on THE BASEMENT TAPES album. Over the years, the songs on THE BASEMENT TAPES have haunted and perplexed fans, with the recordings themselves representing a Holy Grail for Dylanologists. THE BASEMENT TAPES RAW brings together, for the first time ever, the best of of the salvageable recordings from the tapes including recently discovered early gems recorded in the 'Red Room' of Dylan's home in upstate New York. Unlike the official 1975 release, these performances are presented as close as possible to the way they were originally recorded and sounded back in the summer of 1967.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Open the Door Homer (Take 1)
2. Odds and Ends ((Alternate Version) Take 1)
3. Million Dollar Bash (Take 1)
4. One Too Many Mornings
5. I Don't Hurt Anymore
6. Ain't No More Cane ((Alternate Version) Take 2)
7. Crash on the Levee (Take 2)
8. Tears of Rage (Take 3)
9. Dress It Up, Better Have It All
10. I'm Not There
11. Johnny Todd
12. Too Much of Nothing (Take 2)
13. Quinn the Eskimo (Take 2)
14. Get Your Rocks Off
15. Santa-Fe
16. Silent Weekend
17. Clothes Line Saga
18. Please Mrs. Henry
19. I Shall Be Released (Take 2)
20. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Take 1)
21. Lo and Behold! (Take 1)
22. Minstrel Boy
23. Tiny Montgomery
24. All You Have to Do Is Dream (Take 2)
25. Goin' to Acapulco
26. 900 Miles from My Home
27. One for the Road
28. I'm Alright
29. Blowin' in the Wind
30. Apple Suckling Tree (Take 2)
31. Nothing Was Delivered (Take 1)
32. Folsom Prison Blues
33. This Wheel's on Fire
34. Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread (Take 2)
35. Don't Ya Tell Henry
36. Baby, Won't You Be My Baby
37. Sign on the Cross
38. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (Take 2)