BOB DYLAN & THE BAND BASEMENT TAPES RARE ORIG '76 COLUMBIA WHITE LABEL PROMO LP

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·       BOB DYLAN & THE BAND - BASEMENT TAPES -  ORIGINAL 1976 COLUMBIA STEREO 2-LP SET (DOUBLE ALBUM) C2-33682

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       *** WHITE LABEL PROMO ***

·       *** IN ADDITION,  THE V-SHAPED PROMO CUTOUT CORNER ON THE COVER CLEARLY IDENTIFIES  THIS ITEM  AS PROMOTIONAL ***

·       ORIGINAL COLUMBIA LABEL, ‘70s STYLE, WHITE PROMOTIONAL VERSION

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) ENDS WITH '-1F/-1C/-1F/-1D'.  ON SOME LABELS,  SUFFIX '–1' DENOTES THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING)

·       MACHINE-STAMPED MATRIX NUMBER IN TRAIL-OFF VINYL (DEAD WAX) OF THE RECORD

·       FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 6.

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A tossed-off vibe, a complete lack of focus and continuity, and poor fidelity: doesn't sound like a recipe for a rock-era touchstone, does it? Yet these elements are exactly what give The Basement Tapes its considerable charm. Recorded in the summer of 1967 at the "Big Pink" house near Woodstock, N.Y., this set captures Dylan and The Band woodshedding, bouncing ideas off the walls and each other. Steeped in traditional American roots music, these 24 tracks have the feel of a laid-back song swap. Though many of the tracks here are silly, sarcastic, or just downright weird, some display an elegance, beauty, and gravity that add much-needed balance. Songs like "Tears of Rage," "This Wheel's on Fire," and "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" would later become beloved classics, but even the lesser-known cuts ("Bessie Smith," "Katie's Been Gone") here are stirring and memorable.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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This is one of those albums that needs to be listened to multiple times to gain appreciation but once you get it, you realize what a masterpiece it is. The spontaneity, the humor, the effortless collaboration makes this collection (which was never meant to be released) a true masterpiece and so unique. The highlights to me are some of the lesser known tracks such as Lo and Behold , Please Mrs. Henry, Tiny Montgomery and especially Open the Door Homer. if you've never listened, listen, if you've listened once or twice, listen ten more times more, then you will truly understand what I mean.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY PHILIP BOYATSIS, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

“Invisible Republic” Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes’ by Greil Marcus, is a book about the creation and cultural importance of The Basement Tapes, a series of recordings made by Bob Dylan in 1967 in collaboration with musicians who would subsequently be known as The Band.

Marcus quotes Robbie Robertson’s memories of recording the Basement Tapes: "Dylan would pull these songs out of nowhere. We didn’t know if he wrote them or if he remembered them. When he sang them, you couldn’t tell."  Marcus called these songs "palavers with a community of ghosts." . He suggests that "these ghosts were not abstractions. As native sons and daughters they were a community. And they were once gathered in a single place: on the ?Anthology of American Folk Music,, a work produced by a 29-year-old of no fixed address named Harry Smith." Marcus argues Dylan’s Basement Songs were a resurrection of the spirit of Smith’s Anthology, originally published by Folkways Records in 1952, a collection of blues and country songs recorded in the 1920s and 1930s, which proved very influential in the folk music revival of the 1950s and the 1960s.

Marcus links the First Great Awakening, the folk music revival of the 1950s, with Bob Dylan's 1966 tour with The Hawks aka The Band, the Civil Rights Movement, and the history of coal strikes in West Virginia.

(EXCERPT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ARTICLE IN WIKIPEDIA.ORG)

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·       CONDITION:

·       THE RECORD

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(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL  AS  (WEAK) NEAR MINT. Some VERY LIGHT AND SUPERFICIAL abrasions – mostly sleeve scuffs -  are (barely) visible, but are probably inaudible,  and do not affect visual integrity or beauty of the vinyl. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The records are pressed on a RELATIVELY  thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy ('dynaflex' type),  vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl either.

(c)           White Promo Label version of this title is much rarer that a regular, commercially released, version of this title. We estimate that stock copies of this album outnumber promo copies by a ratio of at least 50:1.

(d)          Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

THE COVER IS ABOUT VERY GOOD+(+)

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Minor glue residue noted on the back panel (less than 4 square inches in size)

-        Cover has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and  10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 4  (front side) and 5 (back side)

-        Cover has a V-shaped  promo cutout corner

-        Visible shelf wear noted on the bottom seam (nothing significant)

-        Minor shelf wear noted on the spine (nothing significant)

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams

-        Cover has two corners slightly worn (nothing significant)

-        Cover has a minor (1/4") 'bump' (tear/cut) on the opening side (VISIBLE ON FRONT SIDE ONLY)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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