Bob Dylan & the Band - The Basement Tapes - Columbia LP 1975 - VG+ - C2 33682

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Bob Dylan & The Band: The Basement Tapes Columbia Records C2 33682 Released June 1975.  This is a first pressing of the album that inspired a thousand bootlegs ... not to mention the eponymous Bootleg Series. Record VG+ -- album has lightly audible wear.  Fidelity still very strong throughout. Jacket VG+ -- light to moderate edgewear present.  It looks its age.  
Here's another oddball release for you that got the attention of critics back in the mid-'70s: 24 tracks by Bob Dylan and The Band ostensibly recorded in 1967 at The Band's haunt in West Saugerties, N.Y.  (Not that the legend is quite that believable; Robbie Robertson and The Band added 8 tracks in 1975 to round out the album, plus overdubs to give it a good ol' rustic type sound.)  Enjoy yet another side of an artist and his backing group at a unique, fun, and goofy time in their careers!  The second and third photos show the gatefold construction of the jacket.  Happy bidding!

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