"The Basement Tapes" are a bit like the phantom 1956 session that brought Elvis, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash together for the first and last time. Gatefold packaging. Recorded in the basement of Big Pink, West Saugerties, New York, 1967. Key songs missing here include 'I Sh… It's a tune that could well describe the music now collected here. In his book about the basement sessions, Greil Marcus describes the album's contents as "sixteen basement recordings plus eight Band demos". Similar to The Basement Tapes, however; this release has "Manufactured By CBS Records" printed on bottom of … Pressing variation Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Vocals, Compiled By, Organ, Clavinet, Accordion, Saxophone, Piano, Recorded By, Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria, Buy Vinyl, Matrix / Runout (Side 1 Runout Stamped): o AL 33683-2A, Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout Stamped): AL 33684-2B, Matrix / Runout (Side 2 Runout Etched): S B, Matrix / Runout (Side 3 Runout Stamped): o BL 33684-2A, Matrix / Runout (Side 3 Runout Etched): S2 A, Matrix / Runout (Side 4 Runout Stamped): BL 33683-2A, Matrix / Runout (Side 4 Runout Etched): S1 A, Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side 1 Runout, stamped + etched): P AL 33683-1A S1 B3 o, Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side 2 Runout, stamped + etched): P AL 33684-1A S1 B2 o, Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side 3 Runout, stamped + etched): P BL-33684-1A S1 C4 o, Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side 4 Runout, stamped + etched): P BL-33683-1A S2 A6 o, Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 Side 1 Runout, stamped + etched): P AL 33683-1A S2 A2, Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 Side 2 Runout, stamped + etched): P AL 33684-1D S1 A2, Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 Side 3 Runout, stamped + etched): P BL-33684-1D S1 A1, Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 Side 4 Runout, stamped + etched): P BL-33683-1A S1 A1. Critic Michael Graywrites of the album, "The interspersed tracks by the Band alone merely disrupt the unity of Dylan material, much more of which should have been included. Criticism of the 1975 official release of The Basement Tapes has centered on two issues: the recordings by the Band on their own, and the selection of the Dylan songs. The Basement Tapes Bob Dylan & The Band Released 07/01/1975. Label: Columbia - C2 33682 • Format: 2x, Vinyl LP, Album • Country: US • Genre: Rock • Style: Folk Rock, Country Rock, Classic Rock. Some years back, The Band cut a song called "The Rumor." View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1975 Vinyl release of The Basement Tapes on Discogs.