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The Basement Tapes (1975) is an album recorded by Bob

Dylan and the Band (pictured), the sixteenth studio album for Dylan.
After the Band (then known as the Hawks) backed Dylan during his
world tour of 196566, four of them moved to be near Dylan
inWoodstock, New York, to collaborate with him on music and film
projects. They recorded more than 100 tracks together in 1967,
including original compositions, contemporary covers and traditional
material. The world tour had controversiallymixed folk and rock;
Dylan's new style moved away from rock, and from the urban
sensibilities and extended narratives of his most recent
albums, Highway 61 Revisited and Blonde on Blonde. The new songs
covered a range of genres, with lyrics expressing humor, alienation,
betrayal, and a quest for salvation. Many of the songs circulated widely
in unofficial form before the album's release, and for some critics, they
mounted a major stylistic challenge to rock music in the late sixties.
When released in 1975, the album included sixteen songs taped by
Dylan and the Band in 1967 and eight songs recorded solely by the
Band since then. Critically acclaimed upon release, The Basement
Tapes reached number seven on the Billboard 200 album chart.
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