Ideal Basement Tapes album
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Bob Dylan
Chapaev36 — 10 years ago(December 24, 2015 01:38 AM)
I think that it is a shame that this period in Dylan's music never produced a proper album. What we have instead are the Basement Tapes and, now most recently, the Basement Tapes Complete.
The former was missing too many great songs and was a bit of a cheat, including several Band songs that were not from the sessions (and were frankly not very good).
The latter is a treasure trove of rarities, but not a proper album.
So what would be you most ideal playlist? After listening to the Basement Tapes complete, selecting favorite tracks and tweaking the order a little bit I have come up with this:- Odds and Ends (take 2)
- Goin' To Acapulco
- Yea! Heavy and a Bottle of Bread (take 2)
- This Wheel's on Fire
- Lo and Behold! (take 2)
- Wild Wolf
- All You Have To Do is Dream (take 2)
- Crash On the Levee (take 2)
- I Shall Be Released (take 2)
- You Ain't Goin' Nowhere (take 2)
- Quinn the Eskimo (take 2)
- Tears of Rage (take 3)
- Too Much Of Nothing (take 2)
- Open the Door, Homer (take 1)
- I'm Not There
- Sign On the Cross
For a proper vinyl length, I'd probably remove Quinn the Eskimo and Open the Door, Homer, both of which are slightly less than essential. Otherwise this is my ideal track order.