The Band – The Basement Tapes

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Label:	CBS – CBS 88147
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Auto-Coupled
Country:	Europe
Released:	1975
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Folk Rock

Tracklist

A1	Odds And Ends Written-By – B. Dylan*	1:43
A2	Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast) Written-By – R. Manuel*	3:40
A3	Million Dollar Bash Written-By – B. Dylan*	2:30
A4	Yazoo Street Scandal Written-By – J. R. Robertson*	3:26
A5	Goin' To Acapulco Written-By – B. Dylan*	5:25
A6	Katie's Been Gone Written-By – J. R. Robertson*	2:49
B1	Lo And Behold Written-By – B. Dylan*	2:43
B2	Bessie Smith Written-By – J. R. Robertson*	4:17
B3	Clothes Line Saga Written-By – B. Dylan*	2:56
B4	Apple Suckling Tree Written-By – B. Dylan*	2:47
B5	Please, Mrs. Henry Written-By – B. Dylan*	2:31
B6	Tears Of Rage Written-By – R. Manuel*	4:17
C1	Too Much Of Nothing Written-By – B. Dylan*	3:00
C2	Yea! Heavy And A Bottle Of Bread Written-By – B. Dylan*	2:14
C3	Ain't No More Cane Arranged By – The Band Written-By – Traditional	3:57
C4	Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) Written-By – B. Dylan*	2:06
C5	Ruben Remus Written-By – J. R. Robertson*	3:11
C6	Tiny Montgomery Written-By – B. Dylan*	2:51
D1	You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Written-By – B. Dylan*	2:39
D2	Don't Ya Tell Henry Written-By – B. Dylan*	3:12
D3	Nothing Was Delivered Written-By – B. Dylan*	4:22
D4	Open The Door Homer Written-By – B. Dylan*	2:47
D5	Long Distance Operator Written-By – B. Dylan*	3:38
D6	This Wheel's On Fire Written-By – R. Danko*	3:55

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Recorded At – Big Pink, West Saugerties, N.Y.
Mixed At – The Village Recorder
Mixed At – Shangri-La, Malibu, CA
Published By – Dwarf Music
Lacquer Cut At – CBS, Haarlem
Printed By – Shorewood Packaging

Credits

Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Vocals – Bob Dylan
Design Concept [Design Consultant] – Bob Cato
Drums, Mandolin, Electric Bass, Vocals – Levon Helm
Electric Bass, Mandolin, Vocals – Rick Danko
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Vocals, Compiled By – Robbie Robertson
Engineer [Mixing Engineer] – Rob Fraboni
Liner Notes – Greil Marcus
Mastered By [Mastering Engineer] – George Horn
Organ, Clavinet [Clavinette], Accordion, Tenor Saxophone, Piano, Engineer [Recording Engineer] – Garth Hudson
Photography By – Reid Miles
Piano, Drums, Harmonica, Vocals – Richard Manuel
Producer – The Band

Notes

European release with BIEM/STEMRA.
As a difference to The Basement Tapes, which is otherwise similar, this has a circled 2xc (white lettering) in the upper right corner of the rear sleeve, while the other one shows Ux2 (black lettering on white ground).
This also comes with a white/orange CBS "Super Star-Serie" innersleeve showing releases from cat# 67 241 to 68 216 and a CBS "Gold-Serie and Star-Interpreten-Serie" innersleeve showing releases from 67 246 to 68 218.
On inner gatefold:
Recorded in the basement of Big Pink, West Saugerties, N.Y., 1967
Mixed at Village Recorders & Shangri-La Studios

Auto-coupled release: [A-D] [B-C] actually printed as [1-2] [3-4] on labels.

Orange-yellow 70s CBS label.

Printed in Holland.

Runouts are etched.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Price Code (Encircled [Printed]): 2xc
Rights Society: BIEM/STEMRA
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): CBS 88147-1 AL-33683
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): CBS 88147-2 BL-33683
Matrix / Runout (Label side C): CBS 88147-3 AL-33684
Matrix / Runout (Label side D): CBS 88147-4 BL-33684
Other (Legacy cat# from label): (C2-33682)
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 88147-A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 88147-B II Ⓗ
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 1): 88147-C II
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 1): 88147-D II Ⓗ
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 88147-A II
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 88147-B III
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 2): 88147-C III Ⓗ
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 2): 88147-D Ⓗ
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): 88147-A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): 88147-B III
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 3): 88147-C III Ⓗ
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 3): 88147-D II Ⓗ
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): 88147-A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): 88147-B III
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 4): 88147-C II
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 4): 88147-D III Ⓗ
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): 88147-A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): 88147-B Ⓗ
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 5): 88147-C II
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 5): 88147-D II Ⓗ

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Basement Tapes (2×LP, Album)	CBS	S 80918	Europe	1975
New Submission	The Basement Tapes (2×LP, Album)	CBS	CBS 88147, 88147, S 88147	UK	1975
Recently Edited	The Basement Tapes (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Pitman Pressing)	Columbia	C2 33682, C 33684	US	1975
New Submission	The Basement Tapes (Cassette, Album)	Columbia	C2T 33682	US	1975
	The Basement Tapes (2×LP, Album, Auto-Coupled)	CBS	88147, CBS 88147	Europe	1975