Bob Dylan & the Band
The Basement Tapes
Columbia (33682)
Recorded 1967
Released 1975
Released 1975
Producers: Dylan & the Band
Rating: *** (Noteworthy)
Recorded 1967, released July 1975, reached #7 (#8 in the UK)
While considered a classic, even a masterpiece, this should have been distilled down to a two-sider–one side featuring cuts by the Band, the flipside with cuts by Dylan. As it sits, this has too many annoying Dylan cuts.
— winch