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The resulting songs were never intended for release, but they became the first widely circulated bootleg recordings by a major rock artist and ultimately were release in official form by Dylan’s label, Columbia Records, in 1975. | The resulting songs were never intended for release, but they became the first widely circulated bootleg recordings by a major rock artist and ultimately were release in official form by Dylan’s label, Columbia Records, in 1975. | ||
Among the songs written during that time were some of the most highly regarded from both Dylan and the Band, including | Among the songs written during that time were some of the most highly regarded from both Dylan and the Band, including “[[I Shall Be Released]]”, “[[Tears Of Rage|Tears of Rage]]” and “Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood).” | ||
They reportedly wrote and recorded at least 30 new songs, but Dylan had written many more sets of lyrics that he never set to music. Noted Costello “There’s a song called ‘[[Matthew Met Mary]]’ and a kind of refrain [is] ‘A thousand doors couldn't hold me back from you.’ If you wrote that line, would you leave it in a drawer for 47 years?” | They reportedly wrote and recorded at least 30 new songs, but Dylan had written many more sets of lyrics that he never set to music. Noted Costello “There’s a song called ‘[[Matthew Met Mary]]’ and a kind of refrain [is] ‘A thousand doors couldn't hold me back from you.’ If you wrote that line, would you leave it in a drawer for 47 years?” | ||
“''The New Basement Tapes''” project aims to honor the freewheeling spirit of the original sessions, even though, Costello pointed out from the control room of Capitol Records Studio A, “This is the exact opposite of “The Basement Tapes”: We’re in the best recording studio in the world and we’re not in a basement.” | |||
Another difference between the old and new “Basement Tapes” is that this project is also being documented by filmmaker Sam Jones for Showtime’s Sho:Close Up documentary “Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued.” Jones, director of “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart,” a 2002 documentary about the band Wilco, noted that no photographs apparently were taken during the original Big Pink sessions, although some film footage is said to exist. | |||
One intriguing facet of the current project is the sense of collaboration among the participants. Each has come up with his or her own music for many of the lyrics, resulting in multiple versions of the same songs and allowing a perspective on the ways different artists respond to Dylan’s lyrics. | |||
Each artist has taken the lead during tracking sessions of their songs, and the others provide whatever vocal and instrumental support is required, with Burnett overseeing final production of all tracks. | |||
It hasn’t been decided how many of the tracks ultimately will be released. Dylan’s involvement in the project, beyond providing the lyrics, appears to be limited to giving it his blessing and possibly sitting for a new interview to be part of the documentary. | |||
A spokesman for Dylan said he’s offered no explanation of why he decided to offer the unfinished songs to Burnett to complete. It’s hard not to speculate that the decision is at least partially driven by Dylan’s experience helping to bring lyrics left unfinished by [[Hank Williams]] to life by having a variety of rock, pop and country artists set them to music and record them for the 2011 album “The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams.” | |||
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*[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-bob-dylan-lost-lyrics-new-basement-tapes-20140325,0,1813349.story#axzz2wuD2HHga LATimes.com] | *[http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-bob-dylan-lost-lyrics-new-basement-tapes-20140325,0,1813349.story#axzz2wuD2HHga LATimes.com] | ||
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