Basement Tapes Complete
THEY SHALL BE RELEASED: On 11/4, Columbia/Legacy will set free the mother lode: The Basement Tapes Complete, all 138 recordings, including 30 that have never been previously issued. We’re referring to the legendary 1967 Woodstock sessions involving Bob Dylan and The Band (who then went by the ironic moniker The Crackers), the bulk of which took place in Big Pink. Two dozen of these performances—including the original versions of such classics as “I Shall Be Released,” “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere,” “Tears of Rage,” “Too Much of Nothing” and “This Wheel’s on Fire”—have been available since 1975 as a double album (somewhat doctored up by producer Robbie Robertson), but as spellbinding as the original version of The Basement Tapes is, this six-disc package of the unvarnished original performances swallows it up. Can’t wait to get lost in it. (8/27a)
VMAs BEAMING BACK
TO THE BIG APPLE Getting back to where they once belonged (4/24a)
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/24a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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A CHORUS OF PRAISE: IVORS 2024 NOMS
