The Genuine Basement Tapes Vol. 4_音乐专辑
The Genuine Basement Tapes Vol. 4
表演者: Bob Dylan
专辑类型: 专辑
介质: CD
发行时间: 1967
唱片数: 1
出版者: Bootleg
专辑简介
Personnel:
Bob Dylan - guitar, piano, harmonica, vocals
Robbie Robertson - guitar, drums, vocals
Rick Danko - bass, fiddle, vocals
Richard Manuel - piano, vocals
Garth Hudson - organ, piano
Starting with volume four, the rest of the unreleased basement tapes (the Garth Hudson archives) began to go public. What we have here are some of the most entertaining songs in the whole collection. They're also the poorest sounding with lots of distortion and occasional drop outs from time to time. Still, there is some very good material here. In fact, I would have to say that volumes 4 and 5 are my favorites of the series. Bob and the Band are having a lot of fun here. The fun is contagious.
OA refers to the "Official Album" released by Columbia in 1975.
You Ain't Going Nowhere #1
A real surprise! The lyrics are nothing like the released version, either on the OA or on Greatest Hits 2, which was a little different in itself. The lyrics here are a crackup! Sample verse:
just pick up that oilcloth
cram it in the corner
I don't care if your name is Michael you're gonna need some boards
get your lunch, you foreign bib
you ain't goin' nowhere
It's sung in a talking drawl similar to Lo and Behold and Bottle of Bread. I wish this version had been released on the OA instead of the more well known one.
Bourbon Street
Apparently recorded at the same time as Don'tcha Tell Henry, this features the same drunken sound complete with trombone and organ bass pedals. This song is a little bit of a disappointment after having heard of it for years in lyric form only. Even though incomplete, it appears to be substantially finished all the same.
All American Boy
A great talking blues with Rick helping out with comic asides. Probably improvised. Lots of fun. It's worth noting that the lyrics are different from the published words, leading many people to believe that there are more takes yet to be heard.
Wild Wood Flower
Written by A. P. Carter. This doesn't really sound that much like one of the basement tapes at all. In fact, it sounds more like something from the Self Portrait era. Sound problems (left channel has dropouts). Floppy Nashville style drums and somebody blowing a blues harmonica in the background, doesn't really sound like the rest of the basement tapes. No keyboards.
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
The Blind Lemon Jefferson song that Dylan did on his very first album. This sounds like another Self Portrait era recording. The voice sounds like the one he was using on Nashville Skyline and Self Portrait.
Comin' Round the Mountain
Yep, "she'll be coming round the mountain when she comes". Sure sounds like a Self Portrait outtake, but the voice does sound more in line with basement tapes plus the backup vocals could be the Band. Who knows?
Flight of the Bumblebee
Just some fooling around. Don't know where this song comes from, or if it even exists as a real song at all. Mostly just an uninteresting blues jam.
Confidential To Me
This is more like it. Definitely Garth on organ and probably Robbie on drums, although it could be Richard. The piano could be Dylan. Pretty sloppy, but the spirit is right. Written by Dolinda Morgan and recorded by Sonny Knight in 1956.
I'm a Fool for You
Great song with great possibilities. Falls apart at the bridge because of key change problems. Too bad. This is a real good example of how a song can get ruined by too much rehearsal and why Dylan always liked to get everything in the first take. The song starts with great feeling and the Band is completely with it up until the time it falls apart because Bob calls out the wrong chord. They try to pick it up again, but it never gels. The words don't appear to mean anything, but the feeling gets across just the same. Further proof that at this stage in his musical development, he was much more involved in melody and chord progressions than he was in lyrics.
Next Time on the Highway
Great rockabilly. Great singing and playing. Pure basement tapes excellence. Dylan seems to be uttering obscenities toward the end!
The Big Flood
Actual title is "Tupelo". Another talking blues, with a real blues feel for a change. Dylan growls low and mean. Written by John Lee Hooker.
Don't Know Why They Kick My Dog
Also known as Everytime I Come To Town and You Gotta Quit Kicking My Dog Around, this is a lot of fun. They're apparently trying to work out the arrangement, but I don't think it would have become an actual released recording at any time, but who knows? Composed by Oungst-Perkins, this is an old political song first recorded in 1916.
See You Later, Allen Ginsberg
Just fooling around with variations on See You Later, Aligator. Lots of laughing.
The Spanish Song #1 & #2
More fooling around. Also known as Luisa. Bob and the boys in their south of the border mode.
I Am a Teenage Prayer
One of my favorites. "Take a look at me baby, I'm your teenage prayer". Rick Danko (or is it Richard Manuel?) tries and succeeds in cracking Bob up with variations on "teenage prayer" (teenage hair, teenage bear). Just silly stuff, but I love it!
I'm in the Mood
Another John Lee Hooker song, this one from 1951. This appears to have been recorded at around the same time as the above four songs. It's amazing how much of this disc sounds like the type of thing the Beatles were doing during their Get Back sessions two years later.
Belchezaar #1 & #2
This one has sound problems that didn't exist on the tape. The left channel drops out for the first few 10 seconds or so, and then it comes on with very low volume. Great song and one of the best performances in the whole collection. Even though two versions are indicated, there is really only one here and the first run-through was just an abortive attempt in the wrong key. Written and recorded by Johnny Cash in 1957.
Bring it on Home
"Richard, take a verse", says Bob. "What's the song?", says Richard. "Any song!", says Bob. Just more fooling around. A variation of Bo Diddley's Bring It To Jerome". This is an excellent demonstration of Bob's ability to improvise-on-the-spot lyrics. Fades out.
The King of France
Some distortion on this on, and Bob's voice is very hard to hear. Electric piano (unusual for these sessions), drums. It fades out too soon.
If I Lose, Let Me Lose
Written by Ralph Stanley. This is Levon Helm singing with the rest of the Band and Bob is nowhere evident. Apparently another of the Band tunes recorded during or immediately after these sessions. Originally the signature tune of Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers.
曲目
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Bourbon Street
All American Boy
Wildwood Flower
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain
Flight Of the Bumblebee
Confidential To Me
I'm A Fool For You
Next Time On The Highway
The Big Flood
Every Time I Come To Town
See You Later Allen Ginsberg
The Spanish Song
I'm Your Teenage Prayer
I'm In The Mood
Belshazaar
Bring It On Home
The King Of France
