I agree with you Charles got it on cd and vinyl quality songwriting 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😄👍

​@@jasondylansargent2195A now totally obsolete album with the complete box set accessible to all.

Ha ha, I just dropped a similar comment on another vid from this series. Former audio engineer here. Such perfect sound. Of course, it was done by real engineers!

Plus, ya know, it was Bob Dylan. The best.

it's almost too beautiful to listen to.

1969 - I remember how sacred to open up the album, all of us sitting around in Boston, placing the needle on the album, Laying back, and almost dying from the beauty and perfection in every single chord, lyric, in every single cut. It was earth-shattering! A highlight of my life - that and CSNY first album. All around the time of WOODSTOCK. That was our religion. JUST AMAZING!

K August Give credit to Ronnie Hawkins, who hired these guys as teenagers and taught them not just how to play brilliantly, but also the discipline required to work as a group.

All the boys or levon?

@@ferrallderrall6588 Hawkins was a great one for recognizing and developing talent. He hired a teenage Levon in 1958, it was his first engagement as a drummer. He discovered many other fine musicians in Canada. The Band was The Hawks until they split away and went on their own. But they were Hawkins band first. Same with Crowbar. Also Full Tilt Boogie Band, Janis Joplin's favorite of all the bands she worked with. And many other musicians.

@@mrdanforth3744 thanks for the reply, I'm still getting it figured bro

+Brian Dorn well, he's got the gab...not sure it's a gift.

Brian Dorn gift of bs...and music

+james collins i remember when that album came out, in 1969, plain white cardboard cover, double album, first recordings of dylan since john wesley harding. in 1968, i was in Europe, in liverpool, and ran into a guy there on a bus bench, we were chatting and i mentioned i loved dylan music more than anything, and he said there was a new dylan song out called This Wheel's on Fire, and we went to find a place with a juke box so i could hear it. It was by Julie Driscoll, i don't think it got play in the US. i loved the song, so good to hear something coming from dylan again. long dry spell. Julie Driscoll did a great kind of psychedelic cover that worked, great band, Brian Auger and the Trinity. Brian Augur played some role in helping Jimi Hendrix get his start in England.

Thank Bob Dylan for 99%

+michael clarke why a hater? is there something wrong in YOUR life????

I don't hate. My life? On the scheme of things,pretty good. My opinion on Band and RR,off shots on Dylan's Armada. Oh I do have a toot ache.

Me too❤

yeah, he was the normal one in The Band, he left cause he couldnt deal with a drunk Rick, a suicidal durg addicted Richard, spaced out Garth and ramblin hilbilly Levon...

Aah all the human traits and yet somehow the band to beat lol

I try to be optimistic, a lot of people think they are defending the world against injustice by 'siding' with Levon against the injustices of the world. If this is your idea of injustice though, haven't seen much of hte real world.

fanmaxis3004 really? Because Robbie admits he did his fair share of drugs

i dont mean to be so offtopic but does any of you know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb forgot my account password. I appreciate any help you can offer me

If he didn’t play another note,the lead break on ‘King Harvest ‘alone would immortalized him.

TJ Colatrella right never mentions Garth who recorded it so well, given the primitive equipment back then

we had a band in UK 70's did the same in a stable with low wood beams, once decided to do our live gig practice to prepare for emergency darkness on stage so i put a blindfold on, we started playing, i sprung around as on stage, jumped up and cracked my head on a beam, end of rehearsal

+Rick Hadden Don't forget Garth.

you're kidding, of course. The man is self- centered, a thief and liar.

You're believing the biased words of a bitter man. Apparently, no one has backed him up on his claims. But I'd agree Robbie is far from humble...LOL

Rick B Yes, that is what I was referring to.

Rick Hadden Robbie humble? You're kidding, right? He claimed copyright on nearly all the Band's songs then basically broke up the group. He was a millionaire from royalties and wouldn't share it with the others, most of whom went broke. His first solo album was great, though, so I guess he did provide some creativity to the Band. Nevertheless I'll always enjoy the guitar lesson Eric Clapton gave him in The Last Waltz.

Ehhh, he didn’t exactly “make peace”. He visited Levon at his deathbed but Levon was already unconscious, so there couldn’t have been any reconciliation. Levon went to his grave despising Robbie in every way and rightfully so! If you’re interested, check out his autobiography “This Wheels on fire” and “Levon “ by Sandra B Tooze. Really good info and accounts on what actually happened with them

@@Canoeland whatever, be part of the negative.............must be a forward outlook type of individual and, probably helpful to most when available.......eeh......

@@Canoeland Ehhh, Levon's book wasn't even written by him .. it was written by a provacative ghost writer who wanted to stir things up. Levon was initially apologetic about the book at first ... but self fulfilling prophecy set in and he ended believing in his own bs until his dying days. Even his friends tried to talk him out of it. I'm amazed at all of the gullible people who say "read Levon's book for the truth" .. when all the evidence leads to something else.

The Band got back together in the late 80's and early 90's. Prodeuced a record or two and toured. All except Robertson that is, and Richard who had passed.

+Raymond Arcangel RR could have at least helped Helm avoid bankruptcy.....that would have gone a long way to relieving some hate Levon had for him

It's not that simple of a situation to say RR wrote those songs - period, end of story. If RR doesn't have Levon, Garth, Rick and Richard to flesh out these songs and actually make them into tunes then these songs would sound like RR solo material - i.e. rubbish. This was not a one-man show. The others contributions were extremely significant. RR may have deserved the largest cut but the others each deserved a piece as well.

Ivan Lendl Dude, no offense, but that's called being a rock musician. You think the bass player is entitled to a co-writing credit because he takes the notes of the chords and chooses a bass line from them? The drummer because he puts a beat to it? That's THEIR JOB. Arrangement is not "co-writing," unless of course it's established by the group members that it will be considered so, like The Doors did and Led Zeppelin did. Why didn't Helm complain back then? He and Robbie and the other guys were all on the same level; it certainly wasn't like Robbie was this superstar and they were nobodies who figured they better just do what he says if they want to play with him. He was the idea man, the songwriter, and he was compensated as such, and rightfully so. It's particularly funny that it was Helm, the drummer, who made the loudest gripes, decades down the line. Laying down a simple rock beat--great though Helm's drums were--behind chords, melody, lyrics that Robbie wrote, I'm sorry, but that's not co-writing a song. When singer/songwriters like Dylan or John Lennon on his solo stuff--when they would come to the studio with their songs, they'd play the chords for the guys, their "team", and the bass guy would come up with a bass part, the organ guy with an organ part, etc. Nobody would've ever dreamed suggest, "Hey, um, didn't I sort of co-write this, cuz you know, I added that bass line?" That's what arranging is. And the guys in The Band just happened to be really, really good at it. Anyway, peace: Happy New Year's, bro.

+Raymond Arcangel So get any professional bass player and any pro drummer and any pro keyboard player and vocalist and these songs are the same as we know them today? Of course not. Not even close in fact. The tracks on those Band albums are so rich that it really is a "band" effort.. Plug other people in and you have something very different. R.E.M was similar and that's why they decided early on to give all 4 members a songwriting credit on every song. Because each guy was that vital to the process. RR was definitely smarter about making sure he got paid. Levon was a talented but naive country boy. Regardless, I'll take Levon's last couple of solo albums over RR's entire solo discography. Dirt Farmer and Electric Dirt are fantastic pieces of work and closely resemble The Band's sound. I listen to those 2 albums frequently.

That's interesting, I bought it back then too and it instantly became my favorite recording by either of them. Only thing I still listen to by them really. I'd be curious to hear what you think after revisiting.

sderek wrong thread. This is about the basement tapes which were Dylan songs

Rick B The record, Music from Big Pink, was not recorded at Big Pink like Dylan’s basement tape collection. The 1975 record stuck on outtakes from Band albums like Katie’s Been Gone and caused the confusion.

oleole52 While Manuels voice was undoubtedly the best, I disagree that he sang the best songs. The night they drove old dixie down and unfaithful servant are fantastic. Danko doesn't get enough credit for his voice sometimes.

+Sam Calin It Makes No Difference....another Danko classic

Totally agree on Unfaithful Servant and It Makes No Difference.They're beauties sung by Rick.There's just something about Richard's voice,especially on Whispering Pines.Robbie once said in an interview," you know,sometimes we weren't sure if Richard was reaching for a note,or if something had hurt him really bad."

oleole52 - nothing? Read the credits dumbass. Levon has a few, and besides, Levon's complaint was that the songs were skeletons, The Band finished them.

They're called demos,arsehole.All songwriters make them.Lennon/McCartney,Jagger /Richards,and others have their demo versions of songs on here made before their bands ever heard them.They were skeletons,too.And their bandmates never got writing credits for the finished product.Why is it suddenly an issue with The Band?No one had possibly a greater case for writing credit than George Martin,who produced,shaped,arranged,and wrote the orchestral scores for the Beatle songs.But he never asked for a writing credit.Why?Because he never wrote the damn songs.

+Iazzaboyce I'm looking for the video clip of him saying that. Any idea where I can find it ?

+Kevin Grady The Rick Danko quote is from a 1998 interview with CBS Radio, I don't know if any video exists.

I did see a clip of him actually saying that very thing. I should have downloaded it.

Jeffrey Clapp You're 100% right Jeff. I interviewed those guys, loved The Band, but if Levon was a real, proper writer, he would've pulled a George Harrison after The Band broke up. He would've shut the argument down with a brilliant double album of Levon songs. The Band all made millions. It's not Robbie's fault they spent the dough. Heard Broken Arrow? Between Trains? Robbie wrote what he was credited with. Richard, that was a sad case. He wrote most of Whispering Pines. If he wasn't so messed up, of the songs that would've emerged.

Jeffrey Clapp I definitely agree with you. Why the fuck would anybody not demand a songwriting credit from DAY ONE if they co-wrote the songs? This has happened with other people. For instance, a guitarist from the first Morrissey solo album later said he co-wrote all the stuff. Meanwhile, he never demanded a credit until years later. I can't buy that. I would kick and scream from the beginning until I got a credit if I really co-wrote it. I can't imagine Levon just putting up with it. I think it's like you said: years later, he's broke, and he starts thinking, you know what, I co-wrote that stuff...Okay, dude. Some people think a drummer deserves a credit just for putting down a beat, but that's bullshit if you ask me. Same goes for the bassist. The SONG is the chords and melody and lyrics. The rest is MUSICIANS DOING THEIR JOB. Can you imagine if every bass player who chose his own notes on a studio recording started demanding a co-credit? I can maybe see some metal dudes, where the bass and drums, the changing rhythms, are such an integral part of the song, I can maybe see them considering themselves co-writers. But you can play "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" on an acoustic guitar and it'll still be the song. If Robertson wrote the words and melody and chords, he wrote the friggin' song.

Peter Gerstenzang Exactly

Those Arkansas boys go by their word. They disdain contracts & the like.

I think Levin had been around the business long enough to know about contracts.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_White_Wonder

@@cian4624 I meant which member of The Band released them. Long time Dylan fan here who had all the Basement Tapes long before Columbia released them. Thanks anyway my friend.

I can hear it

@Werner Voss What a coincidence! YOU make me sick!

theyre both jewish...

Firstly they were circulated as acetates by Dylan's publishers, which ended up being copied and sold as a bootleg commonly known as the "Great White Wonder" album because it came in a plain white sleeve.

sparkomatic My sentiments exactly....well put. (

Totally agree. Well said.

I believe at some point or other Dylan indicated he broke or fractured a vertebrate...I'm his neck? Back? Robbie was thete, so I guess his neck is the answer.

Aah how many covers to actual the band?I really dont know myself

@Rick B ok thanks I'm late for these, grew up to the radio without really knowing who until 30 years later,but I'll probably backtrack now till I cant anymore, thanks for the reply

@Rick B I have much to learn,its worthy

KEITH Fitz he didn’t write any of the basement tape songs

lyf45mo it’s actually because he owned all the songs

He wrote most of the songs!!