The Basement Tapes are a series of informal sessions by Bob Dylan and The Band that roughly took place between June and September 1967. Some tracks were initially released on a 1975 Columbia Records album of the same name.
Many tracks were recorded in the basement of a Woodstock, New York, house affectionately known as Big Pink.
Known songs recorded by The Band
This is a (partial) list of known songs The Band recorded in Big Pink. While others are associated with The Basement Tapes, some were not necessarily recorded in the basement.
| You Don’t Come Through | Versions were released on the Crossing the Great Divide bootleg as “You Say You Love Me.” A version was also released on A Musical History. |
| Caledonia Mission | Released on A Musical History. |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken | Released on A Musical History. |
| Words and Numbers | Released on A Musical History. |
| Ferdinand the Imposter | Versions were released on the Crossing the Great Divide and The Genuine Basement Tapes bootlegs and the 2000 reissue of Music From Big Pink. A version was also released on A Musical History. |
| Ruben Remus | An instrumental version was released on the “Crossing the Great Divide” bootleg. Versions were released on The Basement Tapes album and A Musical History. |
| Various Instrumentals | The Band recorded several instrumentals, which may be unnamed. One, “Even a Tomato” was released on The Genuine Basement Tapes bootleg. |
| Yazoo Street Scandal | The Crossing the Great Divide bootleg includes a version that was purportedly recorded in Big Pink. Other versions, such as the one on the 2000 reissue of Music From Big Pink, may have been recorded in a studio. |
| Don’t Ya Tell Henry | Released on The Basement Tapes album in 1975. |
| Ain’t No More Cane On The Brazos | Released on The Basement Tapes album in 1975. |
