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#335 Bob Dylan and the Band, 'The Basement Tapes' (1975)

This album comes flying in from the get-go with its shortest track, ‘Odds and Ends.’ Short, sharp and to the point. The album was originally recorded in 1967, 8 years before its eventual release and between ‘Blonde on Blonde’ and ‘John Wesley Harding’ (#337). During his 1965/6 world tour, Dylan was backed by The Hawks, who would later be known as The Band.

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