26-year-old Bob Dylan is back on the track! Or at least a box of lyrics, handwritten by him back in 1967, during the original Basement Tapes recordings, that was found recently.
Produced by T Bone Burnett, and featured by legends like Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens, Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James and Marcus Mumford, the whole thing has been transformed into a ‘Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes’ album, set for release November 11 via Electromagnetic Recordings/Harvest Records.
According to the press release, the album was recorded in March at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, where the artists and Burnett convened for two weeks to write and create music for a treasure trove of Bob Dylan’s recently discovered lyrics.
The record will be accompanied by a Showtime documentary titled ‘Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued’, released November 21, directed by Sam Jones who earlier made the Wilco documentary ‘I Am Trying To Break Your Heart.’
“What transpired during those two weeks was amazing for all of us,” Burnett said in a statement. “There was a deep well of generosity and support in the studio at all times, which reflected the tremendous trust and generosity shown by Bob in sharing these lyrics with us in the first place.”
Watch the video for ‘Nothing To It’ track from the forthcoming album below.
Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes Track List:
1. Down On The Bottom
2. Married To My Hack
3. Kansas City
4. Spanish Mary
5. Liberty Street
6. Nothing To It
7. Golden Tom – Silver Judas
8. When I Get My Hands On You
9. Duncan and Jimmy
10. Florida Key
11. Hidee Hidee Ho #11
12. Lost On The River #12
13. Stranger
14. Card Shark
15. Quick Like A Flash
16. Hidee Hidee Ho #16
17. Diamond Ring
18. The Whistle Is Blowing
19. Six Months In Kansas City (Liberty Street)
20. Lost On The River #20
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