In July 1966, a serious motorcycle accident kept Dylan in seclusion in Woodstock, New York, for many months. During that time, he and his band recorded series of classic songs known as “the basement tapes.
” These became the most widely bootlegged discs in history known as The Great White Wonder, and were not publicly released until 1975, when Columbia Records released them as a two-LP set The Basement Tapes. Instead, fans were treated to Dylan's stark, acoustic . Instead, fans were treated to Dylan's stark, acoustic ...