The Band - A Musical History [Box] *

Artist:

Band (The)

UPC:

724357740906

See Also:

Helm, Levon Williams, Hank Danko, Rick Parsons, Gram Beach Boys (The)

Description:

The Band: Rick Danko (vocals, guitar, bass guitar); Robbie Robertson (vocals, guitar); Levon Helm (vocals, mandolin, drums); Richard Manuel (vocals, piano, drums); Garth Hudson (accordion, saxophone, bugle, organ, keyboards, synthesizer).
Additional personnel: Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan (vocals, guitar); Mavis Staples, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Ronnie Hawkins, Van Morrison (vocals); Roy Buchanan (guitar); Mickey Jones (drums); Dionne Warwick (background vocals).
Liner Note Author: Rob Bowman.
This stunning six-disc box set, A MUSICAL HISTORY, traces the evolution of the Band, one of the most towering and influential groups of the late 1960s and early `70s. In the minds of many, the Band came to define the sound of roots-oriented "Americana" rock (though most of its members were, ironically, Canadian). This lovingly assembled collection follows the development of that sound, from their inception as Ronnie Hawkins backing band the Hawks and their tenure with Bob Dylan, through their peak years as the Band, and on to their swan song in 1976, THE LAST WALTZ.
What makes this set more essential than any prior compilation is not only its obsessive attention to the timeline (the chronological sequencing really does play, as the title states, like a musical history), but the abundance of new material (32 of the 102 cuts here were unreleased). Live versions, covers, alternate takes, rarities, and well-known songs--not to mention a bonus DVD packed with live-performance footage--work together to give a complete picture of this unique ensemble, making A MUSICAL HISTORY the final and definitive word on the Band.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Who Do You Love?
2. You Know I Love You
3. Further on up the Road
4. Nineteen Years Old
5. Honky Tonk
6. Bacon Fat
7. Robbie`s Blues
8. Leave Me Alone
9. Uh Uh Uh
10. He Don`t Love You (And He`ll Break Your Heart)_
11. I Want to Be the Rainmaker
12. Stones I Throw, The
13. Stones I Throw, The (Will Free All Men)
14. Go Go Liza Jane
15. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
16. Tell Me Mama
17. Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues
18. Words and Numbers
19. You Don`t Come Through
20. Beautiful Thing
21. Caledonia Mission
22. Odds and Ends
23. Ferdinand the Imposter
24. Ruben Remus
25. Will the Circle Be Unbroken

DISC 2:

1. Katie`s Been Gone
2. Ain`t No More Cane on the Brazos
3. Don`t Ya Tell Henry
4. Tears of Rage
5. To Kingdom Come - (full-length version)
6. In a Station
7. Weight, The
8. We Can Talk
9. Long Black Veil
10. Chest Fever
11. Lonesome Suzie - (alternate take)
12. This Wheel`s on Fire
13. I Shall Be Released
14. Yazoo Street Scandal
15. I Ain`t Got No Home
16. Orange Juice Blues
17. Baby Lou
18. Long Distance Operator
19. Key to the Highway
20. Bessie Smith

DISC 3:

1. Across the Great Divide
2. Rag Mama Rag
3. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The
4. When You Awake
5. Up on Cripple Creek
6. Whispering Pines
7. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
8. Get up Jake
9. Jemima Surrender - (early version)
10. Daniel and the Sacred Harp - (alternate take)
11. Time to Kill
12. All la Glory - (early version)
13. Shape I`m In, The
14. Stage Fright
15. Rumor, The
16. Slippin` & Slidin`
17. Don`t Do It
18. Strawberry Wine
19. Rockin` Chair
20. Look Out Cleveland
21. 4% Pantomime - (featuring Van Morrison)

DISC 4:

1. Life Is a Carnival
2. When I Paint My Masterpiece
3. Moon Struck One, The
4. River Hymn, The
5. Don`t Do It
6. Caledonia Mission
7. Smoke Signal
8. Unfaithful Servant
9. W.S. Walcott Medicine Show, The
10. Genetic Method, The
11. Chest Fever
12. I Don`t Want to Hang up My Rock `N` Roll Shoes
13. Loving You (Is Sweeter Than Ever)
14. Endless Highway
15. Move Me
16. Two Piano Song
17. Mystery Train

DISC 5:

1. Ain`t Got No Home
2. Share Your Love With Me
3. Didn`t It Rain
4. Forever Young
5. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
6. Highway 61 Revisted
7. Ophelia
8. Acadian Driftwood
9. It Makes No Difference
10. Twilight
11. Christmas Must Be Tonight
12. Saga of Pepote Rouge, The
13. Livin` in a Dream
14. Forbidden Fruit
15. Home Cookin`
16. Out of the Blue
17. Evangeline - (featuring Emmylou Harris)
18. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The
19. Weight, The - (featuring The Staple Singers)

Album Information

Release Date:

09/27/2005

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Country Rock

Label:

Capitol/EMI Records

Producer:

Robbie Robertson (Compilation); Cheryl Pawelski (Compilation); Andrew Sandoval (Compilation)

Catalog Number:

77409

Original Release Year:

2005

# of Discs:

5

Studio/Live:

Mixed

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Van Morrison; Emmylou Harris; The Staple Singers

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