Drawn from the same set of December 28-31, 1971 concerts that made up The Band's Rock of ages double LP concert album (released: October 1972), this five-disc set contains two compact discs (discs 1 and 2) containing selections from the December 1971 Rock of ages concerts newly mixed by Bob Clearmountain, two compact discs (discs 3 and 4) containing the mostly previously unissued soundboard recordings from the December 31, 1971 concert performance, and a DVD videodisc containing selected tracks from compact discs 1 and 2 in 5.1 surround sound as well as film clips from the December 30, 1971 concert. Title from p. [1] of cover of accompanying book that is container. Performed by the Band (Rick Danko, bass, violin, vocals ; Levon Helm, drums, mandolin, vocals ; Garth Hudson, organ, accordion, saxophones ; Richard Manuel, piano, keyboards, drums, vocals ; Robbie Robertson, guitar, vocals) ; featuring Snooky Young, trumpet, flugelhorn ; Howard Johnson, baritone sax, tuba, euphonium ; Joe Farrell, tenor sax, soprano sax, english horn ; Earl McIntyre, trombone ; J.D. Parron, alto sax, e flat clarinet. Recorded in live performance at the Academy of Music, New York, December 28-31, 1971. Compact discs. Accompanying book includes liner notes for all discs, an essay by Robbie Robertson, brief comments from other musicians, and still images from the 1971 concerts. Accompanying sheet includes a reproduction of the October 12, 1972 Rolling Stone magazine review of the Rock of ages double LP concert album by Ralph J. Gleason.
Contents:
Encores. Like a Rolling Stone The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show ; The shape I'm in ; Caledonia mission ; Don't do it ; Stage fright ; I shall be released ; Up on Cripple Creek ; This wheel's on fire ; Strawberry wine ; King harvest (has surely come) ; Time to kill ; The night they drove old Dixie down ; Across the great divide -- [disc] 2, Live at the Academy of Music 1971, the Rock of ages concerts. Life is a carnival ; Get up Jake ; Rag mama rag ; Unfaithful servant ; The weight ; Rockin' chair ; Smoke signal ; The rumor ; The genetic method ; Chest fever ; (I don't want to) Hang up my rock and roll shoes ; Loving you is sweeter than ever ; Down in the flood (The Band with Bob Dylan). When I paint my masterpiece (The Band with Bob Dylan) ; Don't ya tell Henry (The Band with Bob Dylan) ; Like a Rolling Stone (The Band with Bob Dylan) -- [disc] 3, New Year's Eve at the Academy of Music 1971, the soundboard mix. Up on Cripple Creek ; The shape I'm in ; The rumor ; Time to kill ; Rockin' chair ; This wheel's on fire ; Get up Jake ; Smoke signal ; I shall be released ; The weight ; Stage fright -- [disc] 4, New Year's Eve at the Academy of Music 1971, the soundboard mix. Life is a carnival ; King harvest (has surely come) ; Caledonia mission ; The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show ; The night they drove old Dixie down ; Across the great divide ; Unfaithful servant ; Don't do it ; The genetic method ; Chest fever ; Rag mama rag ; (I don't want to) Hang up my rock and roll shoes ; Encores. Down in the flood (The Band with Bob Dylan) ; When I paint my masterpiece (The Band with Bob Dylan) ; Don't ya tell Henry (The Band with Bob Dylan) ; Like a Rolling Stone (The Band with Bob Dylan). Archival film clips: The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show ; The shape I'm in ; Caledonia mission ; Don't do it ; Stage fright ; I shall be released ; Up on Cripple Creek ; This wheel's on fire ; Strawberry wine ; King harvest (has surely come) ; Time to kill ; The night they drove old Dixie down ; Across the great divide ; Life is a carnival ; Get up Jake ; Rag mama rag ; Unfaithful servant ; The weight ; Rockin' chair ; Smoke signal ; The rumor ; The genetic method ; Chest fever ; (I don't want to) hang up my rock and roll shoes ; Loving you is sweeter than ever ; Archival film clips: King harvest (has surely come) ; The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show.
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