| Product Summary | | Label: Rhin/mesa/bluemoon Records | | UPC: 00081227392529 | | Release Date: 9/23/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60613039 | | Item#: MQKREN | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Theme From The Last Waltz ~ The Band |  | | 2. Up On Cripple Creek ~ The Band | | | 3. Who Do You Love - (with Ronnie Hawkins) ~ The Band | | | 4. Helpless - (with Neil Young) ~ The Band | | | 5. Stagefright ~ The Band | | | 6. Coyote - (with Joni Mitchell) ~ The Band | | | 7. Dry Your Eyes - (with Neil Diamond) ~ The Band | | | 8. It Makes No Difference ~ The Band | | | 9. Such A Night - (with Dr. John) ~ The Band | | | 10. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The ~ The Band | | | 11. Mystery Train - (with Paul Butterfield) ~ The Band | | | 12. Mannish Boy - (with Muddy Waters) ~ The Band | | | 13. Further On Up The Road - (with Eric Clapton) ~ The Band | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Shape I'm In ~ The Band | | | 2. Down South In New Orleans - (with Bobby Charles) ~ The Band | | | 3. Ophelia ~ The Band | | | 4. Tura-Lura-Lural (That's An Irish Lullaby) - (with Van Morrison) ~ The Band | | | 5. Caravan - (with Van Morrison) ~ The Band | | | 6. Life Is A Carnival ~ The Band | | | 7. Baby Let Me Follow You Down - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 8. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 9. Forever Young - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 10. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise) - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 11. I Shall Be Released - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 12. Well, The ~ The Band | | | 13. Evangeline ~ The Band | | | 14. Out Of The Blue ~ The Band | | | 15. Weight, The ~ The Band | | | 16. Last Waltz Refrain, The ~ The Band | | | 17. Theme From The Last Waltz - (with The Orchestra) ~ The Band | |
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | The Band: Robbie Robertson (vocals, guitar, piano); Richard Manuel (vocals, dobro, piano, organ, keyboards, drums); Levon Helm (vocals, mandolin, drums); Rick Danko (vocals, violin, bass); Garth Hudson (accordion, soprano saxophone, horns, piano, pipe organ, organ, keyboards, synthesizer). | | Additional personnel includes: Neil Young (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris (vocals, acoustic guitar); Dr. John (vocals, guitar, piano, conga); Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Neil Diamond (vocals, guitar); Paul Butterfield (vocals, harmonica); Ronnie Hawkins, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, Bobby Charles, Mavis Staples (vocals); Ron Wood, Bob Margolin (guitar); Joe "Pine Top" Perkins, John Simon (piano); Ringo Starr, Dennis St. John (drums). | | Principally recorded live at Winterland Arena, San Francisco, California on November 26, 1976. Originally released on Warner Brothers (3146). Includes liner notes by David Fricke. | | The Band makes its debut on DVD audio with this release, which is worth owning even if you like the four-CD box from Rhino (assuming you have the DVD equipment to play it on, natch). Condensed down from the box and featuring a six-channel surround-sound mix prepared by Robbie Robertson as well as Dolby digital stereo, it's a separate entity unto itself, with characteristics that separate it from the Rhino box and the Warner Bros. DVD release of the film. Actually, The Last Waltz DVD audio is a 30-track monster on playback, with the instruments given an up-close-and-personal presence that was scarcely hinted at on the old double CD or the original triple album, and can't be replicated on the simple 16-bit stereo playback of the CD box. The in-your-face guitar and keyboard sound on "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Shape I'm In" herald a piercing, potent listening experience, and even the relatively plain Dolby digital stereo track for DVD video players is an absolute revelation -- Robertson's guitar solo and Garth Hudson's sax solo on "It Makes No Difference" sound better than any live performance has a right to, and the pounding rhythm section and organ, coupled with Ronnie Hawkins' boisterous lead vocals on "Who Do You Love," could be a lease-breaker if played as loud as it should be after 11 p.m. in some apartment buildings. The surround-sound mix on "Down South in New Orleans," featuring Bobby Charles and Dr. John, is also worth the price of admission, putting the listener right in the middle of five singers, a pair of guitars, and Hudson's accordion solo. The whole disc is pretty much a total-immersion experience in the concert and the players, the only flaw being the lack of a visible time or track readout on the screen or the player's control panel, but that may be a byproduct of the sheer amount of material jammed into this release. However, there is a wide array of images from the performance visible on the screen, for those who access the on-screen display. ~ Bruce Eder | | As a film, The Last Waltz was a triumph -- one of the first (and still one of the few) rock concert documentaries that was directed by a filmmaker who understood both the look and the sound of rock & roll, and executed with enough technical craft to capture all the nooks and crannies of a great live show. But as an album, The Last Waltz soundtrack had to compete with the Band's earlier live album, Rock of Ages, with which it bears a certain superficial resemblance -- both found the group trying to create something grander than the standard-issue live double, and both featured the group beefed up by additional musicians. While Rock of Ages found the Band swinging along with the help of a horn section arranged by Allen Toussaint, The Last Waltz boasts a horn section (using Toussaint's earlier arrangements on a few cuts) and more than a baker's dozen guest stars, ranging from old cohorts Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan to contemporaries Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Van Morrison. The Band are in fine if not exceptional form here; on most cuts, they don't sound quite as fiery as they did on Rock of Ages, though their performances are never less than expert, and the high points are dazzling, especially an impassioned version of "It Makes No Difference" and blazing readings of "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Levon Helm has made no secret that he felt breaking up the Band was a bad idea, and here it sounds if he was determined to prove how much they still had to offer). Ultimately, it's the Band's "special guests" who really make this set stand out -- Muddy Waters' ferocious version of "Mannish Boy" would have been a wonder from a man half his age, Van Morrison sounds positively joyous on "Caravan," Neil Young and Joni Mitchell do well for their Canadian brethren, and Bob Dylan's closing set finds him in admirably loose and rollicking form. (One question remains -- what exactly is Neil Diamond doing here?) And while the closing studio-recorded "Last Waltz Suite" sounds like padding, the contributions from Emmylou Harris and the Staple Singers are beautiful indeed. It could be argued that you're better off watching The Last Waltz on video than listening to it on CD, but either way it's a show well worth checking out. ~ Mark Deming | | THE LAST WALTZ is the document of the Band's 1976 farewell performance, filmed as a documentary by Martin Scorsese, capturing the all-star concert for posterity. Sort of a rock version of "This Is Your Life," THE LAST WALTZ brought together performers from all phases of the group's career, giving them a chance to pay tribute and jam with the Band one last time. | | Many of the group's classics are reprised, but there are some notable standouts. Legendary Canadian rocker Ronnie Hawkins, who the Band backed in their early days as The Hawks, offers "Who Do You Love." After their tenure with Hawkins, the group went on to accompany Bob Dylan on some of his earliest electric sessions. Dylan returns the favor by performing a strong folk-blues medley beginning and ending with a fiery, rocking version of "Baby Let Me Follow You Down." Muddy Waters gives a lesson in the blues on "Mannish Boy," with the late great Paul Butterfield on harmonica. Eric Clapton offers his own polished version of the blues with a blistering "Further On Up The Road." Emmylou Harris, a highlight in any setting, duets on the gentle waltz "Evangeline." Dr. John's accurate and rousing "Such A Night" brings a bit of Mardi Gras to the proceedings. Joni Mitchell provides another pleasant change of pace, introducing her jazz-inflected sound with "Coyote," and joining in on soulful soaring harmonies with Neil Young on his classic "Helpless." Even Neil Diamond joins in on the fun, on a song he co-wrote with Robbie Robertson (who produced Diamond's BEAUTIFUL NOISE). Although not the last track on the disc, the Dylan-led all-star rendition of the Band/Dylan classic "I Shall Be Released" is the emotional climax of one of the most important performances in contemporary music. |
Producer: Robbie Robertson |
Musical Guests | | Neil Young | | Bob Dylan | | Dr. John | | Joni Mitchell | | Van Morrison | | Eric Clapton | | Muddy Waters | | Ronnie Hawkins | | Ringo Starr |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/23/2003 | | Original Release Date : 1978 | | Catalog ID : 73925 | | Label : Warner Bros. Records (Record Label) | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Runtime : 129m : 46s | | Studio/Live : Live | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00081227392529 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.40)
- Ranked #64 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" - "...Packed with sublilme moments..."Q (1/04, p.128)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]his 2CD set still serves as a potent souvenir of one of rock's finest eras." |
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