| Product Summary | | Label: Capitol Records | | UPC: 00724357740906 | | Release Date: 9/27/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 64009386 | | Item#: M2L6RW | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 27033 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Who Do You Love? - (with Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks) ~ The Band |  | | 2. You Know I Love You - (with Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks) ~ The Band | | | 3. Further On Up the Road - (with Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks) ~ The Band | | | 4. Nineteen Years Old - (with Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks) ~ The Band | | | 5. Honky Tonk - (with Levon & The Hawks) ~ The Band | | | 6. Bacon Fat - (with Levon & The Hawks) ~ The Band | | | 7. Robbie's Blues - (with Levon & The Hawks) ~ The Band | | | 8. Leave Me Alone - (with Levon & The Hawks) ~ The Band | | | 9. Uh Uh Uh - (with Levon & The Hawks) ~ The Band | | | 10. He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)_ - (with Levon & The Hawks) ~ The Band | | | 11. I Want To Be The Rainmaker ~ The Band | | | 12. Stones I Throw, The ~ The Band | | | 13. Stones I Throw, The (Will Free All Men) - (with Levon & The Hawks) ~ The Band | | | 14. Go Go Liza Jane - (with Levon & The Hawks) ~ The Band | | | 15. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 16. Tell Me Mama - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 17. Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 18. Words And Numbers ~ The Band | | | 19. You Don't Come Through ~ The Band | | | 20. Beautiful Thing ~ The Band | | | 21. Caledonia Mission ~ The Band | | | 22. Odds And Ends - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 23. Ferdinand The Imposter ~ The Band | | | 24. Ruben Remus ~ The Band | | | 25. Will The Circle Be Unbroken ~ The Band | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Katie's Been Gone ~ The Band | | | 2. Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos ~ The Band | | | 3. Don't Ya Tell Henry - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 4. Tears Of Rage ~ The Band | | | 5. To Kingdom Come - (full-length version) ~ The Band | | | 6. In A Station ~ The Band | | | 7. Weight, The ~ The Band | | | 8. We Can Talk ~ The Band | | | 9. Long Black Veil ~ The Band | | | 10. Chest Fever ~ The Band | | | 11. Lonesome Suzie - (alternate take) ~ The Band | | | 12. This Wheel's On Fire ~ The Band | | | 13. I Shall Be Released ~ The Band | | | 14. Yazoo Street Scandal ~ The Band | | | 15. I Ain't Got No Home - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 16. Orange Juice Blues ~ The Band | | | 17. Baby Lou ~ The Band | | | 18. Long Distance Operator ~ The Band | | | 19. Key To The Highway ~ The Band | | | 20. Bessie Smith ~ The Band | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Across The Great Divide ~ The Band | | | 2. Rag Mama Rag ~ The Band | | | 3. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The ~ The Band | | | 4. When You Awake ~ The Band | | | 5. Up On Cripple Creek ~ The Band | | | 6. Whispering Pines ~ The Band | | | 7. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) ~ The Band | | | 8. Get Up Jake ~ The Band | | | 9. Jemima Surrender - (early version) ~ The Band | | | 10. Daniel And The Sacred Harp - (alternate take) ~ The Band | | | 11. Time To kill ~ The Band | | | 12. All La Glory - (early version) ~ The Band | | | 13. Shape I'm In, The ~ The Band | | | 14. Stage Fright ~ The Band | | | 15. Rumor, The ~ The Band | | | 16. Slippin' & Slidin' ~ The Band | | | 17. Don't Do It ~ The Band | | | 18. Strawberry Wine ~ The Band | | | 19. Rockin' Chair ~ The Band | | | 20. Look Out Cleveland ~ The Band | | | 21. 4% Pantomime - (featuring Van Morrison) ~ The Band | | Disc 4
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Life Is A Carnival ~ The Band | | | 2. When I Paint My Masterpiece ~ The Band | | | 3. Moon Struck One, The ~ The Band | | | 4. River Hymn, The ~ The Band | | | 5. Don't Do It ~ The Band | | | 6. Caledonia Mission ~ The Band | | | 7. Smoke Signal ~ The Band | | | 8. Unfaithful Servant ~ The Band | | | 9. W.S. Walcott Medicine Show, The ~ The Band | | | 10. Genetic Method, The ~ The Band | | | 11. Chest Fever ~ The Band | | | 12. I Don't Want to Hang up My Rock 'N' Roll Shoes ~ The Band | | | 13. Loving You (Is Sweeter Than Ever) ~ The Band | | | 14. Endless Highway ~ The Band | | | 15. Move Me ~ The Band | | | 16. Two Piano Song ~ The Band | | | 17. Mystery Train ~ The Band | | Disc 5
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Ain't Got No Home ~ The Band | | | 2. Share Your Love With Me ~ The Band | | | 3. Didn't It Rain ~ The Band | | | 4. Forever Young - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 5. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 6. Highway 61 Revisted - (with Bob Dylan) ~ The Band | | | 7. Ophelia ~ The Band | | | 8. Acadian Driftwood ~ The Band | | | 9. It Makes No Difference ~ The Band | | | 10. Twilight ~ The Band | | | 11. Christmas Must Be Tonight ~ The Band | | | 12. Saga Of Pepote Rouge, The ~ The Band | | | 13. Livin' In A Dream ~ The Band | | | 14. Forbidden Fruit ~ The Band | | | 15. Home Cookin' ~ The Band | | | 16. Out Of The Blue ~ The Band | | | 17. Evangeline - (featuring Emmylou Harris) ~ The Band | | | 18. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The ~ The Band | | | 19. Weight, The - (featuring The Staple Singers) ~ The Band | |
This exhaustive, rarity-laden six-disc collection tells a story that's long begged to be told: the tale of one of the most seminal yet underrated forces of rock 'n' roll's formative years. True to its name, A Musical History goes back to the embryonic days of the Hawks, who would later morph into the Band, collecting several songs -- highlighted by a burning version of "Who Do You Love" -- culled from their days as Ronnie Hawkins's backing band. That era is also represented by a handful of unreleased songs, notably the roadhouse-ready "Bacon Fat," that exhibit the burgeoning rootsiness that would endear the Band to Bob Dylan, who ultimately hired them to help propel what was arguably the most vital period in his career. Songs from both their stints with Zimmy pop up here and there, the pleading "Tell Me Mama" and a fierce live version of "Highway 61 Revisited" being the most compelling. But, to the credit of the musicians involved, the set's most stirring moments occur when they're working things out on their own. Early, radically different versions of songs like "Daniel and the Sacred Harp" and "Jemima Surrender" (the latter a real showcase for Levon Helm's earthy-yet-cerebral drumming) give insight into their restless nature as a collective, while song sketches for "Beautiful Thing" and "You Don't Come Through" attest to their willingness to get down-and-dirty. A Musical History offers up just about all the things you'd expect from a best-of, but the outtakes and oddities ultimately bring the most pleasure, from the gnarled blues shuffle of "Look Out Cleveland" to the easy-on-the-ears lope of "Strawberry Wine."
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | 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. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/27/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 77409 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 5 | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724357740906 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (No. 984, p.158)
- 5 stars out of 5 - "...The group's devotees will find much to enjoy on this set, and their pleasures won't be limited to the thirty-seven previously unreleased tracks and film clips...."Mojo (Publisher)
(p.124)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "A lot of great music...CD1 is the most remarkable: 25 songs plotting their transformation from Nuggetsy rock, via R&B, Dylan's band, folk rock and gospel, to that unmistakable Band sound." |
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