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Track Listings
1 | The Weight |
2 | Tears Of Rage |
3 | Chest Fever |
4 | I Shall Be Released |
5 | Up On Cripple Creek |
6 | The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down |
7 | Rag Mama Rag |
8 | King Harvest (Has Surely Come) |
9 | The Shape I'm In |
10 | Stage Fright |
11 | Time To Kill |
12 | Life Is A Carnival |
13 | When I Paint My Masterpiece |
14 | Ain't Got No Home |
15 | It Makes No Difference |
16 | Ophelia |
17 | Acadian Driftwood |
18 | The Saga Of Pepote Rouge |
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Ex-Band members Levon Helm, Robbie Robertson and Garth Hudson supervised this release, which does an impressive job of boiling down some of the greatest rock albums ever into one 18-track collection. Four tracks each from Music from Big Pink (The Weight; Tears of Rage; Chest Fever; I Shall Be Released ) and The Band (Up on Cripple Creek; The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; Rag Mama Rag; King Harvest ) join 10 more from their other classic LPs. Essential.
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It seems odd that the Band emerged in 1968, defying the counterculture's extravagant rejections of U.S. culture with literary, often Southern-tinged musical and lyrical vehicles. Hearing this 18-song anthology, with its heavy weighting toward the Canadian quintet's first three albums--Music from Big Pink (four tunes), The Band (five tunes), and Stage Fright (three tunes)--what still stands out is the Band's command of yearning vocal harmonies, their sense of plainly laid melodies that reveal acoustic depth, and a nostalgia for an imagined American culture. With all their quirkiness and the advance of Robbie Robertson as their centerpiece, the Band lost their celebrated place in the rock pantheon within a decade. This set, which opens so magnificently with "The Weight," "Tears of Rage" (cowritten with Dylan), and the big organ-vamping "Chest Fever," declines rather steeply on the final tracks, "Acadian Driftwood" and "The Saga of Pepote Rouge." Up till then, however, this set is fantastic. --Andrew Bartlett
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.12 x 5.71 x 0.39 inches; 3.74 ounces
- Manufacturer : Capitol
- Item model number : 2126573
- Original Release Date : 2000
- SPARS Code : DDD
- Date First Available : February 16, 2007
- Label : Capitol
- ASIN : B00004YL5D
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #18,246 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #248 in Classic Country
- #372 in Country Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #417 in Folk Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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The Band never really "rocked" in the sense that, say, a Deep Purple did, but they bent the musical talents that ventured around them to their peculiar gravity. When folks like Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell and even Neil Diamond are following your lead, you know you're wielding a pretty powerful force. The Band often pulled together strong elements of various styles (gospel, Memphis Soul, folk, rock) into the same song, like "I Shall Be Released" or the well known "The Weight" to synthesize these elements down to a sort of elemental beauty. They embraced American mythology even though they were primarily Canadian, maybe even more so than some of their US Counterparts. And when you added Garth Hudson's organ, you had a sound that no-one else was creating at the time.
As one would expect, this single set leans heavily on the seminal first two albums, and on guitarist Robbie Robertson's writing. The best known songs are here ("The Weight," "Up On Cripple Creek," "The Night The Drove Old Dixie Down") as well as a few choice selections, like their cover of Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece." I would guess that since "The Last Waltz" was on a label other than Capitol, that explains its exclusion from this set, but nothing from the live "Rock of Ages" seems a bit odd. Overall, a solid eighteen songs if all you want is a quick The Band fix.
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No fue hasta después de la disolución del grupo en 1976 con el último concierto de 'The Band' rodado por Martín Scorsese bajo el título de 'El último vals', que la crítica comenzó a valorar, a elogiar y a significar su repercusión en otros músicos a través de los medios, influyendo en la inclusión del grupo en el Salón de la Fama de Música de Canadá en 1989 y en el Salón de la Fama de Rock & Roll en 1994.
Quizá el origen de este desencuentro con público y crítica estaba en sus directos, poco cuidados y no demasiado profesionales, dejando más a la inspiración del momento que al rigor de una interpretación bien planificada y sincronizada que garantizase una ejecución de las canciones lo más parecido posible a lo que se oye en los álbumes editados. Y esto también se aprecia en la película de Scorsese.
Fue por el film de Scorsese que tuve conocimiento del grupo 'The Band', pero entonces mi inclinación musical estaba en vías de transformación, del pop rock español de mi infancia con grupos como 'Fórmula V', 'Los Módulos' o 'Los Bravos' al pop rock británico de mi adolescencia con 'Los Beatles' y que en cuestión de meses pasó al rock progresivo, primero de 'Yes', con sus orígenes beat y luego al resto de grupos de ese movimiento.
Del rock progresivo, del que nunca renunciaré, pasé a interesarme por otros movimientos musicales británicos durante un tiempo. Y no es sino desde unos años a esta parte que me vienen interesando los viejos grupos de rock en Estados Unidos. Y 'The Band' aunque son canadienses puede decirse que su carrera se forjó en Estados Unidos.
'The Band' ayudó o inspiró a que grupos como Crosby, Still, Nash & Young, o Dylan, pasaran del folk al folk rock, que Flying Burrito Brothers o Poco pasaran del country al rock country, o que Eric Clapton pasara del hard rock y el rythim & blues al rock sureño.
De esta selección de 'The Band' se puede decir que es la mejor selección posible con el mejor sonido posible, remasterizado en 24 bits de resolución. No sé si faltará algún título, pero lo que sí sé es que no sobra ninguno. Hay auténticos himnos generacionales como 'The Weight' o 'Stage Fright' y otras joyas del rock country, del rock sureño, del rock & roll puro y duro...
'The Band' puede que no tenga en su discografía original un álbum redondo. Pero esta compilación les aseguro, os aseguro, que sí lo es. Una obra maestra. Sin desperdicio.