The Band A Musical History (5-CD+DVD Box Set)

Rolling Stone: 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...."
The Band: A Musical History (5-CD+DVD Box Set)
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Format:  CD  (5 Discs)
item number:  357K3
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 5
  • Released: September 27, 2005
  • Originally Released: 2005
  • Label: Capitol

Description by OLDIES.com:

Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel and Rick Danko, often in the company of Bob Dylan, forged a highly original sound that in one way or another encompasses all forms of American roots music. Long after their break-up, The Band's legacy lives on, both in their own recordings and in their tangible influence on popular music since they first hit the scene. With 5 CDs, a DVD, 111 tracks, 37 of which are prviously unreleased, demos, alternate takes and live performances, this is the definitive Band collection.

Entertainment 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."

Tracks on 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 (Previously Unissued)
  • 6.Bacon Fat (Previously Unissued)
  • 7.Robbie's Blues (Previously Unissued)
  • 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 (Previously Unissued)
  • 12.The Stones I Throw (Previously Unissued)
  • 13.The Stones I Throw (Will Free All Men)
  • 14.Go Go Liza Jane
  • 15.Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
  • 16.Tell Me, Mama (Previously Unissued)
  • 17.Just Like Tom Thumbs Blues
  • 18.Words And Numbers (Previously Unissued)
  • 19.You Don
  • 20.Beautiful Thing (Previously Unissued)
  • 21.Caledonia Mission (Previously Unissued)
  • 22.Odds And Ends
  • 23.Ferdinand The Imposter
  • 24.Ruben Remus
  • 25.Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Previously Unissued)

Tracks on 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 (Previously Unissued)
  • 6.In A Station
  • 7.The Weight
  • 8.We Can Talk
  • 9.Long Black Veil
  • 10.Chest Fever
  • 11.Lonesome Suzie
  • 12.This Wheel's On Fire
  • 13.I Shall Be Released
  • 14.Yazoo Street Scandal (Previously Unissued)
  • 15.I Ain't Got No Home
  • 16.Orange Juice Blues
  • 17.Baby Lou (Previously Unissued)
  • 18.Long Distance Operator (Previously Unissued)
  • 19.Key To The Highway (Previously Unissued)
  • 20.Bessie Smith

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.Across The Great Divide
  • 2.Rag Mama Rag
  • 3.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  • 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)(Previously Unissued)
  • 10.Daniel And The Sacred Harp
  • 11.Time To Kill
  • 12.All La Glory (Early Version)(Previously Unissued)
  • 13.The Shape I'm In
  • 14.Stage Fright
  • 15.The Rumor
  • 16.Slippin' & Slidin'
  • 17.Don't Do It
  • 18.Strawberry Wine
  • 19.Rockin' Chair
  • 20.Look Out Cleveland
  • 21.4% Pantomime

Tracks on Disc 4:

  • 1.Life Is A Carnival
  • 2.When I Paint My Masterpiece
  • 3.The Moon Struck One
  • 4.The River Hymn
  • 5.Don't Do It
  • 6.Caledonia Mission
  • 7.Smoke Signal (Previously Unissued)
  • 8.Unfaithful Servant
  • 9.The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
  • 10.The Genetic Method
  • 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 (Previously Unissued)
  • 16.Two Piano Song (Previously Unissued)
  • 17.Mystery Train

Tracks on 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 (Live)
  • 6.Highway 61 Revisted (Live)(Previously Unissued)
  • 7.Ophelia
  • 8.Acadian Driftwood
  • 9.It Makes No Difference
  • 10.Twilight (Previously Unissued)
  • 11.Christmas Must Be Tonight
  • 12.The Saga Of Pepote Rouge
  • 13.Livin' In A Dream
  • 14.Forbidden Fruit (Live)(Previously Unissued)
  • 15.Home Cookin' (Previously Unissued)
  • 16.Out Of The Blue
  • 17.Evangeline (with Emmylou Harris)
  • 18.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Live)
  • 19.The Weight (with The Staples)

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Wow! Music Lover: from Scituate, MA US -- April, 19, 2010

If you love The Band, you need this box set. Listened to from beginning to end, you can literally hear them transform from rock-a-billy to rock legends......gleaning the best of blues, gospel, bluegrass and folk, among other genres, to find that unique sound that makes The Band, The Band.


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  • UPC: 724357740906
  • Shipping Weight: 2.54/lbs (approx)
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