The Band - A Musical History (2005) [Box Set, Capitol 72435-77409-0-6]

A Musical History is the second box set to anthologize Canadian-American rock group The Band. Released by Capitol Records on September 27, 2005 it features 111 tracks spread over five Compact Discs and one DVD. Roughly spanning the group's journey from 1961 to 1977, from their days behind Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan through the departure of Robbie Robertson and the first disbanding of the group. The set includes highlights from each of the group's first seven studio albums and both major live recordings and nearly forty rare or previously-unreleased performances…

The Band:

The Band was an influential Canadian-American rock and roll group of the 1960s and ’70s, formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Band included Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano); Richard Manuel (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone, organ); Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet, accordion, synthesizer, saxophone); Rick Danko (bass guitar, violin, trombone), and Levon Helm (drums, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar).

The members of The Band first worked together as The Hawks, the backing band of rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins from 1959 until 1963. Afterwards, Bob Dylan recruited the quintet for his history-making 1965/1966 world tour and they joined him on the informal recordings that became the acclaimed Basement Tapes.

Dubbed “The Band” by their peers, the group left the comfort of their communal home in Saugerties, NY to begin recording as a group unto themselves. The Band recorded two of the most important albums of the late 1960s: their 1968 debut Music from Big Pink (featuring the hit single “The Weight”) and 1969’s The Band. These critically praised albums helped conceive country rock as something more than a genre, but rather as a celebration of “Americana.” As such, throughout their career they would repopularize traditional American musical forms during the psychedelic era. The Band dissolved in 1976; Martin Scorcese’s landmark concert film “The Last Waltz” documented their final performance. They reformed in 1983 without founding guitarist and main songwriter Robbie Robertson.

Tracklist:

01. Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks - Who Do You Love? (2:42)
02. Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks - You Know I Love You (Stereo) (2:45)
03. Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks - Further On Up The Road (Stereo) (3:09)
04. Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks - Nineteen Years Old (Stereo) (4:15)
05. Levon & The Hawks - Honky Tonk (3:05)
06. Levon & The Hawks - Bacon Fat (2:40)
07. Levon & The Hawks - Robbie's Blues (3:37)
08. Canadian Squires - Leave Me Alone (2:38)
09. Canadian Squires - Uh Uh Uh (2:22)
10. Levon & The Hawks - He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart) (2:39)
11. The Band - (I Want To Be) The Rainmaker (Song Sketch) (2:59)
12. The Band - The Stones I Throw (Song Sketch) (1:07)
13. Levon & The Hawks - The Stones I Throw (Will Free All Men) (2:06)
14. Levon & The Hawks - Go Go Liza Jane (2:13)
15. Bob Dylan - Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? (Single Version) (3:33)
16. Bob Dylan - Tell Me, Momma (Live 5/14/66, The Odeon, Liverpool) (4:06)
17. Bob Dylan - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues (Live 5/14/66, The Odeon, Liverpool) (5:38)
18. The Band - Words And Numbers (Song Sketch) (4:13)
19. The Band - You Don't Come Through (Song Sketch) (2:03)
20. The Band - Beautiful Thing (Song Sketch) (1:41)
21. The Band - Caledonia Mission (Song Sketch) (2:29)
22. Bob Dylan & The Band - Odds And Ends (Stereo) (1:49)
23. The Band - Ferdinand The Impostor (4:07)
24. The Band - Ruben Ruben (Stereo) (3:15)
25. The Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken (0:55)





Tracklist:

01. Katie's Been Gone (2:46)
02. Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos (3:59)
03. Bob Dylan & The Band - Don't Ya Tell Henry (3:14)
04. Tears Of Rage (5:21)
05. To Kindom Come (Full-Length Version) (3:58)
06. In A Station (3:33)
07. The Weight (4:38)
08. We Can Talk (3:05)
09. Long Black Veil (3:03)
10. Chest Fever (5:16)
11. Lonesome Suzie (Alternate Version) (3:00)
12. This Wheel's On Fire (3:13)
13. I Shall Be Released (3:15)
14. Yazoo Street Scandal (3:56)
15. Bob Dylan with The Band - I Ain't Got No Home (Live 1/20/68, Carnegie Hall, NYC) (3:47)
16. Orange Juice Blues (Blues For Breakfast) (3:19)
17. Baby Lou (3:40)
18. Long Distance Operator (4:34)
19. Key To The Highway (2:24)
20. Bessie Smith (4:18)





Tracklist:

01. Across The Great Divide (2:53)
02. Rag Mama Rag (3:06)
03. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (3:34)
04. When You Awake (3:15)
05. Up On Cripple Creek (4:35)
06. Whispering Pines (3:59)
07. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (3:40)
08. Get Up Jake (2:18)
09. Jemima Surrender (Early Version) (3:49)
10. Daniel And The Sacred Harp (Alternate Take) (4:24)
11. Time To Kill (3:29)
12. All La Glory (Early Version) (3:27)
13. The Shape I'm In (4:03)
14. Stage Freight (3:43)
15. The Rumor (4:16)
16. Slippin' & Slidin' (Live 7/5/70, The Festival Express Train Tour, Calgary, Canada) (3:23)
17. Don't You Do It (3:48)
18. Strawberry Wine (Live 6/2/71, Royal Albert Hall, London) (3:47)
19. Rockin' Chair (Live 6/2/71, Royal Albert Hall, London) (4:12)
20. Look Out Cleveland (Live 6/2/71, Royal Albert Hall, London) (3:35)
21. 4% Pantomime (6:02)





Tracklist:

01. Life Is A Carnival (3:55)
02. When I Paint My Masterpiece (4:21)
03. The Moon Struck One (4:09)
04. The River Hymn (4:42)
05. Don't Do It (4:37)
06. Caledonia Mission (3:23)
07. Smoke Signal (5:09)
08. Unfaithful Servant (4:41)
09. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (4:06)
10. The Genetic Method (7:32)
11. Chest Fever (5:04)
12. (I Don't Want To Hang Up My) Rock 'N' Roll Shoes (4:31)
13. Loving You (Is Sweeter Than Ever) (3:38)
14. Endless Highway (5:08)
15. Move Me (Song Sketch) (2:57)
16. Two Piano Song (4:13)
17. Mystery Train (5:34)





Tracklist:

01. Ain't Got No Home (3:25)
02. Share Your Love With Me (2:56)
03. Didn't It Rain (3:20)
04. Bob Dylan - Forever Young (4:57)
05. Bob Dylan & The Band - Rainy Day Women (Live 2/13/74, The Forum, Inglewood, CA) (3:37)
06. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited (Live 1/31/74, Madison Square Garden, NYC) (3:58)
07. Ophelia (3:33)
08. Acadian Driftwood (6:42)
09. It Makes No Difference (6:35)
10. Twilight (Song Sketch) (3:25)
11. Christmas Must Be Tonight (3:37)
12. The Saga Of Peptone Rouge (4:15)
13. Livin' In A Dream (2:52)
14. Forbidden Fruit (Live 9/18/76, The Palladium, NYC) (5:41)
15. Home Cookin' (3:45)
16. Out Of The Blue (3:22)
17. The Band with Emmyloiu Harris - Evangeline (3:12)
18. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (from The Last Waltz, Live 11/25/76, Winterland Palace, San Francisco, CA) (4:34)
19. The Band with The Staples - The Weight (4:36)





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