The Band – The Last Waltz (3xLP)
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The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Last Waltz was advertised as The Band's "farewell concert appearance", and the concert saw The Band joined by more than a dozen special guests, including their previous employers Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan as well as Paul Butterfield, Bobby Charles, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood, and Neil Young. The musical director for the concert was The Band's original record producer, John Simon.
The event was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same title, released in 1978. Jonathan Taplin, who was The Band's tour manager from 1969 to 1972 and later produced Scorsese's film Mean Streets, suggested that Scorsese would be the ideal director for the project and introduced Robbie Robertson and Scorsese. Taplin served as executive producer. The film features concert performances, intermittent song renditions shot on a studio soundstage, and interviews by Scorsese with members of The Band. A triple-LP soundtrack recording, produced by Simon and Rob Fraboni, was issued in 1978. The film was released on DVD in 2002 as was a four-CD box set of the concert and related studio recordings.The Last Waltz is hailed as one of the greatest documentary concert films ever made, although it has been criticized for its focus on Robertson. In 2019, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".This is the 45th Anniversary Limited Edition featuring 2002 Remixes Overseen by Robbie Robertson
Genre: Pop & Rock
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: The BandLabel: Warner RecordsFormat: LPUnits: 3Country: WorldwideGenre: Pop & RockStyle: Country Rock, Folk RockA1 Theme From The Last Waltz
A2 Up On Cripple Creek
A3 Who Do You Love
A4 Helpless
A5 Stagefright
B1 Coyote
B2 Dry Your Eyes
B3 It Makes No Difference
B4 Such A Night
C1 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
C2 Mystery Train
C3 Mannish Boy
C4 Further On Up The Road
D1 Shape I'M In
D2 Down South In New Orleans
D3 Ophelia
D4 Tura Lura Lura!
D5 Caravan
E1 Life Is A Carnival
E2 Baby Let Me Follow You Down
E3 I Don'T Believe You
E4 Forever Young
E5 Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise)
E6 I Shall Be Released
F1 The Well
F2 Evangeline
F3 Out Of The Blue
F4 The Weight
F5 The Last Waltz (Refrain)
F6 Theme From The Last Waltz (With Orchestra)