The Band - Rock of Ages

SACD

$29.99

Sku: UDSACD2046

  • The Band - Rock of Ages

The Band - Rock of Ages

SACD

$29.99

Sku: UDSACD2046

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Ultimate Live Album Recorded at The Band's Peak: Horn Arrangements by Allen Toussaint, Incredible Sound, and Virtuosic Performances

The Last Waltz gets bigger billing, but the Band's 1972 live album Rock of Ages is equally fine. Recorded over the course of four nights at New York's Academy of Music at the end of December 1971, the incendiary concert set bookmarks the close of the first phase of the collective's career.

  1. Introduction
  2. Don't Do It
  3. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
  4. Caledonia Mission
  5. Get Up Jake
  6. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
  7. Stage Fright
  8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
  9. Across The Great Divide
  10. This Wheel's On Fire
  11. Rag Mama Rag
  12. The Weight
  13. The Shape I'm In
  14. Unfaithful Servant
  15. Life is a Carnival
  16. The Genetic Method
  17. Chest Fever
  18. (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes

Rather than follow the lead of most other live records made at the time, The Band resist any temptation to improvise or extend its material. Instead, they play with an intensity, chemistry, and spirit that's nearly unrivaled by any other live album. The quintet also draws on a secret weapon: Allen Toussaint, who tailors expert horn arrangements for several songs.

Our hybrid SACD lets The Band's feverish interplay shine like never before. Mastered from the original tapes, the open, airy, natural, and balanced sound will have you returning to Rock of Ages again and again.

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