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Initially renowned as Bob Dylan's backing group, the Band emerged from the singer's shadow to proclaim a distinctive talent. Drawing upon a musical canon embracing soul, country, folk and rock `n' roll, the quintet created a unique sound that was quintessentially American. Its rustic qualities were enhanced by principle songwriter Robbie Robertson who created vistas suggestive of a pre-industrial age, and as such, captured the restlessness of the late 60s without the need for explicit manifestos. Expressive singing, sublime melodies and telepathic musicianship instils The Band with quality, but its adult themes and perspectives ensure an absolute timelessness. An all-time critics' favourite.
Recorded in Hollywood, California in 1969.
Includes liner notes by Barney Hoskyns.
7 Bonus Tracks
Producers: The Band, John Simon.
Reissue producers: Cheryl Pawelski, Andrew Sandoval.
Engineers include: Robbie Robertson, John Simon, Joe Zagarino.
The Band: Levon Helm (vocals, guitar, mandolin, drums); Robbie Robertson (vocals, guitar); Rick Danko (vocals, violin, trombone, bass); Richard Manuel (vocals, harmonica, baritone saxophone, piano, drums); Garth Hudson (accordion, soprano, tenor & baritone saxophones, trumpet, piano, organ, Clavinet).
Additional personnel: John Simon (tuba, horns, electric piano).
Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.110) - Ranked #45 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Robertson's stories truly come to life in Helm's man-of-the-soil growl, Rick Danko's high tenor and Richard Manuel's spectral croon..."
Rolling Stone (10/18/69, p.44) - "...The hymn-like quality of the voicings, the use of counter-point and contrapuntal rhythms by the singers, the weaving of voices in and out into a pattern that grows each time you hear it, are the things that make the sound of this music so compelling..."
Rolling Stone (2/3/00, p.61) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...a sound that had a strange glamour and a seductive abstraction....THE BAND was where the group filled in the map....The people were flesh and blood...and they gathered to talk and brag about what mattered to them....The songs were uproarious, full of outrageous double-entendres..."
Entertainment Weekly (9/1/00, p.81) - "...[One] of the best albums in rock history....These remasterings sound incredibly rich, and each has alternate takes....this is reissuing done right." - Rating: A
Q (10/00, p.139) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Even stronger [than their debut, MUSIC FROM BIG PINK] with [Robbie] Robertson's elegiac songsmithery...in full bloom..."
Down Beat (10/01, p.66) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This has the authority and radiance of beaten gold..."
No Depression (9-10/00, pp.102-3) - "...An undeniable classic of North American roots music, exploring folk, gospel, country, rhythm & blues, soul, funk, and rock & roll..."
Mojo (Publisher) (10/00, p.126) - "...Their masterpiece, with its myth-creating sepia sleeve photograph and its astonishing breadth of resource and reference..." Band Music | List Price | $11.94 (You save $0.35) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Rock/Pop, Country Rock | | Label | Capitol / EMI | | Orig Year | 1969 | | All Time Sales Rank |  1608  | | CD Universe Part number | 1107950 | | Catalog number | 25389 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 29, 2000 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Recording Time | 43 minutes | | Personnel | Levon Helm - vocals, guitar, mandolin, drums
Robbie Robertson - vocals, guitar
Garth Hudson - accordion, soprano, tenor & baritone saxophones, trumpet, piano, organ, Clavinet
Rick Danko - vocals, violin, trombone, bass
Richard Manuel - vocals, harmonica, baritone saxophone, piano, drums
Also: John Simon | | Additional Info | Remastered |
Band Music Review Average Rating: (3.8 out of 5 stars)  Excellent Remaster of a Master
Remastered reissue of 1969 album includes seven bonus tracks. Excellent digital remaster of the Classic Album with a warm analog sound quality. My favorite the Band recording. Every song is solid.
Submitted by eduardomoreno (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful.  Rick and Rich---RIP---you guys were THE BEST!
The Band, along with CCR and the Eagles, were one of the seminal bands in the USA (although most of them were from Canada)in the 60s and 70s. This was their masterpiece. Whatever you buy,
you'll get your moneys worth. MOONDOG MATINEE was an overlooked classic. IMO, that album was as good as BIG PINK, CAHOOTS, and STAGE FRIGHT.
There isn't one bad song on THE BAND. The vocals by Levon, Rick and Rich are all EXCELLENT. ROCKING CHAIR is a song that can make a grown man shed tears.
Typical Richard Manuel, typical melancholia a la Richard Thompson.
This is one of the best albums ever recorded...case closed!
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The greatest music sound styles of southern-folk rock ever!
This digitally remastered 1969 album on CD with seven bonus track included re-issued in 2000 five years ago. Is an excellent CD by The Band who they were once played for Ronnie Hawkins group as musician members for which they were called in the fifties "The Hawks". And in the early but late sixties they became Bob Dylan's back-up band also.
These four Canadians Garth Hudson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson from Toronto, Ontario. And also the fifth group member to join who was American Levon Helm also from and born in Marvell, Arkansas. They first released their first album debut in 1968 Music From The Big Pink was a moderate and commerical success. Which only had one of my favorite songs from that CD album and it is "The Weight" that's it. The rest of the song tracks on their I've never even heard of before. This CD that I like on here which includes three songs I have heard of are "Up On Cripple Creek", "Rag Mama Rag" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie". So if you like Neil Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival or Bob Dylan then this is the CD to get and own for your music library collection for sure.
Submitted by Jason Ross (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada)
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If you are as immensely fond of Robbie Robertson's mature, intense, post-"The Band" solo projects as I am, how on earth can you look back at this "primitive," self-titled Band album with any other emotion than disgust? From first track to last, this is stumblebum "wino" music as slovenly and repellent as the visuals in a Sam-Peckinpah-directed Western. "The Band" is a master piece all right: a highfalutin spittoon. "Catch the spirit. Catch the spit."
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Purchase Band CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Band Music From Big Pink CD (1968) Remastered
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The Band emerged from months of seclusion with this enthralling debut album. It followed a lengthy spell accompanying Bob Dylan, which culminated in sessions known as THE BASEMENT TAPES. Three songs herein were revived from those recordings, and the remainder showed a similar pastoral spirit. Where contemporaries sought expression in progressive music, the Band were largely reflective, creating atmosphere from traditional forms and distilling the results in an economic style. Their ensemble playing and rural voices were best captured on "The Weight," an elliptical composition which displayed their craft to perfection. Americana of every hue can be gleaned from this collection, the depth of which left a marked impression on audiences and musicians alike.
Although the five musicians who came together in the late '50s and early '60s to back up Canadian rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins probably had played thousands of shows and had made numerous recordings, none of these public appearances gave much of a clue about how they would sound when they released their first album as the Band in July 1968. If people at that time had heard the 1967 sessions later dubbed The Basement Tapes that the musicians had made with Bob Dylan, they would have been better prepared. As it was, Music from Big Pink came as a surprise. At first blush, the group seemed to affect the sound of a loose jam session, the arrangements giving alternating emphases to different instruments, while the lead and harmony vocals passed back and forth as if the singers were making up their blend on the spot. In retrospect, especially as the lyrics sank in, the arrangements seemed far more considered and crafted to support a group of songs that took family, faith, and rural life as their subjects and proceeded to imbue their values with uncertainty. "Tears of Rage," the leadoff track, was a lament by parents about a rebellious child; "The Weight" considered various acts of kindness that went wrong; and "I Shall
| | Band Cahoots CD (1971) Remastered
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The Band's fourth album, from 1971, shows the strains which accompanied its recording, and in fact continued to unravel the group over the next five years. Much anticipated upon its release, it can now be appreciated as the fragmented work that it is. Having set impossibly high standards with their previous releases, they were bound to teeter, and they did. But even when falling short of their masterpieces MUSIC FROM BIG PINK and THE BAND, they are still a powerful force to be reckoned with, and CAHOOTS yields its share of rewards.
"Life Is A Carnival" began their association with Allen Toussaint--his horn arrangements led to a full-blown collaboration on the live ROCK OF AGES the following year--and the result is a burbling piece of funky country pop. Bob Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece" is premiered here (Dylan later released his version on his GREATEST HITS VOLUME II) with a lovely accordion and mandolin arrangement. Other highlights include the Richard Manuel-Van Morrison duet on "4% Pantomime" and one of their most overlooked songs, the hauntingly beautiful "The Moon Struck One." CAHOOTS lacks the consistency of the Band's best work, but is still a fine effort by one of the era's most influential bands.
In comparison to its predecessors, Cahoots, the Band's fourth album, may be characterized as an essentially minor effort that nevertheless contains a few small pleasures. These pleasures begin with the leadoff track, "Life Is a Carnival," a song that continues the theme of Stage Fright by emphasizing the false nature of show business and its impact on reality. The song features a lively Dixieland horn chart courtesy of Allen Toussaint. "When I Paint My Masterpiece," a Bob Dylan song making its recorded debut here as the second selection, is another welcome track, buoyed by mandolin and accordion in a charming arrangement appropriate to its tale of an odd trip to Europe. "4% Pantomime" is a duet between the Band's Richard Manuel and Van Morrison that is en
| | Band Stage Fright CD (1990) Remastered
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The ribald, carnival atmosphere of "W.S. Walcott Medicine Show" reads as an ironic comment on showmanship, while songwriter Robbie Robertson sculpts a chilling portrait of personal and national disillusionment in the early '70s. From its startling title and emblazoned rainbow cover art to the intense, personal, and sometimes unsettling music within, STAGE FRIGHT showed a new side of the Band, one that deepened their collective voice and their unassailable air of authenticity.
The third Band album reflected the group's response to the critical and popular success of their first two albums. Several selections, notably the title track, articulate the sense of disquiet and panic resulting from fame, life on the road, and tensions within the band. The set still offered the quintet's mesmerizing cross-section of American music--soul, country R&B and pop--but where previous releases took a largely historical perspective, this collection was contemporary and confessional.
3 Bonus Tracks + Radio Spot
The Band: Robbie Robertson (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Levon Helm (guitar, drums, background vocals); Rick Danko (violin, bass instrument, background vocals); Garth Hudson (saxophone, keyboards); Richard Manuel (keyboards, drums, background vocals).
| | Band Northern Lights, Southern Cross CD (1975) Bonus Tracks
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Digitally remastered by Larry Walsh (Capitol Recording Studios).
When this album was released in 1975 it was The Band's first album of new material in four years. Though the intervening period had brought forth the brilliant ROCK OF AGES live album and an exuberant set of covers, MOONDOG MATINEE, nay-sayers feared The Band were buying time and that their creative well had perhaps run dry.
NORTHERN LIGHTS, SOUTHERN CROSS was greeted as a triumph and a return to form after the less focused CAHOOTS. With only eight songs, they let the mood of each find its true and proper length. From the sly "Ophelia" to the evocative "Acadian Driftwood," the songs embrace character and a sense of place in the best possible ways. "It Makes No Difference" shows their perfect sense of knowing which of their three fine singers to use for each type of song. And the playing is, as always, exemplary.
The first studio album of Band originals in four years; in many respects Northern Lights-Southern Cross was viewed as a comeback. It also can be seen as a swan song, in that its recording marked the last time the five members would work together in the studio as a permanent group, with a commitment to making a record that they would tour behind and build on as a working band. The album was also, ironically enough, the Band's finest since their self-titled sophomore effort, even outdoing Stage Fright. It was spawned after a series of battery-recharging events -- the move of all five members out of Woodstock, New York and to Malibu, California, and to a new, state-of-the-art 24-track studio that not only felt right but offered them (especially Garth Hudson, working with Moog synthesizers and other new instruments, as well as brass and reeds) a bigger creative and sonic canvas than they'd ever known before; and the decision to finally let the other shoe drop on their early career, accompanying Bob Dylan on their first-ever studio album together (Planet Waves) which, in turn, had led to an eight
| | Band Rock Of Ages CDs (1972) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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Long before they became The Band, these four Canadians and one southern rebel rocked the rooftops off Canada as The Hawks, Ronnie Hawkins's fierce back-up band. Their non-stop performing took them through nearly every bar in the region, and the group developed into a tightly wound rock unit. It is therefore interesting that, as The Band, the group was known more for its reluctance in the live arena than for its live prowess. This was in part due to leader Robbie Robertson's stage jitters, which seemed to worsen as The Band's status swelled. ROCK OF AGES provides a telling account of what glorious heights The Band was capable of when it tore loose onstage.
Here the five members function as one shifting, interlocking force, summoning Americana, phantom soul, and barroom rockers with ease and freedom. Garth Hudson conjures pure organ voodoo with an impromptu instrumental, "The Genetic Method," before the band launches into the otherworldly "Chest Fever." Elsewhere the live document percolates with similarly inspired fervor. New Orleanian Allen Touissant must receive his share of the credit, as his horn arrangements pump and drive The Band's earth-drenched rock up from the dirt and into the stratosphere.
2 Cds Reissue. Incl. 4 Unrel. Bonus Tracks Feat. Bob Dylan
Liner Note Author: Greil Marcus.
The Band: Robbie Robertson (vocals, guitar); Richard Manuel (vocals, piano); Rick Danko (vocals, bass instrument); Levon Helm (vocals, drums); Garth Hudson (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, organ).
Additional personnel: Bob Dylan (vocals); J.D. Parran (clarinet, alto saxophone); Joe Farrell (English horn, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Howard Johnson (baritone saxophone); Snooky Young (trumpet, flugelhorn); Earl McIntyre (trombone).
| | Janis Ian Breaking Silence CD (2000) (Import)
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Track Listing of songs: All Roads To The River; Ride Me Like A Wave; Tattoo; Guess You Had To Be There; What About The Love; His Hands; Walking On Sacred Ground; This Train Still Runs; Through The Years; This House; Some People's Lives [Live]; Breaking Silence;
| | Aterciopelados Gozo Poderoso CD (2001)
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GOZO PODEROSO won the 2001 Latin Grammy Award for Best Rock Album by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
GOZO PODEROSO was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album.
In much the same way that Stereolab gave the postmodern world an ambient twist with light dustings of lounge and electronica flourishes, Aterciopelados manage to have the same effect on the usually guitar-heavy world of rock en espanol with their fifth album GOZO PODEROSO. Anchored by the duo of vocalist Andrea Echeverri and multi-instrumentalist Hector Buitrago, this Bogota-based outfit flits easily amongst an amalgam of stylistic influences whether it's the techno-flavored, military cadence of "Esmeralda," breezy salsa of "El Album," or lush beauty found within the dream-pop of "Transparente" ("Transparent").
Echeverri's effortlessly beguiling vocals make this musical trip south of the border a particularly enriching one. Particular standouts include the bossa nova fueled "Luz Azul" ("Blue Light"), bouncy groove of "Uno Lo Mio Y Lo Tuyo" ("One Of Mine & Yours"), and the infectious cumbia "La Misma Tijera" ("The Same Scissors"). Despite the fact that all these numbers are sung in Spanish, non-speakers and those fluent in the language will be equally entranced by the musical manna Echevveri and Buitrago concocted in making GOZO PODEROSO Colombia's tastiest export in 2001.
Recorded at Audiovision Studios, Bogota, Colombia.
Personnel: Héctor Buitrago (guitar, bajo sexto, programming, loops).
Audio Mixer: Chris Lawson.
Aterciopelados: Andrea Echevem (vocals); Hector Buitrago (guitar, bass, programming, loops, background vocals); Alejandro Gomezcaceres (guitar); Santiago Trujillo (violin); Antonio Jacanamijoy (harmonica); Carlos I. Medina (keyboards); Cesar Lopez (contrabass); David Fresh (vinyl scratches); Carlos Huertas, Juan Guillermo Herrera, Macky Ruff, Paula Perez, Federico Lopez, Ana Maria G (background vocals).
| | Al Cook Country Blues CD (2002)
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Liner Note Author: Al Cook.
Recording information: Luxor Home Recording Studio (11/18/2000-03/19/2001).
Personnel: Al Cook (vocals, guitar, piano); Rev. Frank TT, Kathie Kern, Karin Daym (vocals); Charlie Lloyd (piano); Stephan Rausch (harmonica).
Personnel: Al Cook (vocals, guitar, piano); Katie Kern (vocals, guitar); Charlie Lloyd (piano).
| | 80'S V.3 (2CD+DVD) CD (2004) Bonus DVD
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This third collection of classic 1980s hits from Universal Sound & Vision features 33 tracks and 10 original music videos, including memorable hits from artists like Tears For Fears, Scorpions, Asia, and Squeeze.
Deluxe three disc set (two CDs and one NTSC/Region 0 DVD), part of Universal's outstanding Sound & Vision series, with each disc packaged in it's own individual cardboard sleeve and all three tucked inside a cardboard slipcase.
| | Mystery Meat Profiles CD (2005)
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Liner Note Author: Mike Dugo.
Recording information: 1968.
Mystery Meat: Dick Leighninger (vocals); Ron O'Dell (guitar); Bob Rentz (keyboards); Wayne Joplin (bass guitar); Gary Walden (drums).
Personnel: Ronnie ODell (vocals, guitar); Gary Walden (percussion).
| | Valerie Gomes Time Will Tell CD (2002)
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I have decided to donate $2.00 from every purchased CD to The Wounded Warrior Project, check out their website. I think it's a worthy cause.I have been writing music since the late 80s. "Time Will Tell" was my first solo recording. It's an honest and sincere representation of my music. I write about my life experiences and try to include you in the journey. Hopefully You feel as though you are sitting with me in my living room as I sing about my most intimate feelings and experiences.I think this CD with the gentle guitar and vocals will take you on a very pleasant and relaxing journey. There is no hiding behind any kind of production, it is just me and my guitar. I've been told by a friend that she plays this CD in the car on the way home from work and it relaxes her. My music has a calming effect, ain't life grand??!!!This CD was recorded in one afternoon by producer Jay Mark in his home studio. Jay has worked with The Allman Brothers, Madonna and many others.Lyrics, music and guitar: Valerie Gomes (C) 1998Cover photo: Bill HarrisI have also finished my new CD, "Hold onto the Dream", produced by Brad Craig. This CD is also available.
| | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Donna Summer CD (2003) Remastered
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Recorded between 1975 & 1983. Includes liner notes by Brian Chin.
This is part of Universal Records "20th Century Masters The Millenium Collection" series.
This 20th CENTURY MASTERS installment collects the finest tracks from Donna Summer's remarkable career. While Summer was never in quite the same league as, say, Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, or even superstars that followed in Summer's wake such as Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige, her sultry performances on disco anthems like "Hot Stuff," "I Feel Love," and "Love To Love You Baby" show that she was certainly a diva to be reckoned with. Though the 20th CENTURY MASTERS set is a little slight at 11 tracks (for a more extensive package, try the two-disc GOLD collection), it's a concise look at the key moments in the career of this undeniable hitmaker.
Compilation producer: Bill Levenson.
Personnel includes: Donna Summer, Barbra Streisand (vocals); Giorgio Moroder (arranger, keyboards, synthesizer, programming).
Producers include: Pete Belotte, Giorgio Moroder, Gary Klein, Quincy Jones, Michael Omartian.
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