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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Theme From the Last Waltz
2. Up on Cripple Creek
3. Shape I'm In, The
4. It Makes No Difference
5. Who Do You Love? - (with Ronnie Hawkins)
6. Life Is a Carnival
7. Such a Night - (with Dr. John)
8. Weight, The
9. Down South in New Orleans - (with Bobby Charles)
10. This Wheel's on Fire
11. Mystery Train - (with Paul Butterfield)
12. Caldonia - (with Muddy Waters)
13. Mannish Boy - (with Muddy Waters)
14. Stage Fright
DISC 2:
1. Rag Mama Rag
2. All Our Past Times - (with Eric Clapton)
3. Further on up the Road - (with Eric Clapton)
4. Ophelia
5. Helpless - (with Neil Young)
6. Four Strong Winds - (with Neil Young)
7. Coyote - (with Joni Mitchell)
8. Shadows and Light - (with Joni Mitchell)
9. Furry Sings the Blues - (with Joni Mitchell)
10. Acadian Driftwood
11. Dry Your Eyes - (with Neil Diamond)
12. W.S. Walcott Medicine Show, The
13. Tura Lura Lura (That's an Irish Lullaby) - (with Van Morrison)
14. Caravan - (with Van Morrison)
DISC 3:
1. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The
2. The Genetic Method / Chest Fever - (excerpt from movie soundtrack)
3. Baby Let Me Follow You Down - (with Bob Dylan)
4. Hazel - (with Bob Dylan)
5. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) - (with Bob Dylan)
6. Forever Young - (with Bob Dylan)
7. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise) - (with Bob Dylan)
8. I Shall Be Released (Finale)
9. Jam #1
10. Jam #2
11. Don't Do It
12. Greensleeves - (from movie soundtrack)
DISC 4:
1. Well, The
2. Evangeline - (with Emmylou Harris)
3. Out of the Blue
4. Weight, The - (with The Staples)
5. Last Waltz Refrain, The
6. Theme From the Last Waltz
7. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
8. Tura Lura Lura (That's an Irish Lullaby) - (with Van Morrison)
9. Caravan - (with Van Morrison)
10. Such a Night - (with Dr. John)
11. Rag Mama Rag
12. Mad Waltz - (sketch track for "The Well")
13. Mad Waltz - (previously unreleased)
14. Last Waltz Refrain, The - (TRUE instrumental)
15. Last Waltz Refrain, The - (TRUE instrumental)
16. Last Waltz Refrain, The - (previously unreleased)
17. Last Waltz Theme, The - (sketch)
18. Last Waltz Theme, The - (sketch)
19. Theme From the Last Waltz - (previously unreleased, sketch)
Album Notes
This 4-CD box set of THE LAST WALTZ includes the complete original album, 24 tracks of previously unreleased rehearsals, performances from the show, film, and studio demo tracks. Includes an 80-page booklet.
The Band: Robbie Robertson (vocals, guitar, piano); Richard Manuel (vocals, dobro, keyboards, drums); Levon Helm (vocals, mandolin, drums); Rick Danko (vocals, violin, bass); Garth Hudson (accordion, soprano & tenor saxophones, horns, piano, electric piano, organ, synthesizer).
Additional personnel includes: Neil Young (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Joni Mitchell (vocals, acoustic guitar); Dr. John (vocals, guitar, piano, conga); Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Roebuck "Pops" Staples (vocals, guitar); Paul Butterfield (vocals, harmonica); Mavis Staples, Ronnie Hawkins, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, Bobby Charles (vocals); Stephen Stills, Ron Wood (guitar); Joe "Pinetop" Perkins (piano); Ringo Starr (drums).
Producers include: Robbie Robertson, Rob Fraboni, John Simon.
Reissue producer: Robbie Robertson.
Recorded at Winterland Arena, San Franciso, California; MGM, Culver City, California; Shangri La, Malibu, California; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, California in 1976. Originally released on Warner Brothers (3146). Includes liner notes by Robbie Robertson and David Fricke.
The Band's farewell concert was lavishly presented on Thanksgiving night, 1976 at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom. Originally released as a three-record, 30-song set, it's been expanded to 54 songs spread over four CDs. The concert presented an overview of their entire body of work, with music from most of their albums. They're joined by a series of guests who are all either peers (Van Morrison, Neil Young) and contemporaries or mentors and wsources of inspiration (Ronnie Hawkins, Muddy Waters).
With the exception of Bob Dylan, all of the artists were originally heard performing only one song with accompaniment from the Band. This longer format allows for a further look at what transpired on that night. The live material is also joined by previously unissued studio recordings, including a theme that frames the work as a whole. Additional material also includes a few rehearsal takes, demos for some of the studio tracks, and 15 minutes of jamming with even more guests (Ringo Starr, Stephen Stills). This is not a traditional career overview or hits run-through; rather, it's a celebration of this important ensemble's legacy.
Industry Reviews
...The original highlights are highlights still: Danko's heartrending solo turn on 'It Makes No Difference', big Ron's yelping 'big time, Bill, big time' turn on the Diddley-stompin' 'Who Do You Love'; the soulful Staples on the after-the-fact studio version of 'The Weight'...
Mojo (05/01/2002)
Time hasn't diminished The Band's uniqueness or mythic mystery... - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (04/19/2002)
4 out of 5 stars - ...Ever conscious of their place in history, [The Band] went out in style....full of invention, twists and...moments of other-worldly genius...
Q (05/01/2002)
Ranked #3 in Mojo's Best Box Sets & Compilations of 2002
Mojo (01/01/2003)
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