THE BAND S/T SONGS FROM THE BIG PINK +STAGE FRIGHT CAHOOTS ROCK OF AGES MOONDOG

Description: THE BAND COLLECTION OF SEVEN RELEASES THESE180 GRAM LIMITED EDITION VINYL PRESSINGS STARTS WITH TWO 45 RPM 50TH ANNIVERSARY DOUBLE LP EDITIONS PRESSINGS OF THE BROWN ALBUM & MUSIC FROM THE BIG PINK + THESE 33 & 1/3 ISSUES OF ROCK OF AGES DOUBLE LP SET - CAHOOTS - STAGE FREIGHT - MOONDOG MATINEE & NORTHERN LIGHTSALL IN SEALED CONDITION - THE BROWN ALBUM THE 50th Anniversary 45 RPM 180-gram 2LP reissue!Overseen by The Band's Robbie RobertsonNew stereo mix by Bob Clearmountain, remastered by Bob LudwigAll tracks remastered from the original multi-track master recordingsVinyl lacquers cut at 45 RPM by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman MasteringWhen The Band's seminal eponymous second album was released 50 years ago in September 1969, not much more was known about the reclusive group than when they released their landmark debut, Music From Big Pink, to widespread critical praise and bewilderment, just the year before. The group, made up of four Canadians and one American, was still shrouded in mystery, allowing for listeners and the music press to let their imaginations run wild about who these men were and what this music was that sounded unlike anything else happening at the close of the psychedelic '60s. Dressed like 19th century fire-and-brimstone preachers and singing rustic, sepia-toned songs about America and the deep south, The Band — Garth Hudson (keyboards, piano, horn), Levon Helm (drums, vocals, mandolin), Richard Manuel (keyboards, vocals, drums), Rick Danko (bass, vocals, fiddle) and Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, vocals) — was an enigma, unlike any group that came before or after. And their self-titled "Brown Album," as it would lovingly be called, cemented their status as one of the most exciting and revolutionary bands in years, on the strength of now-classic songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," "Up On Cripple Creek" and "Rag Mama Rag."The Band's pioneering, self-titled album receives a suite of newly remixed and expanded editions in November 2019 to mark its 50th anniversary including this 180-gram vinyl 2LP version featuring the new stereo mix by Bob Clearmountain and all tracks mastered from the original multi-track masters by Bob Ludwig. Chris Bellman cut the vinyl lacquers for the album's new stereo mix at 45 RPM at Bernie Grundman Mastering. All of the configurations were overseen by Robbie Robertson, similar to 2018's acclaimed 50th anniversary Music From Big Pink editions. Clearmountain and Robertson's approach to remixing the beloved album was done with the utmost care and respect for the music and what The Band represents. "The idea was to take you deeper inside the music, but this album is homemade," Robertson says. "You can't touch up a painting. It has nothing to do with what you get when you go into a recording studio." When he expressed his concerns to Clearmountain, the renowned engineer and producer reassured him: "We're just trying to overcome the original technological limitations in order to bring you closer into the room," he explained. "I'm going to do everything in my power not to get in the way of this music at all." The result is a new mix that allows listeners to hear these classic songs in stunning, and often times startling, clarity, packing more of a sonic and emotional punch than ever before.Released in 1968, The Band's game-changing debut, Music from Big Pink, seemed to spring from nowhere and everywhere. Drawing from the American roots music panoply of country, blues, R&B, gospel, soul, rockabilly, the honking tenor sax tradition, hymns, funeral dirges, brass band music, folk, and rock 'n' roll, The Band forged a timeless new style that forever changed the course of popular music. Shortly after its release, Danko broke his neck in a serious car crash and was in traction resulting in The Band's inability to tour. This only fueled the mystique as they had yet to play live and had only done a few mysterious interviews. Once Danko was healed, the guys relocated to Los Angeles to record their follow up album. Searching for the same clubhouse vibe they had at Big Pink, they eschewed a traditional studio and moved into a house in the Hollywood Hills that had previously been owned by Sammy Davis Jr. The place had enough bedrooms that the group could reside there with their families and a pool house where they set up the studio. While Capitol Records was dumbfounded the guys didn't want to record in one of their state-of-the-art studios down the street, they ultimately relented and paid for the shipment of their equipment across the country. Recording here was not without its obstacles as getting an upright piano up to the house proved trying and since they were in a residential neighborhood, the pool house needed to be soundproofed from the outside, which was quite a sight.After dinner together with their families in the main house, The Band, joined by co-producer John Simon who helped shape their sound, as on their debut, would shuffle off to their makeshift studio to write and record their masterpiece, working through the night and stopping around dawn. Listening to these dusty, rural songs, it's hard to believe they weren't written in the Appalachian Mountains but instead perched up in the hills overlooking Los Angeles' sprawling, smoggy metropolis. It's fitting then that the first song the group recorded for the album was "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down," a Civil War story that was inspired by a visit Robertson made to Helm's family in Marvell, Arkansas. During one of their talks, Helm's father insisted to Robertson that "The South will rise again!" "I felt that I understood something about Levon from meeting his family," Robertson says. "I wanted to write a song that he could sing better than anyone in the world." The song imbues the people of the South with a forlorn dignity much in contrast to their stereotypical portrayals in popular culture — and Helm's heart-rending vocal tells the song's story with consummate grace. This was not subject matter that other songwriters were mining from at the time and illustrated how The Band's primary songwriter, Robertson, did not draw inspiration from typical rock sources, instead pulling from history and his love of classic films and screenplays. Indeed, The Band explores America's thorny history through indelible archetypes — "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" refers to Union cavalry officer George Stoneman's attack on southwestern Virginia in the last days of the Civil War, "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" is sung from the perspective of a poverty-stricken farmer who becomes a "union man" to his disappointment, and "Up on Cripple Creek" is about a truck driver's debauched time with a local girl in Lake Charles, Louisiana. "It was a complicated record," Helm wrote in his memoir, This Wheel's On Fire. "We wanted to make one that you didn't really get until the second time you played it."The Band was released on September 22, 1969 and made an immediate cultural impact. The days of the group being a so-called 'underground' band were over. In short order, the Band appeared on 'The Ed Sullivan Show,' one of only two television appearances the group would ever make, and it had a hit single with "Up on Cripple Creek." In addition, The Band appeared on the cover of Time magazine in January of 1970, the first North American group ever to do so. The Band was instantly hailed by press with The Village Voice's Robert Christgau, calling it an "A-plus record if I've ever rated one" and deeming it "even better" than the Beatles' classic Abbey Road, released the same week. Ralph J. Gleason wrote in his glowing review for Rolling Stone: "It is full of sleepers, diamonds that begin to glow at different times. As with the Beatles and Dylan and the Stones and Crosby-Stills and Nash, the album seems to change shape as you continue to play it. The emphasis shifts from song to song and songs prominent in the early listening will retreat and be replaced in your consciousness by others, only in later hearings to move to the fore again. Little things pop up unexpectedly after numerous listenings and the whole thing serves as a definition of what Gide meant by the necessity of art having density." Now, listeners can experience that brotherhood once more on The Band (50th Anniversary Edition), in which five visionaries ended up capturing the soul of America with an album that's influence still ripples through current music today five decades later! Features:• 50th Anniversary 180-gram vinyl 2LP reissue• New stereo mix by Bob Clearmountain• All tracks mastered from the original multi-track masters by Bob Ludwig• Vinyl lacquers cut at 45 RPM at Bernie Grundman Mastering Side 1 1. Across The Great Divide 2. Rag Mama Rag 3. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Side 2 1. When You Awake 2. Up On Cripple Creek 3. Whispering Pines Side 3 1. Jemima Surrender 2. Rockin’ Chair 3. Look Out Cleveland Side 4 1. Jawbone 2. The Unfaithful Servant 3. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) MUSIC FROM THE BIG PINK Iconic Album On 180g 45rpm Double LP!Lacquers Cut By Chris Bellman At Bernie Grundman Mastering! New Stereo Mix By Bob Clearmountain From 4-Track Analog Master!Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 34/500!The 1968 debut album from The Band, Music From Big Pink celebrates its 50th Anniversary.In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of The Band's landmark debut album, Music From Big Pink is released on 2LPs featuring a new stereo mix of the album, produced by Bob Clearmountain from the original four-track analog master. This new mix achieves a striking clarity and incorporates some previously unreleased chatter from the studio sessions. For the LP, Chris Bellman cut the vinyl lacquers for the album's new stereo mix at 45rpm at Bernie Grundman Mastering.The Band's debut album Music From Big Pink (No. 30 US '68) emerged following a lengthy period of playing as Bob Dylan's backing band (they were responsible for the much bootlegged "The Basement Tapes"), following which Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson and Levon Helm decided to go it alone as the Band. For a debut album Music From Big Pink is an astonishingly accomplished piece of work. The first single released from the album - "The Weight" (No. 21 UK, No. 63 US '68) became a hit on both sides of the Atlantic and was backed with Bob Dylan's "I Shall Be Released" to effectively make it a great double-sider. Also on the album is a fantastic version of Dylan and Rick Danko's "This Wheel's On Fire". Also, for you collectors out there, please remember that the sleeve was originally painted by Bob Dylan, so here is once again an opportunity to get a lovely 12" square piece of legendary Bob Dylan artwork as well as a fantastic slab of vinyl on a guaranteed all-time rock classic!"Big Pink" was a garishly pink house in Woodstock, New York, where the Band — Dylan's '65-66 backup band on tour — moved to be near Dylan after his motorcycle accident. While he recuperated, the Band backed him on the demos later known as The Basement Tapes and made its own debut. Dylan offered to play on the album; the Band said no thanks. "We didn't want to just ride his shirttail all the time," drummer Levon Helm said. Dylan contributed "I Shall Be Released" and co-wrote two other tunes. But it was the rustic beauty of the Band's music and the incisive drama of its own reflections on family and obligations, such as "The Weight," that made Big Pink an instant homespun classic." - rollingstoneFeatures:• 50th Anniversary Edition• 180g Double LP• 45rpm • Lacquers cut at Bernie Grundman Mastering by Chris Bellman• New stereo mix by Bob Clearmountain from 4-track analog master• Newly remixed and remastered• First time on 2LP 180g, 45rpm• Gatefold sleeveSelections: Side One:1. Tears Of Rage2. To Kingdom ComeSide Two:1. In A Station2. Caledonia Mission3. The WeightSide Three:1. We Can Talk2. Long Black Veil3. Chest FeverSide Four:1. Lonesome Suzie2. This Wheel's On Fire3. I Shall Be Released THEN WE HAVE THESE 33 & 1/3 ISSUES The Band ROCK OF AGES 2 LP 180 GRAM SET 180g Vinyl Reissue!Rock of Ages is a live album by The Band, released in 1972. It peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200 chart, and was certified a gold record by the RIAA. The double-album Rock of Ages occupies a curious yet important place in Band history. Recorded at a spectacular New Years Eve 1971 gig, the show and album were intended to be a farewell of sorts before the Band took an extended break in 1972, but it turned out to be a last hurrah in many different ways, closing the chapter on the first stage of their career, when they were among the biggest and most important rock & roll bands. The last four tracks feature Bob Dylan. Now available on 180 gram"Every popular musical genre is included not as part of a numbered catalog but rather imbued in the musical DNA of the performers and the original tunes. They are all here: the earthy 'King Harvest,' Robertson's performance anxiety exposé 'Stage Fright', the mysterious 'Caledonia Mission,' 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' commenced with a short, gorgeous horn intro, and of course the greatest 'Chest Fever' on record. Pay attention to Touissant's horn arrangement for 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' and you'll hear genius... As great as is the instrumental playing, the intense singing is even more astonishing. You have to listen in to catch it all because the busy mix of instruments can sometimes bury the harmonies and vocal textures but they are sensational." - Michael Fremer, analogplanet, Music 10/11, Sound 8/11Features:• 180g Vinyl• Original Packaging• Gatefold JacketSelections:1. Introduction / Rock of Ages / The Band2. Don't Do it3. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)4. Caledonia Mission5. Get Up Jake6. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show7. Stage Fright8. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down9. Across the Great Divide10. This Wheel's On Fire11. Rag Mama Rag12. The Weight13. The Shape I'm In14. The Unfaithful Servant15. Life Is A Carnival16. The Genetic Method17. Chest Fever18. (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes The Band Stage Fright 180 GRAM CAPITOL RECORDS SERIES AUDIOPHILE LIMITED EDITION LP The highly acclaimed and industry leading vinyl initiative, EMI's "From the Capitol Vaults", continues with crucial titles from the Beach Boys, The Band, Frank Sinatra, David Bowie and Faust! The third album by The Band departs from their previous efforts with a move towards a darker rock feel, especially on the title track. The album was engineered by up-and-coming Todd Rundgren, was produced by the group themselves, and was recorded at Woodstock, New York. Tracks include "Strawberry Wine", "The Rumor" and the title track "Stage Fright". Features: • Limited Edition • 180g Vinyl • Band Photo • Wrapped jacket on special stock (paper), matte varnish, Poster wrap on outside Selections: 1. Strawberry Wine 2. Sleeping 3. Time to Kill 4. Just Another Whistle Stop 5. All La Glory 6. The Shape I'm In 7. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 8. Daniel and the Sacred Harp 9. Stage Fright 10. The Rumor Recorded at the Woodstock Playhouse, Woodstock, N.Y., by Location Recorders. The Band MOONDOG MATINEE 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE LIMITED EDITION LP 180-gram vinyl pressed at Quality Record Pressings The Band essentially went back to being the Hawks of the late '50s and early '60s on this album of cover tunes. They demonstrated considerable expertise on their versions of rock 'n' roll and R&B standards by Allan Toussaint, Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Leiber & Stoller, Sam Cooke and more. Now available on 180-gram vinyl. Side 1 1. Ain’t Got No Home 2. Holy Cow 3. Share Your Love 4. Mystery Train 5. Third Man Theme Side 2 6. Promised Land 7. The Great Pretender 8. I’m Ready 9. Saved 10. A Change Is Gonna ComeThe Band CAHOOTS 180 GRAM CAPITOL RECORDS SERIES AUDIOPHILE LIMITED EDITION LP Historically overlooked, Cahoots stands as one of The Band's finest efforts and includes contributions from iconic pianist/arranger Allen Toussaint and Irish bard Van Morrison, whose feverish duet with Band vocalist Richard Helm on "4% Pantomime" is the equivalent of two poker players trying to outsmart one another. A similar carnivalesque spirit infuses the entire set. If you're missing this album or simply never heard it, you're in for a treat. 1. Life Is a Carnival 2. When I Paint My Masterpiece 3. Last of the Blacksmiths 4. Where Do We Go from Here? 5. 4% Pantomime 6. Shoot out in Chinatown 7. Moon Struck One 8. Thinkin' out Loud 9. Smoke Signal 10. Volcano 11. River HymnThe Band NORTHERN LIGHTS 180 GRAM CAPITOL RECORDS SERIES AUDIOPHILE LIMITED EDITION LP 180g Vinyl Reissue! Northern Lights Southern Cross is the sixth studio album by Canadian-American rock group The Band. Released in 1975, and the first studio album of Band originals in four years, Northern Lights - Southern Cross was viewed as a comeback. It also can be seen as a swan song. The album was the Band's finest since their self-titled sophomore effort. Totaling eight songs in all, on this album the Band explored new timbres, utilizing for the first time 24 tracks and what was (then) new synthesizer technology. Now available on 180 gram vinyl. Features: 180g Vinyl Original Packaging Selections: 1. Rags & Bones 2. Acadian Driftwood 3. Ophelia 4. Hobo Jungle 5. It Makes No Difference 6. Forbidden Fruit 7. Ring Your Bell 8. Jupiter Hollow The nicest thing you can do for your stylus and your ears. The ultimate record -- the way music was meant to be heard and of superior quality for any Audiophile. You should never pass up the opportunity to upgrade your collection. They're each very limited in their pressings and disappear with extraordinary quickness from the vinyl market. 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