Rock of ages / the Band.
Material type:
MusicPublisher number: 72435-30181-2-2 | Capitol72435-30182-2-1 | Capitol72435-30183-2-0 | CapitolSABB 11045 | CapitolSeries: Band (Musical group). Remasters ; Publication details: Hollywood, CA : Capitol, ℗2001.Description: 2 audio discs ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - performed music
- audio
- audio disc
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Released on the heels of the stilted, static Cahoots, 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. That sense of importance had started to creep into their music, turning their studio albums after The Band into self-conscious affairs, and even the wildly acclaimed first two albums seemed to float out of time, existing in a sphere of their own and never having the kick of a rock & roll band. Rock of Ages has that kick in spades, and it captures that road warrior side of the band that was yet unheard on record. Since this band -- or more accurately its leader, Robbie Robertson -- was acutely aware of image and myth, this record didn't merely capture an everyday gig, it captured a spectacular, in retrospect almost a dry run for the legendary Last Waltz. New Orleans R&B legend Allen Toussaint was hired to write horn charts and conduct them, helping to open up the familiar tunes, which in turn helped turn this music into a warm, loose, big-hearted party. And that's what's so splendid about Rock of Ages: sure, the tightness of the Band as a performing unit is on display, but there's also a wild, rowdy heart pumping away in the backbeat of this music, something that the otherwise superb studio albums do not have. Simply put, this is a joy to hear, which may have been especially true after the dour, messy Cahoots, but even stripped of that context Rock of Ages has a spirit quite unlike any other Band album. Indeed, it could be argued that it captured the spirit of the Band at the time in a way none of their other albums do. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Capitol: 72435-30181-2-2 (72435-30182-2-1, 72435-30183-2-0).
Reissue, expanded of Capitol Records SABB 11045 (1972), LP 33 1/3.
The Band (Robbie Robertson, guitar ; Rick Danko, bass ; Richard Manuel, piano, drums ; Garth Hudson, organ ; Levon Helm, drums).
Recorded on the eclipse of the New Year 1971-1972 in concert, Dec. 31, 1971-Jan. 1, 1972, at the Academy of Music, New York.
The 19th-28th selections previously unreleased.
Disc One. Introduction -- Don't do it -- King Harvest (has surely come) -- Caledonia Mission -- Get up, Jake -- The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show -- Stage fright -- The night they drove old Dixie down -- Across the great divide -- This wheel's on fire -- Rag Mama rag -- The weight -- The shape I'm in -- Unfaithful servant -- Life is a carnival -- The genetic method -- Chest fever -- (I don't want to) Hang up my rock and roll shoes -- Disc Two. Loving you is sweeter than ever -- I shall be released -- Up on Cripple Creek -- The rumor -- Rockin' chair -- Time to kill -- Down in the flood ; When I paint my masterpiece ; Don't ya tell Henry ; Like a rolling stone (with Bob Dylan).
The Band's epic yet loose 1971 New Years' Eve concert is captured in a two disc set that includes such hits as The Weight; The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; and more.