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The Band – Rock Of Ages (The Band In Concert)

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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.

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Description

Capitol Records SABB 11045, SABB-11045 2xLP, Album, Scr US 1972

Side 1.

1. Don’t Do It 4:20
2. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) 3:38
3. Caledonia Mission 3:11
4. Get Up Jake 3:08
5. W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 3:41

Side 2.

1. Stage Fright 4:11
2. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 4:44
3. Across The Great Divide 3:19
4. Wheels On Fire 3:40
5. Rag Mama Rag 3:45

Side 3.

1. The Weight 5:22
2. The Shape I’m In 3:40
3. Unfaithful Servant 4:19
4. Life Is A Carnival 3:52

Side 4.

1. The Genetic Method 7:29
2. Chest Fever 4:38
3. (I Don’t Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes 4:14

Credits:

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet [E Flat] – J.D.Parran
Arranged By [Horns] – Allen Toussaint
Baritone Saxophone, Tuba, Euphonium – Howard Johnson
Design – Bob Cato, Squadra Galileo
Engineer – Mark Harman, Phil Ramone
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Photography By – Ernst Haas, Fred Lombardi, John Scheele
Photography By [Cover] – Eric Cato
Producer – The Band
Tenor Saxophone [Solo], Soprano Saxophone [Solo] – Garth Hudson
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, English Horn – Joe Farrell
Trombone – Earl McIntyre
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Snooky Young
Written-By – Jaime Robertson (2)

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

First cat# on cover, second on labels
[url=http://www.discogs.com/label/313252-Capitol-Records-Pressing-Plant-Scranton]Capitol Scranton[/url] pressing

Recorded at the Academy of Music, New York on the eclipse of the New Year 1971-1972
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Sterling Sound

Three-panel gatefold sleeve
“Automatic” side sequence: disc 1 has sides A and D, disc 2 has sides B and C.

 

 

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Matrix / Runout SABB-1-11045-Z-11#2 RL
Matrix / Runout SABB-2-11045-Z-10 RL
Matrix / Runout SABB-3-11045-Z-11 RL
Matrix / Runout SABB-4-11045-Z-14#2 RL
Matrix / Runout SABB-2-11045-Z-11 RL
Matrix / Runout SABB-3-11045-Z-10#2 RL
Matrix / Runout SABB-4-11045-Z-14 RL
Matrix / Runout SABB-4-11045-Z-13 RL
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