Product Description
Title: The Band – The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary Format: Vinyl Record Label: Warner Cat/Barcode: 081227943561
The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Last Waltz was advertised as the Band’s “farewell concert appearance,” and the concert saw the Band joined by more than a dozen special guests, including Bob Dylan, Paul Butterfield, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Ringo Starr, Ronnie Hawkins, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood, Neil Diamond, Bobby Charles, The Staple Singers, and Eric Clapton. The musical director for the concert was the Band’s original record producer, John Simon.
The event was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same name, released in 1978. Jonathan Taplin, who was the Band’s tour manager from 1969 to 1972 and later produced Scorsese’s film Mean Streets, suggested that Scorsese would be the ideal director for the project and introduced Robbie Robertson and Scorsese. The Last Waltz is hailed as one of the greatest concert films ever made. 40th Anniversary Edition. The Band’s Historic Finale On Six 180g Vinyl LPs For The First Time! 54 tracks plus 12 Page Booklet.
Vinyl Record Tracklist:
SIDE A
“Theme From the Last Waltz,” with orchestra
“Up On Cripple Creek”
“The Shape I’m In”
“It Makes No Difference”
SIDE B
“Who Do You Love,” with Ronnie Hawkins
“Life Is a Carnival”
“Such a Night,” with Dr. John
“The Weight”
“Down South In New Orleans,” with Bobby Charles
SIDE C
“This Wheel’s On Fire”
“Mystery Train,” with Paul Butterfield
“Caldonia,” with Muddy Waters
“Mannish Boy,” with Muddy Waters
SIDE D
“Stage Fright”
“Rag Mama Rag”
“All Our Past Times,” with Eric Clapton
“Further On Up the Road,” with Eric Clapton
SIDE E
“Ophelia”
“Helpless,” with Neil Young
“Four Strong Winds,” with Neil Young
“Coyote,” with Joni Mitchell
SIDE F
“Shadows and Light,” with Joni Mitchell
“Furry Sings the Blues,” with Joni Mitchell
“Acadian Driftwood”
“Dry Your Eyes,” with Neil Diamond
SIDE G
“The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show”
“Tura Lura Lura (That’s An Irish Lullaby),” with Van Morrison
“Caravan,” with Van Morrison
“The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”
“The Genetic Method/Chest Fever”
SIDE H
“Baby Let Me Follow You Down” – with Bob Dylan
“Hazel” – with Bob Dylan
“I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Live We Never Have Met)” – with Bob Dylan
“Forever Young” – with Bob Dylan
“Baby Let Me Follow You Down” (Reprise) – with Bob Dylan
“I Shall Be Released”
SIDE I
Jam #1
Jam #2
“Don’t Do It”
“Greensleeves” (From Movie Soundtrack)
SIDE J
“The Last Waltz Suite: “The Well” / “Evangeline,” with Emmylou Harris / “Out of the Blue” / “The Weight” – with the Staple Singers / “The Last Waltz Refrain”
Concert Rehearsal:
SIDE K
“King Harvest (Has Surely Come)”
“Tura Lura Lura (That’s An Irish Lullaby)”
“Caravan”
“Such a Night”
“Rag Mama Rag”
SIDE L
“Mad Waltz,” a sketch track for “The Well”
“The Last Waltz,” an instrumental
“The Last Waltz,” a sketch
(Blu-ray; 5.1 Surround Sound Mix)
“Theme From the Last Waltz,” with orchestra
