Durante l’ultima settimana del 1971 THE BAND (Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel e Garth Hudson) si esibì in quattro leggendari concerti all’Academy Of Music di New York: performance straordinarie, ricordate anche per gli arrangiamenti fiatistici di Allen Toussaint e l’apparizione a sorpresa di Bob Dylan la notte di Capodanno. Gli highlight di quelle serate vennero pubblicate l’anno seguente nell’album “Rock Of Ages” ed ora esce uno straordinario cofanetto (4 CD e 1 DVD) che raccoglie per la prima volta i concerti con nuovi missaggi stereo e 5.1 Surround con 19 brani mai pubblicati, l’intero show del 31 Dicembre 1971 e immagini video di “King Harvest” e “The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show”. Il box-set è stato prodotto da Robbie Robertson e Bob Clearmountain si è occupato del mix stero e 5.1 Surround, il libro di 48 pagine aggiunge le note bio-discografiche del critico di Rolling Stone Ralph J. Gleason e contributi dello stesso Robertson, Mumford & Sons e Jim James dei My Morning Jacket.
Cofanetto in vendita da Disco Club a partire da martedì 1 ottobre 2013 al prezzo di 89,90 €
CD 1:
1. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
2. The Shape I’m In
3. Caledonia Mission
4. Don’t Do It
5. Stage Fright
6. I Shall Be Released
7. Up On Cripple Creek
8. This Wheel’s On Fire
9. Strawberry Wine *
10. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
11. Time To Kill
12. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
13. Across The Great Divide
1. Life Is A Carnival
CD 2:
2. Get Up Jake
3. Rag Mama Rag
4. Unfaithful Servant
5. The Weight
6. Rockin’ Chair
7. Smoke Signal
8. The Rumor
9. The Genetic Method
10. Chest Fever
11. (I Don’t Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes
12. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever
13. Down In The Flood ( with Bob Dylan)
14. When I Paint My Masterpiece ( with Bob Dylan)
15. Don’t Ya Tell Henry (with Bob Dylan)
16. Like A Rolling Stone (with Bob Dylan)
1. Up On Cripple Creek *
CD 3: - New Year’s Eve At The Academy Of Music 1971 (The Soundboard Mix)
2. The Shape I’m In
3. The Rumor *
4. Time To Kill *
5. Rockin’ Chair *
6. This Wheel’s On Fire *
7. Get Up Jake *
8. Smoke Signal *
9. I Shall Be Released *
10. The Weight *
11. Stage Fright
1. Life Is A Carnival *
CD 4: - New Year’s Eve At The Academy Of Music 1971 (The Soundboard Mix)
2. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
3. Caledonia Mission *
4. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
5. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down *
6. Across The Great Divide *
7. Unfaithful Servant
8. Don’t Do It *
9. The Genetic Method
10. Chest Fever *
11. Rag Mama Rag
12. (I Don’t Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes *
13. Down In The Flood (with Bob Dylan)
14. When I Paint My Masterpiece (with Bob Dylan)
15. Don’t Ya Tell Henry (with Bob Dylan)
16. Like A Rolling Stone (with Bob Dylan)