The Band (Limited Edition) [Import]

The Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Import
• ASIN: B0000088EF
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #144,890 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Across the Great Divide

2. Rag Mama Rag

3. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

4. When You Awake

5. Up on Cripple Creek

6. Whispering Pines

7. Jemima Surrender

8. Rockin' Chair

9. Look out Cleveland

10. Jawbone

11. The Unfaithful Servant

12. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

13. Get Up Jake [Outtake-Stereo Mix][*]

14. Rag Mama Rag [Alternate Take][*][Mix]

15. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [*][Mix]

16. Up on Cripple Creek [Alternate Take][*]

17. Whispering Pines [Alternate Take][*]

18. Jemima Surrender [Alternate Take][*]

19. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) [Alternate Take][*]

Editorial Reviews

1998 digitally remastered Japanese reissue of their secondalbum in a miniaturized gatefold LP sleeve limited to theinitial pressing. A top 10 record when first released in1969, it features 12 tracks, including the top 30 hit 'Up OnCripple Creek', the sing

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A most profound and important musical work of art, July 28, 2000

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J. Remington "John Remington" (Adams, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Band (Limited Edition) (Audio CD)

As crucial and important as any work by the great American composers Virgil Thompson, Aaron Copeland and Leonard Bernstein, these four Canadians and one Arkansas farm boy created a perfect piece of musical Americana. Heck, for that matter it ranks right up there with Steinbeck, Thomas Hart Benton, the films of John Ford and the plays of William Inge in terms of capturing North American mythology, legend and character. The rich tapestry that is the land, the people and the music of Canada and America is beautifully fused into one pot with "The Band". Just like those two countries, the music is filled with heartache, rich optimism, adventure, passion, sentimentality (without resorting to maudlin posings), recklessness (just listen to Richard Manuel's drumming on "Rag Mama Rag"!)and utter romance.

One the finest creations ever to come out of Rock Music, this album actually transcends the genre and, like the equally great Van Morrison work Moondance, probably is beyond labelling. Although written in 1969, the music is timeless in the truest sense: it could have been written today as easily as one hundred and fifty years ago. All five original Band members were superb musicians and this work is a testament to that fact. There is not a false note or misstep to be heard on this work of art. An indespensable 10 out of 5!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS EVER MADE, February 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Band (Limited Edition) (Audio CD)

THE BAND (also known as The Brown Album) is as good as any album ever made! The quality of the muscianship is absolutely incomparable. There is a casual and homey feeling, like a bunch of friends sitting around a fire just pitching in on whatever instruments they have handy. A closer listen will reveal the unbelievable focus and intensity of the performances. The songwriting is of a caliber matched only by Dylan or the Beatles. It's hard to single out songs on an album of standouts: "Across the Great Divide" is a rousing but bittersweet hymn to the wanderlust at the heart of the American spirit. "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is perhaps the most vivid and heartbreaking slice of American history ever recorded. "Whispering Pines", with Richard Manual's finest vocal, is a soulful prayer for faith to overcome lonliness. "King Harvest (Has Surely Come) is an epic tale of the power of hope and resiliance over injustice and tragedy. With The Brown Album, The Band create an album as rich and as powerful as the American Spirit itself.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This, June 14, 2000

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---- J. M. Donabie (Scarborough, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Band (Limited Edition) (Audio CD)

Four Canadians and one American made just about the finest recording ever made. They captured Americana through the ears of those born north of the 49th. Longing for the sounds and smells of the south and the hills of Upstate New York. Rip Van Winkle met the Robert E. Lee when this album was recorded. Everyone from Al Kooper to Eric Clapton love this record. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars. Then again......how appropriate. There were indeed 5 stars in this Band. Levon Helm from Marvel Arkansas, Garth Hudson from London Ontario, Rick Danko from Simcoe Ontario, Richard Manuel, from Stratford Ontario and Jamie Robbie Robertson from Toronto Ontario.