Band. - The Last Waltz (40th Anniversary Edition) (CD)

Digitally remastered two CD edition. Original soundtrack to the critically acclaimed concert film. The Last Waltz was a concert by The Band, held on 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 Band, more than any other group, put rock and roll back in touch with it's roots. With their ageless songs and solid grasp of musical idioms, the Band reached across the decades, making connections for a generation that was, as an era of violent cultural schisms wound down, in desperate search of them. They projected a sense of community in the turbulent late '60s and early '70s - a time when the fabric of community in the United States was fraying. Guitarist Robbie Robertson drew from history in his evocative, cinematic story-songs, and the vocal triumvirate of bassist Rick Danko, drummer Levon Helm and keyboardist Richard Manuel joined in rustic harmony and traded lines in rich, conversational exchanges. Multi-instrumentalist Garth Hudson provided musical coloration in period styles that evoked everything from rural carnivals of the early 20th century to rock and roll revues of the '50s.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Theme from the Last Waltz (Concert Version) [Remastered]
2. Up on Cripple Creek
3. Who Do You Love
4. Helpless
5. Stagefright
6. Coyote
7. Your Eyes
8. It Makes No Difference
9. Such a Night
10. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
11. Mystery Train
12. Mannish Boy
13. Further on Up the Road

Disc: 2

1. The Shape I'm in (Concert Version) [Remastered] 1 (Reprise) [Concert Version]
2. Down South in New Orleans (Concert Version) [Remastered]
3. Ophelia (Concert Version) [Remastered]
4. Tura Lura Lural [That's An Irish Lullaby] (Concert Version)
5. Caravan (Concert Rehearsal Version) [Remastered]
6. Life Is a Carnival (Concert Version) [Remastered]
7. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Concert Version) [Remastered]
8. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) [Concert Version] [Remastered]
9. Forever Young [Concert Version] (Remastered)
10. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise) [Concert Version] [Remastered]
11. I Shall Be Released (Finale) [Concert Version] [Remastered]
12. The Last Waltz Suite: The Well (Remastered)
13. The Last Waltz Suite: Evangeline (Remastered)
14. The Last Waltz Suite: Out of the Blue (Remastered)
15. The Last Waltz Suite: The Weight (Remastered)
16. The Last Waltz Suite: The Last Waltz Refrain (Remastered)
17. The Last Waltz Suite: Theme from the Last Waltz (Remastered)