''A Musical History'' is the second

box set A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists and bands ...

to anthologize Canadian-American rock group the Band. Released by

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on September 27, 2005, it features 111 tracks spread over five

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s and one

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. Roughly spanning the group's journey from 1961 to 1977, from their days behind

Ronnie Hawkins Ronald Cornett Hawkins (January 10, 1935 – May 29, 2022) was an American singer-songwriter, long based in Canada, whose career spanned more than half a century. His career began in Arkansas, United States, where he was born and raised. He ...

and

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

through the departure of

Robbie Robertson Jaime Royal "Robbie" Robertson, OC (born July 5, 1943), is a Canadian musician. He is best known for his work as lead guitarist and songwriter for the Band, and for his career as a solo recording artist. With the deaths of Richard Manuel i ...

and the first disbanding of the group. The set includes highlights from each of the group's first seven studio albums and both major live recordings and nearly forty rare or previously unreleased performances. Capitol released a single CD+DVD abridged version titled ''The Best of A Musical History'' in 2007. It included a selection of what the compilers felt were the best tracks of the five CDs, as well as a shorter version of the DVD.

Disc one

The first disc focuses on the period from 1961 through 1968, giving the first legitimate release on compact disc to four of five single sides the group recorded in 1965, the fifth previously released on 1994's '' Across the Great Divide''. Opening with two tracks featuring an early incarnation of the group featuring Danko, Robertson and Helm (with Manuel on one track) backing Ronnie Hawkins, the disc goes into the first recordings of the group without Hawkins, with Helm assuming lead vocal duties. From there come the earliest tracks featuring the classic line-up, mostly 12-bar blues material, including the group's single sides, the earlier sides recorded as the Canadian Squires, the later sides as Levon and the Hawks. Sessions with Bob Dylan (mostly without Helm) and demo recordings close the disc. These recordings constitute one part of a larger set that will be released as ''From Bacon Fat to Judgement Day'', chronicling the group's journey from 1957 to 1967.

Disc two

Disc two focuses on 1968, featuring all but one track either in its original or in an alternate or extended version from the group's debut album, as well as several outtakes, a few of which are new to the set. A number with Dylan recorded at a Woody Guthrie tribute concert (where the group performed as "the Crackers") and a few of the group's tracks from ''

The Basement Tapes ''The Basement Tapes'' is the sixteenth album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and his second with the Band. It was released on June 26, 1975, by Columbia Records. Two-thirds of the album's 24 tracks feature Dylan on lead vocals backed by ...

'' round out the disc.

Disc three

The third CD focuses on 1969 to 1971. Eight of twelve tracks from the group's eponymous second album and an early version of a ninth constitute the first part of the disc, with five of ten (with an early version of a sixth) from the

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, a handful of live numbers and a run-through of one track that would appear on the group's fourth album finish the disc.

Disc four

Disc four focuses on 1971 to 1973, opening with an additional four tracks from the group's fourth album. From there, nine tracks recorded during the shows that made up the group's fifth album, the live ''

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'', one of them previously unreleased. The disc closes with three tracks from various sessions in 1972 and 1973, two previously unreleased, and one track from the group's homage to early rock and roll, '' Moondog Matinee''.

Disc five

The final audio disc focuses on 1973 to 1976, opening with a further three tracks and an outtake from ''Moondog Matinee''. Three further tracks with Dylan follow, two of which were previously released on ''

Planet Waves ''Planet Waves'' is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on January 17, 1974, by Asylum Records in the United States and Island Records in the United Kingdom. It is also one of only two Dylan albums not or ...

'' and '' Before the Flood''. Three of eight tracks from the group's seventh album make up the middle of the disc. The group's last studio sessions, some of which was released on their final album for Capitol, as well as one previously unreleased live track follow. The disc closes with a handful of tracks from the live/studio hybrid ''

The Last Waltz ''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 concer ...

'', recorded in 1976 and 1977 and released in 1978.

DVD

The sixth disc, a DVD, features various performances between 1970 and 1976. Among these are three of four performances the group did on their 1976 appearance on ''

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'', two performances from

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, one performance from the sessions that produced their ''Rock of Ages'' album, two from the 1970 Festival Express tour and one from a rarely seen promotional video. All tracks are either previously unreleased in full or in total.

Track listing

All songs are written by

, except where noted.

Disc one

#" Who Do You Love?" (

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) – 2:40 –

& the Hawks #"You Know I Love You" (

Jimmy Reed Mathis James Reed (September 6, 1925 – August 29, 1976) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with blues as well as non-blues audiences. Reed's songs such as "Honest I Do" (1957), " ...

) – 2:44 – Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks #"

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–Joe Veasey) – 3:06 – The Hawks #"Nineteen Years Old" (

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) – 4:12 – The Hawks #"Honky Tonk" (Robey) – 3:02 – Levon & the Hawks #"Bacon Fat" (

Garth Hudson Eric "Garth" Hudson (born August 2, 1937) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for rock group the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. He was a ...

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) – 2:38 – Levon & the Hawks #"Robbie's Blues" (The Hawks) – 3:37 – Levon & the Hawks #"Leave Me Alone" – 2:37 – Levon & the Hawks (as the Canadian Squires) #" Uh-Uh-Uh" – 2:21 – Levon & the Hawks (as the Canadian Squires) #"He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)" – 2:37 – Levon & the Hawks #"(I Want to Be) The Rainmaker" (Sketch track) – 2:59 – Levon & the Hawks #"The Stones I Throw" (Sketch track) – 1:07 – Levon & the Hawks #" The Stones I Throw (Will Free All Men)" – 2:06 – Levon & the Hawks #" Go Go Liza Jane" (

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, arr. Robertson) – 2:11 – Levon & the Hawks #"

Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window? "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" is a folk rock song written by American musician Bob Dylan. In 1965, Columbia Records released it as a single, which reached number 58 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, and number 17 on the UK chart in ...

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) – 3:32 – Bob Dylan with Levon & the Hawks #"

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" (Live) (Dylan) – 4:05 – Bob Dylan & the Hawks #"

Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan. It was originally recorded on August 2, 1965, and released on the album ''Highway 61 Revisited''. The song was later released on the compilation album '' Bob Dylan's Gre ...

" (Live) (Dylan) – 5:36 – Bob Dylan & the Hawks #"Words and Numbers" (Sketch track) (

Richard Manuel Richard George Manuel (April 3, 1943 – March 4, 1986) was a Canadian singer, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter, best known as a pianist and one of three lead singers in The Band, for which he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and ...

) – 4:09 #"You Don't Come Through" (Sketch track) – 2:03 #"Beautiful Thing" (Sketch track) (Manuel) – 1:41 #"Caledonia Mission" (Sketch track) – 2:29 #"Odds and Ends" (Dylan) – 1:46 – Bob Dylan & the Band #"Ferdinand the Impostor" – 4:06 #"Ruben Remus" (Manuel–Robertson) – 3:13 #"

Will the Circle Be Unbroken "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" is a popular Christian hymn written in 1907 by Ada R. Habershon with music by Charles H. Gabriel. The song is often recorded unattributed and, because of its age, has lapsed into the public domain. Most of the c ...

" (Traditional, arr. the Band) – 0:55 *Tracks 1–5 and 8–9 produced by Henry Glover; tracks 6–7 produced by Duff Roman; tracks 10, 13 & 14 supervised by Eddie Heller for TRO Productions; track 15 produced by

Bob Johnston Donald William 'Bob' Johnston (May 14, 1932 – August 14, 2015) was an American record producer, best known for his work with Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, and Simon & Garfunkel. Early days Johnston was born into a professional mus ...

; tracks 18–25 recorded by Garth Hudson. Production credits for other tracks unknown.

Disc two

#"Katie's Been Gone" (Manuel–Robertson) – 2:45 #" Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos" (Traditional by Christian Rowe, arr. the Band) – 3:58 #"Don't Ya Tell Henry" (Dylan) – 3:13 – Bob Dylan & the Band #"

Tears of Rage "Tears of Rage" is a song with lyrics written by Bob Dylan and melody by Richard Manuel. Dylan and the Band first recorded the song in 1967, but it was not released until 1975 on ''The Basement Tapes'' album. In 1968, the Band recorded it for t ...

" (Dylan–Manuel) – 5:21 #"To Kingdom Come" (Extended version) – 3:57 #"In a Station" (Manuel) – 3:31 #"

The Weight "The Weight" is a song by the Canadian-American group the Band that was released as a single in 1968 and on the group's debut album '' Music from Big Pink''. It was their first release under this name, after their previous releases as Canadian ...

" – 4:36 #" We Can Talk" (Manuel) – 3:03 #"

Long Black Veil "Long Black Veil" is a 1959 country ballad, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell. It is told from the point of view of a man falsely accused of murder and executed. He refuses to provide an a ...

" (

Danny Dill Horace Eldred "Danny" Dill (September 19, 1924 – October 23, 2008) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975. Biography Dill, born in Clarksburg, Tennessee, got ...

– Marijohn J. Wilkin) – 3:03 #"

Chest Fever "Chest Fever" is a song recorded by the Band on its 1968 debut, ''Music from Big Pink''. It is, according to Peter Viney, a historian of the group, the album track that has appeared on the most subsequent live albums and compilations, second only ...

" – 5:15 #"

Lonesome Suzie Lonesome Suzie is a 1968 song by The Band written and sung by Richard Manuel originally appearing on their influential debut album '' Music From Big Pink'' It was also released on Across The Great Divide, a compilation box set from 1994. Drummer ...

" (Alternate version) (Manuel) – 2:57 #" This Wheel's on Fire" (Danko–Dylan) – 3:11 #"

I Shall Be Released "I Shall Be Released" is a 1967 song written by Bob Dylan. Dylan recorded two primary versions. The first recording was made in collaboration with the Band during the Basement Tapes sessions in 1967, and released on '' The Bootleg Series Volum ...

" (Dylan) – 3:12 #"Yazoo Street Scandal" – 3:54 #" I Ain't Got No Home" (Live) (

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) – 3:44 – Bob Dylan & the Band #"Orange Juice Blues" (Manuel) – 3:18 #"Baby Lou" (J. Drew) – 3:38 #"Long Distance Operator" (Full version) (Dylan) – 4:32 #"

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" (

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–

Charlie Segar Charlie Segar was an American blues pianist and occasional singer, who is best known for being the first to record the blues standard, " Key to the Highway" (1940). Originally from Pensacola, Florida, Segar has been dubbed the "Keyboard Wizard ...

) – 2:22 #"Bessie Smith" (

Rick Danko Richard Clare Danko (December 29, 1943 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician, bassist, songwriter, and singer, best known as a founding member of the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. During ...

–Robertson) – 4:17 *All tracks produced by John Simon, except 15, for which production credits are unknown.

Disc three

#" Across the Great Divide" – 2:53 #" Rag Mama Rag" – 3:05 #"

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a song written by Robbie Robertson and originally recorded by the Canadian-American roots rock group the Band in 1969 and released on their eponymous second album. Levon Helm provided the lead vocals. T ...

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When You Awake "When You Awake" is a song written by Robbie Robertson and Richard Manuel that was first released on The Band's 1969 self-titled album '' The Band''. A live performance was included on the Bob Dylan and The Band live album '' Before the Flood'' ...

" (Manuel–Robertson) – 3:15 #"

Up on Cripple Creek "Up on Cripple Creek" is the fifth song on the Band's eponymous second album, '' The Band''. It was released as an (edited) single on Capitol 2635 in November 1969 and reached No. 25 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. "Up on Cripple Creek" was writt ...

" – 4:34 #" Whispering Pines" (Manuel–Robertson) – 3:57 #"

King Harvest (Has Surely Come) "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" is a song by The Band, which originally appeared as the final track on their second album, '' The Band''. The song is credited solely to guitarist Robbie Robertson, although drummer/singer Levon Helm claimed that ...

" – 3:37 #"Get Up Jake" – 2:16 #" Jemima Surrender" (Early version) ( L. Helm–Robertson) – 3:47 #" Daniel and the Sacred Harp" (Alternate

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) – 4:21 #" Time to Kill" – 3:26 #"All La Glory" (Early version) – 3:24 #" The Shape I'm In" – 4:02 #"

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" – 3:43 #"The Rumor" – 4:14 #" Slippin' and Slidin' (Live) (

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Don't Do It ''Don't Do It'' is the debut solo album by American rapper Richie Rich. The album was released in 1990 on Big League Records, Inc. Track listing #"Don't Do It" 4:06 #"Rodney The Geek" 4:30 #"Free At Last" 5:14 #"Media Hype" (featuring D-Loc) ...

" ( Eddie Holland–Lamont Dozier–Brian Holland) – 3:46 #"Strawberry Wine" (Live) (Helm–Robertson) – 3:46 #"Rockin' Chair" (Live) – 4:12 #"

Look Out Cleveland "Look Out Cleveland" is the title of the Robbie Robertson-written song on The Band's self-titled album, also known as ''The Brown Album''. The song begins with a boogie-woogie blues riff by pianist Richard Manuel followed by lead singer Rick D ...

" (Live) – 3:33 #" 4% Pantomime" (Early version) (

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–Robertson) – 6:01 – The Band with Van Morrison *Tracks 1–9 produced by John Simon and tracks 10–15, 17 and 21 produced by the Band. Production credits for other tracks not known.

Disc four

Life Is a Carnival "Life is a Carnival" is the opening track of the Band's fourth album, ''Cahoots''. Written by Rick Danko, Levon Helm, and Robbie Robertson, the song features horn arrangements by New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint. The song is the only track ...

" (Danko–Helm–Robertson) – 3:55 #"

When I Paint My Masterpiece "When I Paint My Masterpiece" is a 1971 song written by Bob Dylan. It was first released by The Band, who recorded the song for their album '' Cahoots'', released on September 15, 1971. Background Dylan himself first recorded the song at New ...

" (Dylan) – 4:21 #"The Moon Struck One" – 4:09 #"The River Hymn" – 4:39 #"Don't Do It" (Live) (E. Holland–Dozier–B. Holland) – 4:36 #"Caledonia Mission" (Live) – 3:22 #"Smoke Signal" (Live) – 5:09 #"

The Unfaithful Servant "The Unfaithful Servant" or "Unfaithful Servant" is a song written by Robbie Robertson that was first released by The Band on their 1969 album '' The Band''. It was also released as the B-side of the group's "Rag Mama Rag" single. It has also a ...

" (Live) – 4:41 #" The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show" (Live) – 4:05 #"The Genetic Method" (Live) (Hudson) – 7:31 #"Chest Fever" (Live) – 5:04 #"(I Don't Want to Hang Up My) Rock 'n' Roll Shoes" (Live) (C. Willis) – 4:30 #" Loving You (Is Sweeter Than Ever)" (Live) (

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Stevie Wonder Stevland Hardaway Morris ( Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, pop, sou ...

) – 3:35 #"Endless Highway" – 5:07 #"Move Me" (Sketch track) (Danko) – 2:57 #"Two Piano Song" – 4:12 #"

Mystery Train "Mystery Train" is a song written and recorded by American blues musician Junior Parker in 1953. Originally performed in the style of a Memphis blues or rhythm and blues tune, it was inspired by earlier songs and later became a popular rockabil ...

" (H. Parker Jr.–S. Phillips, additional lyrics by Robertson) – 5:33 *All tracks produced by the Band

Disc five

#" Ain't Got No Home" ( C. Henry) – 3:24 #"Share Your Love" (A. Braggs–D. Malone) – 2:54 #"Didn't It Rain" (Traditional, arr. the Band) – 3:18 #" Forever Young" (Dylan) – 4:56 – Bob Dylan & the Band #" Rainy Day Women #12 & 35" (Live) (Dylan) – 3:37 – Bob Dylan & the Band #"

Highway 61 Revisited ''Highway 61 Revisited'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on August 30, 1965, by Columbia Records. Having until then recorded mostly acoustic music, Dylan used rock musicians as his backing band on every ...

" (Live) (Dylan) – 3:55 – Bob Dylan #"

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Acadian Driftwood "Acadian Driftwood" is a song by the Band. It was the fourth track on their sixth studio album ''Northern Lights – Southern Cross'' (1975), written by member Robbie Robertson. Richard Manuel, Levon Helm and Rick Danko trade off lead vocals an ...

" – 6:41 #" It Makes No Difference" – 6:32 #"Twilight" (Sketch track) – 3:25 #"Christmas Must Be Tonight" – 3:36 #"The Saga of Pepote Rouge" – 4:13 #"Livin' in a Dream" – 2:51 #"Forbidden Fruit" (Live) – 5:39 #"Home Cookin (Danko) – 3:44 #"Out of the Blue" – 3:20 #"Evangeline" – 3:10 – The Band with Emmylou Harris #"

" (Live) – 4:32 #"The Weight" – 4:36 – The Band with the Staples *Tracks 1–3, 7–9 and 11–15 produced by the Band, track 4 produced by Bob Dylan, Robbie Robertson and Rob Fraboni, tracks 16–19 produced by Robbie Robertson. Production credits unknown for remaining tracks.

Disc six:
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#"Jam/King Harvest" (The Band/Robertson) – 4:22 (Early 1970; Robbie's studio,

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) #"Long Black Veil" (D. Dill–M. Wilkin) – 2:46 (7/5/70;

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, Canada) #"Rockin' Chair" (Robertson) – 3:52 (7/5/70; Festival Express, Calgary, Alberta, Canada) #"Don't Do It" (E. Holland–Dozier–B. Holland) – 4:33 (12/28–31/71; Academy of Music,

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) #"Genetic Method/Chest Fever" (Hudson/Robertson) – 7:49 (9/14/74; Wembley Stadium, London, England) #"Life Is a Carnival" (Danko–Helm–Robertson) – 3:14 (10/30/76; ''

'', New York City, New York) #"Stage Fright" (Robertson) – 3:32 (10/30/76; ''Saturday Night Live'', New York City, New York) #"

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Stuart Gorrell Stuart Graham Steven Gorrell (September 17, 1901 – August 10, 1963) was best known for writing the lyrics for the song " Georgia on My Mind". Born in Knox, Indiana, Gorrell attended Indiana University; there he became friends with fellow stude ...

) – 3:10 (10/30/76; ''Saturday Night Live'', New York City, New York) * ''The Best Of'' release includes only tracks 1–5 on the DVD

Audio tracks

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remix A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...

with

overdubs Overdubbing (also known as layering) is a technique used in audio recording in which audio tracks that have been pre-recorded are then played back and monitored, while simultaneously recording new, doubled, or augmented tracks onto one or more av ...

) (Robertson) – 4:37 #"I Shall Be Released" (Live–

Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London. One of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings, it is held in trust for the nation and managed by a registered charity which receives no govern ...

) (Dylan) – 4:03

Best-of CD

n.b. a separate release featuring material from the set was issued as a 'Best of ...' #"Who Do You Love?" (Ellas McDaniel) – 2:40 – Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks #"He Don't Love You (And He'll Break Your Heart)" – 2:37 – Levon & the Hawks #"Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" (Bob Dylan) – 3:32 – Bob Dylan with Levon & the Hawks #"Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos" (Traditional by Christian Rowe, arr. the Band) – 3:58 #"The Weight" – 4:36 #"Orange Juice Blues" (Manuel) – 3:18 #"King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" – 3:37 #"All La Glory" (Early version) – 3:24 #"Stage Fright" – 3:43 #"I Shall Be Released" (Dylan) – 3:12 #"4% Pantomime" (Early version) (Van Morrison–Robertson) – 6:01 – The Band with Van Morrison #"Don't Do It" (Live) (E. Holland–Dozier–B. Holland) – 4:36 #"Life Is a Carnival" (Danko–Helm–Robertson) – 3:55 #"Slippin' and Slidin (Live) (Eddie Bocage–Al Collins–Richard Penniman–James Smith) – 3:21 #"Endless Highway" – 5:07 #"Share Your Love" (A. Braggs–D. Malone) – 2:54 #"Forever Young" (Dylan) – 4:56 – Bob Dylan & the Band #"Twilight" (Sketch track) – 3:25 #"Home Cookin (Danko) – 3:44

Personnel

–

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gu ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

, celli,

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrat ...

, fiddle,

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

Levon Helm Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm (May 26, 1940 – April 19, 2012) was an American musician who achieved fame as the drummer and one of the three lead vocalists for the Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. H ...

–

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

, guitar,

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

, bass,

harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica in ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

, vocals *

– organ,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

, clavinet, accordion,

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis ...

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

s, horns *

– piano, drums, organ, clavinet,

pianet The Hohner Pianet is a type of electro-mechanical piano built by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany and designed by Ernst Zacharias. The Pianet was a variant of his earlier reed-based Hohner electric piano, the Cembalet, which, lik ...

, harmonica, percussion, vocals *

– guitars, harmonica, piano, vocals ;Other participants *

Byron Berline Byron Douglas Berline (July 6, 1944 – July 10, 2021) was an American fiddle player who played many American music styles, including old time, ragtime, bluegrass, Cajun, country, and rock. Life and career Berline was born in Caldwell, Kansa ...

– fiddle (Disc five, track 8) *

Roy Buchanan Leroy "Roy" Buchanan (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan worked as a sideman and as a solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career and two la ...

– guitar,

(Disc one, tracks 1 & 4) *Rich Cooper –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standar ...

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

(Disc five, track 18) *

– vocals, guitars, harmonica (Disc one, tracks 15–17 & 22; disc two, track 15; disc five, tracks 4,5 & 6) *Joe Farrell – saxophones,

English horn The cor anglais (, or original ; plural: ''cors anglais''), or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe, making it essentially an alto ...

(Disc three, tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 & 12) *Jim Gordon – saxophone, flute, clarinet (Disc five, track 18) *

Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, includin ...

– guitar, vocals (Disc five, track 17) *

– vocals (Disc one, tracks 1 & 2) *

Jerry Hey Jerry Hey (born 1950) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, horn arranger, string arranger, orchestrator and session musician who has played on hundreds of commercial recordings, including Michael Jackson's ''Thriller'', ''Rock with You'', ...

– trumpet,

(Disc five, track 18) * Howard Johnson – saxophones,

tuba The tuba (; ) is the lowest-pitched musical instrument in the brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, the sound is produced by lip vibrationa buzzinto a mouthpiece (brass), mouthpiece. It first appeared in the mid-19th&n ...

euphonium The euphonium is a medium-sized, 3 or 4-valve, often compensating, conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument that derives its name from the Ancient Greek word ''euphōnos'', meaning "well-sounding" or "sweet-voiced" ( ''eu'' means "well" ...

bass clarinet The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B), but it plays notes an octave ...

, horn

arrangement In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestr ...

s (Disc three, tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 & 12; disc five, tracks 14 & 18) *

Mickey Jones Mickey Jones (June 10, 1941 – February 7, 2018) was an American musician and actor. He played drums with acts such as Trini Lopez and Bob Dylan, with whom he played on his 1966 world tour. He became a founding member of The First Edition ...

– drums (Disc one, tracks 16 & 17) *Charlie Keagle – saxophones, flute, clarinet (Disc five, track 18) * Tom Malone –

, bass trombone,

alto flute The alto flute is an instrument in the Western concert flute family, the second-highest member below the standard C flute after the uncommon flûte d'amour. It is the third most common member of its family after the standard C flute and the ...

(Disc five, track 18) *Earl McIntyre – trombone (Disc three, tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 & 12) *

– vocals (Disc three, track 21) *Billy Mundi – drums (Disc four, track 17; disc five, track 1) *Larry Packer –

electric violin An electric violin is a violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound. The term most properly refers to an instrument intentionally made to be electrified with built-in pickups, usually with a solid body. It can also refer to a violin fit ...

(Disc five, track 18) *J. D. Parron – saxophone,

E-flat clarinet The E-flat (E) clarinet is a member of the clarinet family, smaller than the more common B clarinet and pitched a perfect fourth higher. It is typically considered the sopranino or piccolo member of the clarinet family and is a transposing inst ...

(Disc three, tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 & 12) *Jerry Penfound – saxophones, flute (Disc one, tracks 2, 3, 6 & 7) * John Simon –

baritone horn The baritone horn, or sometimes just called baritone, is a low-pitched brass instrument in the saxhorn family.Robert Donington, "The Instruments of Music", (pp. 113ff ''The Family of Bugles'') 2nd ed., Methuen, London, 1962 It is a piston-va ...

, "peck horn", piano, percussion (Disc two, tracks 4, 9–11, 18 & 19; disc three, tracks 1, 2 & 7) *

Mavis Staples Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress, and civil rights activist. She rose to fame as a member of her family's band The Staple Singers (she is the last surviving member of that band). Dur ...

– vocals (Disc five, track 19) *Roebuck "Pops" Staples – guitar, vocals (Disc five, track 19) *

Allen Toussaint Allen Richard Toussaint (; January 14, 1938 – November 10, 2015) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was an influential figure in New Orleans rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the end of the century, describ ...

– horn arrangements (Disc three, tracks 1, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 & 12; disc five, track 18) *

Snooky Young Eugene Edward "Snooky" Young (February 3, 1919 – May 11, 2011) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for his mastery of the plunger mute, with which he was able to create a wide range of sounds. Biography Young was lead trumpeter of th ...

– trumpet, flugelhorn (Disc three, tracks 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 & 12) *Cleotha Staples and Yvonne Staples –

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are u ...

(Disc five, track 19) *Libby Titus – backing vocals (Disc four, track 4) *

Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick (; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on ''Billboards Hot 100 pop singles ch ...

Dee Dee Warwick Delia Juanita Warrick (September 25, 1942 – October 18, 2008), known professionally as Dee Dee Warwick, was an American soul singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she was the sister of singer Dionne Warwick, the niece of Cissy Houston, and a ...

and

Cissy Houston Emily "Cissy" Houston ( ''née'' Drinkard; born September 30, 1933) is an American soul and gospel singer. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Roy Hamilton, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin, Houston emba ...

– backing vocals (Disc one, track 2) *A. N. Other – horns (Disc three, track 1; disc five, track 14)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Musical History, A 2005 compilation albums 2005 live albums 2005 video albums Albums produced by Bob Johnston Albums produced by John Simon (record producer) Albums produced by Robbie Robertson Capitol Records compilation albums Capitol Records live albums Capitol Records video albums Live video albums The Band compilation albums The Band live albums The Band video albums

Contents

Disc one

Disc two

Disc three

Disc four

Disc five

DVD

Track listing

Disc one

Disc two

Disc three

Disc four

Disc five

Disc six: DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ...

Audio tracks

Download album only

Best-of CD

Personnel

References

Disc six:
DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ...