The Band - The Last Waltz (1978)

Artist:  The Band
Title:  The Last Waltz
Release:  1978
Format:  3LP Boxset
Label:  Warner Bros. Records
Catalog#  WB 66076

“The Last Waltz”, a farewell concert on Thanksgiving 1976 promoted by Bill Graham and turned into a timeless documentary by Scorsese, was released as a triple-album set in 1978.
It was the last concert by The Band with its classic line up. Many artists invited to participate in the Band’s farewell concert: Ronnie Hawkins, Dr. John, Muddy Waters, Van Morrison, Neil Young, The Staple Singers, Emmylou Harris, Eric Clapton, and Bob Dylan.
Among the tracks added are a version of Louis Jordan’s “Caldonia” featuring Muddy Waters and Pinetop Perkins trading off the vocal, a radically reworked version of the live favorite “Rag Mama Rag”, Neil Young and Joni Mitchell joining The Band on “Acadian Driftwood”, a blistering take on the Stage Fright classic “W. S. Walcott Medicine Show”, excerpts from a pair of instrumental jams involving several of the concert’s guest performers, and the concert closer, “Don’t Do It”.


Side one
1.  Theme from The Last Waltz  (feat. The Orchestra)  (3:28)
2.  Up On Cripple Creek  (4:44)
3.  Who Do You Love  (feat. Ronie Hawkins)  (4:16)
4.  Helpless  (feat. Neil Young)  (5:47)
5.  Stage Fright  (4:25)

Side two
1.  Coyote  (feat. Joni Mitchell)  (5:50)
2.  Dry Your Eyes  (feat. Neil Diamond)  (3:57)
3.  It Makes No Difference  (6:48)
4.  Such A Night  (feat. David Bromberg, Dr. John)  (4:00)

Side three
1.  The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down  (4:34)
2.  Mystery Train  (4:59)
3.  Mannish Boy  (feat. Muddy Waters)  (6:54)
4.  Further On Up the Road  (feat. Eric Clapton)  (5:08)

Side four
1.  The Shape I’m In  (4:06)
2.  Down South in New Orléans  (3:06)
3.  Ophelia  (3:53)
4.  Tura Lura Lural (That’s An Irish Lullaby)  (feat. Van Morrison)  (4:15)
5.  Caravan  (feat. Van Morrison)  (6:02)

Side five
1.  Life Is A Carnival  (4:32)
2.  Baby, Let Me Follow You Down  (3:00)
3.  I Don’t Believe You  (feat. Bob Dylan)  (3:23)
4.  Forever Young  (feat. Bob Dylan)  (4:42)
5.  Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (reprise)  (feat. Bob Dylan)  (2:46)
6.  I Shall Be Released  (6:22)

Side six
1.  The Well  (3:27)
2.  Evangeline  (feat. Emmylou Harris)  (3:17)
3.  Out of the Blue  (3:03)
4.  The Weight  (feat. The Staples)  (4:38)
5.  The Last Waltz Refrain  (1:28)
6.  Theme from The Last Waltz  (3:22)

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