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The Band Rock Of Ages MFSL AUDIOPHILE Numbered Limited Edition 180 GRAM 2 LP SET NOW OUT OF PRINT

Michael Fremer Rated 10/10 Music, 8/10 Sonics!

Numbered, Limited Edition! Half-Speed Mastered From Original Master Tapes!

The Band's Ultimate Live Album Recorded at Its Career Peak!

 Legendary Live Set Features Horn Arrangements by Allen Toussaint

 Incredible Sound and Virtuosic Performances

 The Last Waltz gets bigger billing, but The Band’s 1972 live album Rock of Ages is actually the better representation of a live Band album. Recorded at the tail end of the group’s Cahoots tour and over the course of four nights at New York’s Academy of Music at the end of December 1971, the incendiary concert set bookmarks the close of the first phase of the collective’s career.

Rather than follow the lead of most other live records made at the time (and many since), The Band resists any temptation to improvise or extend its material. Instead, the group plays with an intensity, chemistry, and spirit that’s nearly unrivaled by any other live album. The quintet also draws on a secret weapon: One Allen Toussaint, who tailors expert horn arrangements for multiple songs, a move that spices renditions of classics such as “Don’t Do It” and “Chest Fever.” To top it all off, the horn charts are performed by the Rock of Ages Horn Section—a five-piece ensemble that includes legendary trumpeter Snooky Young (Count Basie, Lionel Hampton) and saxophonist Joe Farrell (Charles Mingus, Elvin Jones).

“I felt very much at home with The Band. You could tell in their music they know where they’re coming from and they know where they’re going. Each one had an extremely special interest in what they were doing.” –Toussaint, as told to Rob Bowman

Do they ever. Unencumbered by the myriad guests and grandiose sense that define The Last Waltz, and energized by Toussaint’s invaluable work, Rock of Ages is the sound of a great band pulling out all the stops. Robbie Robertson’s guitar solos take “Unfaithful Servant” to a higher ground; “The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show” kicks with raunchy R&B abandon; Garth Hudson delivers a show-stealing performance on “The Genetic Method,” a thrilling organ piece that incorporates elements of Anglican church music, folk, classical, and pop—as well as “Auld Lang Syne,” due to its being recorded on New Year’s Eve.

After various inferior editions and reissues, Rock of Ages is finally presented on an immaculate-sounding 180g 2LP set from Mobile Fidelity that lets Toussaint’s contributions, horn section’s energy, and the Band’s feverish interplay shine like never before. Mastered from the original tapes, the open, airy, natural, and balanced sound will have you returning to Rock of Ages again and again.

"Live albums tend to gloss over the depth, mystery and emotional intensity found on studio versions of the same songs, particularly when the group speeds things up to cover its inability to produce the desired results live. Here, The Band slows everything down, producing even more intense, deliberate and emotionally satisfying versions of familiar songs. Each play reveals more gems hidden within the musical folds. Be sure to crank it up! " - Michael Fremer, analogplanet, Music 10/10, Sound 8/10!

"Allen Toussaint's sympathetic horn arrangements, performed by top jazz musicians, propel this 'greatest hits live' recital taken at breathtakingly deliberate tempos before an adoring, raucous crowd at the Academy of Music in New York City, on New Year's Eve 1971... some of the best vocalizing this or any rock group has ever achieved on stage. MoFi's mastering beats Bob Ludwig's original, and that's saying a lot; plus, the vinyl is dead quiet." - Michael Fremer, Stereophile Magazine, February 2013, p. 66

Features:

• Numbered, Limited Edition

• 1/2 Speed Mastered from the Original Master Tapes!

• Specially Plated and Pressed on 180 Grams of High Definition Vinyl

• Heavy Duty Protective Packaging

• Double LP

• Special Static Free/Dust Free Inner Sleeves

• Gatefold Jacket

 Selections:

Bob Dylan and The Band Before the Flood on Numbered Limited Edition 180g 2LP from Mobile Fidelity! 

Live 1974 Set Documents Acclaimed Reunion of Bob Dylan and The Band. Mobile Fidelity's Reissue Gives You a Prime Seat for the Historic Performances. Record Features Solo Dylan, Solo The Band, and Plenty of Collaboration. Dylan's Radical Rearrangements of Classics Give Songs Renewed Meaning and Relevance! 

The live reunion of Bob Dylan and The Band during 1973-74 yielded one of the decade's most celebrated, dynamic, and astonishing tours. Captured on Before the Flood, the results portray the two artists' shared chemistry as well as Dylan's instinctive ability to challenge audiences, his group, and himself via inventive rearrangements of classics that simultaneously ward off nostalgia and renew with meaning. Said by noted critic Robert Christgau to be "at its best, [the] craziest and strongest rock and roll ever recorded," Before the Flood crackles with intensity, relevance, and unhinged performances. 

Mastered on Mobile Fidelity’s world-renowned mastering system and pressed at RTI, this restored analog version cracks wide open the ceiling previously obscuring many of the tonal details, revealing microdynamics, and vocal nuances on the recording. Distinguished with an immediately recognizable sound, The Band comes across in three-dimensional form, while Dylan takes center stage, feet from your listening chair. The two artists play like two souls in communion, a facet displayed here courtesy of the increased airiness, enhanced soundstage depth, and lifelike imaging. 

There’s so much new information here, this already-iconic album only gains in stature. As experienced on Mobile Fidelity, Before the Flood unquestionably takes its place as one of the ten-best concert releases ever made. Notes are rounded, Garth Hudson’s organ claims a tube-like glow, Levon Helm’s drumming possesses its own space, voices are perceptible all the way down the singers’ throats, and Dylan’s awe-inspiring phrasing resonates with palpable urgency. Audiophiles and Dylan fans, prepare to be astonished. 

Arriving at a crucial time for both Dylan and The Band, Before the Flood is the furthest thing possible from a nostalgia trip. It’s where Dylan begins his now-trademark feat of turning songs upside-down, taking risks, surprising and challenging expectations, leaving audiences riveted to the edge of their seats in anticipation of what might come next. He sings with unabated passion, the moods spanning bitterness to jubilation, his willingness to play fast and loose with the music giving way to compelling shifts, under-the-surface textures, complementary intricacies, and a sense of newness and discovery on par with that of an adventurer embracing total freedom. 

Before the Flood buries any notion of limits, safeguards, or borders. It is an open map, each song a route begging for exploration without need or concern for exactness or an appointed leader. Collaborative in every sense, it’s a portrait of six inimitable musicians feeding off one another, trusting in their past history as they hurdle towards uncharted territory, using soulfulness as a compass and opportunity as their vehicle. 

Wholly different than the live episodes heard on Bob Dylan Live 1966, The “Royal Albert Hall” Concert, Before the Flood is equally seminal and, from the perspective of witnessing an artist dare not only his audience but himself to break through to a new plane, even better. Utterly astounding.

Features:
• Numbered, Limited Edition
• Double LP
• Mastering by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
• Specially Plated and Pressed on 180 grams of High Definition Vinyl
• Special Static Free - Dust Free Inner Sleeve
• Heavy Duty Protective Packaging
• Pressed at RTI

Musicians: 
Bob Dylan, guitar, harmonica, piano, vocals
Robbie Robertson, electric guitar, vocals
Garth Hudson, organ, piano, clavinette
Levon Helm, drums, vocals
Richard Manuel, piano, electric piano, drums, organ, vocals
Rick Danko, bass, vocals

Selections:
LP1 - Side 1: 
1. Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
2. Lay Lady Lay
3. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
4. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
5. It Ain't Me, Babe
6. Ballad of a Thin Man
LP1 - Side 2: 
1. Up on Cripple Creek
2. I Shall Be Released
3. Endless Highway
4. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
5. Stage Fright
LP2 - Side 3: 
1. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
2. Just Like a Woman
3. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
4. The Shape I'm In
5. When You Awake
6. The Weight
LP2 - Side 4: 
1. All Along the Watchtower
2. Highway 61 Revisited
3. Like a Rolling Stone
4. Blowin' in the Wind

 The Band The Last Waltz 3 LP BONUS USA PRESSED NOW OUT OF PRINT PRESSING

High Quality Vinyl 3LP Reissue!
Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Studios From Original Analog Tapes! Pressed at RTI! 

Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, The Band (Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson) got their start in Canada as The Hawks backing blues-rocker Ronnie Hawkins. In 1965, they connected with Bob Dylan and became his first and most famous electric backing unit. In 1967, The Band embarked on a solo course that spanned 11 albums over the next decade. Five went gold and their second release, The Band, earned platinum. By 1976, though, as the world suffered disco fever and punk's onset, The Band was ready to call it a career after 16 years together. That Thanksgiving night, they staged a historic final performance dubbed The Last Waltz that celebrated their many musical milestones in a near-formal concert-hall setting at Winterland. Augmented by a 7-piece horn section and an orchestra, The Band played all their favorite songs and welcomed guest performers more than a dozen musical mentors and peers who had all contributed to or participated in their success along the way. 

Rhino/Warner Bros. presents this 3LP set celebrating the never-to-be repeated moment in music history.

"While Rock of Ages found the Band swinging along with the help of a horn section arranged by Allen Toussaint, The Last Waltz boasts a horn section (using Toussaint's earlier arrangements on a few cuts) and more than a baker's dozen guest stars, ranging from old cohorts Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan to contemporaries Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Van Morrison. The Band are in fine if not exceptional form here; on most cuts, they don't sound quite as fiery as they did on Rock of Ages, though their performances are never less than expert, and the high points are dazzling, especially an impassioned version of "It Makes No Difference" and blazing readings of "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Levon Helm has made no secret that he felt breaking up the Band was a bad idea, and here it sounds if he was determined to prove how much they still had to offer). Ultimately, it's the Band's "special guests" who really make this set stand out -- Muddy Waters' ferocious version of "Mannish Boy" would have been a wonder from a man half his age, Van Morrison sounds positively joyous on "Caravan," Neil Young and Joni Mitchell do well for their Canadian brethren, and Bob Dylan's closing set finds him in admirably loose and rollicking form." - allmusic.com

Features:
• High Quality Vinyl
• 3LP Set
• Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Studios
• Mastered from original analog tapes
• Pressed at RTI

Musicians:
Rick Danko, bass, fiddle, vocals
Levon Helm, drums, mandolin, vocals
Garth Hudson, organ, piano, accordion, synthesizers, soprano sax, clavinet
Richard Manuel, piano, organ, drums, clavinet, dobro, vocals
Robbie Robertson, guitar, piano, vocals

Paul Butterfield, harmonica, vocals
Eric Clapton, guitar, vocals
Neil Diamond, guitar, vocals
Bob Dylan, guitar, vocals
Emmylou Harris, acoustic guitar, vocals
Ronnie Hawkins, vocals
Dr. John, piano, guitar, congas, vocals
Joni Mitchell, acoustic guitar, vocals
Van Morrison, vocals
The Staples, guitar, vocals
Ringo Starr, drums
Muddy Waters, vocals
Ron Wood, guitar
Neil Young, guitars, harmonica, vocals

Selections:
LP 1 - Side A:
1. Theme From the Last Waltz
2. Up On Cripple Creek
3. Who Do You Love? (feat. Ronnie Hawkins)
4. Helpless (feat. Neal Young)
5. Stagefright
LP 1 - Side B:
6. Coyote (feat. Joni Mitchell)
7. Dry Your Eyes (feat. Neil Diamond)
8. It Makes No Difference 
9. Such A Night (feat. Dr. John)

LP 2 - Side C:
1. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
2. Mystery Train (feat. Paul Butterfield)
3. Mannish Boy (feat. Muddy Waters)
4. Further On Up the Road (feat. Eric Clapton)
LP 2 - Side D:
5. The Shape I'm In
6. Down South In New Orleans (feat. Bobby Charles)
7. Ophelia
8. Tura Lura Lural (That's An Irish Lullaby) (feat. Van Morrison)
9. Caravan (feat. Van Morrison)

LP 3 - Side E:
1. Life Is A Carnival
2. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (feat. Bob Dylan)
3. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Have never Met) (feat. Bob Dylan)
4. Forever Young (feat. Bob Dylan)
5. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (reprise) (feat. Bob Dylan)
6. I Shall Be Released
LP 3 - Side F - The Last Waltz Suite
7. The Well
8. Evangeline (feat. Emmylou Harris)
9. Out Of the Blue
10. The Weight (feat. The Staples)
11. The Last Waltz Refrain
12. Theme From the Last Waltz (feat. Orchestra)

The Band Carter Barron Amphitheater Washington DC, July 17th 1976 180 GRAM LIMITED EDITION 2 LP SET

180g Double Vinyl! Classic Live Show Recorded Shortly Before "The Last Waltz!"

After more than 15 years together, by the summer of 1976 the Band was approaching its end. This superb concert, performed at a 4000-seat arena on a warm Saturday night, captures them on terrific form as they play a cross-section of their remarkable back catalog shortly before their final appearance at the legendary 'Last Waltz' on Thanksgiving Weekend the same year.

"This show runs through nearly every great song the Band ever wrote and recorded since their original inception...remarkably fresh and exciting." -concertvault

Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• 2LP Set
• Superb Audio Fidelity
• Background Notes included
• First time on vinyl AND TREMENDOUSLY RARE OUT OF PRINT ISSUE

Selections:
LP 1 - Side 1:
1. Don't Do It
2. The Shape I'm In
3. It Makes No Difference
LP 1 - Side 2:
1. The Weight
2. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
3. Twilight
4. Ophelia

LP 2 - Side 3:
1. Tears of Rage
2. Forbidden Fruit
3. This Wheel's on Fire
LP 2 - Side 4:
1. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
2. The Genetic Method
3. Chest Fever
4. Up on Cripple Creek

5. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show 

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