THE BAND The Band LP CAPITOL 1969 US re+foc STAO-132 LEVON HELM-RICK DANKO
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THE BAND
RICHARD MANUEL, RICK DANKO, JAIME ROBBIE ROBERTSON,
LEVON HELM, GART HUDSON, plus JOHN SIMON
For roughly half a decade, from 1968 through 1975, the Band was one of the most popular
and influential rock groups in the world, their music embraced by critics as seriously as the music
of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Their albums were analyzed and reviewed
as intensely as any records by their one-time employer and sometime mentor Bob Dylan.
Although the Band retired from touring after The Last Waltz and disbanded several
years later, their legacy thrived for decades, perpetuated by the bandmates'
respective solo careers as well as the enduring strength of the Band's catalog
"THE BAND"
<reissue, originally published in 1969>
LP CAPITOL RECORDS STAO-132 STEREO
PRINTED IN U.S.A. MID-70S REPRESSING
GATEFOLD SLEEVE
THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: CAPITOL - ORANGE w/LOGO on BOTTOM - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine, inside & rear) STAO-132
Catalog on labels: STAO-132 (STAO 1-132) / STAO-2955 (STAO 2-132)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): STAO-1-132-F12#2 ?—?
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): STAO-2-132-H10#2 ?—?
On labels: rim text reads "Mfd. By Capitol Records..............Applicable Laws"
Co-produced by John Simon
On inside cover: Printed in U.S.A.
On back cover: Canaan Music / All Music ASCAP
Photographer: Elliott Landy Album Design: Bob CatoPrinted in U.S.A.
tracklistingSide A: ACROSS THE GREAT DIVIDE - RAG MAMA RAG
THE NIGHT THEY DROVE OLD DIXIE DOWN - WHEN YOU AWAKE
UP ON CRIPPLE CREEK - WHISPERING PINES
Side B: JEMIMA SURRENDER - ROCKIN' CHAIR - LOOK OUT CLEVELAND
JAWBONE - THE UNFAITHFUL SERVANT - KING HARVEST (HAS SURELY COME)
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The Band's first album, Music from Big Pink, seemed to come out of nowhere, with its
ramshackle musical blend and songs of rural tragedy. The Band, the group's second album,
was a more deliberate and even more accomplished effort, partially because the players
had become a more cohesive unit, and partially because guitarist Robbie Robertson
had taken over the songwriting, writing or co-writing all 12 songs. As had been true
of the first album, it was the Band's sound that stood out the most, from Helm's
(and occasionally Manuel's) propulsive drumming to Robertson's distinctive guitar fills
and the endlessly inventive keyboard textures of Garth Hudson, all topped by the rough,
expressive singing of Manuel, Helm, and Rick Danko that mixed leads with harmonies.
The arrangements were simultaneously loose and assured, giving the songs a timeless appeal,
while the lyrics continued to paint portraits of 19th century rural life (especially Southern life,
as references to Tennessee and Virginia made clear)...(AllMusic)
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