Name: The Band (50th Anniversary)
Brand: The Band

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

7784283

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

2CD, 2LP, 7" Bluray and Book

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-11-15

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Universal

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0602577842832

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Total Cap

2 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

The Band

Genre GB

Classic

Label GB

Virgin

Released on the 22nd September, 1969, the eponymous second studio effort by The Band is a concept album, with the songs focusing on people, places and traditions associated with an older version of Americana. It was recorded in the pool house of a home rented by the group in the Hollywood Hills which was once owned by Judy Garland, Wally Cox and, at the time the group worked there, Sammy Davis, Jr. According to Robbie Robertson, the location was chosen to give the songs a Basement Tapes–like feel in what was termed “a clubhouse concept.”

The album includes many of The Band’s best-known and critically acclaimed songs, including The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, which Rolling Stone named the 249th greatest song of all time. The magazine also ranked the album number 45 in their list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Time magazine included it in their unranked 2006 list of the 100 greatest albums. Robert Christgau, who spent 37 years as the chief music critic and senior editor for The Village Voice, declared it better than Abbey Road, which had been released four days following, writing that The Band’s LP is an “A-plus record if I’ve ever rated one.” The album is preserved in the National Recording Registry and is also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

2CD - A new stereo mix of the album by Bob Clearmountain, the previously unreleased complete Live At Woodstock performance from 1969, and thirteen bonus tracks including six previously unreleased outtakes and alternate versions.

2LP - A new stereo mix of the album by Bob Clearmountain.

2LP+ - The Super Deluxe package (2CD, 2LP, 7" Bluray and Book) features a new stereo mix of the album by Bob Clearmountain from the original analog masters. The package also features the previously unreleased complete Live At Woodstock performance from 1969, the Classic Albums – The Band documentary, and thirteen bonus tracks. Bonus tracks include six previously unreleased outtakes and alternate versions. The exclusive book features a new essay by Anthony DeCurtis and classic photos by Elliott Landy. The new stereo mix is also cut at 45RPM and available on 180-Gram 2LP alongside a reproduction of The Band’s 1969 7-inch vinyl single for Rag Mama Rag (B-Side The Unfaithful Servant). Lastly, there is a 5.1 Surround mix and 96/24 High Res Audio on Blu-Ray.

The Band (50th Anniversary)

Music GB