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Rock of Ages
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724353018122
Format: Extra tracks, Live, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
MPN: 30181
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Capitol
Release Date: May 08, 2001
Studio: Capitol
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Editorial Review:
This 1972 live album is a watershed recording for the Band. Recorded the previous New Year's Eve, the two-disc concert recording presents the core quintet fortified by a five-man horn section overseen by New Orleans ace Allen Toussaint, and it is capped by a guest appearance by Bob Dylan. The brass and reed players incite the group to gut it out with more unrestrained fire than these road-hardened vets were accustomed to. The lion's share of the set selections are culled from the quintet's first four studio albums; only an ebullient cover of the Marvin Gaye hit "Don't Do It," the unremarkable original "Get Up Jake," Garth Hudson's mind-boggling organ improvisation "The Genetic Method," and an absolutely piercing version of Chuck Willis's "Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes" spice up the reliable album selections on disc one. But Levon Helm, Rick Danko, and Richard Manuel sound like they're having so much fun singing the likes of "King Harvest," "Stage Fright," "Caledonia Mission," and "Chest Fever" that it matters not that Robbie Robertson's writing muse had already pretty much dried up. The 2001 digitally remastered reissue includes an entire second disc of previously unreleased tracks, including four with Dylan at the mic. More than four years would pass before the Robertson version of the Band would call it a day following its star-studded Last Waltz, but, as a live entity, here is where they crested. --Steven Stolder
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - A Great Inspiration for Aspiration
I was about 16 years old when I first heard this recording. A friend had an awesome sound system and it reproduced their live performance so well that I felt I could have been there. The Band played so well and sounded so good that night that it became one of the bands in the early 70's which inspired me to to become a professional musician and not go to college. My sister who followed in my musical footsteps backed them up with her band at Colby College in Maine in the early 90's. After listening ... Read More
Rating: - Underrated Live Album
This album gets overshadowed by "The Last Waltz," and that's too bad. There's some excellent material on here, and I like the horn section. Many live albums don't sound much different than the studio material, and the horn section gives the songs on here a unique feel.
"Rock of Ages" should be on the Top 10 list of live rock albums of the '70s. Lots of solid material on here. If you want to get into The Band, I would not start here - I bought "Greatest Hits" first, and ended up getting ... Read More
Rating: - Superb
This is one of THE great Rock N Roll bands captured live on New Years Eve 1971/72. With tracks from "Music from the Big pink" and "The Band" as well as "Stage Fright" this has most of The Bands best material on it. To add a bit of spice the The Band are supported by a top notch horn section (all Jazz and session men) who are arranged by Allen Toussaint the noted New Orleans producer/singer/pianist.
Its all superb, but my favourite non-Band track is "(I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock and ... Read More
Rating: - Classy Classic Rock!
This one is an all-time favorite for me. I've worn out three or four copies on vinyl. There's not a clinker on either disc. It's a live album and the brass background really gives it all a BIG sound with super bass guitar (and sometimes TUBA, such as on "Rag Mama Rag"!) rythms. You never heard a better version of "The Weight" than the one found on here.
Most of the music is what I would classify as "Dylan Ballad." Levon Helm's vocals will simply bowl you over -- the guy outdid himself here. ... Read More
Rating: - The Band, one of the greatest bands!!!
Very good mix, excellent horn arrangements and..... The Band!!!! A lot of classics in live versions. Amazing.
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