Across The Great Divide

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Across the Great Divide
Across the Great Divide cover
Compilation album by The Band
Released November 15, 1994
Recorded January 1963 - January 1986
Genre Rock
Length 216:11
Label Capitol
Producer(s) The Band and John Simon
Professional reviews

Across The Great Divide was the name of a November 1994 box set that attempted to paint a portrait of Canadian-American rockers The Band.

A three-disc affair, its first two discs were condensed versions of the group's albums à la 1989's To Kingdom Come, except for the fact they possessed no rarities. The selections chosen were a bit predictable- seven tracks from their first album and eight from their second, four each from their third and fourth, five from their 1972 live effort, only two from their sixth album and three each from their 1975 and 1977 albums. Obviously, the belief was that the group did their best work in their early days, as later albums feature less tracks. The songs chosen tend to be those which were most well-known, though such notable tracks as "Georgia On My Mind", "4% Pantomime", "Sleeping", "Ain't Got No Home" and "(I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes" were missing. Most bizarre was the inclusion of "The Moon Struck One", arguably the worst track the original group ever put on tape.

The third disc carried the rarities, many live recordings among them. The first few tracks were taken from their days before being signed to Capitol Records. Beginning with a version of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love", recorded with Ronnie Hawkins on lead vocals and Roy Buchanan on bass, and going into two tracks recorded as Levon and the Hawks, it also featured one track from their Woodstock performance, one from a concert in St. Louis, a 1967 demo, two tracks from The Basement Tapes, and five tracks supposedly from their 1973 set at the legendary Summer Jam at Watkins Glen festival (see Live at Watkins Glen for details.) A solo Richard Manuel performance ("She Knows", from January 1986) and their non-LP single "Twilight" were also present. Rounding out the disc were five of six tracks taken from "The Last Waltz Suite", licensed from Warner Bros. Records.

The box set has fallen out-of-print, and will most likely remain so. A five-CD/one-DVD box set was released in September 2005, and a massive anthology of their pre-Capitol days is also planned for release in 2005.

Contents

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[edit] Disc one

  1. Tears of Rage (B. Dylan and R. Manuel, 5:19)
  2. The Weight (R. Robertson, 4:35)
  3. I Shall Be Released (B. Dylan, 3:12)
  4. Chest Fever (R. Robertson, 5:13)
  5. In a Station (R. Manuel, 3:30)
  6. To Kingdom Come (R. Robertson, 3:19)
  7. Lonesome Suzie (R. Manuel, 4:01)
  8. Rag Mama Rag (R. Robertson, 3:03)
  9. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (R. Robertson, 3:31)
  10. King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (R. Robertson, 3:38)
  11. Rockin' Chair (R. Robertson, 3:39)
  12. Whispering Pines (R. Manuel and R. Robertson, 3:56)
  13. Up On Cripple Creek (R. Robertson, 4:31)
  14. Across the Great Divide (R. Robertson, 2:54)
  15. The Unfaithful Servant (R. Robertson, 4:16)
  16. The Shape I'm In (R. Robertson, 4:01)
  17. Daniel & The Sacred Harp (R. Robertson, 4:13)
  18. All La Glory (R. Robertson, 3:34)
  19. Stage Fright (R. Robertson, 3:44)

[edit] Disc two

  1. When I Paint My Masterpiece (B. Dylan, 4:18)
  2. The Moon Struck One (R. Robertson, 4:08)
  3. Life Is a Carnival (R. Danko, L. Helm and R. Robertson, 3:57)
  4. The River Hymn (R. Robertson, 4:37)
  5. Don't Do It (B. Holland, L. Dozier and E. Holland, 4:42)
  6. Caledonia Mission (R. Robertson, 3:21)
  7. The W. S. Walcott Medicine Show (R. Robertson, 3:52)
  8. Get Up, Jake (R. Robertson, 3:16)
  9. This Wheel's on Fire (R. Danko and B. Dylan, 3:54)
  10. Share Your Love with Me (A. Briggs and D. Malone, 2:54)
  11. Mystery Train (H. Parker, Jr. and S. Phillips, additional lyrics by R. Robertson, 5:40)
  12. Acadian Driftwood (R. Robertson, 6:40)
  13. Ophelia (R. Robertson, 3:29)
  14. It Makes No Difference (R. Robertson, 6:32)
  15. Livin' in a Dream (R. Robertson, 2:50)
  16. The Saga of Pepote Rouge (R. Robertson, 4:13)
  17. Right as Rain (R. Robertson, 3:54)

[edit] Disc Three

  1. Who Do You Love (E. McDaniel, 2:40)
  2. Do the Honky Tonk (D. Robey, 2:58)
  3. He Don't Love You (R. Robertson, 2:36)
  4. Katie's Been Gone (R. Manuel and R. Robertson, 2:46)
  5. Bessie Smith (R. Danko and R. Robertson, 4:18)
  6. Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast) (R. Manuel, 3:18)
  7. Ain't No Cane on the Brazos (Traditional, arr. The Band, 4:26)
  8. Slippin' & Slidin' (R. Penniman, 3:13)
  9. Twilight (R. Robertson, 3:15)
  10. Back to Memphis (C. Berry, 5:58)
  11. Too Wet to Work (G. Hudson, 2:30)
  12. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever (I. J. Hunter and S. Wonder, 3:25)
  13. Don't Ya Tell Henry (B. Dylan, 3:23)
  14. Endless Highway (R. Robertson, 5:09)
  15. She Knows (J. Griffin and R. Royer, 3:22)
  16. Evangeline (R. Robertson, 3:11)
  17. Out of the Blue (R. Robertson, 3:11)
  18. The Weight (R. Robertson, 4:35)
  19. Last Waltz Refrain (R. Robertson, 1:31)
  20. Theme from the Last Waltz (R. Robertson, 3:26)

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