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The Last Waltz 40th Anniversary 1

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Track Listings

Disc: 1

1 The Last Waltz Suite: Theme From the Last Waltz (feat. Orchestra)
2 Up on Cripple Creek (Concert Version)
3 The Shape I'm In (Concert Version)
4 It Makes No Difference (Concert Version)
5 Who Do You Love (feat. Ronnie Hawkins) [Concert Version]
6 Life Is a Carnival (Concert Version)
7 Such a Night (feat. Dr. John) [Concert Version]
8 The Weight (Concert Version)
9 Down South in New Orleans (feat. Bobby Charles) [Concert Version]
10 This Wheels on Fire (Concert Version)
11 Mystery Train (feat. Paul Butterfield) [Concert Version]
12 Caldonia (feat. Muddy Waters) [Concert Version]
13 Mannish Boy (feat. Muddy Waters) [Concert Version]
14 Stagefright (Concert Version)

Disc: 2

1 Rag Mama Rag (Concert Version)
2 All Our Past Times (Concert Version)
3 Further on up the Road (feat. Eric Clapton) [Concert Version]
4 Ophelia (Concert Version)
5 Helpless (feat. Neil Young) [Concert Version]
6 Four Strong Winds (Concert Version)
7 Coyote (feat. Joni Mitchell) [Concert Version]
8 Shadows and Light (Concert Version)
9 Furry Sings the Blues (Concert Version)
10 Acadian Driftwood (Concert Version)
11 Dry Your Eyes (feat. Neil Diamond) [Concert Version]
12 The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (Concert Version)
13 Tura Lura Lural (That's an Irish Lullaby) [feat. Van Morrison] [Concert Version]
14 Caravan (feat. Van Morrison) [Concert Version]

Disc: 3

1 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Concert Version)
2 The Genetic Method / Chest Fever (From The Last Waltz Soundtrack)
3 Baby Let Me Follow You Down (feat. Bob Dylan) [Concert Version]
4 Hazel (Concert Version)
5 I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) [feat. Bob Dylan] [Concert Version]
6 Forever Young (feat. Bob Dylan) [Concert Version]
7 Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise) [feat. Bob Dylan] [Concert Version]
8 I Shall Be Released (Finale) [Concert Version] [Ensemble]
9 Jam #1 (Concert Version)
10 Jam #2 (Concert Version)
11 Don't Do It (Concert Version)
12 Greensleeves (From the Last Waltz Soundtrack)

Disc: 4

1 The Last Waltz Suite: The Well
2 The Last Waltz Suite: Evangeline (feat. Emmylou Harris)
3 The Last Waltz Suite: Out of the Blue
4 The Last Waltz Suite: The Weight (feat. The Staples)
5 The Last Waltz Suite: The Last Waltz Refrain
6 Theme From the Last Waltz (Concert Version)
7 King Harvest (Rehearsal Version)
8 Tura Lura Lural (Concert Rehearsal Version)
9 Caravan (Concert Rehearsal Version)
10 Such a Night (Concert Rehearsal Version)
11 Rag Mama Rag (Rehearsal Version)
12 Mad Waltz (Sketch Track for 'The Well') [Studio Version]
13 The Last Waltz Refrain (Instrumental)
14 The Last Waltz Theme (Sketch)

Disc: 5

1 The Last Waltz Feature Length Film

Editorial Reviews

Available as a 4-CD/Blu-Ray set and — for the first time — the 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the original soundtrack has 54 tracks, including the entire concert, as well as rehearsals and outtakes. Among the rarities are performances not featured in the film, such as “Furry Sings The Blues” with Joni Mitchell and “All Our Past Times” with Eric Clapton, plus rehearsals for “Caravan” with Van Morrison, “Such A Night” with Dr. John, and “King Harvest (Has Surely Come)” a song that was not performed in concert. The CD version also includes newly-penned liner notes revered music journalists David Fricke and Ben Fong-Torres along with a classic essay from 1977 written by iconic author Emmett Grogan.

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11.61 x 10.2 x 0.63 inches; 2.14 Pounds
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Rhino Records - No SAI
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 27, 2016
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Rhino Records - No SAI
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LXCGZN3
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 5
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2016
    Contrary to one long-lived set of rumors and lies, "The Last Waltz" WASN'T supposed to be the break-up of "the Band". It was an idea, dreamed up by Robbie Robertson -- and, at first, agreed to by the other members of "the Band" -- in order to stop the On-the-Road, touring lifestyle and become a band like "The Beatles", who mainly put out records and did live shows now and then. But a simmering, soon to boil-over kettle of sour-grape juice cooked up by Levon Helm -- and, unfortunately, quaffed to some degree by Rick Danko -- resulted in "the Last Waltz" becoming the death knell of that unique group.

    It's too bad Helm -- and the other bandmates he convinced -- decided to disavow "The Last Waltz", because as anyone can see and hear -- especially with the remastered versions -- that concert was one for the ages. In fact, it is fair to say that MOST people had no idea who "the Band" was until "The Last Waltz" was released and quickly became a cult favourite, and then achieved icon status as the Best Rock N Roll documentary ever filmed.

    Despite being thrown together at the last minute, this documentary catches ALL the highlights of one of the greatest concerts ever: The Band's best tunes -- "Up On Cripple Creek", "The Weight", "Ophelia", "the Shape I'm In", "Life is a Carnival", "the Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down", etc. -- and some great, GREAT performances by the "guests" invited to the event: "Who Do You Love" by Ronnie Hawkins, "Mannish Boy" by Muddy Waters, "Such a Night" by Dr. John, "Coyote" by Joni Mitchell, "Helpless" by Neil Young, "Dry Your Eyes" by Neil Diamond, "Mystery Train" with Paul Butterfield, "Further On Up the Road" by Eric Clapton and "Caravan" by Van Morrison. Culminating in Bob Dylan's set, "Baby Let Me Follow You Down", "I Don't Believe You", "Forever Young" and "Baby Let me Follow You Down" (reprise). Then ALL of the guests are invited on stage -- you can see Robertson talking to Dylan about it -- and ALL of them join in (along with Ringo Star and Ron Wood, who were backstage, and a few others) to sing "I Shall Be Released".
    The show stoppers -- in addition to that last song-- are Muddy Waters (the power of that song can't be denied) and Van Morrison (who gets so into his song he high kicks his way off stage). And, it should be noted, also Levon Helm, who never -- not on the original recording, nor on any live versions I have heard beyond this one -- sang "the Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down" with more heart. And the pace of the song (not too fast -- as in the original recording -- and not too slow, makes for a perfect performance, by Helm and the rest of the members of the Band (in truth, they nail ALL of their songs, and pretty much all of the songs by their guests).

    After the concert, Scorcese and "the Band" got back together in a studio to film staged versions of "the Weight" (a classic) with the Staples singers, as well as "The Last Waltz Suite" (written for the event by Robertson) and "Evangeline" (also written for this event), sung by Emmy-Lou Harris. Robertson had asked both to join in on the "the Last Waltz", but touring schedules made it impossible, and he didn't want to exclude influences in the soul and country music areas (the Staples singers were the first to cover a song by "the Band"). There are interesting interviews with members of "the Band", discussing their formative years and touring years -- lots of interesting stories (the best stories are told by Robertson, with Helm adding a few lines and tales here and there -- although he MUST have been drunk or high when he referred to Muddy Waters as "the King of Country Music").

    The remastered CDs contain more songs -- that weren't filmed for the concert because the old, 35 mm cameras used by Scorcese (for artistic reasons) kept burning out or heating up, and shutting down at unexpected moments (they almost missed filming "Mannish Boy") -- that add to the musical enjoyment for the listener ("Calidonia" by Muddy Waters..."Four Strong Winds" by Young...two more by Mitchell...and several tunes by "the Band". This 40th Anniversary edition comes with a book -- with several essays, one as recent as 2016 -- about the event, and just a LOT of great photos of the concert, and the after-party, and of Winterland before it was torn down.

    Notes: Sadly, one of the enduring "legacies" of the Band are the innuendoes and rumors and out-right lies told by Levon Helm (though he couldn't write anything to save his life -- not even his own "autobiography", penned by Stephen Davis -- Helm practically made a living out of bad-mouthing Robertson over "taking credit" and royalties for the songs that Robertson wrote -- even though Helm, to his dying day, still got a share of royalties from Robertson's writing).

    And one of the many lies Helm used to tell about the concert was that Robbie Robertson had a microphone that was unplugged, and that he and the "others" had done the unplugging (because, according to Helm, Robertson couldn't sing -- despite five albums with evidence to the contrary; and despite Robertson singing "Out of the Blue" for the soundtrack of this film -- and just a LOT of Levon Helm acolytes (the same ones who can't account for Helm's inability to write one song, let alone a book, on his own -- repeat that lie, over and over again. Even those who have WATCHED the movie...and seen Robertson _speaking_ into the microphone whenever he introduced one of the guests! LOL :) I guess Helm and his minions figured no one would notice that small discrepancy. (Also, the sound -- and many, if not all, of the microphones were set up and controlled by the film crew, who was, after all, filming AND RECORDING the event -- not by Levon Helm).

    All-in-all, "The Last Waltz" 40th Anniversary is a five-star piece of remastering and restoral!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2018
    If your buying this set, you already know it's a great album. Not sure where these were pressed. The label says, made in EU (Optimal?), but they did a good job. Discs were perfectly flat and quiet. However, upon opening the box, all the inner sleeves were split. No big deal, since the inner sleeves are generic, black poly-lined paper. I normally replace these with quality sleeves anyway.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2017
    Fantastic 40th anniversary of the greatest rock concert ever. I wore out my original DVD as well as my first box set of DVDs (pre smartphone, iPod, downloadable devices to keep your CDs alive). The book it comes withpe can't be beat for thee stills from the concert and the liner notes, etc. most highly recommended!!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2019
    My favorite concert movie now on Blu-ray. Comes in big book with 4 cds and writing of the show. Played the Blu-ray and looks and sounds great
  • Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2019
    excellent band, lots of other folks showed up to help - over 4 hours playing time - i have actually listened to whole thing a couple of times:)
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2018
    The Last Waltz is one of the greatest concerts ever recorded. This expanded edition is a must for every fan of the Band.

    A masterpiece from start to finish!!
  • Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2016
    I’m listening to Rag Mama Rag right now, through a pair of decent headphones. Believe it or not, though, I’ve listened to The Last Waltz through worse, and through better.
    I’m a bonafide The Band fanboy. I’ve listened to almost everything they’ve ever recorded, for the exception of a few bootlegs, which they didn’t record. As much as I love listening to this 40th Anniversary collection of a wonderful group’s final concert, it sure changes a lot… And unfortunately one of the bootlegs I’ve heard was the bootleg of this very concert.
    My whole reason for bringing up the bootleg is that I feel like the music originally took a back seat to the whole of what the Last Waltz was intended to be. In my opinion, it was more of a production than anything, and as evidenced by some of the essays in the cool book that is included with this set, everybody was pissed off and dog tired.
    To sum it up, the concert wasn’t the amazing show that they usually put on. They are professional musicians, but technical issues plagued the concert. Levon Helm even said that in his memoir. Circumstance threw off a lot of things, and still, that Thanksgiving day remains a successful one. One that, without a doubt, is lovingly preserved. But in order to preserve the music, they had to reshape it.
    For instance, Genetic Method/Chest Fever on this collection is a minute of synth music and the minute of Chest Fever that has no singing. During the original concert, they were a little off vocally. But to top that off the whole song sounds nothing like it originally did in concert. As far as I know, Chest Fever has never been included on the album. I don’t see why Robbie Robertson felt it was important to include it now. Also, before Neil Young starts his performance, Robbie says, “Everybody knows him…” Before he’s introduced Young or anything. Everybody knows who? The set list is always changing on this album and it seems to come at a cost every single time. It’s as if Robertson wasn’t paying attention and split a file called “Last Waltz remaster” and the guest portion of the show was picked up after Ophelia. The Last Waltz Suite even gets touched up every once and while, notably cutting part of Helm’s harmony with Danko from The Weight, and bringing down the pitch on the whole track, and then in the film version putting Helm’s harmony back in and bringing the pitch back up, only to bring it back down when the harmony is finished.
    The Last Waltz in a lot of ways feels like a digital effort more than anything, and goes to show pundits of the “computerized” generation of creators that a once in a lifetime event that happened a single time is subject to change time and time again. And, even still, I recommend it.
    The music on the collection is beautiful, and for people who have just discovered The Band, or are just getting into music collecting of any kind, this album is the best way to start.
    It’s got great tunes on it, and honestly, people have overdubbed concerts for years. Dissolving relationships had too much of an influence on the way the concert sounded. Who can blame anybody for that? The fact of the matter is that the intention of the concert was to represent as many sounds as possible, and The Band did just that.
    This collection, complete with a book of essays and pictures, also comes with a Blu-ray copy of the film. Again, on its own, the film is wonderful. It depicts grizzled road warriors who’ve seen more in one life time than most men do, and have a lifetime’s worth of stories to tell. It also is a great depiction of what people are capable of. Levon Helm and Garth Hudson are the physical manifestation of “talent”. Seriously…nothing compares. In my opinion, The Band is the greatest band to ever record anything, so I’m a little biased, but it’s quite another story when nobody can disagree with the fact that there is absolutely nothing that sounds like The Band, never before nor after them. Their music is a testament to that, but it’s nice to see that the film represents that point just as much.
    So, all in all, I think The Last Waltz is well worth your time. If nothing else, watch it for Thanksgiving, as it took place 40 years ago on the holiday.
    Happy listening!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2021
    Possibly the best album of all time.

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  • Cliente Kindle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Para la Historia
    Reviewed in Spain on May 29, 2017
    Histórico. Imprescindible. Los mejores músicos del siglo XX se reunen para un concierto inolvidable. Todo ello filmado por Mantin Scorsese.
  • Audrey D. MacGregor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
    Reviewed in Canada on December 12, 2016
    The item is just as I had anticipated and arrived just as expected. Love it!
  • musicalbox
    5.0 out of 5 stars Bester Rock-Konzertfilm
    Reviewed in Germany on January 5, 2017
    1978 habe ich als junger Student diesen Film im Kino gesehen und war rundum begeistert. Zur gleichen Zeit wurde die Musik auf 3 LPs veröffentlicht und von mir umgehend erworben. Der Film spiegelt eine unglaublich tolle Atmosphäre wider und erzählt durch Interviews mit den Mitgliedern von "The Band" den 16jährigen Verlauf dieser Gruppe. Die Blu-ray-Version ist nicht separat, sondern nur in dieser 4-CD-Form plus Blu-ray zu erhalten. Der Film ist durch die Blu-ray-Technik wesentlich verbessert worden. Während in der früheren DVD-Ausgabe auch ein deutscher Untertitel einstellbar war, wurde bei der Blu-ray-Version darauf verzichtet. Statt dessen gibt es jetzt neben englisch, französich, portugiesisch, spanisch auch chinesisch, koreanisch oder thailändisch. Ich habe keine Ahnung, warum auf deutsch verzichtet wurde. Allerdings kann man mit einigermaßen guten Englischkenntnissen die Interviews verstehen. Diese Edition ist in einem schicken Buch mit erläuterndem Text und einigen Bildern gut ausgestattet.
  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 16, 2016
    As this is one of my favorite live recordings, I was concerned that this new set would be not up to par. Fortunately its a fantastic box set, with quality packaging and an insightful booklet about the concert. For me though the best thing is the vinyl itself, I am assuming that this is a new mix (I could be wrong) which can often mean that it loses some of what made it great in the first place but in this case its got a great sound and I am sure I am hearing new things in this mix. All in all a must have for any fans of The Band
  • Amazon カスタマー
    5.0 out of 5 stars ラストワルツ
    Reviewed in Japan on October 12, 2018
    ブックレットの写真がめちゃくちゃカッコいいです。Blu-ray画像が綺麗だし、DVDで何十回も見てますが、また新たに感動しました。リックダンコの声が良いです🎶そしてガースハドソンの🎷サックス吹いた後の優しい表情が出るシーンが何度見ても感動します。最高😊