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The Band の３枚組のレコード"The Last Waltz"(1978)から。
前回はゲストの曲の紹介をしました。今回はバンド自身の演奏の紹介です。
改めて収録曲を見ると、Side 6のスタジオ録音は別として、バンド自身の曲がそれほど多いわけではなく、あくまでも解散コンサートをいままで一緒にやってきた音楽仲間と楽しみたいという意向がみられます。
ゲストの曲もバンド自身が演奏を受け持っていますので、この部分の練習も時間を取られたことでしょう。そのせいか、バンド自身の曲はライブの定番が定番が多いようです。
バンドの曲で演奏もバンドの曲は■、ゲストが歌っているものは▲としました。他との関連がよくわからないので、末尾に全曲のリストを挙げてます。リストがくどくなってしまいました。
引用はアメリカ版のwikiが中心です。
このアルバムはあくまで映画のサントラとしての位置づけで、音質もあまり良くなく、後でオーヴァー・ダビングをしているという批判もあり、ライブ盤としての評価は低いですが、狭量な見解だと思います。
Side One
■2.Up On Cripple Creek (Concert Version)The Band
１９６９年の２枚目のアルバム"The Band"から。俗にジャケットの色から"Brown Album"と呼ばれてます。主題を「アメリカ南部」に取った名盤でミュージック・マガジンの増刊『アルバム・ランキング・ベスト２００』では７位に入っています。
■5.Stage fright (Concert Version)The Band
１９７０年の同名アルバムより。ボブ・ディランとのツアーでのライブアルバムでも演奏されてます。
Side Tow
■3.It Makes No Difference (Concert Version)The Band
１９７５年のアルバム"Northern Lights-Southern Cross"から。
Side Three
■1.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Concert Version)The Band
１９６９年の２枚目のアルバム"The Band"から。
Side Four
■1.The Shape I'm In (Concert Version)The Band
１９７０年のアルバム"Stage Fright"より。
■3.Ophelia (Concert Version)The Band
１９７５年のアルバム"Northern Lights-Southern Cross"から。
Side Five
■2.Life Is a Carnival (Concert Version)The Band
１９７１年のアルバム"Cahoots"より。オリジナルではアラン・トゥーサンによるホーンが参加してます。世評ではバンドの代表曲ではありませんが、バンドのメンバーには思い入れの深い曲なのか、亡くなったメンバーのLevon Helmの墓の後方の壁にはこの曲の楽譜の一部が描かれてます。
Side Six
▲2.The Last Waltz Suite: Evangeline [feat. Emmylou Harris] The Band
この曲は情報がなく、オリジナルのようです。
■3.The Last Waltz Suite: Out of the Blue The Band
このラスト・コンサート・アルバムのために、ロビー・ロバートソンが作詞・作曲。珍しくロビー・ロバートソン自身がヴォーカル担当。なかなかいい味を出してます。
▲4.The Last Waltz Suite: The Weight (feat. The Staples)The Band
The Staplesはゴスペルのバンド。１９６８年のデビューアルバム"Music from Big Pink"から。
以下は全曲のリストとwiki等からの情報ですので、気になさらずに。
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Side One
1.Theme from the Last Waltz (Concert Version)The Band
■2.Up On Cripple Creek (Concert Version)The Band
"Up on Cripple Creek" is the fifth song on The Band's eponymous second album, The Band. It was released as an (edited) single on Capitol 2635 in November 1969 and reached #25 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] "Up on Cripple Creek" was written by Band guitarist and principal songwriter Robbie Robertson, with drummer Levon Helm singing lead vocal.
3.Who Do You Love (Concert Version) [feat. Ronnie Hawkins]The Band
4.Helpless (Concert Version) [feat. Neil Young]The Band
■5.Stage fright (Concert Version)The Band
"Stage Fright" is the title track of the Band's third album, Stage Fright. It features Rick Danko on lead vocals and was written by Robbie Robertson.[1] According to author Barney Hoskyns, Robertson originally intended it to be sung by Richard Manuel but it became clear that the song was better suited to Danko's "nervous, tremulous voice."[2]
Live performances of the song appear on Rock of Ages, released in 1972, and on Before the Flood, a live album of The Band's 1974 tour with Bob Dylan. It was also performed at The Last Waltz.[3] The studio version was released as a single in Denmark. The live version from Before the Flood was released as the B-side of Dylan's "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" single in 1974.
Side Tow
1.Coyote (Concert Version) [feat. Joni Mitchell]The Band
2.Dry Your Eyes (Concert Version) [feat. Neil Diamond]The Band
■3.It Makes No Difference (Concert Version)The Band
from "Northern Lights-Southern Cross"(1975）.
4.Such a Night (Concert Version) [feat. Dr. John]The Band
Side Three
■1.The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (Concert Version)The Band
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" is a song by The Band, recorded in 1969 and released on their self-titled second album. Joan Baez's cover of the song was a top-five chart hit in late 1971.
The song was written by Robbie Robertson. The lyrics tell of the last days of the American Civil War and the suffering of Southern whites, as evidenced by the lyric "the winter of '65".[1] Dixie is a nickname for the Southern Confederate states. Confederate soldier Virgil Caine "served on the Danville train" (the Richmond and Danville Railroad, a main supply line into the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia from Danville, Virginia, and by connection, the rest of the South). Union cavalry regularly tore up Confederate rail lines to prevent the movement of men and material to the front where Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was besieged at the Siege of Petersburg. As part of the offensive campaign, Union Army General George Stoneman's forces "tore up the track again".
2.Mystery Train (Concert Version) [feat. Paul Butterfield]The Band
3.Mannish Boy (Concert Version) [feat. Muddy Water]The Band
4.Further On Up the Road (Concert Version) [feat. Eric Clapton]The Band
Side Four
■1.The Shape I'm In (Concert Version)The Band
"The Shape I'm In" is a song by The Band, first released on their 1970 album Stage Fright. It was written by Robbie Robertson, who did little to disguise the fact that the song's sense of dread and dissolution was about Richard Manuel, the song's principal singer.[1] It became a regular feature in their concert repertoire, appearing on their live albums Rock of Ages, Before the Flood, and The Last Waltz. Author Neil Minturn described the song as "straightforward rock."[2] Along with "The Weight," it is one of the Band's songs most performed by other artists.[3] It has been recorded by Bo Diddley, The Good Brothers, The Mekons, The Pointer Sisters, She & Him, and Marty Stuart.
2.Down South In New Orleans (Concert Version) [feat. Bobby Charles]The Band
■3.Ophelia (Concert Version)The Band
from"Northern Lights ? Southern Cross". Northern Lights ? Southern Cross is the sixth studio album by Canadian-American rock group The Band released in 1975. It was the first album to be recorded at their new California studio, Shangri-La, and the first album of all new material since 1971's Cahoots. All eight songs are credited as compositions of guitarist Robbie Robertson.
4.Tura Lura Lural (That's An Irish Lullaby) [Concert Version] {feat. Van Morrison}The Band
Side Five
1.Caravan (Concert Version) [feat. Van Morrison]The Band
■2.Life Is a Carnival (Concert Version)The Band
"Life is a Carnival" is the opening track of The Band's fourth album, Cahoots. Written by Rick Danko, Levon Helm, and Robbie Robertson, the song features horn arrangements by New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint. The song is the only track from the Cahoots album included on the original releases of both the Rock of Ages album and The Last Waltz box set.
Musical notation for this song is printed on a wall behind Levon Helm's grave in Woodstock, New York.
3.Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Concert Version) [feat. Bob Dylan]The Band
4.I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) [Concert Version] {feat. Bob Dylan}The Band
5.Forever Young (Concert Version) [feat. Bob Dylan] The Band
6.Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise) [Concert Version] {feat. Bob Dylan}
7.I Shall Be Released (Finale) [Concert Version] {Ensemble}The Band
Side Six
1.The Last Waltz Suite: The Well The Band
書下ろしのインスツルメンツです。
▲2.The Last Waltz Suite: Evangeline [feat. Emmylou Harris] The Band
■3.The Last Waltz Suite: Out of the Blue The Band
このラスト・コンサート・アルバムのために、ロビー・ロバートソンが作詞・作曲。珍しくロビー・ロバートソン自身がヴォーカル担当。
なかなかいい味を出してます。
▲4.The Last Waltz Suite: The Weight (feat. The Staples)The Band
The Staplesはゴスペルのバンド。"The Weight" is a song originally by the Canadian-American group The Band that was released as Capitol Records single 2269 in 1968 and on the group's debut album Music from Big Pink. Written by Band member Robbie Robertson, the song is about a visitor's experiences in a town mentioned in the lyric's first line as Nazareth, from which the Scottish band Nazareth later took its name. "The Weight" has significantly influenced American popular music, having been listed as #41 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time published in 2004.[1] Pitchfork Media named it the 13th best song of the Sixties,[2] and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame named it one of the 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.[3] PBS, which broadcast performances of the song in "Ramble at the Ryman" (2011), "Austin City Limits" (2012),[4] and "Quick Hits" (2012),[5] describes it as "a masterpiece of Biblical allusions, enigmatic lines and iconic characters" and notes its enduring popularity as "an essential part of the American songbook."[5]
5.The Last Waltz Suite: The Last Waltz Refrain The Band
6.The Last Waltz Suite: Theme from the Last Waltz (feat. Orchestra)The Band
