Across the Great Divide (album)

Across the Great Divide
Box set by The Band
Released	November 15, 1994 (1994-11-15)
Recorded	January 1963 – January 1986
Genre	Rock
Length	131:57
Label	Capitol
Producer	John Simon and the Band
The Band chronology
Jericho (1993) Across the Great Divide (1994) Live at Watkins Glen (1995)

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Across the Great Divide is a box set by Canadian-American rock group the Band. Released in 1994, it consists of two discs of songs from the Band's first seven albums, and a third disc of rarities taken from various studio sessions and live performances. The set is now out of print, having been replaced by the five-CD/one-DVD box set A Musical History that was released in September 2005.

Track listing

All songs written by Robbie Robertson, unless otherwise noted.

Disc one

Tracks 1-7 from Music from Big Pink (1968). Tracks 8-15 from The Band (1969). Tracks 16-19 from Stage Fright (1970).

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

Disc two

Tracks 1-4 from Cahoots (1971). Tracks 5-9 from Rock of Ages (1972). Tracks 10-11 from Moondog Matinee (1973). Tracks 12-14 from Northern Lights – Southern Cross (1975). Tracks 15-17 from Islands (1977).

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

Disc three

1. "Who Do You Love?" (Bo Diddley) – 2:40
   • by Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks, released March 1963
2. "Do the Honky Tonk" (Don Robey) – 2:58
   • by Levon & The Hawks, recorded live in 1964, previously unreleased
3. "He Don't Love You" – 2:36
   • by Levon & The Hawks, released 1964
4. "Katie's Been Gone" (Manuel, Robertson) – 2:46
   • from The Basement Tapes (1975)
5. "Bessie Smith" (Danko, Robertson) – 4:18
   • from The Basement Tapes
6. "Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)" (Manuel) – 3:18
   • Previously unreleased demo
7. "Ain't No Cane on the Brazos" (Traditional, arr. by Danko, Helm, Garth Hudson, Manuel, Robertson) – 4:26
   • Recorded live 1969 at the Woodstock Festival, previously unreleased
8. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Richard Penniman) – 3:13
   • Recorded live 1970 St. Louis, Missouri, previously unreleased
9. "Twilight" – 3:15
   • from The Best of The Band (1976)
10. "Back to Memphis" (Chuck Berry) – 5:58
11. "Too Wet to Work" (Garth Hudson) – 2:30
    • Performed by Garth Hudson solo, during thundershower
12. "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (Stevie Wonder, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 3:25
13. "Don't Ya Tell Henry" (Dylan) – 3:23
14. "Endless Highway" – 5:09
    • Tracks 10-14 from Live at Watkins Glen (1995)
15. "She Knows" (Jimmy Griffin, Robb Royer) – 3:22
    • Credited to Richard Manuel; Rick Danko and Garth Hudson also perform
    • Recorded live 1986 at Lone Star Cafe in New York City, New York, previously unreleased
16. "Evangeline" – 3:11 (with Emmylou Harris)
17. "Out of the Blue" – 3:11
18. "The Weight" – 4:35
19. "The Last Waltz Refrain" – 1:31
20. "Theme from The Last Waltz" – 3:26
    • Tracks 16-20 from The Last Waltz (1978)

Personnel

• Rick Danko – bass, rhythm guitar, fiddle, trombone, vocals
• Levon Helm – drums, mandolin, rhythm guitar, bass, percussion, vocals
• Garth Hudson – organ, piano, synthesizers, clavinet, accordion, wind instruments
• Richard Manuel – piano, organ, drums, clavinet, harmonica, baritone saxophone, dobro, vocals
• Robbie Robertson – guitars, autoharp, vocals

Producers

• The Band – producers (disc one, tracks 16-19, disc two, tracks 1-17 and disc three tracks 2, 4-5, 8-14)
• John Simon – producer (disc one, tracks 1-15)
• Robbie Robertson – producer (disc three, tracks 16-20)
• Henry Glover – producer (disc three, track 1)
• Eddie Heller – producer (disc three, track 3)
• Albert Grossman – producer (disc three, track 6)
• Eric Blackstead – producer (disc three, track 7)
• Garth Hudson – producer (disc three, track 15)
• See individual albums for engineering credits.

Other participants

• John Simon – electric piano, tuba, baritone horn and tenor saxophone on disc one, tracks 1, 4, 8, 10, 14-15, string arrangements on "Theme from The Last Waltz"
• Allen Toussaint – horn arrangements on "Life Is a Carnival", "Don't Do It", "Caledonia Mission" and "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show"
• Billy Mundi – drums on "Mystery Train"
• Byron Berline – fiddle on "Acadian Driftwood"
• Ronnie Hawkins – vocals on "Who Do You Love"
• Roy Buchanan – bass on "Who Do You Love"
• Jerry Penfound – tenor saxophone on "Do the Honky Tonk"
• Larry Packer – violin and viola on "She Knows"
• Frank Luther – string bass on "She Knows"
• Jason Myles – harp emulation and programming on "She Knows"
• Emmylou Harris – guitar and vocals on "Evangeline"
• Roebuck "Pops" Staples – guitar and vocals on "The Weight" (disc three)
• Mavis Staples – vocals on "The Weight" (disc three)
• Cleotha and Yvonne Staples – harmony vocals on "The Weight" (disc three)

References