The Band – The Last Waltz (3LP Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Warner Bros. Records (1978)
$99.00
Scarce 1978 Japanese First Pressing ~ Vinyl Still In Top Condition! Embossed Gold Print On Textured Cover Has 3 Inner Sleeves, 12-Page Colour Booklet & 4-Page Insert With Lyrics.
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Scarce Actual 1978 Japanese First Pressing ~ Vinyl Still In Top Condition! Embossed Gold Print On Textured Cover Has 3 Similarly Textured Inner Sleeves. Includes 12-Page Colour Booklet, Plus 4-Page Insert With Lyrics. Triple Vinyl Set Of Terrific Performances By The Band & Friends.
‘The Last Waltz’ film captured the brilliant farewell concert of The Band, featuring many special guests ~ including Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Muddy Waters, and Neil Young, among others! The show was recorded live at the Winterland Arena, San Francisco, and filmed by director, Martin Scorsece.
Condition – Vinyl: EXCELLENT! Amazing condition for over 45 years old ~ sounds wonderful!!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT! Very well looked after all this time.
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. Near Mint condition original ’70s Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Theme From The Last Waltz
Up On Cripple Creek
Who Do You Love (With Ronnie Hawkins)
Helpless (With Neil Young & Joni Mitchell)
Stage Fright
Side 2:
Coyote (With Joni Mitchell)
Dry Your Eyes (With Neil Diamond)
It Makes No Difference
Such A Night (With Dr. John)
Side 3:
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Mystery Train (With Paul Butterfield)
Mannish Boy (With Muddy Waters & Paul Butterfield)
Further On Up The Road (With Eric Clapton)
Side 4:
The Shape I’m In
Down South In New Orleans
Ophelia
Tura Lura Lural (That’s An Irish Lullaby) (With Van Morrison)
Caravan (With Van Morrison)
Side 5:
Life Is A Carnival
Baby Let Me Follow You Down (With Bob Dylan)
I Don’t Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) (With Bob Dylan)
Forever Young (With Bob Dylan)
Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise) (With Bob Dylan)
I Shall Be Released (With Bob Dylan)
Side 6:
The Well (With Mavis Staples)
Evangeline (With Emmylou Harris)
Out Of The Blue
The Weight
The Last Waltz Refrain
Theme From The Last Waltz (With Orchestra)
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The performances are never less than expert, and the high points are dazzling, As a film, The Last Waltz was a triumph -- one of the first (and still one of the few) rock concert documentaries that was directed by a filmmaker who understood both the look and the sound of rock & roll, and executed with enough technical craft to capture all the nooks and crannies of a great live show. But as an album, The Last Waltz soundtrack had to compete with The Band's earlier live album, Rock of Ages, with which it bears a certain superficial resemblance -- both found the group trying to create something grander than the standard-issue live double, and both featured the group beefed up by additional musicians. While Rock of Ages found The Band swinging along with the help of a horn section arranged by Allen Toussaint, The Last Waltz boasts a horn section (using Toussaint's earlier arrangements on a few cuts) and more than a baker's dozen guest stars, ranging from old cohorts Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan to contemporaries Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Van Morrison. The Band are in fine form here; their performances are never less than expert, and the high points are dazzling, especially an impassioned version of "It Makes No Difference" and blazing readings of "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" (Levon Helm has made no secret that he felt breaking up the Band was a bad idea, and here it sounds if he was determined to prove how much they still had to offer). Ultimately, it's the Band's "special guests" who really make this set stand out -- Muddy Waters' ferocious version of "Mannish Boy" would have been a wonder from a man half his age, Van Morrison sounds positively joyous on "Caravan," Neil Young and Joni Mitchell do well for their Canadian brethren, and Bob Dylan's closing set finds him in admirably loose and rollicking form. (One question remains -- what exactly is Neil Diamond doing here?) And while the closing studio-recorded "Last Waltz Suite" sounds like padding, the contributions from Emmylou Harris and the Staple Singers are beautiful indeed.