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Across the Great Divide (album)

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Across the Great Divide
Box set by
the Band
ReleasedNovember 15, 1994 (1994-11-15)
RecordedJanuary 1963 – January 1986
GenreRock
Length131:57
LabelCapitol
ProducerJohn Simon and the Band
The Band chronology
Jericho
(1993) 		Across the Great Divide
(1994) 		Live at Watkins Glen
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
MusicHound[2]

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 The set is now out of print, having been replaced by the five-CD/one-DVD box set A Musical History which was released in September 2005.

Track listing

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All songs written by Robbie Robertson, unless otherwise noted.

Disc one

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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

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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

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  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
  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
  8. "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Richard Penniman) – 3:13
  9. "Twilight" – 3:15
  10. "Back to Memphis" (Chuck Berry) – 5:58
  11. "Too Wet to Work" (Garth Hudson) – 2:30
  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
  15. "She Knows" (Jimmy Griffin, Robb Royer) – 3:22
  16. "Evangeline" – 3:11 (with Emmylou Harris)
  17. "Out of the Blue" – 3:11
  18. "The Weight" – 4:35 (with The Staple Singers)
  19. "The Last Waltz Refrain" – 1:31
  20. "Theme from The Last Waltz" – 3:26

Personnel

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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

References

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  1. ^ Across the Great Divide at AllMusic
  2. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 72. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
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