The Band - 1971-12-28/31 - New York City, NY (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

December 1971 Rehearsals
Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, New York

Disc 1
01. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down >
02. Across the Great Divide (take 1) >
03. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (take 1)
04. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show (take 2)
05. Life Is A Carnival (take 1)
06. Life Is A Carnival (take 2)
07. Across the Great Divide (take 2)
08. Unfaithful Servant
09. Chest Fever
10. Rag Mama Rag (take 1)
11. Rag Mama Rag (take 2)

28-31 December 1971
Academy of Music, NYC

Disc 2
01. Up On Cripple Creek
02. The Shape I'm In
03. The Rumor
04. Time To Kill
05. Strawberry Wine
06. Rockin' Chair
07. This Wheel's On Fire
08. Get Up Jake
09. Smoke Signal
10. I Shall Be Released
11. The Weight
12. Stage Fright

Disc 3
01. Life Is A Carnival
02. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
03. Caledonia Mission
04. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
05. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
06. Across The Great Divide
07. Unfaithful Servant
08. Don't Do It
09. The Genetic Method
10. Chest Fever
11. Rag Mama Rag
12. (I Don't Want To) Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes
13. Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

Professor Goody Remaster of the Wild Wolf "Academy Of Outtakes" boot.
This edition includes remastered Ultrasonic Studios tracks (v.3) from a better alternate source than those provided in "Academy Of Outtakes".

Goody's additional lineage:
TLH (WAV) > Audition (DC offset corrected; Pitch Bender, various amounts; Phase adjusted; Channels swapped; various levels adjusted; Tracking) > TLH (FLAC Level 8; Align sector boundaries; .ffp) > foobar2000 (tags)

[All original notes included]

NOTES:
Raw, un-edited, un-overdubbed, and unreleased outtakes from "Rock Of Ages"!

This torrent contains an exclusive, immaculate new edition of the greatest Band bootleg circulating today. In chronological order, this set documents The Band's "Rock Of Ages" concert run from December 28-31, 1971. Disc 1 presents the rehearsals leading up to the actual concerts, with improved fidelity and expanded from other sources. Members of The Band, Allen Toussaint and the Howard Johnson horn section are heard fine tuning the horn arrangements in a small studio. Disc 2 presents the entire first set of the Academy run, where The Band played by themselves. Disc 3 presents the entire set with the horn section, as well as the final encore. Although NOT INCLUDED, a blank Disc 4 folder is intended for you to include Bob Dylan's "New Year's Eve" guest appearance (included in its entirety on the official "Rock Of Ages" two disc remaster).

The sound quality of these tapes is incredible, supposedly taken from unreleased master reels. All of this material is lovingly remastered by Prof. Goody, and his expert skills at correcting the speed/pitch, phase correction, stereo fixes, etc., ensure that this set has never sounded better - anywhere! ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL IN EVERY WAY!