The Band 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set - Limited Edition Vinyl & CD Collection with Bonus Tracks - Perfect for Music Lovers, Collectors and Anniversary Gifts

Coming after the legendary Music From The Big Pink, the follow-up The Band 50th Anniversary Edition certainly hits the spot all these years later. Upon original release back in 1969, it even made the likes of George Harrison rethink his onward direction in music, such was The Band's authentic approach to their album. While it includes songs that through time are fondly remembered as 'hits' for The Band including The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down and Up On Crippe Creek, it was still the bands 'story songs' that connected so well to the music loving public and turned heads in many directions. It was 'old time' reflective music carefully considered and put through The Band's musical blender to come out in such a way as to make one feel they were there - whether it was via The American Civil War for The Night They Drive Old Dixie Down; a young boy recalling the wisdom of his grandfather on Rick Danko's When You Awake and Robbie Robertson taking a style of music from the turn of the century for Rag Mamma Rag and making it all his own, the 'Brown album' literally spoke volumes. The songs also gave license to The Band's collective musicians to set free with their feeling intuition and play those instruments like they also sang - eg, the Clavinet sounding like Jew's harp and the lowry organ wailing to its hearts content. The Bands 'brown' album could also be considered to have produced its own genre, such was the sound and feel of the album. This 50th Anniversary Edition also includes Live At Woodstock - check out Long Black Veil and This Wheel's On Fire - timeless. The Blu-Ray includes a most informative doco via Classic Albums Series The Band and the set also includes 2LP 45 rpm and the original 1969 mix of Rag Mamma Rag. With the most beautiful sepia shots of The Band included, one only has to look at this set of musicians and simply wonder in the most reflective way. I did and I was continually amazed. The Band 50th Anniversary Edition is a pure classic of a set and deserves a place in any serious music followers room.