2023 Charity Shop Purchases #39 - The Band - The Band
Speaking to Mick the manager in Debra he said that the chap who had handed in the collection which I fortuitously stumbled upon was from Anstruther and in the music industry.It immediately had me thinking that King Creosote or James Yorkston had wandered into a shop on the South Side of Glasgow with a couple of large bags. Highly unlikely! I suspect that whoever he was that he was ages with me or maybe slightly older given that the majority of the ones handed in were from the late 60s/early 70s and what some of you might rudely describe as Old Man Music.
You would perhaps be forgiven for thinking that The Band could fall into that category. It was their second album from 1969 on the Capitol label. It almost reads like a greatest hits The 2000 re-issue, which is the one I picked up, includes an additional 7 tracks with alternative takes of 6 of the 12 album tracks plus an outtake of Get Up Jake.
.What a line up - Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson. Clearly it is an essential album which everyone should have and it replaces the copy I burnt from the library many moons ago.
Enough of this old man music. Swc.
ReplyDeleteA few more days I'm afraid
DeleteAnd then some Landfill Indie, Bluegrass and Americana!
DeleteAn essential cornerstone to any half decent record collection. Classic is an oft overused descriptor, but in this case it's completely apt.
ReplyDeleteLoved this when I first heard it in 1970 but back then of course you just waited for the follow up single and in the Band's case, as a non pop group obviously, there wasn't one. Had no real idea of their history with Dylan at that deliriously juvenile time, that detail only came later. History gives the fuller picture
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