The Band
Rehearsal at Ultrasonic Studios, Hempstead, NY
1971, Dec. ??
December 28-31, 1971 (SBD)
Academy Of Music, New York City, New York

Rehearsals:

01 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
02 Across the Great Divide (take 1)
03 WS Walcott Medicine Show (take 1)
04 WS 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 Chestfever
10 Rag Mama Rag (take 1)
11 Rag Mama Rag (take 2)

Show:

1. Up On Cripple Creek
2. The Shape I’m In
3. The Rumor
4. Time To Kill
5. Strawberry Wine
6. Rockin’ Chair
7. This Wheel’s On Fire
8. Get Up Jake
9. Smoke Signal
10. I Shall Be Released
11. The Weight
12. Stage Fright

1. Life Is A Carnival
2. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
3. Caledonia Mission
4. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
5. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
6. Across The Great Divide
7. Unfaithful Servant
8. Don’t Do It
9. 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

(w/ Bob Dylan)

1. Down In The Flood
2. When I Paint My Masterpiece
3. Don’t Ya Tell Henry
4. Like A Rolling Stone

Lineup:
Rick Danko ñ bass, violin, vocals
Levon Helm ñ drums, mandolin, vocals
Garth Hudson ñ organ, piano, accordion, tenor and soprano saxophones
Richard Manuel ñ piano, organ, clavinet, drums, vocals
Robbie Robertson ñ guitar, vocals, introduction
Allen Toussaint ñ horn arrangements
Howard Johnson ñ tuba, euphonium, baritone saxophone
Snooky Young ñ trumpet, flugelhorn
Joe Farrell ñ tenor and soprano saxophones, English horn
Earl McIntyre ñ trombone
J. D. Parron ñ alto saxophone and E-flat clarinet

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)