Across the Great Divide (album)

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 The set is now out of print, having been replaced by the five-CD/one-DVD box set A Musical History which was released in September 2005.

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]

Track listing

All songs written by Robbie Robertson, unless otherwise noted.

Disc one

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

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
  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
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
  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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