The Band - The Band

180-gram double LP

New stereo mix by Bob Clearmountain

Lacquers cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering

Limited Edition Reissue on Brown Swirl "Tiger's Eye" vinyl

Limited Edition 2LP pressed on multi-colored vinyl! Cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering! New Stereo Mix By Bob Clearmountain Overseen by Robbie Robertson! When The Band's seminal eponymous second album was released on September 22, 1969, not much more was known about the reclusive group than when they released their landmark debut, Music From Big Pink, to widespread critical praise and bewilderment, just the year before.

The band, made up of four Canadians and one American, was still shrouded in mystery, allowing for listeners and the music press to let their imaginations run wild about who these men were and what this music was that sounded unlike anything else happening at the close of the psychedelic '60s. Dressed like 19th century fire-and-brimstone preachers and singing rustic, sepia-toned songs about America and the deep south, The Band — Garth Hudson (keyboards, piano, horn), Levon Helm (drums, vocals, mandolin), Richard Manuel (keyboards, vocals, drums), Rick Danko (bass, vocals, fiddle) and Robbie Robertson (guitar, piano, vocals) — was an enigma, unlike any group that came before or after. And their self-titled "Brown Album, " as it would lovingly be called, cemented their status as one of the most exciting and revolutionary bands in years, on the strength of now-classic songs like "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, " "Up On Cripple Creek" and "Rag Mama Rag."

Side A

Across The Great Divide

Rag Mama Rag

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Side B

When You Awake

Up On Cripple Creek

Whispering Pines

Side C

Jemima Surrender

Rockin' Chair

Look Out Cleveland

Side D

Jawbone

The Unfaithful Servant

King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

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