The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down: The Best of the Band Live in Concert is a 1990 compilation of live recordings from American roots rock group the Band released by CEMA Special Markets.
Reception The editors of AllMusic Guide gave this album 2.5 out of five stars, with Stephen Thomas Erlewine noting that the performances are good and that listeners will be pleased by the music, but there is too little content and that there are "better ways to hear the Band at their peak".
Track listing All tracks are taken from Rock of Ages. Various releases of this album have eight or 11 tracks, all of which are written by Robbie Robertson, except where noted:
"This Wheel's on Fire" (Rick Danko and Bob Dylan) – 4:07 "The Weight" – 5:32 "Rag Mama Rag" – 4:33 "The Shape I'm In" – 4:14 "Don't Do It" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 5:00 "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" – 4:34 "Across the Great Divide" – 3:59 "Life Is a Carnival" (Danko, Levon Helm, and Robertson) – 4:17 "Stage Fright" – 4:38 "The Unfaithful Servant" – 4:48 "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" – 4:04
Personnel The Band at the Academy of Music concerts
The Band Robbie Robertson – guitar, backing vocals, introduction Garth Hudson – organ, piano, accordion, tenor and soprano saxophone solos Richard Manuel – vocals, piano, organ, clavinet, drums Rick Danko – vocals, bass guitar, violin Levon Helm – vocals, drums, mandolin
Additional musicians Howard Johnson – tuba, euphonium, baritone saxophone Snooky Young – trumpet, flugelhorn Joe Farrell – tenor and soprano saxophones, English horn Earl McIntyre – trombone J. D. Parran – alto saxophone and E-flat clarinet Bob Dylan – vocals, guitar on "Down in the Flood", "When I Paint My Masterpiece", "Don't Ya Tell Henry", and "Like a Rolling Stone"
Production Allen Toussaint – horn arrangements Phil Ramone – engineer Mark Harman – engineer
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