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The Band
1971-06-30
Schaefer Music Festival,
Wollman Skating Rink
Central Park, NY
HQ Audience recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
02. King Harvest
03. Time To Kill
04. The Weight
05. I Shall Be Released
06. Stage Fright
07. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
08. Across the Great Divide
09. Unfaithful Servant
10. Up In Cripple Creek
11. Loving You (Has Made My Life Sweeter Than Ever)
12. Genetic Method
13. Chest Fever
14. Rag Mama Rag
15. The Shape I'm In
16. Baby Don't Do It
Today we have a high quality audience recording of The Band during the 1971 Schaefer Festival, from June 30 of that year, 39 years ago today. The setlist features 4 songs from their 1970 album, Stage Fright - Time to Kill, The Shape I'm In, The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show and the title track - but none from the disc, Cahoots, which would be released just 3 months after this concert in September. That the group did not preview any of their new work seems curious. Perhaps that was the result of the tensions that were emerging between Robbie Robertson and Levon Helm, as the former took more and more control over the group’s direction and song writing. Perhaps that’s also why Cahoots was their last album of new material for over 4 years. In any event, those issues were not yet impacting the quality of The Band’s live performances. Later that year, they would play the famed Academy of Music shows which would be recorded for the live disc Rock Of Ages. Download this one, therefore, to hear The Band while they were still at their peak.
12 comments:
I have commented several times now on how none of the links work. The main one seems to require you to enter your phone number to enter a contest. The mirror sights seem to have taken the files down. Am I missing something obvious?
Hate to say it but all files have been deleted or removed. this sucks
Hi, I was wondering if you may go back to using Mediafire instead of Mirrorcreator?
Speedy,
Thank you SO much for this! Thanks for all the hard work and dedication too.
SkunkApe
Hi,
Thanks for this, but #13 did not download properly, and #14, 15 and 16 did not download at all. Can you please check and fix? thanks . . .
Sorry for the slow response. Been a away a few days. This one works fine - I just tested and rhe first rapidshare link is working. If I get a chance. I'll also re-up elsewhere.
It seems that none of the links are working. I would really like to hear this if you ever reup.
New link is up! Enjoy!
LOVE READING YOUR Info you contextualize in a very pragmatic way. been going thru by year and thought this quite often. comment here about no cahoot songs despite being about to be issued insightful KUTGW
Any Chance of a re-up?
Pig Street!
new link is up! enjoy!
And thanks for all the kind words about the blog!
Thanks for your speediness :-) I went to several Schaefer Music Festivals in Central Park (Boz Scaggs, Vassar, Hot Tuna,) Also when it became Dr Pepper Festival. The Band would of be Awesome to see in the Park! Besides an official release, 71 is a welcomed show for the collection!
Pig Street!
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