The Band

Artist:  The Band
Origin:  Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre:  Rock, Roots Rock, Americana, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Rock & Roll

Original line-up:

Rick Danko:  Bass, Vocals, Double Bass, Fiddle, Trombone
Robbie Robertson:  Guitars, Vocals, Percussion
Garth Hudson:  Organ, Keyboards, Saxophone, Accordion, Pedalboard, Woodwinds, Brass
Richard Manuel:  Piano, Organ, Vocals, Lap Steel Guitar, Drums
Levon Helm:  Drums, Mandolin, Guitar, Vocals, Percussion

The Band was a Canadian-American Roots Rock Band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada formed in 1964 by Rick Danko (Bass, Double Bass, Vocals), Robbie Robertson (Guitar, Percussion, Vocals), Garth Hudson (Keyboards, Saxophone, Trumpet), Richard Manuel (Piano, Drums, Vocals), and Levon Helm (Drums, Mandolin, Guitar, Vocals).  The members of The Band came together from Ronnie Hawkins's backing group.  In 1964, they separated from Ronnie Hawkins and released a few singles as Levon and The Hawks and The Canadian Squires.  The Next Year, Bob Dylan hired them for his U.S. Tour in 1965 and world tour in 1966, and made the informal recordings in 1967 that became The Basement Tapes.  In 1968, they released the debut album Music From Big Pink.  The Band was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame in 1989 and The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1994.  In 2004 Rolling Stone Magazine ranked them No. 50 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time.  In 2014, The Band was inducted into Canada's Walk Of Fame.

Title:  Transmission Impossible (Box Set 3 CD)  (2016)
Genre:  Rock, Roots Rock, Americana, Folk Rock, Country Rock, Rock & Roll
Label:  Eat To The Beat
Rating:  *****

Disc 1:  From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At The Syria Mosque, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, November 1, 1970:

 1.  The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show  (3:40)
 2.  This Wheel's On Fire  (3:53)
 3.  Rockin' Chair  (4:13)
 4.  Strawberry Wine  (3:35)
 5.  The Unfaithful Servant  (4:32)
 6.  The Weight  (4:50)
 7.  We Can Talk (3:01)
 8.  Up On Cripple Creek  (4:40)
 9.  The Shape I'm In  (3:55)
10. Time To Kill  (3:28)
11. King Harvest (Has Surely Come)  (3:42)
12. Look Out Cleveland  (3:33)
13. The Rumor   (4:39)
14. Stage Fright  (3:53)
15. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down  (3:09)
16. Across The Great Divide  (3:07)\
17. I Shall Be Released  (3:39)
18. Slippin' And Slidin  (3:13)

Disc 2:  From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At The Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey, August 1, 1973:

 1.  Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever  (8:08)
 2.  The Shape I'm In (5:10)
 3.  The Weight  (4;22)
 4.  Stage Fright  (4:51)
 5.  I Shall Be Released  (3:27)
 6.  Don't Do It  (6:50)
 7.  Endless Highway  (5:23)
 8.  The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down  (4:48)
 9.  Across The Great Divide  (2:40)
10. This Wheel's On Fire  (4:24)
11. Saved  (5:26)
12. Life Is A Carnival  (5:05)
13. The W.S. Walcott Madicine Show  (4:08)

Disc 3:  From A Live FM Broadcast Recorded At The Carter Baron Amphitheater, Washington DC, July 17, 1976:

 1.  Don't Do It  (5:25)
 2.  The Shape I'm In  (4:06)
 3.  It Makes No Difference  (7:19)
 4.  The Weight  (4:44)
 5.  King Harvest  (3:40)
 6.  Twilight  (3:24)
 7.  Ophelia  (3:31)
 8.  Tears Of Rage  (5:50)
 9.  Forbidden Fruit  (6:03)
10. This Wheel's On Fire  (3:51)
11. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down  (4:03)
12. Organ Solo  (2:58)
13. Chest Fever  (5:10)
14. Up On Cripple Creek  (5:49)
15. The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show  (3:56)

Personnel:

Rick Danko:  Bass, Vocals, Double Bass, Fiddle, Trombone
Robbie Robertson:  Guitars, Vocals, Percussion
Garth Hudson:  Organ, Keyboards, Saxophone, Accordion, Pedalboard, Woodwinds, Brass
Richard Manuel:  Piano, Organ, Vocals, Lap Steel Guitar, Drums
Levon Helm:  Drums, Mandolin, Guitar, Vocals, Percussion

Transmission Impossible is The Box Set 3 CD featuring live performance from 1970, 1973 and 1976, with one of the most extraordinary career across the past 50 years by The Band, was released on July 15, 2016 by Eat To The Beat.