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 The set is now out of print, having been replaced by the five-CD/one-DVD box set A Musical History which was released in September 2005.

Track listing

All songs written by Robbie Robertson, unless otherwise noted.

Disc one

Tracks 1–7 from Music from Big Pink. Tracks 8–15 from The Band. Tracks 16–19 from Stage Fright.
  1. "Tears of Rage" – 5:19
  2. "The Weight" – 4:35
  3. "I Shall Be Released" – 3:12
  4. "Chest Fever" – 5:13
  5. "In a Station" – 3:30
  6. "To Kingdom Come" – 3:19
  7. "Lonesome Suzie" – 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" – 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. Tracks 5–9 from Rock of Ages. Tracks 10–11 from Moondog Matinee. Tracks 12–14 from Northern Lights – Southern Cross. Tracks 15–17 from Islands.
  1. "When I Paint My Masterpiece" – 4:18
  2. "The Moon Struck One" – 4:08
  3. "Life Is a Carnival" – 3:57
  4. "The River Hymn" – 4:37
  5. "Don't Do It" – 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" – 3:54
  10. "Share Your Love with Me" – 2:54
  11. "Mystery Train" – 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?" – 2:40
  2. *by Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, released March 1963
  3. "Do the Honky Tonk" – 2:58
  4. *by Levon & the Hawks, recorded live in 1964, previously unreleased
  5. "He Don't Love You" – 2:36
  6. *by Levon & the Hawks, released 1964
  7. "Katie's Been Gone" – 2:46
  8. *from The Basement Tapes
  9. "Bessie Smith" – 4:18
  10. *from The Basement Tapes
  11. "Orange Juice Blues " – 3:18
  12. *Previously unreleased demo
  13. "Ain't No Cane on the Brazos" – 4:26
  14. *Recorded live 1969 at the Woodstock Festival, previously unreleased
  15. "Slippin' and Slidin' – 3:13
  16. *Recorded live 1970 Syria Mosque Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, previously unreleased
  17. "Twilight" – 3:15
  18. *from The Best of the Band
  19. "Back to Memphis" – 5:58
  20. "Too Wet to Work" – 2:30
  21. *Performed by Garth Hudson solo, during thundershower
  22. *Recorded live 1973 at the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen festival in Watkins Glen, New York
  23. "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" – 3:25
  24. "Don't Ya Tell Henry" – 3:23
  25. "Endless Highway" – 5:09
  26. *Tracks 10–14 from Live at Watkins Glen
  27. "She Knows" – 3:22
  28. *Credited to Richard Manuel; Rick Danko and Garth Hudson also perform
  29. *Recorded live 1986 at the Lone Star Cafe in New York City, New York, previously unreleased
  30. "Evangeline" – 3:11
  31. "Out of the Blue" – 3:11
  32. "The Weight" – 4:35
  33. "The Last Waltz Refrain" – 1:31
  34. "Theme from The Last Waltz" – 3:26
  35. *Tracks 16–20 from ''The Last Waltz''

Personnel

;Producers
;Other participants