THE BAND “ROCK OF AGES” 1st PRESS '72 CAPITOL SABB-11045 2-LP SEALED, NEW

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THE BAND “ROCK OF AGES” 1st PRESS '72 CAPITOL SABB-11045 2-LP SEALED, NEW!

THE BAND - ROCK OF AGES (THE BAND IN CONCERT, (RECORDED LIVE AT NYC ACADEMY OF MUSIC) - ORIGINAL 1972 CAPITOL RECORDS STEREO 2-LP SET (DOUBLE ALBUM) SABB-11045

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·        (NOTE: REISSUES WITH ORIGINAL “TRIPLE” GATEFOLD COVERS DO NOT EXIST – ALL SUBSEQUENT REISSUES OF THIS ALBUM WERE TWO SEPARATE, SINGLE ALBUMS IN REGULAR COVERS)

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL ORIGINAL RED CAPITOL LABEL WITH   ROUND, PURPLE “C” LOGO ON TOP, EARLY 70’S STYLE , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN ABOVE, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL BOB LUDWIG MASTERING.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL GATEFOLD COVER, MADE OF THICK CARDBOARD (AMERICAN STYLE)  WITH GOLD LETTERING ON THE FRONT PANEL

·       ORIGINAL "TEXTURED" (CRUDE FINISH) COVER

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

From Capital Records, Inc.

The songs are:

•  Don't Do It

•  Rag Mama Rag

•  Get Up Jake

•  The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

•  The Shape I'm In

•  Stage Fright

•  (I don't want to) Hang Up My Rock and Roll Shoes

•  The Weight

•  King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

•  The Genetic Method

•  Chest Fever

•  Unfaithful Servant

•  Wheels On Fire

•  Across The Great Divide 

•  Life Is A Carnival

•  Caledonia Mission

•  W.S. Medicine Show

SAAB 11045

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Released on the heels of the stilted, static Cahoots, the double-album Rock of Ages occupies a curious yet important place in Band history. Recorded at a spectacular New Years Eve 1971 gig, the show and album were intended to be a farewell of sorts before the Band took an extended break in 1972, but it turned out to be a last hurrah in many different ways, closing the chapter on the first stage of their career, when they were among the biggest and most important rock & roll bands. That sense of importance had started to creep into their music, turning their studio albums after The Band into self-conscious affairs, and even the wildly acclaimed first two albums seemed to float out of time, existing in a sphere of their own and never having the kick of a rock & roll band. Rock of Ages has that kick in spades, and it captures that road warrior side of the band that was yet unheard on record. Since this band -- or more accurately its leader, Robbie Robertson -- was acutely aware of image and myth, this record didn't merely capture an everyday gig, it captured a spectacular, in retrospect almost a dry run for the legendary Last Waltz. New Orleans R&B legend Allen Toussaint was hired to write horn charts and conduct them, helping to open up the familiar tunes, which in turn helped turn this music into a warm, loose, big-hearted party. And that's what's so splendid about Rock of Ages: sure, the tightness of the Band as a performing unit is on display, but there's also a wild, rowdy heart pumping away in the backbeat of this music, something that the otherwise superb studio albums do not have. Simply put, this is a joy to hear, which may have been especially true after the dour, messy Cahoots, but even stripped of that context Rock of Ages has a spirit quite unlike any other Band album. Indeed, it could be argued that it captured the spirit of the Band at the time in a way none of their other albums do.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

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Forget the "Last Waltz" - here's the "First Waltz" - the Band captured live, for the first time, in action, in their prime.  The Band's 'Rock of Ages' has long been recognized as one of the finest live Rock & Roll  sets ever recorded. Not much else comes close. Finding a still sealed original copy?!?! Forget it – not even a HOPE!!! This may be the last one you will ever see.