# Across the Great Divide (album)

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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 The set is now out of print, having been replaced by the five-CD/one-DVD box set A Musical History which was released in September 2005.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 (1968). Tracks 8–15 from The Band (1969). Tracks 16–19 from Stage Fright (1970).
* "Tears of Rage" (Bob Dylan, Richard Manuel) – 5:19
* "The Weight" – 4:35
* "I Shall Be Released" (Dylan) – 3:12
* "Chest Fever" – 5:13
* "In a Station" (Manuel) – 3:30
* "To Kingdom Come" – 3:19
* "Lonesome Suzie" (Manuel) – 4:01
* "Rag Mama Rag" – 3:03
* "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" – 3:31
* "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" – 3:38
* "Rockin' Chair" – 3:39
* "Whispering Pines" (Manuel, Robertson) – 3:56
* "Up on Cripple Creek" – 4:31
* "Across the Great Divide" – 2:54
* "The Unfaithful Servant" – 4:16
* "The Shape I'm In" – 4:01
* "Daniel and the Sacred Harp" – 4:13
* "All La Glory" – 3:34
* "Stage Fright" – 3:44

### Disc two

Tracks 1–4 from Cahoots (1971). Tracks 5–9 from Rock of Ages (1972). Tracks 10–11 from Moondog Matinee (1973). Tracks 12–14 from Northern Lights – Southern Cross (1975). Tracks 15–17 from Islands (1977).
* "When I Paint My Masterpiece" (Dylan) – 4:18
* "The Moon Struck One" – 4:08
* "Life Is a Carnival" (Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Robertson) – 3:57
* "The River Hymn" – 4:37
* "Don't Do It" (Holland–Dozier–Holland) – 4:42
* "Caledonia Mission" – 3:21
* "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show" – 3:52
* "Get Up Jake" – 3:16
* "This Wheel's on Fire" (Danko, Dylan) – 3:54
* "Share Your Love with Me" (Deadric Malone, Alfred Braggs) – 2:54
* "Mystery Train" (H. Parker Jr., Sam Phillips, additional lyrics by Robertson) – 5:40
* "Acadian Driftwood" – 6:40
* "Ophelia" – 3:29
* "It Makes No Difference" – 6:32
* "Livin' in a Dream" – 2:50
* "The Saga of Pepote Rouge" – 4:13
* "Right as Rain" – 3:54

### Disc three

* "Who Do You Love?" (Bo Diddley) – 2:40
** by Ronnie Hawkins & the Hawks, released March 1963
* "Do the Honky Tonk" (Don Robey) – 2:58
** by Levon & the Hawks, recorded live in 1964, previously unreleased
* "He Don't Love You" – 2:36
** by Levon & the Hawks, released 1964
* "Katie's Been Gone" (Manuel, Robertson) – 2:46
** from The Basement Tapes (1975)
* "Bessie Smith" (Danko, Robertson) – 4:18
** from The Basement Tapes
* "Orange Juice Blues (Blues for Breakfast)" (Manuel) – 3:18
** Previously unreleased demo
* "Ain't No Cane on the Brazos" (Traditional, arr. by Danko, Helm, Garth Hudson, Manuel, Robertson) – 4:26
** Recorded live 1969 at the Woodstock Festival, previously unreleased
* "Slippin' and Slidin'" (Richard Penniman) – 3:13
** Recorded live 1970 Syria Mosque Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, previously unreleased
* "Twilight" – 3:15
** from The Best of the Band (1976)
* "Back to Memphis" (Chuck Berry) – 5:58
* "Too Wet to Work" (Garth Hudson) – 2:30
** Performed by Garth Hudson solo, during thundershower
** Recorded live 1973 at the Summer Jam at Watkins Glen festival in Watkins Glen, New York
* "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" (Stevie Wonder, Ivy Jo Hunter) – 3:25
* "Don't Ya Tell Henry" (Dylan) – 3:23
* "Endless Highway" – 5:09
** Tracks 10–14 from Live at Watkins Glen (1995)
* "She Knows" (Jimmy Griffin, Robb Royer) – 3:22
** Credited to Richard Manuel; Rick Danko and Garth Hudson also perform
** Recorded live 1986 at the Lone Star Cafe in New York City, New York, previously unreleased
* "Evangeline" – 3:11 (with Emmylou Harris)
* "Out of the Blue" – 3:11
* "The Weight" – 4:35 (with The Staple Singers)
* "The Last Waltz Refrain" – 1:31
* "Theme from The Last Waltz" – 3:26
** Tracks 16–20 from The Last Waltz (1978)

## Personnel

* Rick Danko – bass, rhythm guitar, fiddle, trombone, vocals
* Levon Helm – drums, mandolin, rhythm guitar, bass, percussion, vocals
* Garth Hudson – organ, piano, synthesizers, clavinet, accordion, wind instruments
* Richard Manuel – piano, organ, drums, clavinet, harmonica, baritone saxophone, dobro, vocals
* Robbie Robertson – guitars, autoharp, vocals

### Producers

* The Band – producers (disc one, tracks 16–19, disc two, tracks 1–17 and disc three tracks 2, 4–5, 8–14)
* John Simon – producer (disc one, tracks 1–15)
* Robbie Robertson – producer (disc three, tracks 16–20)
* Henry Glover – producer (disc three, track 1)
* Eddie Heller – producer (disc three, track 3)
* Albert Grossman – producer (disc three, track 6)
* Eric Blackstead – producer (disc three, track 7)
* Garth Hudson – producer (disc three, track 15)
* See individual albums for engineering credits.

### Other participants

* John Simon – electric piano, tuba, baritone horn and tenor saxophone on disc one, tracks 1, 4, 8, 10, 14–15, string arrangements on "Theme from The Last Waltz"
* Allen Toussaint – horn arrangements on "Life Is a Carnival", "Don't Do It", "Caledonia Mission" and "The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show"
* Billy Mundi – drums on "Mystery Train"
* Byron Berline – fiddle on "Acadian Driftwood"
* Ronnie Hawkins – vocals on "Who Do You Love"
* Roy Buchanan – bass on "Who Do You Love"
* Jerry Penfound – tenor saxophone on "Do the Honky Tonk"
* Larry Packer – violin and viola on "She Knows"
* Frank Luther – string bass on "She Knows"
* Jason Myles – harp emulation and programming on "She Knows"
* Emmylou Harris – guitar and vocals on "Evangeline"
* Roebuck "Pops" Staples – guitar and vocals on "The Weight" (disc three)
* Mavis Staples – vocals on "The Weight" (disc three)
* Cleotha and Yvonne Staples – harmony vocals on "The Weight" (disc three)