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 The set is now out of print, having been replaced by the five-CD/one-DVD box set A Musical History that was released in September 2005.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

  18. "Who Do You Love?" – 2:40
  19. *by Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks, released March 1963
  20. "Do the Honky Tonk" – 2:58
  21. *by Levon & The Hawks, recorded live in 1964, previously unreleased
  22. "He Don't Love You" – 2:36
  23. *by Levon & The Hawks, released 1964
  24. "Katie's Been Gone" – 2:46
  25. *from The Basement Tapes
  26. "Bessie Smith" – 4:18
  27. *from The Basement Tapes
  28. "Orange Juice Blues " – 3:18
  29. *Previously unreleased demo
  30. "Ain't No Cane on the Brazos" – 4:26
  31. *Recorded live 1969 at the Woodstock Festival, previously unreleased
  32. "Slippin' and Slidin'" – 3:13
  33. *Recorded live 1970 St. Louis, Missouri, previously unreleased
  34. "Twilight" – 3:15
  35. *from The Best of The Band
  36. "Back to Memphis" – 5:58
  37. "Too Wet to Work" – 2:30
  38. *Performed by Garth Hudson solo, during thundershower
  39. "Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever" – 3:25
  40. "Don't Ya Tell Henry" – 3:23
  41. "Endless Highway" – 5:09
  42. *Tracks 10-14 from Live at Watkins Glen
  43. "She Knows" – 3:22
  44. *Credited to Richard Manuel; Rick Danko and Garth Hudson also perform
  45. *Recorded live 1986 at Lone Star Cafe in New York City, New York, previously unreleased
  46. "Evangeline" – 3:11
  47. "Out of the Blue" – 3:11
  48. "The Weight" – 4:35
  49. "The Last Waltz Refrain" – 1:31
  50. "Theme from The Last Waltz" – 3:26
  51. *Tracks 16-20 from The Last Waltz

    Personnel

;Producers
;Other participants