The Band bola kanadsko-americká rocková skupina, ktorej hudba ovplyvnila vývoj roots rocku a folk rocku. V roku 2004 ju časopis Rolling Stone zaradil na 50. miesto medzi stovkou najväčších hudobných umelcov všetkých čias a skupina získala cenu Grammy za celoživotný prínos.
Dvojalbum The Last Waltz vyšiel v roku 1978 na vydavateľstve Rhino a predstavuje soundtrack k filmu Martina Scorseseho, ktorý dokumentuje záverečný koncert The Band z 25. novembra 1976 po 16 rokoch turné. Nahrávka obsahuje 30 skladieb a patrí medzi klasiky koncertných albumov. Na platni zaznievajú okrem iných The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Up on Cripple Creek, I Shall Be Released či Ophelia. Vinylová reedícia vyšla v rámci kampane Rocktober.
V čase vydania tvorili The Band Richard Manuel (bicie, klávesy, lap steel guitar, spev), Rick Danko (basová gitara, husle, spev), Levon Helm (bicie, gitara, spev, mandolína), Garth Hudson (akordeón, klávesy, saxofón) a Stan Szelest.
Skladby
LP1
1. Theme From the Last Waltz (2002 Remaster) [03:22]
2. Up on Cripple Creek (2003 Remaster) [04:35]
3. Who Do You Love (2003 Remaster) [04:16]
4. Helpless (Remastered) [05:47]
5. Stagefright (2003 Remaster) [04:25]
6. Coyote (2002 Remaster) [05:50]
7. Dry Your Eyes (2002 Remaster) [03:57]
8. It Makes No Difference (2002 Remaster) [06:48]
9. Such a Night (2002 Remaster) [04:00]
LP2
1. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (2002 Remaster) [04:20]
2. Mystery Train (with Paul Butterfield) [2002 Remaster] [04:59]
3. Mannish Boy (2002 Remaster) [06:54]
4. Further on up the Road (2002 Remaster) [05:08]
5. The Shape I'm In (2002 Remaster) [04:06]
6. Down South in New Orleans (2002 Remaster) [03:06]
7. Ophelia (2002 Remaster) [03:53]
8. Tura Lura Lural (That's an Irish Lullaby) [2002 Remaster] [04:15]
9. Caravan (2002 Remaster) [06:02]
LP3
1. Life Is a Carnival (2002 Remaster) [04:19]
2. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (2002 Remaster) [02:46]
3. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) [2002 Remaster] [03:33]
4. Forever Young (2002 Remaster) [04:42]
5. Baby Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise) [2002 Remaster] [02:46]
6. I Shall Be Released (2002 Remaster) [05:25]
7. The Well (2002 Remaster) [03:27]
8. Evangeline (2002 Remaster) [03:17]
9. Out of the Blue (2002 Remaster) [03:08]
10. The Weight (2002 Remaster) [04:38]
11. The Last Waltz Refrain (2002 Remaster) [01:28]
12. Theme From the Last Waltz (With Orchestra) [2002 Remaster] [03:22]
