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Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars

Live at the Palladium, New Years Eve 1977

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Historic live album starring Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars recorded live at the Palladium in New York City on New Years Eve 1977/1978. The album features over one hour of live tracks by a star studded cast of musicians playing to the excitement of a New Years Eve crowd in the greatest city in the world. This classic collection of American music features Levon Helm (drums/vocals), Dr. John (keys/vocals, Paul Butterfield (harmonica/vocals), Fred Carter (guitar/vocals), Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass), Steve Cropper (guitar), Lou Marini (saxophones), Howard Johnson (tuba/baritone sax), Tom "Bones" Malone (trombone) and Alan Rubin (trumpet).

Release by Levon Helm Studios in March 2006.

This is a must-have album, superb performances with the drums loud and to the fore, wonderful horn arrangements, a great "Ophelia" and the opening track "Ain't That A Lot of Love" is way better than the rather weak rendition by The Band on Islands. It's also a very crisp, clear mix, suggesting that this was always seen as a possible release. New tracks (i.e. not on the original RCO All Stars album) include "Ain't That A Lot Of Love," "Goin' Back to Memphis," "Born in Chicago," "Got My Mojo Working" and "Goodnight Irene." With a band comprising Duck Dunn, Dr John, Steve Cropper, Paul Butterfield, Fred Carter Jnr and the TLW horn section, you can't go wrong. You're mad if you don't order it today!
--Peter Viney, the "GB", March 2006

See also Viney's review from Record Collector magazine, June 2006.

Tracks

  1. MPEG-3 file Ain't That A Lotta Love (Banks/Parker)
  2. MPEG-3 file A Mood I Was In (Fred Carter Jr.)
  3. MPEG-3 file Milk Cow Boogie (P.D./Helm/Dunn)
  4. MPEG-3 file Ties That Bind (Rebennack/Charles)
  5. MPEG-3 file Goin Back To Memphis (Young/Young/Johnson/Kenney/Orr/Martin
  6. MPEG-3 file Blues So Bad (Helm/Glover)
  7. MPEG-3 file Washer Woman (Rebennack)
  8. MPEG-3 file Born in Chicago (Nick Gravenites)
  9. MPEG-3 file Rain Down Tears (Toombs/Glover)
  10. MPEG-3 file Got My Mojo Working (Preston Foster)
  11. MPEG-3 file Sing, Sing, Sing (Earl King)
  12. MPEG-3 file Ophelia (J.R. Robertson)
  13. MPEG-3 file Good Night Irene (Ledbetter/Lomax/Bynum)

Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars - 2006 - Levon Helm Studios CD-LHS-03

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