A Musical History

A Musical History
Box set by
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2005
RecordedSeptember 1961 – May 1977
GenreRock
Length422:49
LabelCapitol
ProducerHenry Glover, Jan Haust, Bob Johnson, Cheryl Pawelski, Robbie Robertson, Andrew Sandoval, John Simon, Peter J. Moore
The Band chronology
The Last Waltz
(2002)
A Musical History
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Rolling Stone link

A Musical History is the second box set to anthologize Canadian-American rock group the Band. Released by Capitol Records on September 27, 2005, it features 111 tracks spread over five compact discs and one DVD. Roughly spanning the group's journey from 1961 to 1977, from their days behind Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan through the departure of Robbie Robertson and the first disbanding of the group. The set includes highlights from each of the group's first seven studio albums and both major live recordings and nearly forty rare or previously unreleased performances.[1]

Capitol released a single CD+DVD abridged version titled The Best of A Musical History in 2007. It included a selection of what the compilers felt were the best tracks of the five CDs, as well as a shorter version of the DVD.[2]

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "A Musical History – The Band". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Best of A Musical History – The Band". AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2016.