The Last Waltz (1978)

About this title: As a film, The Last Waltz was a triumph -- one of the first (and still one of the few) rock concert documentaries that was directed by a filmmaker who understood both the look and the sound of rock & roll, and executed with enough technical craft to capture all the nooks and crannies of a great live show. But as an album, The Last Waltz soundtrack had to compete with the Band's earlier live album, Rock of Ages, with which it bears a certain superficial resemblance -- both found the group trying to create something grander than the standard-issue live double, and both featured the group beefed ... read more

Tracks:

1. Theme from The Last Waltz [Robertson]
2. Up on Cripple Creek [Robertson]
3. Who Do You Love? [McDaniel]
4. Helpless [Young]
5. Stage Fright [Robertson]
6. Coyote [Mitchell]
7. Dry Your Eyes [Diamond/Robertson]
8. It Makes No Difference [Robertson]
9. Such a Night [Rebennack]
10. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [Robertson]
11. Mystery Train [Parker/Phillips]
12. Mannish Boy [London/Diddley/Wate]
13. Further on Up the Road [Robey/Medwick]
14. Shape I'm In [Robertson]
15. Down South in New Orleans [Anglin/Anglin/Charl]
16. Ophelia [Robertson]
17. Tura-Lura-Lural (That's an Irish Lullaby) [Shannon]
18. Caravan [Morrison]
19. Life Is a Carnival [Danko/Helm/Robertso]
20. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down [Davis]
21. I Don't Believe You (She Acts Like We Never Have Met) [Dylan]
22. Forever Young [Dylan]
23. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down (Reprise) [Davis]
24. I Shall Be Released [Dylan]
25. The Last Waltz Suite: The Well [Robertson]
26. The Last Waltz Suite: Evangeline [Robertson]
27. The Last Waltz Suite: Out of the Blue [Robertson]
28. The Last Waltz Suite: The Weight [Robertson]
29. The Last Waltz Suite: The Last Waltz Refrain [Robertson]
30. The Last Waltz Suite: Theme from The Last Waltz [With Orchestra] [Robertson]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.