Album
Northern Lights-Southern Cross
1975 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
13 collectors on Gatefold own this
Northern Lights-Southern Cross is a Rock album by The Band, originally released in 1975. On Gatefold: 73 pressings tracked, owned by 13 collectors.
About
Even though <i>Northern Lights-Southern Cross</i> isn't The Band's official finale (the piecemeal <i>Islands</i> and the farewell concert <i>The Last Waltz</i> came later), it feels like the group's goodbye. Recorded at Shangri-La (the state-of-the-art 24-track studio the band built for itself in Malibu), <i>Nothern Lights-Southern Cross</i> took longer to record than any of The Band's other albums, and it showcases an older, wiser, and slightly wearier group. All of The Band's elements gel on the uptempo "Forbidden Fruit," which directly addresses the addictions that had hindered The Band over the past several years: "Little brother got caught in the web/He ran off to join the living dead/Been through the mill, seen the cross on the hill/He sold his soul just for a thrill." Along with Rick Danko's crushing "It Makes No Difference," "Acadian Driftwood" is the group's last acknowledged classic, a tragic portrait of displacement flickering with the warmth of a beach bonfire. However, the album's overlooked songs might be even better. Highlighted by Garth Hudson's mercurial keyboards, "Jupiter Hollow" and "Rag and Bones" are cut from the same cloth. Their blend of sweet nostalgia and mysterious hurt seems a perfect place for The Band to close its career.
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Tracklist
- 1Forbidden Fruit5:59
- 2Hobo Jungle4:15
- 3Ophelia3:32
- 4Acadian Driftwood6:42
- 5Ring Your Bell3:55
- 6It Makes No Difference6:34
- 7Jupiter Hollow5:20
- 8Rags & Bones4:45
- 9Twilight (Early Alternate Version)3:13
- 10Christmas Must Be Tonight (Alternate Version)3:01
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- warm
- nostalgic
- pastoral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Garth HudsonORGAN, ACCORDION, SYNTHESIZER, PICCOLO FLUTE, CHANTER, BRASS, WOODWIND, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE ACCORDION, CHANTER, PICCOLO FLUTE ACCORDION, ORGAN , SYNTHESIZER
- Levon HelmDRUMS, VOCALS DRUMS VOCALS, DRUMS
- Richard ManuelVOCALS, ELECTRIC PIANO, CONGAS, CLAVINET, ORGAN, PIANO, DRUMS CLAVINET, VOCALS CONGAS, ELECTRIC PIANO, VOCALS
- Rick DankoVOCALS, BASS, HARMONICA BASS BASS, HARMONICA
- Robbie RobertsonELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, MELODICA, PIANO, CLAVINET ACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, MELODICA
- Byron BerlineFIDDLE
13 collectors on Gatefold own this · 73 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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