EPISODE · Apr 10, 2021 · 1H 7M
THE LAST WALTZ review - THE BAND, Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond - Top 10 - April 1976 - SHOW #17
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Today Jim and Mike talk about the 1976 film THE LAST WALTZ and end the show with the US Top 10 from the week ending April 10th, 1976. ABOUT THE LAST WALTZ The Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Last Waltz was advertised as The Band's "farewell concert appearance", and the concert saw The Band joined by more than a dozen special guests, including their previous employers Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan as well as Paul Butterfield, Bobby Charles, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood, and Neil Young. The musical director for the concert was The Band's original record producer, John Simon. The event was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same title, released in 1978. Jonathan Taplin, who was The Band's tour manager from 1969 to 1972 and later produced Scorsese's film Mean Streets, suggested that Scorsese would be the ideal director for the project and introduced Robbie Robertson and Scorsese. Taplin served as executive producer. The film features concert performances, intermittent song renditions shot on a studio soundstage, and interviews by Scorsese with members of The Band. A triple-LP soundtrack recording, produced by Simon and Rob Fraboni, was issued in 1978. The film was released on DVD in 2002 as was a four-CD box set of the concert and related studio recordings. The Last Waltz is hailed as one of the greatest documentary concert films ever made,[3] although it has been criticized for its focus on Robertson. In 2019, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". ************ Also Jim and Mike go over in detail the TOP 10 songs from the week ending April 10th, 1976 which were: 1 - DISCO LADY - Johnnie Taylor 2 - DREAM WEAVER - Gary Wright 3 - LONELY NIGHT (Angel Face) - The Captain and Tennille 4 - LET YOUR LOVE FLOW - The Bellamy Brothers 5 - RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM - Maxine Nightingale 6 - DREAM ON - Aerosmith 7 - BOOGIE FEVER - The Sylvers 8 - ONLY SIXTEEN - Dr. Hook 9 - SWEET LOVE - The Commodores 10 - GOLDEN YEARS - David Bowie
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Today Jim and Mike talk about the 1976 film THE LAST WALTZ and end the show with the US Top 10 from the week ending April 10th, 1976. ABOUT THE LAST WALTZThe Last Waltz was a concert by the Canadian-American rock group The Band, held on American Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1976, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The Last Waltz was advertised as The Band's "farewell concert appearance", and the concert saw The Band joined by more than a dozen special guests, including their previous employers Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan as well as Paul Butterfield, Bobby Charles, Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Ronnie Wood, and Neil Young. The musical director for the concert was The Band's original record producer, John Simon. The event was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same title, released in 1978. Jonathan Taplin, who was The Band's tour manager from 1969 to 1972 and later produced Scorsese's film Mean Streets, suggested that Scorsese would be the ideal director for the project and introduced Robbie Robertson and Scorsese. Taplin served as executive producer. The film features concert performances, intermittent song renditions shot on a studio soundstage, and interviews by Scorsese with members of The Band. A triple-LP soundtrack recording, produced by Simon and Rob Fraboni, was issued in 1978. The film was released on DVD in 2002 as was a four-CD box set of the concert and related studio recordings. The Last Waltz is hailed as one of the greatest documentary concert films ever made,[3] although it has been criticized for its focus on Robertson. In 2019, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". ************Also Jim and Mike go over in detail the TOP 10 songs from the week ending April 10th, 1976 which were: 1 - DISCO LADY - Johnnie Taylor 2 - DREAM WEAVER - Gary Wright 3 - LONELY NIGHT (Angel Face) - The Captain and Tennille 4 - LET YOUR LOVE FLOW - The Bellamy Brothers 5 - RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM - Maxine Nightingale6 - DREAM ON - Aerosmith 7 - BOOGIE FEVER - The Sylvers 8 - ONLY SIXTEEN - Dr. Hook 9 - SWEET LOVE - The Commodores 10 - GOLDEN YEARS - David Bowie
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