Moondog matinee

Moondog matinee
The Band's studio album
Publication (s)	15th October 1973
Label (s)	Capitol
Format (s)	CD, LP
Genre (s)	Folk rock , country rock
Title (number)	10
running time	35 min 09 s
occupation	Guitar : Robbie Robertson E-bass / rhythm guitar / vocals : Rick Danko Drums / electric bass / rhythm guitar / vocals: Levon Helm Piano / e-piano / drums / vocals: Richard Manuel Organ / piano / accordion / synthesizer / clavinet / tenor saxophone : Garth Hudson Drums: Billy Mundi Pedal steel guitar : Ben Keith
production	The band
chronology Rock of Ages (1972) Moondog matinee Planet Waves (1974)

Moondog Matinee is the fifth studio album by the Canadian folk and country rock group The Band . It was released on October 15, 1973 on the Capitol Records label . Moondog Matinee only contains cover versions of pieces by other artists, mainly of old R & B - and Blues -Liedern. The original intention was to record the repertoire for the album that the band had played in their early stages, when they had roamed the clubs of Canada and the United States under the name Levon and the Hawks . In the end, there was only one track from this phase, Share Your Love (With Me) , actually on the album. The other songs were simply favorites of the musicians.

Moondog Matinee could n't repeat Rock of Ages' top ten success . The album peaked at number 28 on the US Billboard album charts. Moondog Matinee did not convince the critics either, as it is generally considered to be one of the weaker albums of the group.

Capitol coupled two singles from the album, both of which were released with non-album B-sides . Ain't Got No Home was released in November 1973 with Get Up Jake as the b-side, a song that had previously only been released in a live version on Rock of Ages . Ain't Got No Home only hit number 73 on the Billboard charts. The second single was Third Man Theme , which was released in February 1974 and featured as the B-side The WS Walcott Medicine Show from the album Cahoots . The single did not enter the charts.

Track list

A side

1. Ain't Got No Home ( Clarence "Frogman" Henry ) - 3:20
2. Holy Cow ( Allen Toussaint ) - 3:15
3. Share Your Love (With Me) ( Alfred Braggs / Deadric Malone ) - 2:50
4. Mystery Train ( Junior Parker / Sam Phillips ) - 5:35
5. Third Man Theme ( Anton Karas ) - 2:43

B side

6. The Promised Land ( Chuck Berry ) - 3:00
7. The Great Pretender ( Buck Ram ) - 3:07
8. I'm Ready ( Sylvester Bradford / Fats Domino / Al Lewis) - 3:22
9. Saved ( Jerry Leiber / Mike Stoller ) - 3:42
10. A Change Is Gonna Come ( Sam Cooke ) - 4:15

Republication

On May 8, 2001 , Capitol released the album on CD with the following bonus tracks :

11. Didn't It Rain ( Traditional ) - 3:16 ( Outtake )
12. Crying Heart Blues (Joe Brown) - 3:29 (Outtake)
13. Shakin - 3:31 (outtake)
14. What Am I Living For ( Art Harris ) - 5:03 (Outtake)
15. Going Back to Memphis (Berry) - 5:02 (Outtake)
16. Endless Highway ( Robbie Robertson ) - 5:08 (Studio Version)

Web links

• Moondog matinee at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Moondog Matinee. In: iTunes . Apple Inc., October 15, 1973, accessed September 23, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Steven Stolder: Moondog Matinee [Original Recording Remastered]. Amazon.com , accessed September 23, 2012.
3. ↑ Moondog Matinee at cduniverse. com, accessed September 23, 2012.
4. ↑ Moondog Matinee on The Band's official website , accessed September 23, 2012.
5. ↑ Reviews: Rolling Stone , Allmusic , Don Ignacio
6. ↑ Chart sources: US