The Band - 'Moondog Matinee' [320k MP3]

Moondog Matinee is the sixth album by Canadian-American rock group The Band released in 1973. It consists entirely of cover material taken from the group's love of R&B and blues music with one exception in their interpretation of the theme from the film The Third Man.

The idea had been to replicate the group's setlists of the mid-'60s when they had been known as Levon and the Hawks playing clubs throughout Canada and the United States. Of course, the final result was far from that. Of the ten tracks, only one, "Share Your Love (With Me)" had been performed by the group in the mid-'60s. The rest were merely tracks the group admired, two of them, "Holy Cow" and "A Change Is Gonna Come", chronologically coming after the group's club days.

Moondog Matinee [320k MP3]

01. "Ain't Got No Home" (Clarence "Frogman" Henry) – 3:20
02. "Holy Cow" (Allen Toussaint) – 3:15
03. "Share Your Love (With Me)" (Deadric Malone, Alfred Braggs) – 2:50
04. "Mystery Train" (H. Parker, Jr., adaptation by Robbie Robertson) – 5:35
05. "Third Man Theme" (Anton Karas, W. Lord) – 2:43
06. "The Promised Land" (Chuck Berry) – 3:00
07. "The Great Pretender" (Buck Ram) – 3:07
08. "I'm Ready" (Fats Domino, Al Lewis, Sylvester Bradford) – 3:22
09. "Saved" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:42
10. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 4:15

Bonus Tracks

11. "Didn't It Rain" (Outtake) (Traditional)
12. "Crying Heart Blues" (Outtake) (J. Brown)
13. "Shakin'" (Outtake)
14. "What Am I Living For" (Outtake) (Art Harris)
15. "Going Back To Memphis" (Outtake) (Chuck Berry)
16. "Endless Highway" (Studio Version) (Robbie Robertson)

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Rick Danko - bass, rhythm guitar, vocals
Levon Helm - drums, bass, rhythm guitar, vocals
Garth Hudson - organ, piano, accordion, synthesizer, clavinet, tenor saxophone
Richard Manuel - acoustic and electric pianos, drums, vocals
Robbie Robertson - guitars