The Band -2009- Un-cut Version | Premium Quality

The official 1969 release is a masterpiece of economy: 12 songs, 44 minutes. It is a log cabin built tight against the snow.

Some purists hate it. They say the edits were made for a reason. That the discipline of the original The Band is what makes it a top-five album of all time. The Band -2009- Un-Cut Version

So how did an album titled The Band appear in 2009? The official 1969 release is a masterpiece of

It didn’t—not officially. This is the myth: In the late winter of 2009, a master tape was anonymously sent to a small radio station in Woodstock, NY. The tracklist was a shock. It wasn’t Stage Fright or Cahoots . It was a radical, 72-minute re-edit of their legendary 1969 Brown Album (officially titled The Band ). They say the edits were made for a reason