Bob Dylan and The Band

In 1974, Bob Dylan embarked on an extensive tour with his old backing band.  Now, they, too, were universally known - as The Band - and the double bill hit indoor arenas across North America for 40 concerts over 30 dates and 21 cities.  The tour became one of the largest and highest-profile of the era, in no small part due to the promotional efforts of David Geffen, who'd spurred on the talks and had recently lured Dylan away from Columbia Records to his own Asylum label.  While Dylan's Asylum affiliation would be short-lived, the incendiary recordings from the tour have lived on thanks to the release of Before the Flood, the Platinum-certified live album.  Bob Dylan and The Band's The 1974 Live Recordings, a 27-CD box from Columbia/Legacy, brings together 133 professionally recorded tracks (all newly-mixed from 16-track tape) and every single surviving soundboard recording.  In total, 417 of the 431 tracks are previously unreleased.