Islands (The Band album)

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Length 35:15 Artist The Band Producer The Band Genre Rock music		Islands (1977) Anthology (1978) Release date 15 March 1977 Label Capitol Records

Released March 15, 1977 (1977-03-15) Recorded December 1972 – January 1977 Shangri-la Studios; Village Recorders, Los Angeles, CA Similar The Band albums, Rock music albums

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Islands is the seventh studio album by the Canadian-American rock group the Band. Released in 1977 to mixed reviews, it is the final studio album from the group's original lineup.

Primarily composed of previously unreleased songs from the Band's career (including their 1976 cover of "Georgia on My Mind", which was recorded to aid Jimmy Carter in his presidential bid), Islands was released to fulfill the group's contract with Capitol Records, so that the soundtrack to their film The Last Waltz could be released on Warner Bros. Records. In the CD liner notes, Robbie Robertson compares the album to the Who's Odds & Sods.

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Personnel

Rick Danko – bass guitar, vocals

Levon Helm – drums, vocals

Garth Hudson – organ, synthesizer, accordion, piccolo, tenor, alto, and baritone saxophones

Richard Manuel – acoustic and electric pianos, vocals

Robbie Robertson – guitars, Lead Vocal on "Knockin' Lost John"

Additional musicians

James Gordon – flute on "Islands"

Tom Malone – trombone on "Islands"

John Simon – alto saxophone on "Islands"

Larry Packer – violin on "Islands"

Production

Ed Anderson – engineering

Neil Brody – engineering

Rob Fraboni – engineering

Nat Jeffrey – engineering

Songs

1Right As Rain3:54
2Street Walker3:17
3Let the Night Fall3:12

References

Islands (The Band album) Wikipedia

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Contents

1 swans life or death

Personnel

Songs

References