When I Get Off of this Mountain, You Know Where I Want to Go?

This is a bootleg I've been just dying to come across. Usenet floods of the shittiest bands happen on a seemingly hourly basis and the good stuff is well, very rare. Does anyone really need 17,000 bootlegs of Uriah Heep concerts from 30 years ago? The answer, of course, is no. But every so often, gems like this are uploaded and then the wheels really hit the pavement. The Last Moving Shadows is 2-disc CD-R Band bootleg from Massive Attack Discs, probably named after Ron Horning's 1988 article "The Moving Shadow of Richard Manuel" from Village Voice, about The Band's former lead singer. Disc 1 contains live recordings from various venues 1984-1986, disc 2 is from a good quality soundboard tape recorded at The Band's concert at New York's Lone Star Cafe, February 8, 1986, less than a month before Richard died. This is the first time I've seen a bootleg from The Band in one of these usenet groups and I hope this is the start of a series I can post. Of the boots I do have from the Stones and Springsteen among others, the sound on this one is the absolute best, I mean just fucking marvelous. As I write this, I've got "It Makes No Difference" on a top volume. I know it's a horrible cliche, but music like this is few and far between in the year 2008. They don't make 'em like this anymore. Actually, they never really belonged in their time either. Nobody ever really made music quite like this.



Tracks
Disc 1 - Various venues 1984-1986

You Don't Know Me: Tokyo Japan 09/01/83 (3:20)
King Harvest: Tokyo Japan 09/01/83 (3:42)
Bring It On Home: Capital Theatre Passaic NJ 06/09/84 (5:45)
It Makes No Difference: Atlanta GA 09/08/84 (6:24)
She Knows: Indianapolis IN 05/07/85 (2:48)
That's How I Love You: Indianapolis IN 05/07/85 (2:59)
Unfaithful Servant: Evansville IN 05/16/85 (2:52)
Across The Great Divide: Lone Star Cafe NYC 02/07/86 early show (3:46)
Caldonia: Lone Star Cafe NYC 02/07/86 early show (7:15)
The Shape I'm In: Lone Star Cafe NYC 02/07/86 early show (3:46)
Don't Want To Hang Up My R&R Shoes: Osaka Japan 08/29/83 (3:11)
Blaze Of Glory: Osaka Japan 08/29/83 (3:16)

Disc 2 - Lone Star Cafe NYC 02/08/86 late show
Organ Improv (1:40)
Chest Fever (4:48)
Long Black Veil (6:01)
Milk Cow Blues (4:17)
You Don't Know Me (2:51)
Stage Fright (5:11)
Ain't Got No Home (4:01)
I Wish You Were Here Tonight (4:58)
Ill Wind Blowin (3:25)
Mystery Train (5:21)
Up On Cripple Creek (5:16)
I Shall Be Released (3:29)
The Weight (5:34)
Willie And The Hand Jive (6:55)

The Band - The Last Moving Shadows - 1999 - Massive Attack Discs MA 990144/45