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  • Summary: The four-disc set expands on the roots rock band 1972's Rock Of Ages live release with additional tracks and an unedited soundboard mix from the four night residency at New York City's Academy of Music.
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Genre(s): Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock, Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Rock & Roll, Country-Rock, Psychedelic/Garage
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  1. 100
    It's simply marvellous, an unalloyed joy from first to last, with Robbie Robertson's finely wrought storytelling songs augmented by a few well-chosen covers.
  2. Oct 4, 2013
    100
    All totaled: a trunkload of what at this point are barroom folk standards, played so vividly you'll be bellowing along.
  3. Oct 4, 2013
    90
    These discs should be played loud, but not to ramp up the cinematics. Rather, they should be played loud to highlight the intimate details, to convince you just how uniquely, impossibly good these guys were when they played together.
  4. Oct 4, 2013
    80
    Although this box is not perfect--it's hard not to wish there were no duplications on the first two discs, or the last two--it is nevertheless a mighty testament to the Band at the peak of their powers.