On October 15, 1973, “Capitol” label released “Moondog Matinee” the fifth Band (The) studio album. It was recorded March–June 1973, at “Bearsville Sound Studios” in Bearsville, New York; “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson, Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel and Billy Mundi. The album consists entirely of cover songs.
Personnel:
- Robbie Robertson – guitars
- Richard Manuel – vocals, acoustic and electric piano, drums
- Rick Danko – vocals, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
- Levon Helm – vocals, drums, bass guitar, rhythm guitar
- Garth Hudson- organ, piano, accordion, synthesizer, clavinet, tenor saxophone
- Billy Mundi- drums
- Ben Keith- pedal steel guitar
- Mark Harman – engineer
- Jay Ranellucci – engineer
- John Wilson – engineer
- Edward Kasper – artwork
Track listing:
- Ain’t Got No Home – Clarence “Frogman” Henry
- Holy Cow – Allen Toussaint
- Share Your Love (With Me) – Deadric Malone, Alfred Braggs
- Mystery Train – Junior Parker, Sam Phillips
- Third Man Theme – Anton Karas
- Promised Land – Chuck Berry
- The Great Pretender – Buck Ram
- I’m Ready – Fats Domino, Al Lewis, Sylvester Bradford
- Saved – Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
- A Change Is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke
