Editing Robbie Robertson (section)

====1974: Reunion with Bob Dylan ====
In February 1973,<ref name="bjorner_1973">{{cite book|last1=Björner|first1=Olof|title=Willing To Take Chances: Bob Dylan 1973|date=2001|publisher=Olof Björner|url=http://www.bjorner.com/1973%20Willing%20To%20Take%20Chances.pdf|access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref>{{rp|2}} Bob Dylan relocated from Woodstock, New York to [[Malibu, California]].<ref name=Marty>{{cite book| last =Newman| first =Martin Alan| title =Bob Dylan's Malibu| publisher =EDLIS Café Press| year =2021| location =Hibbing, Minnesota| isbn =9781736972304}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hasted|first1=Nick|title=Shelter From The Storm – the inside story of Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/features/shelter-from-the-storm-the-inside-story-of-bob-dylan-s-blood-on-the-tracks-15656|website=UnCut Magazine online|publisher=Time Inc. (UK) Ltd.|access-date=May 30, 2016|location=London|date=November 15, 2013}}</ref> Coincidentally, Robertson moved to Malibu in the summer of 1973, and by October of the year the rest of the members of the Band had followed suit, moving into properties near [[Zuma Beach]].{{citation needed|date=March 2017}}
[[File:Bob_Dylan_and_The_Band_-_1974.jpg|right|thumb|Bob Dylan and the Band performing at the [[Chicago Stadium]] in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], on the 1974 reunion tour, Robertson is second from the left]]
[[David Geffen]] had signed Dylan to [[Asylum Records]], and worked with promoter [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]] on the concept that became the [[Bob Dylan and the Band 1974 Tour]]. It was his first tour in over seven years.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

Meanwhile, Bill Graham took out a full-page advertisement for the Bob Dylan and the Band tour in ''[[The New York Times]]''. The response was one of the largest in entertainment history up to that point, with between 5 and 6 million requests for tickets mailed in for 650,000 seats. Graham's office ended up selling tickets off on a lottery basis, and Dylan and the Band netted $2&nbsp;million from the deal.<ref name=whispering_pines/>{{rp|298}}<ref name=band_bio/>{{rp|284–286}}<ref name=band_box_2005/>{{rp|70}}

Among the rehearsals and preparations, the Band went into the studio with Bob Dylan to record a new album for Asylum Records, ''[[Planet Waves]]'' (1974). Sessions took place at [[The Village (studio)|Village Recorder]] in [[West Los Angeles|West Los Angeles, California]], from November 2–14, 1973.<ref name="bjorner_sessions_1973">{{cite web|last1=Björner|first1=Olof|title=Still On the Road: 1973 Recording Sessions|url=http://www.bjorner.com/DSN02100%201973.htm|website=Bjorner.com|publisher=Olof Björner|access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref> ''Planet Waves'' was released on February 9, 1974. The album was No. 1 on the Billboard album charts for four weeks, and spent 12 weeks total in the Billboard Top 40.<ref name=billboard_book/>{{rp|25}} ''Planet Waves'' was Bob Dylan's first No. 1 album,<ref name="indiewire_2014">{{cite web|last1=Friedman|first1=Jon|title=The Greatest Rock Tour: Bob Dylan & The Band in 1974 – 40 Years Later|url=http://www.indiewire.com/mediamatrix/the-greatest-rock-concert-ever-bob-dylan-the-bands-tour-74|website=Jon Friedman's Media Matrix|publisher=Indiewire|access-date=March 28, 2016|date=January 2, 2014|archive-date=May 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507204727/http://www.indiewire.com/mediamatrix/the-greatest-rock-concert-ever-bob-dylan-the-bands-tour-74|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the first and only time Bob Dylan and the Band recorded a studio album together.<ref name=band_bio/>{{rp|287}}

The 1974 tour began at the [[Chicago Stadium]] on January 3, 1974, and ended at [[The Forum (Inglewood, California)|The Forum]] in [[Inglewood, California]] on February 14.<ref name="bjorner_tour_1974">{{cite web|last1=Björner|first1=Olof|title=Still On the Road: 1974 Tour of America With The Band|url=http://www.bjorner.com/DSN02230%201974%20Tour.htm|website=Bjorner.com|publisher=Olof Björner|access-date=March 27, 2016}}</ref> The shows began with more songs from the new ''Planet Waves'' album and with covers that Dylan and the Band liked, but as the tour went on, they moved toward playing older and more familiar material, only keeping "[[Forever Young (Bob Dylan song)|Forever Young]]" from the ''Planet Waves'' album in the set list.<ref>{{cite web|last1=DeRiso|first1=Nick|title=The Story of Bob Dylan's Return to the Road With the Band|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/bob-dylan-returns-to-the-road-with-the-band/?trackback=tsmclip|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|publisher=Diffuser Network|access-date=March 28, 2016|date=January 3, 2014}}</ref> Dylan and the Band played a number of tracks from the controversial 1965–1966 World Tour, this time to wildly enthusiastic response from the audience where there had been mixed reaction and boos nine years previously.<ref name=band_bio/>{{rp|291}}

The final three shows of the tour at The Forum in Inglewood, California were recorded and assembled into the double album ''[[Before the Flood (album)|Before the Flood]]''.<ref name=bjorner_tour_1974/> Credited to "Bob Dylan/The Band", ''Before the Flood'' was released by Asylum Records on July 20, 1974. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard charts, and spent ten weeks in the Top Forty.<ref name=billboard_book/>{{rp|26}}