Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Robbie Robertson
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
====1974β1975: Shangri-La Studios ==== Following the 1974 reunion tour with Bob Dylan, rock manager [[Elliot Roberts]] booked the Band with the recently reunited [[Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young]].<ref name=band_concerts/> On September 4, both artists played [[Wembley Stadium]] in [[London]], appearing with [[Jesse Colin Young]] and [[Joni Mitchell]].<ref name=band_bio/>{{rp|308β310}}<ref name="the_archive_festivals">{{cite web|title=Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joni Mitchell with Tom Scott and the L.A Express, The Band, Jesse Colin Young. Wembley Stadium, London. Sept 14th 1974|url=http://www.ukrockfestivals.com/wembley-1974.html|website=The Archive: UK Rock Festivals 1960β1990 and UK Free Festivals 1965β1990|access-date=June 4, 2016|date=October 2012}}</ref> [[File:Shangri La Studios entrance.jpg|left|thumb|The entrance to Shangri-La Studios in 2016. The Band had the ranch house on the Shangri-La property converted into a recording studio in 1974.]]After moving to Malibu in 1973, Robertson and the Band had discovered a ranch in Malibu near Zuma Beach called "Shangri-La", and decided to lease the property. The main house on the property had originally been built by ''[[Lost Horizon (1937 film)|Lost Horizon]]'' (1937) actress [[Margo (actress)|Margo Albert]],<ref name="star_tribune_shangri-la">{{cite web|last1=Bream|first1=Jon|title=Dylan's legendary Shangri-La studio is for sale by owner Beej Chaney|url=http://www.startribune.com/dylan-s-legendary-shangri-la-studio-is-for-sale-by-owner-beej-chaney/123578689/|website=Star Tribune|publisher=Star Tribune Media Company LLC|access-date=June 4, 2016|location=Minneapolis|date=June 10, 2011}}</ref> and the ranch had been the filming and stabling site for the ''[[Mister Ed]]'' television show in the 1960s. In the interim, the house had served as a high-class bordello.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shangri-La Recording Studio|url=http://rockandrollroadmap.com/places/studios-and-labels/los-angeles-area-studios-and-labels/shangra-la-recording-studio|website=Rock & Roll Roadmaps|date=December 26, 2015 |access-date=June 4, 2016}}</ref> The album release of ''[[The Basement Tapes]]'', credited to Bob Dylan and the Band, was the first album production that took place in the new studio. The album, produced by Robertson, featured a selection of tapes from the original 1967 Basement Tapes sessions with Dylan, as well as demos for tracks eventually recorded for the ''Music From Big Pink'' album. Robertson cleaned up the tracks, and the album was released in July 1975.<ref name=whispering_pines/>{{rp|298}}<ref name=band_bio/>{{rp|311β13}} Shangri-La Studios proved to be a return to a clubhouse atmosphere that the Band had enjoyed previously at Big Pink, and in the spring of 1975, the group began work on ''[[Northern Lights β Southern Cross]]'', their first release of original material in four years.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} One of the best known tracks on the album is "[[Acadian Driftwood]]", the first song with specifically Canadian subject material. Robertson was inspired to write "Acadian Driftwood" after seeing the documentary ''L'Acadie, l'Acadie'' (1971) on Canadian television while in Montreal.<ref name=whispering_pines/>{{rp|298β299}}<ref name=band_box_2005/>{{rp|77β79}} Two other notable tracks from that album are "It Makes No Difference" and "Ophelia".{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} ''Northern Lights β Southern Cross'' was released on November 1, 1975. The album received generally positive reviews,<ref name=whispering_pines/>{{rp|300}} and reached No. 26 on the Billboard charts, remaining on the Top 40 for five weeks.<ref name=billboard_book/>{{rp|26}}<ref>{{cite web|last1=DeRiso|first1=Nick|title=40 Years Ago: The Band Bounce Back, Briefly, With 'Northern Lights-Southern Cross'|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/the-band-northern-lights-southern-cross/|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|publisher=Townsquare Media|access-date=June 5, 2016|date=November 1, 2015}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)