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“Moondog Matinee” is The Band’s fifth studio album, released in 1973.

The Band’s landmark debut album, July 1968’s Music From Big Pink, drew inspiration from the American roots music melting pot of country, blues, R&B, gospel, soul, rockabilly, the honking tenor sax tradition, hymns, funeral dirges, brass band music, folk and good ol’ rock ‘n’ roll to foment a timeless new style that forever changed the course of popular music.

The Band released their sixth studio album, Northern Lights-Southern Cross, in 1975. Critics consider the album a significant milestone as it was the first time they recorded at their new California studio, Shangri-La, and the first album with all-new material since Cahoots in 1971. The Band used a 24-track tape recorder to record this album, allowing keyboardist Garth Hudson to add numerous layers of keyboards to several tracks.