Islands (The Band album) Islands (The Band album) Islands is the seventh studio album by the Canadian-American rock group the Band. Released in 1977 to mixed reviews, it is the final studio album from the group's original lineup. Primarily composed of previously unreleased songs from the Band's career (including their 1976 cover of "Georgia on My Mind", which was recorded to aid Jimmy Carter in his presidential bid), "Islands" was released to fulfill the group's contract with Capitol Records, so that the soundtrack to their film "The Last Waltz" could be released on Warner Bros. Records. In the CD liner notes, Robbie Robertson compares
The Best of the Band The Best of the Band The Best of the Band is the first greatest hits package by Canadian-American rock group The Band. Featuring ten tracks taken from six of their first seven albums (not counting 1974's "Before the Flood" or 1975's "The Basement Tapes", both with Bob Dylan), it featured two tracks from the first, second, third and seventh albums, one each from the fourth and fifth, rounded out by the early 1975 single "Twilight". An album of the same title was released in UK on the Fame label with different cover and some different tracks. The Band's version of