<P> The Band recorded the first officially - released version of the song for their 1968 debut album , Music from Big Pink , with Richard Manuel singing lead vocals , and Rick Danko and Levon Helm harmonizing in the chorus . The song was also performed near the end of the Band 's 1976 farewell concert , The Last Waltz , in which all the night 's performers ( with the exception of Muddy Waters ) plus Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood appeared on the same stage . Additional live recordings by the Band were included on the 1974 concert album Before the Flood and the 2001 expanded CD reissue of Rock of Ages . </P>
<P> The Band recorded the first officially - released version of the song for their 1968 debut album , Music from Big Pink , with Richard Manuel singing lead vocals , and Rick Danko and Levon Helm harmonizing in the chorus . The song was also performed near the end of the Band 's 1976 farewell concert , The Last Waltz , in which all the night 's performers ( with the exception of Muddy Waters ) plus Ringo Starr and Ronnie Wood appeared on the same stage . Additional live recordings by the Band were included on the 1974 concert album Before the Flood and the 2001 expanded CD reissue of Rock of Ages . </P>
who sang i shall be released the band
who sang i shall be released the band
The Band
The Band