Album

Music From Big Pink

The Band

1968 · Rock

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Music From Big Pink by The Band

Music From Big Pink is a Rock album by The Band, originally released in 1968. On Gatefold: 206 pressings tracked, owned by 77 collectors.

About

Though it grew out of jam sessions in the basement of the band’s communal house in upstate New York, <i>Music From Big Pink</i> lures us to otherworldly environments. “I Shall Be Released” and “In a Station” emerge from floating, celestial sounds, while “Lonesome Suzie” is a Curtis Mayfield ballad soaked in tranquilized blues. The Band’s dreamy, hymn-like undertones come to light in “The Weight,” in which the triangulated harmonies of Richard Manuel, Rick Danko, and Levon Helm forge a new form of rustic gospel goodness.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Tears Of Rage5:21
  2. A2To Kingdom Come3:19
  3. A3In A Station3:31
  4. A4Caledonia Mission3:53
  5. A5The Weight4:34

Side B

  1. B1We Can Talk3:02
  2. B2Long Black Veil3:02
  3. B3Chest Fever5:15
  4. B4Lonesome Suzie4:02
  5. B5This Wheel's On Fire3:11
  6. B6I Shall Be Released3:12

Sound DNA

  • Rock
  • Folk Rock
  • warm
  • earnest
  • pastoral

Album notes

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Debut studio album by The Band (opens in a new tab) released in 1968.
Widely acclaimed, the album employs a distinctive blend of country, rock, folk, classical, R&B, & soul. The music was composed partly in "Big Pink (opens in a new tab)", a house shared by bandmembers Rick Danko, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson in West Saugerties, New York.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Garth HudsonORGAN ORGAN, BACKING VOCALS ORGAN, PIANO, CLAVINET, SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE
  • Levon HelmDRUM, TAMBOURINE, VOCALS DRUMS, VOCALS PERFORMER , DRUMS, VOCALS
  • Richard ManuelPERFORMER , PIANO, VOCALS PERFORMER , VOCALS, PIANO PIANO
  • Rick DankoBASS BASS GUITAR, FIDDLE, VOCALS BASS, VOCALS
  • Robbie RobertsonELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS LEAD GUITAR, VOCALS

77 collectors on Gatefold own this · 206 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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