The Band: Music from Big Pink [CAPITOL]

Why you'll love it

Music from Big Pink changed the course of rock in 1968, swapping psychedelia for a warm, rootsy, lived-in sound, and "The Weight" became one of the most loved songs of the era.

This edition

• Original 11-track album
• Remastered
• 180g vinyl
• Gatefold jacket
• Stereo mix

About the album

Picture four Canadians and an Arkansan holed up in a pink house in upstate New York, playing old songs and new ones for the fun of it. That's where the music on Music from Big Pink took shape, and it sounds like it: unhurried, soulful and full of the feeling of people who know each other's every move.

Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson and Levon Helm mix country, gospel, R&B, folk and rock with three lead voices trading off. "The Weight" is a timeless singalong, "Chest Fever" erupts from Hudson's thundering organ intro, "In a Station" and "Lonesome Suzie" are tender Manuel showcases, and "To Kingdom Come" rolls along.

Recorded in New York and Los Angeles in early 1968, the album inspired musicians from Eric Clapton to George Harrison to rethink their sound. Not bad for a few friends in a pink house.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Capitol (cat# B0023078-01), a reissue of the 1968 album.